INDEX I. 



233 



the United ffingdoni for the vigorous 

 prosecution of phj'sical research, 213. 



Manners (Admiral) on mapping the sur- 

 face of the moon, 76. 



Marine fauna and flora of the south 

 coast of Devon and Cornwall, report 

 on the, 84. 



Mason (Hugh) on boiler explosions, 47. 



Matthiessen (A.) on the chemical na- 

 ture of cast iron, 82 ; on the prepa- 

 ration of piu'e iron, 82 ; on standards 

 of electrical resistance, 434. 



Maw (George) on the rate of increase 

 of underground temperature, 176. 



Maxwell (J. Clerk) on the rate of in- 

 crease of underground temperature, 

 176; on standards of electrical re- 

 sistance, 434 ; experiments on the va- 

 lue of V, the ratio of the electro- 

 magnetic to the electrostatic luiit of 

 electricitj', 436. 



Merlin, food of the, 93. 



Merrifield (C. W.) on the stability, pro- 

 pidsion, and sea-going qualities of 

 ships, 10. 



Meteors, report on luminous, 216 ; cata- 

 logue of large, 278 : catalogue of aero- 

 lites and, by R. P. Greg, 282. 

 ■■'TVIethyl and allied series, Dr. B. W. 

 Richardson on the physiological ac- 

 tion of the, 40-"). 



Methylie alcohol, plnsiological action 

 of, 413. 



Miller (Prof W. A.) on a uniformity of 

 weights and measures, 308 ; on stan- 

 dards of electrical resistance, 434. 



Mineral veins, Charles Moore on, in 

 carboniferous limestone and their or- 

 ganic contents, 360 ; physical con- 

 ditions necessary to, 361 ; pahconto- 

 logy of, 366 ; foraminifera of, 381. 



^loon, report of tlie committee for map- 

 ping the surface of the, 76. 



]Moore (C!harles) on mineral ■\"eins in 

 carboniferous limestone and their or- 

 ganic contents, 360. 



Morren (Prof) on the chemical reac- 

 tions of light discovered by Prof. 

 Tyndall, 66. 



Mountain-limestone corals for photo- 

 graphing, report of the committee 

 appointed to get cut and prepared 

 sections of, 171. 



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

 British Isles, 383. 



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

 and measures, 308. 



Neilson (Robert) on agricultural ma- 

 chinery, 404. 



Newton (Prof. A.) on the protection of 

 birds, 91. 



Oldham (J.) on agxicultural maehiuerv, 

 404. 



Ostracoda from the south coast of De- 

 von and Cornwall, 89. 



Paul (Benjamin II.) on the treatment 

 and utilization of sewage, 313. 



Pengelly (William) on the rate of in- 

 crease of undergTouud temperature, 

 170 ; on the exploration of Kent's 

 Cavern, Devonshu'e, 189. 



Penn (John) on boiler explosions, 47. 



Phillips (Prof. J.) on mapping the sur- 

 face of the moon, 70; on the rate of 

 increase of underground temperature, 

 176; on the exploration of Kent's 

 Cavern, Devonshire, 189; on the rain- 

 fall of the British Isles, 383. 



Physical research, report of the com- 

 mittee for inquiring into the provision 

 existing in the United Kingdom for 

 the rigorous prosecution of, what 

 further provision is needed ? and what 

 measures should be taken to secure 

 it ?, 213. 



Physiological action, report of the com- 

 mittee on the connexion between 

 chemical constitution and, 209. 



Plant-beds of North Greenland, report 

 of a committee for exploring the, 1. 



Pritchard (Rev. C.) on mapping the 

 surface of the moon, 76. 



Propulsion, and sea-going qualities of 

 ships, report on the existing know- 

 ledge on the stabilitv, 10. 



Pnrdy (Frederick) on the pressure of 

 taxation on real property, 57. 



Railway axles and other portions of 

 machinery subjected to rapid alterna- 

 tions of strain, F. J. Braniwell on the 

 influence of form considered in rela- 

 tion to the strength of, 422. 



Rainfall committee, report of the, 383. 



Rain-gauges, examination of, 392. 



Ramsay (Professor) on ice as an agent 

 of geologic change, 171. 



Rankine (Prof.) on the stability, pro- 

 pulsion, and sea-going qualities of 

 ships, 10 ; on agricultm-al machinery, 

 404 ; on a uniformity of weiglits and 

 measures, 808; on the laws of the 

 flow and action of water containing 

 solid matter in suspension, 402. 



Real property, Frederick Purdy on the 

 pressure of taxation on, 57; local 

 taxation in England and Wales fall- 



