Wild, Prof., cited on thermometry, 
Williams, G. H., communication on the 
methods of modern petrography. Ab¬ 
stract .vii 36 
Willis, Bailey, communication on the topog¬ 
raphy and structure in the Bays 
Mountains, Tennessee. Reference x 7 
development of a perspective map from 
a contour map. Title only .x 9 
Mount Rainier and its glaciers. Ab¬ 
stract .X 10 
remarks on geology of Cascade Mount¬ 
ains.ix 8 
Winchell, Alexander, communication on the 
progressive dispersion of mankind 
over the surface of the earth. Title 
only . iii 32 
Wind and hygrometry,....vi 36 
railway traction.iii 31 
retardation of storm centres.v 108 
as related to barometric gradient.....i 106 
velocity and pressure...x 10 
Winds and barometric pressure in relation 
to tides.i 53 
as related to ocean temperatures on the 
coast of New Hampshire...ii 17 
observed in balloon ascensions.i 35 
on mountain slopes. iii 38 
Wind-wrought errors in barometric observa¬ 
tion. V 91 
Wind-vane, Theory of..x 9 
Winlock, W. C., communication on comets 
II and III, 1884. Title only . . .viii 16 
physical observations of W'olf’s comet 
(1884, III). Abstract .viii 37 
Winter of 1882-83, Prognostication for.v 122 
WoeikofF, Alexander, communication on the 
meteorology of Russia. Reference .i 75 
the results of a rece.nt determination of 
the elevation of the Caspian and Aral 
seas. Abstract .ii 34 
meteorological observations in Peru, and 
some meteorological conditions of that 
country. Title only ..ii 35 
Wood, Dr. H. C., Researches on inoculation 
of diphtheria by. iv 38 
Woodbury process of photo printing.i 42, 57 
Wooden pavements. Failure of.ii 26 
Woodward, J. J., communication on the al¬ 
leged hermaphrodite described by 
Drs. Aeely, Blackman, and Jackson. 
Abstract and reference .i 24 
he desirability of reproducing photo¬ 
graphs of scientific objects, and espe¬ 
cially of magnified microscopical 
preparations, in a permanent form by . 
175 
Page. 
Woodward, J. J., communication on—Cont’d. 
some photo-mechanical method. Ab¬ 
stract ... i 41 
the use of monochromatic sunlight as 
an aid to high-power definition. Ab¬ 
stract and reference . i 47 
the Woodbury photo-relief process. Ab¬ 
stract . i 57 
spectra and spectroscopes. No abstract, 
i 89 
mierometric writing on glass. Title 
only .. i 93 
the similarity between the red blood- 
corpuscles of man and those of certain 
other mammals, especially the dog; 
considered in connection with the di¬ 
agnosis of blood stains in criminal 
. cases. Abstract and reference . li 20 
the markings on Navicula rhomboides. 
Title only. . ii 69 
the rulings on glass by Mr. Rogers, of 
Cambridge. Abstract . ii 130 
the modern microscope, Nobert’s lines, 
and the attempts of others to con¬ 
struct them. Title only . ii 25 
diffraction phenomena in the field of 
the microscope. Abstract and refer¬ 
ence . ii 60 
the microscopical structure of wool. 
Title only . ii 62 
the Papyrus Ebers. Abstract .ii 64 
the use of photography in connection 
with the micrometer measurement of 
blood corpuscles. Title only . ii 79 
a simple device for the illumination of 
balsam-mounted objects for examina¬ 
tion with certain immersion objectives 
whose “balsam angle” is 90° or up¬ 
wards. In full. 1 figure .ii 126 
the apertometer of Prof. E. Abbe, of Jena, 
Germany. Abstract .iii 18 
a standard for micrometry. Abstract, 
iii 22 
the oiL-immersion objectives of Zeiss, 
and on convenient methods of obtain¬ 
ing oblique illumination for these and 
similar objectives. Abstract .iii 25 
a new apertometer for microscopic ob¬ 
jectives. Title only .iii 37 
some apparatus recently brought into 
use by the Medical Department of the 
Army for the examination of the eye. 
Abstract .iii 53 
Riddell’s binocular microscope—an his¬ 
torical notice. Abstract and refer¬ 
ence .iv 35 
INDEX TO VOLUMES I-X. 
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