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INDEX 



Leidy (Prof.), Extinct Mammals of Wyoming, 507 



"Lepidopterist's Guide," by H. G. Knaggs, M.D., 392 



Leyden, Monument to, 250 



Lightning, its Instantaneousncss, 242 



Lightning, Spectrum of, 161, 220 



Lindsay (jas. ), Testimonial to, 52, 2')2 



Lindsay (Lord), Photographic Irradiation in Over-exposed 

 Plates, 253 



Linear Expansion of Solids, 372 



Linnean Society, 39,94, 134, 135, 194, 507; President's Anni- 

 versary Address, ill, 131 



Liverpool : Geological Society, 379 ; Naturalist's Field Club, 401 



Livingstone (Dr.) : Search for and Discovery of, 32, 51, 69, 12S, 

 137, 16S, 1S9, 22S, 257, 287, 377; his Geographical Dis- 

 coveries, 184, 257, 287, 420; his Discoveries at Lake Tan- 

 ganyika, by H. M. Stanley (Br. A.), 332,345; his Recent 

 Discoveries, by Col. J. A. Grant (Br. A.), 346 



Lobes of the Liver in Mammalia (Br. A.), 364 



Lockyer (J. Norman, F.R.S.), Report on EcHpse Expedition 

 (Br. A.), 336 



Locomotion of Animals, Prof. E. S. Morse on, 443 



London Listitution, 249 



London University, 13, 69, 70, 128, 189, 329, 514, 533 



Lowe (Rt. Hon. Robt., M.P. ), Endowment of Professorships, 

 102, 109 



Luminosity in Fungi, 462 



Luminous Matter in the Atmosphere, 221 



Lunar Objects suspected of Change (Br. A.), 38 1 



Lyddeker (R.), Cat's Teeth, 394 ; Cat's Toes, 474 



Lyell's " Principles of Geology, " 165 



McGeorge { — ), Nebula round 77 Argus, 8 

 Maclaren (A.), Dr. Hood on'' Bone-Setting," 7 

 Maclear (Capt. J. P., R.N.), Spectrum of Aurora, 329 ; Solar 

 Spectroscopic Observations, 514 ; Circumnavigating Expe- 

 dition, 529 

 Madler (Dr. J. H. von), " History of Astronomy," 58 

 Madras Cyclone Committee, 37S 



Madrid : Natural History Society, 329 ; Botanic Gardens, 543 

 Magnetic Storm, Oct. 14 — 18, 534; Storms, Sir G. B. Airy, 



K.C.B., F.R.S., on, 328 ; Work at Bombay, 352 

 "Magnetism and Deviation of the Compass," by J. Merrilield, 



LL.D., 491, 515, 534 

 Magnetism in Copper Slags, 43 

 Maidstone Natural History Society, 52 



Majendie (Major, R.E.), his Report on the Stowmarket Ex- 

 plosion, 292 

 Major (F., M.D.), Fossil Simian Remains, 159 

 Mammoth Cave, 415 

 Man, Origin and Destiny of, 1 98 



Manchester: Aquarium, 37S ; Literary and Philosophical Society, 

 32 ; Owens College, 4S1 ; Scientific Student's Association ; 

 502 ; Scientific Lectures for the People, 543 

 Marcet (Francis, F. R.S.), new edition of Mrs. Mareet's " Natural 



Philosophy," 138 

 Marine Animal, New, from Washington Territory (U.S.), 432, 



436, 516 

 Marlborough College Natural History Society, 33, 401 

 Marsh (Prof. O. C). Fossil Birds, 90, 94; Pterodactyles, 151 ; 



his Collection of Fossils, 482 

 Marshall (W. C), P'ertilisation by Moths, 393 

 Martin (J. H.), "Microscopic Mounting," 490 

 Maskell (W. M.), Observatory in New Zealand, 7 

 Maskelyne (Prof. N. S., F.R. S.), Mineral Constituents of the 



Breitenbach Meteorite, 71 

 Massachusetts, Report of State Board of Health, 158 : Institute 



of Technology, 379 

 Masters (M. T., M.D., F.R.S.), " Botany for Beginners," 59 

 Mathematical and Physical Science (Sec British Association, 



Section A) 

 Mathematical Society, 74, 194 '< of Paris, 269 

 Mathematics ; Hindrances to Students, 351 

 " Mathematics, The Messenger of," 220 

 Mayer (Prof. Ph. D.), Acoustical Experiments, 37 ; Numeration 



of Millions, 372 

 Measures, Weights, and Coins, Report on (Br. A.), 365 ; Report 



of Metric Commission, 502, 544 

 Measuring Temperatures by Electricity, 47 

 Meat, Preservation of, 275 

 Mechanical Science (.iVc' British Association, Section G) 



Medical Education, 217, 514 



Mediterranean during the I'leistocene Age (Br. A.), 424 



Meibauer's " Sonnensystems," 140 



Melbourne, Botanic Gardens, 458; Great Telescope, 228, 241 ; 

 Observatory, 305, 462 



Meldola (R.), Ants and Aphides, 279 



Meldrum(C., F.R.A.S.), Cyclones in the Indian Ocean (Br. 

