INDEX. 



915 



Magnetic survey of France, the recent, 

 the instruments used in, Prof. A. W. 

 Riicker on, 497. 



Magnetic survey of the globe, proposals 

 concerning a, by Dr. E. Naumann, 

 565. 



Magnetic viscosity in iron, Prof. J. A. 

 Ewing on, 497. 



♦Magnetically polar diorite, exhibition 

 of a small block of, by Prof. E. Hull, 

 577. 



Magnetisation of iron, report on the 

 molecular phenomena connected with 

 the, 3.3. 



Magnetism, the action of, on photogra- 

 phic plates, by P. Hraham, 519. 



"Mammalian hand, on the morphology 

 of the long flexors of the digits of the, 

 by Prof. B. C. A. Wiudle, 616. 



Manganese ore, Chilian, J. and Dr. H. S. 

 Pattinson on, 537. 



Manual, or some form of technical in- 

 struction a necessarj' element of a 

 compulsory system of education, E. J. 

 Watherston on, 712. 



' Manure ' gravels of Wexford, third re- 

 port on the, 92. 



Manville (E.), Series electrical traction 

 (>Torthfleet tramways), 742. 



♦Marine Biological Association, on the 

 work done at the laboratory of the, 

 in the past year, by G. C. Bourne, 

 642. 



♦Marine fauna, the limit between the 

 continental and abyssal, by Rev. Canon 

 Norman, 628. 



♦Marley (J.) and Prof. G. A. Lebour, 

 sketch of the ri.se and progress of the 

 Cleveland and South Durham salt in- 

 dustry, and on the extension of the 

 Durham coal-field, 580. 



Marr (J. E.), dynamic metamorphism of 

 Skiddaw slates, 568. 



.Marshall (Prof. A.) on the best methods 

 of ascertaining and measuring varia- 

 tions in the value of the monetary 

 standard, 133 ; on the statistical data 

 available for determining the amount 

 of the precious metals in use as money, 

 &c., 164. 



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

 of the oviduct and connected struc- 

 tures in certain fresh- water teleostei, 

 95 ; on the occupation of a table at the 

 zoological station at Naples, ib. 



Marten (E. B.) on the circulation of 

 underground waters, 71. 



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

 ascertaining and measuring variations 

 in the value of the monetary standard, 

 133 ; on the statistical data available 

 for determining the amount of the 

 precious metals in use as money, &c., 

 164. 



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

 of science in elementary schools, 131. 



Mathematical and Physical Section, Ad- 

 dress by Capt. W. de W. Abney to the, 

 481. 



Mathematical functions, the possibility 

 of calculating tables of certain, re- 

 port on, 28. 



Mechanical Section, Address by W. 

 Anderson to the, 718. 



♦Meissel (Dr.) on some formulae connected 

 with Bcssel's functions, 498. 



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

 Corresponding Societies Committ€e, 

 187 ; on tiie present methods of teach- 

 ing chemi.stry, 228 ; on the prehis- 

 toric inhabitants of the British Islands, 

 318. 



♦Meristern of ferns, the, as a study in 

 phylogeny, by Prof. F. O. Bower, 

 618. 



Metallic aluminium as a chemical reagent, 

 by Dr. J. B. Cohen and R. Ormandy, 

 550. 



Meteoric dust, the collection and identifi- 

 cation of, report on, 34. 



♦Meteorological instruments, distant, 

 apparatus for reading indications of, 

 by T. J. Murday, 509. 



Meteorological observations on Ben 

 Nevis, report of the Committee for 

 co-operating with the Scottish Me- 

 teorological Society in making, 315. 



Microscopic features of the coal of the 

 world, on the present state of the in- 

 quiry into the, by Prof. W. C. William- 

 son, 69. 



Migration of birds, report of the Com- 

 mittee for making a digest of the ob- 

 servations on the, 114. 



^Migration of fishes, observations on the, 

 by Prof. J. C. Ewart, 627. 



Mild winters, the periodicity of, R. E. W. 

 Goodridge on, 510. 



Mill (Dr. H. R.) on arranging an inves- 

 tigation of the seasonal variations of 

 temperature in lakes, rivers, and es- 

 tuaries, 44 ; the physical basis of com- 

 mercial geography, 559. 



Mills (Rev. II. v.), home colonisation, 

 717. 



Milne (Prof. J.) on the earthquake and 

 volcanic phenomena of Japan, 295 ; 

 seismological work in Japan, 492 ; on 

 the vibrjition of railway trains, ib. 



Milne-Home (Mr.) on meteorological 

 ob.servations on Ben Nevis, 315. 



Model estuaries. Prof. O. Reynolds on, 

 328. 



Molecular phenomena connected with 

 the magnetisation of iron, report on 

 the, 33. 



Molecular refraction, dispersion, and 

 magnetic rotation of carboncompounds, 



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