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INDEX 



[Nature, Jjtne 7, i\ 



Observatory at Potsdam, 88 ; Magnetic Qualities of Metajs 

 under Heat, 355 ; Influence of Temperature on the Magnetic 

 State of Iron, M. P. Ledeboer, 288 ; a New Magnetic 

 Survey of France, Prof. T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S., 247, 275 ; 

 the Destruction of Passivity of Iron in Nitric Acid by Mag- 

 netization, E. L. Nicols and W, S. Franklin, 358 ; Instability 

 of Freshly-Magnetized Needles, G. M. Whipple, 128 ; 

 Thermo-magnetic Machine', 33 ; Instability of Freshly- 

 Magnetized Needles, Prof. Francis E. Nipher, 77, 392 ; 

 Prof. Arthur W. Riicker, F.R.S., 77; on the Theory of 

 Magnetism, M. P. Duhem, 96 ; on the Constant P in Observa- 

 tions of Terrestrial Magnetism, Prof. Wm. Harkness, 127, 

 272 ; Prof. Arthur W. Riicker, F.R.S., 127, 272; Influence 

 of Magnetism on Electric Resistance of Solid Conductors, 

 Dr. Fae, 573 ; Nev/ Method for Measurement of Magnetism 

 of Gases, Prof. Topler, 576 ; Electromotive Force of Mag- 

 netization, 623 ; Illimitability of Magnetization of Iron, Prof. 

 Ewing, 383 

 Magnus (Sir Philip), Proposed Teaching University for London, 



393 

 Maine (Sir Henry, F.R.S.), Death of, 349 

 Mainoff (V. N.), Death and Obituary Notice of, 567 

 Mairet (M.) and M. Combemale, on the Effects of Chronic 



Intoxication by Alcohol, 528 

 Malesia, Signor Odoardo Beccari and the Bentham Trustees, 



421 

 Malet (H. P.), Were the Elephant and Mastodon Contemporary 



in Europe ?, 488 

 Mallet (F. R.), a Manual of the Geology of India, 556 

 Mammoth and the Flood, 343; Henry H. Howorth, F.R.S., 



123, 200, 295 

 Mammoth, Foisil Head of a, found in Paris, 329 

 Mammoth's Tusk, Discovery of a, at Vitry-en-Artois, 408 

 Man, Breath of, and other Mammals, 288 

 Manchester, Meeting in Support of the National Association for 



the Promotion of Technical Education at, iii 

 Manchester, Technical Education in, 121 

 Manganese, Action of Roasting on Several Oxides and Salts of, 



by Alex. Gorgeu, 504 

 Manganese Steel, Mr. Hadfield, 497 



Manganic Oxide and Peroxide, on the Preparation and Constitu- 

 tion of the Hydrates of. Dr. B. Franke, 209 

 Marcet (Dr. W.), Atmospheric Electricity, 526 

 Marey (M.), Flight of Birds, 474 



Marine Biological Laboratory, the Proposed New England, 379 

 Markham (Clements R., C.B., F.R.S.), Founder's Medal of the 



Royal Geographical vSociety awarded to, 617 

 Marlborough College Natural History Society, 568 

 Mars, Parallax of, C. E. Stromeyer, 302 

 Marshall (C. F.), Observations on the Structure and Distribution 



of Striped and Unstriped Muscle in the Animal Kingdom, and 



a Theory of Muscular Contraction, 23 

 Martin <H. N., F.R.S.), .and Prof. T. H. Huxley, F.R.S., a 



Course of Elementary Instruction in Practical Biology, 505 

 Martin's (Prof.) Method of Isolating the Mammalian Heart, 



215 



Maskell (W. M.), an Account of New Zealand Scale Insects, 



Mason Science College, Birmingham, 543 



Massee (Geo.) : on the Growth and Origin of Multicellular 

 Plants, 163 ; a Monograph of the Thelophorese, 523 



Massowah, Report on Clima'e of, 493 



Masters (Dr. Maxwell T., F.R.S.), the Royal Horticultural 

 Society, 176 



Mastodon avernensis, Elephas meridionalis, 488 



Mathematics : Mathematical Optics and Thermo-dynamics, by 

 M. H. Resal, 504; Mathematical Society, 71, 166, 310, 383, 

 479> 599 ; a Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of Perfectly 

 Elastic Solids, W. J. Ibbetson, 97 ; Theory of Reciprocants, 

 Prof, Sylvester, 71; American Journal of Mathematics, 71 ; 

 a New Treatise on Algebra, by Charles Smith, 232 ; the Art of 

 Computation for the Purposes of Science, Sydney Lupton, 

 237, 262 ; Invariants, Covariants, and Quotient Derivatives 

 associated with Linear Diflerential Equations, A. R. Forsyth, 

 F.R.S., 309 



Mattie's Secret, Emile Desmaux, 76 



Mauritius, Meteorological Society of, 18 



Mauritius Observatory, 284 



Maw (M. H.), Meteor, 151 



Mawer(W. ), Physiography, Elementary Text-book, 341 

 Maxima and Minima, Note on a Problem in : R. Charties, 320 ; 