 A.), 357 



Mercadier (E.), Measurement of Musical Intervals, 86 



Mercury, Conducdvity of, 265 



Meridian Arc measured in Lapland, 2S3 



Merrilield (J., LL.D.), " Magnetism and Deviation of the Com- 

 pass," 491, 515, 534 



Meteoric Iron, El Dorado County, California, 273 



Meteoric Stones, Heat generated by, 72 



Meteorite at Breitenbach, its Mineral Constituents, 71 



Meteorites in France and Italy, 519 



Meteorological Phenomenon, 435; Thermometers, '122, 142, 

 221 ; Society, 19, 275, 402 ; Work at Bombay, 352 



Meteorology : Beaufort's Wind Scale, 493 ; Government Com- 

 mittee, 379 ; in the United States, 151 



Meteors : of April 30 — May i, 294 ; Cumberland, 6 ; Cardiff, 

 45, Crediton, 94 ; Lance (Loir-et-Cher), 368 ; Herefordshire, 



493 



Method of Least Squares, loi, 140, 241, 329 



"Metric System of Weights and Measures," by F. A. P.Barnard, 

 LL.D., 472 



Metric .System, International Commission on, 502, 544 



Meyer (Dr. A. B.), Population of the Philippine Islands, 162 



Microscopical Journal, 192 



Microscopical Science, Quarterly Journal of, 73 



Microscopical Society, 291, 4S7 



" Microscopic Mounting," by J. H. Martin, 490 



Middlesex Hospital, 32 



Millions, Numeration of, 142, 372, 393, 434 



Mineral Spring near Trebizond, 163 



Mining Reports, Victoria, 199 



Mitraria, Prof. Allman, F.R.S., on (Br. A.), 425 



Moab, Flora of (Br. A.), 425 ; Geology (Br. A.), 384 



Moggeridge (M.), Potato Disease, 431 ; Circular Rainbow, 534 



Mohn (Prof. H.), Temperature of the Sea, 374 



Mollusca of Europe and North America (Br. A.), 364 



Mondy (E. F.), Magnetism in Copper Slags, 43 



Monkeys, Fossil, 159 



Monro (C. J.), Fringes of the Rainbow, 435 



Montreal Natural History Society, 150 



Moon : Photographs taken by the Melbourne Telescope, 228, 

 241 



Moose Deer, 95 



"Mors Electrique," M. Sidot's, 290, 351 



Morse (E. S., Ph. D.), " Early Stages of an Ascidian," 43 ; Ovi- 

 ducts of the Brachiopods, 442 ; Locomotion of Animals, 443 



Mortality in Paris during the Siege, 291 



Moseley (H. N.), Ceylon Animals, 64; .Sound made] by the 

 Death's-head Moth, 151 ; Ceylon Elephant at Oxford Museum, 

 183 ; Axes of PennatulidiV, 432, 436, 516 ; Preparing Skele- 

 tons of Carnivora, 435 ; Circumnavigating lExpedition, 529 



" Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada," 78 



Mounting of Astronomical Telescopes (Br. A.), 525] 



Mounting for Microscopes, 490 



Mud Springs, Yellowstone Park (U.S.), 398, 437 



Murchison Chair of Geology, 84 



Murphy (J. J., P'.G.S.), Segmentation of Annulosa,"25 ; Tem- 

 perature of Hill and Valley, 45 ; Force and Energy, 142 ; 

 Origin of Cyclones, 162 ; Origin of Insects, 373 



Music and Colour, Correlation of, 393, 434 



Musical Intervals, Measurement of, 86 



Musical Tone, Experimental Illustrations, 6 



" My Garden," by Alfred Smee, F.R.S., 186 



Naples Zoological Station, 202, 209, (Br. A.) 362, 535 



National Industries, 97 



" Natural History of the Year," by B. B. Woodward, 259 



"Nautical Surveying," by J. K. Laughton, 391 



" Naval Science," Edited by C. J. Reed, C. B., 369 



Nebula round jj Argus, 7 



Newberry (Prof), Geological Survey of Ohio, 139 



Newcastle-ujJon-Tyne : Chemical Journal, 38S ; Physical Science 



College, 356, 422 ; Literary and Philosophical Society, 482 

 Newcomb (Prof) on observing the Transit of Venus, 495 

 New Guinea, Exploration in, 14 



