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REPORT — 1877. 



MacGregor (J. G.) and J. A. Ewing 

 on the volumes of solutions, 40. 



# M'Kendrick (Prof.) and Dr. W. Ram- 

 say on the physiological action of the 

 substitution compound of chinoline 

 and piridine, 111. 



M'Lachlan (R.), remarks on the Colo- 

 rado beetle, and on the panic existing 

 as to the possibility of its becoming 

 obnoxious in this country, 102. 



*M'Leod (Prof. H.) on a new method 

 of determining the vibration-number 

 of timing-forks, 37; *on the cyclo- 

 scope, 217. 



M'Nab (Prof.) on the classification of 

 the vegetable kingdom, 104 ; on the 

 classification of flowering plants con- 

 sidered phytogenetically, 104 ; on the 

 movements of water in plants, 105 ; 

 on an abnormal plant of Primula 

 vcris, 105. 



Mactear (J.) on an improved system of 

 alkali manufacture, 52; *on a new 

 mechanical furnace used in the alkali 

 manufacture and for calcining pur- 

 poses generally, 52 ; *on the regene- 

 ration of sulphur employed in the 

 alkali manufacture by the Mactear 

 process, 52 ; on a new mechanical 

 furnace used in the alkali manufacture 

 and for calcining purposes generally, 

 217. 



*Maguesium and potassium chlorate, 

 the explosive character of a mixture 

 of, P. Braham on, 51. 



Magnetic induction as affecting obser- 

 vations of the intensity of the hori- 

 zontal component of the earth's mag- 

 netic force, C. Chambers on, 33. 



* susceptibility of iron, the effect 



of transverse stress on the, Sir W. 

 Thomson on, 37. 



•Malayo-Polynesians, some characteris- 

 tics of the, Rev. S. J. AVhitmee on, 

 122. 



*Mallock (A.) on the measurement of 

 the height of clouds, 38; *on the 

 molecular changes which take place 

 in iron and steel while cooling, 42. 



*Margary (P. J.) on the Saltash bridge, 

 217. 



•Marine azimuth mirror and its adjust- 

 ments, Sir AV. Thomson on a, 43. 



*Mariner's compass, the, with correc- 

 tors for iron ships, Sir W. Thomson, 

 on, 218. 



Marsh (Capt. H. C.) on a journey over- 

 land to India to 1872, vid Meshed, 

 Herat, Candahar, and the Boulan Pass, 

 148. 



Mathematical and Physical Section, 

 Address by Prof. G. C. Foster to 

 the, 1. 



♦Mauritius, the diurnal variations of the 

 barometer and wind in, C. Meldrum 

 on, 39. 



* , the tides of, Capt. Evans and 



Sir W. Thomson on, 40. 



♦Measurement of the height of cloud-, 

 A. Mallock on the, 38. 



Mechanical Section, Address by E. 

 Woods to the, 18S. 



*Meldrum (C.) on the diurnal variations 

 of the barometer and wind in Mauri- 

 tius, 39. 



•Mellitic acid, the constitution of, S. E. 

 Phillips on, 53. 



Merrifield (J.) on the meteorology of 

 Plymouth, 39. 



Metastasis, the use of the terms assimi- 

 lation and, G. T. Bettany on, 107. 



Meteor which passed over Bhawnpore, 

 in India, in October 1873, Major G. 

 N. Money on a, 31. 



•Meteoric stone falling on the earth, 

 the possibility of life on a, Sir. W. 

 Thomson on, 43. 



Meteorology of Plymouth, J. Merrifield 

 on the, 39. 



•Microscope, a binocular, for high 

 powers, J. T. Taylor on, 32. 



Millstone grit, the carboniferous lime- 

 stone and, in the country around 

 Llangollen, N. Wales, G. IL Morton 

 on, 74. 



Minerals, a new method for studying 

 the optical characters of, H. C. Sorby 

 on, 77. 



•Mississippi, the jetties of the, Capt. D. 

 Galton on, 200. 



, the works now in course of erec- 

 tion for improving the navigation of 

 one of the mouths of the, under the 

 direction of Mr. James Eads, C.E., 

 Capt. D. Galton on, 202. 



•Molecular changes which take place 

 in iron and steel while cooling, A. 

 Mallock on the, 42. 



Mollusca, notes on some of the recent or 

 living, from the Arctic expedition, 

 by J. Gwyn Jeffreys, 72. 



Molyneux (W.) on the occurrence of 

 Aviculopecten and other marine shells 

 in deposits associated with seams 

 of coal containing salt water in the 

 Ashby coalfield, 73. 



Money (Major G. N.) on a meteor which 

 passed over Bhawnpore, in India, in 

 October 1873, 31. 



Monocular vision, the relative apparent 



