\Naturc,Jin,cC), 1S87 



Lumbiicales Muscles in the Hand and Foot, Variations in the 

 Nerve- Supply of the, with some Observations on the Perforating 

 Flexors, 521 



Lunar Glaciation, S. E. Peal, 100 



Lunar Halos, Prof. S. T. Moreland, 414 



Lunar Science, Rev. Timothy Ilarley, 246 



Lung-Sick, E. J. Dungate, 29 ; Philip J. Butler, 54 ; Dr. 

 Geraad Smets, 76 



Lupton (Sydney), Chemical Arithmetic, 74 



Luther (Dr. R.), Probable Re-discovery of Hesperia, 614 



Liittich (Dr. Julius, Death of, 307 



Luvini (Prof. Giov.), the Electric Conductibility of Vapours and 

 Gases, 85 



Lydekker (Richard) : on a Jaw of Hyotherium from the Plio- 

 cene of India, 94 ; the Cetacea of the Suffolk Crag, 94 ; Cata- 

 logue of Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, 532 



Lynn (Mr.), Alleged Ancient Red Colour of Sirius, 37S 



Lyrae, 18, Atmosphere of, O. T. Sherman, 451 



Macadam (Prof.), Sample of Talc used in Paper-making, 423 

 McConnel (James C.) : an Error in Maxwell's Electricity and 

 Magnetism, 172; Magnetic Theory, 344; Iridescent Clouds, 

 533 

 Macfarlane (Prof. Alex.), Algebraic Notation of Kinship, 126 

 Machinery, Means of Controlling the Irregular Action of, 479 

 Mackinder (H. J.), on the Field and Methods of Geography, 



331 

 McLennan (J. Ferguson), Studies in Ancient History, Dr. W. 



Robertson Smith, 3 

 Macro- Lepidoptera of East Sussex, J. H. A. Jenner, 230 

 Madagascar, Capt. Samuel Pasfield Oliver, 149 

 Madagascar : the French and, 306 ; Mr, Sibree on, 497 

 Madan (H. G. ) : Lessons in Elementary Dynamics, 51 ; Lecture 

 Experiments on the Expansion of Solids by Heat, 89 ; Note 

 on the Manipulation of Glass cont.aining Lead, 150 ; Recently- 

 discovered Deposit of Celestine, 391 ; a Method of illustrat- 

 ing Combinations of Colours, 513 ; the Production of Newton's 

 Rings by Plane Soap-Films, 583 

 Madras Observatory, Sir. Pogson, 282 

 Madreporian Coral Fungia, Anatomy of the, G. C. Bourne, 



404 

 Madrid Geographical Society, 182 



Magnetism : on the Cause of Magnetic Rotatory Polarisation, 

 141 ; Magnetic Horizontal Intensity in Northern Siberia, A. 

 C. von Tillo, 170 ; Theory of Magnetic Measurements, Francis 

 E. Nipher, 295 ; Magnetic Theory, Rev. H. W. Watson, 

 296 ; Jas. C. McConnel, 344 ; Magnetic Map of Japan, 330 ; 

 Determination of the Poles in Magnets, 479 ; Magnetic Effects 

 ofRecent Earthquakes, 479; an Error in Maxwell's "Electricity 

 and Magnetism," Prof. A. Seydler, 512 ; Note on Magnetic 

 Resistance, Profs. W. E. Ayrton and John Perry, 526 ; Mag- 

 netisation of Iron in Strong Fields, Prof J. A. Ewing, 622 

 Maitland (Sir J. Ramsay Gibson), the History of Howietoun, 



337 

 Mallock (A.), Note on Instantaneous Shutters, 324 

 Malvern Hills ; the Metamorphic Rocks of the, Frank Rutley, 

 190, 623 ; Inquiry into the Genesis of the Crystalline Schists 

 of the. Dr. C. Callaway, 623 

 Mammalia, Fossil, in the British Museum, Catalogue of, Richd. 



Lydekker, 532 

 Man and Apes, the Lumbar Curve in. Prof. Cunningham, 46 

 Man, Pak-eolithic, in North-West Middlesex, J. A. Brown, 554 

 Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 527 

 Manchester, Report of the Public Free Libraries of the City of, 



134 

 Mandalay, Earthquake Shock, 472 

 Manganese and Bismuth, Fluorescence of, 144 

 Manganese Steel, Physical Properties of. Prof. W. F. Barrett, 



3" 



Manilla Hemp at Kew, 567 



Manipulation of Glass containing Lead, Note on the, H. G. 



