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Index 



VSuMUment to Nature, 

 L November 26, 1891 



382 ; on whether the Ether behaves as a Viscous Fluid, 454 ; 

 on Light in Modifying the Effect of the Gravitational Attrac- 

 tion of the Sun, 454 



London Entomological Society, 359 



London Geolo<;ical Field Class, Hand-book of the, 317 



L'ondon Mathematical Society, 598 



London, University of : Draft Charter of the, 39 ; Prof. E. Ray 

 Lankester, F.R.S., 76; Prof. William Ramsay, F.R.S., 78; 

 Dr. A. Irving, 79, 104; B.Sc. Exam., 1892, Edward J. 

 Burrell, 565 



Longstaff (George Blundell), Studies in Statistics, 4 



Lorenz (Dr. Richard) : Troilite, Meteoritic Crystallized Mono 

 sulphide of Iron, 137 ; Hygienic Advantage of Erect as com- 

 pared with Slanting Writing, 325 



Lovel (J.), the Alpine Flora, 83 



Lowne (B. Thompson), the Blow-fly, 123 



Lucas (Prof. Edward), Death and Obituary Notice of, 574 



Luminous Clouds, O. Jesse, 229 



Lunar Heat, Distribution of, Frank H. Very, 601 



Lunar Libration, a Cause of, S. E. Peal, 283 



Lunar Radiant Heat, Measurements of, 577 



Lunar Rainbow, Dr. P. Q. Keegan, 591 



Lupton (Sydney), the Conditions of Space, 210 



Lydekker (Richard) : the Fossil Insects of North America, with 

 Notes on some European Species, by Samuel H. Scudder, 1 ; 

 and Prof. W. H. Flower, F. R.S., Mammals Living and Ex- 

 tinct, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., 121 ; Lower Jaws of 

 Procoptodon, 143 ; F. Priem on the Evolution of Animals, 



243 

 Lyras, Spectrum of /3, Prof. E. C. Pickering, 355 



McAlpine (D. ), Summary of Tasks undertaken by Department 



of Agriculture, Victoria, 529 

 Macdonald (Major Claud M.), on the Benue and the Kibbe, 46 

 M'Fadyean (Prof.), on the Milk and Meat of Tuberculous 



Animals, 396 

 Macfarlane (Dr. J. M.) : Comparison of Minute Structure of 



Plant Hybrids with Parent Plants, 119; Vegetable and 



Animal Cells, 263 

 McGee (Mr.), Classification of the Glacial Pleistocene Deposits, 



504 

 McGowan (G.), Method for Estimation of Nitrates, 118 

 McGuire (J. D.), Primitive Man and Stone Hammers, 630 

 Mcintosh (Prof.), on Marine Food-Fishes, 360 

 McKendrick (Dr. John G., F.R.S.)and W. Snodgrass, Note on 



the Physiological Action of Carbon Monoxide of Nickel, 70 

 McKinley Bill, the Coming Chicago Exhibition and the, 351 

 Mackintosh (Daniel), Death and Obituary Notice of, 302 

 McLennan (Evan) ; Force and Determinism, 198 ; Cosmical 



Evolution, a New Theory of the Mechanism of Nature, 342 

 Macleod (Prof. J.), the Flowers of the Pyrenees and their 



Fertilization by Insects, 211 

 McMahon (General C. A.) and Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 



on the Crystalline Rocks of the Lizard District, 22 

 McPhee (Alexander), Exploration of Central Australia, 67 

 McPherson (Rev. J. G.), the Fairyland Tales of Science, 5 

 Madagascar, Scientific Expedition by M. Douillot to, iii 

 Madeira, the "Leste" or Hot Wind of, Dr. H. Coupland_ 



Taylor, 95 

 Madras Central Museum, 629 

 Madras Observatory, the late Mr. Pogson's Observations at, 



Magelssen (Herr), Weather and Disease, 113 



Magnetism : Magnetic Declination or Variation of the Compass 

 at Washington, Graphic Daily Record of, Richardson Clooer, 

 82; Magnetic Anomalies in Russia, General A. de Tillo, 

 83 ; Magnetic Anomalies, Alfonso Sella, 249 ; Magnetic 

 Observations, Washington, 91 ; Effect of Heat upon the 

 Magnetic Susceptibility of Nickel, S. Bidwell, F. R.S., 

 187 ; some Relations between Magnetism and Twist in Iron, 

 Nickel, and Cobalt, Prof. C. G. Knott, 191 ; Comparison of 

 Simultaneous Magnetic Disturbances at various Observatories, 

 and Determination of the Value of Gaussian Coefficients for 

 those Observatories, Prof. W. G. Adams, F.R.S., 237 ; an 

 Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Electricity and 

 Magnetism, W. T. A. Emtage, 443 ; Prof. Frank H. Bigelow, 

 on Terrestrial Magnetism and Radiant Sunlight, 453 ; F. T. 

