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SECTIONS. INDEX OP SUBJECTS. 



Mineral veins, influence of electrical currents 

 in arranging the materials of, 1837, 46. 



veins of Cornwall, on the, 1831-32, 



586. 



waters. Dr. E. Lankester on the exist- 

 ence of organic beings in, 1841, yz. 



waters, on the salts present in, by Dr. 



J. H. Gladstone, 1856, 51. 



waters, W. West on the presence of 



nitrogen in, 1849, 47. 



Minerals from the south of Norway, on the 

 occurrence and chemical composition of, 

 by D. Forbes, 1854, 67. 



— — , highly liydrated, Dr. Lyon Playfair 

 on the condensation of volume in, 1850, 

 60. 



• , on determining the temperature and 



pressure at which they were formed, by 

 H. C. Sorby, 1858, 107. ^ 



*- , on some peculiarities in their arrange- 

 ment in igueous rocks, by H. C. Sorby, 



1858, 107. 



r y Prof. Miller on their unequal expan- 

 sion in different directions by heat, 1837, 



43- 



, rocks, &c., Profs. W. B. Kogers and 



R. E. Rogers on the decomposition and 

 partial solution of, by pure water and 

 water charged with carbonic acid, 1849, 40, 



— — , siliceous, J. Jeffreys on the solvent 

 power of water at high temperatures on, 

 1840, 125. 



in the neighbourhood of Glasgow, 



Prof. T. Thomson on the, 1840, 64. 



of Cork, R. W. Townsend on the, 1843, 



Mineralogical and Geological Museum of 

 the Imperial Mining Department of Vi- 

 enna, Prof. Haidinger on the, 1842, 39. 



phenomena, form for tabulating, by 



S.Highley, 1856, 172. 



specimens, Dr. Tamnau on rare, 1843, 



38. 



Mineralogy, on the progress of the science of, 

 1831-32, 60; 1834, 571. 



Miner's axe, description of an ancient, dis- 

 covered in the Forest of Dean, 1856, 71. 



Miners, on a safety-cage for, by R. Aytoun, 



1859, 228. 



Mine- ventilator, W. P. Struve's description 

 of a, 1848, 120. 



Mines, ancient. Rev. Dr. Hincks on, 1852, 

 110. 



and mining industry of Belgium, R. 



Valpy on the, 1846, too. 



, apparatus for raising miners and mi- 

 nerals from the deep vertical shafts of, 

 1843, 100. 



<.— — , Count Brenner on the use of wire ropes 

 in, 1838, 150. 



, Dr. Amott on safety lights for, 1837, 



54' 131- 



— — , notice of a machine intended to pre- 

 vent accidents in, 1854, 1 50. 



, on the depths of, by J. Taylor, 1833, 



4*7. 



Mines, on the ventilation of, by W.P. Struv6, 

 1848, 120. 



, on ventilating, 1849, 111, 125. 



, coal, on a direct-action steam -fan for 



the more perfect ventilation of, 1851, 116. 



, Prof. E. Hodgkinson on the tempera- 

 ture of the earth in, 1839, 19. 



Minie rifle, remarks on the, by W. Fair- 

 bairn, 1852, 125. 



Mining industry in France, G. R. Porter on 

 the progress of, 1838, 174; 1844, 86. 



records, T. Sopwith on the importance 



of preserving, 1838, 156. 



records, and their preservation, Prof. 



Ansted on, 1844, 42. 



Mirage, extraordinary, Dr. D. P. Thomson 

 on an, 1847, 39. 



, Rev. C. F. Lyon on some phenomena 



of, 1850, 42. 



, Sir D. Brewster on a remarkable case 



of, 1852, 24. 



on the sea-coast of Lancashire, notices 



of, by T. Hopkins, 1849, 16. 



Mirrors, J. Nasmyth on the bending of sil- 

 vered plate glass into, 1839, 7. 



, Sir D. Brewster on the form of images 



produced by, 1852, 3. 



Mitchelstown caves, notes of a visit to, 1857, 

 108. 



Moa, or great bird of New Zealand, Dr. 

 Dieffenbach on the, 1845, 50. 



Modelling, G. Busk on the employment of 

 gutta percha for, 1847, 81. 



Models, geographical, W. Bald on the con- 

 struction of, 1840, 126, 



, geological, on, 1838, 94. 



Mole, on the teeth of the, by Prof. Owen,^ 

 1838, 147. 



Molecular action, Prcf. Tyndall on, 1852, 20. 



elaboration in organized bodies, Prof. 



J. H. Bennett on the law of, 1855, 119. 



• vortices, Prof. Rankine on the results 



of the hypothesis of, 1851, 3. 



Molecules of bodies, on representing by dia- 

 grams the principal functions of the, by 

 Rev. Dr. Macvicar, 1855, 66. 



of matter. Dr. Laming on the consti- 

 tution and forces of the, 1846, 35. 



, organic, and their relations to each 



other and to the medium of light, Rev. 

 Dr. Macvicar on, 1859, 72. 



Mollusca, ascidian, J. Goodsir and Prof. 

 E. Forbes on Pelonaia, a new genus of^ 

 1840,137. 



, British. Prof. E. Forbes on the addi- 

 tion of the Nucleobranchia to the, 1843, 

 72. 



, British, with descriptions of new 



species, by J. Alder and A. Hancock,. 

 1847, 73- 



, lameUibranchiate, British, Prof. IL. 



Forbes on the families of, 1847, 75. 



, lameUibranchiate, J. Alder and A. 



Hanocck on the branchial currents of- 

 Pholas and My a, 1851, 74. 



, naked, J. Alder and A. Hancock on 



