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INDEX 



XI 11 



Machines, Recent Influence, 12 



Madrid Mining Exhibition, 157 



Magnetic Susceptibility of Iron and Steel, Prof. Ewing, 625 



Magnetism, Evident, in Iron, Steel, and other Magnetic Metals, 

 the Cause of, Prof. D. E. Hughes, F.R.S., 159, 183 



Magnetophone, Prof. Carhart, 626 



Main (J. F.), " Elem ntary Applied Mechanics," Thos. Alex- 

 ander and A. W. Tho r.son, 364 



Malacca Tin Mines, 330 



Mallet (F. R.), Animal Intelligence, 342 



Malta, Earthquake at, 623 



Mammoth Bones, Discovery of, in Flintshire, 445 



Manganese, the Atomic Weight of, Prof. Dewar and A. Scott, 



55« 



Manganese-Bronze, P. M. Parsons on, 551 



Manley(Rev. W. R.) : Soaring of Birds, 198; a Green Sun in 



India, 575, 611 

 Mantumba Lake, Discovery of, by II. M. Stanley, 572 

 Maori-English Lexicon, W. Colenso, 134 

 MareelDeprez System of Transmission of Power to a Distance, 



470 

 Marcet (Wm , M.D., F.R.S.), "Southern and Swiss Health 



Resorts," 434 

 Marine Zoology, a National Laboratory of, 569 

 Marmosets, Birth of Y'oung, 572 

 Marno (Herr), Death of, 509 

 Marriott (W.), and Hon. R. Abercromby, Weather Prognostics 



and Weather Typ s, 330 

 Marsh (Prof. O. C), Supposed Human Footprints recently found 



in Nevada, 370 

 Marshall (Prof.), the Polymorphism of Alcyonaria, 580 

 Martens (Prof. Ed. von), Die Weich- und Schaltiere gemein- 



fasslich Darge^tellt, Dr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S., 148 

 Martin (H. Newell), Handbook of Vertebrate Dissection, 242 

 Masai Country, Last, Thomson, and Fi-cher's Visits to, 447 

 Mason (Mrs. Eleanor), the Nat Basket, 171 

 Mason's Science College Catalogue of Periodicals, 545 

 Matthews (Duncan), on Wool Plugs and Fertilised Fluid, 5S0 

 Matter, the Chemical Constitution of, Prof. A. W. Williamson, 



F.R.S., on, 551 

 Matter of Space, Prof. Chas. Morris, 14S; Prof. A. S. Herschel, 



294 

 Mathematical Society, 72, 192, 215,622 

 Maynard (C. J.), "Manual of Taxidermy," 317 

 Maxwell (Clerk), "Devil on Two Sticks," Denny Lane, 104 

 Measure, Foot, in China, 207 



Measures, Weights and, the International Bureau of, 464 

 Mechanics, Elementary Applied, Thos. Alexander and A. \V. 



Thomson, J. F. Main, 364 

 Mechanical Engineers in Belgium, Institution of, 356 

 Mechanics, Student's, W. R. Browne, 317, 344 

 Medical Congress, Amsterdam International, 469 

 Medical Profession, Prof. Huxley's Address on Relations of 



State to, 570 

 Medusae, the Freshwater, W. Sowerby, 7 

 Medway, Discovery of Oyster Bed in, 446 

 Melbourne Age Expedition to New Guinea, 158 

 Meldola (R.) : "Decentralisation in Science," 413 ; the Colour- 

 ing Matters of the Diazo Group, 551 

 Melvin (James), Sand, 245, 344 



Memoirs of Society of Naturalists at Kharkoff University, 157 

 Memoirs of Topographical Department of Russian General 



Staff, 547 

 Mendeleeft (M.) : Derivatives of Benzene, 182 ; Modified Method 



of Fractional Distillation of Baku Petroleum Oils, 182 

 Merchant Steamships, Stability of, Sir E. J. Reed, M.P., 



F.R.S., 419 

 Meridian Lines, Addition of, to Bradshaw's Railway Guide Map 



of Great Britain, 622 

 Meridian, Prime, International Congress to Establish a, 570 

 Merrifield (Mrs.) : " Die Bangiaceen des Golfes von Neapel," 



Dr. G. Berthold, 271 ; Snow and Ice Flora, 304 

 Metallic Lines, on Real and Pseudo-Reversals of, Prof. W. N. 



