Vlll 



Light, Experiments on (Br. A.), 389 ; Polarisation of, 125 



Lightning Conductors, 472 



Lille, Meeting of Association for Advancement of Science, 2S6, 



344. 357 

 Lindsay (Lord), his Photographic Arrangements for the Transit 



of Venus, 30 ; Photographic Irradiation, 85 

 Lindsay (\V. Lauder), Mental Potentiality of Children of 



different Races, 272 

 Linnean Society, 57, 72, 137, 176, 216, 272 

 Liquids, Specific \"olumes ol (Br. A.), 452 

 Livingstone (The late Dr.), Government provision for his 



Family, 1 32 

 Liverpool, Naturalists' Field Club, 95, 296 

 Lobster Breeding in America, 214 

 Lockyer (J. N., F.R.S.), Atoms and Molecules Spectroscopi- 



cally considered, 69, 89 ; Spectrum Photography, 109, 254 ; 



Spectroscopic Notes, Evidence of Variation in Molecular 



Structure, 154 ; Coggia's Comet, U'ilk Shic/i, 149, 212, 226 ; 



Borrelly's Comet, 179 

 Loewy(B., F.R.A.S.), Lardner's "Natural Philosophy," 102 

 Logarithms, Tables of, 47 r 

 London University, 2>}>, I9S. 215 ; Female Education, 173, 395 ; 



Physics, 506, 525 

 Longevity of the Carp, 147, 165 

 Loomis (Prof.), U.S. Weather Maps, 295 

 Lovett (W. Jesse), Improved Filter Pump (Br. A.), 390 

 Lubboclc (Sir John, Bart., F.R.S.), Appointment of a Minister 



of Education, 132 ; Stone Implements from Egypt, 138 ; 



Wild Flowers in relation to Insects (Br. A.), 402, 422 

 Lukis (W. C), Rude Stone Jlonumentsor Chambered Barrows, 



290 

 Luminous Meteors (Br. A.), 430 

 Lunar Rainbows, 274, 482 

 Lyell (Sir C, Bart., F.R.S.), Freedom of Turners' Company 



conferred on, 1 72 



Macalister (Prof.), Tongue of the Ant-eater (Br. A.), 413 

 Macteay (W , F. L. S.), his Gift to the Sydney University, 133 

 Macmillan (Rcv. Hugh, LL.D.), "First Forms of Vegetation," 



304 



Magnetism, Terrestrial, 223 



Maidstone Museum, 34 



Mallet (Robt., F.R.S. ), Expansion of Substances passing from 

 Fusion to Solidification, 1 56 



Man, Degeneracy of, 146, 163, 204 



Manchester : Aquarium, 74, 93, 172, 1 74, 275, 42S ; Literary 

 and Philosophical Society, 534; Geological Society, 35, 153 : 

 Owens College, 53, 306, 351 ; "Essays and Addresses " at, 

 182 ; Prof Huxley's Address on opening the Medical School, 

 455 ; Conversazione, 4S9 



Mansell (J. P.), Natural History Notes from South Africa, 486 



Mansel-Pleydell (J. C), " Flora of Dorsetshire," 459 



" Manufactured Articles," C. J. Monro on, 481 



Marcet (Dr. W., F.R.S.), "Nutrition of Animal Tissues," 



307 

 Marey (E. J. ), Action of the Horse, 39 ; Movement of the Legs 



in Walking, 306 ; "Anim»l Mechanism," 498, 516 

 Maritime Meteorology, Conference on, 152, 195, 356, 3S1, 428 

 Marsh ( Prof. ), Brains of Tertiary Mammals, 273 

 Marshall (Prof. John, F.R.S.), Can Land-Crabs Live under 



Water ? 4S2 

 Mascarene Islands, Extinct Fauna of the, 72 

 Massachusetts, Proposed Survey of, 134 

 Mathematical Society, 23, 97, 132, 137, 488 

 Mathematical Tables, Report on (Br. A.), 372 

 Mathematical and Physical Science (See British Association, 



Sec. A) 

 Maunder's "Treasury of Natural History," by E. Holdsworth, 



F.L.S., F.Z.S., 2S3 

 Mauritius : Cyclone, 15 ; Meteorology, 41S 

 Maxwell (Lieut. Wm., R.N.), Newfoundland Seal Fishery, 264 

 Measure, Standards of, 360 

 Mechanics, Bibliography of, 508 



" Mechanics, Principles oV' by T. M. Goodeve, M.A., 204 

 Mechanical Science (&•( British Association, Sec. G) 

