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INDEX 



Man, his Relation to the Ice-sheet, 14 ; Settle Cave, 70; "The 

 Great Ice-Age and the Antiquity of Man," 42, 318 ; " Story 

 of the Earth and Man," by J. W. Dawson, LLD., F. 

 R.S. ; " Man and Apes," by St. George Mivart, iSo; "Races 

 of, Manliind," by R. Brow;i, M.A., Ph.D., 279 



Manchester; Science in, 72; Owen's College, 490, 512, 513; 

 Geological Society, 275 ; Literary and Philosophical Society, 

 20, 56, 96, 175, 215, 296, 315, 336, 396, 455, 495 ; Lectures 

 for the People, 249 ; Students' Association, 34, 249 



IMarey (M.), Flight of llirds, 390 



Margate Aquarium, 249 



Marine Mammalia, Extinction of, 112 



Marine Excursion of Birmingham Natural History Society, 253 



Markham (Clements R., C.I3., F.R.S.), "Threshold of the 

 Unknown Region," J38 



Marlborough College Natural History Society, 120 



Mars, The Planet, Prof. Kaiser on, 287, 309, 3S3, 463 



Marsh (Prof. O. C. ), Brontotherida;, New Fossil Mammals, 

 227 ; Fossil Equine Forms, 390 ; Extinct Vertebrates, Colo- 

 rado River, 273 ; Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 294 



Maritime Meteorology, Conference for, 461 



Marshall (W. E., Lieut.-Col.), The Todas of South India, 99 



Mai'seilles Observatory, 513 



Mathematical Methods ; Quaternions, 137 



Mathematical Society, 75, 154, 234, 334, 395, 399. 494 



" Mathematical Theories of Attraction," by J. Todhunter, M. A., 

 F.R.S., 378 



Maury (Capt.), Memorial to, 372 



Measuring, and Standards of Measure, 47, 87 ;; 



" Mechanics," by J. A. Skertchley, Ci 



Medic.'d Curriculum, Prof. Huxley on the, 21, 121, 141, 337 



Meldola (Raphael), " Inorganic Chemistry," 280 



Meldrum's Notes on Cyclones, 213 



"Men of Science," Lecture by F. Galton, F.R.S., 344 



Menial Science, yournal of, 93 



Meteorology ; Meteorological Congress, Vienna, 33 ; Metcoi-o- 

 logical Journal, 374 ; Simultaneous, Meteorological Observa- 

 tions, 300, 343; Meteorological Society, 95, 114, 155, 255, 

 335, 415, 495 ; Sections of the Atmospliere, 103 ; Fenland 

 Meteorological Circular, 391 ; Indian Famine, 222 ; Ma- 

 gellan Slraits,47l ; Maritime, 461 ; Modification of Fitzroy's 

 Signals, 390, 410 ; Ocean, 469 : Prof. Hough's Evapometer 

 and Raiii-gauge, 250 ; Publications of Committee of Board 

 of Trade, 311; Results of the /WaivV Expedition, 405; 

 Observations ol Sea-temperatures, 346 ; France and Den- 

 mark, 372; Temperature Cycles, 184; Weather Reports for 

 September 1872, 299; West Indies, 46S (^Vv Observatories) 



Meteors ; Durham, Hereford, 8 ; California, 172 ; of January 2, 

 272 ; Donegal, 313 ; Feb. 5, 322 ; Bristol, 463 ; Heidel- 

 berg, 143 



Metric System ; Lavoisier's Work in its Foundation, 185 ; in 

 Germany, 315 



Mexico, Results of French Scientific Mission, 260 



Meyer (Dr. A. B.), "Expedition to New Guinea," 77, 102, 131, 

 263, 4S2 ; Shooting-stars in the Red Sea, 123 



Microscope, Limit of its Capability, 191 



Mkroscofiical Journal, 19, 55, 194, 214 



Microscopical Societies, London, 3G, 116, 215, 295, 375, 455; 

 Victoria, 216; Vienna, 250 



Microscopic Examination of Air, 439, 330, 4S5 



" Microscopic Petrography," by II. Rosenbusch, 79 



Milk, Impurity of, 51O 



Millcr-Casella Thermometer, 5 



Miller (Hugh), Lakes with two r'uif^ais, 500 



Miller (\V. A., M.D., LL.D.), "EleniEnis of Chemistry," 3S0 



Milne-Edwards (M.), Results of French Scientific Mission to 

 Mexico, 260; " ^lis^ion Scientifiqueau Mexique," Remunera- 

 tion of the Contributors, 301 



Mimicry in the Animal world, 219, 470 



"Mind and Body, Theories of their Relation," by Prof. Alex. 

