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REPORT — 1859. 



Mechanical science, 228. 



Metals, precious, on the effects of the in- 

 flux of the, which followed the discovery 

 of America, 205. 



Meteorological observations made at Hug- 

 gate, Yorkshire, 52. 



Meteorology, 43 ; on, with reference to 

 travelling, and the measurement of the 

 height of mountains, 178. 



Michell (Thomas) on the Russian trade 

 with Central Asia, 186. 



Milk, on preserving it perfectly pure, 

 without any chemical agent, 74. 



Miller (John) on some new fossils from 

 the old red sandstone of Caithness, 115 ; 

 on the age of the reptilian sandstones 

 of Morayshire, ib. 



Milne (J. D., jun.) on the homologous 

 development of the muscular system, 

 265. 



Miners, on a safety-cage for, 228. 



Mitchell (Hugh) on new fossils from the 

 lower old red sandstone, 116. 



Moigno (The Abbe), supplement to New- 

 ton's method of resolving equations, 9 ; 

 on Becquerel's phosphoroscope, 62 ; on 

 a new photometer, ib. ; on the pho- 

 nautograph, an instrument for register- 

 ing simple and compound sounds, ib. ; 

 on matches without phosphorus or poi- 

 son, 74 ; on a nephelogene, ib. ; on 

 Corne & Demeaux's disinfecting and 

 deodorizing powder, ib. ; on preserving 

 milk perfectly pure in the natural state, 

 without any chemical agent, ib. ; on a 

 new gas burner, 236; on a helico- meter, 

 an instrument for measuring the thrust 

 of the screw propeller, 237 ; on M. 

 Giffard's automatic injector for feeding 

 boilers, ib. ; on an application of the 

 moving power arising from tides to 

 manufacturing, agricultural and other 

 purposes, and specially to obviate the 

 Thames nuisance, ib. 



Molecules, on the organic, and their re- 

 lations to each other, 72. 



Mollusca of Aberdeenshire, on the, 147. 



Molyneux (W.) on the coal strata of North 

 Staffordshire, with reference particu- 

 larly to their organic remains, 103. 



Mont Blanc, on the establishment of 

 thermometric stations on, 56. 



Montrose, on a bone cave near, 99. 



Moon's motion, on the present state and 

 history of the question respecting the 

 acceleration of the, 29. 



Moore (C.) on the supposed Wealden and 

 other beds near Elgin, 264 ; on Brachi- 

 opoda, and on the development of the 

 loop in Terebratula, 265. 



Moore (John) on Syrrhaptis paradoxus, 

 257. 



Moore (Dr. W.), statistics of small-pox 

 and vaccination in the United King- 

 dom, 223. 



Moorsom (Vice-Admiral) on the perform- 

 ance of steam-vessels, 237. 



Morayshire, on the age of the reptilian 

 sandstones of, 115. 



Morbid growths, on the origin of, with re- 

 ference to the connective tissue theory, 

 265. 



Mordants, on the ageing of, in calico- 

 printing, 258. 



Morphology, on vegetable, 136. 



Morrhua vulgaris and M. punctata, on 

 the identity of, hitherto described as 

 distinct species, 265. 



Morrison (Rev. James) on fossil remains 

 found at Urquhart, 263. 



Mountains, on the measurement of the 

 height of, 178. 



Mulligan (Mr.), quantitative estimation of 

 tannin in some tanning materials, 75. 



Murphy (J. J.) on the distribution of heat 

 over the sun's surface, 50. 



Murray (Andrew) on a new species of 

 Galago (Galago murinus) from Old 

 Calabar, 153 ; on the disguises of na- 

 ture, 175. 



Muscular sense, on a demonstration of 

 the, 167. 



Muscular system, on the homologous de- 

 velopment of the, 265. 



Nagpore, on the aboriginal tribes of the 

 province of, 266. 



Napier (Mr.), new process of etching glass 

 in relief by hydrofluoric acid, 88. 



Napier and Sons' experiments on the 

 strength of wrought iron and steel, 242. 



Natural History, on different subjects in, 

 155. 



Nature, on the disguises of, 175. 



Nephelogene, on a, 74. 



Nerve-physiology, on the necessity of a 

 reform in, 166. 



Nerve-tubes, on the structure of the, 265. 



Nerves, on the supposed distinction be- 

 tween sensory and motory, 168. 



Nervous system, on the action of alcohol 

 on the, 170. 



Newton's method of resolving equations, 

 supplement to, 9. 



Nicol (Prof. James) on the geological 

 structure of the vicinity of Aberdeen 

 and the north-east of Scotland, 116; 

 on the relations of the gneiss, red sand- 

 stone, and quartzite in the North-west 

 Highlands, 119. 



