Nature, Nov. 27, 1890] 



INDEX 



XXlll 



jrs : Meteor Streams and Comets, 20 ; Fall of Meteor- 



in Kansas, F. H. Snow, 86 ; the Mass of Shojt- 



_ Stars, C. C . Hutchins, 90 ; Remarkable Meteor in Iowa, 



["orrey and Barbour, 136 ; Observations of Meteors, W. F. 



)enning, 182 ; American Me'eor, Rev. G. Henslow. 271 ; 



lie Perseid Meteors, W. H. S. Monck, 269, 390 ; the Perssid 



[eteor Shower, \V. F. Denning, 342, 390 ; Prof. Denza on 



Perseid Meteors, 526 ; W. J. Lockyer on Meteors, 370 ; 



Extraordinary Meteor at Wimbledon, New Zealand, Taylor 



Vhite, 403 ; Meteor, J- Parnell, 520 ; Brilliant Meteor seen 



Edinburgh, 618 ; Large Meteors, W. F. Denning, 637 ; 



[eteoric Theory of Comets, W. H. S. Monck, 90 ; Meteoric 



ron of Magura, the, Berthelot and Friedel, 408 ; Two New 



teteoric Irons, F. P. Venable, 432 ; F. H. Snow on a Fall 



" Meteorites in Kansas, 86 ; Five New American Meteorites, 



55 ; Causes of Variability Suggested by the Meteoritic 



lypothesis, Prof. f. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S., 417, 545 



inier (Stanislas), Formation of Tin Ore by Malaysian Mineral 



Talers, 143 



ico. Volcanoes of the Table Land of, 582 

 irer (Dr. A. B.) : the Haunts of the Gorilla, 53 ; Masken von 

 New Guinea und dem Bismarck Archipel, 268 

 Meyer (Dr. G.), Moon's Influence on Weather, 353 

 Mice, Singing, J. E. Harting, 22 



Michael (A. D.), Non-Parasitic Acarina of Algeria, 191 

 Michigan Agricultural College, Destructive Fire at, 65 

 Microbes, the Action of Electricity on, 47 



Microscopy : Application of the Microscope to Physical and 

 Chemical Investigations, Dr. O. Lehmann, i ; Fine Adjust- 

 ment for Microscopes, 46 ; the Invention of the Microscope, 

 47 ; Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 117 ; Micro- 

 scopic Magnification, W. Le C. Stevens, 311 ; Embryology 

 of Scorpion, Malcolm Laurie, 334 ; Microscopical Society 

 {see Royal), 573 

 Middlesex, Rabies for June Quarter in, 327 

 Miers (H. A.) and J. W. Gregory, Correspondence on Russian 



Transliteration, 316 

 Mies, on the Brain-Weight of New-born Infants, 18 

 Milan Reale Istituto di Scienze e Lettere, Prizes offered by, 



374 

 Mill (Dr. H. R.), Mean Level of Surface of Solid Earth, 215 

 Mill (J. S.), W. S. Jevons and, on Pure Logic, 195 

 Millard (Rev. F. M.) : Testing for Colour-Blindness, 100 ; Wind 



Avalanches, 296 

 Mills (E. J.. F.R.S.) and F. J. Rowan, Chemical Technology, 

 or Chemistry in its Application to Arts and Manufactures, 

 Prof. T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S., 25 

 Mills (John) : Lessons on Elementary Physiographic Astronomy, 

 76 ; Advanced Physiography, Physiographic Astronomy, 316 

 Milne (Prof), on the System of Building best adapted to with- 

 stand Earthquakes, 36 

 Milne (Rev. J. J.) and R. E. Davis, Geometrical Conies, Part 



I. the Parabola, 518 

 Mimicry, Edward B. Poulton, F. R.S., 557 

 Minchin (Prof George M.), Photo-electric Impulsion Cells, 80 

 Mineralogy : Mining Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, 65 ; 

 Specimen of a Large Beryl from Ceylon, 91 ; H. G. Madan 

 on Idiocyclophanous Crystals of Calcite, 99 ; Mineralogical 

 Magazine, 136 ; Remarkable Nickel-Iron Alloy (Awaruite) of 

 Terrestrial Origin from New Zealand, Prof. Ulrich, 210, 214; 

 Reproduction of Silliuianite and Mineralogical Composition of 

 Porcelain. W. Vernadsky, 264 ; some Selenium and Tel- 

 lurium Minerals from Honduras, Dana and Wells, 311 ; 

 Gems and Precious Stones of North America, G. F. Kunz, 

 315 ; Opening of the International Exhibition of Mining and 

 Metallurgy, 326 ; Necessity for a Central School of Mines in 

 Victoria, Cosmo Newbery, 353 ; Grombchevsky's Visit to 

 the Raskem daria Nephrite Mines, 175 ; Knowledge by 

 Natives of the Mineral Resources of India, T. D. Latouche, 

 403 ; Prof. C. Vernon Boys, F.R.S. , on Quartz Fibres, 604; 

