INDEX II. 



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relation to tliat of the Black Sea and 

 the Caspian, 163. 



Mediterranean, J. Gwyn Jeffreys on the 

 nioUusca of the, 111. 



*J>Ieildejohn (J. M. D.) on the economic 

 use of endowments, 196. 



Meldrum (C.) on a periodicity of cy- 

 clones and rainfall in connexion with 

 the sun-spot periodicity, 43. 



Jlercator's projection of a surface of re- 

 volution. Prof. Cayley on the, 9. 



jMetallurg-y, primitive, A. W. Buchland 

 on the serpent in connexion with, 

 140. 



Metals, Dr. J. H. Gladstone on black 

 deposits of, 63. 



* , Prof. G. Forbes on certain con- 

 nexions between the molecidar pro- 

 perties of, 29. 



*Meteorology, A. de Marcoartu on the 

 application of telegraphy to naviga- 

 tion and, 43. 



*Methyl, sulphide of, Prof. Crum Brown 

 on the action of, on bromacetic acid, 

 63. 



*Microzyme3 as partial bionta, Dr. J. 

 Ross on, 131. 



*Miniug, S. Davis on Brain's system of, 

 by means of boring-machinery, dyna- 

 mite, and electric blasting, 213. 



*Modular equations. Prof. H. J. S. 

 Smith on, 24. 



Moffat (Dr. T.) on a horn and bones 

 found in a cutting in a street in 

 Maidenhead, Berks, 84 ; on geological 

 systems and endemic diseases, 84. 



'Molecular changes that accompany the 

 magnetization of iron, nickel, and 

 cobalt, W. F. Barrett on the, 40. 



* properties of metals, Prof G. 



Foi'bes on certain connexions between 

 the, 29. 



Jslolecules in motion. Prof. J. C. Maxwell 

 on the final state of a system ofj sub- 

 ject to forces of any kind, 29. 



*Mollusca, embryological observations 

 bearing on the genealogy of the, by 

 E. li. Lankester, 116. 



of the Mediterranean, J. Gwj'n 



Jeffreys on the. 111. 



"Mongolia and Zungaria, Ney Elias on 

 trade-routes through, 160. 



*Moon's surface, W. R. Birt on the im- 

 portance and necessity of continued 

 .systematic observations on the, 34. 



Morality, E. B. Tylor on the relation of, 

 to religion in the early stages of civi- 

 lization, 148. 



•Moresby (Capt. J.) on discoveries at 

 the eastern end of New Guinea, 172. 



*Morgan (E. D.) on Ru.=sian accounts 

 of Khiva and Turcomania, 172. 



Morphine, Dr. 0. II. A. Wright on new 

 derivatives from codeine and, 67. 



*Morris (W.) on capital and labour, 196. 



*Moseley (H. N.) on the vegetation of 

 Bermuda, 105. 



Mosses of the West Riding of York- 

 shire, C. P. Ilobkirk on the, 104. 



Mount yinai, Dr. C. T. Beke on the true 

 position and physical characters of, 

 101. 



*Nant-y-glo coal-cutting machine, Dr.- 

 W. J. Clapp on the, 213. 



*Napier (J. R.) on Napier's pressure log, 

 214. 



National debt, the, and our disburse- 

 ments from 1688, F. P. Fellows on, 

 186. 



*Navigation and meteorology, A. de 

 Marcoartu on the application of tele- 

 graphy to, 43. 



Nebulaj, Dr. Huggins on the proper 

 motions of, 34. 



Negretti and Zanibra's test-gauge solar- 

 radiation thermometer, G. J. Symons 

 on, 47. 



Neill (A.) on the Bradford building 

 trades, 196 ; on stone-dressing in Brad- 

 ford, 214. 



Neolithic implement, a hitherto unde- 

 scribed. Dr. J. S. Holden on, 146. 



*Neville (J.) on the axis of least mo- 

 ments in a rectangular beam, .32. 



*New Guinea, Capt. J. Moresby on dis- 

 coveries at the eastern end of, 172. 



, Rev. W. W. Gill on three visits 



to, 169. 



Newton (W. E.) on the sand-blast pro- 

 cessfor cutting and ornamenting stone, 

 glass, and other hard substances, 215. 



Northumberland, the Whin Sill of, W. 

 Topley and G. A. Lebour on the, 92. 



*Omnimeter,Eckhold's, anew surveying- 

 instrument, G. W. Hope on, 47. 



Optics, geometrical, Prof J. C. Maxwell 

 on the relation of, to other branches 

 of mathematics and phj'sics, 38. 



Oxaluric acid, W. H. Pike on several 

 homologues of, 65. 



*Oxenham (E. L.) on a journey from 

 Peking to Han-kow, 172. 



Oxyhydrogen lantern, a new form of, for 

 the use of lecturers, C. J. Woodward 

 on, 52. 



Palgrave (R. H. I.) on the relation of 

 the banking' reserve of the Bank of 



