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Matter composed of male and 



female atoms ... 2 



Matter, Vestiges of Creation on 3 

 " Park's Chemical Cate- 

 chism on ..i 4 

 " analogy between the 



alphabet and ... 5 



11 without properties .-.i 37 

 and its force ... 6 



" and motiott, Huxley, 

 Descartes and Newton 

 on ... 6 



" and motion a senseless 



dance of the atoms ... 6 



Manry, estimate of ... 130 



" led astray by Faraday... 130 



" on circular storms ... 130 



Maxwell, Prof, on colour ... 80 



Mayer, Dr., on motion .... 53 



' ' on the internal fire of the 



earth ... 154 



" on Volcanoes ... 155 



" his doggedness ... 155 



Medicine, whole practice of, 



changed by atomagnetism .... 186 

 Mediterranean, rise of the tide 



in the ... 161 



Mediterranean, cause of the low 



tide in the ... 165 



Mediterranean, the under cur- 

 rent in, tested in 1830 ... 165 

 Memory, where located ... 41 



Meteors, Sir \Vm. Thomson on 



seed bearing 12, 178 



Meteors, theories regarding ... 178 

 " facts concerning ... 178 

 " no ring of ... 179 



" Prof. Newton on the 

 inflammable nature 

 of ... 179 



Meteors, Sir Vm. Thomson on 



the probability of, colliding 179 

 Meteors, atomagnetic theory of 180 

 " caused by pressure of 



the atmosphere ... 180 

 " Schiaparelli on comets 



causing ... 181 



" November showers of... 181 

 Meteorites, Dr. Sorby oh the 



structure of ... 180 



Meteorite, Prof. Ghraham on the 



Leonarto ... 180 



Mexico, phosphorescent waves 



off the coast of ... 1?6 



Milk, life in ... 21 



Mind, Schelling, Hegel, and 



Hope, on ... 37 



Mind, Agassiz oil ..-. 38 



situation of the ... 41 



" what composed of ... 40 



Mineral life, lowest form of life 9 



' infallibly correct... 6 



" the compass needle 9 



" " philosopher's tree 



an example of ... 10 

 *' " coral and crystal' 

 lized candy ex- 

 amples of ... ll 

 Monads, Lamarck on ... 25 



Mount St. Helena, California, 



an extinct volcano 51, 55 



Moon, the, light of ... 75 



" tides high at new and 



full ... 161 



11 how it influences the 



tides ... 164 



" Lardfter on the influence 



of the, on tides ... 162 

 Moonblindness, Dr. Wells on the 



cause of ... 121 



Muschenbrook on Dew ... 120 



stupidity of ... 120 



Muskrat, foreknowledge of the. . . 34 



IT. 



Napa Valley, California ... 55 



Navvies, English, work done by 132 



Newton, Sir Isaac, on matter 

 and motion ... 6 



Newton, Sir Isaac, oft the emis- 

 sion theory of light ... 66 



Newton, Sir Isaac, on the apple 

 falling ... 9? 



Newton, Sir Isaac, his law of 

 gravitation upset ... 98 



N'ewton, Sir Isaac, not satisfied 

 with his discoveries ... 98 



Newton, Sir Isaac, on comet of 

 1680 ... 174 



Newtoft, Prof., Yale College, 

 America, on meteorites ...179 



Nicaragua, Lake, effect of rain- 

 fall on ... 114 



Nitrogen, classification of ... 124 



Norton, Prof. W. A. , on matter 3 



North America, the rainfall di- 

 minishing over ... 113 



Nova Scotia, dangerous coast of 101 

 " " transparent ice on 



Pictou River ... 112 

 " " coal fields of ... 142 

 " " Albion Mines ia... 158 



