o.] 



Index 



Station, 636 ; the Climate of Sevenoaks, W. W. Wagstaffe, 

 637 



Meteorites : Fireball of September 14, tgoi, 532 ; Fireball of 

 September 14, 1492, C. E. Stromeyer, 577 



Meteors : April Meteors of 1901, W. F. Denning, 21 ; the 

 Meteoric Epoch of July and August, W. F. Denning, 240 ; 

 the August Meteors of 1901, VV. F. Denning, 410; W. E. 

 Rolston, 411 ; Aurorie and Meteors, Alex. C. Henderson, 

 527 



Metrique, Le Systeme, G. Bigourdan, 250 



Metz (G. de). Electric Capacity of Human Body, 392 



Mexico, the Subterranean Waters of the Ajusco Chain, MM. 

 Marroquin y Rivera and P. C. Sanchez, 288 ; the Cave 

 Dwellers of North-West Mexico, Dr. C. Lumhollz, 522 



Miall (Prof L. C, F.R.S.), a Raid on Wild Flowers, 126; the 

 Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, Gilbert White, 

 369 ; on the Experimental Method of Educational Teaching, 

 591 ; on the Teaching of Mathematics, 592 ; on the Teaching 

 of Botany in Universities, 593 



Michael (Prof. A.), on Duty-Free Alcohol, 611 ; on the Three 

 Stereoisomeric Cinnamic Acids, 612 



Michelson Echelon Grating, the, A. Hilger, 3S3 



Micrometric Observations of Neptune and its Satellite, 639 



Microscophy : the Metamorphoses of .-Eschna cyanea, Mr. 

 Enocli, 47 ; Microscopical Society, 47, 142, 320 ; Contri- 

 vance for Viewing Diffraction Patterns of Diatoms, J. Rhein- 

 berg, 60 ; New Method of Staining Brain Tissue, Dr. 

 Theodore Kodis, 72 ; Method of Identifying Minerals in 

 Rock-Sections by their Bi-Refringence, Prof. J. Joly, F.R.S., 

 95 ; B. Eyferth's Einfachste Lebensformen der Tier-und 

 Pflanzenreiches, Dr. Walther Schonichen und Dr. Alfred 

 Kalberlah, G. S. West, 301 ; Examination of Abbe Diffrac- 

 tion Theory, J. W. Gordon, 320 



Miers (Prof. H. A., F.R.S.), the Mineralogy of Scotland, 

 M. Forster Heddle, 395 



Military Surgery, the Rbntgen Rays in, J. Hall-Edwards, 454 



Milk Standard, the New, 432 



Mill (Dr.), the Recent Heat in New York, 308 



Mill (Dr. H. R.), the Development of Rainfall Measurement, 

 455 • Opening Address in Section E at the Glasgow Meeting 

 of the British Association on Research in Geographical 

 Science, 532 ; Meteorological Arrangements on Board the 

 Disicroery, 554 ; on the Scientific Studies of the Lakes of the 

 British Islands, 590 



Mills (W. S.), Preparation of Synthetical GKicosides, 47 



Milne (Louisa E. ), Memoir of Grace, Lady Prestwich, 349 



Mimicry : Impostors among Animals, Prof. W. M. Wheeler, 264 



Minchin (Prof. E. A.), Studies on the Hexactinellida, Isao 

 lijima, 393 



Minchin (Prof. George M., F.R.S.), England's Neglect of 

 Science, Prof. Perry, F.R. S., 226 ; Plane and Solid 

 Geometry, Arthur Schultze and F. L. Sevenoak, 573 



Minchin's (Prof.), Photo-Electric Cell, 587 



Mindeleft' (Cosmos), the Novaho hogans, 425 



Minguin (J.), New Derivatives of Benzylcamphor and Benzyl- 

 idenecamphor, 295 



Mineralogy : the Salton (California) Salt-Deposits, 19 ; the 

 Coal Exports of Great Britain, E. B. Wethered, 19 ; the 

 Kolar (Mysore) Gold-field, Dr. F. H. Hatch, 41 ; Method 

 of Identifying Minerals in Rock-sections by their Bi- 

 refringence, Prof. J. Joly, F.R.S., 95; Liveingite, R. H. 

 Solly and H. Jackson, 95 ; Vitrified Quartz, Lecture at 

 Royal Institution, W. A. Shenstone, F. R.S., 65, 126 ; Prof. 

 J. Joly, F.R S., 102 ; Gold in Wicklow, E. St. J. Lyburn, 

 134; Mineralogical Society, 247; Isomorphic Relations 

 between Sulphates and Orthophosphates, G. T. Prior, 247 ; 

 Crystals of Calavorite, Herbert Smith, 247 ; Chemical 

 Analysis of Scotch Sandstones, Dr. W. Mackie, 264 ; the 

 Mineralogy of Scotland, M. Forster Heddle, Prof. H. A. 

 Miers, F. R. S., 395 ; the Cape Nome Gold Region, Alaska, 

 F. C. Schrader and A. H. Brooks, 409 ; Death and Obituary 

 Notice of Prof. Baron Adolf Erik von Nordenskjiild, W. S. 

 Bruce, 450 ; Notes on Minerals from the Lengenbach Bin- 

 nenthal, R. H. Solly, 577 ; Gold Mining in Egypt, C. J. 

