x INDEX 
[Wature, Fune 29, 1882 ‘ 
Limulus, Apus, and Scorpio, Studies on, Prof. E, JRay Lan- 
kester, F.R.S., 479 
Lingwood (J.), Climate of North Northumberland as regards its 
Fitness for Astronomical Observations, 339 
Linnean Society, 94, 166, 211, 331, 379, 517, 522 
Linnean Society of New South Wales, 42 
“Timnocodium Sowerbii,” Further Observations on the, made 
during the Summer, 1881, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., 
444 
Liveing (Prof.) and Prof. Dewar, on the Spectrum of Carbcn, 
545 
Liverpool, Literary, Scientific, and Art Societies, Seié, 208 ; 
Scientific Education in, 270; Royal Commissioners on Tech- 
' nical Education at, 346 
Lives, Means of Saving some, in Colliery Explosions, D, Rhys 
Jones, 508 
Lizard, Song of the, Francis P. Pascoe, 32 ; Capt. S. P. Oliver, 
174 
Ljubinge, Earthquake at, 537 
Lobo’s (Father), ‘‘ Abyssinia,” 365 
Lockyer (J. Norman, F.R.S.), Eclipse Notes, 573 
London University Matriculation, Natural Philosophy for, 
Edward B. Aveling, 76 
London, a Smokeless, Edmund McClure, 173 
London, Pendulum Observations in Major J. Herschel, 197 
London Area, Possibility of finding Workable Coal-Seams 
under the, Prof. J. W. Judd, F.R.S., 311, 361 
16 s, Palzolithic Man and, W. J. Knowles, 409 
Loew (Oscar) and Thos. Bokorny, ‘‘Chemical Cause of Life 
Theoretically and Experimentally Examined,” 457 
Lubbock (Sir J. W., Bart., F.R.S.), an Elementary Treatise on 
the Tides based upon that of the Late, Rev. J. Pearson, 360; 
on the Sense of Colour among some of the Lower Animals, 
422 
Lubomirski (Prince Wladislaus), Death of, 565 
Luiggi (L.), Level of the Mediterranean, 436 
Lunar Disturbance of Gravity, G. H. Darwin, F.R.S., 20 
Lunar Eclipse on December 5, 114 
Lung Capacity of Children, Researches on the, 114 
Lyell (Sir Chas), Life, Letters, and Journals of, Prof. J. W. 
Judd, F.R.S., 145, 170 
McClure (Edmund), A Smokeless London, 173 
McCook (Dr. Henry C.), “The Honey Ants of the Garden of 
the Gods and the Occident Ants of the American’ Plains,” 
Geo, J. Romanes, F.R.S., 405 j 
Mackintosh (Prof. H. W.), Echinoids of the Challenger, 41 
McLachlan (R., F.R.S.), the Weather, 241 
Macloskie (Prof. G.), Awned Carpels of Erodium, 174 
Madan (H. G.), Tables of Qualitative Analysis, 264; Specific 
Heat and Thermal Conductivity, 507 
Madden (Fred. W.), ‘‘ International Numismata Orientalia, 
Coins of the Jews, Dr. John Evans, F.R.S., 549 
Mag giore, Lake Examination of the Water of, 348 
Magnetic Survey of Missouri, Francis E. Nipher, 40 
Magnetic Disturbances, Auroras, and Earth Currents, Prof. W. 
Grylls Adams, F.R.S., 66 
Magnetic Declination, New Determination of the, 230 
Magnetic Storm, G. M. Whipple, 583, 604 
Magneto-Electric Action, Matter and, Dr. W. Spottiswoode, 
Pres. R.S., 539 
Magnetism, Electricity, ‘and, Elementary Lessons in, Silvanus 
P, Thompson, 550 
Mahomed (Dr. F. A.), Physiognomy of Consumption, 389 
“* Making of England,” J. Richard Green, 415 
Makua and Lomwe Countries, Exploration of, 472 
Malay Archipelago, on Artificial Deformation of the Human 
Skull in the, Dr. A. B. Meyer, 132 
Mallet (Robert, F.R.S.), Obituary Notice of, 59 
M‘Alpine (D.), Zoological Atlas (including Comparative Ana- 
tomy), with Practical Directions and Explanatory Text for the 
Use of Students. Invertebrata, 122 
Man, Palzolithic, and Loss, W. J. Knowles, 409 
Manchester: Literary and Philosophical Society, 23 
Manitoba, Books on, 538 
Map, Relief, of the Equatorial Regions of Africa, 275 
Marine Denudation, Ancient Tidal Action and Planes of, Prof. 
