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Index 



MacDowall, 175 ; Japanese Typhoon of September 9, 1897, 

 205 : Effect of Approaching Storms on Song Birds, C. E. 

 I.inney, 205 ; Connection between Winter Temperature and 

 Height of Barometer in North Western Europe, 215 ; Ob- 

 servations at Trevandrum, 185J-64, J. Eliot, 231 ; Mirage, 

 Major P. A. MacMahon, F.R.S., 259; Dew Bows, Drs. 

 Knott and Lundie, 263 ; Violent Storm of January 12, JS99, 

 277 ; the Aurora of September 9, 1S98, Charles W. Purnell, 

 320 : Waterspouts, II. C. Russell, 327 ; Rev. J. Stewart- 

 Smith's Photographs of Ribbon Lightning, Prof C. Abbe, 

 347 ; Rainfall of New South Wales, 1S97, 347 ; Work of 

 International Glacier Commission, 377 ; Possible Utilisation 

 of Fog, H. Earlscliffe, 377 ; Frost and Anti-Cyclones, M. 

 Lancaster, 377 ; Rev. M. Dechevrens, 395 ; Weather of 

 North Atlantic, December 20 to January 20, 396 ; Winter 

 Thunderstorms more frequent on Coasts than Inland, Prof. 

 H. D. Stearns, 397 ; Last Year's Weather in British Isles, E. 

 Mawley, 407 ; Circulation of Atmosphere, Prof. W. M. 

 Davis, 407 ; Cloud-Formation with Ozone, J. S. Townsend, 

 407 ; American and English Winters, Alex. B. MacDowall, 

 416 ; Climatological Records for British Empire in 1897, 

 427; Rainfall of Australia, I., A. J. Herbertson and P. C. 

 AVaite, 431 ; Weather of South Australia, 1S9S, .Sir Charles 

 Todd, 448 ; the Balloon as Instrument of Scientific Research, 

 Rev. J. M. Bacon, 447 ; Probable Weather Conditions in 

 Spain during the Total Solar Eclipse of May 28, 1900, Prof 

 Augusto Arcimis, 439 ; Climate of Klondike, Dr. J. Hann,448 ; 

 the Origin of Atmospheric Electricity, Prof. Cleveland Abbe, 

 452 ; Mean Atmospheric Pressure in Sweden, Dr. II. E, 

 Hamberg, 470; Hailstones in India, J. Eliot, V R.S., 471 : 

 Kite-flying Record Broken, 491 ; Kite Experiments, 1S97-S : 

 S. P. Fergusson, 593 ; Report of Meteorological Council, 

 492 ; Traite elementairede Meteorologie, Alfred Angot, 505 ; 

 Improved Aneroid for determining Altitudes, Colonel H. 

 Watkin, 517 ; 104 Years' Extremes of Temperature in Lon- 

 don, 524 ; Meteorology of Ben Nevis, II., Dr. Buchan, 527 ; 

 Meteorological Observations at Catania and Etna, Profs. A. 

 Ricco and G. Saya, 544 ; Climate of the Congo, A. Lan- 

 caster, 564 ; Temperature of Ocean Bottom and Surface, Sir 

 John Murray, 575 ; the Minute Undulations recorded on 

 Self-registering Tide-gauges, F. N. Denison, 593 ; Monthly 

 and Annual Rainfall Values of East Indian Archipelago for 

 1897, L)r. van der Stok, 613 : the Theory of the Rainbow, 

 616'; Winter Minima on British Mountain Tops, 621 ; Ne- 

 ■gretti and Zambra's Self-recording Rain-Gauge, G. J. Symons, 

 F.R.S., 621 ; Prof. T. W. Richard's Method of Standardising 

 Thermometers, R. A. Lehfeldt, 622 ; Soil Temperature, H. 

 Mellish, 623 



Meteors : the November Meteors of 189S, 31, 43, 62, 78, 107, 

 157, 279, 303, Dr. G. Johnstone Stoney, F.R.S., 31 ; W. F. 

