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geni;ral index of vols. 1 — 12 of the 



220 ; on an improved mode of con- 

 structing, xi. 196. 



Magnus (M.) on the gases contained in 

 the blood, and on respiration, xii. 300, 



Maize, fossil, x. 323. 



Malaguti (M.), analysis of citric aether, 

 xi. 139 ; on the action of chlorine on 

 aethers, xii. 297 ; on camphoric acid, 

 xii. 297. 



Malcolmson (J. G.) on the great basaltic 

 district of India, xii. 286. 



MaUc acid, artificial, ii. 236 ; iv. 74. 



Mallet (R.) on the application of electro- 

 magnetism to manufactures, vii. 305 ; 

 on bleaching turf for the manufacture 

 of paper, vii. 401 ; on phaenomena of 

 flame from coal-gas, vii. 404 ; on the 

 aurora borealis of Sept. 29, 1836, x. 

 75 ; on an unobserved structure in cer- 

 tain trap rocks, xii. 106. 



Malt liquors, examination of, xii. 218. 



Mammifera, on the first changes in the 

 ova of, xi. 93. 



Mammalia, carnivorous, experiments on 

 feeding, i. 395. 



extinct, in the deposits of the neigh- 

 bourhood of the Plata, xi. 206. 



Mammary glands in the Cetacea, vii. 

 507. 



Man, physical development of, x. 197. 



Manchester, geology of the vicinity of, 

 ix. 157, 241, 348. 



Manganese, sesquisulphate of, viii. 173; 

 magnetic action of, ix. 65 ; ore contain- 

 ing silver, x. 279. 



Manna of Mount Sinai, x. 226. 



Mantell (Mr. G.) on the remains of the 

 Iguanodon, &c., ii. 150; proceeds of 

 the Wollaston fund presented to, vii. 

 52 ; on the bones of birds found in 

 Tilgate Forest, vii. 518; on the coffin 

 bone of a horse found near Brighton, 

 vii. 518. 



Manufactures and machinery, on, i. 208. , 



of the ancients, v. 355. / j 



Maps, on geological, i. 446. * ' 



Marcet (M.) on the action of mushrooms 

 on atmospheric air, viii. 82. 



Marchand (R. F.) on a new method of 

 obtaining chrome alum, xii. 218. 



Margaron, v. 153. 



Marocco, on certain plants of, ii. 409. 



Marquart (J. C.), progress of phytoche- 

 mistry, x. 247 ; xi. 156, 333 ; on the 

 colours of plants, xi. 441. 



Mars, ephemeris of stars to be observed 

 vdth at the ensuing opposition of that 

 planet, i. 323, 406, 474. 



Marsh's test for arsenic, x. 353. 



Marshall (Dr.) on the zoology of Rath- 

 tiii, vii. 492. 



Marsupial animals, on the brain in, x. 

 222. 



Martens (M.) on the decolorizing combi- 

 nations of chlorine, x. 155. ■'' 



Martin (W.) on the osteology of the sea 

 otter, ix. 512 ; on a new species of the 

 genus Felis, x. 480 ; anatomy of the 

 Koala, X. 481 ; on the Felis Darwinii, 

 xii. 213 ; on the proboscis monkey, 

 xii. 592. i iJ-' 



Marylebone Literary and Scientifife lilsti- 

 tution, iv. 151. 



Mathematics, viii. 43, 281, 295, 393, 402, 

 515, 538, 549 ; x. 18, 28, 32, 35, 105, 

 121 ; xi. 41, 239, 302, 417, 456, 461, 

 492, 524, 537 ; vanishing fractions, ix. 

 18, 92, 209 ; algebraic elimination, ix. 

 28 ; a property of the parabola, ix. 

 100 ; on such functions as can be ex- 

 pressed by serieses of periodic terras, 

 ix. 161 ; on the relative signs of coor- 

 dinates, ix, 249 ; method of proving 

 the law of gravitation, ix. 333, 370 ; 

 remarkable paradox in the calculus of 

 functions, ix. 334, 443 ; logarithms, 

 ix. 252, 348; multiplication of nega- 

 tive signs, ix. 540. 



Matteucci (M.), notice of the late M. 

 Nobili, ix. 234 ; magnetic observations 

 of the aurora of Feb. 18, 1837, x. 494 ; 

 researches relative to the torpedo, xii. 

 196 ; on the chemical composition of 

 the electrical apparatus of the torpedo, 

 xii. 256; on thermo-electric phaeno- 

 mena, xii. 295. ' ' 



Maurice (Prof.) on M. Fourier's HW^ of 

 the radiation of heat, ii. 103. - ''^"'^'' 



May-flies, description of some nondescript 

 species of, iv. 120, 212. 



Mayne (Rev. C.) on preserving Bdhiiiio- 

 dermata, vii. 495. ''ji>^ 



Mayo and Sligo, on the geology of, ii. 149. 



Mease (Dr.) on the dry rot of ships, xi. 



192. 

 ^Measures of Covent Garden, dimensions 

 of, i, 472 ; ii. 405, 482. 



Meconine, on, ii. 156. ■^•••rjM 



Medal-ruling, on an improvettieM^'ii, ii. 

 288. ■■•- 



Medical science, grants of money for the 

 advancement of, ix. 314. 



Medusae, luminous, xii, 213. 



Meeson (H. A.) on the detection of 

 opium, vi, 158. • » ■ '■■■' 



Megatherium, discovcW In Bttenos Ayres 

 of three skeletons oi^ i. 233. 



Mellltic acid, x, 159. 



Melloni (M,) on the transmission of ca- 

 lorific rays throngh diathermal bodies, 

 Vii. 475 ; theory of, on, viii. 23, 109,186, 

 190, 246. 



