METEORIC IRON. 



METHODISTS. 



METEORIC IRON. I. Masses, 461 ; analysis, 

 462. 



VI. Analysis of, from Colorado, 484. 



VIII. Description of a specimen, 474 ; anal- 

 ysis of varieties, 474. 



METEORIC STONES. XI. 502-504. 



METEOROLOGY. II. Comparative tempera- 

 ture of the air and soil, 570 ; experimental re- 

 searches on evaporization and absorption, 570 ; 

 Dalton's theory of an independent vapor at- 

 mosphere questioned, 571 ; vapor of the upper 

 atmosphere, 572 ; meteorological observations 

 in balloon ascents, 573 ; dew bow on the sur- 

 face of mud, 573 ; soap-bubbles and the nature 

 of cloud, 574 ; formation of rain near the 

 earth, 574 ; Admiral Fitzroy's system of weath- 

 er forecast, storm-signals, etc., 575 ; weather 

 signs, 578 ; cyclones and anti-cyclones, 579. 



V. Shooting-stars, 544 ; November period, 

 544, 545 ; August period, 545 ; other periods, 

 545 ; tables of meteors and question of alti- 

 tudes, 546 ; incandescence and dissipation of 

 meteors, 546, 547 ; November period due to a 

 heliocentric meteoroidal ring, 547; shooting- 

 stars from other radiants, 547 ; vast number 

 of meteors and meteoroids, 548 ; question of 

 other rings, 548 ; recent meteorites, 548 ; com- 

 position of meteorites, 549 ; structure of me- 

 teorites, 549 ; classification of meteorites, 550. 



VI. Unusually brilliant display, 484 ; No- 

 vember period, 1865, 484 ; August period, 

 1866, 485 ; spectra of August meteors, 485 ; 

 November period, 1866, 485 ; observations, 

 486, 487 ; miscellaneous, 487 ; meteorites, 488. 



VII. Meteoric shower of November, 490 ; 

 observations at Washington, 490 ; do. at Rich- 

 mond, 490 ; do. at Albany, 490 ; do. at New 

 Haven, 491 ; do. at Toronto, 491 ; do. at Ha- 

 verford, Pa., 491 ; do. at Chicago, 492 ; do. at 

 Ann Arbor, 492 ; do. at Indianapolis, 492 ; do. 

 at San Francisco, 492 ; do. at Chihuahua, 492 ; 

 do. at Peking, 492 ; parallax of meteors, 492 ; 

 summary of deviations from known observa- 

 tions, 492, 493 ; record of meteoric showers, 

 493. 



VIII. The November shower, 474; report 

 of Prof. Newton, 474, 475 ; other reports, 

 475, 476; report from Dudley Observatory, 

 476; from the National Observatory, 477; 

 from the Greene Spring School, 477 ; extraor- 

 dinary meteor in Brazil, 477 ; explosion ol a 

 meteoric body in Kansas, 478. 



IX. Appearance of a brilliant meteor from 



the principal points along the Atlantic coast, 

 428; observations of Prof. Loomis, 428; de- 

 scription of the appearance of the meteor, 428 ; 

 shower of meteors expected in November, 428 ; 

 account of Commander Gibson of the meteoric 

 display in Florida, 428 ; summary of observa- 

 tions of the November meteors on the conti- 

 nent of Europe, 429 ; Dr. Smith's account of 

 masses of meteoric iron lately discovered in 

 Mexico, 429; examination of the Wisconsin 

 meteorites by Dr. Smith, 430 ; accounts of the 

 meteoric stone that fell in Alabama, 430 ; anal- 

 ysis of the same, 431; remarkable meteorite 

 in Western Ohio, 431 ; Prof. Smith's account 

 of the same, 431. 



XII. Displays in the United States and Eu- 

 rope, 516 ; summary of observations, 516 ; re- 

 port of Rear-Admiral Sands to the Secretary 

 of the Navy, 517; remarks of Prof. H. A. 

 Newton, 517; description of the exhibition at 

 Suez, 517, 518 ; analyses of meteorologic iron, 

 518; analyses of gases occluded in meteoric 

 iron, 518. 



METHODISTS. II. Divisions of, 579 ; Meth- 

 odist Episcopal, 579; numbers, 579 ; churches, 

 579 ; conferences, 579 ; proceedings, 580 ; 

 Church South, 580 ; churches in British Amer- 

 ica, 581 ; do. South America, 581 ; do. Hayti, 

 581 ; do. Great Britain, 581 ; French Wesleyan 

 Conference, 582 ; German Annual Conference, 

 582; Methodists in Asia, 582; do. in Africa, 

 582 ; do. in Australia, 582. 



III. Numbers, 628 ; contributions and pub- 

 lications, 628 ; question of lay delegation, 629 ; 

 order of the War Department relative to South- 

 ern churches, 629 ; German Methodists, 630 ; 

 numbers, 630 ; seminaries, 630 ; other branches 

 of Methodists, 630 ; union of the several Meth- 

 odist bodies, 630; French Conference, 631; 

 German do., 631. 



IV. Numbers, 512 ; General Conference, 

 512 ; subjects considered, 513 ; colored mem- 

 bers, 513 ; resolutions on the state of the coun- 

 try, 513 ; delegates to President Lincoln, 514; 

 missions, 514; Southern Convention, 514 ; res- 

 olutions, 514 ; arrest of Bishop Kavanagh, 

 515 ; African Methodists, 515 ; Methodist Con- 

 ferences, 516; British Conferences, 516; An- 

 nual Conference of India, 516. 



V. Preparations for the centenary, 550; 

 " Centenary Educational Fund," 550 ; Sunday- 

 School Children's Fund, 550 ; table of member- 

 ship of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 550 ; 



