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xxvii 



F. R. S., 145 ; Science and Mining, Hon. James Martin, 273; 

 Keport of the Direclor of the Michijjan Mining School, 364 ; 

 a Texthocik of Ore and Stone Mining, C. Le Neve Foster, 

 Bennett 1 1. lirough, 543 

 Minnesota and WiscDnsin, the Great Forest Fires in, 454 

 Mint Report, the, 83 



Miciuel (P.). Reestalilishmcnt of the Size of Diatoms, 414 

 Mistletoe, Prof. Weisner on the, 456 

 .Moenl<haus (\V. J.), .American Freshwater Percidie, Study of 



EtkcostontLi taproih-^, 43 1 

 Mohl's "Primordial U:ncle," Thomas Hick, 173 

 Moissan's (M. Henri) Electric Furnace, 39; Preparation of a 

 Crystallised Aluminium Carbide, 264; New Researches on 

 Chromium, 311 

 .Mollusca: 7'islacella HaUo/oidea,]. Lloyd-Bozward, 224; W. M. 

 Webb, 296 ; Australasian Forms of Cundlachia, Charles 

 Hedley, 431 

 Montreal, Physics and Engineering at the McGill University, 



558 

 Moon, Apparent Diameter of the, M. P. Slroobant, 36 

 Moon, Eclip-e of the, 484 

 Moon, the Harvest, 484 



Moon, Photographs o( the, MM. Loewy and Puiseux, 278 

 Moon Man or Moon-Maid, Wdiiam Canton, 66 

 Moore (J. E. S.). Investigations on the Reduction Division in 

 Cartilaginous Fishes, 434 ; the Archopla>m and Attraction 

 Sphere, 478 

 Morbology : Notes on some of the more Common Diseases in 

 Queensland in Relation to Atmospheric Conditions, 1SS7-91, 

 Dr. David Hardie, 28 ; the Plague of Athens, Dr. Keser, 62 ; 

 Experiments on Frogs in Studying Pancreatic Diabetes, Dr. 

 Marcuse, 336 

 Moreau (G. ), on the Periodicity of the Absorption Rays of 



Isotropic Substances, 444 

 Morgan (Prof. C. Lloyd), the Scope of Psycho-Physiology, 54 ; 



Observation.? on Young Pheasants, 575 

 Morong {Prof. Thos. ), Dtath of, 60 

 Morpholog y of Muscles of Shoulder-girdle in Monotremes, 



W. J. S. McKay, 288 

 Mortillet (G. de). Proposed Reform in Chronology, 21 

 Morton's (Dr. \V. T. G. ), Claims to the Discovery of .\na;3- 



Ihesia, E. L. Snell, 420 

 Morvan, Recherches Ethnologiques sur le, Ab. Hovelacque 



and Georges Herve. 441 

 Moscou, Bulletin de la Sticieic des Naturalistes de, 141 

 Moseley (H. P.), F. .K. Gooch and, on the Detection of Minute 



Quantities of Arsenic in Copper, 634 

 Moih, the Yucca, J. C. Whitten, 229 



Moths, North .American, Dr. John B. Smith, \V. Y. Kirby, 619 

 Motion, Fluid, on ihe Doctrine of Discontinuity of, in connec- 

 tion with the Resistance against a .Solid moving through a 

 Fluid, Lord Kelvin, P.R.S., 524,549, 573, 597 

 Mott (Dr.), .Microphotographs ol the Medulla Cord, &c., 462 

 Mount Logan, the Loftiest Peak in .N'orth .America. 131 

 Moureaux (^L), Magneiic Disturbance corresponding in time 



with Earthquake Shock at Consianiiniple, 394 

 Moureu (M. Ch.), on the .Action of Thionyl Chloride on some 



Inorganic Acids and Organic Compounds, 36S 

 Muir (M. M. Paltison), the Alchemical Essence and the 

 Chemical Element, Prof. Ilerliert McLeod, F.R.S., 50; 

 Law anil Theory in Chemistry, Douglas Carnegie, 98 ; 

 Paracelsus, 59S 

 Muir Glacier, Alaska, Erosion of the, T. Mellard Reade, 245 ; 



Prof. G. Frederick Wiight, 245 

 Miiller (Johann von), and the Gidf of Naples, 14 

 Muller's (Joh.), Lehrbuch der Kosmischen Physik, Dr. C. F. 



