INDEX. 



705 



Martinet, Ludovic, 406. 

 Mascart, E., 128, 230, 529. 

 Mascart's electrometer, 148. 

 Maskelyne, N. S M 2S4. 

 Mason, Colonel A. M., 343, 344. 



Prof. Otis T., 379, 400. 

 Masse, 235. 

 Masters, Dr., 510. 

 Matherou, 310. 

 Matteucci, 343. 

 Maunder, N., 1S9. 

 Mauritius Almanac, 193. 



observatory at, 132. 

 survey of, 319. 

 Mawson & Swan, 21S. 

 Maxima of star-density, 3. 

 Maximowicz, Dr., 511. 

 Maxwell, 246. 

 Mayer, 224. 



Mean motion of the moon, 34. 

 Measurement of the diameter of the fla- 



gella of bacterium termo, 306. 

 Measures on the cluster x Persei, 5. 

 Mechanics : 1, of solids, 213. 



2, of liquids, 215. 



3, of gases, 21S. 



Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society 



to Baron Dembowsky, 43. 

 Meech, 163. 



Meehan, Prof. Thomas, 504. 

 Meetings of societies, etc., 405. 

 Mehlis, Dr., 395. 

 Meikleham, W.,60. 

 Melbourne Observatory, 83. 

 Meldola, 422. 



Meldrum, C, 132, 133, 192, 193. 

 Mello, Joaquim Covrea de, 624. 

 Melsens, 1S6. 



Melting-points to observe, 227. 

 Members of the International Committee 

 (Geological) on Maps, 312. 

 on Nomenclature, 312. 

 Mendelieff, Prof., 207. 

 Mendenhall, Prof. T. C, 58. 

 Mercury, 30. 



density of solid, 216. 

 transit of, 24. 

 Meregraph (tide-guage), US. 

 Merian, US. 

 Mermod, 196. 

 Merriam, C. H., 47S. 

 Merrill, Dr. J. C, 3SS, 47S. 

 Merrimau, Prof. G. B., 41, 67. 

 Merz and Tibirca, 205. 

 Mesites, the genus, 481. 

 Mesozoic of Scotland, 301. 

 Messer, Dr., 402. 

 Metal in solution, 252. 

 Metallic chemistry, 261. 



oxides in forming nitrates, 549. 

 Meteor streams, 36. 

 Meteorites, 37, 286. 

 Meteorological Bureau for Bavaria, 128. 



instruments investigated, 



151. 

 memoirs, translations of, 



147. 

 observatories in France, 



new, 129. 

 paper of Wild, 212. 

 spectroscopy, 149. 

 station at Pavlovsk, new, 



132. 

 work in observatories, 121. 



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Meteorology, 119. 



agricultural, 527. 

 in medicine, 194. 

 of Bombay, 144. 

 Meteors and zodiacal light, 209. 

 Method of least squares, 41. 

 Methyl chloride for producing cold, 229. 

 Metschuikoff, 441. 

 Metz, Dr., 383. 

 Meudon Observatory, 38. 

 Mexican civilization, ancient, 394. 



earthquakes, 101. 

 Mexicanischen Calenderstein, 384. 

 Mexico, meteorological bulletins of, 126. 



National Museum of, 406. 

 Meyer, Dr. Von, 101, 264, 413. 



Prof. O. E., 159. 

 Miall,L. C.,472. 

 Mica group, the, 276. 



schists, 290. 

 Michael, A. D., 375. 

 Michaux Herbarium, 504. 

 Micological flora of Minnesota, 507. 

 Microbia of the air, 362. 

 Microchiroptera, 490. 

 Microgonidium, das, 515. 

 Micrometer, new form of, 359. 

 Micro-organisms, 361. 

 Microphone, the, 256, 5S6. 

 Microscopic tracings of Lissaious curves, 



378. 

 Microscopical Congress, 37S. 



apparatus, improvements 

 in, 355. 

 Microscopy, 355-377. 

 Miguel, 159. 

 Milk and glycerin, 270. 

 Millardet,5i9. 

 Miller, Hon. Anson S., 55. 



Casella, 113. 

 Millipora, structure of, 42S. 

 Mills, Dr. E. J., 150. 



Henry, 49. 

 Milne-Edwards, A., 477, 4S2. 

 Minchin, J. B., 339. 

 Mineral localities, new, 27S. 

 Miueralogical investigations, increase in, 

 271. 

 Magazine, 271. 

 publications, recent, 272. 

 Mineralogische Mittheiluugen, 271. 

 Mineralogy, 271. 



and lithology of New Hamp- 

 shire, 273. 

 Minerals, artificial, 277. 



recent formation of, 305. 

 Mines of Laurium, Greece, 279. 

 Minks, Dr., 515. 

 Minnesota, hail-storm in, 176. 



micological flora of, 507. 

 Minor planets discovered in 1878, 34. 

 Minot, Dr. C. S., 429. 

 Miocene mammalian fauna of Oregon. 



499. 

 Miquel, M. P., 362. 

 Miscellaneous notes, 42. 

 Mishel, 1S8. 



Mississippi, jetty works of the, 571. 

 Missouri, magnetic survey of, 108. 

 plants in, 503. 

 weather service, 121. 

 Mitchell, D. G., 540. 



Prof. Henry, 117, 118. 

 Prof. Maria, 70. 



