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INDEX OF ANNUAL CYCLOPAEDIA, FROM 1876 TO 1883. 



Menier, invention by, vi, 255. 



Mennonites, iii, 50. 



Mercadier, experiments by, vi, 787. 



Mercedes, Queen of Spain, obit., 

 iii, 658. 



Merchant Marine of the United 

 States, vii, 520. 



Mercury, mass and density of, ii, 

 43 ; transit of, iii, 35 ; bright- 

 ness, ibid. ; spots, viii, 20. 



Meridian, common prime, vii, 150. 



Meritens, invention by,-vii, 265. 



Merriam, Geo., obit., v, 594. 



Merrill, S., explorations of, i, 328; 

 ii, 324. 



Merrhnan, C. S., invention by, iii, 

 752, 766. 



Merry, Francisco, sketch, i, 521. 



Mersey Tunnel, viii, 311. 



Merv, decay of, i, 7 ; importance 

 of, iv, 775 ; Bussian annexa- 

 tion, viii. 706. 



Messiah, prediction of the Moham- 

 medan, vi, 444 ; vii, 804 ; viii, 

 507. See also Mahdi, El. 



Metallurgy, vii, 528 ; viii, 520. 



Metals, i, 522 ; ii, 499 ; new, ii. 90, 

 502; vi, 93; detection of al- 

 loys, iv, 502 new compound, 

 y, 93 ; annealing, vi, 542 ; melt- 

 ing-points, ii, 501 ; vii, 91 ; 

 production of the precious, ii, 

 240. 



Meteoric Showers, vii, 39. 



Meteorograph, the, vi, 258. 



Meteorological Observations, Inter- 

 national, i, 525. 



Meteorology, iii, 537; viii, 525; 

 stations for observations, iii, 

 538 ; vii, 335 ; map showing 

 annual rainfall, viii, 527. 



Meteors. See Astronomical Prog- 

 ress, in every volume. 



Methodist (Ecumenical Congress, 

 vi, 557. 



Methodists, in every volume ; new 

 sect of, iv, 608. 



Methyl alcohol, etc., v, 89. 



Mexican War, the, see Santa An- 

 na, i, 715 ; bill for pensions to 

 veterans of, debated, viii, 248. 



Mexico, in every volume. 



Meyer, H. von, observations by, vi 

 303. 



Meyer, L., table by, vi, 41. 



Meyer, M. W., researches, vii, 38. 



Meyer, V., observations by, viii, 

 111 ; invention by, viii, 465. 



Meyer, W., observations by, viii, 



po 



Miall, E., obit., vi, 696. 



Michael, Grand Duke, sketch, ii, 

 514. 



Michel, Louise, trial of, viii, 369. 



Michell, Dr., obit., ii, 607. 



Michigan, in every volume. 



Michigan fires, vi, 586. 



Micrometer-Telescope, i,*554. 



Microphone, the, iii, 562. 



Microtasimeter, the, iii, 563. 



Midhat Pasha, sketch, i, 774; trial 

 of, vi. 841. 



Midian, the land of, theory con- 

 cerning, iii, 361. 



Mieroslavski. L., obit., iii, 659. 



Miers, J., obit., iv, 700. 



Miklucho-Maclay, journey in New 

 Guinea, iii, 364. 



Milan IV of Servia, sketch of, ii, 

 520 ; vii, 738. 



Miles, M. H., obit., ii, 585. 



Milford Haven, docks, vii, 279. 



Military defenses, of Denmark, v, 

 207; of Austria, vii, 51. 



Military forces of China, v, 100. 

 See Armies. 



Military interference at elections, 

 bill on, iv, 835. 



Militia, bill on, in Georgia, iv, 421 ; 

 in Illinois, report, iv, 485 ; v, 

 380 ; improvements in New 

 Jersey, iv, 668 ; needed in Ne- 

 braska, v : 552; laws for, in 

 Canada, viii, 83. 



Miller, G. J., obit., i, 639. 



Miller, J. W., obit., i. 621. 



Miller, Eobert, obit., i, 639. 



Miller, Warner, sketch, vi, 648. 



Mills, Clark, obit., viii. 592. 



Mills, T. W., investigations by, 

 viii, 636. 



Milman, Eobert, sketch, i, 554. 



Milmore, M., obit., viii, 592. 



Miltzin, Mt., vi, 327. 



Minchin, J. B., survey in South 

 America by, ii, 336. 



Minerals, in Tennessee, i, 742; 

 new, vi, 98, 401. 



Miners, convention of, vii, 77. 



