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INDEX 
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_ Maitland (Edward), a ‘‘ Vital Question,” 386 
Manatee, the, 27, 207 
Manchester ; Scientific Students’ Association, 51 ; Science Lec- 
tures for the People, 81; Owens College, Distribution of 
Prizes, 190 ; Literary and Philosophical Society, 155 ; Grammar 
School, 374; Mechanics’ Institute, 452 ; Geological Society, 
Transactions, 479 
Marcet (Wm., M.D,, F.R.S.), “Constitution of the Blood,” 57 
Marlborough College, Botanic Garden, 31 ; Science at, 129 ; 
Lecture by G. F. Rodwell, F.C.S., on Science Teaching, 437, 
455, 514 ; Natural History Society, 476 
Mars, Observations of, 175 
Marseilles Meteorite, 454, 503 
Marsh (Prof.), his Expedition to the Far West, 2 
_ Mathematical and Physical Science at the Br. A. : Opening 
Address, 270 ; Sectional Proceedings, 291, 315, 352, 375, 390 
Mathematical Society, Proceedings of, 78, 154 
“Matter for Materialists,” by Thos. Doubleday, 321 
Mauritius, Climate and Health of, 51 ; Meteorological Soc. 254 
Maury (T. B.) on Meteorology in America, 390, 410, 430, 466 
Maxwell (Prof. Clerk, F.R.S.,), on Saturn’s Rings, 159, 
Measurement, Minute and Accurate, Sir Wm. Thomson, F,R.5., 
on (Br. A.), 265 
Mechanical Drawing, 467 
Mechanical Engineers, Institution of, 261 
Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, 27; Rev. H. Highton and 
Dr.James P. Joule on, 68 
Mechanical Science at the Br. A. (Section G), Opening Address, 
318 ; Sectional Proceedings, 337 
** Mechanics, Experimental,” by R. S. Ball, 510 
Medical Schools, Lectureships at, 1, 61 
Medicine, Practical, Dr. Dobell’s Report on, 140 
Medicine, State, Remarks on, 137, 148 
Meinicke (Prof.) on the Population of the Indian Islands, 254. 
Meldola (R , F.C.S ), on Pangenesis, 46 
Mental Philosophy, at University College, Endowment by the 
late Geo. Grote, 260 
Mentone, Flora of, 230, 502 
Metals, Thermal Conductivity of, Report on (Br. A.), 352 
Meteorograph, by Prof. G. W. Hough, 410, 430, 431 
Meteorv graph from Sweden in the International Exhibition, 466 
Meteorological Magazine, Symon’s, 359 : 
Me eorological Observatories, 245 ; Phenomenon, 466 
Meteorological Society, 189; of Austria, its Journal, 502; of 
Mauriiius, 254; of Scotland, 251 
Meteorology, Balloon Observations, 3 ; Errors of Amateurs, 253 
Meteorology in America, 399, 410, 430, 466 ; in Canada, 349 ; 
in India, 150 ;in Nova Scotia, 32, 235 ; in South America, 109 ; 
at Natal, 305 
Meteorology, Japanese Ignorance of, 435 ; Lieut. A. M. Davies, 
F.R.A.S., on, 159; Observations at Greenwich, 104; Rain 
after Fire, 83 ; Storm-Auas for Norway, 63 (Sze Rainfai!) 
Meteoric Stone found in Australia, 212 
Meteoric Stones, their Maximum Velocity, 398 
Meteoric Theory of Saturn’s Rings, by Lieut. A. M. Davies, 159 
Meteors in the Isle of Man, 355; in Lima, 56; at Marseilles, 
454, 503; at Panama, 149; in Peru, 169; in S Australia, 345 
Meteors of 1870-71, Observations of (Br. 4.), 350 
Meteors, August, J. Edmund Clark on, 304 
Metric System, 120, 286 
Mexico, Tropical, by Col. Albert S. Evans, 321 
Meyer (Dr. A. B.), his Natural History Collections in Celebes, 
50; on Aurora Australis, 84 ; on a Volcano near Celebes, 286 
Microscopical Science, Quarterly Journal of, 498 
Microscopical Society, 479 
Miers (J., F.R.S.), ‘On South American Hippocrateacew,” 135 
Migration of Quail, 447 
Milk, Chemistry of, 96 
Miller (Prof. W. A., F.R.S.), Proposed Memorial to, 244 
Mimicry in Plants (Br. A.), 355 
Mind in the Lower Animals, 169 
Mineral Statistics of Victoria, 365 
Mines, Royal School of, 259 
Mirage seen from a Balloon, 3 ; in Scotland, 89 
Missouri, Official Reports an Insects affecting Agriculture, 302 
Mitchell (W. Stephen) his Geological Atlas of England, 373 
Mivart (St, George, F.R.S.), on the Vertebrate Skeleton, 396 ; 
on Rib Variations, 188 
Moa, the, Recent Remains of, in New Zealand, 184, 228, 306, 324 
