Matthews, Stanley, trials before, 

 x, 268 et sea. ; sketch and port., 

 xiv, 640. " 



Matthieu, Henri, sketch, xiv, 641. 



Matto Grosso, the, x, 104 ; revolt 

 of, xvii, 66. 



Mattoon, Stephen, sketch, x^v, 641. 



Mattson, Hans, obit., xviii, 502. 



Maturin, E. S., sketch, vi, 541. 



Matzerath, J., obit., i, 639. 



Mauch Chunk, ill., ii, 636. 



Maudsley, A. P., xi, 24. 



Maumene, discovery by, iii, 90. 



Mauna Loa, ix, 389. 



Maupassant, Guy cle, obit, and 

 port., xviii, 583. 



Maurau, J. E., sketch, xiii, 645. 



Maurice, Jules, obit., i, 639. 



Mauritius, xiv, 400 ; xvi, 344 ; xvii, 

 327. 



Maus, Henri, obit., xviii, 583. 



Maverick, A., sketch, xiii, 645. 



Maxim, H. S., inventions by, v, 

 239 ; vi, 259 ; vii, 275 ; his eiectrio- 

 lamp. ix, 305. 



Maxwell, Lady, obit., ii, 606. 



Maxwell, J. C., theory of elec- 

 tricity of, vi, 239. 



May, Abby W., sketch, xiii, 645. 



May, Sir T. E., obit., xi, 721. 



Maya, hieroglyphic inscriptions, 

 xi, 24- inscriptions, xvii, 12. 



Mayer, Joseph, obit., xi, 721. 



Mayer, J. K. von, obit., iii, 658. 



Mayer, Karl, sketch, xiv, 666. 



Mayer, L., experiments by, v, 87. 



Mayflower Society, xix, 642. 



Mayhew, Henry, obit., xii, 634. 



May Laws, amended, xii, 325. 



Maynard, E., obit., xvi, 642. 



Maynard, Horace, obit., vii, 640. 



Mayne, R. 0., obit., xvii, 600. 



Mayo, Lord, x, 2. 



Mazade, Charles, obit., xviii, 583. 



Mazatlan, illustration, i, 547. 



Maze, II., obit., xvi, 677. 



Mazzanovich, John, obit., xi, 691. 



Mead, E. S., obit., xix, 589. 



Mead, Larkin G., x, .361. 



Mead, William C., obit., iv, 694. 



Meade, Edwin E., sketch, xiv, 641. 



Meade, George G., x, 428: statue 

 of, xii, 280. 



Meadville, Pa., xvi, 160. 



Meany, Stephen Joseph, xiii, 645. 



Mears, Frederick, obit., xvii, 559. 



Meaux, Viscount de, ii, 319. 



Mechanic Arts, School of, xii, 233. 



Mechanical Engineering, progress 

 of, vi, 541. 



Mechanical Improvements and In- 

 ventions, i, 515; ii, 494. 



Mechanics, xiv, 691 ; xvi, 725 ; 

 xviii, 616. 



Mechi, J. J., obit., v, 601. 



Mecklenburg Declaration Celebra- 

 tion, vii, 634. 



Medal of Honor, the United State?, 

 xii, 463; illustration, 329; the 

 naval, 473, 



Medals, astronomical, xiii, 58. 



Medical congress, xv, 382. 



Medical diplomas, sale of, v, 622. 



Medical Science and Practice : its 

 Progress, vi, 549. 



Medicine, recent advances in, xviii, 

 701 ; recent works on. See Lit- 

 erature, in every volume. 



Medina, territory of, xii, 415. 



Mediidie Order, the, ix, 279. 



Medlev, John, obit., xvii, 600. 



INDEX. 



Medum. pyramid of, xvi, 20. 

 Meendeleet, M., xi, 540. 

 Megalopolis, ruins at, xvi, 18. 

 Megaphone, the, iii, 537. 

 Meheddin Buhran, obit., i, 639. 

 Mehemet Ali Pasha, sketch, ii, 49!) ; 



obit., iii, 659. 



Mehemet Ali Square, ill., i, 245. 

 MeiggS, 1 lenrv, obit. , ii, 585 ; bridge 



built by, viii, 317. 

 Meigs, Col., survey by, viii, 309. 

 Meigs, M. C., obit, and port., xvii, 



559. 



Meinicke, K. E., sketch, i, r,2l. 

 Meissncr, experiments by, iv, 36. 

 Meissner, A., x, 664. 

 Meissonier, J. L. E. , collected works 



of, x, 359 ; the vidette, xi, 347 ; 



sketch and port., xvi, 500. 

 Mejillones, territory of, x, 400. 

 Mekarski, invention by, i, 516. 

 Melbourne, Australia, exposition 



at, v, 39 ; post-office at, illustra- 



tion ? iv, 57. 



Melclnsedek, Bishop, ix, 764. 

 Meldola B., xii, 670. 

 Melgund, Lord, x, 126. 

 Mclikofi', Count Loris, xiii, 521. 

 Melilla, seige of, xix, 500. , 



Melin, Joseph, x, 363. 

 Melines, F. J., viii, 367. 

 Melinger, Gaston, xii, 276. 

 Melinite, xi, 355; scandal, the, 



xvi, 311. 



Melkartli, temple at, ix, 28. 

 Mell, Patrick II., sketch, xiii, 646. 

 Mel land, B., experiments x, i 95. 

 Mellin, Hcnrik, sketch, i, 521. 

 Mellish, Sir G., obit., ii, 606. 

 Melville, G. W., portrait, vii, 334. 

 Melville, Herman, sketch and port., 



xvi, 503. 



Melville, Viscount, obit., i, 639. 

 Memnon, statue of, x, 607. 

 Memorial arch, xy, 620 ; xvii, 522. 

