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SUBJECT-INDEX. 



and space, 233 ; indestructibility of, 

 a philosophical truth, 281, 286 ; mo- 

 lecular motion and rearrangement of 

 parts, 300-3 ; contained motion in or- 

 ganic, 308-10, 310-4 ; effect of uniform 

 force on uniform, 442-6. 



Maxwell, J. Clerk, on Thomson and 

 Tait's Treatise on Natural Philosophy, 

 576. 



Measurement, unable to prove persist- 

 ence of force, 197-9. 



Mechanics : progressive integration of 

 machinery, 334 ; increase in mdetinite- 

 ness of, 387, 389; instability of the 

 homogeneous illustrated, 413 ; multi r 

 plied effects of locomotive engine, 465 ; 

 dependent moving equilibrium shown 

 by steam engine, 500. 



Metaphysics : sense of illusion after read- 

 ing, 161 : antagonism resulting from 

 word real, 162. 



Meteorology : laws of motion exempli- 

 fied, 238-40; also rhythm of motion, 

 266-9 ; effect of heat on clouds, 293 ; 

 visibility and audibility of objects pre- 

 ceding rain, 333 ; climatic effects of 

 terrestrial irregularity, 343 ; definite- 

 ness of phenomena of, 378 ; molar, 

 originating in molecular motion, 393 ; 

 redistributions of motion caused by 

 earth's evolution, 397 ; instability of 

 the homogeneous, 424 ; multiplied 

 effects of solar action, 450 ; probable 

 effects of Central American subsidence, 



. 451 ; segregating effect of climate, 

 489. 



Microscopes, great exactness of, 389. 



Mill, J. S., on limit to industrial progress, 

 523. 



Monotremata, integration of generative 

 system in, 324. 



Morbid growths, an increase in indefi- 

 nite heterogeneity, 372-5. 



Motion : incomprehensibility of, 57-60 ; 

 relativity, 68 ; changing to rest, 59 ; 

 conception derived from experiences 

 of force, 170 ; continuity not self-evi- 

 dent, 184 ; Newton's first law, 186, 576 ; 

 "latent" and "perceptible," 186-91; 

 of celestial bodies and pendulum, 186- 

 8 ; continuity known in terms of force, 

 191 ; and involves its persistence, 192 ; 

 transformed into heat, electricity, &c., 

 205-10 ; along line of least resistance, 

 234-6 ; general laws of direction, 236 ; 

 laws supported by astronomy, 236-8 ; 

 meteorology, 238-40 ; geology, 238-40 ; 

 biology and botany, 240-4 ; psychology, 

 244-8; sociology, 248-54 ; spiral direc- 

 tion, 241 ; persistence of force under- 

 lies laws of direction, 254-8 ; universal 

 rhythm of, 259-64; illustrated from 



astronomy, 264-6 ; magnetism, 266 ; 

 meteorology, 266-9 ; geology, 266-70 ; 

 biology with physiology and palaeon- 

 tology, 27U-3, 398-401 ; psychology 

 with the arts, 273-6, 364-9, 517 ; soci- 

 ology, 276-9, 526 ; corollary from per- 

 sistence of force, 279-81 ;* final sum- 

 mary, 553 ; continuity of, a philosoph- 

 ical truth, 282 ; also law of direction, 

 283 ; facility of an aggregate to undergo 

 rearrangement, 298-300 -"through space, 

 and effects of incident forces, 298-300 ; 

 amount in organic matter, 308-314 ; in- 

 tegration, heterogeneity, and distinct- 

 ness of its evolution, 392-6 ; shown by 

 geology, 393 ; meteorology, 393, 397 ; 

 astronomy, 395 ; biology with physi- 

 ology, 398-401 ; psychology, 401-5 ; 

 philology, 402-4 ; sociology, 405 ; final- 

 ly results in cessation, 496-8 ; molar, 

 changing to molecular, and its relation 

 to universal evolution and dissolution, 

 542-9 ; final summary of the laws of 

 direction, 553. 



Mountains : rvhthm in rain caused by, 

 267 ; altitude and thickness of the 

 earth's crust, 320, 343, 448. 



Movement (see Motion.) 



Multiplication of effects (see Effects). 



Muscle : transformation and equivalence 

 of its action to the sensations causing 

 it, 221-3 ; contraction caused by in- 

 terrupted nerve discharge, 274 ; equi- 

 librium of expenditure to nutrition, 

 513. 



Music: rhythm of, 274; and progressive 

 integration, 336 ; originated with poet- 

 ry and dancing, 364-9. 



NATURAL selection : implies change along 

 lines of least resistance, 244 ; relation 

 to multiplication of effects, 459. 



Nature : Thomson and Tait's Treatise on 

 Natural Philosophy, 576; Force, by 

 Tait, 576 ; Beckett's Origin of the Laivs 

 of Nature, 577. 



Nebular hypothesis (see Astronomy). 



Nerves, transverse integration of, in an- 

 nulosa and Crustacea 323 (see also Psy- 



Newton, Sir I. : theory of matter, 54-7, 



61 ; on force of gravity, 62, 105 ; his 



first law of motion, 186, 576. 

 Nitrogen : instability of compounds, 305 ; 



amount in animals and plants, 311. 

 North American Review, on formula of 



evolution, 581. 



OBJECT and subject, 156-60, 174. 

 Orange and Earth's crust, 449. 

 Organic matter (see Matter). 

 Origin of Species, The, date of publica- 



