INDEX. 771 



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Mastodon, skeleton of 83, 61 



Matter, analypis of, Rucker on 175 



foarse-grainedness of 177 



mean density of ponderable 221 



properties of the basis of i79 



Maxon, William R., collections by 59, 61 



paper by 139 



Maxwell's dynamical theory 287 



Maya langnage, study of 79 



]\Iearns, E. A., collections by 58, 60 



INIeohanical equivalent of heat 741 



Medicine, progress in nineteenth century 135 



Melville, George W. , on submarine boat as weapon of war 717-738 



Mendenhall, Thomas C, address on Rowland by 739-753 



paper by 134 



Mensch, P. C, at Smithsonian Naples table 16 



Merriam, C. Hart, on Bogosloff volcanoes 367-375 



on forest destruction 404 



Merrill, (lieorge P., on nonmetallic minerals 136 



Mesopotamia, discoveries in 351 



iNIetals, microscopic examination of 351 



INIeteoric stones, composition of 194 



Meteorites, analysis of 194 



century of study of 193 



composition of 194 



fall of, in France 550 



former disbelief in 193 



lunar origin of 197 



Museum collections of 194 



new specimens of , 60 



number of 195 



Meteorological observations with kites 12,1 33, 245-249 



studies 1 )y Von Lendenfeld 12 



Microphonograph, Poulsen's 307 



Microscopic chronophotography 329 



examination of metals 351 



Miller, Gerrit S., jr., collections by 60 



Mills spectograph, work of 154 



Mind f)f primitive man 451-460 



Minerals, new collections of 60 



Minos, palace of, excavation of 425-437 



Miracles, gospel, Hume on 548 



]Model of Nature, by A. \V. Rucker 171 



Molecules, coinpared with fog 183 



properties of 1 84 



size of 1 86 



Mollusks, new collections of -^8 



Moloch, Australian, description of 644 



Monkeys, care of captive 711 



Mont Cenis tunnel, description of 622 



Moon radiations, researches in 120 



Mooney, James, Indian studies l)y ()7, 80 



INIoose, danger of extinctiftn of 699 



