23-i 



RE?OET 1,870. 



Maxwell (J. C.) on standards of elec- 

 trical resistance, 14; on the rate of 

 increase of underground temperature, 

 29. 



MeiTifield (C. AV.) on the stability, pro- 

 pulsion, and sea-going qualities ,of 

 ships, 44. 



Meteoric showers, 97 ; radiant-points of, 

 obtained by Professor Schiaparelli, 98. 



Meteors, report of the committee on 

 luminous, 76 ; doubly observed, 78 ; 

 large, 87 ; number of, from a.d. 1500- 

 1870, 94, 96. 



Methjd and allied series, Dr. B. W. 



• Richardson on the action of the, ISo. 



Meth3'lic ether, physiological action of, 

 157. 



Microscopical examination of the air in 

 drains and sewers, 74. 



Miller (Prof. W. A.) on standards of 

 . electrical resistance, 14 ; on a unifor- 

 mity of weights and measures, 232. 



Milhe-Home (D.) on earthquakes in 

 Scotland, 48. 



Moriarty (StaiF-Commander) on tidal 

 observations, 120. 



Mountain-limestone corals for photo- 

 graphing, report of the committee 

 appointed to get cut and prepared 

 . sections of, 41. 



Mylne (R. W.) on the rainfall of the 

 British Isles, 170. 



Napier (J. R.) on a uniformity of weights 

 and measures, 232. 



Newton (Prof.) on the practicability of 

 establishing "a close time" for the 

 protection of indigenous animals, 13. 



Nitrate of amyl, physiological action of, 



, 156. 



Oldham (J.) on tidal observations, 120. 

 Onny, Rev. J. D. La Touche on the 

 sedimentary deposits of the river, 

 ■ 11. 



Parhes (W.) on tidal observations, 120. 

 I'aul (Dr. B. H.) on the treatment and 



utilization of sewage, 49. 

 Pengelly (William) on the exploration 



of Kent's Cavern, Devonshire, 16 ; on 



the rate of increase of undergTound 



temperature, 29. 

 Penn (John) on steam-boiler explosions, 



Phillips (Prof.) on the exploration of 

 Kent's Cavern, Devonshire, 16 ; on 

 the rate of increase of underground 

 temperature, 29 ; on the rainfall of the 

 British Isles, 170. 



Pole (Dr.) on the rainfall of the British; 

 Isles, 170. 



Potassium and sodium alcohols, practical 

 uses of, 162. 



Price (Prof. B.) on tidal observations, 

 120. 



Pritchard (Rev.C) on tidal observations, 

 120. 



Propulsion, and sea-going qualities of. 

 ships, report on the existing know- 

 ledge on the stability, 44. 



Rainfall committee, report of the, 170. 



Rain-gauges, examination of, 210. 



Ramsay (Prof.) on the rate of increase 

 of undergTound temperature, 29. 



Rankine (Prof.) on the stability, pro- 

 pulsion, and sea-going qualities of 

 ships, 44 ; on tidal observations, 120 ; 

 on a uniformity of weights and mea- 

 sures, 232. 



Richards (Capt.) on tidal observations,. 

 120. 



Richardson (Dr. B. W.), report on the 

 action of the methvl and allied series, 

 155. 



Rigby (Samuel) on steam-boiler explo- 

 sions, 1. 



Robinson (Dr.) on tidal observations, 

 120. 



Robinson (John) on a unifonnity of 

 weights and measures, 232. 



Romford, treatment of sewage at, 01. 



Rose Bridge Collieries, section of strata 

 sunk through at, 37. 



Russell (W. II. L.), report on recent 

 progress in elliptic and hj'perelliptic 

 functions, 102. 



Russell (Dr. W. J.), experiments on the 

 air in sewers and drains, 72. 



Sabine (General Sir E.) on tidal obser- 

 vations, 120. 



Sanford (W. A.) on the exploration of 

 Kent's Cavern, Devonshire, 16. 



Scavenging, on the cost of, in various 

 towns, 55. 



Schofield (Thomas) on steam-boiler ex- 

 plosions, 1. 



Scotland, report of the committee on 

 earthquakes in, 48 ; monthly tables of 

 the rainfall in 1868 and 1869, 191. 



Sea-going qualities of ships, report on 

 the existing knowledge on the sta- 

 bility, propulsion, and, 44. 



Sedimentarv deposits of the river Onnv, 

 the Rev. J. D. La Touche on, 11. 



Sewage, report of the committee on the 

 ti-eatment and utilization of, 49 ; dis- 

 posal of, 55 ; treatment of, in Bury, 



