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Royal Institution of Great Britain, 354; Weather Report 

 for' the Week Ending August 12, 384; Weather for Week 

 Ending August 31, 433; the Storm of July 22 and 24 at 

 Gujarat, 463 ; October Rainfall, 463 ; Ben Nevis Observ- 

 atory and the Argentine Republic, William S. Bruce, 

 4S5 ;' Observations of the Electric Conditions of the 

 Atmosphere during the Recent .Solar Eclipse, Prof. F. 

 Elstcr and Prof. H. Geitel and F. Harms, 490; Weather 

 during Last Week, 404 ; the Gales from the Great Lakes 

 to the Maritime Provinces, Canada, B. C. Webber, 494; 

 International Meteorological Conference at Innsbruck, 

 510, 562 ; Snowfall and Avalanches during 1904 on the 

 South-west Flank of Mont Blanc, M. Mougin, 5(11 ; 

 Death of Dr. W. von Bezold, 563 ; the .Monte Rcsa 

 Observatory, Dr. .Alessandri, 565 ; New South Wales 

 Rainfall for 1901-2, 566; Rainfall in British East .\frica, 

 .\.. Linton, 590 



Meteors : Winter Fireballs in 1905, Mr. Denning, (ib ; 

 Determination of Meteor Radiants, Mr. Denning, 158 ; 

 Perturbation of the Biclid Meteors, Dr. .\. M. W. 

 Downing, F.R.S., 1S9 ; July and ."Vugust Meteors, 255; 

 Observations of Perseids, Robert Dole, 279 ; Observ- 

 ations of Perseids, August, 640 ; a Remarkable Meteor, 

 Dr. G. Johnstone Stoney, 279 ; Determination of Meteor 

 Radiants, M. Eginitis, 303; Prof. Nijland, 303; Real 

 Paths of Lyrid Meteors, Mr. Denning, 465 ; Incan- 

 descence of Meteors, George .'\. Brown, 604; .\. S. H., 

 I104 



-Metrology : le Systeme des Poids, Mesures et Monnaics 

 des Israelites d''aprfes la Bible, B. P. Moors, 506 



Metschnikoff (M.), the Microbe of Syphilis, 85 



-Meyer (.\. B.), Studies of the .Museums and Kindred Insti- 

 tutions of New York City, Albany, Buffalo, and Chicago, 

 with Notes on some European Institutions, 340 



Michelson and .Morley's (Messrs.) E.Kperiments on Ether, 

 Prof. Fitzgerald and Prof. Lorentz, 566 ; E. W. Morlev 

 and D. C. Miller, 566 



Micrometer, an Electric, Dr. P. E. Shaw at Royal Society, 



•t"5 



Microscopy : Royal Microscopical Society, 23, 142, 262 ; 

 the .Aslie-Finlayson Comparascope, D. Finlayson, 90; 

 -Microscopic Preparations Illustrating the Development 

 of Calcareous Spicules in \'aricus Invertebrate Animals, 

 Prof. E. k. -Minchin and W. Woodland, 92 ; Microscopic 

 Structure of Minerals forming Serpentine, Prof. T. G. 

 Bonney, F.R..S., and Miss C. A. Raisin, 215; Elementary 

 Microscopy, F. Shillington Scales, 268 



-Middleton (Prof. T. H.), the Woburn Experimental Fruit 

 Farm, 461 



Midlay (Dr. .'\.), Determinations of the \'iscosities of 

 Liquid Mi.xtures at the Temperature of their Boiling 

 Points, 642 



Miers (Prof. H. A., M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S.), Opening 

 -\ddress in Section C at the Meeting of the British 

 .Association in South Africa, 405 



Milk, Bacteriological Standard of Purity of. Dr. Newman, 

 107 



-Milk Dep6ts, Infantile Mortality and Infants', G. F. 

 McCleary, 6 



MiUais (J. G.), the Black Rat {Uus rattus ater), 229 



-Miller (D. C), Messrs. Michelson and Morley's E.xperi- 

 ments on Ether, 566 



Miller (J. A.), Double Star Observations, 135 



Miller (N. H. J.), Effect of Plant Growth and of Manures 

 upon the .Soil, 94 



Millosevich (Prof.), Recent Observations of Eros, 256 



Millport -Marine Station, the, S. Pace, 456 



Milne (James R.), General Principles of Absorption Spectro- 

 photometry, and a New Instrument, 391 



Milroy (Dr. J. A.), Physiologic des Menschen, Dr. I.uigi 

 Luciani, Supp. to October 19, x 



Minchin (Prof. E. A.), Microscopic Preparations illustrating 

 the Development of Calcareous Spicules in Various In- 

 vertebrate Animals, 92 ; Sponge Nomenclature, 95 



Minchin (Prof. George M., F.R.S.), Elements of the Differ- 

 ential and Integral Calculus, 26 



Mineralogy: Growth of Crystals in the Contact-zone of 

 Granite and Amphibolite,' Prof. Grenville A. J. Cole, 

 23; -Amber in United States, Dr. A. Rollick, 40; the 

 Large Diamond found in the Premier Mine, Transvaal, 

 Dr. F. H, Hatch and Dr. G. S. Corstorphine, 41 ; 



Determination des Esp^ces min^rales, L. M. Granderye, 

 54; Foetid Calcite found near Chatham, Canada, B. J. 