Edward M. Langley, 605 

 Mayet's New Artificial Serum, 96 ' 

 Mean Free Path, and the Number of Collisions per Paricle per 



Second in a Group of Equal Spheres, by Prof. Tait, 527 

 Measurement, on the, of Magnetic Fields by Diamagnetic 



Bodies, by P. Joubin, 504 

 Measurement of Power given to Transformer, E. C. Rimington, 



502 

 Measuring of Specific Heat, on the, by N. Hesehus, 525 

 Measures of the same Magnitude, on the Combination of, by M. 



J. Bertrand, 504 

 Measuring Instruments, Electrical, Sir William Thomson, 354 

 Meat Supply, Foreign, Twenty Years' Changes in our. Major 



Craigie, 212 

 Mechanical Engineers, Institution of, 355 



Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, Experiments on the Determina- 

 tion of the, by the Indirect Electrical Method, Dr. Dieterici, 

 48 

 Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, Prof. Alfred Lodge, 364 

 Mechanics of Machinery, Alex. B. W. Kennedy, Prof. A. G. 



Greenhill, 195 ; J. Venn, 510 

 Medical Education at Oxford, George J. Wilson, 5 

 Medusae of the Australian Seas, Dr. K. von Lendenfeld, 399 

 Melbourne Observatory, 381 



Melly (William R.), Bernicle Geese on Coniston Lake, 585 

 Men of Science, the Duke of Argyll's Charges against : Prof. 

 John W. Judd, F.R.S., 317.; Prof. T. H. Huxley, F.R.S., 

 342 

 Mendenhall (T. C), Weight and Mass, 416 

 Menshutkin (N.), on the Speed of Formation of Acetic Ethers of 



Monatomic Alcohols, 525 

 Mercier (Charles), the Nervous System and the Mind, a Treatise 



on the Dynamics of the Human Organism, 578 

 Mercuric Salts as Antiseptic Surgical Lotions, Dr. G. Sims 



Woodhead, 527 

 Mercury, Determination of Electrical Resistance of Tubes ot, 



Dr. Weinstein, 167 

 Mercury, the Planet, 151 ; W. F. Denning, 178 

 Mercury-Bath, New, for the Observation of the Nadir, 551 

 Mergui Archipelago, Bird's-Nest or Elephant Islands of the, 



Alfred Carpenter, 348 

 Meridian of Laghwat, by L. Bassot, 528 

 Merrill (Geo. P.), Salt Industry in the United States, 558 

 Messurier (Colonel Le), Game, Shore, and Water Birds of India, 



398 

 Metal, Welding, by Electricity, 331 

 Metals, Magnetic Qualities of, under Heat, 355 

 Metaphosphoric Acid, Transformation of, Paul Sabatier, 264 

 Meteor, Large, seen in Norway, 36 ; Meteor-Shower of October 

 1887, W. F. Denning, 69 ; Meteor, B. Truscott, 105 ; Mag- 

 nificent Meteor seen on the West Coast of Norway, 138 ; 

 Meteor, M. H. Maw, 151 ; Meteor of November 15, J. Lloyd 

 Bozward, 178 ; Meteor observed in Norway, 186 ; Brilliant 

 Meteor seen in Christiania, December 11, 231 ; Meteor seen at 

 Asker, in Nerice, Sweden, 614 ; Remarkable Meteors in 

 Norway and Sweden, 258, 329 ; W. F. Denning on, 273 ; 

 Prof. Charles Carpmael on, 273 ; Meteors in Central Sweden, 

 282 

 Meteoric Iron, on the, which fell near Cabin Creek, Johnson 



County, Arkansas, March 27, 1886, Geo. F. Kunz, 159 

 Meteoric Stone, Discovery of Diamonds in a, no 

 Meteorite, on the, which fell on August 18/30, 1887, at Taborg, 



120 

 Meteorite, Large, 544 



Meteorite, Northford, by F. C. Robinson, 500 

 Meteorite, Remarkable, in Denmark, 258 

 Meteorite, the Rockwood, 163 

 Meteorite from St. Croix, County Wisconsin, Description of 



an Iron, 163 

 Meteorites, a Chapter in the History of, Walter Flight, F. R. S.. 



30 

 Meteorites, Researches on, J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 55, 80 

 Meteorology : of India, 18 ; Meteorological NcJtes, 18, 38, 67, 

 91; Meteorological Society, 312; Meteorological Society of 

 Berlin, 456 ; Meteorological Society of France, 378 ; Meteoro- 

 logical Council, Observations published by, 300 ; Storm of 

 October 30, 14 j Unusual Weather in Iceland, 16 ; M. 



