440 
GENERAL INDEX 
Vaughan (D.), cases of planetary insta¬ 
bility indicated by the appearance of 
temporary stars, 1861 , 24 
-on subterranean movements, 1861 , 
x 34 
* - on the phj’sics of the internal 
earth, 1874, 22 , 95 
Vaux (W. S. W.) on the origin of the 
Maori races in New Zealand, 1875, 178 
*Veddahs of Ceylon, an account of the, 
by J. Bailey, 1862, 195 
Vedova (Prof. G. D.) on present Italian 
geographical explorations, 1879, 436 ; 
on geographical studies and works in 
Italy, 456 
Vegetable contents of masses of lime¬ 
stone occurring in Trappean rocks in 
Fifeshire, W. Carruthers on the, and 
the conditions under which they are 
preserved, 1871, 94 
——- deposits in the Aachensee, W. 
Mattieu Williams on some, 1865, 78 
-growths, Dr. J. D. Heaton on certain 
simulations of, by mineral substances, 
1867, 83 
-- kingdom, the classification of the, 
Prof. M‘Nab on, 1877, 104 
* -matter, Admiral Sir E. Belcher on 
the application of the expansive power 
of moistened, to the raising of weights, 
1866, 140 
— . . organism which separates sulphur, 
A. W. Bennett on a, 1884, 785 
* Vegetarianism, C. 0. Groom-Napier on, 
1875, 169 
Vegetation, John Shaw on changes pro¬ 
duced in South African, by the intro¬ 
duction of merino sheep, 1873, 105 
* Vei Syllabary ’ of Liberia, West Africa, 
Hyde Clarke on the, 1880, 635 
Veins, abdominal, Dr. Edwards Crisp on 
valves in the, 1864, 120 
Veley (V. H.) on the oxides of manga¬ 
nese, 1861, 582 
-- on chemical nomenclature , 1883, 
127 ; 1884,39; 1885,262 
- on calcium sulphide and sulpho- 
carbonate, 1884, 677 
-on the rate of solution of copper in 
acids, 1888, 638 
Velocity of the contraction-wave in 
curarised muscle, an improved method 
of directly determining the, Prof. E. 
A. Schafer on, 1882, 575 
*—-— function of a liquid due to the 
motion of cylinders and surfaces of 
revolution, A. G. Greenhill on the, 1881, 
540 
-variable, a new system of mechan¬ 
ism for imparting and recording, W. 
W. Beaumont on, 1886, S 18 
- see 1 Speed ’ 
Ventilation, house-, J. D. Morrison on a 
new system of, 1869, 219 
*Ventilation of separate rooms, and of 
large assemblies and coal mines, C. 
Varley on the, 1865, 191 
-of ocean steamships, Dr. A. L. Smith 
on the, 1884, 895 
-system of, by means of fans and 
punkahs worked by compressed air, for 
use in hospitals and barracks in India 
and other tropical climates, Hon. ft. C. 
Parsons on a, 1878, 710 
--- theory of, with some applications^ 
W. N. Shaw on the general, 1890, 730 ,. 
Venus , Prof. A. Schafarik on the visibility 
of the davit side of, 1873, 404 
*-M. Janssen on the application of 
photography to show the passage of, 
across the sun’s disk, 1873, 35 
—— transit of, Capt. Abney on photo¬ 
graphic operations connected with the,, 
1874, 19 
-Dec. 8 , 1874, Eev. S. J. Perry 
on the, 1875, 24 
--Dr. J. Janssen on the observa¬ 
tions of the, made in Japan, 1875, 26 
-photographed by Dr. J. Janssen 
at Kobe, 1876, 40 
Veratria, report on the chemistry of, 1878 y 
105 ; 1879, 133 
Veratrin, Dr. F. Ahrens on, and on the 
existence of two isomeric /9-picolines, 
1890, 783 
Verney (Lady), peasant properties and 
protection, 1886, 755 
Vernon (E.), the Benier hot-air engine 
or motor, 1890, 953 
- (G. W.) on science-lectures anch 
organisation , 1873, 507 
Vertebrata, the modifications in the limbs 
in the higher, Prof. W. H. Flower on r 
and on the correspondence between 
the anterior and posterior extremity, 
1870, 137 
-Prof. Macdonald on the develop¬ 
ment of the vascular system of the 
foetus in the, 1865, 10 S 
Vertebrate animals, Very Rev. J. Byrne 
on the development of the powers of 
thought in, in connection with the de¬ 
velopment of their brain, 1874, 138 
--- footprints in the Penrith sandstone, 
the further discovery of, preliminary 
note on, by G. V. Smith, 1883, 510 
- remains from the North Stafford¬ 
shire coalfield, Dr. John Young on the 
distribution of the, 1865, 317 
Vertical shearing-stress and the point of 
greatest bending-moment in a beam 
loaded in any way, J. Neville on a new 
construction for finding the, 1874, 229 
- variations in the, due to the elasticity 
of the earth's surface, G. II. Darrein on, 
i882, 106 
Vespidtc, Dr. Edwards Crisp on the food 
and habits of the, 1865, 85 
