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the Principal Geological Changes in Europe since the 
of, Prof. P. M. Duncan (Br. A.), 446 
Man, 
Appearance 
Manchester, Ashpit System of, 
Literary and Philosophical Society, 56 
Mankind, Chief Modifications and Geographical Distribution of, 
by Prof. Huxley (Eth. Soc.), 153; the Early History of, by 
A. R. Wallace, 350; Earliest Traces of, in North America, 
by Dr. J. S. Newberry, 366 
Manners (Admiral R. H.), 84 
Mantegazza’s ( Prof.) Researches on th 
Flowers on the Production of Atmospheric Ozone, 
Mapother’s (E. D.) ‘f The Body and its Health,” 13 
Marine Animals, Protective Adaptation in, G. S. Brady, 376 
Marl-slate of Midderidge, Durham, Dorypierus Hofmanni, 
Germar, from the, 246 
Maskelyne (N. S.), on Whence come Meteorites ? 77 
Mastication, 238 
Mathematical and Physical Science Section (Br. A.), 419, 440, 
479, 501, 526 
Mathematical Society, 73, 202 
Mathematical Theory of Combined Streams, Prof. NV 
Rankine (Br. A.), 440, 462 
Matter, the Continuity of the Gaseous and the Liquid States of, 
by Prof. James Thomson, 278 
Matthiessen (Augustus), 517 
Mauritius, New Observatory at the, 201 
Maxwell’s (Prof. Clerk) Opening Address to Section A (Br. A.), 
e Action of the Essence of 
108 
J. M. 
419 
McDonnell (Dr. R.), Speech on the Transmission of certain 
Sensations through the Nerves and their Interception, 466 
Meat, On the Extract of, by Dr. E. Lankester, 62 
Mechanical Science Section (Br. A.), 448, 483, 506, 528 
Mechanical Ventilation, the Economical Advantages of, 346 
Medical Schools of England and Germany, the, by Prof. S. 
Stricker, 349, 369 
Mediterranean Coast, Changes of Level on, G. Maw (Br. A.), 
423 
Meenas of Central India, the, 129 
Megalithic Monuments in Britain, A. S. Lewis (Br. A.), 467 
Melbourne, the Flagstaff Observatory at, 303 
Mercury, the Extinction and Reducing Power of, 388 
Mereuryditolyl, 487 
Merkel’s ‘‘ Die Zonula Ciliaris,” 374 
Messagete and Sace, H. H. Howorth (Br. A.), 467 
Meteor of August 15, the, 357 
Meteorites : Whence do they Come? 77, 209 
Meteorological Investigations, the Improvement of, 451 
Meteorological Society, 266 
Meteorology of June, 1870, by John T. Hall, 214 
Meteorology and Magnetism, Pamphlets on, by Dr. Balfour 
Stewart, 252 
Methzmoglobin, Note on, E. Ray Lankester (Br. A.), 528 
Methyl Compounds, Dr. B. W. Richardson (Br. A.), 466 
Meunier (Dr. Stanislas), on Whence come Meteorites? 209 
Microscope, the, by E. Ray Lankester, 213 ; Choice of a, by 
M. Foster, 255 
Middle Drift of East Anglia, Seams of Hard Sandstone, J. E. 
Taylor (Br. A.), 503 A 
Mier’s (John) Contributions to Botany, 187 
Miller (Prof. W. A.), Lecture on Aniline and the various Pro- 
ducts of Coal-Tar, 70; Death of, 517. 
Millon (E.) Sa Vie et Travaux de Chimie, &c., 140 
Mills (E. J.) on Naumann’s Thermo-Chemistry, 120 
Milne-Edwards’ Lecons, 122 
Mineral Chemistry, the Province of, by T. E. Thorpe, 304 
Mineral Oil Works, 346 
Mirage in the Firth of Forth, 263, 296 
Mirages, 337, 375» 39, 414, 435 
Mississippi, the Surface Geology of the Basin of the Great Lakes 
and Valleys of the, 177 
Mistletoe on the Oak, 399 
Mitrailleur, the, 359 
Mivart (St. George) on the Vertebrate Skeleton, 291 
Mixed Fabrics, Discrimination of Fibres in, J. Spiller (Br. A.), 
480 
Modern Angling, by A. Giinther, 512 
Molecular Physics, Curious Facts in, by W. H. Harrison, 7 
Molgula, Larve state of, A. Hancock (Br. A.), 505 
Molgula Tubulosa, Development of, 130 
Moncriefi’s Hydro-pneumatic Gun Carriage, 339 
Montreal Natural History Society, 76 
| Moon, Apparent size of the, Correspondence on, 27, 122 
Alderman Rumney (Br. A.), 4833 | 
Morocco, the Races of, 133 
Moniis (Prof.), Testimonial to, 317 
| Moser’s (Von. S. T.) Lehrbuch der Ghemie, 65 
Mud Fish, the New Australian, by P. L. Sclater, 106 
Mulberry Tree, the, by C. J. Robinson, 67 
Miiller’s Physics and Meteorology, by W. Jack, 272 
Murchison’s (Sir R.) Address at the Anniversary Meeting of the 
Geogr. Society, 70; Address to Section E (Br. A.) 427 
Muscular Contraction, Kliinder’s Investigations into the Time 
occupied in, 343 
Muscular Exertion, the Natural Laws of, by the Rev. Samuel 
Haughton, 158 ; by Prof. W.S. Jevons, 324 
Music, Racial Aspects of, Mr. Kaines (Br. A.), 467 
Naquet, H., Aromatic Glycol, 3373 Swallows’ Nests, 377 
Natural History : Curious Fact in, 33 ; New Museum, by W. H. 