 Denning, 37, 78 ; the Orbit of the Leonid Meteor Swarm, 

 Dr. G. lohnstone Stoney, F.R.S., 497 : A. M. W. Downing, 

 F.R.S., 497", the Leonids in 186S, Wni. Andrews, 55; a 

 Globe for Meteor Observers, 62 ; Meteor Photography, W. 

 L. Elkin, 425 ; the Andromedes, S3 ; the Perseids of 1898, 

 S3: the Geminids, 136, 157 ; W. E. Besley, 176; Velocity 

 of Meteors, Prof G. F. Fitzgerald, 399 ; Meteor Observations 

 from a Balloon, A. Hansky, 546 



Meunier (J.), New Sugar accompanying Sorbite, 95 



Mexico, Coffee and India-rubber in, Matias Romero, 99 



Mexico, Earthquake in, 325 



Meyerhoffer (W. ), the Theory of the Stassfurt Salt Deposits, 

 379 



IMica Mining in Bengal, A. M. Smith, 397 



Michaelis (A.), New Method of Preparing Le Verrier's Phos- 

 phorous Sub-O.'cide, 493 



Michelson (Prof Albert A.), Fourier's Series, 200 ; Radiation 

 in a Magnetic Field, 440 



Jlichelson Echelon Spectroscope, the, Charles P. Butler, 607 



Micro-organism of Faulty Rum, the, V. H. Veley, F. R.S., and 

 Lilian J. Veley, Mrs. Percy Frankland, 339 



Microscopy : Reichert's Microscope for Opaque Objects, 95 ; 

 H. J. Grayson's Micro-Rulings and Slides of Test Diatoms, 

 95 ; Royal Microscopical Society, 95, 190, 262, 334, 478, 

 526 ; Method of Preparing Filamentous Alga; and Fungi, 

 C. J. Chamberlain, 155 ; the Illustrated Annual of Micro- 

 scopy, 173 ; Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 

 214; Study of Various Styles of Cross Wires, Prof J. S. 

 Stevens, 255 ; Pointer for Class Demonstrations, 301 ; New 



Objective for Projection Microscopes, Prof M. C. White, 

 301 ; Lewis Wright's Improved Projection Microscope, 527 ; 

 Death of Surgeon-Major G. C. Wallich, 562; Death of 

 Count F. Castrucane, 562 ; Death and Obituary Notice of 

 Jabez Hogg, 612 ; Journal of Royal Society, 621 

 Middle Algebra, a, William Briggs, G. H. Bryan, 149 

 Miers (Prof H. A., F.R.S.), on the Origin of Stone Worship, 



162 

 Migula (Dr. Walter), Synopsis Charmearum Eurofearum, 74 

 Mildness of the Season, the, A. B. Basset, F.R.S., 127 

 Mill (Dr. Hugh Robert), Through Asia, Sven Hedin, 127 

 Millar (J. H.), Maltodextrin, 3S2 ; Stable Dextrin of Starch 



Transformation. 3S2 

 Miller (Prof. D. C), Velocity of Light in Magnetic Field, 45 

 Miller (Willet G.), Economic Geology of Eastern Ontario, 



Corundum and other Minerals, 55S 

 Millet (Paul), the Protection of Insectivorous Birds, 397 

 .Mills (W. H.), Derivatives of Dibenzylmesitylene, 3S3 

 Milne (Prof John, F.R.S.), Seismology, 97 ; Earthquake 

 Echoes, 36S ; Earthquake Precursors, 414; a Seismological 

 Observatory and its Objects, 487 ; Chinese and Persian Time, 

 349 

 Minakata (Kumagusu), the Invention of the Gimbal, 150; 



Plague in China, 370 ; the Natural Prey of the Lion, 585 

 Minchin (Prof. George M., F.R.S.), Geometry versus Euclid, 



369 

 Mind, the Unconscious, A. T. Schofield, A. E. Taylor, 75 

 Mineralogy : Mineral Output of United Kingdom, Dr. C. Le 

 N. Foster, 60 ; Pyrenean Black Pho.sphates, D. Levat, 119; 

 Method of Intensifying Coloration of Bunsen Flame, Prof. G. 

