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•pj>leiiient to Natu. 

 • '. 1893 



372 ; D. A. van Bastelaer's Observations c n Ozone, 373 ; 

 Magnetical and Meteorological Obs^ervations made at the 

 Government Observatory, Bombay, 1890, with an Appendix, 

 379; Colonial Meteorology, C. J. Symons, F. R. S., 390; 

 Observations of Atmospheric Electricity in America, T. C. 

 Mendenhall, Prof. Oliver J. Lodge, F.R.S., 392; Dew, 

 I lerr Wollny, 398 ; Report of the Meteorological Council for 

 \ear ending March 31, 1892, 422 ; Summary of Weekly 

 Weather Report, 1892, 422 ; on the Particles in Fogs and 

 Clouds, John Ailken, 431 ; on the Hygrometry of the Atmos- 

 phere at Ben Nevis, A. J. Heibertson, 431 ; Report on the 

 Fhenological Obseivations for 1892, E. Mawley, 4.30 ; Re- 

 lation between the Duration of Sunshine, the Amount of 

 Cloud, and the Height of ihe Barometer, W. Ellis, 431 ; Winter 

 Temjeratures on Mountain Summits, W. Piffe Brown, 431 ; 

 High Atmospheric Pressures observed at Iikutsk from 

 January 12 to 16, 1893, Alexis de Tillo, 432 ; Stonyhurst 

 Ct. liege Observatory, 450 ; Hot Winds in Texas, May 29 and 

 30, 1892, J. M. Cline, 454 ; the Electrification of the Lower 

 Air during Auroral Displays, A. McAdie, 454 ; Scottish 

 Meteorological Society, 469 ; the High Barometer Readings 

 for January, 470 ; Observation made at Fotsdam Meteoro- 

 logical Institute on the Recent Coldest Day in January, Prof. 

 Sprung, 480 ; a Short Cycle in Weather, James P. Hall, 499 ; 

 on some Meteorological Problems, Shelford Bidwell, F.R.S., 

 502 ; on the True Theory of Waterspouts and Tornadoes, with 

 .special reference to that of Lawrence, Massachusetts, M. H. 

 Faye, 503 ; Remarkable Cold Wave over China in January, 

 1893, S. B. J. Skertchly, 516; Severe Frost at Hongkong, 

 W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, F.R.S., 535; Charles Ford, 535 ; 

 W. Doberck, 536 ; Practical Meteorology in Spain, 543 ; 

 Synoptic Daily Weather Charts of North Atlantic Ocean, 

 543 ; the Thermal Exchanges of the Atmosphere, Prof, vc n 

 Bezold, 552 ; Hail Storms, H. C. Russell, 573 ; Exploration 

 of the Free Air, Prof. M. W. Harriigtrn, 574; the General 

 Winds of the Atlantic Ocean, Prot. W. M. Davis, 574-; 

 Fossil Floras and Climate, Sir William Dawson, F.R.S., 

 556 ; J. Starkie Gardner, 582 ; the Afterglows and Bishop's 

 Ring, T. W. Backhouse, 5S2 ; Compliu.entary Dinner to Mr. 

 Henry Perigal, 585 ; the Surface Configuration of Maryland, 

 Prof. W. B. Clark, 585 ; a Highly Sensitive Mercury 

 ISarometer, Dr. Carlo del Lungo, 586 ; Exploration of the 

 Higher Atmosphere, Gustave Hermite, 600; New Methods of 

 Disseminating Weather Forecasts in New England, 613; 

 Harmonic Analysis of Hourly Observations of Air Tempera- 

 tuie and Pressure at British Observatories, Lieut. -General R. 

 Strachey, F.R.S., ii\ ; the Direction of the Wind over the 

 British Isles 1876-80, F. C. Bayard, 623 ; Notes on Two 

 Photographs of Lightning taken at Sydney Observatory, 

 December 7, 1892, H. C. Russell, F.R.S., 623 ; Constructive 

 Errors in some Hygrometers, W. W. Midgley, 623 



Meteors : Prof. C. A. Young, 150 ; Great Meteor in Alabama, 

 86 ; December Meteors (Geminids), W. F. Denning, 226 ; 

 a Brilliant Meteor, W. Pollard, 247 ; Meteor Shower of 

 November 23, 1892, 257 ; Remarkable Meteor in Texas, 

 C. F. Maxwell, 279 ; a Meteor, W. L. Distant, 316 ; a 

 Brilliant Meteor, Dr. J as. Rorie, 495 ; Meteor of March 18, 

 1893, G. P. Bailey, 516 ; Meteor Showers, 590 



Meteoric Iron, Diamond in, C. Friedel, 192 



Meteoric Iron of Canon Diablo, on the, C. Friedel, 408 



Meteoric Stone Found at Makariwa, near Invercargill, New 

 Zealand, on a, G.F.H. Ulrich, 381 



Meteorites : a Large Meteorite from Western Australia, James 

 R. Gregory, 90 ; Lines of Structure in the Winnebago County 

 Meteorites and in other Meteorites, Prof. H. A. Newton, 

 370 ; Study of the Caiion Diablo Meteorite, Henri Moissan, 

 408 ; Observation on the Conditions which appear to have 

 obtained during the Formation of Meteorites, M. Daubree, 

 432 ; Mineralogical and I.ithological Examination of the 

 Meteorite of Kiowa county, Kansas, M. Stanislas Meunier, 

 456 ; Great Meteorite from Western Australia, 469 ; Fall of 

 a Meteorite, 565 



Meunier (M. Stanislas), Mineralogical and Lithological Ex- 

 amination of the Meteorite of Kiowa county, Kansas, 456 



Meyer (Prof. A. B.), the Cause of Sexual Differences of Colour 

 in Eclectus, 486 



Mice, Field, in Thessaly and Scotland, the Plague of, 396 



Michael (A. D.), a New Species (and genus) oi Acariis found in 

 Cornwall, 502 



Michel (L ), Artificial Production of Rutile, j68 



Michigan, Geology of the Iron, Gold, and Copper Districi 

 Prof. M. E. Wadsworth, Sir Archibald Gtikie, Dr. H 

 H. Bauerman, 117 



Micro-organisms at Various Temperatures, Investigations on w,^ 

 Behaviour of, 234 



Micro-organisms and their Investigation, Mrs. Percy Frank- 

 land, 446 



Microbes, Researches on the Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen, 

