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SECTIONS. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Mastodon angustidens, Dr. ValHni on a ske- 

 leton of the, found near Montopoli, 1852, 

 6a. 



Mathematical definitions, on Dr. Whewell's 

 views respecting the nature and value of, 

 by J. P. Hennessy, 1858, 3. 



• optics. Sir W. R. Hamilton on a view 



of, 1831-32, 545. 



Mathematics: on the polyhedron of forces, 

 by J. T. Graves, 1856, i. 



.. : on the congruence nx^n-{-l{mod p), 



by J. T. Graves, 1856, i. 



-. : on a theorem in combinations, and 



on a particular class of congruences, by 

 H. M. Jeffery, 1856, 3. 



- : on the porism of tlie in-and-circum- 

 Bcribed triangle, by A. Cayley, 1855, i. 



>« : on the possible and impossible cases 



of quadratic duplicate equalities in the 



. Diophantine analysis, by M. Collins, 

 1855, 2. 



-; : on a more general theory of analytical 



geometry, including the Cartesian as a 

 particular case, by A. J. Ellis, 1855, 5. 



Matias bark, Dr. Mackay on, 1839, 61. 



bark. Dr. Mackay on the chemical and 



medicinal properties of, 1840, 160. 



Matter, on the absorption of, by the surfaces 

 of bodies, by Sir D. Brewster, 1855, 9. 



, Dr. Laming on the constitution and 



forces of molecules of, 1846, 35. 



, Sir G. Gibbes on the constitution of, 



1844,41. 



•r. , Prof. Faraday on the magnetic con- 

 dition of, 1847, 20. 



, Rev, Dr. Wliewell's remarks on Dr. 



Wollaston's argument respecting the in- 

 finite divisibility of, 1839, 26. 



Mazatlan, on shells from, by P. P. Carpenter, 



. 1854, 107. 



Meadow-land, on the efiects of dififerent ma- 

 nures on the composition of the mixed 

 herbage of, by J. B. Lawes and Dr. J. H. 

 Gilbert, 1859, 70. 



Measurement, angular, P. Adie on a new 

 reflecting instrument for, 1860, 59. 



Measures, on the diversity of, in the corn- 

 markets of the United Kingdom, by J. T. 

 Danson, 1856, 137. 



, weights, and coinage, English, on the 



use of prime numbers in, by J. Yates, 

 1857, 174. 



• , weights, and money of this country, 



General Sir C. W. Pasley on simplifying 

 and improving the, 1847, 43 ; 1866, 146. 

 , metrical, of length, on the nomencla- 

 ture of the, by G. J. Stoney, 1859, 244. 



Measuring actual distances, P. Adie on an 



. instrument for, 1860, 59. 



— — bodies to a very minute degree of ac- 

 curacy, Mr. Whitworth on an instrument 

 for, 1844, 27. 



Meat, fresh, results of experiments on the 



. preservation of, 1854, 69. 



dietary, salt-, on the use of phosphate 



of potash in a, by R. Galloway, 1855, 63. 



Mechanical antecedents of motion, heat, and 

 light, Prof. W. Thomson on the, 1854, 



59- 

 energy of the universe. Prof. W. J. M. 



Rankine on the reconcentration of the, 



1852, 12. 

 value of heat, J. P. Joule on the, 1843, 



33- . 

 — — equivalent of heat, as determined by 

 the heat evolved by the agitation of liquids, 

 J. P. Joule on the, 1845, 31 ; 1847, 55 ; 

 1848, 21. 



force and temperature, J. J. Water- 



ston on a law of mutual dependence be- 

 tween, 1853, II. 



magnitudes, H. Cox on the parallelo- 

 gram of, 1851, I. 



- notation, as exemplified in Scheiitz's^ 

 calculating machine, H. P. Babbage on, 



1855, 203. 



— — - power, on the friction break dynamo- 

 meter for the measurement of, by Prof. 

 J. Thomson, 1855, 209. 



process for cooling air in tropical cli- 

 mates, 1852, 128. 



properties of heat, G. Rennie on the, 



1856, 165; 1857, 190. 



— — - science, W. Fairbaim on the progress 

 of, 1853, 116; 1858, 201. 



strain, on the efiects of, on the thermo- 

 electric qualities of metals, 1855, 17. 



Mechanics, Prof. Sylvester on the applica- 

 tion of Poncelet's theorems for the linear- 

 representation of quadratic radicals, to 

 practical questions of, 1860, 7. 



«— — , analytical, Prcf. Jacobi on a new 

 general principle of, 1842, 2. 



, analytical. Prof. Braschmann on the 



principles of, 1842, 4. 



Mechanism, on a new element of, by R. 

 Roberts, 1848, 119. 



Meconine and papaverine, on the constitu- 

 tion of, and their relations to the other 

 constituents of opium, by Prof. T. Ander- 

 son, 1854, 64. 



Medical charities of London, statistics of the, 

 1856, 127; of Paris, ib. 



profession. Dr. Abercrombie on the 



importance of the study of mental philo- 

 sophy to the, 1834, 670. 



science, Dr. W. P. Alison on the ap- 

 plication of statistics to questions in, 1855» 



Medicinal action of bromine and its com- 

 pounds. Dr. Glover on the, 1840, 157. 



properties of the Matias bark, Dr. 



Mackay on the, 1840, 160. 



and chemical properties of carbonized 



peat moss, by J. W. Rogers, 1857, 58. 

 Medo-P«rsic philology. Prof. MacDouall on, 



1852, 90. 

 Medulla oblongata, R. Garner on alterations 



in the, in cases of paralysis, 1860, 129. 

 • oblongata. Dr. J. Reid on the anatomy 



of the, 1840, 154. 

 Medusae, R. Patterson on the, 1840, 142. 



