GENERAL INDEX. 
443 
Volcanic phenomena of Japan , report on 
the, 1886, 413 ; 1887, 212 ; 1888, 422 ; 
1889, 295 ; 1890, 160 . (For reports on 
earthquake phenomena, see 1881, 200 ; 
1882, 205 ; 1883, 211 ; 1884, 241 ; 1885, 
362 ) 
- phenomena of Vesuvius, report on 
the, 1885, 395 ; 1886, 226 ; 1887, 226 ; 
1888, 320 ; 1889, 283 ; 1890, 397 
- products of the deep sea of the 
Central Pacific with reference to the 
‘Challenger’ expedition, the Abbe A. 
Eenard and J. Murray on the, 1879, 340 
- rock, the intrusion of, and volcanic 
eruptions, Prof. Sollas on the connec¬ 
tion between, 1881, 613 
- rocks of the Mourne Mountains 
and Slieve Croob, Prof. Hull and W. 
A. Traill on the relative ages of the 
granitic, plutonic, and, 1871, 101 
- structure, the recent, of the 
Azorean archipelago, O. H. Howarth 
on, 1888, 671 
Volcano, extinct, W. T. Blanford on an, 
in Upper Burmah, 1862, 69 
* -of Misti, two ascents of the, Hon. 
R. Marsham on, 1863, 143 
Volcanoes, Dr. Daubeny on the evolution 
of ammonia from, 1861, 77 
—— of Australia, J. Bonwick on the 
extinct, 1861, 109 
- P. W. Stuart Menteath on the 
origin of, 1871, 104 
-of Auvergne, Dr. T. Anderson on 
the, 1885, 1017 
-of the Two Sicilies, Dr. Tempest 
Anderson on the, 1888, 663 
Vole, Dr. Grierson on the destruction of 
plantations at Drumlanrig by a species 
of, 1867, 82 
-Sir W. Elliot on the habits of the 
field-, 1878, 559 
Volta, the, to Coomassie, Surgeon-Major 
S. Rowe on Sir John Glover’s expedi¬ 
tion from, 1874, 175 
Volta convection by flame, Sir W. 
Thomson on, 1867, 17 
- electric inversion, Prof. S. P. 
Thompson on, 1881, 552 
Voltaic action, T. Bloxam on the in¬ 
fluence of clean and unclean surfaces 
in, 1871, 47 
* - action, the contact theory of, W. 
E. Ayrton and J. Perry on, 1876 , 42 ; 
1877, 33 
- action, J. Brown on the theory of, 
1878, 498 
- action, some preliminary experi¬ 
ments on, J. Brown on, 1881, 562 
* - battery, a new, H. W. Biggs on, 
1876, 62 
-battery, W. Symons on an antimo- 
nised cellular carbon, 1881, 557 
-battery, W. Symons on an easy 
method of making carbon cells for, 
1881, 557 
Voltaic cell, Prof. Oliver Lodge on the 
seat of the electromotive forces in the, 
1884, 464 
- cell, Lord Rayleigh on Clark’s 
standard, 1884, 651 
-cells. Formule des piles, represen¬ 
tation graphique de la, par le Prof. 
C. M. Gariel, 1881, 556 
- combinations, notes on some 
peculiar, by Dr. C. R. A. Wright and 
C. Thompson, 1887, 657 
—- current, the generation of a, by a 
sulphur cell with a solid electrolyte, 
S. Bidwell on, 1885, 982 
- induction balance, some experi¬ 
ments with the, W. C. Roberts 011 , 
1879, 303 
^Voltapile, a new form of, useful in 
standardising operations, Sir William 
Thomson on, 1890, 956 
*' Voltmeter, a new, Capt. Gardew on, 
1884, 893 
-hot twisted strip, Prof. J. Perry on 
a, 1889, 512 
* -an engine-room, Sir W. Thomson 
on, 1890, 956 
* -the multicellular, Sir W. Thomson 
on, 1890, 956 
Voltmeters, alternating-current, the com¬ 
pensation of, J. Swinburne on, 1890, 
753 
'••'•Volume, changes of, demonstration of 
an apparatus for recording, by Prof. 
E. A. Schafer, 1884, 783 
- equivalents, Dr. Otto Richter on 
an original system of chemical philo¬ 
sophy, comprising the determination 
of the, as also a new theory of the 
specific volumes of liquid and solid 
substances, 1868, 42 
Volumes of solutions, J. A. Ewing and 
J. G. MacGregor on the, 1877, 40 
Volumetric analysis. Dr. W. J. Russell 
on the measurement of gases as a 
branch of, 1869, 74 
* - analysis, the so-called ‘normal’ 
solutions of, A. H. Allen on, 1880, 549 
* -apparatus, an improved, exhibition 
of, by J. W. Starling, 1880, 534 
Volunteer force, Lieut.-Col. Henry C. 
Allhusen on the, 1863, 150 
Vortex analogue of static electricity, a, 
Prof. W. M. Hicks on, 1888, 577 
- atoms and ultramundane corpus¬ 
cles, the mutual action of, Prof. G. 
Forbes on, 1878, 498 
- motion, an experimental illustra¬ 
tion of minimum energy in, Sir W. 
Thomson on, 1880, 491 
- motion, maximum and minimum 
energy in, Sir W. Thomson on, 1880, 
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