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INDEX 



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Ti-of. A. H. 



C. Roberts, 



c6S ■ Meleorolosy in Japan, 342 ; Station in Mexico, 399 ; 

 Rainfall of the East Indian Archipelago, 434 ; the Climate, 

 &c., of London, 445 ; Prof. Loomis on the Temperature of 

 the United State?, 594 _ 



Meteors: W. Odell, 193; Major G. L. lupman, 242 ; !•. C. 

 Penrose, 267 ; the August Meteors, 374 ; in India, 431 ; C. 

 Thwaites, 484 , . r ,. ,» t^ • ■ 



Mexico: Exploration of Ancient Remains of, by M. JJesire 



Charnay, 42 ; Meteorological Stations in, 399 

 Meyer (Prof. V.) on the Density of Iodine Vapour, 130 

 Miami Natural History Society, 374 , ,, , , , o<; 



Michaelis (Dr. A.), Presentation of Cothenuis Medai to, S6 

 Microscopes and Telescopes, Construction of, 607 

 Middleton (Morton, jun.). Cup-marked Stones, 77 , 



Midland Union of Natural History Societies, Annual Meeting, 



1S2 ; the " Darwin Prize" of, 299 

 Milan, Discovery of Pile-Dwellings in, 65 

 Miller (Prof. W. H.), Death of, 86; Obituary Notice of, IN. 



Storey Maskelyiie, F.R.S., 247 

 Miller's Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds, New Edition, 



530; Prof. H. E. Armstrong, F.R.S., 559 

 Milne (Prof. J.), Earthquake Observation, 64 ; Seismology in 



Japan, 20S 

 Minchin (Prof. George), "Treatise on Statics, 52 

 Mind, the Brain as an Organ of, Dr. H. Charlton Bastian, 



F.R.S., 3S1 

 Minima of Algol, 1 56 



Mineral, New, from the Champlain Iron Region, 27b 

 Mineralogical Society of Great Britain, General Meeting of, 87, 



140, 431 ; Annual Meeting, 39S 

 Minerva Ornaments, Prof. E. W. Claypole, 193 



Sayce, 219 

 " Mining and Mines in Japan," C. Netto, 316 

 Mines, Royal School of, Appointment of W 



F.R.S., to, 39 

 Minor Planets, 89 

 Miocene Flora, 349 

 Missouri : Weather Service Report, 253 ; the Tornadoes in, 253 ; 



the Archffiology of, 519 

 Moebius (Prof.), on the Food of Marine Animals, 52S 

 Molecular Physics in High Vacuo, Contributions to, W. Crookes, 



F.R.S., loi, 125 

 Molecular Weights of Substances, on the Relation between, and 

 their Specific Gravities when in the Liquid State, Prof. T. 

 E. Thorpe, F.R.S., 262 

 Molecules, the Weight of, 350 



Moll (Dr. J. W.), Excretion of Water by Leaves, 403 

 Mollnsca of the Mediterranean, Dr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, 452, 477 