 Bain, LL.D., 178 



Minister for Science, Proposed 271, 277, 294, 397, 398 

 " Mishmee Hills, Tlie," by T. T. Cooper, F.R.G.S., 438 



Mivart (St. George, F.R.S.), "The Common Frog," 10, 28, 67, 

 107, 147, 186, 264, 305, 367, 406 ; Man and Apes, 180 ; 

 " Fertilisation of the Fnmaiiacea;," 423 



Moggridge (J. Tiaherne), Fertilisation of the rumariace5e,'^423, 

 460 



MoUusca of the Bahama Islands, 35 



Monkeys, Instinct of, 243 



Moon, Map of the, by Dr. Schmidt, 272 



" Moon, The, as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite," by J 



Nasmyth, C.E.,andJas. Carpenter, F.R.A.S, 358 

 Moon, The, its Want of Atmosphere, 382 

 Moore (Thos. ), Lindley's " Treasury ot Botany," 344 

 Moore (S. ), Fertilisation of Fumariacea', 4S4 

 Moraines of Ancient Glaciers, 103, 202 

 Morton (J. C), Report on Pollution of Rivers, 197 

 Moscow, Societe Imperiale des Natur.ilistes, 333 

 IMoseley (H. N.), Botany of the Challenger, 388, 451, 4S8 

 Moss (Dr. E. L. ), New Marine Animal, 183 

 Midler (Dr. Hermann), Fertilisation of Flowers by Insects, 44, 



164 ; Fertilisation of the Fumariaceie, 460 

 Miiller (Fritz), Termites and Honey-bees, 30S 

 Murchison Medal and Fund, 353 

 Murphy (J. J. E.G. S.), Moraines, 202; Theory of Volcanoes, 



322 ; i he Great Ice Age, 383 ; Beech pierced by a Thorn 



Plant, 441, 463, 501 

 Museums; National, I, 26, 53, 103, 114, 272, 277, 427, 512; 



Public; Report of Science Commission, 397, 410 ; m Brazil, 



463 

 Myer (A. J., Brigadier-Gen. U.S.A.), Simultaneous Meteorolo- 

 gical Ob.servations, 300 



Naples ; Zoological Station, 70 



Nasmyth (J., C.E.), "The Moon as a Planet, a World, and a 



Satellite," 35S 

 National ^Iuseums and the Government, (iVif State Aid to Science) 

 Natural .Selection and Dysteology, 361 

 Natural History, 22S, 241 ; South Kensington, Museum, 41, 



512 ; Museum of East India Company, 427 ; of New York, 9 

 "Natural Philosophy," by J- A. .Skertchley, 61 

 Negretti (H.), Deep-Sea Thermometers, 62, 102; New Ther- 

 mometer, 3S7 

 Nerve Force, Thermo-electric Theory of, 163 

 Nest-building Frogs, 265 

 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Chemical Society, 113, 435; College ol 



Physical Science, 130 

 New Comets, 72, 92, 331, 491 

 New Guinea ; Dr. Meyer's Expedition to, 77, 131 ; Papers on, 



92 ; Earthquake in, 263 ; Dr. Maclay's Researches, 328 ; 



Sig. D'Albertis' and Dr. Meyer's Discoveries, 4b2 

 New Marine Animal, I S3 

 New Planets, 390 

 Newton (Prof Alfred),'. Extermination of Marine Mammalia, 



112 

 Newton (Su: I.), versus Herbert Spencer, [See Spencer, H) 

 New York ; Museum, Menagerie, and Aquarium, Central Park, 



243. 272 

 New Zealand, Wellington Philosophical Society, 173 

 "Nicaragua, The Naturalist in," by Thos. Belt, F.G.S., 218, 



469 

 " North American Birds," 498 

 Nova Scotia, Institute of Natural Science, 351 ; Department of 



Mines, 471 

 Nyst (Dr. H.), WoUaston Fund awarded to, 353 



Observatories: Alleghany, 394; Biskra, Tuggurt, 391 ; Both- 

 kamp, 274 ; Cincinnati, 93 ; Cordoba, 264 ; Leiden, 2S7 ; 

 Marseilles, 513; Milan, Florence, 113; Oxford, 136; Paris, 

 491, 512, 513 ; Puy de Dome, 411, 470 ; Rocky Mountains, 

 313; Toulouse, 513; Washington, 332, 512 



Ocean Currents, Physical Cause of, 423 



Ocean Meteorology, 469 



Ocean Physics, Results ol Folaris Expedition, 405 



Odling (Dr.), Address on Inauguration of Chemical Society's 

 Rooms, 32 ; Industrial Chemistry, 370 



Ogham Inscribed Stones, 512 



Oliio, Navigation of the, 92 



Oliver (Capt. S. P.), Meteor Cloud, 313, 322 ; Base Line, at 

 Mauritius, 403 



Optical Phenomenon, 183 



Organ-Pipes, Variability of the Node, 301 



Ornithology ; Curatorsliip of the late H. F. Strickland's Collec- 

 tions, Cambridge. 312; " North American Birds," 49S (.■?;;i/ 

 ste Flight of Birds) 



Ornithology of East Cheshire, 132 



Orton (Prof. Jas. ), Exploration of the Amazons, 313 



Ostriches at the Jardin d'Acclimatation, Paris, 332 



