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INDEX. 



Lockycr (J. X.) cm the proposed publi- 

 cation by the Meteorological Society 

 of the .Mauritius of daily synoptic 

 charts of the Indian Ocean from the 

 year 1861, 32; on wave-length tables 

 of the spectra of the elements, 351. 



Locomotive engineering, English, A. 

 McDonnell and J. A. F. Aspinall on, 

 890. 



*Locomoti\e engines for the London, 

 Brighton, and South Coast Railway, 

 the construction of, W. Stroudley on, 

 890. 



Lodge (Prof. O. J.) on standards for use 

 in electrical measurements, 29 ; on the 

 seat of the electromotive forces in the 

 voltaic cell, 464. 



Lowe, Mr. E. J., report of the Committee 

 for co-operating with, in bis project of ! 

 establishing- a meteorological observa- | 

 tory near Chepstow, 35. 



*Lowe (J.), population, immigration, and 

 pauperism in the dominion of Canada, 

 86G. 



Loxosoma, the structure and develop- 

 ment of, S. F. Harmer on, 779. 



Lubbock (Sir J.) on the teaching of 

 science in elementary schools, 283; on 

 patent legislation, 293. 



♦Lubricants, the action of, Prof. 0. Rey- 

 nolds on, 622. 



Macadam (Dr. S.) on the production of 

 permanent gas from paraffin oils, 680. 



Macalister (Prof.) on the facial charac- 

 teristics of the races and principal ' 

 crosses in the British Isles, 294. 



McDonnell (A.) and J. A. F. Aspinall on 

 English locomotive engineering, 890. 



*McDougall (A.) and E. Wragge, trans- 

 port by land and water, 862. 



McGill University gold medal, foundation 

 of the, account of, with list of sub- 

 scribers, &c., 929. 



Mackay (A. H.), a preliminary examina- 

 tion of the silicious organic remains 

 in the lacustrine deposits of the pro- 

 vince of Nova Scotia, Canada, 742 ; 

 *on the diatomaceous remains in the i 

 lake deposits of Nova Scotia, 783. 



♦McKendrick (Prof.), remarks on the : 

 problem of aquatic breathing, 783. 



*Mackenzie (J. U.), the telemeter system, 

 652. 



Mackerel sky, Dr. H. Muirhead on the 

 formation of, 6 14. 



Mackintosh (D.) on the erratic blocks of 

 England, Wales, and Ireland, 219. 



♦McLennan (J.), Canadian finance, 841. 



McLeod (Prof.) on the present state of 

 our knowledge of spectrum analysis, 

 295. 



McMonagh (Dr. W.) on the production 

 and propagation of the American 



trotter and classification of the sper- 

 matozoa and ova, 785. 



*McMurrick (Prof. P.), a contribution to 

 our knowledge of the P/u/toj>ti, 782. 



Macrory (Mr.) on patent legislation, 

 293. 



Macrurous crnstacea, the geographical 

 distribution of the, C. Spenee Bate on, 

 753. 



Magnetic compass, a gyrostatic working 

 model of a, 1'rof. Sir Wm. Thomson on, 

 625. 



Magnetic rotation of compounds, the. in 

 relation to their chemical composition, 

 Dr. W. H. Perkin on, 673. 



♦Magnetism, the influence of, on the dis- 

 charge of electricity through gases, 

 Prof. A Schuster on, 633. 



Malagasy, race elements of the, by C. S. 

 Wake, 922. 



Mammalia, an attempt tp exhibit dia- 

 grammatically the several stages of 

 evolution of the, by G. K. Dobson, 

 768. 



Mammals, American Jurassic, Prof. (J. C. 

 Marsh on, 734. 



, certain, inhabiting continental and 



oceanic islands, some peculiarities in 

 the geographical distribution of, G. E. 

 Dobson on, 770. 



Manitoba prairie soils, results illustrat- 

 ing the sources of fertility of, Sir 

 J. B. Lawes and Dr. J. H. Gilbert 

 on, 686. 



Mankind, the primary divisions and geo- 

 graphical distribution of, J. Dallas on, 

 924. 



Marcoartu (A. de), the commercial rela- 

 tions of Canada with Spain and her 

 colonies, 870. 



Marginal convolution, the functions of 

 the, V. Horsley and Prof. E. A Schiifer 

 on, 777. 



Marginal kames, bv Prof. H. C. Lewi-. 

 720. 



Marriage, the probability that a, entered 

 into at any age, will be fruitful, and 

 that a marriage which has been child- 

 less for several years will subsequent^ 

 become fruitful, T. B. Sprague on, 866. 



Marriage laws of the North American 

 tribes, by Major J. W. Powell, 911. 



Marsh (Prof. O. C.) on American Jurassic 

 mammals, 734 ; on the classification 

 and affinities of Dinosaurian reptiles, 

 703. 



Marshall (Prof. A. M.) on the occupation 

 of a table at the zoological station at 

 Naples, 252, 256 ; on the mutual rela- 

 tion of the recent groups of echino- 

 dcrrns, 768. 



Marshall (Prof. D. H.) and Prof. W. L. 

 lioodwin on the physical constants of 

 solutions, 679. 



