INDEX. 



645 



Mathematics aud theoretical mechanics, 



xix. 

 Mather, Mr. Frederick, 344, 412, 5S5. 

 Mathieu, Prof. Claude Louis, 594. 

 Matter in the liquid aud gaseous states, 



125, 176. 

 Matthews, Washington, M.D., clxiv. 



& Hill, Messrs., 494. 

 Matthieu & Urbaiu, Messrs., 317, 318. 

 Matvosovsky, Capt., cxxviii. 

 Mauch, Dr. Carl, 594. 

 Maupertin, Mr., 2S. 

 Maury, Capt., 76. 

 Maw, Henry L., 594. 

 Maxwell, Mr., 119, 121, 12S, 1GS. 

 Mayer and Wolkoff, Messrs., ccxxiii. 

 Mr. Christian, 3S. 

 Mr. Tobias, 3S. 



Prof., xxi., xxiv., Hi., Ivii., lxiv., 42. 

 Mayuard, Lieut., 261, 262. 

 Mr. C. J., ccvi. 

 Meadow-saffron, noxious exhalations of, 



379. 

 Measurements of terrestrial magnetism, 



164. 

 Meat, preservation of cooked, 449. 



smoking and keeping, 443. 

 Meat-extract in bread, 457. 

 Mechanical effects of light, 137. 

 novelties, cclxxviii. 

 power, transmission of, by 



electricity, 122. 

 puddling, cclxi. 

 Mechanics and engineering, 459. 



theoretical, aud mathematics, 

 xix. 

 Medicinal plants, new work on, 378. 

 Medicines, introducing, by galvanism, 561. 

 Mediterranean, tides of, 113. 

 Meek, Mr., cci. 



Meeting of American Fish-Culturists' As- 

 sociation, 5S5. 

 Mega-barometer, Hirn's, xxxvii. 

 Meigs aud Pepper, Drs., 319. 

 Meinicke, Dr. Carl, clxx. 

 Meissel, Prof.,2. 

 Melanosiderite, 248. 

 Melbourne Observatory, xxii., xxx. 

 telescope, work with, 29. 

 Meldola,Mr.,517. 

 Meldrum, Mr., xxxvi., 79, 87. 

 Mellilotol,21G. 

 Mellilotus officinalis, 216. 

 Mello, Rev. S. Magens, clvii. 

 Membranes, vibration of, 132. 

 Mendelef, Mr., S6. 

 Menhaden oil and guano, 417. 

 Menocal, Mr. A. G., ccxlix. 

 Meutal ability of different races, 321. 

 Menten, Father, xxi. 

 Mercadier, Mr., li. 

 Mercury, reflecting power of the planet, 18. 



thermal conductivity of, 152. 

 Merensky, Mr. A., clxvii. 

 Merk, Prof., clxii. 

 Merrill, Prof. Selah. cxxix. 

 Merriman's waterproof dress, 444. 

 Merz, Mr., lxiv. 



Messikommer, Mr. Jacob, clxxi. 

 Metallurgy and chemistry, 205. 

 Metals, evaporation by electricity, 12S. 

 spectra of the least fusible, 133. 

 Meteor of June 17, 1S73, 44. 

 Meteorites, analyses of, xxviii. 



Meteorites, gases occluded by, 220. 



in India, 61. 

 Meteors observed in France, xxix. 

 Meteorology, xxxv. 



importance of, 90. 

 in China, 5S0. 

 in New South Wales, 91. 

 nautical, 76. 

 treatise by Mohn, 78. 

 Method of distinguishing impregnated 

 eggs, 448. 

 of oyster-culture, French, 420. 

 Metropolitan Association in London, 453. 

 Metschnikoff, Mr., clxxxviii. 

 Meyer and Ambuhl, Messrs., lxxxiv. 

 and Lecco, Messrs., lxxvi., 224. 

 Dr. Ernest, 219. 

 Mr., lxxxv., 121, 356. 

 Mr. Rudolph, cxxix. 

 Prof. O. E., 17S. 

 Miall, Mr.,5SS. 

 Mice of North America, 333. 



pouched, ccix. 

 Michaelis & Wagner, Messrs., Ixxv. 

 Michel's concrete pans, 440. 

 Michelle, Mr., 87. 



Michigan Commissioner of Fisheries' Re- 

 port, 407. 

 grayling in the Au Sable River, 



344. 

 topography, 257. 

 Micrometric measurements, 29. 

 Microscope, improvements in the, 1SS. 

 in geology, the, cxlii. 

 testing, 1S9. 

 Microscopic study of fibres for paper, 541. 

 Microscopy, cxxxiv. 

 Middendorf, Mr., 341. 

 Mielberg, Mr., 96. 

 Migration of birds, 340. 

 Miklucho-Maklay, Mr., clxix., 331. 

 Milk and chloroform, 366. 



mustard-oil prevents curdlingof, 446. 

 potash and soda in, 233. 

 Milk-weed as a fibre-plant, 542. 

 Millot, Mr.,3S6. 

 Mills, Dr., xxxvi., 211. 

 Milne-Edwards, Mr. Alphonse, clvii., 354. 

 Milner, James W., cc, 413, 429. 

 Minard, Mr., 474. 

 Mineral manure, new, 3S6. 



substances in the articulata, 350. 

 waters, electricity of, 158. 

 Mineralogy, xcvi. 



and geology, 235. 

 Minerals, list of new, xcvii. 

 Miners' safety lamps, 469. 

 Minimum and maximum thermometer, 



new, 153. 

 Minnesota Commissioners of Fisheries' 



Report, 40S. 

 Minnich, Dr., 15S. 

 Mirage, 83. 

 Miscellaneous, 571. 



Mississippi River, alluvial basin of the, 476. 

 improving the channel 

 of the, ccxlii. 

 Mitchell and Buchan, Messrs., 81. 

 Prof. Henry, S52. 

 Sir William, 114. 

 Mivart, Prof., 5S2. 

 Mixter, Mr., lxxii. 

 Moa (Diornis), ccv. 



in New Zealand, 359. 