 A. J. Cole, 143 ; Baddeckite, Dr. G. C. Hoffmann, 231 ; 

 Mineral Resources of Philippines, Dr. Ci. F. Becker, 276 ; 

 Platinum and Iridium in Meteoric Iron, J. H. Davison, 332 ; 

 the Natural History of Cordierite and its Associates, J. J. H. 

 Teall, F.R.S., 380; a Text-Book of Mineralogy, Edward 

 Salisbury Dana, Prof. John W. Judd, F.R.S., 385 ; Manual 

 of Determinative Mineralogy, George J. Brush, Prof. John 

 W. Judd, F. R.S., 385; Elemente der Mineralogie, Carl 

 Friedrich Naumann, Prof. John W. Judd, F. R.S., 385 ; New 

 Mode of Occurrence of Ruby. Prof J. W. Judd, F.R S.. and 

 W. E. Hidden, 454; Zeolites, Prof. A. H. Church, F.R.S , 

 454 ; Pharmacosiderite, E. G. J. Hartley, 454 ; Identity of 

 Binnite witlf Tennantite, G. T. Prior and L. J. Spencer, 454 ; 

 Chemical Composition of Tourmaline, S. L. Penfield and H. 

 W. Foote, 453 ; Mineralogical Society, 454, 622 ; Carnotite, 

 C. Friedel and E. Cumenge, 455 ; Mineral Production of 

 Canada, 493 ; Sources of Important Minerals, 596; theGold- 

 Bearing Slates of Nova Scotia, J. K. Woodman, 613 ; Mineral 

 Resources of the United States : Seventeenth Annual Report 

 of the U.S. Geological Survey, Corundum Deposits of the 

 Southern Appalachian Regions, J. A. Holmes, 558 

 Mining : Electrical Transmission of Pow'er in Mining, W. R. 

 Esson, 80 ; Statistics of Gold Mining, A. E. Outerbridge, 

 jun., 230 ; Annals of Coal Mining and the Coal Trade, R. L. 

 Galloway, Prof H. Louis, 337 ; Gold Quartz Mining in 

 Victoria, 347 ; Mica Mining in Bengal, A. M. Smith, 397 ; 

 the Goldfields of Australasia, Karl Schmeisser, 482 ; the 

 Witwatersrand Goldfields ; Banket and Mining Practice, S. J. 

 Truscott, 482 ; Transactions of the Institution of Mining and 

 Metallurgy, London, 4S2 ; the Precipitation of Gold by Char- 

 coal, J. C. Lowles, 491 

 Mirage, Major P. A. MacMahon, F.R.S. , 259 

 Mirrors, New Form of Light, A. Mallock, 525 

 Mitchell (Prof A, C), the Convection of Heat, I.. 527 

 Mitchell (P. C), " Quintocubitalism " in Birds' Wings, 551 

 Mivart (St. George, F.R.S.), the Groundwork of Science : a 



Study of Epistemology, 577 

 Moenkhaus (W. J.), Variation of Elkeostonui caprodes and 



Nigrum in Turkey and Tippecanoe Lakes, 377 

 Moissan (Henri), Properties of Calcium, 23 ; Preparation of 

 Lithium-Ammonium, Calcium-Ammonium, and Lithium and 

 Calcium Amides, 71 ; Action of Acetylene upon Metal- 

 Ammoniums, 167 ; Colour of Calcium Carbide, 167 ; Lithium- 

 Monomethylammonium, 263 ; Heat of Formation of An- 

 hydrous Lime, 407 ; Crystallised Calcium Phosphide, 55' > 

 the Applications of Aluminium, 599 

 Moldavites of Celestial Origin, are, Herr Dr. Franz E. Suess, 



20S 

 MoUer (J.), Comet Chase, 303 