Moxb, Expedition to, 492 ; 
Moffatt (Dr.) on Ozonometry (Br. A,), 292 


Moggridge (J.T., F.L.S.), ‘‘ Flora of Mentone and the Riviera,” 
02 
5 
Mohn (M.), Storm Atlas for Norway, 63 
Molecular Theory of the Properties of Matter, Sir W. Thomson, 
F.R.S., on (Br. A.), 265 
Mont Cenis Tunnel, its Temperature, 36, 349 ; Opening of, 415 ; 
its Scientific use, 434 
Montreal Natural History Society, 210 
Moon, Inequalities of its Motion, 85 
Moore (D., F.L.S.), on British Mosses, 487 
Moore (Thomas), his Lectures at Chelsea Botanic Gardens, 89 
Morgan (N.), ‘“Phrenology, and how to use it in Analysing 
Character,” 422 
Morris (Rev. F. O.) on Encroachments of Seain Yorkshire, 336 
Moscow, ‘‘ Bulletin de la Société I. des Naturalistes,” 194 ; 
International Exhibition at, 393 
Moss Lochs, John Aitken on, 144 
Mosses of Italy, Dr. de Notaris on, 383, 446 
Moth, Rare, 446 
“* Motion, Romance of,” by Alec Lee, 45 
Mouse’s Ear, as an Organ of Sensation, 253 
Miiller (Prof. Max) on General Cunningham’s “‘ Ancient Geo- 
graphy of India,” 381 
Murchison (Sir R. J.), his Retiring Address at the Geographical 
Society, 72, 89, his Death, 512 
Murie (Dr., F.Z.S.), on Fungi in Living Birds (Br. A.), 356; 
Recent Researches on Flight, 516 i 
Murphy (J. J., F.G.S.) on the Sensation of Colour, 27; on 
West Winds, 102 ; on Alpine Floras, 162 ; on the Origin of 
Cyclones, 305 ; on a Meteorological Phenomenon, 66 
Murray (Andrew, F.L.S.) on the Blight of Plants, 210 
Museum of Strasbourg, described, 123 
Museums of the Country, 367 
Museums, Provincial, Dr. Grierson and Sir Walter Elliot on 
(Br. A.), 377 
“Mycological Illustrations,” New and Rare Fungi, 240 
Myers (H. M.), his Scientific Expedition, 307 
Natal Diamond Fields, 190, 418; Meteorology at, 305 
‘* National Health,” H. W. Acland, F.R.S., on, 463 
Natural History Museum at Kensington, 181 
Natural History Societies, Local, Duties of, 141 
Naval Architects, Institution of, 149 
Nicholson (N.A.), on the Conservation of Force, 47 
Neaves, (Lord) his Opening Address on Economic Science and 
Statistics (Br. A.), 298 
Neologisms, Recent, 201, 222, 242; R. G. Latham on, 324; He 
M. Wilson, 367; C. M. Ingleby, 385; R. A. Proctor, 385 
Nepenthes, Pitcher of, 44 
Nerve Endings in Glands, 10 
Nervous Atmosphere, Dr. Richardson’s Theory, 29 
Newbury District Field Club, 395 5 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, College uf Physical Science 21, 189, 284, 
416, 435, 493 
Newcomb (Prof. S.), on Pére Secchi and R. A. Proctor’s Work 
on the Sun, 41 ; oa the Inequalities of the Moon’s Motion, 85 ; 
on the Solar Parallax, 160, 183; on the Temperature of the 
Sun, 204, 322; on the Phenomena of Contact, 423; R. A. 
Proctor on Prof. Newcomb and Mr. Stone, 465, 487 
New Dynameter, Rey. T. W. Webb, F.R.A.S., on, 427, 446 
Newman (Edward, F.L.S.), his “ Natural History of British 
Lutterflies,” 219 
Newspap°r Science, 406, 425, 446, 464 
Newton (Prof.), Edition of Yarrell’s “ British Birds,” 89, 403 
New Zealand, Wellington Philosophical Society, 39, 380; 
Acc imatisation, 51; Recent Specimens of the Mua, 184! 
225, 324; Maori Cooking Ovens, 155 ; Progress of Develop- 
ment in the Kea (Nestor notabilis), 489 
Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society, 245 
Northumberland, Natural History Society, Transactions of, 108 
Nottingham Literary and Philosophical Society, 513 
Noya Scotia, Inst. of Natural Science, 32, 78, 235 ; Science in, 74 
Qcean Cables, Injuries to, 436 
Ocean Currents, Sir J. Herschel on, 71 ; Dr. Carpenter on, 97, 
183 (Br. A.), 315, 435, 446, 468; Jas. Croll on, 304; J. K. 
Laughton on, 162, 223; Richd. A. Proctor on, 121, 243; R. 
Russell on, 122 
Oldham School of Science and Art, 130, 476 
Oliver (Lieut. S, P., R.A.), on Noises at Sea, 26; on Elateridce 
in the Azores, 162; Description of Greytown and Adjacent 
Country, 206 
Optical Phenomena, Thos, Ward on, 68 
