444 
GENERAL INDEX. 
*Vortex ring of uniform vorticity, Prof. 
W. M. Hicks on the pressure at a 
point inside a, 1884, 649 
.- rings, the resistance encountered 
by, and the relation between the vortex 
ring and stream lines of a disk, Prof. 
O. Reynolds on, 1876, 31 
.- rings, Prof. R. S. Ball on the 
resistance of the air to the motion of, 
1871, 26 
* -rings, H. Deacon, experiments on, 
in liquids, 1871, 29 
- theory of the luminiferous ether, 
Sir W. Thomson on the , 1887, 486 
Vorticellidce, Prof. Allman on some points 
in the development of, 1872, 130 
Yulcano, the late eruption in the island 
of, Drs. T. Anderson and H. J. John- 
ston-Lavis on, 1888, 664 
Vyle (S.) on a new form of lightning 
conductor which can be easilv tested, 
1881, 780 
WACE (Rev. H.) on the calculation of 
logarithms, 1873, 24 
Waddington (A.) on the overland route 
through British North America, 1868, 
141 
Wadi Moil eh, further explorations in the, 
C. Whitehouse on, 1886, 730 
Wage-paid classes, F. S. Corrance on the 
past, present, and future of the, 1868, 
157 
- statistics and theories, J. Mavor 
on, 1888,757 
Wager (H. W. T.) on the structure of 
the nuclei in Peronospora, and on their 
behaviour during the formation of the 
oosphere, 1889, 618 
Wages, disputes about, Rev. W. H. Jemi- 
sonon the remedies proposed for, 1881, 
761 
* -expenditure of, D. Chadwick on, 
1887, 849 
■ - the probable effects of a general 
reduction of the hours of labour on, 
Prof. J. E. C. Munro on, 1890, 472 
■ -rate of, what makes the ? by E. At¬ 
kinson, 1884, 824 
* -and the remainder of the economic 
product, the relation between, S. Webb 
on, 1889, 708 
- the regulation of, by means of sliding 
scales, report on, 1886, 282 ; 1887, 
303 
* -and salaries, Prof. L. Levi on the 
increased cost of living, and its rela¬ 
tion to the rates of, 1873, 196 
-- and sources of income, the present 
appropriation of, and how far it is con¬ 
sonant with the economic progress of the 
p>eop>le of the United Kingdom, report 
on, 1880, 318 ; 1881, 272 ; 1882, 297 
Waggons, George Fawcus on improve¬ 
ments in, 1863, 172 
Wailes (J. W.) on the treatment of 
phosphoric crude iron in open-hearth 
furnaces, 1886, 592 
Waist-belts and stays, the physiological 
bearing of, Prof. Roy and J. G. Adami 
on, 1888, 704 
*Wake (C. Staniland) on the antiquity 
of man in relation to comparative 
geology, 1866, 97 
- on initial life, 1869, 151 ; on the 
race-affinities of the Madecasees, ib. 
-on the mental characteristics of the 
Australian aborigines, 1870, 157 ; on the 
physical characters of the Australian 
aborigines, ib. 
-on man and the ape, 1871, 162 
- on the origin of serpent-worship, 
1872, 198 
-on the origin of the moral idea, 1874-, 
158 
-on the predatory races of Asia and 
Europe, 1875, 179 
- on the primitive human family 
1878, 592 
-on the Polynesian race, 1879,390; 
1883, 573 
-on the origin of the Malagasy, 1880, 
620 
-on the Papuans and the Polynesians, 
1881, 696 
-on the descendants of Cain, 1883, 
563 
-on race elements of the Malagasy, 
1884, 922 
-on the origin of totemism, 1887, 906 
^Wakefield (Rev. J.) on the southern 
Galla country, 1879, 440 
Wahefield Prison, experiments at, on 
prison diet and discipline, 1861, 62 
Wakeman (W. F.) on Irish crannogs 
and their contents, 1874, 159 
Walenn (W. H.) on a numerical theorem, 
with practical applications, 1870, 16 ; 
on the electro-deposition of copper and 
brass, 67 
- on division-remainders in arith¬ 
metic, 1876, 30 ; on Mr. Sabine’s method 
of measuring small intervals of time, 
5 2 
-on a method of checking calcula¬ 
tions, 1879, 271 
Wales, list of works (to the end of 1873) 
on the geology , mineralogy , and paleon¬ 
tology of, by W. Whitaker, 1880, 397 
—— pre-Cambrian rocks in, Dr. H. Hicks 
on some new areas of, 1878, 536 
- Central, the glacial geology of, W. 
Keeping on, 1881, 648 
-North, T. A. Readwin on the gold 
of, 1861, 129 
- North, G. Maw on the occurrence 
of Lastrea rigida in, 186S, 10 
