INDEX. 



X ( 



Moments of inertia in a plane area, 

 diagrammatic representation of, by A. 

 Lodge, 5-13. 



Monian system of rocks, introduction to 

 tlie, by Prof. J. F. Blake, C69. 



*Monotremes, some points in the develop- 

 ment of, W. H. Caldwell on, GS6. 



Mordey (W. M.) on an electric motor 

 phenomenon, 544. 



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

 264. 



Morgan (E.) on the caves of North Wales, 

 219. 



*jMorgan (E. D.) on Preshevalski's travels 

 in Tibet, 734. 



Morley (J.) on the cultivation of fern 

 prothallia for laboratory purposes, 707. 



Morrison (J. T.) on the distribution of 

 temperature in Loch Lomond and Loch 

 Katrine during the past vcinter and 

 spring, 528 ; on the distribution of 

 temperature in the Firth of Clyde in 

 April and June 1886, 529. 



Mortalitj', proportional, by B. Latham, 

 780. 



Morton (G. H.) on the circulation of un- 

 derground waters, 235 ; on the car- 

 boniferous limestone of the north of 

 Flintshire, 673. 



Moseley (Prof.) on the occupation of a 

 table at the zoological station at Naples, 

 254. 



Mott (F. T.) on provincial museums, their 

 work and value, 686. 



Muirhead(Dr. A.) on standards for use 

 in electrical measurements, 145. 



Multiplex telegraphy by W. H. Preece, 

 812. 



Mummies of ancient Egyptian kings, 

 recently unrolled at Boulak, note on 

 photographs of, by Sir J. W. Dawson, 

 845. 



Munro (Prof.), on the regulation of wages 

 by means of sliding scales, 282. 



Murray (Dr. J.) on meteorological ob- 

 servations on Ben Nevis, 58 ; on the 

 establishment of a marine biological 

 station at Granton, Scotland, 251 ; on 

 the depth of the permanently frozen 

 soil in the Polar regions, 271 ; on the 

 combination of the Ordnance and 

 Admiralty surveys, and the production 

 of a bathy-hypsographical map of the 

 British Isles, 277 ; on the desirability 

 of further research in the Antarctic 

 regions, ib. 



Nares (Capt. Sir G.) on the desirability 

 of further research in the Antarctic 

 regions, 277 ; on the erosion of the sea- 

 coasts of England and Wales, 847. 



*Neoera, the anatomy of, by Prof. Haddon, 

 710. 



*Nervous system of myxine and petro- 



myzon. Prof. D'A. Thompson on the, 



691. 

 Nettle-cells, the function of, bj- Dr. E. 



Von Lendenfeld, 710. 

 Newall (Mr.) and Prof. J. J. Thomson on 



Ohm's law in bad conductors, 308. 

 *New Britain, by Eev. G. Brown, 731. 

 New Guinea, recent exploration in, by 



Capt. H. C. Everill, 730. 

 New Zealand coalfields, the character 



and age of the, Sir J. von Haast on, 



643. 

 Newton (Prof. A.) on the migration of 



birds, 264. 

 Nicholson (Prof. A.) on the establish- 

 ment of a marine biological station at 



Granton, Scotland, 251. 

 Nicholson (Prof. J. S.), one-pound notes, 



766. 

 Nicol (Dr. W. W. J.) on vapour pressures 



and refractive indices of salt solutions, 



204 ; water of crystallisation, 578. 

 Nitrifying organism in the soil, R. 



Warington on the distribution of the, 



582. 

 Niven (Prof. C.) on the work of the 



DifEerential Gravitj' Meter Committee, 



141. 

 North-western tribes of the dominion of 



Canada, report on the physical charac- 

 ters, languages, and industrial and 



social condition of the, 285. 



Odling (Prof.), *micro-organisms in 

 drinking-water, 583 ; *on some de- 

 compositions of benzoic acid, 599. 



*Ogowai- Congo region, recent French 

 explorations in the, by Major R. de 

 Lannoy de Bissy, 736. 



Ohm's law in bad conductors. Prof. J. J. 

 Thomson and Mr. Newall on, 308. 



Ohm's law in electrolytes, Prof. G. F. 

 Fitzgerald and Mr. Trouton on the 

 accuracj^ of, 312. 



Old Hill district, the drainage of the, by 

 W. B. Collis, 825. 



Ommanney (Adm. Sir E.) on the de- 

 sirability of further research in the 

 Antarctic regions, 277 ; on the erosion 

 of the sea-coasts of England and 

 Wales, 847. 



One-pound notes, by Prof. J. S. Nichol- 

 son, 766. 



Onslow (Lord) on allotments, 765. 



Orbits of satellites. Prof. A. Hall on the, 

 542. 



Ordovician rocks of Shropshire, the, by 

 Prof. C. Lapworth, 661. 



*Organisms met with in the clay-ironstone 

 nodules of the coal-measures in the 

 neighbourhood of Dudlej-, exhibition 

 of some, by Dr. H. Woodward and 

 E. Etheridge, 628. 



