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Madan (H. G.), on the Interference-Curves known as "Ohm's 

 Fringes," 83 ; a Method of Isolating Blue Rays for Optical 

 Work, 263 ; on a Modification of Foucault's and Ahrens's 

 Polarising Prisms, 371 



Maget (Henri), New Atlas of the French Colonies, 42 



iorani (Prof.), Influence of Magnetism for Embryogcny, 

 618 



Magic Mirrors, Japanese, 264 



Magnel I rical Measurement, Exercises in, R, E. Day, 



262 



Magnetic Disturbance, G. M. Whipple, 530 



Magnetism and Electricity, Prof. Guthrie's Text-Book of, 156 



Magnetism, Experimental Researches in, Prof. Ewing, 304 



tism, Influence of, on Embryogeny, Prof. Maggiorani, 

 618 



Magnetism, Terrestrial Earthquakes and, W. Ellis, 262 



Magnetisation by Lightning, 211 



Magneto- and Dynamo-Electric Machines, 313 



Magnus's Class-Book of Hydrostatics and Pneumatics, Key to, 

 John Murphy, 314 



Magyar Expedition for Exploration of Urals, 541 



Mailly-Challon (M. de), Journey in Manchuria, 565 



Malay Peninsula, Physical Geography of the, Rev. J. E. 

 Tenison-Woods, 152; L. Wray, 459 ; Cameron's Map of the, 

 300 ; Geography of the Malay Peninsula, 371 ; Explorations 

 of the, M. Delouel, 516; Ichthyological Collection from, 586 



Malayan Antiquities, Prof. A. H. Keane, 478 



Mammalia, Fossil, in the British Museum, Catalogue of, R. 

 Lydekker, 597 



Mammalian Descent, Hunterian Lectures for 18S4, W. 

 Kitchen Parker, F.R.S., Geo. J. Romanes, F.R.S., 35S 



Mammoths Discovered in Siberia, 16 



Man, Prehistoric, Daniel Pidgeon, 102 



Man, Tropical, Blackness of, A. T. Fraser, 6 ; Exceptional 

 Whiteness of, Lieut. -Col. A. T. Eraser, 505 



Manchester Free Libraries, Report of, 135 



Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 95. 571 



Manchuria, Earthquakes in, 279 ; M. de Mailly-Chalon's Journey 

 in, 565 



Manure, Prize offered for Essays on Uses of Nitrate of Soda as, 

 466 



Manx Cats, Dr. Geo. J. Romanes, F.R.S., 316 



Marche (Alfred), Explorations in Philippine Archipelago, 137 



Marine Biological Association, 63', 89 



Marriage Customs among Australian Aborigines, Sir John 

 Lubbock, 186 



Mais in 1SS4, Otter Boeddicker, 210 



Marsh (Prof. O. C), Classification and Affinities of Dino- 

 saurian Reptiles, 68 



Marshall (Prof. John), Hunter's Modern Science, 368 



Martin's (Joseph) Journey in Unknown Siberia, 397 



Maps, Geological, of Japan, 564 



Maps, Johnson's, of England and Wales, 444 



Ma^ai Country, Joseph Thomson's Explorations in the, 18, 343 



Mason Science College, Report of, 611 



Massowah, Materials for a Meteorological Station sent to, 442 



Masters (Dr. Maxwell T.), Flowers out of Season, 13 ; Petalody 

 of the Ovules and other Changes in a Double-Flowered Form 

 of "] u'anella Cffirulea," 487 



Mathematical Scholarships, Weekly Problem Papers, withNotes 

 intended for the use of Students Preparing for, Rev. J. J. 

 Milne, 314 



Mathematical Society, 71, 162, 283, 402, 496, 546 



Mathematical Theory of Elasticity, Terminology of the, Karl 

 Pearson, 456 ; Prof. Alex. B. W. Kennedy, 504 



" Mathematics, Pure and Applied, a Synopsis of Elementary 

 Results in," &c, G. S. Carr, 100; Modern English Mathe- 

 matics, Prof. Henrici, F.R.S., 151 ; Messenger of Mathe- 

 matics, Angelus, 172 ; American Journal of Mathematics, 

 189 ; Death of a great Chinese Mathematician, 227 ; " Mathe- 

 maticians and Astronomers of China and Foreign Countries," 