 Memorial Day, xii, 475. 

 Memphis, xi, 174; illustration, ii, 



711; debt of, iy, 829; vi, 832; 



unsanitary condition of, iv, 380 ; 



yellow fever in, iv, 359, 829. See 



also Fever, Yellow. 

 Memphis colossi, xiii, 30. 

 Memphis, Tenn., water, xix, 776. 

 Mendana, ix ; 275. 

 Mcndelieif, invention by, iii, 545 ; 



classification of elements by, v, 



87 ; law of atomic weights dis- 

 covered vi, 40; ix, 118; xii, 100. 

 Mendelssohn Centenary, xi, 459. 

 Mendenhall, J. W., obit., xvii, 559. 

 Mcndenhall, John, obit., xvii, 559. 

 Mendenhall, T. C. , xi, 46, 47 ; port. , 



xiv, 36. 



Mendes, A. P., obit., xviii, 562. 

 Menelek, King of Shoa, ii, 2 ; iv, 



2 ; viii, 386 ; xi, 1 ; xii, 2 ; pro- 

 claimed negus, xiv, 1 . 

 Menendez, Gen., x, 467. 

 Menephthah, King-, ix, 20; x, 36. 

 Menes, vii, 260. 

 Menier, invention by, vi, 255. 

 Mennonites, iii, 50 ; xi, 531 ; xv, 



66, colony, the, xviii, 473. 

 Menominee, Mich., xviii, 165. 

 Mentana monument, v, 410. 

 Menthol, ix, 272 ; influence of, xii, 



673. 



Mercadier, experiments by, vi, 787. 

 Mercantile Agencies, xiv, 537. 

 Mercedes, Maria de las, Queen of 

 Spain, obit., iii, 658: x, 056. 



849 



Mi-ivhunt Marine ..f lU- t'nitc.l 



State>, vii. . 



Antoiiin, xi. :;:;; xii. '_-:;. 

 Merrier, ll<.i ore. oi.it.. \; 

 Mcivur. I !\ . ..,! ... 



trait, xii. ; 

 Mercury, mass and <!cn>i' 



43; transit of, iii. 



xix, r>;,; brightness, ibid 



Villon; xv.:;'.<: rotati : 



39. 



M -reditli, Joseph II., obit. 

 Mcriden, xiv, \'A. 

 Meridian, common m-imc. vii. i:,o : 



ix, 54. 

 Merilcn, A. C., experiments bv 



xi, 534. 



Mermillod, G., obit., xvii. COM. 

 Meriwether, 1)., obit., xviii. .V.-_'. 

 Merivale, ('liar'cs. obit., xviii, .>:;. 

 Mt>itens, invention by, vii, 265, 

 Merodach, ix, 13, 19. 

 Merriain, George, obit., v, 594. 

 Merrick, Frederick, obit., xix. :,s'i. 

 Mcrrick, P. B., sketch, xiii, r,4i;. 

 Merrick, Richard T., obit., x. <;:.:;. 

 Merrick, W. M., sketch, xiv. <ill. 

 Merrill, M. M.. obit., xviii, 562. 

 Memll, S., explorations o{. i. 828 : 



ii, 324. 



Merrill, W. E., obit., xvi, 642. 

 Merriman, C. S., invention by, iii, 



752, 766. 



Merriman. T. A., obit , xvii. r,r,u. 

 Merrimon, A. S., obit., xvii. 5i;<i. 

 Merry, Francisco, sketch, i, 521. 

 Mersey Tunnel, viii, 311 '; x, 331. 

 Mersoh, Luc Olivier, x, 362. 

 Merv. decay of, i, 7; importance 



ofj iv, 775 ; x, 7 ; Russian annex- 

 ation, viii, 706 ; ix, 6 ; x, 2 ; 



chief of, x, 19. 

 Merv Turkomans, the, submission 



of, to Russia, x, 4. 

 Merwede Canal, the, xvii, 488. 

 Meshed, ix, 648 ; x, 14. 

 Mcskovich, Gen., x, 731. 

 Message, President's, in article 



CoNGBBiS. 



Messcrsmith, J. S., obit., xvi. 642. 



Messiah, prediction of the Moham- 

 medan, vi, 444; vii, 804; viii. 

 507. See also Mahdi, El. 



Messner, Joseph, obit., xi, 7--. 



Metallic sodium, xii, 107. 



Metallurgy, vii. 528; viii, 520; ix, 

 471 ; x, 574 ; xi, 533 ; xii, 47'.* ; xiii, 

 522; xiv, 538; xv, 525; xvi, 505; 

 xvii, 439; xviii, 470 ; xix. 4>',t. 



Metals, i, 522 ; ii, 499 ; new, ii, 90, 

 502; vi, 93; detection of all->\s. 

 iv, 502; new compound, v, 93; 

 annealing, vi, 542 ; melting- 

 points, ii, 501 ; viii, 91 ; produc- 

 tion of the precious, ii. 21": 

 specific gravity, ix, 120 ; electric 

 conductivity of, xi, ooM ; market 

 in 1884. ix, 479. 



Metemnah, taken, ix, 301. 



Meteoric Showers, vii, 3D ; x. -V, ; 

 in 1893, xviii, 46. 



Meteorograph, the, vi. 2-~.s. 



Meteorology, international obscr- 

 vations,"ij 525; iii, 537; viii, 

 525; stations for observations, 

 iii, 538; vii, 335; map showing- 

 annual rainfall, viii, 527 ; -\. .">-! ; 

 xi, 539; congress and stations, 

 xi, 545-547 ; xii, 487 ; popular 

 errors in, xii, 487 ; xiii, 5:31 ; xiv, 

 546 ; xv, 532 ; xvii, 447. 



