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INDEX 



[Nature, May 22, 1890 



O. H. Tittmann, 538 ; Deformation of an Elastic Shell, Prof. 



Horace Lamb, F.R.S., 549; Index of the Papers of the 



London Mathematical Society, 594 ; Mathematical Teaching 



at Sorbonne, Prof. Ch. Hermite, 597 

 Mather (T.) : Galvanometers, 310, 381 ; Shape of Movable 



Coils used in Electrical Measuring Instruments, 574 

 Mathew?s (Chas. Geo.) and Francis Edw. Lott, the Microscope 



in the Brewery and Malt-house, 246 

 Maximum Light-Intensity of the Solar Spectrum, Dr. Mengarini, 



374 

 Mechanical Engineers, Institution of, 331 

 Mechanics, the Behaviour of Twisted Strips, Prof. J. Perry, 



F.R.S.,47 

 Mechanics, Parallel Motion suitable for Recording Instruments, 



A. P. Trotter, 478 

 Mediterranean Sea, Greatest Depths in, 86 

 Megueia Meteorite, the, Prof. Simaschko, 472 

 Melbourne Observatory : Transit Observations at, 351 ; Star 



Catalogue, 522 

 Melbourne, the Ballarat School of Mines, 593 

 Melicerta ringens. Dr. C. T. Hudson, F.R.S., on, 377 

 Melde's Vibrating Strings, Rev. W. Sidgreaves, 355 

 Meldola (R., F.R.S. ), the Chemistry of Photography, 293 

 Mengarini (Dr.), Maximum Light-Intensity of the Solar 



Spectrum, 374 

 Merchant Service, Colour-Blindness in the, 494 

 Mercury, on the Rotation of, Signor Schiaparelli, 257 

 Mercury in vacuo. Apparatus for Distilling, Prof. Dunstan, 526 

 Mergui and its Archipelago, Fauna of, 556 

 Meriam (Dr.), Pheasant Culture on Pacific Coast, 137 

 Merriam (Dr. C. Hart) : Who discovered the Teeth in the 



Ornithorhynchus ?, 11 ; Prof. W. H. Flower, F.R.S., 151 

 Merrifield (F.), Temperature Experiments on Lepidoptera, 



191 

 Mersey Estuary, Effects of Training Walls in, L. F. V. Har- 



court, 380 

 Meslans (M.), Isolation of Fluoroform, 521 

 Metallic Prominence, Spectrum of a, 233 



Metallurgy : on the Hardening and Tempering of Steel, Prof. 

 W, C. Roberts-Austen, F.R.S., 11, 32; Iron and Steel 

 Manufacture, by Arthur H. Hiorns, 150; Physical Properties 

 of Nickel Steel, Dr. J. Hopkinson, F.R.S., 332 ; the Rupture 

 of Steel by Longitudinal Stress, C. A. Carus-Wilson, 574; 

 the Villari Critical Point in Nickel and Iron, Herbert Tom- 

 linson, F.R.S., 574 ; International Exhibition of Metallurgy 

 and Mining at the Crystal Palace, 592 

 Metals : Molecular Stability of, particularly of Iron and Steel, 

 Carl Barus, 369 ; Relation between Electric and Thermal 

 Conductivities of, Alph. Berget, 387 

 Metamorphism of Rocks, Chennical and Physical Studies in the. 



Rev. A. Irving, 49 

 Meteorology : Electrical Cloud Phenomena, Prof. W. K. 

