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INDEX. 



Mechanical inventions of nine- 

 teenth century, 15 



Medical men who accepted 

 phrenology, 179 



Mendeleef's prediction of new 

 elements, 91 



Mesmer and animal magnetism, 

 194 



Mesmeric trance, operations dur- 

 ing, 206 



Mesmerism now generally ac- 

 cepted, 210 



Metals, transmutation of, 91 



Meteorites, 99 



Meteoritic theory of the universe, 

 103 



Militarism, 325, 335 



Military power, development of, 

 333 



Millionaires, growth of, 344 



Mill, J. S., on uselessness of 

 small remedies, 367 



Mills, H. V., "Poverty and the 

 State," 359 



Milnes, Mr. A., estimated deaths 

 from vaccitiiition, 230 



Minor planets, discovery of, 93 



Misstatements of National Vac- 

 cine Establishment in Reports, 

 223 



by Dr. Lettsom, 225 

 by Sir Lyon Playfair. 226 

 by Dr. W. B. Carpenter, 226 

 by Mr. Ernest Hart, 226, 301 

 by the National Health So- 

 ciety, 227 



as to small-pox at Ceara, 301 

 as to steamship Preussen, 302 



Molecular thcoiy of gases, 54 



Money-orders, illogical mode of 

 charging for, 20 



Moraines, 121 



Morrison, Rev. "W. D., on in- 

 crease of crime, 364 



Moseley, Dr., on failure of vac- 

 cination in 1804, 219 



Motion of stars measured by 

 spectroscope, 46 



N 



National Health Society's mis- 

 statements, 227 



National selection, 135 



Navies, enormous power of 



modern, 343 

 Navigators, early, 8 

 Navy, causes of reduction of 



mortality in, 282 

 Nebulae, spectroscopic observa- 

 tions of, 45 

 and stars form one system, 



104 



Nebular hypothesis less satisfac- 

 tory than the meteoritic, 106 

 Neptune, discovery of, 94 

 Newcombe, Prof., measures 



velocity of light, 63 

 Newspaper, a telephonic, 23 

 Nineteenth century, new modes 

 of locomotion in, 10 

 compared with earlier cen- 

 turies, 150 

 theoretical discoveries of, 



153 

 tabular comparison of with 



earlier ages, 154 

 concluding remarks on, 378 

 North America, glaciation of, 

 125 



erratic blocks of, 125 

 Numerals, invention of, 152 

 Nurses in hospitals, immunity 



of, 291 



Nutmegs, injudicious cultivation 

 of, 373 



O 



Ocean, cause of blue color of, 



70, 76 

 Operations during mesmeric 



trance, 206 

 Organized labor, economies of, 



384 

 "Origin of Species," effect on 



public opinion, 142 

 " Outcast London," 350 



Painless operations under mes- 

 merism, 2o6 



Penal system, evils of, 326 

 Penny-postage reform, 18 

 principle of, 19 