Madan, 150 

 Manipulation of Glass containing Lead, Prof W. A. Shenstone, 



223 

 Manipur District, Dr. G. Watts's Observations in, 308 

 Map of the World, lent by the Pope, Facsimile of the Famous, 



447 

 Maps of the River Ogove in West Africa, 353 



Maquenne (M.), Preparation, Properties, and Constitu;ion of 



Inosite, 335 

 Marayta (Prof. Miguel), Anthropological Discovery in the Valley 



of Rebas, 379 

 Marche (Alfred), Expedition to the Marianne Islands, :3I 

 Marclicsa, Cruise of the, F. H. H. Guillemard, 369 

 Mares and Foals attacked by Wolves, George Maw, 297 

 Marey (M.), Mechanism of the Flight of Birds studied by 



Chrono-Photography, 335 ; Movement of a Bird's Wing 



represented according to the Three Dimensions of Space, 382 

 Marianne Islands, Alfred Marche's Expedition to, 231 

 Marine Biology, Pouchet on Gymnodiniutii pt'lyphantis, 48 

 Marine Meteorological Instruments and Apparatus, Exhibition 



of, 352, 443, 491 

 Marine Engineering, Die Schiffsmaschine, ihre Construction 



Wirkungsweise und Bedienung, 242 

 Marine Fish, Phosphorescence of, Dr. Otto Hermes, 377 

 Marine and Fresh-water Fishes, W. A. Carter, 472 

 Marine Temperature Observations, Dr. H. R. Mill, 527 

 Marion's Practical Guide to Photography, 52 

 Maroni, Journey up the River, 354 

 Marseilies Observatory, Note on Earthquake of February 23 at, 



455 



Marshall (A. Milnes, F.R.S. ), a Junior Course of Practical 

 Zoology, 506 



Marsupialia, Embryology of Monotremata and, W. H. Cald- 

 well, 524 



Martin (K.), Westindische Skizzen, Reise-Erinnerungen, Dr. A. 

 Ernst, 459 



Martin (T. C.) and Jos. Wetzler, Electric Motor and its Appli- 

 cations, Prof. Silvanus P. Thompson, 4:0 



Marx (Dr. Walfried), Death of, 400 



Mascart (M.), Waterspouts, 431 



Mason Science College, Birmingham, 494 



Mass, Weight and, 512 



Mass, and Force, Units of Weight, Prof. A. G. Greenhill, 486 ; 

 Rev. Edward Geoghegan, 534 ; Prof. Alf Lodge, 557 ; 

 Archd. C. Elliott, 605 ; Robt. F. Hayward, F.R.S., 604 



Massee (George), Cambridge Cholera Fungus, 319 



Masters (Dr. Maxwell T.) : Autumnal Flowering, 11; on the 

 Peculiar Conformation of the Flowers of Cypripedium, 142 



Mastodonsaurus discovered on Juckatoo Island, Sydney, 44S 



Mathematics : American Journal of, 28 ; Mathematical Society, 

 70, 166, 2S7, 4c6, 503, 599 ; Music and Mathematics, Prof. 

 J. J. Sylvester, F.R.S., 132; Mathematical Tripos, Prof. J. 

 W. L. Glaisher, F.R.S. , loi, 153, 199; Acta Mathematica, 

 123; Elementary Results in Pure, G. S. Carr, 292; on the 

 Theory of Mathematical Form, A. B. Kempe, F.R.S., 574 



Matrix Excluder of Draught and Dust, Permanent, T. J. Porter, 



569 . . 



Matter, Preliminary Note on the Continuity of the Liquid and 



Gaseous States of, William Ramsay and Sydney Young, 262 

 Matter, on certain Modern Developments of Graham's Ideas 



concerning the Constitution of, Prof. T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S., 



522, 547 

 Mauna Loa, Eruption of the Volcano of, 423 

 Maw (George): Narcissus cyclafnineus, 166, 381; Wolves, 



Mares, and Foals, 297 ; on some Phenomena connected with 



the Freezing of Aerated Water, 325 ; the Crocus, 348 

 Maxwell's " Electricity and Magnetism," an Error in, James C. 



McConnel, 172 ; Rev. Henry W. Watson, 223 ; Prof. A. 



Seydler, 512 

 Mazapil Meteoric Iron, William Earl Hidden, 572 

 Mean Values, on the Determination of, 120 

 Measurements, Theory of Magnetic, Francis E. Nipher, 295 

 Measuring-Instruments used in testing Materials, on some 



New, Prof W. C. Unwin, F.R.S., 334 

 Mechanics, Animal, Dr. B. W. Richardson, 57 

 Mechanism of the Flight of Birds studied by Chrono-Photo- 

 graphy, M. Marey, 335 

 Medical Aspects, Alpine Winter and its, A. Tucker Wise, 170 

 Medical Index-Catalogue, A. T. Myers, 196 

 Medical Profession, Laws relating to, in the State of New 



York, 443 

 Medical Research, Endowment of, 409 

 Medical School in connexion with Dundee University College, 



proposed, 349 

 Medical School of Paris, M. Brouardel elected Dean, 422 

 Medical Students, Female, in Paris, Number of, 306 



