438 
GENERAL INDEX. 
of West Somerset on the borders of 
the Trias, 720 
Ussher (W. A. E.) on some points of inte¬ 
rest in the geology of Somerset, 1888, 
659; the Watcombe terra-cotta clay, 672 
-on the Devonian rocks of Great Bri¬ 
tain, 1889, 578 
-on the Devonian rocks, as described 
in De la Beche’s report, interpreted in 
accordance with recent researches, 
1890, 801 
Uterus, Dr. Rolleston on the condition 
of the, after delivery in certain of the 
Mammalia, 1868, 122 
*-the physiological action of the, in 
parturition, Dr. Donkin on, 1863, 192 
Utilisation omd treatment of sewage . (See 
6 Sewage ’) 
Utneularia vulgaris, the water weed, the 
trapping of young fish by, Prof. H. N. 
Moseley on, 1884, 761 
Uvula, Sir D. Gibb on the uses of the, 
1871, 139 
4 v the determination of, by means of 
electric oscillations, Prof. 0. J. Lodge 
and R. T. Glazebrook on, 1889, 497 
*‘1',’ electrometric determination of, 
Profs. Sir W. Thomson, Ayrton, and 
Perrv on the, 1888. 616 
Vaccine, human, lymph and heifer lymph 
compared, Dr. H. Blanc on, 1869, 118 
Vacua in large glass vessels, J. P. Gassiot 
on the mode of preparing carbonic acid, 
1862, 42 
- notes on high, by J. Swinburne, 
1890, 727 
Vacuole, contractile, in plants and ani¬ 
mals, preliminary note on the functions 
and homologies of the, by Prof. M. M. 
Hartog, 1888, 714 
* Vacuum upon the entire body or a part 
thereof, Dr. Junodon the physiological 
effect produced by causing a, 1863, 116 
-apparatus, Dr. T. Junod on the phy¬ 
siological effects of his, 1864, 125 
* -injector pumps for use in chemical 
laboratories, T. Fairley on, 1887, 669 
* - joints and taps, some new, W. A. 
Shenstone on, 1890, 729 
-tap, C. H. Gimingham on a new form 
of, 1876, 49 
-tubes, J. P. Gassiot on the metallic 
discharge obtained from the induction- 
discharge in, 1861, 38 ; 1869, 46 
Vaizey (J. R.), alternation of generations 
in green plants, 1887, 771 ; on the con¬ 
stitution of cell-walls and its relation 
to absorption in mosses, 772 
^Valency, especially as defined by Helm¬ 
holtz, note on, by Prof. Armstrong, 
1887, 647 
* -discussion on, 1888, 635 
Valentine (James) on census reform, 
1871, 223 
-(J. S.) on the erosion of the seo.-coasts 
of England and Wales, 1884, 238; 
1885, 404 ; 1886, 847 ; 1888, 898 
Vallance (W.), poor law progress and 
reform, exemplified in the administra¬ 
tion of an East London union, 1889, 713 
Valleys, Prof. J. Phillips on the formation 
of, near Kirkby Lonsdale, 1864, 63 
-and bays, Rev. J. Gunn on the agency 
of the alternate elevation and subsid¬ 
ence of the land in the formation of 
boulder-clays and glaciers, and the ex¬ 
cavation of, 1871, 100 
Valorous ’ expedition, the arenaceous 
Foraminifera collected in the, Dr. W. B. 
Carpenter on, 1876, 146 
——- J. G. Jeffreys on the biological re¬ 
sults of a cruise in H.M.S., to Davis 
Strait in 1875, 1876, 147 
*Valpy (R.) on the commercial relations 
between England and France, 1861, 269 
* - the tariffs and trade of various 
countries during the last ten vears, 
1862, 196 
Valuation of property in Ireland, H. 
L. Jephson on the, 1876, 206 
Value of labour in relation to economic 
theory, J. Bonar on the, 1890, 917 
Valve gear, Dr. Joy on, 1884, 890 
-Vambeey (A.) on the Turcoman tribes 
of Central Asia, 1864, 148 ; *a visit to 
Samarcand, ib. 
- on the origin of the Hungarians, 
1865, 130 
* -on the city life of Bokhara,1865, 130 
--on the Uigurs, 1868, 141 
- on the Turcomans between the 
Caspian and the Merv, 1879, 402 
Vanadates, J. A. Hall on some organic, 
1887, 660 
Vanadium, action of, upon the intrinsic 
nervous mechanism of the frog’s heart, 
Prof. A. Gamgee and L. Larmuth on the, 
1876, 151 
-compounds, some new, J. T. Brierley 
on, 1885, 968 
* - fluor compounds of, Prof. H. E. 
Roscoe on some, 1878, 507 
*--illustrated by preparations of its 
compounds, Prof. Roscoe on, 1870, 63 
-occurrence of, Dr. Gerland on the, 
1870, 57 
-physiological action of, J. Priestley 
on the, 1876, 155 
-- poisonous activity of, in ortho-, 
meta-, and pyro-vanadic acids, L. Lar¬ 
muth on the, 1876, 155 
-solutions, the reducing action of zinc 
and magnesium on, Prof. H. E. Roscoe 
on, 1881, 596 
^Vancouver’s Island, Commander Mayne 
on, 1862, 195 