 Medical Association, Meeting at Norwich, 293, 307 

 Medical School, Owens College ; Prof. Huxley's Address, 455 

 Medical School for Women, 446 

 Medical Studies, Hints on, 435 

 Medicine, Bibliog aphy of, 509 



Meldola (R., F.C.S.), Recent Researches in Photography, 281 



Meldrum (C.), Meteorology in Mauritius, 418; Periodicity of 

 Cyclones, Rainfall and Sunspots (Br. A.), 431 



" Mental Physiology," by Dr. Carpenter, F.R.S., 40 



Mental Potentiality of Children of different Races, 272 



Menial Science; Journal of, 96, 373 



"Metallurgy, Manual of," by W. H. Greenwood, F.C.S., 418 



Metal Vaporised by Electricity, igo, 223 



Meteors : Holyhead, 44 ; St. Andrew's, 305 ; Birmingham, 336 ; 

 Rainhill, Wisbech, 4S2, 483; Burley, Hants, 419 



Meteorological Committee of Royal Society, Report for 1873, 

 457 



Meteorological Congress, Vienna, I7i 55 



Meteorological Society, 98, 157 



Meteorological Reform ; Prof. Balfour Stewart, F.R.S., and 

 Lt.-Col. Strange, F.R.S. on, 476, 490 



Meteorology : Argentine Republic, 72 ; Proposed Daily Weather 

 Charts, 146; French National Observatory, 150, 215, 306, 

 515; Maiiiime, Conference on, 152, 381, 356, 42S ; Mau- 

 ritius, 418 ; Necessity for placing it on a Rational Basis, by 

 Lieut. -Col. A. Strange, F.R.S. (Br. A.), 490; Peiiodicity 

 of Rainfall, 263 ; Present and Future, 99; Rusi-ii, 54; U.S. 

 Weather Maps, 295, 460 (See Thunderstorm, Waterspout) 



Metric Commission, International, 130 



Meyer (Dr. A. B ), Herpetology of New Guinea, 191 



Microscope: "Le Monde Microscopique des Eaux," by J. 

 Girard, 500 



Microscopical Science, Quarterly Journal of, 1 1 5 



Microscopical -Society. 38, 118, 5 14 



Microscopy, Quar/ei-ly Journal of, 256, 513 



■Microzoa in Chalk Flints (Br. A.), 412 



Migration of Birds, 415, 459, 520 



Milk-cattle to Bees, 31 



Milne-Edwards (M.), Extinct Fauna of the Mascarene Islands, 

 72 



Miller (Samuel II.), The Edible Frog, 483 



" Mind and Life, Problems of," by G. H. Lewes, I 



"Mineralogy," by F. Rutley, F G.S., 161 



Mineralogy : " Les Mineraux," by.F. de Kobell, 500 ; Biblio- 

 graphy of, 510 



Miners' Association of Cornwall and Devon, 274 



Mining Academy, Friburg, 489 



Mist Bows, 438 



JMitchell (Prof. O. M'Knight), his Astronomical Work at Cin- 

 cinnati Observatory, IVitk Illustrations, 187 



Moffatt (T. M.D.), Sun-spot and Atmospheric Ozone (Br. A.), 

 411 



Moggridge (J. T.), Fertilisation of Fumariacere, 5 ; Chryso- 

 mela Banksii, 355, 419 



Molecular Motion, 123 



Molecular Structure, Evidence of Variation in, by J. N. Lockyer, 

 F.R.S., 154 



MoUusca, British (Br. A.), 390 



Monk Fish, 428 



Monro (C. J.), "Manufactured Articles," 4S1 



Moore (D.), Tree-ferns (Br. A.), 433 



Morrison (G. J.), Charts on Gnomonic Projection (Br. A.), 411 



Mortality and ttie Seasons of the Year, 210 



Moseley (H. N.), Botany of the C/;a//i-«i'iv E.xpedition, 165 



Mosses of the North of Ireland (Br.A), 433 



Mott (F. T.), Cry of the Frog, 461 ; Colour of Flowers not due 

 to Insects, 503, 520 



Moupin (China), Mammals of, 32 



Mueller (Baron F. von). Timber Trees and Plants for Culture in 

 Victoria, 3S0 



MiiUer (Fritz), Habits of Brazilian Insects, 102 



Miiller (Dr. Hermann), Fertilisation of Fumariacea;, 5 ; Larvae 

 of Membracis as Milk-cattle to Bees, 31 ; Fertilisation of 

 Flowers by Insects, 129 



Midler (Prof. Max), International Congress of Orientalists, 420 



Murchison (the late Sir Roderick I.), Memoir of, 232 



" Murri " Race; Australian Aborigines, 521 



Museums and Exhibitions, 74, 529 



Music in the Education of Women, 437 



" Music and Sound," by Sedley Taylor, M. A., 496 



Naples, Zoological Station, 73 



National Museums, Meeting of the Society of Arts, 74 

 "Natural Philosophy," by Dr. Lardner (new edition by B. 

 Lnewy, F.R.A.S,), 102 