Hartley, 123 

 Metals, Molten, Prof. W. C. Roberts on the Rapid Diffusion of, 



605 

 Metarnorphic Rocks of Scandinavia and Scotland, 7 

 Metamorphosis and Development, Dr. Otto Taschenberg, 100 

 Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science, the, R. B. Hal- 



dane, 561 



Meteoric Epoch, Shooting Stars of the July, W. F. Denning, 



351 



Meteoric Blocks from Greenland, Prof. Nordenskjold, 597 



Meteoroid, Auroral, the True Orbit of the, of November 17, 

 1882, H. J. II. Groneman, 105 



Meteorology: in Ru.-ia, 42 ; the Arctic Meteorological Station 

 on the Lena, 59 ; the Ben Nevis Observatory, 64, 88, 328; 

 Meteorological Society, 119, 239, 622; Russian Meteoro- 

 logical Stations, 156; Meteorology of the North-West 

 Provinces of India, 258 ; Meteorological Council and Fal- 

 mouth Observatory, Edward Kitto, 318 ; Prof. J. Couch 

 Adams, F.R.S., 318; Meteorology of the Arctic and Sub- 

 Arctic Portions of the Atlantic Ocean, Alex. Buchan, 398 ; 

 Northernmost Polar Meteorological Station, 404 ; Indian 

 Meteorology, E. D. Archibald, 405, 42S, 477; Proposed 

 Meteorological Observatory for Bristol Channel, 470; Lena 

 Meteorological Station, 510 



Meteors : in Norway, SS ; at Epinal, 88 ; A. Hall on, 126 ; a 

 Large, Rev. S. J. Perry, F.R.S., 150; T. P. Barkas, 150; 

 of June3, W. W. Taylor, 174; in Germany, 207 ; a Remark- 

 able, 269; B. G. Jenkins, 300 ; in Sweden, 377 ; of August 

 19, 462 ; A. Trevor Crispin, 389, 414 ; Alfre 1 J. Mott, 389, 

 437 J W. M. Pooley, 414 ; in Sweden and Norway, 425 ; 

 Thos. II. Potts, 462 ; C. Fortescue, 541 ; A. Taun, 564 : 

 Donald Cameron, 5S9 



Meters for Power and Electricity, C. Vernon Boys, 162 



Meyer (Dr. A. B.), Hints to Officers of German Navy visiting 

 Indo Pacific Waters, 446 



Meyer (Dr.), Notornis hochstclteri, 375 



Microphone, the, Shelford Bidwell, 27 



Microscopic Objects, on Mounting and Photographing, 300, 321 



Migration of Birds, B.A. Report on, 547 



Miguel (Dr. M. P.), "Les Organismes Vivants de l'Atmo- 

 sphere," Henry de Varigny, 76 



Milk, a New Preparation of, 47 



Mill (H. R.), Sulphur in Bitumen, 414 



Miller (W.), "Heavenly Bodie-', their Nature and Ilabita- 

 bility," 338 



Mimicry, A. Hale, 245 



Mimas, Saturnian Satellite, 158 



Mineral Waters of France, 280 



Minerals of Hungary, Prof. M. Toth, 78 



Minineh, Voyage of the, 544 



Mining Exhibition, Madrid, 157 



Minister of Public Instruction, 221 



Minnesota, Tornado in, 425 



Minor Planets : Andromache, 116 ; No. 234, 403 



Mint, Annual Report of the Deputy Master of, 82 



Mirage, State of the Atmosphere which produces the Forms of, 

 observed by Vince and by Scoresby, Prof. P. G. Tait, 84 



Mirage in Sweden, 15S 



Mitchell and Reichart (Drs.), on the Chemical Characters of the 

 Venom of Serpents, Sir J. Fayrer, F.R.S., 114 



Mock Moons, 7 ; F. T. Mott, 30; R. C. Johnson, 31 ; T. W. 

 Backhouse, 81 



Moffat (Dr. Robert), Death of, 37 5 



Molecular Magnitudes, Liquid Films and, Profs. A. W. 

 Reinold and A. W. Riicker, 389 



Mollusca, British, Proposed Monograph on, J. W. Taylor, 180 



Mongols, Among the, Rev, James Gilmour, 361 



Montgolfier Statue, Inauguration of, 352, 375, 402 



Montreal, Opening of the Redpath Museum at, 65 



Moon, Positions of, E. J. Stone, F.K.S., 71 



Moons, Mock, 7 ; F. T. Motr, 30; R. C. Johnson, 31 ; T. W. 

 Backhouse, 81 



Moravia, Earthquake in, 597 



Morphology of the Pitcher of Cepha'olus follicularis, Prof. 

 W. C. Williamson, F.R.S., 140, 150 



Morris (Prof. Chas.), Matter of Space, 14S 



Morris (D.), a Complete Solar Rainbow, 436, 51$ 



Morton (G. H.), on a Section across the Trias at Liverpool, 57S 



Moscow, the Observatory of, 65 



Moscow, Coronation Illuminations, 207 



Moseley (Prof. H. N., F.R.S.) : Prof. Lindstrbm on Operculate 

 Corals, 35 ; Garfish, 436 ; the Bernissart Iguanodon, 439 ; 

 Iguanodon, 5 14 



Moth, Brazilian, Curious Habit of a, E. Dukinfield Jones, 55 ; 

 E. L. Layard, 5S9 



Moth?, Kavages on Pine Trees by, 64 



Mott (Alfred J.), the Meteor of August 19, 1SS3, 3S9, 437 