 Deepest Mine in the World, St. Andre du Poirier, France, 

 618 

 Minneapolis Expedition to the Philippine Islands, 352 

 Minor Planets, Discovery of, Herr Palisa, 38 

 Minot (Dr. Charles S.), on Growing Old, 528 

 Miocene Deposits in East Siberia, l8 

 Mitford (E. L.), on the Survival of the Beaver in Western 



Europe, 35 

 Mivart (Dr. St. George, F.R.S.): Dogs, Jackals, Wolves, and 

 Foxes, a Monograph of the Canidae, 35 ; appointed Professor 

 of Philosophy of Natural History at Louvain University, 375 



Modern Seas, Coral Reefs, and other Carbonate of Lime 

 Formations in. Dr. John Murray and Robt. Irvine, 162 



Moissan (M.) : on Carbon-tetrafluoride, 67 ; Redetermination of 

 Atomic Weight of Fluorine, 649 



Moles in Ireland, Non-Existence of, C. I. Trusted, 648 



Molekularphysik, mit besonderer Beriicksichtigung Mikroskop- 

 ischer Untersuchungen und Anleitung zu Solchen, sowie einen 

 Anhang liber Mikrochemische Analyse, Prof. Dr. O. 

 Lehmann, i 



Moll (Albert), Hypnotism, Dr. A. T. Myers, 565 



Moller (Dr. A.), Artificial Culture of Fungi, 523 



Moller (Prof. V.), on the Minerals of the Caucasus, 88 



Molloy (Very Rev. Gerald), Dr, Koenig's Theory of Beats, 246 



Mollusca, on the Papilla of some, 117 



Mombello (Count O. di B. di). Sculpture of Primitive Inhabitants 

 of Upper Orinoco, 280 



Monck (W. H. S.) : the Perseid Meteors, 296, 390 ; the Meteoric 

 Theory of Comets, 90 



Monckton (Horace W.), Bagshot Beds of Essex, 198 



Monograph of the British Cicada? or Tettigidae, G, B. Buckton, 

 F.R.S., 169 



Montpellier : University of. Six Hundredth Anniversary of, 

 108 ; Exhibition of Association pour la Protection des 

 Plantes, 160 



Montreal, New Botanical Laboratory at McGill University, 87 



Monuments, Irish, to which Ancient Monuments Protection Act, 

 1882, applies, 279 



Moon, MM. Henry's Photographs of the, 90 



Moon, Rocks of the, M. l.anderer, 331 



Moon's Influence on Weather, Dr. G. Meyer, 353 



Moon's Motion, Secular Inequalities in the, Prof. J. N. Stock- 

 well, 256 



Moraht (Dr.), another Determination of Atomic Weight of 

 Beryllium, 554 



Morgan (T. H.), the Amphibian Blastopore, 213 



Morphology : Journal of, 32 ; Dr. MacMurrich on the Actinaria 

 of the Bahama Islands, 32 ; J. I. Peck, on the Spinal Nerves 

 in the Caudal Region of the Pigeon, 32 ; Prof. Cope, on the 

 Mechanical Causes of the Development of the Hard Parts of 

 Mammalia, 32 ; W. M. Wheeler, on the Embryology of 

 Blatta germanica and Doryphora decenilineata, 33 ; Dr. Shu- 

 feldt, on the Position of Chamaa in the System, 33 ; E. 

 B. Wilson, on the Embryology of the Earthworm, 33 ; a 

 Clinical Study of the Skull, Dr. Harrison Allen, 87 ; Mor- 

 phology of Plants, R. Halsted Ward, 518; Morphology of 

 the Cystidea, Dr. P. H. Carpenter, 533 



Morris (D.). Sugar-cane Seeds and Seedlings, 91 



Morris (I. H.) : Geometrical Drawings for Art Students, 543; 

 Practical Plane and Solid Geometry, 636 



Morton (Mr,), Recent Dredging Trip in Hobart Town Harbour, 

 328 



Mortuary Chambers, Covered, at Les Mureaux, Dr. Verneau, 

 407 



Moscow, Bulletin de la Societe des Naturalistes, 535 



Moscow Observatory, Prof. Th. Bredichin, 404 



Motive Power of Heat, Reflections on the, Sadi Carnot, 365 



Mott (F. T.), Organic Colour, 456 



Mouchez (Admiral), Photographs of Nebulae, 619 



Mourgues (Louis), Mannite Hexachlorhydrin, 312 



Mueller (Baron von, F.R.S.), Highland Plants from New 

 Guinea, 382 



Muir (Prof), the Formation of Icebergs, 648 



Muirhead (Dr. Henry) : Distribution of the Perihelia of Comets, 

 330 ; Bequest for the Scientific Education of Women, 617 



Mull, Isle of. Lobster Culture in the, 399 



Miiller (Prof. F. Max) : on H. Ling Roth's Aborigines of 

 Tasmania, 489 ; on the University Extension Scheme, 353 



Munk (Dr, I.), the Absorption of Fat, 264 



Munro (Dr.) : on the Origin of the Anglo-Saxons, 581 ; on 

 Prehistoric Otter and Beaver Traps, 581 



Muntz (A.), Nitrifying Micro-organisms and the Decomposition 

 of Rocks, 263 



Murphy (G. R.), on the Victoria Torpedo, 533 



Murphy (John Joseph) : the Inheritance of Acquired Characters, 

 5 ; Climates of Past Ages, 270 



Murray (Dr. John) : and Robt. Irvine, Coral Reefs and other 

 Carbonate of Lime Formations in Modern Seas, 162 ; on the 

 Meteorological Conditions of Desert Regions, with Special 

 Reference to the Sahara, 296 



Muscle during Latent Stimulation, Photographic Determination 

 of Changes in, J. B. Sanderson, F,R.S., 142 