 491 ; " Lehrbuch der Elementaren Mathematik," V. Schlegel, 

 123 



Maturity, Early, of Live Stock, 582 



Maxim Gun, 414 



Mayall (J.), Nobert's Ruling Machine, 571 



Mayer (Prof. Allied M.), Methods of Determining the Density 

 of the Earth, 408 



Mayo (Rev. A. D.), Education in the Southern States of 

 America, 514 



Measurement, Earthquake, Prof. J. A. Ewing, 4 

 Measurements, Cost of Anthropometric, Francis Galton, F.R.S., 



150 ■ „ „ 



" Mecanique, Elements de, avec de Nombreux Exercises, 78 



Mechanical Engineers, Institution of, 324 



Medical Teaching, Oxford, Physiological Laboratory and, 414 



Mediterranean Fauna, 201 



Mediterranean and Red Seas, on the Cause of the Dissimilarity 



between the Faunas of the, Prof. Edward Hull, F.R.S., 599 

 Meikong, Heis's Explorations in, 65 

 Melbourne Geographical Conference, 300 

 Melbourne Observatory, 419 

 Meldola (Raphael), Earthquake of April 22, 18S4, 135 ; Lexden 



Earthquake, 289 ; Colours of Arctic Animals, 505 ; Appointed 



Professor of Chemistry at Finsbury Technical College, 5S6 

 Melvin (James), Cross-Breeding Potatoes, 290 

 Memorial, Forbes, Prof. F. Jeffrey Bell, 103 

 Meridian, Prime, Conference, W. Ellis, 7 ; Conference, 15 ; M. 



Jansen's Report on, 136 

 Merida, Dr. Siever's Proposed Exploration of the Cordilleras of, 



4' 



Mersey Tunnel, Geology of the, 136 ; Opening of the, 36S 



"Messenger of Mathematics," Angelus on, 172 



Metallic Thermographs, Prof. Fisher, 620 



Meteors : H. Sadler, 530 ; Meteor at Miilheim, 64 ; a Large 

 Meteor, E. J. Lowe, 150 ; Otto Boeddicker, 194 ; Meteor in 

 Michigan, 298 ; Appalling Meteor at Sea, 514 ; Meteor 

 Visible in the Daytime, Rev. James Graves, 102 ; the Long 

 Duration of Meteoric Radiant Points, W. F. Denning, 463 



Meteorology: Proposed Bibliography of, 63; American, 91, 

 394 ; Meteorology of Magdeburg, 106 ; in Roumania, 156 ; 

 in Alabama, 180 ; Signal Service Weather Review, 180 ; in the 

 Corea, 202 ; in Japan, 202, 203 ; in Canada, 250, 537 ; High- 

 Level, 261 ; Meteorology of Havana, 361 ; Red Sunsets and the 

 Zodiacal Light, Rev. Edw. Reynolds, 514; of Rousdon, 

 537 ; of the Late Winter in Iceland, M. Thorlacius, 537 ; of 

 the Atlantic, 501 ; the Rainfall of Germany, Dr. Hellmann, 

 548 ; Scottish Meteorological Society, 590 ; Agrarian Me- 

 teorology, Prof. G. Cantoni, 618 ; Dr. G. Hellmann on 

 Certain Regularities in succession of Weather, 611 ; Lena 

 Meteorological Station, 16 ; New Meteorological Station in 

 South Australia, 64 ; the Distribution of the Meteorological 

 Elements in Cyclones and Anticyclones, 75 ; Meteorological 

 Observatory in Tonquin, 91 ; Wragge's New Meteorological 

 Observatory, 227 ; Meteorological Observatory, Tokio, 321 ; 

 Meteorological Observations made by Oscar Doering at Cor- 

 dova, 419 ; Meteorological Observations on Schneekoppe, 

 Dr. Kremser, 548 ; Meteorological Society, 548, 620 ; Journal 

 of the Scottish Meteorological Society, 261 ; the Forest Me- 

 teorological System in Prussia, Prof. Muttrich, 33 ( ; Growth 

 of Meteorological Science in France, Herve-Mangon, 36S ; 

 Annual Report of the French Central Meteorological Depart- 

 ment, 562 ; Meteorological Results of the Total Solar Eclipse 

 of May 6, 1883, 601 



Metric System, Sir T. H. Farrer on the, 64 ; Extension of the 

 Hansen- Blangsted, 369 



Metrical System, Sir Wm. Thomson on the, 62 



Metzger (Dr. Emil), Far-Sightedness, 506 ; Rock-Pictures in 

 New Guinea, 527 



Meudon Steering Balloon, 41, 157 



Mexico (North- West), Flora of, 277 



Meyer (Dr. Hans), " Eine Weltreise. Plaudereien aus einer 

 zweijahrigen Erdumsegelung," 502 



Meyrick (E.), CTxophoridEe of New Zealand, 22; Geometrina 

 of New Zealand, 23 



Meyrick (J. J.), Lightning in the Tropics, 194 



Michael (A. D.), New British Oribatida-, 617 



Michigan, Entomology in, 16 ; Meteor in, 298 



Micro-Organisms and Disease, Dr. E. Klein, F.R.S., 2 



Microscopes and Balances, Illumination of, 440 



Microscopy, Nobert's Ruling Machine, J. Mayall, jun., 571 



Migrants, Californian, 280 



Mill (Hugh Robert), on the Salinity of the Water in the Firth 

 of Forth, 541 



Milne (J.), Tokio Earthquake of October 15, 1884, 150 



Milne (Rev. J. J.), Weekly Problem Papers with Notes intended 

 for the use of Students preparing for Mathematical Scholar- 

 ships, &c, 3:4 



"Mine Ventilation, a Theory of," M. Walton Brown, W. 

 < lalloway, 312 