Flower, 61; Collections, 97, 118; Museums, 138, 493; in 
Schools, 249; Societies, 461; Principles to be Observed in 
the Establishment of a National Museum of, 455, 465 
Naumann on Thermo-Electricity, by E. J. Mills, 120 
Newberry, Earliest Traces of Man in North America, 366 ; 
Ancient Lakes of Western America, 385 
New Observatory in the Southern Hemisphere, Gould, 305 
New York Lyceum of Natural History, 135, 366, 388 
New Zealand Institute, the, 160, 508; Wellington Philosophical 
Society, 59, 365, 508 
Newton’s (Prof.) Speech on Natural History Museumis, 465 
Nicholson (Dr. H. Alleyne), Lower Portion of the Gréen-slates 
and Porphyries of the Lake District (Geol. Soc.), 245 
Nicholson’s Manual of Zoology, by E. R. Lankester, 490 
Niger, Upper Waters of the, Wingwood Reade (Br. A.), 467 
Nilgiri Hills, the Aboriginal Tribes of, 37 
Norfolk and Suffolk, the Forest-Bed and the Chillesford Clay 
in, 178 
Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society, 488 
North American Indians, Aptitude of, for Agriculture, James 
Heywood (Br. A.), 468 
North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, 
Meeting at Glasgow, 345 
Nuttall’s Dictionary of Terms, 337 
Observations, of Temperature and Pressure in Gas Analyses, 
152; of Shooting Stars (Br.A.), 479 
Odling (Prof.) on the Platinum Ammonia Compounds, 133 
Oliver’s (Prof.) Guide-Book to the Royal Botanic Gardens and 
Pleasure Grounds, Kew, 169 ; on Karl Koch on Tree-cultiva- 
tion, 351 
Ophthalmoscope, a New Form of, by H. Power, 54 
Oppenheim (A.) on Heinrich Gustav Magnus, 143 
Organic Bodies, Chem. Constitution and Crystalline Form of, 76 
Organic Matter, Contained in Air, 113; in Water, 179 
Origin of Species and of Language, Letter by William Taylor, 435 
Osten Sacken (Baron), Trans-Narym Couniry (Geogr. Soc.), 17 
Osteology of Chlamydophorus Truncatus, E, Atkinson (Br. A.), 
464 
Ottoman Turks, Dr. Beddoe (Br.A.), 467 
Ovals of Des Cartes, 74 
Owens College, Manchester, 449 
Oysters of the Chalk, T. R. KR. Stebbing, 65 
Ozone and Autozone, 487 
Ozone developed by Humidity and Electricity, 473 
Page’s Introductory Text Book of Physical Geography, 140 
Palzontological Aspects of the Middle Glacial Formation of the 
East of England, S. V. Wood and F. Harmer (Br. A.), 504 
Palzozoic Rocks of the Western States of America, new species 
and genera of fossils from, 247 
Parasites, Prof. von Beneden (Br. A.), 527 
Parasitic Flat-worms, E. Ray Lankester (Br. A.), 527 
Parhelia, 163 
Paris Academy of Sciences, 18, 39, 59, 115, 134, 179, 203, 2 
268, 287, 307, 328, 348, 365, 3 3 488 mae 
Pasteur’s Researches on the Diseases of Silkworms, by Prof. 
Tyndall, 1&1 
Patent Law, the, 95 
Peabody Institute, Baltimore, 290; Academy of Science, Salem, 
Massachusetts, 290 
Pearly Nautilus, H. Woodward (Br.A.), 505 