 Burton, 10 ; Quarterly Weather Report for 1880, 18 ; Loomis 

 on the Rainfall of the Earth, Dr. van Bebber, 43 ; Remark- 

 able Hailstones at Philadelphia, Prof. E. J. Houston, 43 ; 

 the Causes and Character of Haze, Hon. F. A. R. Russell, 

 60 ; Dr. Bushrod W. James's American Resorts, with Notes 

 on their Climate, 79 ; Proposed Meteorological Station at 

 the Bermuda Islands, 85 ; Annual Report of the Deutsche 

 Seewarte, 85 ; Berlin Meteorological Society, 96 ; Deutsche 

 Seewarte Observations, 231 ; Pilot Chart of the North Atlantic 

 Ocean, 85, 161, 401 ; Rainfall of Germany during 1876-85, 

 Dr. H. Meyer, 85 ; American Meteorological Journal, 92 ; 

 Thunderstorms in England and Wales, 93 ; Prof, von Bezold 

 on the Production of Clouds, 95 ; Meteorological Society, see 

 Royal; Meteorology of New South Wales, H. C. Russell, 113; 

 Meteorology of the Straits Settlements, 1 14 ; a Popular Treatise 

 on the Winds, William Ferrel, 124; Luminous Night 

 Clouds, Evan McLennan, 131 ; Meteorology of Suffolk, 149 ; 

 Barometric Gradients, Teisserenc de Bort, 161 ; the Observa- 

 tions of Temperature on top of Eiffel Tower, Alfred Angot, 

 167, 181 ; Meteorological Institute of Roumania, 181 ; 

 Cyclone of September H-12, 1889, in Japan, M. Wada, 

 208 ; Meteorological Institute of the Netherlands, 208 ; 

 Anemometers, W. H, Dines, 212 ; Frequency of Mist, Dr. 

 Kremser, 215 ; Self-luminous Clouds, C. E. Stromeyer, 225 ; 

 Remarkable Electrical Phenomena seen at the Santis Obser- 

 vatory, 231 ; Meteorology in the United States, 231 ; Me- 

 teorology of Mexico for Twelve Years ending 1888, 256 ; 

 Rainbow due to Sunlight reflected from the Sea, Sir William 

 Thomson, F.R.S., 271 ; William ScouUer, 271 ; Exact Ther- 



mometry, Dr. Sydney Young, 271 ; Weather Forecasting, 

 278 ; Meteorology of the North Atlantic for December 

 1889, 284 ; Luminous Clouds, T. W. Backhouse, 297 ; 

 Joseph John Murphy, 298 ; Proposed Exhibition illustrating 

 Application of Photography to Meteorology, 301 ; Tem- 

 perature "Anomalies," 303; Bibliography of Meteorology, 

 General Greely, 303 ; Report on the Meteorology of Austra- 

 lia, C. L. Wragge, 348 ; the Ben Nevis Observatory Report 

 for January 1890, 348 ; Atmospheric Dust, Dr. Marcet, 358 ; 

 Atmospheric Circulation, A. Buchan, 363 ; Shining Night 

 Clouds, Robert B. White, 369; Dependence of Force of Winds 

 upon Surface over which they blow, Dr. van Bebber, 372 ; 

 Behaviour of Water in Soil, Dr. Wagner, 383 ; Sun-spots in 



1889, Prof. Sporer, 383 ; on the Number of Dust Particles in 

 the Atmosphere of Certain Places in Great Britain and on the 

 Continent, with Remarks on the Relation between the 

 Amount of Dust and Meteorological Phenomena, John Aitken, 

 F.R.S., 382, 394; Meteorology in Japan, 1887, M. Wada, 

 400 ; Proposed Meteorological Observatory in Loochoo 

 Islands, 401 ; the Motion of Dust, Hon. Ralph Abercromby, 

 406 ; an Optical Feature of Lightning Flashes, 406 ; Weather 

 in January, Chas. Harding, 425 ; Meteorology of Central 

 America, Boletin Trimestral of San Jose (Costa Rica) Ob- 

 servatory, 427 ; Meteorological Report of the Challenger 

 Expedition, 443 ; Diurnal Range of Barometer, A. Angot, 

 449 ; Waterspout in Atlantic, 470 ; Preponderance of North- 

 East Wind during past Five Years, C. L. Prince, 470 ; 

 Meteorology of the Gold and Slave Coast, Dr. Danckel- 

 mann, 479 ; Royal Meteorological Society's Exhibition, 

 William Marriott, 491 ; Captain Abney's Photo-Nephograph, 

 491 ; Pickering's Pole-star Recorder, 491 ; Photo-Nepho- 

 graph, Captain Abney's, 491 ; Report of the Meteorological 

 Council for Year ending March 31, 1889, 495 ; Use of 

 " Sling " Thermometer in Prediction of Frosts, Prof. H. A. 

