GENERAL INDEX 
455 
* White (W.), exhibition of photographs 
of the interior of the Great Pyramid, 
taken with the magnesium light by 
Prof. C. Piazzi Smyth, 1865, 40 
—— on the work of the Corresponding 
Societies Committee, 1887, 459 ; 1888, 
255 
White corpuscles, their nature and 
origin in the animal organism, Dr. 
Goodman on, 1873, 129 
* -lead, J. Fergusson on, 1876, 63 
- light, a standard of, report of the 
Committee for fxing, 1881, 126 ; 1882, 
38 ; 1883, 127 ; 1885, 61 ; 1886 , 39 ; 1887, 
47 ; 1888, 39 
- light, a standard of, Capt. Abney 
on fixing, 1883, 422 
-Sea, the Holy Islands in the, W. H. 
Dixon on, 1870, 179 
White aves (J. F.), notes on a deep-sea 
dredging-expedition round the island 
of Anticosti, in the Gulf of St. Law¬ 
rence, 1872, 143 
W hitehouse (F. Cope) on the latest re¬ 
searches in the Moeris basin, 1884, 
802 
-on the projected restoration of the 
Raian Moeris, and the province, lake, 
and canals ascribed to the Patriarch 
Joseph, 1885, 1127 
-on further explorations in the Raian 
Basin and the Wadi Moileh, 1886, 730 ; 
1887, 799 ; 1888, 799 ; 1890, 955 
—— on Wusum and other remains in 
Egyptian Arabia, 1887, 898 
-on the river of Joseph, the Fayum 
and Raian basins, 1888, 746 
- on ancient maps of Egypt, Lake 
Moeris, and the Mountains of the 
Moon, 1890, 896 
Whiting, C. W. Rose on a monstrosity in 
a, 1863, 106 
* Whitley (N.) on the distribution of 
shattered chalk flints and slates in 
Devon and Cornwall, 1869, 103 
*Whitmee (Rev. S. J.) on some cha¬ 
racteristics of the Malayo-Polynesians, 
1877, 122 
Whitworth (Joseph), report on the 
application of gun-cotton to warlike 
purposes, 1863, 1 ; 1865, 264 
- on a uniformity of weights and 
measures, 1868 , 484 ; 1869, 308 ; 1870, 
232 ; 1871, 198 ; 1872, 25 
- on the proper form of projectiles 
for penetration under water, 1868, 195 
- on boiler explosions, 1869, 47 ; 1870, 
1 ; on the penetration of armour-plates 
with long shells of large capacity fred 
obliquely, 1869, 430 
- [Sir J.] on the determination of a 
gauge for the manufacture of various 
small screws, 1882, 311 ; 1883, 318 ; 
1881, 287 
Whymper (Edward) on the structure of 
the Matterhorn, 1865, 76 ; on some new 
expeditions in the chain of Mont Blanc, 
including the ascent of the Aiguille 
Verte, 191 
*- on explorations in Greenland, 
1868, 143 
- report of proceedings to obtain a 
collection of fossil plants in North 
Greenland , 1869, 1 
- (F ) on the progress of the Russo 
American telegraph expedition via 
Behring’s Straits, 1866, 117 
Wick, C. W. Peach on the naked-eyed 
Medusae found at, 1867, 96 
Wicklow, the geology of, preliminary ob¬ 
servations on, by Prof. Sollas, 1887, 708 
- Mountains, Prof. E. Hull on a few 
of the many remarkable boulder-stones 
to be found along the Eastern margin 
of the, 1887, 691 
Wicksteed (J. H.), measurement of 
elongation in test samples, 1890, 962 
Wiedemann (Dr. E.) on the resistance 
of hydrated salts, 1887, 346 
-(Prof. G.) on some points in electro¬ 
lysis and electro-convection, 1887, 347 
—— on the proportions in which bases 
and acids present in a solution com¬ 
bine with each other, 1874, 32 
Wiedersheim (Prof. R.) on the degene¬ 
ration of the olfactory organ in certain 
fishes, 1887, 736 ; on the torpid state 
of Protopterus, 738 
Wiener’s, Prof. Christian, stereoscopic 
representation of the cubic Eikosi- 
heptagram, Prof. Sylvester on, 1869, 15 
Wiesendanger (T.) on improvements 
in electro-motors, 1880, 501 
Wigan coalfield, C. E. De Ranee on the 
variation in thickness of the Middle 
Coal-Measures of the, 1876, 89 
Wigham (J. R.) on new application of 
gas for lighthouses, 1878, 436 ; a short 
description of two kinds of fog signals, 
437 » * 698 ; *a new atmospheric gas 
machine, 437 
-*on the advantages of ex-focal light 
in first-order dioptric lighthouses, 1881, 
776 ; *on the value of quadriform gas¬ 
lights for lighthouses in comparison 
with the electric light, 779 
-on a new method of burning oil for 
lighthouse illumination, 1886, 809 ; a 
new form of light for lighthouses, ib.; 
a new illuminant for lighthouses, ib .; 
a new method of arranging the annu¬ 
lar lenses used for revolving lights at 
lighthouses, ib. 
Wigtonshire, Lord Lovaine on the recent 
discovery of lacustrine human habita¬ 
tions in, 1863, 141 
Wild (Dr. H.) on magnetic reductions, 
1885, 78 
