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Medus«, on the habits of fish in relation to 

 certain forms of, by C. W. Peach, 1853, 70. 



— , British naked-eyed, with notices of 

 seven undescribed forms, J. R. Greene on 

 the, 1857, 103. 



-^— , Pulmograde, of the British seas, Prof. 



- E. Forbes on the, 1846, 84. 



preserved in Goadby's solution, 1845, 



Medusoid structure in the reproductive 



gemmse of the Tubularian and Sertula- 



rian polypes. Prof. Aliman on the, 1852, 



70. 

 Megatherioid quadruped (Scelidotherium 



leptocephalum) from La Plata, Prof. 



Owen on a, 1856, 73. 

 Megatherium, Prof. Owen on the structure 



of the tooth of the, 1838, 146. 

 , Dr. W. Adam on some symmetrical 



relations of the bones of the, 1833, 437. 

 Meliboea ornata, J. Alder on, 1842, 69. 

 Melly's (Mr.) collection of insects, notice 



of, 1854, no. 

 Membranipora cornigera, M. vulnerata, and 



M. minax, G. Busk on, 1859, 145. 



pilosa, Rev. T. Hincks on a peculiar 



organ of the, 1852, 75. 



Men, athletic, of Great Britain, comparison 

 of, with Greek statues, 1851, 84. 



Mendicancy, statistics of, by Sir J. P. Boi- 

 leau, 1848, 105. 



Menstruation in women. Dr. E. J. Tilt on 

 the causes which advance or retard the, 

 1850, 135. 



Mental functions. Dr. Fowler on the in- 

 fluences of instinct on the, 1850, 1 30. 



— — functions. Dr. R. Fowler on the in- 

 fluence of the circulation of the blood on 

 the, 1853, 66. 



• labour, E. Chadwick on the physio- 

 logical as well as psychological limits to, 

 1860, 185. 



philosophy. Dr. Abercrombie on the 



importance to the medical profession of 

 the study of, 1834, 670. 



Mercury, Prof. Oersted on the changes 

 which it imdergoes in glass vessels her- 

 metically sealed, 1846, 37. 



, W. West on salts of, 1838, 7a. 



, ammonio-iodide of, Rev. J. B. Reade 



on, 1857, 56. 



, binoxide of, with bicyanide, Prof. John- 

 ston on a new compound of, 1838, 59. 



, electric light of. Dr. J. H. Gladstone 



on the chromatic properties of the, 1860, 



Meriones, on the species of, found in Nova 

 Scotia, by J. W. Dawson, 1855, 1 10. 



Mersey Iron -works, W. Clay on the large fly- 

 wheel erected at the, 1854, 147. 



Metal, new (Pelopium), contained in the 

 Bavarian tantalite, 1846, 37. 



Metals, alloys, and salts, Prof. F. C. Calvert 

 on the expansion of, 1858, 46. 



, ammonio -iodides of. Rev. J. B. Reade 



on a method of forming, 1857, 55. 



Metals and metallic combinations, Baron 0, 

 Wetterstedt on their preservation from 

 oxidation, decomposition, and injury from 

 marine deposits and incrustations, 1847, 

 60. 



, compounds of, on the time required for 

 their decomposition, 1857, 61. 



, crysta:hzation of, by voltaic action, 



Dr. G. Bird on the, 1837, 45. 



, Dr. T. Woods on the amount of heat 



produced by the combination of, with 

 oxygen, 1852, 39. 



, W. Fairbairn on the mechanical pro- 

 perties of, as derived from repeated melt- 

 ings, 1852, 125. 



, galvanization of, Prof. Schonbein on 



the, i839, 34. 



, on producing true planes or surfaces 



on, by J. Whitworth, 1840, 192. 



, molten, on some phenomena in con- 

 nexion with, by J. Nasmyth, 1857, 26. 



of the alkaline earths. Dr. Matthiessen 



on the, 1855, 66. 



obtained from the alkalies and alkaline 



earths, on the combustibility and other 

 properties of the, by Dr. Matthiessen, 

 1858, 57. 



, on the effects of mechanical strain on 



the thermo-electric qualities of, by Prof. 

 W. Thomson, 1855, 17. 



, on some organic compounds contain- 

 ing, by Prof. Frankland, 1855, 62. 



, on the extraction of, from the ore of 



platinum, by Prof. E. Fremy, 1855, 63. 



, T. Spencer on the deposition of, by 



voltaic action, 1839, 38. 



under the influence of magnetic and 



diamagnetic forces, W. S. Ward on mo- 

 tions exhibited by, 1849, 46. 



Metallic and other compounds, R. Hunt on 

 the influence of light on, 1843, 35. 



reflexion. Prof. Stokes on, 1850, 19. 



substances. Rev. Prof. Powell on elliptic 



polarization in light reflectedfrom, 1843, 9. 



Metalliferous deposits, on the polarity of 

 cleavage-planes, their conducting-power, 

 and their influence on, by E. Hopkins, 

 1848, 69. 



veins. Prof. Reich's researches on elec- 

 trical currents on, 1839, 34. 



veins of Cornwall, Sir H. T. De I» 



Beche on phenomena connected with the, 

 1836, 83. 



veins of Tyndrum, notice respecting 



the, 1840, 97. 



Metamorphic rocks, on the microscopic 

 structure of certain, and the occurrence 

 of metallic iron in them, 1852, 34. 



and palaeozoic rocks of Scotland, on 



the subdivisions of the, by D. Page, 1855, 

 92. 



and older palaeozoic rocks in Scotland, 



D. Page on the relations of the, 1858, 105. 



and Silurian rocks of the 8»uth of Nor- 

 way, D. Forbes on the relations of the, 

 1855, 8a, 



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