 Harrington, 158; Gladkaite, L. Duparc and F. Pearce, 

 192 ; Chemical Composition of Lengenbachite, A. 

 Hutchinson, 215; Chemical Composition of Hutchin- 

 sonite, G. T. Prior, 215; Identity of the Amiantos of 

 the Ancients with Chrysotile, Dr. J. W. Evans, 215; 

 Mineralogical Society, 215; the Isomorphism and 

 Thermal Properties of the Felspars, Arthur L. Day and 

 E. T. Allen, 258; Clays and Clav Industries of Iowa, 

 S. W. Beyer, G. W. Bissell, I.' A. Williams, J. B. 

 Weems, and A. Marston, 388 ; Clays and Clay Industries 

 of New Jersey, H. Ries and H. B. Kiimmel, 388: 

 Mechanical Properties of Iron in Isolated Crystals, F. 

 Osmond and Ch. Fremont, 392 ; a New Formation of 

 Diamond, Sir William Crookes, F.R.S., 527; Troostite, 

 Dr. C. Benedicks, 573 



-Minerals : a Handbook to a Collection of the Minerals 

 of the British Islands in the Museum of Practical 

 Geologv, F. W. Rudler, 76 ; Mineral Production of 

 India, T. H. Holland, F.R.S., 162 ; Remarkable Finds 

 of Rare Minerals in Texas, W. E. Hidden, 206; Mineral 

 Resources of United States, Report for 1903, Dr. David 

 T. Day, 540 ; Mineral Stati,stics of Peru for 1904, 609 



Minet (Adolphe), le Four Electrique, son Origine, ses 

 Transformations et ses Applications, 267 



-Mining : the Mount Morgan Gold Mine, Queensland, E. J. 

 Dunn, 41 ; a Manual of Mining, M. C. Ihlseng and E. B. 

 Wilson, 53 ; the Investigation of Mine Air, Sir C. Le 

 Neve Foster, F.R.S., and Dr. J. S. Haldane, F.R.S., 

 124; Gold Ore at Bendigo, Victoria, at 4262 Feet, 131; 

 World's Copper Production in 1904, 131 ; Discovery of 

 Tin Ore in the Transvaal, 131 ; Mines and Quarries 

 Statistics for 1904, 228 ; Preliminary Report of the 

 Departmental Committee on the Royal College of Science 

 and Royal School of Mines, 232 ; the Liege Mining and 

 Metallurgical Congress, 236 ; Discovery of Coal at 

 .A-bancourt (Meurthe-et-Moselle), Ren6 Nickl^s, 264 ; 

 Report on Mines and Quarries for 1903, 300; Digest of 

 the Evidence given Before the Royal Commission on 

 Coal Supplies (1901-1905), 395 ; Mining in New South 

 Wales, Dredging for Tin Ore, 433 ; the Scorification 

 .Assay for Gold Telluride Ores, W. F. Hillebrand and 

 E. T. Allen, 493 ; CripplS Creek Gold Deposits in 

 Colorado, W. Lindgren and F. L. Ransome, 493 ; the 

 Coals and Lignites of the United States, Preliminarv 

 Report, E. W. Parker, J. A. Holmes, and M. R. Camp- 

 bell, 493-4; Institution of Mining Engineers, 518; Earth 

 in Collieries, Electricity in Mines, Sydney F". Walker, 

 519; the Physics and Chemistry of Mining, T. H. 

 Byrom, 557 ; Mineral Statistics of Peru for 1904, 609 : 

 Statistics of the Persons Employed in Mines and 

 Quarries, and .Accidents that Occurred in 1904, 609 



.Miocene of Maryland, Relation of the, to that of other 

 Regions and to the Recent Fauna, W. H. Dall, ib2 



Mitchell (W. .M.), Sun-spot Spectra, 330 



Modern Electric Practice, Maurice Solomon, 99 



Modern Electricity, J. Henry and K. J. Hora, Mauriie 

 Solomon, 99 



Moffat (C. B.), Duration of Flight among Bats, 132 



.Moir (Dr. J.), the Law Governing the Solubility of Zinc 

 Hydroxide in Alkalis, 643 



Moissan (H.), New Synthesis of O.xalic Acid, 71 ; Chloride 

 and Bromide of Thorium, 167 ; Reactions between 

 Fluorine and the Compounds of Nitrogen and Oxygen, 

 183 : Action of Fluorine on some Compounds of Nitrogen, 

 206 



Molecular Data, the Constant of Radiation as calculated 

 from, the Right Hon. Lord Rayleigh, 0..\L, F.R.S., 



Molesworth (Major), a Suspected Sudden Change on 



■Jupiter, 207; the Planet Mars, 388 

 Molliard (.M.), Pure Culture of Green Plants in a Confined 



-Atmosphere in Presence of Organic Substances, 424 

 Mollusca : the British Slugs, Prof. T. D. A. Cockercll, 245 

 Monck (W. H. S.), Periodicitv of Aerolite Falls, 230 

 Moncrieff (Colonel Sir C. Scott, K.C.S.L, K.C.M.(.., 



R.E., LL.D.), Opening .Address in Section G at the 



Meeting of the British Association in South Africa, 



Irrigation, 4O5 