Edward Hall, F.R.S., 177 
Markham (Clements B., C.B., F.R.S.), Arctic Research, 78 ; 
on the Whale Fishery of the Basque Provinces of Spain, 365 
Marreco (Prof. A. Freire), Death of, 469 
Mars, Satellites of, 94, 209; Solar Parallax from Observations 
of, 278 ; Photography of, 493 
Marsh (Prof. O. C.), Jurassic Birds and their Allies, 22 ; Classi- 
fication of the Dinosauria, 244; Wings of Pterodactyles, 531 
Maskelyne (T. S.). Coltsfoot, 290 
Mathematical Society, 95, 167, 283, 336, 379, 475, 571 
Mathematics, Influence of, on the Progress of Physics, Dr. 
Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., 397 
Matter and Magneto-Electric Action, Dr. W. Spottiswoode, 
Pr.R.S., 539 
Maxim’s Self-Acting Fire-Extinguishers, 511 
Maxwell (Prof. James Clerk), 229; Treatise on Electricity and 
Magnetism, Prof. G. Chrystal, 237 . 
Measurements, Wind, 486 ; C. H. Romanes, 505; Richard B. 
Prosser, 505 
Medical Congress, International, Transactions, 43 
Medical Women in China, 206 
Medical Electricity, 521 
Mediterranean, Parhelia in the, Chas. H. Allen, 339; Albert 
Riggenbach, 364; Level of the, L. Luiggi, 436; Basque 
Whale in the, Prof. Henry Hillyer Giglioli, 505; Deep-Sea 
Exploration in the, Prof. Henry Hillyer Giglioli, 505 ; New 
and Rare Fish from the, Prof. Henry H. Giglioli, 535 
Medusz of the White Sea, 300 
Melbourne, Observatory of, 349 
Melting Point, on, E. G. Mills, F.R.S., 354 
Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles de 
Bordeaux, 408 
Mencius, the Mind of, Rev. E, Faber, 99 
Men’s Heads, an Alleged Diminution in the Size of, 55; Dr. 
W. B. Kesteven, 8; Hyde Clarke, 32 
Menelaus (William), Death of, 536 
Mercury, Transit of, November 8, 19, 375 
Meridian Distances from Vladivostok to Madras, 394 
Merrifield (Mrs.), Weather in South Australia, 483 
Metal, Art, Work, of Japan, 514 
Metals, Various, Rotational Co-efficient in, 46 
Meteorology : of Ben Nevis, Alex. Buchan, 11 ; Meteorological 
Observations in Jamaica, 17; Meteorological Society, 119, 
259, 307, 427, 450, 547, 619 ; Weather of November, 1881, 
131; Ben Nevis Observatory, 135; the Comptes rendus on 
Polar Meteorological Stations, 159 ; a System of Observations 
in the China Seas, 368; Dr. A. Woeikof, 410; Report 
of the Weather, 1881, 449; Meteorological Observations on 
Boston Church, 470 
Meteors : Rev. S. J. Perry, F.R.S., 78; M. L. Rouse, 78 ; 
Henry Cecil, 78; Hemy H. Higgens, 78; E. E. Barnard, 
173; E. Howarth, 173, Rey. John Hoskyns-Abrahall, 198 ; 
seen at Byejetsk, 250 
Meteoric Dust, Collection of—a Suggestion, B. J. Hopkins, 339 
Meteoric Stones, Fall_of, at Vevey, 88 ; in} Transylvania, 420 ; 
at Mirotch Planina, 471 
Meyer (Dr. A. B.), on Artificial Deformation of the Human 
Skull in the Malay Archipelago, 132 
Michigan Catalogue of the Phaenogamous and Vascular Cryp- 
togamous Plants of, Indigenous, Naturalised, and Adventive, 
Chas. F. Wheeler and Edwin F. Smith, 182, 196 
Microscope and its Revelations, W. B. Carpenter, F.R.S., 502 
Microscopical Science, Quarterly Journal of, 6 
Microscopy, Practical, Geo. E. Davis, 502, 545 
Micro-Telephone in the Observatory, Geneva, 207 
Mid-day Darkness of Sunday, January 22; Major J. Herschel, 289 
Midnight Sun, Land of the, Paul B. du Chaillu, 59 
Mills (E. J., F.R.S., on Melting Point, 354 
Miln, (James), Excavations at Carnac, 99 
Milne (Prof. John), Earthquake Vibrations, 126 ; Volcanoes of 
Japan, 420; on the ‘‘ Koro-pok-guru,” 470 
Minchin (Geo. M.), Determination of Electromotive Force in 
Absolute Electrostatic Measure, 278; Absolute Sine Electro- 
meter, 290 
Mineralogical Society, 212 
Mineralogy, Systematic Text-Book of, Hilary Bauerman, L. 
Fletcher, 49 
Mines, Accidents in, Commission, 97 
Minor Planets in 1882, 218 
Mirotch Planina, Fall of a Meteorite at, 471 
Missouri, Magnetic Survey of, Francis E. Nipher, 40 
Mivart (St. George, F.R.S.), the Cat, 286 
Moir (James), a Strange Phenomenon, 410 
Molecules, Action of Free, on Radiant Heat and its Conversion 
thereby into Sound, J. Tyndall, F.R.S., 232 
