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INDEX. 



Matusoffsky, Mr., Ixxii. 



Maury, Commander M. F., 74, 684. 



Maximowicz, Mr., civ. 



Maxite, a new lead ore, 194. 



Maxwell, Mr., xxxv., xxxvi., 47, 61,135, 165, 



171, 172, 173. 

 May-bugs, destruction of, 392. 

 Maydell, Baron, xxxiii. 

 Mayer, Prof. A. M,, xxxvi., xli., Ixxxii., 129, 



156. 

 Maynard,Mr. C.J.,2S6. 

 Meadow-grass and spring water, 386. 

 Meat extract, preparation of, 479. 



new preparation of, 509. 

 new process for preserving, 477. 

 rapid pickling of, 478. 

 Meats, trade in preserved, 499. 

 Mechanical principles of flying, 172, 533. 

 Mechanics and' Engineering, cxviii., 511. 

 Medals by the Royal Society, 671. 

 Medical Association, British, 67S. 

 Mediterranean, life in the, 213. 

 Meehan, Mr. Thomas, 330. 

 Meek, Prof. F. B., xlv., 199, 200, 232. 

 Megatheriidse, relations of the, 318. 

 Megnin, Mr., xcix. 

 Meidinger, Prof., 518. 

 Meigs, Mr. Montgomery, 261. 

 Meinert, Mr., 387. 

 Meiniere, Mr., 502. 

 Meissner, Mr., xxxii., 89, 379. 

 Melbourne, botanical garden in, 677. 

 Meldola, Mr., Ixxxviii. 

 Meldrum, Mr., xxxi., 100. 

 Melopsittacus undulatus, 188. 

 Melsens, Mr., 145, 181, 187. 

 Melsheimer, Dr. Friedrich E., 684. 

 Members of the Academy of Sciences of 



Paris, new, 674. 

 Memorial to Galileo, 678. 



Menagerie in Central Park, 338. 

 Meneville, Mr. Guerin, 392, 419. 

 Mentone, farther discoveries in, 280. 

 Mercadier, Mr., xxxvii. 

 Merchant marine of 1872, 667. 

 Mercurial poisoning, prevention of, 627. 

 Mercury, cruise of the, 64. 

 Meridian, French arc of the, 233. 



measurement of an arc of the, 

 23. 

 Merker,Mr.,494. 

 Merostomata, 291. 

 Mertain, Mr. L, P.,497. 

 Mesmerism of animals, 345. 

 Meson yx, 286. 

 Metallic conductors acted on by galvanic 



currents, 151. 

 Metallurgy and Chemistry, 179. 

 Metals, fastening of, on glass, 605. 

 poisonous qualities of, 632. 

 Metchell,Mr.,543. 

 Meteor of June 17, 1783, 55. 

 Meteoric dust in snow, 209. 



shower, Nov. 27, 1872, 10. 

 stones, crust of, 194. 

 Meteorite, incendiary, 33. 

 Meteorites, black incrustation on, 197. 

 Meteorology, xxvii. 



and ballooning, 124. 



and Terrestrial Physics, 63, 



descriptive, 116. 



in Canada, 76. 



in Havana, 82. 



in Russia, 76. 



Meteorology in the Argentine Republic, 73. 



of the Doldrums, 117. 

 Meteors and comets, origin of, 9. 

 Methylammouium compounds, poisonous, 



641. 

 Methylene ether as an angesthetic, 619. 

 Meunier, Prof., 194, 197. 

 Meyer, Dr. A. B., 230, 406. 

 Dr. H. A., Ixxxvi. 

 Mr., xxxvi., Ixxi., 103, 473. 

 Mr. Frederick, 238, 239. 

 Mr. Jules, 627. 

 Mr. O.L., 166,171. 

 Miahle, Mr., 473. 

 Mica, a new, 193. 



in Warren County, N. J., 203. 

 mines in North Carolina, 282. 

 Michigan fishery bill, 441. 

 Micro - chemical investigation of fibres, 



572. 

 Micrometer, new double-image, 130. 

 new spectroscopic, 136. 

 Microscopic life, 269. 

 Microzymes in milk, 484. 

 Middleton, Carman, & Co., 317. 

 Mignot, Mr., 487. 

 Milk, adulteration of, 485. 



advantages of condensed, 497. 

 and microzymes, 484. 

 for calves, substitute for, 390. 

 vessels for transporting, 476. 

 Milk-tree, 365. 



Milne-Edwards, Mr. Alphonse, xcviii., 291. 

 Mimulus moschatus, 371. 

 Mineralogy and Geology, 191. 

 Minerva, the owl-faced, 224. 

 Mining statistics for 1872, 203. 

 Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences, 



655, 

 Miroschnicbenko, Mr., Ixxii. 

 Mirrors for telescopes, 593. 

 Miscellaneous, 653. 

 Mississippi, shad in the, 448. 

 Mistletoe, propagation of the, 368. 

 Mitchell, Prof. O. M., 15, 35, 659. 

 Mixter, Mr., xxxviii. 

 Moa, geological age of the, 281. 

 Moberg, Mr., 94. 

 Moebiiis, Prof., Ixxxvi. 

 Mohu, Prof., Ixiv., 108. 

 Moigno, Abbe, 191. 

 Molecules, Hinrich's theory of, 164. 

 Mollusca, Rhode Island, 339. 



terrestrial, 333, 

 Mollusks, geographical distribution of, 320. 

 Molner, Mr., xxxiv., 651. 

 Moluccas, travels in the, 229. 

 Money, aboriginal, 310, 

 Montefiore-LeviandKiinzel, Messrs. ,cxxxi. 

 Monteiro, Mr. J. J., 190. 

 Montier, Mr., 144. 

 Montign}', Mr., 91. 

 Moon, heat radiated from the, 54. 

 white appearances in the, 8, 

 atmosphere of the, xxi, 

 influence of the, on the weather, 98. 

 Moore, Dr., 368. 



Mr. Carrick, 340. 

 Moquin-Tandon, Mr., 379. 

 Morchini, Mr., 612. 

 Mordants for aniline colors, 580. 

 Morse, Prof., xciv., xcvii. 

 Mortality and climate, 650. 

 Mortars, comparison of ancient, 527. 



