446 
GENERAL INDEX. 
*Walrus, Dr. Otto Torell on the tusks of 
the, 1868, hi 
Walton (Rev. W.) on some signs of 
changes of the weather, 186.1, 74 
Walvisch Bay, Thomas Baines on, and 
the ports of South-West Africa/1867, 
113 
Wampum, the nature and origin of, H. 
Hale on, 1884, 910 
Wanklyn (Prof. J. A.) on fractional dis¬ 
tillation, 1863, 57 ; on the oxidation of 
betahexylic alcohol, ib. 
-on the rational formula of rosaniline, 
1864, 42 ; on the probable constitution 
of Kolbe and Schmitt’s colouring-matter 
obtained by acting upon carbolic acid 
with oxalic and sulphuric acids, 44 ; on 
a curious example of etherification, ib. 
- on isomerism among the alcohols , 
1866, 455 
* - on the existence of putrescible 
matter in river and lake waters, 1867, 
47 ; *on the action of sodium on vale¬ 
rianic and similar ethers, ib. 
- note on sea-water, 1868, 46 ; re¬ 
searches on the ethers, ib. 
- on the treatment and 'utilisation of 
servage , 1869, 313 ; 1870, 49 
* -on the constitution of salts, 1871, 
83 
-on the continuous production of 
oxygen, 1872,85 ; on some new methods 
of analysing the ethers, ib. 
* -on the effects of the mineral sub¬ 
stances in drinking-water on the health 
of the community, 1876, 163 
-on the vapour densities of ferrous 
chloride and iodide of potassium, 1879, 
308 ; on the constitution of isocyano- 
propionic acid, ib. 
-note on the phosphates of lime and 
ammonia, 1881, 597 
* -on the employment of limed coal 
in gas-making, 1883, 471 
* -and W. J. Cooper on a method of 
elementary organic analysis by a moist 
process, 1878, 517 ; *on a direct method 
for determining the calorific power of 
alimentary substances, 605 
-and W. Fox on the constitution of 
the natural fats, 1883, 470 
-and R. Schenk on the synthesis of 
caproic acid, 1867, 46 
*Wansdyke at Woodyates, excavations of 
the, Gen. Pitt-Rivers on, 1890, 983 
War, railways in, Gen. Sir J. F. Burgoyne 
on, 1865, 173 
-risks, State guarantee of, J. Corry on, 
1885, 1171 
*Ward (Capt.) on the American Arctic 
Expedition, 1871, 190 
*-—— (F.) on the prevention of fraudu¬ 
lent adulterations in cheques, &c., 1876, 
170 
Ward (H. Marshall) on the embryologv 
of GymnoAina conopsea, 1879, 375 
*—— notes on experiments as to the 
formation of starch in plants under the 
influence of the electric light, 1885, 
1086 
-on some cell contents, 1883, 537 
* -on the germination of the spores of 
PhytopTithora infestans, 1886 , 700 
- on the steps taken for establishing a 
botanical station at Peradeniya, 1887 
96; 1888 , 421 ; 1889 , 114; 1890 , 470 
* -on a lily disease, 1888, 702 
-*on the development of a sclerotium 
from Botrytis, 1889, 649 ; *on the recog¬ 
nition, by means of microscopic sec¬ 
tions, of woods dug by Mr. Spurrell 
from the Forest Beds of the Thames, ib. 
* -(X. B.), a brief account of the vege¬ 
tation of the cliffs of Mohir, co. Clare. 
1863, 191 
* -on the poor man’s garden, 1866, 79 
-(T.) 011 the history and cause of the 
subsidences at Northwich and its neigh¬ 
bourhood, in the salt district of Cheshire, 
1887, 713 
- (Dr. T. Ogier) on a phenomenon 
connected with diffraction, 1872, 45 
* -on the formation and stratification 
of sedimentary rocks, 1872, 123 ; on 
slicken-sides, or rubbed, polished, or 
striated rocks, ib. 
Warden (Alexander J.) on the linen 
manufacture in Dundee and neighbour¬ 
hood, 1867, 146 
Warden of the Standards, reasons why 
the office of, should include standard 
weights and measures of the metric 
system in addition to those of the im¬ 
perial weights and measures, by James 
Yates, 1867, 147 
Warder (Prof. R. B.), suggestions for 
computing the speed of chemical reac¬ 
tion, 1883 , 456 
*Wardle (T.) on the Muga silkworm and 
moth (Anthercea assama ) of Assam, 
and other Indian silk-producing species, 
1881, 770 ; *on some important sta¬ 
tistics relating to the silk industry, 
852 
Warfare, savage and civilised, J. A. Farrer 
on, 1879, 396 
Warington (R.) on alterations in the 
properties of the nitric ferment by cul¬ 
tivation, 1881, 593 
* -on the nitrates in soil, 1883 , 469 
—— on nitrification, 1884 , 682 
-on the distribution of the nitrifying 
organism in the soil, 1886, 582 
- - on the reduction of nitrates by 
micro-organisms, 1887, 653 
--on the power of certain bacteria to 
form organic compounds from inorganic 
matter, 1890, 866 
