1868.] 
Man, Antiquity of, 64, 207, 209, 552. 
—— Early Condition of, 211. 
Manchester Mechanics’ Institution, 147. 
Mangold-wurzel Cake, 58. 
Mankind, Origin and Pedigree of, 551. 
Races of, 547, 551. 
Many, Dr., on the Coal-field of Natal, 
521. 
on the Gold-fields of South Africa, 
9 
539. 
Manufacture of Iron, 543, 544, 
— of Steel, 543, 582. 
MarxuaM, Mr. C., on Abyssinia, 535, 
Mastodon, 246. 
Maw, Mr. G., on Potato-culture, 205. 
Mayer, Mr. J., on Nitro-glycerine, 149. 
Meat, Fresh Supply of, 2, 3. 
New Method of Preserving, 386, 
567. 
Preserved, 4, 5. 
-— Supply, an Extraneous, 1. 
Mechanical Engineering, 239, 396, 573. 
— Power of Nitro-glycerine, 156. 
Properties of Iron and Steel, 10. 
Mecklenbourg, Archeology of, 554. 
— Pfahlbauten in, 208. 
Medical Science, its recent Progress and 
present Condition, 39. 
Medicine, Preventive, 49. 
Mepuicort, Mr., on the Alps and Hi- 
malayas, 250. 
Men, Hair of different Races of, 589. 
Menhirs, 502. 
Mercury, Influence of, on the Secretion 
of the Bile, 532. 
Transit of, 557. 
Metallurgy and Mining, 107, 251, 124, 
579. 
—— of Iron, 251. 
Meteoric Iron, 585. 
Meteorites in Piedmont, 557, 584. 
Meyer, Dr. H. von, on Mastodon, 246. 
Milk, Composition of, 59. 
Mineral Statistics for 1867, 579. 
Veins, Contents of, 521. 
Mineralogical Formule, 416. 
Mineralogy, 100, 256, 416, 583. 
Minerals, Form of, 103. 
Geological Relations of, 198. 
Mines (Iron-Pyrites) of Andalucia, 468. 
Temperature of, 16. 
Mining, 254, 414, 579. 
Minute Structure of the Liver, 122. 
Moa, Embryo of, 246. 
Skull, 428. 
Modern Aspects of Physical Science, 
329. 
Moeermwes, Mr., on Muifa, 533. 
Molecules, 28. 
Moon, Insolation of the, 217. 
Moors, Mr. C., Discoveries in Quater- 
nary Deposits, 525. 
Index. 
603 
Moore, Mr.C., on Abnormal Conditions 
of Secondary Deposits when connected 
with the Somersetshire and South 
Wales Coal Basins, 248. 
—— on the Contents of Mineral Veins, 
521. 
Morel, New British, 219. 
Morgan’ 3 Preserved Meat, 4. 
Mortor, M., on the Archeology of 
Mecklenbourg, 504. 
Morphine, 47. 
Morphology, 267. 
of the Pistil and Ovary, 564. 
Mortar, Roman, 518. 
Mosses, Antherozoids of, 565. 
Motion, 334, 532. 
Movements of Sensitive Plants, 76. 
Muffa, 533. 
Multiple Stars, 188. 
Muscles, Pectoral, 530. 
Museum, British, ’ Management of the, 
502. 
Musical Equivalents, Table of, 342. 
Scales, 338. 
Mythology, 533. 
N. 
Nantokite, 586. 
Natal, Coal-field of, 521, 580. 
Natroborocalcite, 259. 
Natural Notes, 341. 
— Selection, 296, 308. 
— Theology, 506. 
Nebula in Orion, 379. 
——, Planetary, 378. 
Nebule, 558. 
Nebular Hypothesis, 189. 
Nests of Birds, 428. 
New Blast Furnace, 251. 
Salzwerk, Well at, 15. 
— Species of Ape, 427. 
Zealand, 241. 
Newcastle, Explosion of Nitro-Glyce- 
rine at, 157. 
Newton and Gravitation, 186. 
Prof. A., on the Game Laws, 
533. 
Nitro-glycerine, Mr. J. Mayer on, 149. 
Nitrous and Nitric Ethers, 79. 
Nomenclature, Chemical, 569. 
Norfolk, Chalk of, 522. 
News, 552. 
Norman, Rey. A., on Shetland Sponges, 
528. 
Northampton, Ferruginous Sandstone 
near, 522. 
Norway and Scotland, Post-tertiary 
Beds of, 461, 
