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REPORT 1876. 



stration of a fuudamental principle of 

 tlie theory i if functions, 20. 



*jMauy-valiied functions, M. M. W. 

 Wilkinson on, 30. 



"Marcoartu (Don A. de) on Spanisli 

 mining, 207. 



Mason (S.) on the depreciation of silver 

 and a gold standard for India, 207. 



Mathematical and Physical Sectiou,rrof. 

 Sir W. Thomson's Address to the, 1 . 



Matheson (J., jim.) on the silver di- 

 lemma, 207. 



Matricaria iiiodora, Prof. A. Dickson on 

 two monstrosities uf, 143. 



Maxwell (Prof. J. C. ) on the protection 

 of buildings from lightning, 43. 



Mechanical Section, C. W. Merrilield's 

 Address to the, 211. 



* theory of the soaring of birds, by 



W. Froude, 31. 



Medusoe, physiology of the nervous 

 system of, G. J. Romanes on, 1-58. 



•Mensuration of certain solids, Prof. J. 

 Thomson on a theorem in the, 30. 



*Mental progress of animals during the 

 human period, J. Shaw on, 169. 



Merrifield (C. W.), Address by, to the 

 Mechanical Section, 211. 



*Metal surfaces, J. B. Beynon on a hand 

 machine for shaping and finishing 

 metal surfaces, 211). 



Metallic reflection. Prof. G. G. Stokes 

 on a phenomenon of, 41. 



Metric units of force, energy, and power, 

 larger than those on the ceutimetre- 

 gram-second system. Prof. J. Thom- 

 son on, 32. 



•Microscope adapted for showing the 

 circulation in the human subject. Dr. 

 U. Pritchard on a, 158. 



Mildew in grey cloth, W. Thomson on 

 the growth of, 70. 



Military field-railway, J. B. Fell on ex- 

 periments mr^de with a new form of, 

 223. 



Millar (W. J.) on the strength and frac- 

 ture of cast iron, 227. 



Milne-Home (D.) on the parallel roads 

 of Glen Roy, 93 ; on high-level ter- 

 races in Carron vaUey, county of Lin- 

 lithgow, 94. 



*Mind, Prof. BaiTett on some phenomena 

 associated with abnormal conditions 

 of, 1G4. 



Minerals, some new, Dr. von Lasaulx on, 

 92. 



•Mirage en nier. Dr. J. Janssen sur le, 

 40. 



•Mitchell (W. S.) on the Bagshot peat- 

 beds, 94. 



More (A. G.) on the occurrence in Ire- 

 land of Nztphar intermedium, Ledeb., 

 144; * on Zostera nana fi'om Carnar- 

 vonshire, 144. 



•Morris (Rev. F. 0.), a double dilemma 

 in Darwinism, 147. 



Muir (M. M. P.) on essential oil of sage, 

 Go ; on the action of dilute saline so- 

 lutions upon lead, CG; on certain com- 

 pounds of bismuth, 66. 



(T.) on convergents, 27 ; *on the 



relation between two continued frac- 

 tion expansions for series, 28. 



•Murray (J.), notes on oceanic deposits 

 and their origin, based on observa- 

 tions made on board H.M.S. ' Chal- 

 lenger,' 147; on the geological dis- 

 tribution of oceanic deposits, 183. 



Names, the prehistoric, for man, mon- 

 key, lizard, &c., Hyde Clarke on, 165. 



Napier (C. 0. Groom) on the unwhole- 

 someness of flesh diet in tropical cli- 

 mates, 153 ; on the Phrenicians, IGo. 



•Nasmyth (J.) on a spherical pendulous 

 safety-A-alve, 229. 



•Naval signalling. Sir W. Thomson on, 

 233. 



Nerves, the termination of, in the vesti- 

 bide and semicircular canals of Mam- 

 mals, Dr. U. Pritchard on, 156. 



New Guinea, Octa^•ius Stone on his 

 recent journeys in, 184. 



, N.\\^., G. E. Cerruti on his recent 



explorations in, 182. 



•Newlands (J. A. R.) on relations 

 among the atomic weights of the ele- 

 ments, 66 ; *on the alum process in 

 sugar-refining, 66. 



Newman (Prof. F. W.) on the use of 

 Legendre's scale for calcidating the 

 first elliptic integral, 28. 



Newton (JProf. A..), Address by, to the 

 Department of Botany and Zoology, 



Nichols (Kerry), explorations in the 

 islands of the Coral Sea, 167, 183. 



•Nicholson (Prof. A.H.)and Prof. Hark- 

 ness on the strata and fossils between 

 the Borrowdaile series of the Conis- 

 ton flags of the north of England, 00. 



•Niger, A. Bowden on a new route to 

 the sources of the, 181. 



•Nitroso derivatives of the terpenes, 

 Dr. W. A. TUden on the, 70. 



Nitphar intermedium, Ledeb., A. G. 

 More on the occurrence in Ireland of, 

 144. 



•Nutation of a solid shell containing 

 liquid. Sir W. Thomson on the, 35. 