 Alford, 636 



Mining: Coal-dust Explosion at Aber Valley Colliery, in ; a 

 Text-Book of Coal-Mining, Herbert W. Hughes, 324 ; the 

 Death Rates from Mining Accidents in the United Kingdom, 

 Dr. Le N. Foster, F.R.S., 434 ; the Dover Coal-field, 5S1 ; 

 Gold Mining in Egypt, C. J. Alford, 636 



Minor Planet Tercidina, the, 2S9 



Mira Ceti, Period of. Prof. A. A. Nijland, 410 



Mira (0 Ceti), Period of, 659 



Mitra (S. B.), the " Crystalline Style" of the Bivalve Molluscs, 

 490 



" Mizar," the Spectroscopic Binary, 437 



Modern Chemistry, William Ramsay, 349 



Modern Natural Theology, with the Testimony of Christian 

 Evidences, Frederick James Ciant, 422 



Modzelewski (J. de). Refraction Indices of Liquid Mixtures, 272 



Moissan (Henri), Fused Niobium, 271 



Molinier (M.), Action of Alcohol on Gastric Secretion, 24 



Molliard (Marin), Double Flowers and Parasitism, 620 



Mollusca : Our Country's Shells and How to Know them, a 

 Guide to British Mollusca, W. J. Gordon, 206 ; the "Crystal- 

 line Style " of the Bivalve Molluscs, S. B. Mitra, 490 



Monckton (H. W.), on the Origin of the Gravel Flats of Berk- 

 shire and Surrey, 566 



Moody (H. R.), New Metallic Borides, 175 



Moon and Vegetation, the, 454 



Moon and Wet Days, the, Alex. B. MacDowall, 424 



Moon's Surface, Snow on the, 136 



Moore (Benjamin), an Introduction to Phy.siology, William 

 Townsend Porter, 298 



Moore (W. L. ), Hail- prevention by Cannonading, 382 



Morbihan Archipelago : French Stonehenge, an Account of the 

 Megalithic Remains in the, T. Cato Wor'slold, 465 



Morbology : Rats and the Plague, 18 ; Influence of Feed- 

 ing, Work and Dust on Tuberculosis, MM. Lannelongue, 

 Achard and Gaillard, 71 ; the Congress on Tuberculosis, 301 ; 

 the Suppression of Tuberculosis, Prof. Robert Koch, 312; 

 Lecithin in Tuberculosis, H. Claude and A. Zaky, 572 ; In- 

 fluence of Variations of Temperature on Tuberculosis, MM. 

 Lannelongue, Achard and Gaillard, 644 ; Mosquitoes and 

 Malaria, G. Noe, 88 ; Major Ronald Ross, F.R.S., 453; 

 the Anti-Mosquito Campaign in Sierra Leone, 579 ; Major 

 R. Ross, F.R.S., 489; on the Story of Malaria, Major R. 

 Ross, 588 , the West African Campaign against Malaria, 

 Major Ronald Ross, 636 ; the Malaria-free District of Mas- 

 sarosa. Dr. Grassi, 581 ; Simultaneity of Mosquitoes and 

 Malaria at Constantine, A. Billet, 524 ; Mosquitoes and 

 Yellow Fever, 453; Dr. H. de Gouvea, 655 ; the Diagnosis 

 of Plague, Dr. E. Klein, F.R.S., 91 ; New Method of Exam- 

 ination for Typhoid Bacillus, R. Cambier, 200; Psoriasis and 

 Neurasthenise, F. Bouffe, 440 



Moreno (Dr. Francisco), on the Anlhropogeography of .Argen- 

 tina, 590 



Morgan (Prof. H. T.), Regeneration and Liability to Injury in 

 Animals, 455 



Morley (Prof.), on Determining the Influence of Water Vapour 

 on the Energy lost by a Heated Body placed in an Enclosure 

 containing Air, Hydrogen or Water Vapour, 586 ; a New 

 Pressure Gauge, 5S6 



Morphology : on the Morphological Divisions of Europe, Dr. 

 A. J. Herbertson, 589 ; on the Morphology of Transverse 

 Vertical Processes, Prof. A. Macalister, F. R.S., 614 



Morrison (James), Maps, Their Uses and Construction, 599 



Morton (D. H.), on the Mechanical Exhibits at the Glasgow 

 Exhibition, 613 



Mosquitoes : Mosquitoes and Malaria, G. Noe, 88 ; Major 

 Ronald Ross, F.R.S., 453; the Question of Priority, 287; 

 the Anti-mosquito Campaign in Sierra Leone, 579 ; Major 

 R. Ross, F.R.S., 4S9 ; the West African Campaign, Major 

 Ronald Ross, 636 ; Simultaneity of Mosquitoes and Malaria 

 at Constantine, A. Billet, 524 ; the Malaria-free Di.nrict of 

 Massarosa, Dr. Grassi, 581 ; Mosquitoes and Filaria, T. L. 

 Bancroft, 416; Mosquitoes and Yellow Fever, 453 ; H. de 

 Gouvea, 655 ; Mosquitoes and Sounds, Major Ronald Ross, 

 607 ; Attraction of Sounds for Mosquitoes, Sir H. S. Maxim, 

 655 ; the Common Grey Mosquito of Calcutta, MissN. Evans, 

 638 



Moths : Familiar Butterflies and, W. F. Kirby, 375 



Motor, the Induction, B. A. Behrend, 252 



Motor Car Worked by Absinthe, 213 



Mount Staasta, the Biology of, 242 



Mountain Seclusion, Our, Sir Archibald Geikie, F.R.S., 206 



Moureu (Ch.), Hydration of Amylpropiolic Acid with Forma- 

 tion of Caproylacetic Acid, 71 ; Synthesis of Primary Acetyl- 

 enic Alcohols, 120; Method of Synthesis of Acetylenic 

 Aldehydes, 296 



