GENERAL INDEX. 
447 
*Warm-blooded animals. Dr, Binz on the 
action of alcohol on, 1873, 124 
Warming and ventilation, J. D. Morrison 
on a new system of, 1871, 240 
* -buildings, F. J. Bramwell on the 
circulation of hot water for, 1877, 201 
*Warmth of air, the sensible, an instru¬ 
ment for determining, Prof. G. Forbes 
on, 1879, 277 
*Warner (T.) on chambered spirit-levels, 
1869, 54 
'-"Warren (Lieut, C.) on reconnaissance 
of a new or partially known country, 
1874, 184 
,-[Col. Sir C.], Address to the Geogra¬ 
phical Section, 1887, 785 
-(T. T, P. Bruce) on the electrical 
resistances of fixed and volatile oils, 
1867, 47 
-on electrification, 1869, 47 
* -on the determination of tempera¬ 
ture-coefficients for insulating enve¬ 
lopes, 1877, 37 
Warwickshire coalfield, the rocks sur¬ 
rounding, A. Strahan on the, and on the 
base of the Coal-Measures, 1886, 624 
- the geology, mineralogy, and palceon- 
toloqy of , list of works on, by W. Whit¬ 
aker, 1885, 780 
-the igneous rocks of the neighbour¬ 
hood surrounding, F. Rutley on, 1886, 
625 
-Lias in South, Rev. P. B. Brodie on 
two outliers of, 1864, 52 
-Lias of, Rev. P. B. Brodie on two new 
species of corals in the, 1865, 49 
-New Red Sandstone (Upper and 
Lower Keuper) in, Rev. P. B. Brodie on 
the fossiliferous beds of the, 1865, 48 
Wasdale Craig, Prof. J. Phillips on the 
distribution of granite blocks from, 
1864, 65 
-"Wasps and bees, solitary, the instincts 
of, Sir J. Lubbock on, 1888, 706 
-and their nests, John Hogg on two 
British, 1868, 101 
Waste in animated frames, G. Harris on 
the concurrent contemporaneous pro¬ 
gress of renovation and, and the extent 
to which such operations are controll¬ 
able by artificial means, 1872, 152 
--lands, W. Botly on agricultural sta¬ 
tistics and, 1875, 206 
Watches, first-class, the behaviour of, 
whilst undergoing tests in the rating 
department of Kew Observatory, Rich¬ 
mond, Surrey, G. M. Whipple on, 1885, 
937 
Watcombe terra-cotta clay, W. A. E. 
Ussher on the, 1888, 672 
* Water, abrading and transporting 
power of, T. Login on the, 1868, 193 
-abrading and transporting power 
of, Thomas Login on the roads and 
railways of Northern India as affected 
by the, 1869, 214 
Water, action of, in the form of heated 
steam upon earthy minerals, Julius 
Jeffreys on the, 1869, 92 
* -the action of, on lead, A. H. Allen 
on, 1885, 993 
- analysis, report of the Committee for 
conferring with the Committee of tlu * 
American Association with a view of 
forming a uniform system of recording 
the results of, 1889, 55 
* -bearing strata in the neighbourhood 
of Norwich, J. E. Taylor on the, 1869, 
100 
* - the behaviour of, under great 
provocation from heat, Prof. W. Ram¬ 
say on, 1888, 562 
-colours, the action of light on, Dr. 
A. Richardson on, 1888, 641 
-colours, the fading of, Prof. W. N. 
Hartley on, 1886, 581 
-the composition of, by volume, Dr. 
A. Scott on, 1885, 976 ; 1887, 668 ; 
*1889, 544 
-decomposition of, Dr. J. H. Glad¬ 
stone and A. Tribe on the mutual help¬ 
fulness of chemical affinity, heat, and 
electricity in producing the, 1872, 75 
—— deep-sea, W. Lant Carpenter on the 
mode of collection of samples of, and of 
their analysis for dissolved gaseous 
constituents, employed on board H.M.S. 
‘ Porcupine ’ during the summers of 
1869 and 1870, *1870, 53 ; 1872, 72 
* -distribution of land and, between 
the hemispheres, J. W. Reid on the 
physical causes which have produced 
the unequal, 1869, 100 
-distribution of pure, to dwellings, 
A. McCallum Gordon on the, 1872, 246 
* -distribution of, to the towns and 
dwellings in the middle ages, Rev. 
Prof. Willis on the arrangements em¬ 
ployed for the, 1868, 196 
- drinking, Prof. Wanklyn on the 
effects of mineral substances in, on the 
health of the community, 1876, 163 
-in estuaries, the physical conditions 
of, H. R. Mill on, 1885, 940 
-estuary, H. R. Mill on the chemis¬ 
try of, 1886, 598 
-- evaporation from the surface of, 
Rogers Field and G. J. Symons on the 
determination of the real amount of, 
1869, 25 , 220 
—— examination of, for sanitary pur¬ 
poses, Prof. G. Bischof on the, 1871, 67 
-excess of, in the region of the earth 
about New Zealand, J. Yates on the, 
1861, 136 
- experiments on the gauging of, by 
triangular notches, by Prof. James 
Thomson, 1861, 151 
