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INDEX 



[Nature, Nov. 2Z; \\ 



Prof. Hesehus, 625 ; Contributions to our Knowledge of the 

 Meteorology of the Arctic Regions, 625 

 Meteors: Meteor seen at Kalmar, Sweden, 158; Meteor seen 

 from s.s. Prometheus, C. Weatherall Baker, 203 ; Meteor 

 seen at Smaland, Sweden, 328 ; a History of the August, \V. 

 F. Denning, 393 ; Meteor, Lieut. -Colonel H. W. L. Hime, 

 414 ; Meteor seen at Linkoping, Sweden, 422 ; Zodiacal Light 

 and Meteors, T. \V. Backhouse, 434; Brilliant Meteor in 

 Sweden, 527 

 Mexico :the Central Meteorological Observatory of, 454 ; Severe 



Earthquake in, 485 

 Meyer (Dr. A. B.), on the Reappearance of Pallas's SanA 

 Grouse {Syrrhaptes paradoxus) in Europe, 53, 77, 342 ; F. M. 

 Campbell, 77 

 Meyer's (Dr. H.) Ascent of Kilimanjaro, 259, 529 ; the German 



East African Possessions, 305 

 Meyrick (E.), Pyralidina of the Hawaiian Islands, 95 

 Michael (A. D.), on Acari, 94 

 Michel-Levy (A.), on the Origin of the Primitive Crystalline 



Rocks, 525 

 Michell's Problem, Sydney Lupton, 272, 414 ; Joseph Kleiber, 



342 

 Microbism and Abscess, M. Verneuil on, 488 

 Micrometer, Airy's Double-Image, J. A. C. Oudemans, 120 

 Micromillimetre, Frank Crisp, 221 ; Arthur \Y. Rucker, 



F.R.S., 244 

 Micro-Organisms of Air and Water, the, Dr. Percy F. Frank- 

 land, 232 

 Microscopical Science, Quarterly Journal of, 91, 430 

 Microscopy : Camera Lucida ; Adapter ; Microscope, by M. 

 Dumaige, 167 ; New Stand and Camera, Dr. Kibbler, 167 ; 

 Haplodiscus piger, W. F. R. Weldon, 430 ; Ornithorhynchus, 

 E. B. Poulton, 430; Note on Microscopy, Prof. Aser Poli, 

 431 ; South London Microscopical and Natural History Club, 

 625 

 Mikluho-Maclay, Dr. O. Finsch on his Wo.k, 424 

 Milan Double-Star Observations, Prof. Schiaparelli, 423 

 Milk v. Fire, F. M. Wickramasingha, 342 

 Milk, Lightning and, F. A. Bather, 30 ; Rev. John Cyprian 



Rust, 103 

 Miller (J. B.), Dr. W. Bott and, Pyrocresols, 596 

 Milne (Prof. John) Japanese Order bestowed on, 302 ; Tables 

 to sbow the Distribution of Japanese Earthquakes in Connec- 

 tion with Years, Seasons, Months, and Hours of the Day, 597 

 Milne (Rev. John), Companion to the Weekly Problem Papers, 



76 

 Mind of the Child, the, Prof. W. Preyer, 490 

 Mind, the Nervous System and the, Dr. Chas. Mercier, 7 

 Mine-Surveying, a Treatise on, Bennett H. Brough, C. Le Neve 



Foster, 317 

 Mineralogy : Artificial Production of Di-calcium and Pharma- 

 colite, M. Dufet, 17 ; the Study of, Prof. Sterry Hunt, F.R.S., 

 596 ; Mineralogical Evolution, Prof. Sterry H unt, 597 

 Mineralogical Magazine, 257 

 Mineralogical Society, 71, 287 



Minerals of New South Wales, the, A. Liversidge, 75 

 Minimum Thermometer, on the Grass, Dr. W. Doberck, 619 

 Minnesota, Report of Geological and Natural History Survey, N. 



