442 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Vines (Prof. S. H.) on cpinasty and 
hyponasty, 1889, 645 
—— on the occupation of a table at the 
laboratory of the Marine Biological 
Association at Plymouth , 1890, 444 
* Viola tricolor, a point in the morpho¬ 
logy of, Prof. B. Balfour on, 1887, 763 
Violet, Dr. Daubeny on a, peculiar to the 
calamine rocks in the neighbourhood 
of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1861, 141 
* Virgularia, a new species of, Major 
Plant on, 1887, 760 
Viscosity and [ electric ] conductivity, Dr. 
S. Arrhenius on, 1886, 387 
* -- of dielectrics, W. E. Ayrton and 
J. Perry on the, 1877, 33 
— of oils, an apparatus for determin¬ 
ing the, A. H. Allen on, 1885, 992 
^Viscous fluids, the equations of motion 
and the boundary conditions for, Prof. 
0. Reynolds on, 1883, 401 
Vision of amphibious animals, F. Galton 
on the, 1865, 10 
* -- binocular, A. Claudet on a new 
fact of, 1867, 10 
- binocular and monocular, the rela¬ 
tive apparent brightness of objects in, 
S. P. Thompson on, 1877, 32 
-the normal phenomena of entoptic, 
distinguished from those produced by 
mechanical causes, Miss B. Lindsay on, 
1887, 779 
-illusion of, due to motion, Miss B. 
Lindsay on, 1887, 781 
- see ‘ Colour ’ 
Visual defect, Philip Braham on a set of 
lenses for the accurate correction of. 
1871, 37 
- phenomenon, a, and its explana¬ 
tion, W. Ackroyd on, 1879, 419 
Vital action, Dr. J. Davy on the influence 
of atmospheric air on, as tested by the 
air-pump, 1867, 100 
-- actions, an attempt to show that 
ever } 7 living structure consists of mat¬ 
ter which is the seat of, and matter in 
which physical and chemical changes 
alone take place, by Prof. Beale, 1862, 
122 
- and other statistics applicable to 
musicians, P. M. Tait on, 1880, 666 
- statistics of Sheffield, T. W. Hime 
on the, 1879, 488 
^Vitality, Dr. Thompson Dickson on, as 
a mode of motion, 1868, 114 
Vivian (E.), report on exploring Kent's 
Cavern , Torquay, Devonshire, 1865, 16 ; 
1866, 1 ; 1867, 24 ; 1868, 45 ; 1869, 
189 ; 1870, 16 ; 1871, 1 ; 1872, 28 ; 
1873, 198 ; 1874, 1 ; 1875, 1 ; 1876, 1 ; 
1877, 1 ; 1878, 124 ; 1879, 140 ; 1880,62 
- on the admission of illegitimate 
children into workhouses, as a means 
of preventing infanticide, 1865, 156 
Vivian (E.) on self-registering hygro¬ 
meters, 1869, 53 
- on the comparative mortality of 
abstainers and non-abstainers from 
alcoholic liquors, 1875, 220 
- (H. H.), microscopic observations 
on the structure of metals, 1861, 34 
^Vladivostok and Nikolsk, South Ussuri 
district, letters from, by the Archi¬ 
mandrite Palladius, 1871, 187 
Vlakhs, of Mount Pindus, Major R. Stuart 
on the, 1867, 130 
Vocal organs in living centenarians, Sir 
G. D. Gibb, Bart., on the, 1873, 128 
Voelckek, (Dr. Aug.), report on field 
experiments and laboratory researches 
on the constituents of manures essential 
to cultivated crops, 1861, 158 
- on the composition of crystallised 
moroxite, from Jumillo, near Alicante, 
1861, 93 
- on pliosphatic deposits recently 
discovered in North Wales, 1865, 37 : 
on the composition of a marine boiler 
incrustation, 39 
- on the treatment and utilisation of 
sewage, 1871, 166 ; 1872, 135 
Vogt (H. C.), revolving sails, or air- 
propellers, 1888, 820 
Voguls, Dr. H. Ronay on the, 1866, 115 
Volcanic action, the causes of, J. L. 
Lobley on, 1888, 670 
- action, some observations on the 
causes of, by Prof. J. Prestwich, 1881, 
610 
- action, outline of the history of, 
around Edinburgh, by A. Geikie, 
1871, 88 
-- chimneys, Dr. H. J. Johnston- 
Lavis on the conservation of heat in, 
1888, 666 
-- dust or pumice, a tabular statement 
of the dates at which , and the localities 
where, was seen in the Indian Ocean 
in 1883-84, by C. Meldrum, 1885, 773 
—— eruption, the recent, in New Zea¬ 
land, note accompanying a series of 
photographs prepared by J. Martin, 
Esq., illustrating the scene of, by Prof. 
J. W. Judd, 1886, 644 
- eruption, the Bandaisan, Japan, 
July 1888, C. M. Smith on, 1889, 564 
- eruption, the supposed, of Cape 
Reykjantes, Drs. T. Anderson and H. 
J. Johnston-Lavis on, 1890, 810 
- eruptions, J. Alexander Davies on 
the causes of earthquakes and, 1863, 67 
-eruptions, T. Hart on, 1890, 825 
- foci, Robert Mallet on the deter¬ 
mination of temperature of active, 
1862, 33 
- foci, Robert Mallet on the experi¬ 
mental determination of the tempera¬ 
tures of, 1863, 208 