 by M. Berthelot, 23 



Microscopy : American Microscopical Society, Prizes offered 

 for Encouragement of Research, 15 ; Messrs. Swift's Alu- 

 minium Microscope, G. C. Karop, 47 ; Medical Microscopy, 

 Frank J. Wethered, Dr. A. H. Tubby, 51 ; the Reflector 

 with the Projection Microscope, G. B. Buckton, F.R.S., 54 ; 

 Fungus Internally Parasitic in Diatoms, C. H. Gill, Mr. 

 Bennett, 1 18 ; on the Anatomy of Pentaitonmm teretiuscuhtm, 

 Prof. W. Baldwin Spencer, 260; Quarterly Journal of Micro- 

 scopical Science, 260 ; on the Development of the Optic 

 Nerve of Vertebrates and the Choroidal Fissure of Embryonic 

 Life, Richard Assheton, 261 ; on the Development of the 

 Genital Organ=, Ovoid Gland, Axial and Aboral Sinuses in 

 Amphiura Squamata, together with some Remarks on 

 Ludwig's Haemal System in this Ophiurid, E, W. MacBride, 

 261 ; on a New Species of Aquatic Oligochseta belonging to 

 the family Rhinodrilidse found in England by W. B. Benham, 

 261 ; on the Minute Structure of the Gills of Palaemonetes 

 Vaiians, Edgar J. Allen, 261 ; Royal Microscopical Society, 

 359; the Microscope: its Construction and Management, 

 Dr. Henri Van Hewick, Rev. Dr. Dallinger, F.R.S., 409 



Midgley (W. W.), Constructive Errors in some Hygrometers, 

 623 



Miers (H. A.), the Rare Silver Minerals Xanthoconite and 

 Rittingerite, 70 



Migration of Birds, the, an Attempt to Reduce Avian Season- 

 Flight to Law, Charles Dixon, 169 



Military Telephones, 182 



Milk, Methods of Examining, for Tubercle Bacillus, Ilkewitscb 

 and Thorner, 254 



Milky Way, the. Dr. Otto Boeddicker, 337 



Milky Way, Stellar Magnitudes in Relation to the. Prof. 

 Kapteyn, 64 



Millar (J. H.), Formation and Nitration of Phenyldiazoimide, 

 3" 



Milne (Prof. John, F.R.S.), the Volcanoes of Japan, Part i, 

 Firjisan, 178 ; Yezo and the Ainu, 330 ; Instruments for the 

 Earthquake Laboratory at the Chicago Exhibition, 356 



Milton (J. T.), Notes on Boiler-testing, 521 



Mimicry, Aggressive, the Volucellce as Examples of, Edward B. 

 Pouhon, F.R.S., 28; W. Bateson, 77 



Mineralogy : Establishment of the Tetrahedral Hemisymmetry 

 of Binnite, Dr. Trechmann, 70 ; the Rare Silver Minerals 

 Xantheconite and Rittingerite, H. A. Miers and G. T. Prior, 

 70 ; Baddeleyite, Fletcher, 70 ; Mineralogical Society, 70 ; 

 Artificial Production of Rutile, L. Michel, 168 ; Death of 

 Nikolai Ivanovitch Kokshafoff, 278 ; a New Coaly Mineral, 

 280 ; the Occurrence of Native Zirconia (Baddeleyite), L. 

 Fletcher, F.R.S., 283 ; Haematite as an Illustration of the 

 Tendency of Inorganic Matter to Simulate Inorganic Forms, 

 374 ; on a Meteoric Stone found at Makariwa, near Inver- 

 cargill, New Zealand, G. H. F. Ulrich, 381 ; Study of the 

 Caiion Diablo Meteorite, Henri Moissan, 408 ; on the 

 Meteoric Iron of Cation Diablo, C. Friedel, 408 ; on the 

 Presence of Graphite Carbonado and Microscopic Diamonds 

 in the Blue Earth of the Cape, Henri Moissan, 408 ; 

 Mineralogical and Lithological Examination of the Meteorite 

 of Kiowa county, Kansas, M. Stanislas Meunier, 456 ;. 

 Analysis of the Ashes of the Diamond, Henri Moissan, 479 ; 

 Remarks on the Native Iron of Ovifak and the Bitumen of 

 the Crystallised Rocks of Sweden, M. Nordenskiold, 552 ; 

 Valuable Ruby discovered at Burma Mines, 586' 



Miner's Safety-lamp, a New Portable, Prof. Frank Clowes, 

 596 



Minervini (Signor), the Blood-vessels of the Skin in Different 

 Parts, 254 



Minor Planets, 352, 547 



Mirrors, Japanese, Msgic, Prof. S. P. Thompson, F. R.S., 381 



Mohn (Prof.), the Climate of Greenland, 474 



Moissan (Henii), Chemical Study of Opium Smoke, 168 ; a 

 New Electric Fumace, 192; Action of High Temperature 

 on Metallic Oxides, 192 ; Study of the Cpiion Diabla 



