INDEX. 



94 



♦Marsupials, the foetal membranes of the, 



W. H. Caldwell on, 768. 

 Marten (E. B.) on the circulation of un- 

 derground waters, 96. 



Martin (J. B.), media of exchange : some 

 notes on the precious metals and their 

 equivalents, 837. 



Martin (Prof. W. H.) and W. H. Howell 

 on the coagulation of blood, 774. 



Maskelyne (Prof. N. S.) on the teaching 

 of science in elementary schools, 283. 



Mathematical and Physical Section, 

 Address by Prof. Sir Wm. Thomson to 

 the, 613. 



Matthew (G. F.), the geological age of 

 the Acadian fauna, 742 ; the primitive 

 conocoryphean, 743. 



Meat, the production and consumption 

 of, in the United Kingdom, Major 

 P. G. Craigie on, 841. 



Mechanical principle, a new, certain 

 practical applications of, Trof. H. S. 

 H. Shaw on, 631. 



Mechanical Section, Address by Sir F. J. 

 B-amwell to the, 875. 



*Mechanical theory of heat, kinetic elas- 

 ticity as illustrating the, Prof. O. 

 Reynolds on, 622. 



Media of exchange : some notes on the 

 precious metals and their equivalents, 

 by J. B. Martin, 837. 



Merritt (W. H.) on the occurrence, lo- 

 calities, and output of the economic 

 minerals of Canada, 719. 



Meteoric dust, fourth report on the prac- 

 ticability of collecting and identifying, 

 and on the question of undertaking 

 regular observations in various locali- 

 ties, 38. 



Meteorological observations on Ben 

 Nevis, report of the Committee for co- 

 operating with the Directors of the 

 Ben Nevis Observatory in making, 

 36. 



Meteorological observator}', report of the 

 Committee for co-operating with Mr. 

 E. J. Lowe in his project of establish- 

 ing a, near Chepstow on a permanent 

 and scientific basis, 3.5. 



Meteorological phenomena, solar and ter- 

 restrial, certain short periods common 

 to, Prof. Balfour Stewart and W. 

 L. Carpenter on, 634. 



Metric system of weights and measures, 

 report on the best means for facilitat- 

 ing the adoption of the, in Great 

 Britain, 27. 



Mexican zodiac and astrology, observa- 

 tions on the, by Hyde Clarke, 916. 



Miall (Prof. L. C.) on the exploration of 

 the Raygill fissure in Lothersdale, 

 Yorkshire, 240. 



Michelson (A. A.) on the velocity of 

 light in carbon disulphide and the 



difference in velocity of red and blue 

 light in the same, 654. 

 ♦Microtome, the Caldwell automatic, re- 

 marks on, 777. 

 Migration of birds, report on the, 

 • 266. 



Millar (W. J.) on some phenomena con- 

 nected with iron and other metals in 

 the solid and molten states, with notes 

 of experiments, 653. 

 Miller (H.) on fluxion-structure in till, 



720. 

 Mills (Dr. T. AY.), ^demonstration of the 

 co-ordinating centres of Kronecker, 

 776 ; on the secretion of oxalic acid in 

 the dog, 783. 



and Prof. H. Kronecker on the 



cardiac nerves of the turtle, 776. 

 Milne (Prof. J.) on the earthquake phe- 

 nomena of Japan, 241. 

 Mineral vein or lode, what is a ? by Dr. 



C. Le Neve Foster, 732. 

 Minerals, the economic, of Canada, the 

 occurrence, localities, and output of, 

 W. H. Merritt on, 719. 

 Mining, coal and metal, in the United 

 Kingdom, the relative dangers of, Dr. 

 C. Le Neve Foster on, 868. 

 *Minot (Dr. . C. S.) on the growth of 



children, 785. 

 *Modoc Indians, myths of the, J. Curtin 



on, 910. 

 Moeris basin, the latest researches in the, 



by F. Cope YThitehouse, 802. 

 Molecular volumes, Prof. \V. Ramsay on, 



676. 

 Mollusca, the, inhabiting both sides of 

 the North Atlantic and the interme- 

 diate seas, the concordance of, Dr. «L, 

 Gwyn Jeffreys on, 551. 

 Monotremes, the ova of, Prof. H. N. 



Moseley on, 777. 

 Monte Somma and Vesuvius, notice off a 

 geological map of, by Dr. H. J, John- 

 ston-Lavis, 730. 

 ♦Moon's apogee, Newton's explanation of 

 the motion of the, Prof. J. C. Adams 

 on, 645. 

 Morbihan, the lapidary sculptures of the 

 dolmens of the, Adin. F. H. Tiemlett 

 on, 923. 

 More (A. G.) on the migration of birds. 



266. 

 Morley (Dr. H. F.) on chemical nomen- 

 clature, 39. 

 Moseley (Prof H. N,), Address by, to the 

 Biological Section, 746 ; on the trap- 

 ping of young fish by the water weed 

 Utrieularia vulgaris, 761 ; on the 

 ova of monotremes, 777 ; on the pre- 

 sence of eyes and other sense organs 

 in the shells of the chitonidse, 780 ; on 

 the structure and arrangement of the 

 feathers in the dodo, 782. 



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