GENERAL INDEX. 
453 
Wethered (E.) on the formation of 
coal, 1881, 623 
- on the circulation of underground 
waters , 1882, 213 ; 1883, 147 ; 1884, 96 ; 
1885, 380 ; 1886, 235 ; 1887, 358 ; 1888, 
145 ; 1889, 71 ; I860, 352 
-on the origin of the hmmatite de¬ 
posits in the Carboniferous Limestone, 
1882, 533 
- on the structure of English and 
American Carboniferous coals, 1884, 
741 
-on the Lower Carboniferous rocks of 
Gloucestershire, 1888, 657 
* -H, Cossham, andW. Saise on the 
northern end of the Bristol Coalfield, 
1875, 64 
Wexford, the geology of, preliminary ob¬ 
servations on, by Prof. Sollas, 1887, 708 
Whale, Bottle-nose, Prof. Struthers on 
the occurrence of finger-muscles in the, 
1872, 156 
-cervical vertebra of the Steypirethyr, 
Prof. W. Turner on the, 1871, 144 
-—— the Steypireyor, H. Bird on, 1870, 
112 
— Fin-, Prof. Struthers on some rudi¬ 
mentary structures recently met with 
in the dissection of a large, 1871, 142 
-Fin-, Prof. Struthers on the sternum 
and pelvic bone in the Right whale, and 
in the Great, 1872, 156 
-fishing, James Yeaman on, as pro¬ 
secuted by the North-Sea fleet hailing 
from Dundee, 1867, 148 
- fossil, Dr. Edwards Crisp on the 
skeleton of a, recently exhumed on the 
western coast of Suffolk, 1868, 61 
* -the Greenland Right, Prof. Struthers 
on dissections of the supposed rudi¬ 
mentary hind-limb and on the finger 
muscles of, 1876, 163 
* -a model of the, Capt. Gray on, 1885, 
1059 
-Pilot, Prof. W. Turner on the anatomy 
of the, 1867, 104 
- remains washed ashore at Babba- 
combe, W. Pengelly on, 1869, 116 
f—■— Sowerby’s ( Mesoplodon bidens ), 
some points in the anatomy of, by Prof. 
W. Turner, 1885, 1057 
- Tay {Meg apt era longimand), the 
rudimentary hind-limb of the, Prof. 
J. Struthers on, 1884, 766 
- Tay {Megaptera longimana), and 
other whales recently obtained in the 
North of Scotland, Prof. Struthers on, 
1885, 1053 
jWhalebone whale of the southern hemi¬ 
sphere, Dr. J. E. Gray on the, 1870, 117 
f- whales, Dr. J. E. Gray on the, 
1864, 95 
Whales, fossil, Prof. P. J. van Beneden 
on the, of the Antwerp Crag, 1872, 134 
Wharfe, the valley of the, Yorkshire, Rev. 
E. Sewell on the drifts and boulders of 
the upper part of the, 1876, 95 
Wharton (Capt. W. J. L.) on the erosion 
of the sea-coasts of England and, Wales , 
1884, 238 ; 1885, 404 ; 1886, 847 ; 1888, 
898 
Wheat, composition of, grown for twenty 
years in succession on the same land, 
Dr. Gilbert and J. B. Lawes on the, 
1867, 36 
——- a new mill for disintegrating, T. Carr 
on, 1871, 233 ; F. J. Bramwell on, 229 
- price of, rising or falling contem¬ 
poraneously wflth the variation in the 
value of foreign currencies, W. J. Harris 
on the, 1888, 767 
- seed, Dr. F. Crace-Calvert on the 
amount of soluble and insoluble phos¬ 
phates in, 1869, 66 
*- yields, the effect of aspect on, 
Dr. A. Haviland on, 1886, 762 
Wheatley (Capt.) on improvements in 
the defence of ships of war, 1864, 190 ; 
*on plated ships and their armament, 
ib. ; *011 revolving sails, ib. 
Wheatstone (Prof. C.), report on stan¬ 
dards of electrical resistance , 1862, 125 ; 
1863, hi ; 1864, 345 ; 1865, 308 ; [ 8 ir 
C.], 1867, 474 ; 1869, 434 ; 1870, 14 
- on the transmission of sound-signals 
under water , 1863, 105 ; 1865, 192 ; 
1866, 212 
-on a new telegraphic thermometer, 
1867, 11 
Wheatstone’s rheostat, Sir W. Thomson’s 
improved, J. T. Bottomley on, 1886, 
547 
*Wheeler (C. Gilbert) on recent pro¬ 
gress in chemistry in the United States, 
1871, 83 
- (W. H.) on the drainage of the Fen- 
land considered in relation to the con¬ 
servancy of the rivers of Great Britain, 
1878, 693 
- on the investigation of the action 
of waves and currents on the beds and 
foreshores of rivers by means of working 
models , 1889, 327 ; 1890, 512 
—- on the application of the transport¬ 
ing power of water to the deepening 
and improvement of rivers, 1889, 754 
Wheels, F. J. Bramwell on circular 
rolling, and railway, 1865, 173 
Wheelwright (W.) on the Central 
Argentine railway from Rosario to 
Cordova, and across the Cordillera of 
the Andes, 1863, 148 
Whidborne (Rev. G. F.) on some 
Devonian Cephalopods and Gastero- 
pods, 1888, 680 ; on some Devonian 
Crustaceans, 681 ; on some fossils of 
the Limestones of South Devon, ib. 
- on the best methods for the registra- 
