374 



INDEX 



Magnetism, nature of, 297 



Magneto-optics, 147 



Magnus, P., on deviation of rotating ball, 27, 60, 



339 



Maitland, John, and the Evening Club, 348 

 Manuscript of Dynamics of a Particle preserved 



at Peterhouse, 10 

 Manuscript note-books, 179-180 

 Marriage, 14 



Marriotte and Boyle, 225, 226, 230 

 Marshall, D. H., assistant to Tait, 72, 86 

 Masson, David, and the Evening Club, 347 

 Mathematical Society of Edinburgh, 29, 117 

 Mathematical Work, Tail's, 98-118 

 Matrix, square root of, 130, 152, 153 ; Cayley on, 

 153 ; Sylvester's solution of linear matrix equa- 

 tion, 158-159 



Matter, Properties of, lectures, 19 ; book on, 24, 

 176, 228-230; book reviewed by Lord Ray- 

 leigh, 229-230 



Matter and Motion, Maxwell's, reviewed, 260-261 

 Maximum density point of water affected by pres- 

 sure, 84 



Maxwell, J. Clerk, at Edinburgh Academy, 5 ; at 

 Edinburgh University, 7 ; candidate for Edin- 

 burgh chair, 16 ; his creative genius, 17 ; at 

 Tail's, 33 ; referred to by Kelvin, 43 ; letter from, 

 about thermoelectricity, 80 ; rhyming corre- 

 spondence, 93-95 ; on brachistochrones, 99 ; 

 on Hamilton's work, 99 ; on spherical har- 

 monics, 100-102, 189, 190; quaternions, 101, 

 145, 147-150, 151, 252 ; ihermodynamic func- 

 tion, 101, 1 15 ; on vortex motion, 105 ; verses on 

 knots, 108-109 ; Theorem, 109 ; kinetic theory 

 of gases, 111-114; n Boltzmann, 114 ; letter 

 to Tait, 114-115; on Helmholtz and Pie- 

 trowski, 114, 115 ; on Ampere, 115 ; on Ber- 

 trand, 115; on Nabla, 115; on Clausius, 

 Rankine, Willard Gibbs, enlropy, ihermo- 

 dynamic function, virial, ergal, Hamiltonsche 

 Princip, 115; distribution of velocities, 116; 

 on Tail's mathemalical methods, 117; on 

 Nabla and its effects, 143 ; on Hamiltonian 

 ideas, 144 ; on Stokes on diffraction, 145 ; 

 Tyndallic Ode, 145, 171-173 ; on eleclro- 

 magnetism, 146 ; on Hamilton of Edinburgh, 

 147 ; magnetic aclion on light, 147 ; magnetic 

 potential, 147 ; on Tait as Keith Prizeman, 149- 

 150 ; on Tail's "middle period," 153 ; Electri- 

 city and Magnetism, 1 70 ; criticises " T and T' " 

 in leller, 195 ; reviews Elements of Natural 

 Philosophy, 201 ; reviews "T and T','' 203-204 ; 

 inlimacy wilh Tait, 208 ; on Tail's Thermo- 

 dynamics, 213-215 ; calechism concerning 

 demons, 214-215 ; suggests measuring Joule's 

 equivalenl by fall of mercury, 215-216; reviews 



Tail's Thermodynamics, 220 ; on Clausius, 

 Hamilton, Kirchhoff, Rankine and Thomson, 

 222 ; quoles Torricelli, 222 ; reviews Para- 

 doxical Philosophy, 241-242 ; a Paradoxical 

 Ode, 242-244 ; lasl leller lo Tait, 244-245 ; 

 arrangements for Tail's Rede Lecture, 251, 

 252 ; rhyming report of Tail's Leclure on 

 Force, 253-255 ; Electricity and Magnetism 

 reviewed, 258-260 ; Matter and Motion re- 

 viewed, 260-261 ; Tail's account of scientific 

 work of, 262-264 ; Tail's admiralion and love 

 for, 267 ; humorous hils al Herbert Spencer's 

 First Principles, 283-284 ; quoled in Scots 

 Observer article, 292 ; eleclricily and lighl, 

 297 ; al ihe Evening Club, 349 



Maxwell, Sir W. Stirling, the Evening Club, 348 



Mayer, J. R., eulogised by Tyndall, 209 ; writings 

 reviewed by Tait, 210 ; pioneer work in Heat, 

 210-212 ; receives Copley Medal, 213 ; referred 

 to by Tait in letler lo Helmhollz, 216 



Mean Free Path, no 



Mechanics, article in Encyc. Brit., 21, 24, 155, 231 



Medical Times and Gazette, reviews " T and T," 186 



Meik, P. W., experimenls on electrical resistance 

 of wires under load, 76 



Meikle, John, the actuary, 25 



Memorial to Tait at Edinburgh University, 50 



Memories, Some College, by R. L. Stevenson, 73-74 



Memory, Tail's accurale verbal, 6, 33 



Miller, W. A., experimenls lo test deep-sea ther- 

 mometers, 83 



Mirage, 24, 109, 321-328 



Mitchell, A. Crichton, experimenls on ihermal 

 conduction, 8 1 ; on laws of cooling, 96 



Mohr, F., experiments on Heat, 210-212 ; article 

 translated by Tait in Phil. Mag., 212 



Moigno, Abbe", referred to by Hamilton, 121 ; 

 Repertoire d'Optique, 122 ; publishes French 

 translation of Tail's Thermodynamics, 226 



Monro, Alex., 306 



Morgan, A. de, 186 ; Budget of Paradoxes reviewed, 

 257 



" Morning Round, The," verses by Tait, 55 



Morris, Tom, at St Andrews, 56 



Morrison, R. M., experimenls on ihermoeleclricily, 



77 



Moulton, Sir J.Flelcher, reviews Herbert Spencer's 

 First Principles in The British Quarterly, 

 279-283 ; replies lo Spencer, 282, 283 



Muir, John, and ihe Evening Club, 347 



Muir, T., on Knot Problem, 106 



Murphy, R., on spherical harmonics, referred to by 

 Maxwell, 102 



Murray, Sir John, gives Challenger Lodge to Tait 

 during last illness, 40 ; student in laboratory, 

 72 ; experimenls on electrical resislance of 



