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Lodge, Sir O. - -214 



Locomotive, first - 104 



Lower, Richard - -297 



London, University of, foun- 

 dation - - 143 

 London - - 245 

 Lubrication, theory of - 151 

 Lumiere et Fils, colour 



photography - - 174 



Lyell, Sir C. 273, 279, 311, 317 

 Lymphatic vessels in birds, 



discovery - - 299 



Lyte, H. - - 230 



Lyons, I. - - - 241 



McCartney, J. - - - 264 

 McCoy - - - 314, 317 

 McCullagh, J. - - 122, 137 

 Maclaurin, C. - 56 



Macleod, H. - - 199 



Maddox, R. L. - - - 173 

 Magnetism, terrestrial 4, 120, 



152, 209 



Declination - 3 



Diurnal variation - 95 



Inclination - - 4 



Secular variation - 58 



Malpighi - - - - 255 



Malthus, T. R. - - 274 



Manchester University 148, 160 



Mantell, G. A. - - 316 



Marine biological stations - 293 



Marine zones - - 289 



Martin, N. - 250, 301 



Martyn, T. 252 



Maskelyne, N. - - 63, 86, 87 



Mason College - - 161 



Matthew, P. - - 274 



Matter, atomic theory - 15 



Electron theory - - 182 



Maxwell, J. Clerk 8, 43, 44, 200 



Electro -magnetic theory 



of light 32 



Kinetic Theory of G ases 34 



On Cavendish* - 82 



on second law of ther- 



mo-dynamics - 30 



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Mayow, J. 55, 225, 296 



Medicine and surgery - - 262, 



263, 306 



Meldola, R. - - 201 



Melville, T. - - 152 



Mendel, G. - 277, 278 



Mendelism - 280 



Mercator's projection - - 48 

 Meteorology 147, 176, 208, 209 

 Michell, J. - 86, 87, 88 



" Micrographia " - 55,260 

 Micrometer, invention of - 94 

 Double image - - 97 

 Microphone - - 191 



Miers, Sir H. - - 181 



Milky way - - 92 



Miller, H. - 315 



Miller, W. A. - - 164 



Miller, W. H. - - 129 



Milne, J. - - 178, 214 



Milton, J. - - 220 



Miner's lamp, invention of - 116 

 Moffett, T. - 219 



Molyneux family - 89 



Molyneux, Samuel - 61, 89, 90 

 Mond, L. - - . - 198 



Moore, C. - - 316 



Morse code - - 189 



Morison, R. 232, 233, 234, 251 

 Moseley, H. N. - - 291 



Moseley, H. - - 184, 185 

 Motion, laws of - 9 



Mulgrave, Lord - - 288 



Multiple proportion, law of- 16 

 Murchison, Sir R. - - 314 

 Murdock, W. - - 105 



Murray, J. - 291 



Muscle, striated - 300 



Muspratt, J. 195, 196, 197, 198 



Napier, John, of Merchiston 6 

 Nasmyth, James - 169 



National Physical Labora- 

 tory - - 209, 214 

 Natural selection - 272, 274 



