GENERAL INDEX. 
439 
Vancouver’s Island, R. Brown on explo¬ 
rations in the interior of, 1805, 116 
-and British Columbia, Dr. R. King 
on the natives of, 1869, 225 
-J. K. Lord on the Indians of, 1866, 
75 
—— E. B. Bogg on fishing Indians of, 
1866, 96 
-—— P. N. Compton on the coast of, 1867, 
114 
- see ‘Canada, North-Western Tribes ’ 
Vanessa antiopa, Dr. George D. Gibb on 
the arrest of puparial metamorphosis 
of, 1861, 143 
♦Van Horn (V. C.) on grain elevators, 
1884, 895 
Van’t Hoff (J. H.) on the theory of solu¬ 
tion, 1890, 335 
--on the behaviour of copper potas¬ 
sium chloride and its aqueous solutions 
at different temperatures, 1890, 776 
t Van’t Hoff’s hypothesis and the consti¬ 
tution of benzene, J. E. Marsh on, 1888, 
631 
Yapeur d’eau, Dr. Janssen sur le spectre 
de la, 1869, 67 
Vapour, Dr. Balfour Stewart on meteoro¬ 
logical reductions, with especial refer¬ 
ence to the element of, 1869, 43 
-radiant properties of, R. Russell on 
the inferences drawn by Drs. Magnus 
and Tyndall from their experiments on 
the, 1871, 56 
♦ - densities, Prof. Dewar on, 1879, 
293 
- densities of ferrous chloride and 
iodide of potassium, J. A. Wanklyn on 
the, 1879, 308 
--densities at high temperatures and 
under reduced pressure, the deter¬ 
mination of, Dr. W. Bott on, 1888, 632 
-densities at high temperatures, Dr. 
A. Scott on some, 1887, 668 
-density determinations, Prof. Dewar 
and A. Scott on some, 1881, 597 
♦ -density determinations, Prof. T. E. 
Thorpe on, 1881, 597 
-density methods, the various, a 
historical sketch of, by J. T. Brown, 
1879, 304 
-pressure of a substance in the solid 
and liquid states at the same tempera¬ 
ture, Prof. W. Ramsay and Dr. S. 
Young on the, 1884, 622 
- pressures and refractive indices of 
salt solutions, report on, 1885, 284 ; 
1886, 204 
- tension of formiate of ethyl and 
acetate of methyl, W. Dittmar on the, 
1868, 36 
Vardy (Rev. A. R.) on the promotion of 
the study of geography, 1887, 158 
♦Variability in development, Prof. A. M. 
Marshall and E. J. Bles on, 1890, 861 
Variation of leaf arrangement, note on, 
by Dr. H. Airy, 1874, 128 
-in plants, P. Geddes on the nature 
and causes of, 1886, 695 
- the theory of, proposed contribu¬ 
tions to, by P. Geddes, 1887, 735 
♦Varley (C.) on the ventilation of sepa¬ 
rate rooms, and of large assemblies and 
coal mines, 1865, 191 
♦ - on an instrument by which any 
rainbow that can possibly appear 
within the area of any picture may be 
indicated in its right place and of the 
true size, 1865, 22 
♦ - on comets, and especially on the 
comet of 1811, 1866, 12 
- (C. F.), report on standards of 
electrical resistance , 1863, in ; 1864, 
345 ; 1865 , 308 ; 1867,474; 1869,434 
--on a new method of testing elec¬ 
trical resistance, 1866, 14 
♦ -on certain phenomena which pre¬ 
sented themselves in connection with 
the Atlantic cable, 1866, 14 
♦ -on a method of testing submerged 
electric cables, 1871, 48 
--(F. H.) on the construction of a 
galvanometer for the detection of weak 
electric currents, 1868, 20 
♦ -on the electric balance, 1869, 46 
-on a new field of magnetic research 
1870, 26 ; on a constant battery, ib. 
*--on electric block telegraphs, 1877, 
219 
- a new direct-reading photometer 
measuring from unity to infinity, 1890, 
759 
-and E. Furness on power-couplings 
for rolling-mills and other machinery, 
1874, 231 
--- ( 8 . A.) on railway passengers’ and 
guards’ communication, 1869, 220 
-on a magnetic paradox, 1870, 27 ; 
description of the electric time-signal 
at Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope. 
ib. ; on the mode of action of lightning 
on telegraphs, and on a new mode of 
constructing telegraph coils, 28 
Vartry water, on some peculiarities of 
the, and on the action of that water 
upon boiler plates, Dr. C. R. C. Tich- 
borne on, 1878, 517 
Vascular injection, photographs of repre¬ 
sentations of, by Prof. Dantscher, of 
Innsbruck, Dr. A. Thomson on, 1877, 
114 
♦ -plexuses in the elephant and other 
animals, L. C. Miall and F. Greenwood 
on, 1875, 170 
Vaso-motor nerves, Prof. H. P. Bowditch 
on, 1884, 776 
Vaucheria hamata (Vauch.), Lyngb., a 
case of apogamy in, T. Hick on, 1890. 
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