Index 



L Occe. 



Milton's " Paradise Lost," the Astronomy of, Thomas N. 

 Orchard, W. T. Lynn, 26 ; Milton's Astronomy, C. F. Clarke, 



83 



Mimicry : the Philippine Island Bean, J06 



Minakata (Kmnagusu), Remarkable Sounds, 7S ; the Mandrake, 



343 



Minchin (E. A.), Development of Leiaosolcnia vanalulis and 

 other Asconida;, 286 



Mineralogy: a Compound harder than Diamond, H. Moissan, 

 34 ; Death of Dr. August Hosius, 81 ; First Annual Genera! 

 Report upon the Mineral Industry of the United Kingdom of 

 (Ireat Britain and Ireland for the Year 1894, C. Le Neve 

 Foster, F. R.S., 99 ; a Dictionary of the Names of Minerals, 

 including their History and Etymology, A. H. Chester, 124; 

 Analysis of Madrid Meteoric Stone of February 10, 1896, 

 S. B. Mirat, 168 ; I'etrographical Study of Madrid Meteorites, 

 February 10, iSg6, JL Gredilla y Gauna, 239 ; Variation in 

 Apatites, Adolphe Carnot, 192 ; Individuality in the Mineral 

 Kingdom, Henry A. Miers, F. R. S. , 208; the Formation of 

 Di.imond in Steel, M. Rossel, 279 ; Study of the Black 

 Diamond, H. Moissan, 336 ; the Diamond-Sands of Brazil, 

 11. Moissan, 359 ; a Mine of Vanadium Compounds in South 

 -Vmerica, 300 ; Wardite, J. M. Davison, 383 ; Hullite, Prof 

 G. A. G. Cole, 391 ; Gold discovered in Newfoundland, 422, 

 51S; the -Abandoned Copper Mines of Sinai, M. Berthelot, 

 432, 447 ; Gold discovered in Kamtchatka, 517 



Mineral Waters of Europe, the Spas and, Hermann Weber, F. 

 Parkes Weber, 195 



Mining : New Fire-damp Detector, E. Hardy, 279 



Minks (Arthur), Die Protrophie, eine neue lebensgemeinschaft, 

 in ihren auffalligsten erscheinungen, 170 



Minot (Prof. C. S. ), on the Ancestry of the Vertebrates, 606; 

 on the Theory of Panplasm, 606 ; on a New Microtome, 634 



Miquel (M.), Bacteria in Paris Air, 229 



Mirat (S. B.), Analysis of Madrid Meteoric Stone of February 10, 

 1896, 168 



Mississippi, Hydrology of the, J. L. Greenleaf, 2S5 



Mitchelstown Cavern, the, E. A. Martel, 34 



Mivart (Dr. St. George, F.R.S.), deiioks/es obsniriis, 41 ; 

 Are Specific Characters the Result of Natural Selection, 246 



Modelling, Taxidermy and, Montagu Browne, 319 



Mohn (Prof H.), Blue Sun, 483 



Moissan (H.), a Compound harder than Diamond, 34; Action 

 of Acetylene on Iron, &c., 144; Melted Vanadium and its 

 Carbide, 167 ; New Method of preparing Alloys, 167 ; 

 Tungsten, 264 ; Solubility of Carbon in Rhodium, Iridium 

 and Palladium, 264 ; Study of Lanthanium Carbide, 312 : 

 the Preparation of the Diamond, 327 ; Study of the Black 

 Diamond, 336 ; the Diamond Sands of Brazil, 359 ; the 

 Volatilisation of Refractory Substances in the Electric Furnace, 

 485 ; Researches with Electric Furnace, 598 



Molecular Dynamics of Hydrogen Gas, Oxygen Gas, Ozone, 

 Peroxide of Hydrogen, Vapour of Water, Liquid Water Ice, 

 and Quartz Crystal, Lord Kelvin on the, 566 



MoUe (Dr. Ph.), Protective Alkaloids in the Solanacea?, 83 



MoUuscan Archetype considered as a Vc/igey-Wke Form, A. E. 

 Verrill, 383 



Moloney (Dr. J. A.), Death of, 549 



Mond (Dr. Ludwig, F.R.S.), Cannizzaro Memorial, 125; 

 Opening .\ddress in .Section B of the British -Association, 

 475 



Monte Rosa, Italian Scientific Expedition to, I'rof P. Giacosa, 

 358 . 



Montelius (Dr. O. ), on pre-Classical Chronology in Greece and 

 Italy, 611 



Moore (.\. W. ), Manx Anthropology, 609 



Moray Basin, a Vertebrate Fauna of the, T- -\. Harvie Brown, 

 T. E. Buckley, 433 



Morbology : the Treatment of Phthisis, Dr. .\rthur Ransome, 

 F'.R.S., 7; Cholera in Indian Cantonments, E. H. Hankin, 

 26 ; IIa;matozoa in Marsh-Fever, A. Laveran, 47 ; Effect of 

 Riintgen Rays on Diphtheria Bacillus, 112; Association of 

 Typhoid Bacillus with Osteomyelitis, Dr. Bruni, 184; 

 Anthrax disseminated by Horse-hair, Dr. Silberschmidt, 204; 

 Complexion and Disease, Dr. John Beddoe, F.R.S., 260; 

 .•\ction of Rarefied Air on Pneumococcus of Fraenkel, I)r. D. 

