INDEX. 



949 



Carpenter, ih. ; magnetic disturbances 

 at Fort Eae in 1882-83, by Major 

 H. P. Dawson, 31. 



Magnetic survey of Japan, the recent, 

 Prof. C. G. Knott on, 588. 



Magnetisation of soft iron bars of various 

 lengths in a uniform magnetic field, A. 

 Tankadate on the intensity of, 566. 



Main (P. T.), second report on our ex- 

 perimental knowledge of the properties 

 of matter with respect to volume, 

 pressure, temperature, and specific 

 heat, 465. 



Malthusian theory, the, by E. Chadwick, 

 777. 



Malvern, the crystalline schists of. Dr. 

 C. Callaway on the origin of, 653. 



Malvern Hills, the crystalline axis of the, 

 sketch of the geology of, by Dr. C. 

 Callaway, 654. 



Mammalia, some extinct tertiary, the 

 gigantic size of, Prof. A. Gaudry on, 

 660. 



Mammalian molar teeth, the evolution 

 of the, to and from the tritubercular 

 type, by H. F. Osborn, 660. 



Man (E. H.) on the funeral rites and 

 ceremonies of the Nicobar islanders, 

 844. 



Manchester ship canal, plant and machi- 

 nery in use on the, by L. B. Wells, 796. 



Mannesmann process, on rolling seamless 

 tubes from solid bars or ingots by the, 

 by F. Siemens, 804. 



Mantell (Capt. A. M.), recent explora- 

 tions east of the Jordan, 743. 



' Manure ' gravels of Wexford, second re- 

 port on the, 133. 



Maps, perspective and common, by A. 

 W. Clayden, 740. 



* , topographic, produced by the 



United States Geological Survey, notes 

 on, by G. K. Gilbert, 747. 



Marine Biological Association laboratory 

 at Plymouth, the, report of the Com- 

 mittee for making arrangements for 

 assisting, 94. 



Marine biological station at Granton, 

 Scotland, report of the Committee for 

 aiding in the maintenance of the es- 

 tablishment of a, 319. 



Marriage and descent, the laws of, on a 

 method of investigating, by Dr. E. B. 

 Tylor, 840. 



Marriage customs of the New Britain 

 group, by Rev. B. Danks, 847. 



Marsh (J. E.) *on closed-chain formulse, 

 631 ; *on Van't HofE's hypothesis and 

 the constitution of benzene, ih. 



Marsh (Prof. O. C), *comparison of the 

 principal forms of BinosauHa of Europe 

 and America, 660 ; restoration of 

 Brontojjs robustus, from the miocene 

 of America, 706. 



Marshall (Prof. A.) on the best method 

 of ascertaining and measuring varia- 

 tions in the value of the monetary 

 standard, 181 ; on the statistical data 

 available for determining the amount 

 of the precious metals in use as money, 

 &c., 219. 



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

 museums of the United Kingdom, ] 24 ; 

 on the occupation of a table at the 

 zoological station at Naples, 160 ; on 

 the development of the oviduct and 

 connected structures in certain fresh- 

 water teleostei, 338. 



Marten (B. B.) on the circulation of 

 underground waters, 145. 



Martin (J. B.) on the best method of 

 ascertaining and measuring variations 

 in the value of the monetary standard, 

 181 ; on the statistical data available 

 for determining the amount of the 

 precious metals in use as money, &c., 

 219. 



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

 of science in elementary schools, 1 64. 



Mass, a, containing metallic iron found 

 on Vesuvius, Dr. H. J. Johnston-Lavis 

 on, 667. 



Mathematical and Physical Section, Ad- 

 dress by Prof. G, F. Fitzgerald to the, 

 557. 



Matter, second report on our experimental 

 knowledge of the properties of, with 

 respect to volume, pressure, tempera- 

 ture, and specific heat, 465. 



Mavor (J.) on wage statistics and 

 theories, 757. 



*Maxweirs equations of electromagnetic 

 waves. Prof. H. A. Eowland on a modi- 

 fication of, 617. 



Mecanique moleculaire, sur Papplication 

 de I'analyse spectrale d la, par Dr. J. 

 Janssen, 547. 



Mechanical pathology considered in its 

 relation to bridge design, by G. H. 

 Thomson, 793. 



Mechanical Section, Address by W. H. 

 Preece to the, 781. 



Melanesia, social regulations in, by Rev. 

 R. H. Codrington, 843. 



Meldola (Prof. E.) on the present me- 

 thods of teaching chemistry, 73 ; on 

 the work of the Corresponding Societies 

 Committee, 255 ; on the prehistoric 

 inhabitants of the British Islands, 289 ; 

 on the advisability and possibility of 

 establishing in other parts of the coun- 

 try observations upon the prevalence 

 of earth tremors similar to those now 

 being made in Durham, 522 ; evidence 

 of the tetravalency of oxygen derived 

 from the constitution of the azonaph- 

 thol-compounds, 635. 



Meldometer, J. Joly on the, 564. 