H. Winchell, 206 

 Minor Planets, New, 88, 115, 231 ; Herr Palisa and M. Charlois, 



43 ; Names of, 351 ; Minor Planet No. 275, 554 

 Mira Ceti, Maximum of, J. Norman Lockyer, F. R.S., 621 

 Mirage, Remarkable, on the Baltic, 304 

 Missions, French Scientific, 255 

 Mitchell (J.), Manual of Practical Assaying, 148 

 Mitchell (P. Chalmers), Dr. August Weismannon Heredity, 156 

 Mobangi, the River, Exploration of, 18 

 Modern Views of Electricity, Prof. Oliver J. Lodge, F.R.S., 



389, 416, 590 

 Moedebeck (Lieut.), a Balloon Journey, 48 

 Molecular Physics, an Attempt at a Comprehensive Dynamical 

 Treatment of Physical and Chemical Forces, Prof. F. Linde- 

 mann, G. W. de Tunzelmann, 404, 458, 578 

 Mollusca, the Land and Fresh-water, of India, H. H. Godwin- 

 Austen, F.R.S., 217 

 Monge's Differential Equation to all Conies, Geometric Inter- 

 pretation of, Prof. Asutosh Mukhopadhyay, 173, 197, 564, 

 619 

 Monkey as Scientific Investigator, the, 257 



Monkey, Three First Cervical Nerves in the, Chas. E. Beevor 



and Victor Horsley, F. R. S., 357 

 Monsoon Storms in Bengal, 158 

 Mont Blanc, Three Days on the Summit of, 35 

 Monte Video, Earthquakes in, 256 

 Moon, Curious Apparent Motion of the, in Australia, T. Mellard 



Reade, 102 

 Moore (Frederick), Description of New Indian Lepidopterous 



Insects from the Collection of the late W. S. Atkinson, 266 

 Moors of Ceylon, Ethnology of, P. Ramanathan, 135 

 Morales (Carlos M.) y Felix Amoretti, Teoria Elemental de las 



Determinantes sus Principales Aplicaciones al Algebra y la 



Geometria, 537 

 Morgan (Prof. C. Lloyd), Natural Selection and Elimination, 



37° 

 Morgan (T. H.), on Experiments with Chitin Solvents, 356 

 Morley (Dr.), Valency, 596 



Morocco, Joseph Thomson's Explorations in, 398 

 Morocco, Temnodon saltator \v\, 133 

 Morris (Dr. G. H.) and H. T. Brown, Determination of 



Molecular Weights of Carbo- Hydrates, 117 

 Moths of India, Catalogue of the, 624 

 Motor, the Sun, Captain John Ericsson, 319 

 Mouchez (Admiral), Report of Paris Observatory, 179 

 Mount Loa Craters, History of Changes in, II., J. D. Dana, 



462 

 Mountain-Formation, History of the Contraction-Theory of, 



Charles Davison, 30 

 Moureaux (M. Th.j, Magnetic Determinations in the Basin of the 



West Mediterranean, 359, 384 

 Moussette, (M. Ch.), Lightning Photographs, 432 

 Mueller Glacier, New Zealand, on the Veined Structure of the, 



F. W. Hutton. 77 

 Mugnier (Dr.), the Hand and Figure of Native East Indians, 



463 

 Muir (Dr. Thos.), Nomenclature of Determinants, 589 

 Muirhead (Dr. Henry), Zodiacal Light, 618 

 Mukerjee (S. B.), Elementary Hydrostatics, with Numerous 



Examples, 76 

 Mukhopadhyay (Prof. Asutosh), the Geometric Interpretation of 



Monge's Differential Equation to all Conies, 173, 197, 564 

 Multiplication and Division of Concrete Quantities, A. Lodge, 



281 

 Munk (Prof.), Catgut as a Ligature, 312 

 Muntz (M. A.), Analysis of the Nile Waters, 360 

 Murphy (Joseph John), Functionless Organs, 411 

 Muscle-Fibres, the Structure of Striated, Dr. Benda, 360 

 Muscular Movements in Man, and their Evolution in the Infant, 



a Study of Movement in Man, and its Evolution, Francis 



Warner, M.D., 238 

 Musee Guinet, Opening of the, 255 

 Museum Association, Proposed, 41 

 Museum, Australian, Report of, 575 

 Museum, Dublin Science and Art, 114 

 Mushketoff (Prof. ), Report on Earthquakes at Vyernyi, 204 

 Mysterious Sky Lights, W. Mattieu Williams, 102 

 Myth of Ibicus, Recurrence among the Provencals, M. le Dr. 



Berenger-Ferand, 212 



Nansen (Dr. Fridtjof) : Greenland Expedition, 302, 372 ; 



Scarcity of Seals on the Coast of Greenland, 422 

 Natural History Collections, British Museum, 487 

 Natural History of the Roman Numerals, Edw. Tregear, 565 

 Natural Selection, Definition of the Theory of, Prof. Geo. J. 



Romanes, F.R.S., 616 

 Natural Selection and Elimination, Prof. C. Lloyd Morgan, 370 

 Natural Science in Japan, 83 

 Natural Science, the Services of Catholic Missionaries in the 



East to, 434 

 Naturalists, German Association of, Meeting of, at Cologne, 16 

 Naturalists, Recent Visit of, to the Galapagos, Dr. P. L. 



Sclater, F.R.S., Leslie A. Lee, 569 

 Nature, Freaks of, Major D. Erskine, 104 ; C. H. Erskine, 104 

 Nature's Fairy-Land, Rambles by Woodland, Meadow, Stream, 



and Shore, H. W. S. Worsley-Benison, 244 

 Navy, the Choice of a Chemist to the, 265 

 Neanderthal Race, the Tibia in the, Prof. Julius Fraipont, 212 