 MoUusk, a Doubtful British, Grant Allen, 435 

 Monkeys in the West Indies, John Imrie, 77 ; Edmund Watt, 



318 

 Monkey, Utilisation of a Langur, 39S 

 Monstrous Beetles, 520 



Mont Blanc, Ascent.'of, by a Blind Man, 495 

 Moon, the apparent distance of 375 

 Monro (C. J.), on the Simplest Continuous Manifold of Two 



Dimensions and of Finite Extent, 218 

 Montsouris, Electrical Observations at, 16 

 Morphologisches Jahrbuch, 161, 552 

 Morris (D.), The Jamaica Hurricane and Botanical Gardens, 



538 



Morton (G. H.), Peat Bed in the Drift of Oldham, 511 



Moseley (H. N.), Remarkable Discovery of a Murder in Ber- 

 muda, 170 ; A Japanese Romance, 2S8 ; Obitnary Notice of 

 Louis Francois de Pourtales, 322 ; Swiss Chalets, 559 



Mosqnitos, Flies, and Blight, Protection against, Wni. Chappell, 

 F.S.A., II 



Mosquitos and Quassia, J. B. Dancer, 338 



Mosquitos, M. A. Veeder, 460; H. J. Johnston-Lavis, 511 



Moss (Dr. E. L.), Loss of, in the Alalaiita, 181 



Motay (Tessie du), death of, 204 



Motion in Algx, Herr Stahl, 114 



Mott (F. T.), Curious Electric Phenomenon, 193 ; Aurora 

 Borealis and Magnetic Storms, 361 



Mouchet (M.), Researches on the Utilisation of Solar Heat, 

 206 



Moulton (J. F.), Energy and Force, Prof. W. K. Clifford, 

 F.R.S., 122 



Mountaineering Exploits in South America, E. Whymper's, 19 



Mourlon, Geology of Belgium, 34S 



Mucklcy (W. J.), " Handbook for Painters : on Colours," 357 

 Mueller (Baron F. von, F.R.S.) " Eucalyptc^raphia," iiS 

 Muir (M. M. Pattison), Chemical Dynamics, 2S5 

 Miller's "Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds," 530; Recent 



Chemical Research, 60S 

 Mulder (Prof. J. G.), death of, 87 ; Obituaiy Notice of, 108 

 Midler (Hugo W., F.R.S. ), The Aurora Borealis, 33; the 



Inevitable test for Aurora, 96 ; Aurora Borealis and its 



Colours, 169 ; Experimental Researches in Electricity, 149 ; 



on some Points connected with Terrestrial Magnetism, 169 

 MiiUer (Prof. F. Max), The Sacred Books of the East, 1S9 

 Miiller (Dr. Hermann), Alpine Flowers, 204 ; Saxifmga 



umbrosa adorned with brilliant Colours by the Selection 



of Syrphido;, 219 

 Miiller (Fritz), Branch-Cutting Beetles, 533 

 Multiple Spectra, J. Norman Lockyer, F.K.S., 4, 309, 562 

 Mundella (Mr.), On Education, 274 

 Munro (Dr. Robert), A Scottish Crannog, 34 

 Murder, Remarkable Discovery of, in Bermuda, H. N. Moseley, 



170 

 Murray (John), Structure and Origin of Coral Reefs and Islands, 



351 

 Museum Conference, E. M. Holmes, lo 

 Museum of Natural History, The New, 237 

 Museums, Dr. Giinther, F.R.S., on, 393 

 "Musical Beats, Notes of Observations on," A.J. Ellis, F.R.S., 



234 

 Mussooree, India, Violent Hailstorm at, 229 

 Myer (General Albert J.), Obituary Notice of, 462 



Naini Tal Landslip, E. Douglas Archibald, 533 



Naples, Shock of Earthquake in, 300 



Natural History, the New Museum of, 237 _ 



"Nature's Hygiene: a Series of Essays on Popular Scientific 

 Subjects, with special reference to the Chemistry and Hygiene 

 of the Eucalyptus and the Pine," C. T. Kingzett, 142 



Nebula, Variable, near f Tauri, 231 



Nebulx, Two New Planetary, Edward C. Pickering, 327 



Nebula in Orion, Photograph of. Prof. Henry Draper, 583 



Nefodo.'cope, a New Form cf, 132 



Nest of the Swallow, Stone in the, W. E. A. Axon, 242 



Nest- Building Amphiopods, 594 



Netherlands Zoological Society, 203 



Neumann (Dr. Karl), Death of, 252 



Newcastle College of Science, 519 



Newfoundland, Island of. Railway across, 1S4 



New Granada, Coffee Disease in, Dr. A. Einst, 292 



New Jersey, Geological Survey of, 348 



New South Wales, Discovery of Silver and Gold in, 183 



Newton (Prof. Alfred, F.R.S.), "Winter Swallows," 29 ; Songs 

 of Birds, 122 ; on the Migi-atiou of Birds, 477 



Newton (Geo. E.), a Fourth State of Matter, 240 



New York, Report of Central Park Menagerie, 16 ' 



New Zealand, New Map of, 134 ; Establishment of a New 

 School of Agriculture at Canterbury, 182 ; Education m, 

 29S ; New Zealand Institute, 461 ; Manual of Indigenous 

 Grasses of New Zealand, J. Buchanan, 532 ; University of, 

 560 



Niagara River, Soundings of, 41 



NichoUs (W. W.), Intellect in Brutes, 266 



Nicols (Arthur), Depraved Taste in Animals, 339 



Nield (James), Carboniferous Forest at Oldham, 30; Peat Bed 

 in the Drift at Oldham, 460, 5S3 



Nineteenth Century Building Society, 56S 



Nitrogen, the Influence of Bodily Exercise on the Eliminintion 

 of, 445 



Noailles, Railway at, 40 • , -: 



North America, Freshwater Rhizopods of, J. Leidy, 165 



North American Geology— Idaho and Wyoming, Prof. Archi- 

 bald Geikie, F.R.S., 268 



Norton (Lord), and Elementary Education 165, 237 



Norway, Old, Prof. Arch. Geikie, F.R.S., 117 



Norway, Science in, 574 



Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano, 136 



Nyanza (Lake), Mr. J. Stewart on, 67 



Nyassa, Lake, Plants from, 5S6 



Obach (Dr ), Action of Phosphorescent Light on Selenium, 496 

 Ober (F. A.) " Camps in the Caribbees. The Adventures of a 

 Naturalist in the Lesser Antilles," 214 