Mines, of Mexico, i, 542; v, 18; 

 viii, 537 ; side lines of, iii, 112 ; 

 v, 119; draining of, iii, 280; 

 Sutro Tunnel, iii, 288 ; in Peru, 

 iii, 291 ; iii, 688 ; in Arabia, iii, 

 361 ; gold, in Georgia, iii, 371 ; 

 iv, 428; debris from, iv, 119; 

 v, 71, 73; vi, 78; vii, 75; of 

 Colombia, iv, 149 ; of Nevada, 

 iv, 658 ; in Arkansas, vi, 33 ; 

 in Alabama, vi, 8; of Colo- 

 rado, vi, 118; viii, 143; new, 

 v, 119 ; coal, in Kentucky, v, 

 425 ; decreased value of Neva- 

 da, vi, 628 ; laws on claims to, 

 vi, 628 ; United States, vi, 853, 

 856; iron, in Minnesota, vii, 

 560 ; in Tennessee, vii, 789 ; in 

 South Carolina, vi, 814; of 

 Chili, viii, 124- of Honduras, 

 viii, 432; of Montana, viii, 

 547 ; tin, in Dakota, viii, 523 ; 

 quicksilver, of Siena, viii, 523 ; 

 gold, of Eussia, viii, 700 ; Chi- 

 nese superstition concerning, 

 vii, 101 ; Bureau of, in Califor- 

 nia, v, 71 ; inspector of, in In- 

 diana, iv, 501. 



Ministerial contest, in Denmark, 

 viii, 275. 



Ministerial crisis, in the Nether- 

 lands, vii, 590. 



Minneapolis and its Mills, vi, 588. 



Minnesota, in every volume. 



Minor Planets. See Astronomical 

 Progress, in every volume. 



Mintj U. S., statistics of, vii, 484. 



Missionaries, civil relations of, vi, 

 566, 768- case of Eev. G. 

 Brown, ibid.; starved to death, 

 viii, 695 ; in the Soudan, ibid. 



Missions, Foreign, i, 559 ; in Den- 

 mark, iv, 312. See under titles 

 of Churches. 



Mississippi, in every volume. 



Mississippi river, celebration of 

 La Salle's discovery, vii, 486. 



Mississippi Eiver Improvement, v, 

 530 ; vi, 600 ; i, 684 ; ii, 279 ; 

 iii, 502 ; iv, 344, 635. 



Missouri, in every volume. 



Missouri river, convention on im- 

 provement of, vi, 610. 



Mitchell, Sir W., obit., 659. 

 Mizon, explorations of, vii, 336. 



Mobile, charter repealed, iv, 20 ; 

 debt of, v, 12. 



Mobius, Prof., observations of, vi, 

 712, 714. 



Mobs, crimes by, in Kentucky, iii, 

 473 ; in Louisiana, iii, 501 ; in 

 Mississippi, iii, 570. 



Moffat, E., obit., viii, 002. 



Mohammed Taha, viii, 299. 



Mohammed Tewfik, proclaimed 

 Khedive, iv, 333 ; sketch, 335 ; 

 vii, 233. 



Mohammedanism, iii, 581 ; iv, 647 ; 

 v, 541 ; reported danger to, ii, 

 5. See also Islam, vi, 440. 



Mohammedans, races of, in Turkey, 

 i, 571 ; supposed movement to 

 excite discontent among, v, 

 689 ; excitement of, in Turkey, 

 vii, 804. 



Mohl, Julius von, sketch, i, 568. 



Mohr, Eduard, explorations of, i, 

 331 ; death of, ii, 330. 



Moleva, E., researches of, viii, 536. 



Molesworth, Sir W. N., obit., ii, 

 607. 



Mollenda, experiments, viii, 112. 



Moller, Axel, medal to, vi, 40. 



Moltke, Marshal, on war, vii, 716. 



Monahan, J. H., obit., iii, 659. 



Monastery, first in Scotland since 

 the Beformation, i, 706. 



Monastic Association Bill, in Aus- 

 tria, i, 57. 



Monastic Order, in the Anglican 

 Church, ii, 22. 



Monell, C. L., obit., i, 621. 



Monetary Congress, International, 

 iii, 314 ; conferences, vi, 60. 



Monetite, vii, 88. 



Money bills, definition of, iii, 523. 



Monite, vii. 88. 



Monnier, H., obit., ii, 607. 



Monroe Doctrine, vii, 813. See 

 also Panama Canal. 



Montague, H. J., obit., iii, 641. 



Montana, ii, 531 ; viii, 547. 



Montano, Dr., explorations by, vi, 

 330. 



Montenegro, ii, 532 : iii, 586 ; iv, 

 468 ; v, 542 ; viii, 548 ; revolts 

 in, viii, 549 ; map, i, 754 ; ar- 

 ticles on, in the Berlin Treaty, 

 iii. 257. 



Montero, Gen., vi, 738; viii, 64. 



Montgomery, Sir H. C., obit., iii, 

 659. 



Moon, the, crater Plato, viii, 21 ; 

 diameter of. viii. 21. 



Moore, B. F., obit., iii, 641. 



Moore, Geo., obit., i. 639. 



Moore, J. G., obit., i, 621. 



Moore, T., invention by, vi, 95. 



Moore, Tredwcll, obit., i, 621. 



Moravians, i, 569 ; ii, 532 ; iii, 587 *, 

 iv, 649 ; vi, 611. 



Moreno, in Patagonia, ii, 335. 



Moresby, Sir F., obit,, u\607. 



Morgan, Campbell de, obit., i, 639. 



Morgan, D. H., statue of, vi, 815. 



Morgan, E. D., sketch, viii, 552. 



Morgan, L. H., sketch, vi, 613. 



Moriarty, Bishop D., obit., ii, 607. 



Morier, D., obit., ii, 607. 



Mormons, the, emigration of, iv, 

 837; Pres. Hayes on, v, 642; 