 Trouton on the Propagation of Magnetization in Iron, 455 ; 

 the Molecular Process in Magnetic Induction, Prof. J. A. 

 Ewing, F.R.S., 566 



Maiden (J. H.), Wattle and Wattle Barks, 577 

 Makareff (Vice-Admiral), Measurement ol Density of Sea- 

 Water, 359 

 Malay Peninsula, the Aborigines of the, 600 

 Malayan Peninsula, Materials for a Flora of the, George King^ 



F.R.S.,492 

 Mallock (A.), Photographic Definition, 552 

 Malta, the Fossil Echinoidea of, J. W. Gregory, 311 

 Maltese, Islands, Geology of, J. H. Cooke, 550 

 Mammal, a New, from Sumatra, Prof. A. A. W. Hubrecht, 



468 

 Mammals in Calcutta Museum, Completion of Catalogue of, 



324 

 Mammals Living and Extinct, by Prof. W. H. Flower, F.R. S., 



and Richard Lydekker, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., 



121 

 Man (E. H.), on Nicobar Pottery, 512 

 Manchester Technical School, New Physics and Electrical 



Engineering Department at, 475 

 Mangrove in the Royal Botanic Gardens, the White, 304 

 Mangrove, Aerial Roots of the, Alfred W. Bennett, 370 

 Manson (Dr.), on Filaria sanguinis, 367 

 Manson (Marsden), Phjsical and Geological Traces of Cyclone 



Belts, 389 

 Map, Geological, of Monte Sommi and Vesuvius, H. J. 



Johnston- Lavis, 271 

 Map-Colouring and Cartography, Major J. W. Powell, 506 

 Marble Quarrying in the United States, E. R. Morse, 576 

 Marbles, the Origin of Certain, 308 



Marchand (M.), Observations of Sun-spots and Faculae, 305 

 Mareograph in Pola and Trieste Harbours, the, Lieutenant 



Gratzl, 600 

 Marey (M.), Insect-flight studied by Photochronography, 264 

 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 205, 



231 

 Marine Biology, a Pink Marine Micro-organism, Prof. VV. A. 



Herdman, 565 

 Marine, Colour Tests used in Examinations for Mercantile, G. 



J. Swanston, 500 

 Marine Laboratory of the Johns Hopkins University, 206 

 Marine Micro-organism, Pink, Prof. W. A, Herdman, 565 

 Marine Survey of India, the Cruise of the Investigator, 



A. Alcock, 501 

 Marine Survey of India, Captain R. F. Hoskyn, 528 ; 



Cruise of the Investigator, Dr. A. Alcock's Report, 528 

 Mariner's Compass, is it a Chinese Invention ?, 308 

 Marr (John Edward), Proposed Fellow of the Royal Society, 16 

 Marriage, the History of Human, Prof. W. Robertson Smith, 



Edward Westermarck, 270 

 Marsh (J. E.), Prof. T. H. Van't Hoff's Chemistry in Space, 



150 

 Marshall (Arthur), a Rare Phenomenon, 519 

 Marshall (Dr.), on Persulphates, 577 



Marshall (Miss), Bequest to the Science and Art Depart- 

 ment, 17 

 Marshall Scholarship, the Huxley Laboratory for Biological 



Research, and the, 627 

 Marshall (W.), the Addition of Alcohol Elements to Ethereal 



Salts of Unsaturated Acids, 118 

 Marsupial, Notoryctes typhlops, the New Australian, 135, 188 ; 



Dr. P. L. Sclater, F.R.S., 449 

 Martin (Horace C), Notes on Elementary Physiography, 589 

 Martini (Prof. Tito), the Crystallization of Thin Liquid Films, 



325 

 Martinique, Terrible Cyclone at, 416, 575 

 Maryland, South, Scientific Expedition for Investigation of, 



208 

 Maskell (W. H.), on the Coccidse, 550 

 Maspero (M.), the Dog in Ancient Egypt, 207 

 Massachusetts, Old Time Winters in Essex County, Mr. Perley, 



353 

 Masters (Dr. Maxwell T., F.R.S.). Pines and Firs of Japan, 



339 



Maternity Hospitals on the Improved Hygienic Condition of. 

 Dr. W. O. Priestley, 485 



Mathematics: Rider Papers on Euclid, Books I. -II., Rupert 

 Deakin, 76 ; Quaternions and the Ausdehnungslehre, Prof. J. 

 Willard Gibbs, 79 ; Mathematical Society, 96, 191 ; Dif- 

 ferential and Integral Calculus with Applications, Prof. A. 

 G. Greenhill, F.R.S., 170; Pascal's Hexagram, H. W. 

 Richmond, 181 Geometry of Position, R. H, Graham 



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