REPORTS, ETC. INDEX OV SUBJECTS. 



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Manufactures, report of committee on the 



patent laws, 1858, 164 ; 1859, 191. 

 Manures essential to cultivated crops, re- 

 port on field experiments and laboratory- 

 researches on the constituents of, by Dr. 

 A. Voelcker, 1859, 31:— 

 Field experiments, 31. 

 Experiments upon swedes, 34. 

 Experiments on turnips, 38. 

 Field experiments upon wheat, 42. 

 Maps, skeleton, for recording the distribu- 

 tion of plants and animals, report of com- 

 mittee on, 1840, 445 ; 1841, 327. 



of the monthly isothermal lines of 



the globe. Prof. Dove's, his remarks on 

 the, 1848, 85. 



Mare Crisium and its shores. Prof. C. P. 



Smythe on the, 1854, 416. 

 Margaritaceae, Dr. Carpenter on the micro- 

 scopic structure of the shells of the, 1844, 



20; 1847, 95. 

 Marine animals. Prof. E. Forbes on ^Egean 



invertebrata, 1843, 130; on the distribu- 

 tion of, 152. 

 zoology, British, Prof. E. Forbes on 



the investigation of, by means of the 



dredge, 1850, 192. 

 invertebrate fauna, British, list of, by 



E. M'Andrew, 1860, 217. 

 zoologv of Great Britain, reports on 



the, 1840;; 444; 1841, 331; 1842, 213; 



1844, 390; 1850,192; 1857, 104; 1858, 



176, 282; 1859, 116. 

 Marmots of North America, 1836, 153. 

 Mariotte, law of, Prof. Johnston on the, 



1831-32, 451. 

 Marriages in large towns of Scotland, on the, 



1842, 134. 

 Marsupialia of North America, Sir J. Rich- 

 ardson on the, 1836, 149. 



, fossil, British, Prof. Owen on, 1842, 72. 



, pachydermoid, fossil, of Australia, 



Prof. Owen on the, 1844, 231. 

 Martins and weasels. North American, 1836, 



141, 143 ; of Ireland, 1840, 359. 

 Mastodon, fossil, of North America, Prof. 



H. D. Rogers on, 1834, 25. 

 , fossil, British, Prof. Owen on, 1843, 



219. 

 Materials, P. Barlow's report on the strength 



of, 1833, 93. 

 Mathematics in Belgium, M. Quetelet on the 



state of, 1835, 35. 

 Mazatlan Mollusca, list of the Reigen col- 

 lection of, 1856, 243. 

 Measurement of water by weir boards. Prof. 



J. Thomson on the, 1856, 46 ; 1858, 181 ; 



1860,217. 

 Mechanico-chemical examination of rocks 



and minerals, A. Gages on the, 1859, 65. 

 Mechanics in Belgium, M. Quetelet on, 



1835, 51. 

 Medicinal plants. Prof. J. Buckman on the 



growth of some, 1857, 213. 



plants of Dukhun, Col. Sykes on 



the, 1837, 244. 



Medicinal springs, Dr. Daubeny on, 1836, i. 

 Medicines, report on the physiological action 



of, by J. Blake, 1843, 115; 1845, 82; 



1846, 27. 

 Medulla oblongata, Dr. W. C. Henry on 



the, 1833, 72. 

 Medusae of the ^gean Sea, Prof. E. Forbes 



on the, 1843, 147, 152. 

 Medusidse, British, 1860, 233. 

 Megaceros Hibernicus, fossil. Prof. Owen 



on, 1843, 237. 

 Megalosaurus, fossil, British, Prof. Owen 



on, 1841, 103; 1859, 164. 

 Megatherium, lecture on the fossil remains 



of, by Dr. Buckland, 1831-32, 104. 



, remains of. North America, 1834, 26. 



Meiocene formations of North America, 



Prof. H. D. Rogers on the, 1834, 35. 

 Meles, fossil, British, Prof. Owen on, 1842, 



70. 

 Meliboea of the ^gean Sea, Prof. E. Forbes 



on the, 1843, 133, 186 ; Irish, 1843, 250. 

 Melilotus, Prof. Buckman on the growth of, 



1857, 209. 

 Melloni's thermomultiplier, 1835, 167. 

 Memoirs, catalogue of philosophical, pre-* 



liminary report on, by A. Cayley, R. 



Grant, and Prof. Stokes, 1856, 463. 

 , scientific, reports on the translation 



and publication of, 1840, 446 ; 1841, 



328 ; 1842, 210 ; 1843, 129. 

 Mephitic air, paper on, by Cavendish, 1839, 



Mephitis Americana, Sir J. Richardson on, 



1836, 144. 



Mercantile steam transport economy, C. 

 Atherton on, 1856, 423 ; 1857, 112; 1859, 

 124. 



Mercurial dish, Cacciatore's, 1858, 73, 78. 



Merlinus of the London clay, 1844, 294, 

 308. 



Meropidas of Dukhun, 1837, 248 ; Irish, 

 1840, 372. 



MeruUdae of North America, Sir J. Richard- 

 son on the, 1836, 171. 



, Irish, W. Thompson on the, 1840, 366. 



Metallic-plate engraving, as applied to orni- 

 thology, Prof. Strickland on, 1844, 202. 



Metallic substitutions. Dr. T. Andrews on 

 the heat developed in, 1849, 76. 



veins, R. W. Fox on the electricity of, 



1837, 133. 



Metals, precipitation of, from solutions in 

 a malleable state. Prof. Johnston on the, 

 1831-32, 467. 



, electro -negative. Prof. Johnston on, 



1831-32, 468. 



, electro-positive. Prof. Johnston on the 



reduction of, 1831-32, 475. 



, solution of, in nitric acid. Dr. T. An- 

 drews on the, 1849, 74. 



, on the mechanical properties of, as 



derived from repeated meltings, by W. 

 Fairbairn, 1853, 87. 



for ordnance, report of the committee 



on, 1855, 100. 



