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INDEX 
[Wature, Dec. 2, 1886 
Minerals ; Melting-Points of, H. L. Crosthwait, 22 ; Locked-up 
Collection of, in Madrid, 577 
Mines, on Laying the Dust in, W. Galloway, 278 
Mines and Miners, Malay, Mr. Hale, 626 
Mines, School of, Ballarat, Report, 531 
Minister of Education, Proposed, 488 
Minor Planet, New, Prof. C. H. F. Peters, 225 
Minor Planets, Influence of Phase on the Brightness of the, Dr. 
G. Miiller, 16 
Miquel (M. le Dr.) Microscopic Organisms in Air and Water, 
318 i 
Mirage at Ostersund, ro8 
Mirrors, Birds and, F. C. Constable, 76 
Mitchell (Arthur), Sense of Smell, 521 
Mitra (S. B.), Physiological Selection and Origin of Species, 
385 
Mittheilungen of the Geographical Society of Vienna, 372 
Mock Sun, Sir W. J. Herschel, 289, 336; Robert H. F. Rip- 
pon, 361; Halo and Mock Suns, E. Douglas Archibald, 
Robert H. F. Rippon, 313 ; seen at Donnzs, Norway, 174 
Modernised Templeton, or the Practical Mechanic’s Companion, 
W. Templeton, W. S. Hutton, C.E., 28 
Modulus of Elasticity, New Method of Determining the, A. 
Konig, 354 
Mohn (H.), Earthquake at Sea, 496 
Mokuaweoweo, Craters of, on Mauna Loa, J. M. Alexander, 
232 
Mole-Hills thrown up under Snow, on the Form of, Prof. Thos. 
McKenny Hughes, F.R.S., 3 
Molecules : Mémoire sur les Volumes Moléculaires des Liquides, 
avec un Avant-propos, 359 
Monaco (the Prince of) : Marine Observations of, 277; on the 
Gulf Stream, 458 
Moncelon (M.), Half-Castes of New Caledonia, 185 
Monckton (H. W.), and R. S. Herries, the Bagshot Beds of 
the London Basin, 210 
Monckton (Horace), the Bagshot Beds, 265 
Moncrieff (Colonel), on Great Guns, 37 
Monkey, the Cortical Centre of the Upper Limb of the, 186 
Monochloracetate of Butyl, G. Gehring, 188 
Mons, Phosphatic Beds near, M. F. L. Cornet, 69 
Montana and Idaho, Pliocene Sandstones from, G. P. Merrill, 
539 
Montreal, Botanic Garden at, 38 
Moon’s Surface, Ice on the, Prof. G. H. Darwin, F.R.S., 264 
Moore (Commander), on the Existence of an Island between 
L’Echiquier Group and Durour Island, 372 
More (Sir R. J.), on Science for the Masses, 458 
Morison (J. T.): and Dr. H. R. Mill, Tidal Variations of Salinity 
and Temperature in Forth Estuary, 187; Distribution of 
Temperature in Firth of Clyde in April and June 1886, 509 ; 
J)istribution of Temperature in Lech Katrine and Loch 
Lomond during the Past Winter and Spring, 509 
Morison (Mr.), on the Turki Languages, 41 
Morley (E. W.) and A. A. Michelson, Experiments on Velocity 
of Light, M. A. Cornu, 139; Influence of Motion of the 
Medium on the Velocity of Light, 158 
Morphological Description of the Brain of Gambetta, MM. 