 Hazen, 501 ; Photography in Relation to Meteorological 

 Work, G. M. Whipple, 503 ; Fire-damp Explosions in Mines 

 in Relationship to Cosmic and Meteorological Conditions, 

 504 ; Meteorological Observatory at Fort William, 518 ; D. 

 De war's Weather and Tidal Forecasts for 1890, 546 ; Varia- 

 bility of Temperature of British Isles (1859-83), R. H. Scott, 

 F.R.S., 550; Solar Halos and Parhelia, J. Lovell, 560; 

 New Way of giving Information as to Weather on Coasts, 

 568 ; Meteorological Observations for 1887 at Greenwich 

 Observatory, 570 : Increase of Coldness in China, 570 ; 

 U.S.A. Signal Service Monthly Weather Review for January 



1890, 570 ; Relative Prevalence of North- East and South- West 

 Winds, William Ellis, 586 ; Influenza and Weather, Mitchell 

 and Buchan, 596 ; C. Harding on the Cold in March 1890, 598 



Meteors : a Brilliant, Paul A. Cobbold, 32 ; Remarkable Meteor 

 at Pontevedra, Dr. E. Caballero, 303 ; a Brilliant Meteor, Wm. 

 Scarnell Lean, 60 ; a Brilliant, J. Cockburn, 81 ; Brilliant 

 Meteors, P. A. Harris, 105 ; R. H. Tiddeman, 105 ; Rev. T. W. 

 Morton, 249 ; a Greenish Meteor, T. D. A. Cockerell, 369 ; a 

 Meteor, T. W. Baker, 418 ; a Remarkable Meteor, J. Dunn, 

 560 ; Meteorites of Mexico, M. Daubree, 71 ; on the Supposed 

 Enormous Showers of Meteorites in the Desert of Atacama, 

 108 ; DieMikroskopischeBeschaffenheitderMeteoritenerlautert 

 durch photographische Abbildungen, G. Tschermak, 127 ; 

 Die Structur und Zusammensetzung der Meteoreisen erlautert 

 durch photographische Abbildungen Geatzter Schnittflachen, 

 A. Brezina und E. Cohen, 127 ; Die Meteoritensammlung des 

 k.k. Mineralog. Hofkabinetes in Wien, A. Brezina, 127 ; 

 Examination of the Mighei, of June 9, 1889, Stanislas Meunier, 

 232 ; J. Rutherford Hill, 298 ; Prof. Simaschko, 472 ; 

 Analogy of South African Diamantiferous Matrix to Meteorites, 

 M. Daubree, 263 ; the Physical and Chemical Characteristics of 

 Meteorites, as throwing Light upon their Past History, J. 

 Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 305 

 Metric System of Weights and Measures, Thuillier and Water- 

 house's Conversion Tables, 66 

 Metrical System, the Babylonian, Dr. Lehmann, 167 

 Meunier (Stanislas), Examination of Mighei (June 9, 1889) 



Meteorite, 232 

 Mexican Amber, G. F. Kunz, 372 



Mexico for Twelve Years ending 1888, Meteorology of, 256 

 Mexico, Hygrometric Club Moss from Mexico, 401 

 Mexico, the Eruption of the Volcano Popocatepetl, 592 

 Meyer (Dr. A. B.) : Evolution of Sex, 272; Celebes Photo- 

 graphs, 471 ; Brush-Turkeys on the Smaller Islands north of 

 Celebes, 514 

 Meyer (Dr. H.), Rainfall of Germany 1876-85, 85 



