Index 



277 



parts azoic, 189 ; temperatures 

 of the deeper parts constant, 



195- 



Medusa, discovery of a fresh-water, 

 212. 



Megalosaurus bones in Oxford 

 Museum of Geology, discussed by 

 Professors Huxley and Phillips, 

 179 ; error corrected, id. 



Meldola, R., election of, and bio- 

 graphical note on, 92. 



Melting points in vacua, 213. 



Members, decreasing attendance of, 



49- 

 Memphis, results of pits sunk at, 



129, 137- 



Menai Bridge and acquired mag- 

 netism, 121. 



Mental pictures of numbers, 210. 



Merino wool from Tasmania, 221. 



Mesniere-, human skeletons found 

 at, 164. 



Metelet, M., on atmospheric oscilla- 

 tions, 117. 



Meteor, notice of a, no. 



Meteorological observations, plani- 

 meter used in calculating their 

 mean values, 195. 



Meteorology, use of balloons in, 

 1 20, 159 ; observing stations at 

 high altitudes suggested, id. 



Methylene blue, its oxidation or 

 reduction in tissues of the body, 



245- 



Microscopes, advantages of photo- 

 graphic records from, 124 ; im- 

 provements in binocular, 125 ; 

 by Natchet, 162 ; for dissecting, 

 178. 



Miller, \V. A., alcohol made from 

 olefiant gas, 127 ; use of Ruhm- 

 korff's coil for firing explosives, 

 128; biography of, 16 ; com- 

 munications from, 147, 150, 155, 

 171, 185 ; death of, 64. 



Miller, W. H., biography of, 23 ; 

 communications from, 101, 121, 

 149, 171 ; resignation of , 71. 



Moen, geology of, 115. 



Mond, L., election of, and bio- 

 graphical note on, 90 ; experi- 

 ments to obtain hydrogen cheap- j 

 ly, 239. 



Mont Blanc, exhaustion in ascent 

 of, 136 ; blue tint in holes in its 

 snow, id. ; night spent on sum- 

 mit, 146 ; effect on the flame of 

 a candle, id. 



Montgolfier balloon, invention of 

 the, 131. 



Moon, aspect of volcanoes on, 113, 

 114 ; magnetic action of the, 123 ; 

 occultation of Jupiter by the, 133; 

 supposed glacial epoch in the, 

 1 66 ; observations to determine 

 effect of an eclipse on its heat, 

 229. 



Moraines in the Lebanon, 151 ; in 

 Southern Scotland, 164 ; in New 

 Zealand, 167 ; possible occur- 

 rence of, in Algeria, 236. 



Moseley, J. N., election of, 73 ; 

 biographical note on, 74 ; com- 

 munications from, 209, 2ii, 214, 

 226 ; retirement of, 84. 



Moulin Quignon, jaw found at, 

 attributed to palaeolithic man, 

 162 ; a conference of experts, 

 163- 



Mud volcanoes in India, 113, 

 116. 



Muller, Hugo, election of, and bio- 

 graphical note on, 85. 



Muller, Professor J., experiments on 

 interaction of nerves of frogs, 

 132- 



Murchison, R. I., biography of, 16 ; 

 communications from, 108, 113, 

 122, 124, 135, 138, 147. 149, 153, 

 160, 161, 166, 170, 172, 174, 181, 

 185 ; death of, 65. 



Murex, species yielding Tyrian 

 purple, 149. 



Muslin, green, containing much 

 arsenide of copper, 204. 



Natchet, M., improver of binocular 

 microscope, 125. 



Nature-printing, an improved 

 method of, 131. 



Nebulae, difficulties in daguerro- 

 typing, 112. 



Nerve fibres, experiments on exis- 

 tence of special, 148. 



New Guinea, disco very of a new 

 species of Echidna in, 200. 



