Supplement to /Mature,! 

 June I, 1893 J 



Index 



-Memoir on the Theory of the Compositions of Numbers, 

 Major P, A. MacMahon, F.R.S., 310 ; on the Use of Supple- 

 mentary Curves in Isogonal Transformation, K. A. Harris, 

 380 ; on the Application of CliflFord's Graphs to Ordinary 

 Binary Quantics, A. B. Kempe, F.R.S., 382 ; on the Vibra- 

 tions of an Elastic Circular King, A. E. H. Love, 383 ; Poin- 

 care's Theorie Mathematique de la Lumiere, A. B. Basset, 

 F. R. S., 386 ; the Group of Thirty Cubes composed by Six 

 DiflFerently-coloured Squares, Major MacMahon, F. R. S., 

 406 ; the Harmonics of a Ring, W. D. Niven, F.R.S., 406; 

 on the Potential Equation, Dr. Haentzsch, 480 ; on the Ap- 

 plicability of Lagrange's Equations of Motion to a General 

 Class of Problems, with Special Reference to the Motion of a 

 Perforated Solid in a Liquid, Dr. C. V. Burton, 500 ; on a 

 Hydrodynamical Proof of the Equations of Motion of a per- 

 forated Solid with Applications to the Motion of a Fine 

 Framework in Circulating Liquids, G. H. Bryan, 500 ; the 

 Discovery of the Potential, Ottavio Zanotti Bianco, Dr. E. J. 

 Routh, F.R.S., 510 ; Motion of a Solid Body in a Viscous 

 Liquid, A. B. Bassett, F.R.S., 512; on the Stability of a 

 Thin Rod Loaded Vertically, Mr. Love, 526 ; on Complex 

 Primes formed with the Fifth Roots of Unity, Prof. Lloyd 

 Tanner, 526 ; a New Algebra, T. B. Spraoue, 526 ; a Treatise 

 on the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity, A. E. H. Love, 

 Prof. A G. Greenhill, F.R.S., 529; Graphical Solutions of 

 Problems in Navigation, 547 ; American Journal of Mathe- 

 matics, 620 



Mathews (G. B. ), Theory of Numbers, 289 



Mathey (Edward, F.S.A.), Further Researches in Connection 

 with the Metallurgy of Bismuth, 358 



Matriculation Chemistry, Temple Orme, 99 



Matthews (William), the Southampton Water-soflening Plant, 

 353 



Maurer (Herr), the sense Organs of the Skin, Feathers, and 

 Hairs in Mammalia, 87 



Maw (M. H), Lunar Crater, 31 



Mawley(E.), Report on the Phenological Observations for 1892, 

 430 



Maxwell (C. F.), Remarkable Meteor in Texas, 279 



Maycock (W, Perren), Electric Lighting and Power Distribu- 

 tion, 269 



Mayer (Alfred Goldsborough), the Radiation and Absorption of 

 Heat by Leaves, 596 



Measure of the Imagination, Francis Galton, ?\R.S., 319 



Measurement of Distances of Binary Stars, C. E. Stromeyer, 

 199 



Measures of Stars about j8 Cygni, Rulherfurd, Prof. Harold 

 Jacoby, 77 



Mechanics : Elementary Manual on Applied Mechanics, Prof. 

 Jamieson, 147 ; Modern Mechanism, 241 ; a Correction, 281 ; 

 Elementary .Mechanics of Solids and Fluids, A. L. Selby, 

 315 ; Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 19, 300, 353, 617 ; 

 Mechanics and Hydrostatics for Beginners, S. L. Loney, 

 437 ; the Value of the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, E. H. 

 Griffiths, 537 



Medieval Lore ; an Epitome of the Science, Geography, 

 Animal and Plant Folk-Lore and Myth of the Middle Ages, 

 388 



Medical Education at Oxford, Lord Salisbury, 449 



Medical Microscopy, Frank J. Wethered, Dr. A. H. Tubby, 



51 



Medical Science, Bibliographia Medica Italiana, Prof. P. Gia- 

 cosa, 606 



Medical Society, Oxford, Inaugural Address by Sir James Paget, 

 60 



Medical Student, Biology and the, H. J. Campbell, 530 



Medicine, Experimental, 593 



Mee (Arthur), Observational Astronomy, 437 



Melbourne Observatory, 498 



Meldola(Prof. R., F.R.S.), Arborescent Frost Patterns, 125 



MelHsh(H.), Rainfall of Nottinghamshire, 1861-90, 286 



Mem. Soc. degli Spettroscopisti Ital., 429 



Mendenhall (T. C.) : Uses of Planes and Knife Edges in Pen- 

 dulums for Gravity Measurements, 380 ; Observations of At- 

 mospheric Electricity in America, Prof. Oliver J. Lodge, 

 F.R.S., 392 



Mensbrugghe (G. Van der), on the Common Cause of Surface 

 Tension and Evaporation of Liquids, 428, 621 



Mentone, Prehistoric Interments of the Bahi Rossi Caves near, 

 A. G. Evans, 239 



Mercelli (G.), Stromboli, 453 



Mercurial Air-Pumps, Automatic, Dr. August Raps, 369 



Mercury, Berlin Method of Cleaning, 16 



Meridian Circle Observations, Madras, 186 



Meslin (G.), Conditions of Production of Lippmann's Coloured 

 Photographs, 1571!; on Semicircular Interference Fringes, 

 384 



Mesnard (E.), Mode of Production of Perfume in Flowers, 120 ; 

 Researches on the Localisation of the Fatty Oils in the 

 Germination of Seeds, 312 



Metallurgy : Note on the Colours of the Alkali Metals, G. S. 

