GENERAL INDEX. 
441 
Vessels, speed of, Admiral Sir E. Belcher 
on methods for testing the, over the 
measured mile, 1867, 153 
-vertical motion of, J. I. Thornycroft 
on, 1875, 252 
Vessies natatoires, Prof. C. Martins sur 
les, Ja synonymie et la distribution 
geographique de quelques esp^ces 
aquatiques du genre Jussicea, 1867, 163 
Vesuvius, Dr. Daubeny on the last erup¬ 
tion of, 1862, 71 
*-Dr. Phipson on the sublimed oligist 
of, and its artificial production, 1865, 34 
—-J. Logan Lobley on the topography 
of, with an account of the recent erup¬ 
tion, 1868, 137 
-G. Gladstone on the dust thrown up 
by, during the late eruption, 1872, 74 
-- G. vom Rath on a remarkable 
block of lava ejected by, at the great 
eruption April 1872, which proves the 
formation of silicates through subli¬ 
mation, 1872, 120 
-Monte Somma and, notice of a geo¬ 
logical map of, by Dr. H. J. Johnston- 
Lavis, 1884, 730 
- and its neighbourhood , the volcanic 
'phenomena of, report on, 1885, 395 ; 
1886 , 226 ; 1887 , 226 ; 1888 , 320 ; 1889, 
283 ; 1890, 397 
- metallic iron found on, Dr. H. J. 
Johnston-Lavis on a mass containing, 
1888, 667 
Veth (Prof. P. J.) on the Dutch expedi¬ 
tion to Central Sumatra, 1879, 434 
*Veys, H. C. Criswick on life amongst 
the, 1867, 115 
Vibration of railway trains, Prof. J. Milne 
on the, 1889, 492 
Vibrations, pendulum, R. H. M. Bosan- 
quet on the conditions of the trans¬ 
formation of, 1876, 45 
- rectangular, W. Fletcher Barrett 
on a simple method of exhibiting the 
combination of, 1868, 13 
-superposed, Prof. A. S. Herscliel on 
a new form of pendulum for exhibiting, 
1873, 48 
--- two harmonic, A. E. Donkin on an 
instrument for the composition of, 
1873, 45 
- transmitted by the telephone, the 
retardation of phase of, Prof. S. P. 
Thompson on, 1879, 254 
Vibratory action and long-continued 
changes of load, W. Fairbairn's report 
to determine the effect of, upon wrought- 
iron girders, 1861, 286 
Vicenza, Dr. Charnock on ‘Le Sette 
Communi,’ a German colony near, 
1871, 148 
Victoria (Australia), notes on the sta¬ 
tistics of, by Dr. J. Bectdoe, 1877, 163 
--J. W. Osborne on the essential oils 
and resins from the indigenous vege¬ 
tation of, 1862, 48 
Victoria, J. W. Osborne on a photolitho¬ 
graphic process as adopted by the 
Government of, for the publication of 
maps, 1862, 49 
* -and Albert rivers, Nortlf Australia, 
T. Baines on, 1868, 130 
-cave, Settle, Yorkshire, the explora¬ 
tion of the, by W. Boyd Dawkins, 1870, 
148 ; and R. H. Tiddeman, 1872, 178 
- cave, Settle, Yorkshire, report on the 
exploration of the, 1873, 250 ; 1874, 133 ; 
1875, 166 ; 1876, 115 ; 1877, 215 ; 1878, 
377 
-Falls of the river Zambesi, T. Baines 
on, 1865, 112 
-- the, and other torpedoes, G. R. 
Murphy on, 1890, 952 
Vienna, Prof. Haidinger on the present 
state of the Imperial Geological Insti¬ 
tution of, 1861, 121 
*ViG50LE3 (C.) on the practice and prin¬ 
ciples of diverting rivers and stoppage 
of the breaches in embankments, 1862, 
196 
Vikings, the direct ancestors of the 
English-speaking nations, P. B. Du 
Chaillu on the, 1889, 779 
Viking’s ship discovered at Sandefjorcl 
in Norway, 1880, J. H. Stone on the, 
1881, 689 * 
Vilanova (Prof.), la calcedoine enhy- 
clrique de Salto Oriental (Uruguay) et 
son veritable gisement, 1887, 699 
^notice du Dinotherivm, deux especes, 
trouvees en Espagne, 717 
*Vill (M. G.), definer par la vegetation 
l’etat moleculaire des corps; analyser 
la force vegetale par des essais rai- 
sonnes de culture, 1863, 57 
* Villa (Chevalier Ignazio) on some im¬ 
proved celestial planispheres, 1862, 18 
011 terrestrial planispheres, 148 
Village system and the tenure of land in 
the Dravidian villages of the Dekhan, 
notes on, by Sir W. Elliot, 1881, 758 
‘^Villages and country parishes, Prof. 
Hull on a proposal for supplying pure 
water to, in central and eastern divi¬ 
sions of England, 1872, 226 
Vine (G. R.) on Carboniferous Polyzoa 
and Pakeocorynae, 1879, 350 
-—— onthe Carboniferous Polyzoa, 1880 ,76 
- on fossil Polyzoa , 1881, 161 ; 1882, 
249 ; 1883, 161 ; 1884, 97 
--- on recent Polyzoa, 1885, 481 
-—— the Polyzoa of the Hunstanton Red 
Chalk, 1889, 578 
- on the Cretaceous Polyzoa, 1890, 378 
Vines (Prof. S. H.), note on the nitro¬ 
genous nutrition of the bean, 1887, 
741 ; on the movement of the leaf of 
Mimosa pudica, 742 