 Ku'.hy, 352 ; the Bacillococcus of Anatolian Goat- Pneu- 

 monia, M. Nicole and Refik Bey, 372 ; Dr. Klein's Micro- 

 organisms and Disease, Joseph Lunt, 490 



Moreau (M. ), Aromatic Symmetrical Derivatives of Urea, 95 



Moreau (G. ), Magnetic Torsion of Soft Iron Wire, 119 



Morgan (Prof C. L. ), on Neo-Lamarckism, 605 



Morley (Dr. E. W.), the Atomic Weight of Oxygen, 258; the 

 .Mutual Relation of Atomic Weight of Elements, 450 



Morley (W. A.), Entomological Notes for Young Collectors, 

 460 



Morphology : Present Position of Morphological Botany, 

 D. H. Scott, F.R.S., 535; on the Value of the Morpho- 

 logical Method in Zoology, E. W. McBride, F. A. Bather, 

 606 



Morton (Mr.), on a Boring near Altcar, and another Boring on 

 the West of Bidston Hill, 586 ; on the Sea-Coast of Wirrall, 

 587 



Mosaics, Ancient Mexican, A. Oppel, 280 



Moscou, Bulletin de la Societe de Naturalistes de, 190, 213, 237 



Moscow, Observatory of, 301 



Mossman (R. C. ), Meteorology of Edinburgh, 167 



Mosso (Angelo), Fear, 74 



Mosso (Prof U.), Human Respiration at High Altitudes, 33 



Moulds, the alleged Development of Yeast Cells from, Messrs. 

 Klocker and Schionning, 33 



Mount Mounier, the Observatory at, 13 



Moureaux (M.), Magnetic Anomaly in Russia, 215; Measure- 

 ment of Magnetic Elements in South Ru.ssia, 254 ; Surprising 

 Magnetic Perturljations observed in Russia by, 483 



Mouren (Ch.), Action of Acetylene on Iron, &c., 144 



Mourgues (Dr. ), Bacteriology of Valparaiso Water, 254 



Mourlot (\.), Effect of High Temperature on some Sulphides, 

 264 



Mueller (Baron Sir F. von), the Preservation of Rare Cape 

 Plants, 184; Death of, 576 ; Obituary Notice of, W. Bolting 

 Hem.sley, F.R.S., 596 



Muirhead (George), the Birds of Berwickshire, 58 



Muller (Otto), Researches on Rontgen Rays, 456 



Miiller-Erzbach (W. ), Distance Action of Absorption Force, 

 456 



Munby (A. E. ), Laboratory use of Acetylene, 414 



Munro (Dr.), on the Lake Village of Glastonbury, 610 ; Pre- 

 historic Metal Implements, 610 



Munro (John), the Story of Electricity, 196 



Munro (Robert), Rambles and Studies in Bosnia-Herzegovina 

 and Dalmatia, 78 



Murche (Vincent T. ), Domestic Science Readers, 196 



Museums : the New Education Bill and Libraries Museums and 

 Art Galleries, John J. Ogle, 8 ; .'\merican Museum of Natur.1l 

 History, 83 ; the South African Museum, 107 ; Local 

 Museums, Sir William Flower, 134 ; the Official Guide to 

 the Norwich Castle Museum, Thomas Southwell, 292 ; 

 Glasgow Meeting of Glasgow Museums Association, 401 ; 

 Report of the Australian Museum, Sydney, 598 ; on a 

 Federal Staff for Local Museums, Prof Flinders Petrie, 637 



Mutes, Deaf, Dr. Koenig's System of Visual Aid in Oral 

 Teaching of, T. Hawksley, 523 : A. Farrar, jun., 573 



Mykenajan Age, the. Prof. Ridgeway, 610 ; Pillar and Tree 

 Worship in Mykemtan Greece, Arthur J. Evans, 611 



Nagaoka (H.), Dilute Ferromagnetic Amalgams, 544 



Nagel (Dr. W. A.), Der Lichtsinn Augenloser Tiere, 341 



Nansen's (Dr. ) Polar Expedition, 374 



Natal Observatory, the, 158 



National Academy of Sciences, 65 



National Physical Laboratory, Report of the Cimimittee on a. 

 Sir Douglas Galton, 565 



National Review, Science in the, 42, 454 



Natural History : a Naturalist in Mid-Africa, being an Account 

 of a Journey to the Mountains of the .Moon and Tanganyika, 

 G. F. E. Scott Elliot, 5 ; Proposed Union of South-Eastern 

 (English) Societies, Dr. George Abbott, 16 ; Hatching 

 Lizards' Eggs, Mrs. H. A. Ross, 55 ; Books on Birds, 

 58 ; American Museum of Natural History, S3 ; the 

 Sperm Whale and its Food, Frank T. Bullen, 102; 

 the Reminiscences of a \'orkshire Naturalist, Prof. W. C. 

 Williamson, F.R.S., 169: A. C. Williamson, 173; Dr. E. 

 Frankland, F. R.S., 247 ; Bulletin dela Societe de Naturalistes 

 de Moscou, 190, 213, 237 ; from North Pole to Equator, 

 Alfred Edmund Brelmi, 194; Food of Chameleons, E. L. J. 

 Ridsdale, 248 ; Chameleonic Notes, E. L. J. Ridsdale, 573 : 

 Habits of Chameleons, A. A. Blakiston, 621 ; Dr. P. L. 

 Sclater, F.R.S., 623; Catalogue of the Snakes in the British 