 Newth, 55; Wm. L. Dudley, 175 ; the Copper Resources of 

 the United States, James Douglas, 132 ; the Use of Tungsten 

 in Improving Hardness of Steel, 351 ; Further Researches in 

 Connection with the Metallurgy of Bismuth, Edward Mathey, 

 F.S.A., 358; on a New Soldering Process for Aluminium 

 and various other Metals, M. J. Novel, 384 ; the Value of 

 Annealing Steel, E. G. Carey, 397 ; Volumetric Method for 

 Determining Amount of Chromium in Steel, G. Georges, 

 397 ; Ready Preparation of Large Quantities of the more 

 Refractory Metals by Means of the Electric Furnace, M, 

 Moissan, 424 ; Magnetic Induction in Iron and other Metals, 

 J. A. Ewing, F.R.S., E. Wilson, 460 ; the Alloys Research 

 Committee, Second Report, Prof. W, C. Roberts-Austen, 

 F.R.S., 617 ; the Action of Bismuth on Copper, Prof. W. 

 C. Roberts- Austen, F.R.S., 618 



Metazoan Development, on a Supposed Law of, J. Beard, 79 ; 

 R. Assheton, 176 



Meteorology: The Weather Week by Week, 15, 38, 60, 85, 

 III, 130, 155, 183, 206, 233, 253, 278, 300, 323, 348, 373, 

 395, 422, 449, 470, 496, 516, 543, 563, 585, 613 ; Meteor- 

 ological Council, Summary of Rainfall and Mean Tempera- 

 ture of British Islands for September Quarter 1866-92, 15 ; 

 Berlin Meteorological Society, 24, 287, 336, 552 ; Relation- 

 ship Between Insolation and Temperature, Dr. Berson, 24 ; 

 a Remarkable Rainfall, Alfred O. Walker, 31 ; Indications 

 of a Rainy Period in Southern Peru, A. E. Douglass, 38 ; 

 American Meteorological Journal, 46, 261, 574; Meteoro- 

 logical Balloon Ascent at Berlin, October 24, 1891, A. L. 

 Rotch, 46 ; Severe Hurricane at Marseilles, October r, 1892, 

 61 ; the Inspection of Canadian Meteorological Stations, 

 Charles Carpmael, 61 ; Pilot Chart of North Atlantic for 

 November, 86 ; Pilot Chart of the North Atlantic for 

 February, 1893, 395 ; the Afterglow, Sereno E. Bishop, 

 102 ; Weather Forecasting for British Islands, Captain H. 

 Toynbee, iii ; Royal Meteorological Society, 118, 333, 430, 

 502 ; Thunderstorm, Cloudburst, and Flood at Langto(t, 

 July 3, 1892, J. Lovel, 118 ; Measurement of Maximum 

 Wind Pressure, W. H. Dines, u8 ; Curious Drift of a 

 "Current Bottle," H, C. Russell, 131 ; Wind Measurement, 

 H. W. Dines, 143 ; the Height and Spectrum of Auroras, 

 T. W. Backhouse, 151 ; the Climate of the Canary Islands, 

 156; Cloud Observations at Blue Hill (Mass.) Observatory, 

 H. H. Clayton, 183 ; Brilliant Afterglow, December 15 and 

 17, 1892, 183 ; the Movements of Ground Water, F. H. 

 King, 206 ; Gulf Stream Icebergs and Climatic Variations, 

 H. Habenicht, 206 ; Proposed International Conference of 

 Meteorologists, 233 ; Eiffel Tower Experiments on Decrease 

 of Air-temperature with Elevation, Alfred Angot, 240 ; the 

 Weather of Summer, 245, 270 ; Super-abundant Rain, Sir 

 H. Collett, 247 ; Atmospheric Electricity, Earth Currents, 

 and Terrestrial Magnetism, Prof. C. Abbe, 261 ; Notes on 

 the Use of Automatic Rain Gauges, J. E. Codman, 261 ; 

 Sunshine Recorders, Prof. C. F. Marvin, 261 ; Shower of 

 Pond Mussels at Paderborn, 278 ; Experiments on the Use 

 of Oil in Calming Waves, Rear Admiral Cavalier de 

 Cuverville, 278 ; Moving Anti-Cyclones in the Southern 

 Hemisphere, H. C. Russell, F.R.S., 286; the Tracks of 

 Ocean Wind Systems in Transit over Australasia, Capt. M. 

 W. C. Hepworth, 286; Rainfall of Nottinghamshire, 1861- 

 90, II. Mellish, 286 ; Prof. Assmann's Detailed Description 

 of the Meteorographs set up in the " Urania-pillars," 287 ; 

 Absolute Value of the .Magnetic Elements on January i, 1893, 

 288 ; the Evaporation from a Snow Surface, P. A. Miiller, 

 301 ; Map showing Lines of Equal Magnetic Declination for 

 January I, 1893, in England and Wales, W. Ellis, 323 ; 

 Government -Meteorology in India, 323 ; Dr. C. T. Williams 

 on the High Altitudes of Colorado and their Climates, 333 ; 

 on the Diurnal Variations of Gravitation, M. Mascart, 360 ; 

 Death and Obituary Notice of George Mathews Whipple, 



