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Index 



Loomis, Prof. E., on American 

 expeditions for observing total 

 eclipse of sun, 151. 



Lubbock, Sir J., election of, and 

 biographical note on, 54 ; com- 

 munications from, 164, 167, 191, 

 195 ; visit to Plain of Troy, 

 191. 



Lunar volcanoes, aspect of, 113, 

 114; radiation, observations of, 

 with thermoelectric apparatus, 

 156. 



Lus, coast of, mud volcanoes near, 

 116. 



Lyell, C., biography of, 15 ; com- 

 munications from, 103, 104, 105, 

 114, 123, 134, 138, 141, 146; 

 156 ; death of, 68. 



Me Andrew, Mr., dredgings on 

 Spanish coast, 107. 



Maccagnono Cave, flint implements 

 and preglacial mammals in, 145. 



McCullagh, J., biography of, 24 ; 

 death of, 29. 



MacEnery, Rev. J., excavations in 

 Kent's Hole, 140. 



Mackenzie River, geology of neigh- 

 bouring district, no; Louchoux 

 Indians and Eskimo near, 128. 



Mactear, Mr., attempts to make 

 diamonds, 210. 



Madeira, geology of, described by 

 Sir C. Lyell, 123 ; note on his 

 account, 124. 



Maggots forming a white tissue in 

 a ship's hold, 181. 



Magnetic action of moon, 123 ; of 

 nickel, 129. 



Magnetism, effect of, on certain 

 metals and liquids, 107 ; ac- 

 quired by rods of Menai Bridge, 

 121 ; effect of, in elongating iron 

 bars, 192 ; for control of an 

 astronomical clock, 230. 



Magnets, made by Dr. Haecker, 



115- 



Mallet, R., journey to study earth- 

 quakes in South Italy, 138. 



Malta, note on the extinct pigmy 

 elephant of, 172. 



Mammals, fossil, from the Oolite, 

 114. 



Mammoth, skeleton of, found in 

 Swan River district, 128. 



Man, palaeolithic, description of 

 skull from Neanderthal, 156 ; of 

 jaw from Moulin Quignon, 162. 



Management, the first appointed 

 Committee of, 3 ; authorized to 

 invite Fellows of the Royal 

 Society to complete the first 

 forty-seven, id. 



Manuscripts, reproduction of, by 

 photozincography, 157. 



Marcet, Dr., communications from, 

 on Dr. Bernard's physiological 

 researches, 108, 120 ; on tem- 

 perature of body after death, id. ; 

 on N.E. wind at Geneva, id. 



Marocco, Dr. Hooker's expedition 

 to, 1 88. 



Mars, changes in aspect of the 

 planet, 205. 



Marsupial, description of a new 

 form in Australia, 240. 



Martin, M., method of producing 

 flat surfaces in heliostats, 193. 



Maskelyne, H. N. S., election of, 

 and biographical note on, 71 ; 

 communications from, 208, 210, 

 2ii, 233. 



Mastodon, remains found near Lake 

 Winnipeg, 128. 



Matteuchi, M., experiments on 

 electrical conductivity in crystal- 

 line bodies, 133. 



Maximilian, Archduke, letter from, 

 136. 



Maxwell, J. C., election of, and bio- 

 graphical note on, 57 ; com- 

 munication from, 193 ; suggests 

 using the principle of the Van- 

 dyck fan in a spectrum apparatus, 

 197 ; death of, 74. 



Mayer, Professor, on elongation of 

 iron bars by magnetism, 192. 



Measurements, linear, French and 

 English systems discussed, 101 ; 

 for identification, system de- 

 scribed, 236. 



Meat, a method of preserving, 127. 



Medicine stamp, a Roman, ex- 

 hibited, 210. 



Mediterranean, currents of, studied 

 by Dr. Carpenter, 188 ; deeper 