Chudzinsky and Mathias Duval, 379 
Morphology of the Mammalian Coracoid, G. B. Howes, 537 
Morris (D.), Tropical Fruits, 316 
Morris (Dr.), Phylloxera vastatrix, 355 
Morse (E. S.), Japanese Homes and their Surroundings, 26 
Mosaic, Permanent Colour-Types in, F. Galton, F.R.S., 70 
Moscow: Society of Naturalists, 85; Proposal to Establish a 
University for Women at, 300 
Moseley (H. N.), Importance of Sexual Reproduction in the 
Theory of Selection, Dr. A. Weismann, 629 
Motion, Human, Kinematic Analysis of, M. Marey, 540 
Motor Nerves in Palate of Dog, M. Vulpian, 636 
Mouchez (Admiral): Report of the Paris Observatory, 110 ; New 
Observatory, La Plata, 531 
Moulds, Microbes, Ferments and, E. L. Trouessart, 239 
Mount Wilson and its Ferns, P. N. Trebeck, 307 
Mountain Ascents in Westmoreland and Cumberland, John 
Barrow, F.R.S., 168 
Mountain Ranges, Origin of, T. M. Reade, 602 
Moureaux (T.), Magnetic Maps of France, 188 
Moushketoff (J. V.), Geology of Turkestan, 117 
Mouvement Scientifique et Industriel en 1885, Causeries Scienti- 
fiques, H. Vivarez, 494 
Moxly (Rev: J. H. S.), West Indian Sanatorium and Guide to 
Barbados, 168 
Mud Volcanoes near Baku, Dr. H. Sjogren, 464 
Miiller (Baron Ferdinand yon, F.R.S.), Indigenous Plants of 
Australia, 462; Retirement of, 576 
Miiller (Dr. G.), the Influence of Phase on the Brightness of 
Minor Planets, 16 
Miller and Kempf (Drs.), Solar Spectrum, 176 
Multiple Algebra, Prof. Gibbs, 558 
Murray (J.) and Sir C. W. Thomson, Scientific Results of the 
Challeng‘y Expedition, 437 
Murray (J.), Areas of Different Annual Rainfalls, 461 ; on the 
Antarctic Regions, 557 
Murray (G.), Botanical Researches in Grenada, 489 
Muscular Exercise, Effect of, on Temperature of the Body, 554 
Museum Godeffroy, Dispersion of the, 174 
Museums, &c., Sunday Opening of in New York, 108 4 
Mycorhiza of the Roots of the Sweet Chestnut, Dr. O. Mattirolo, 
403 
Myers (A. T.), Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon- 
General’s Office, United States Army, 98 
Myristic Acid: Dr. W. Will, 356; Action of Nitric Acid on, 
H. Noerdlinger, 492 
Nadaillac (M.), Grave in Belgium of the Mammoth Period, 492 
Nadar (M.), Photography from a Balloon, 276; Fresh Experi- 
ments with Balloon Photography, 308 
Naphtha in the Volga, 60 
Naphthalene, Isomeric Derivatives of, 506 
Naphthalene and Thymol, Solidification of (F. M. Raoult), 163 
Naples, Earthquake Shocks at, 488 
Nares (Capt. G. S., R.N., F.R.S.) and the Challenger Expedi- 
tion, 437 : 
National Fish-Culture Association, 130, 131, 626 
National Smoke-Abatement Institution, E. White Wallis, 203 
Natural Gallery in Arolla Glacier, Valais, 457 
Natural History : Naturalist’s Calendar, 14; Herr Radde in 
the Transcaspian Region, 41; Natural History Society at 
Yokohama, 59; Naturalist’s Diary, C. Roberts, F.R.C.S., 
L.R.C.P., J. Wrightson, 119; Natural History of Useful 
Aquatic Animals of the United States, 146; Naturalist’s 
Holiday in Australia, Dr. J. E. Taylor, F.L.S., 1685 
Natural History Society of Bombay, 396; Natural History 
and Science Society, Middlesex, Field Meeting, 501 ; 
Naturalists’ Society, Bristol, Proceedings, 555; Natural 
History Collection, locked up in Madrid, 577; Natural 
History Researches in Borneo, J. Whitehead, 602 
Natural Sciences, Swiss Society of, 373 
Nautical Astronomy for the Use of Students, a Treatise on, 
John Merrifield, 262 
Naval Architects, Institution of, at Liverpool, 344 
Nezra, W. H. Dall, 122 
Nemertea, Embryology of the, Prof. A. A. W. Hubrecht, 67 
Nerve Action, Dr. H. P, Bowditch, 559 
Nerve Centres in the Arachnide, M. G. Saint-Remy, 540 
Nerves ; Influence of the, on the Skin, Dr. Joseph, 332; Re- 
generate, Distribution of, C. Vauclair, 562 
Nervous Cells, Prof. Flesch, 71 
Nervous System of Sponges, Dr. R. von Lendenfeld, 538 
Nervous System of the G:steropods, H. de Lacaze-Duthiers, 
588 
Nest, Edible Bird’s, Composition of, H. B. Guppy, 100 
Nettle Cells, Functions of, Dr. R. von Lendenfeld, 538 
Neutral Lining for Metallurgical Purposes, M. Ferd. Gautier, 
62 
New Caledonia, Half-Castes of, M. Moncelon, 185 
New Guinea: Baron Mikluho-Maclay’s Journey in, 41; Mr. H. 
O. Forbes’s Expedition to, Prof. R. Bowdler Sharpe, 340; 
H. O. Forbes’s Work in, 398 
New Holland, Paradoxes of, 154 
New South Wales: Linnean Society of, 95 ; New Aphanipterous 
Insect from, A. Sidney Olliff, F.E.S., 955; Science in, 303 ; 
Centenary Arrangements, 434; Deputation from British 
Association to, 441 ; Royal Society of, 462, 489 ; Tin Deposits, 
S. Hi. Cox, 587 
New York, Sunday Opening of Museums, &c., 108 
New York Times Expedition to Alaska, 226, 500 
New Zealand: the Volcanic Eruption in, 275, 301 ; Dr. Arch. 
Geikie, F.R.S., 320; Dr. James Hector, F.R.S., 389; 
Curious Result of the Volcanic Eruption in, 397 ; Eruption 
of White Island Volcano, 530; Photographs of Scene of 