\V. Peters, VV. J. Lockyer, 49 

 Muller (Johannes) and Amphioxus, 54 

 Mummery (J. Howard), the Teeth an I Civilisation, 123 

 Munk (Dr. J.), Experiment made on a Dog as to the Nutritive 

 Value of (Jelatine, 335 ; Experiments on F.a5ting Dogs, 491 

 Munro(J.), How I Discovered the North Pole, I40 

 Munsterberg (Prof) and Mr. A. H. Pierce on the Localisation 



of Sound, 621 

 Muntz (A.), Utilisation of Vintage " Marcs," 144 

 Murche (Vincent T. ), Object Lessons in Elementary Science, 



497 

 Murray (Dr. John), on the Geographical and Bathymetrical 

 Distribution of Organisms in the Ocean, 436 ; Arctic and 

 Antarctic Marine Fauna, 443 



Muscinex, Researches on the Respiration and Assimilation of 



the, B. Jonsson, 444 

 Muscular Energy, Experiments to determine whether anyone 



alone of the Food-stuffs, Proteids, Fats, or Carbohydrates, 



can be regarded as the Source of. Prof. Zuniz, 336 

 Museum, Albany, Grahamstown, Report of, 275 ; Report of the 



Australian, Sydney for 1893, 581 

 Myers (F. W. H.), the Drift of Psychical Re.^earch, 584 

 Mygind (Holger), Deaf-Mutism, P. Macleod Vearsley, 449 

 Mylius tK.), the Formation of Floating Metallic Films by 



Electiol>sis, 21 

 Mythical Beliefs as Evidence in the History of Culture, on the 



distribution of. Dr. E. B. Tylor, 439 



Naber (H. A.), New Form of Gas Voltameter, 252 



Naden {Constance), the Complete Poetical Works of, 594 



Nape of the Neck, the Relative Sensitivity (by Weber's Test) of 

 Men and Women at the, Francis Gallon, F. R.S. , 40 



Naples, Johann von Muller and the Gulf of, 14 



Nasal Indices, Incomparahility of, derived from Measurements 

 of the Living Head with those deduced from Observations of 

 Skulls, Dr. R, Havelock Charles, 482 



Natal .Astrology : a Treatise of Natal Astrology, G. Wilde and 

 J. Dodson, the Soul and the .Stars, .A. G. Trench, 219 



National Home Reading Union, the Summer Assemblies of the, 

 ■30 



National Magazine, Science in the, 4S9 



National Review, Science in the, 419, 584 



Natural History : the Fauna of British India, including Ceylon 

 and Burmah, G. F. Hampson, 4 ; Iron Crows' Nests, Waller 

 G. McMillan, 8; J. MacNaught Campbell, 125; Annalen 

 des K. K. Nalurhisiorischen Hofmuseums, 22 ; the Natural 

 History of Plants, from the German of Prof. Anton Kermer 

 von Marilaun, Prof. F. W. Oliver, 28 ; the ElTect of i:xiernal 

 Conditions upon Development, Prof. .August Weismann, 31 ; 

 .Shakespeare's Birds and In-ects, 65 ; Centipedes and their 

 Young, J. J. Quelch, 124 ; Recent Additions to the Zoological 

 .Society's Menagerie, 127 ; Bulletin de la Societc des 

 Naturalistes de .Moscou, 141 ; Memoirs of Kazan .Society of 

 Naturalistes, 141 ; a Handbook to the Study of Natural 

 History, for the Use of Beginners, 221 ; Trituberculy and 

 Polybuny, E. S. Goodrich, 268 ; the Essex Field Club, 273 ; 

 Annual .Meeting of Midland Union of Natural History and 

 Scientilic Societies at Ellesmere, 360 

 Natural Selection, Panmixia and, Dr. Alfred R. Wallace, 



F.R.S., 196 

 Nature's .Method in the Evolution of Life, Dr. Alfred K. 



Wallace, F.R.S.. 541 

 Naval Archiiectuie : the Institute of Naval Architects, 328 ; 

 on the Harbour and Docks of Southampton, John Dixon, 



328 ; on the Importance of Economy in F'uel in very Fast 

 Vessels, and on the .advantages to be derived from Heating 

 the Feed-water, J. A. Nonnand, 328; on the Influence of 

 Circulation on Evafiorative Efficiency of Water Tube Boiler, 

 J. I. Thornycroft, 328 ; on the Dcsi^jn of Mail Steamers with 

 .Special Reference to their use for War Purposes, J. H. Biles, 



329 ; Device used by Mr. Maxim in making the Boiler of his 

 Flying Machine, 329 ; Recent Experience with Cylindrical 

 Boilers and the Ellis and Eaves .Suction Draught, F. (Jross. 

 328 ; the Ventilation of Steamships with special reference to 

 the removal of Explosive and Foul Gases from Bulk Oil 

 Steamers, S. H. Terry and J. F. Flannery, 328 



Naval Engineering : Elementary Lesions in Sieam M.achinery 



and the Marine Engine, J. Langmaid, H. Gaisford, 220 

 Navigation : the Ex-Meridian Treated as a Problem in Dy- 

 namics, H. B. Goodwin, 76 ; New Form of Automatic 

 Steering Compass, Lieut. Betsier, 252 ; Twelve Charts of 

 the Tidal .Streams on the West Coast of Scotland, F. Howard 

 Collins, 318; Latitude by Ex-Meridian, J. White, 498; on 

 the Automatic Transmitter of Steering Directions, Lieut. 

 H. B<:r>ier, 587 

 Nebul.1, a New Spiral, Dr. Robots, 231 

 Nebula in Andromeda, the Great, C. Easton, 547 

 Nebula; and Star Clusters, the Distribution of, Sidney Waters, 



484 

 Nebulosities near the Pleiades, Prof. E. E. Barnard, 583 

 Nebulous Character i f Nova Auriga;, the. Prof. E. E. Barnard, 



254 ; F. Renz, 254 

 Neck, the Relative Sensitivity of Men and Women at the Nape 

 ol the, Francis Gallon, F.K.S., 40 



