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INDEX. 



Marshall (Prof.) on the investigation of 

 certain physical constants of solution, 

 especially the expansion of saline 

 solutions, 48. 



Marshall (Prof. A.) on the best methods 

 of ascertaining and measuring varia- 

 tions in the value of the monetary 

 standard, 247. 



Marshall (Prof. A. M.) on the desira- 

 bility of combined action for the 

 translation of foreign memoirs, 41 ; on 

 arrangements for assisting the Marine 

 Biological Association laboratory at 

 Plymouth, 59 ; on the occupation of a 

 table at the zoological station at 

 Naples, 77 ; on the provincial museums 

 of the United Kingdom, 97; on the 

 herds of wild cattle in Chartley Park 

 and other parks in Great Britain, 135. 



Marten (E. B.) on the circulation of 

 underground waters, 358. 



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

 ascertaining and measuring variations 

 in the value of the monetary standard, 

 247. 



*Martius (Dr. C. A.), exhibition of a 

 new class of colouring matters, (541. 



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

 of science in elementary schools, 1 63. 



Mason (Miss C. M.), home education in its 

 bearing on technical education, 840. 



Matabeleland and the country between 

 the Zambezi and the Limpopo, by Capt. 

 C. E. Haynes, 802. 



Mathematical and Physical Section, Ad- 

 dress by Prof. Sir R. S. Ball to the, 

 569. 



Mather (W.), manual training a main 

 feature in national education, 843. 



Maurolicus pennantii (the British pearl- 

 sides), the so-called luminous organs 

 of, E. E. Prince on, 769. 



Maximum work obtainable from a given 

 source of alternating electromotive 

 force, the condition of, G. Kapp on, 

 876. 



Mechanical equivalent of heat, experi- 

 ments on the, on a large scale, by E. A. 

 Cowper and W. Anderson, 562. 



Mechanical Section, Address by Prof. O. 

 Keynolds to the, 855. 



Meldola (Prof. E.) on the work of the 

 Corresponding Societies Committee, 

 459. 



•Melsome (W. S.) on 108 skulls from 

 tombs at Assouan, 900. 



Melting points, the, of organic com- 

 pounds, in relation to their chemical 

 constitution, by Prof. Carnelley, 647. 



*Mendel6ef (Prof.), alcohol and water 

 combinations, 647. 



*Menschutkin (Prof.) on the rate of 

 velocity of formation of acetic ether, 

 616. 



Mersey ports, improvement of the access 

 to the, by W. Shelford, 867. 



Metal, the early ages of, in South-east 

 Spain, by H. and L. Siret, 905. 



Metallic salts, the antiseptic properties 

 of, in relation to their chemical com- 

 position, and the periodic law, by 

 Prof. Carnelley and Miss E. Johnston, 

 667. 



Meteorological observations on Ben 

 Nevis, report of the Committee for 

 co-operating with the Scottish Me- 

 teorological Society in making, 34. 



Meteorological observatory near Chep- 

 stow, fourth report of the Committee 

 for co-operating with Mr. E. J. Lowe 

 in his project of establishing a, on 

 a permanent and scientific basis, 39. 



Meteorolog)% marine, contributions to, 

 from the Scottish Marine Station, by 

 Dr. H. K. Mill, 618. ' 



Meteorology and terrestrial magnetism, 

 the general bibliography of, compiled - 

 by the Signal Office, Washington, C. 

 Abbe on, 593. 



Methylene blue and methylene red, Prof. 

 Bernthsen on, 645. 



Metre, a plea for the, by E. G, Ravenstein, 

 805. 



Meyer (Prof. L.), *a study of the action 

 of nitric acid on benzene, 653 ; *on 

 Prof. Ramsay's method of determining 

 specific volumes, ih. 



Micro-organisms, some new, obtained 

 from air, studies on, by Mrs. and Dr. P. 

 F. Fraukland, 745. 



in air,a new method for determining, 



by Prof. Carnelley and T. Wilson, 654. 



Microscopic rock sections, a simple 

 method of projecting upon the screen, 

 both by ordinary and polarised light, 

 E. P. Quinn on, 725. 



Migration of birds, report on the, 70. 



Mill (Dr. H. E.), report on the physical 

 work done at the marine biological 

 station at Granton, 93 ; contributions 

 to marine meteorology from the Scottish 

 Marine Station, 618 ; *on a bathy-oro- 

 graphical map of Scotland, 804. 



Miller (H.), a comparative study of the 

 till or lower boulder-clay in several of 

 the glaciated countries of Europe — 

 Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, Swit- 

 zerland, and the Pyrenees, 694. 



Millstone grit of the Pennine chain. 

 Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins on the structure 

 of the, 686. 



Milne (Prof. J.) on the volcanic pheno- 

 mena of Japan, 212. 



Mimosa inidica, the movement of the leaf 

 of. Dr. S. H. Vines on, 742. 



Mineralogical constitution of calcareous 

 organisms, V. Cornish and P. F. 

 Kendall on the, 700. 



