INDEX 



531 



Mauritius, magnetical observatory at, 

 170. 



Maxwell (J. 0.) on a method of making a 

 direct comparison of electrostatic with 

 electromagnetic force ; with a note on 

 the electromagnetic theory of light, 

 449. 



■ on governors, 270, 



Melbourne, new reflecting telescope to be 

 used at, 159, 168. 



, self-recording magnetical instru- 

 ments at, 170. 



telescope, Eeport of the Committee 



on the, to the President and Council of 

 the Eoyal Society, 313. 



, description of the great, 434. 



Menaphtlioxylic acid, 300. 



Menaphtylamine, on, 445. 



Merrifield (C. W.) on the law of the re- 

 sistance of the ah to rifled projectileSj 

 321. 



^Meteorological observations, system of, for 



the United Kingdom, 165. 



statistics of the ocean, 166. 



Meteors, method of diminishing apparent 



velocity of, 243. 

 Methylic aldehyde, contributions to the 



history of, 156. 

 Mohl (H. von) elected foreign member, 



311. 



Monamines, aromatic, transformation of, 

 into acids richer in carbon (II.), 300 ; 

 III., 445. 



Moon, changes of the, on a supposed con- 

 nexion between rainfaU and, 213. 



, notices of some parts of the surface 



of the, 231 ; drawings of the, 235. 



Moon (E.) on the the impact of com- 

 pressible bodies, considered with refer- 

 ence to the theory of pressure, 411. 



Mountains, lunar, notice of, 232. 



Muscle, proportional force of, 19. 



Mustard-oil of the ethyl series, on the, 

 254. 



Myology, variations in human, 483. 

 Mysteries of numbers, on, 251. 



Napier (J. E.) admitted, 209. 



Narcotine and its products of decompo- 

 sition (II.), researches into the chemical 

 constitution of, 39. 



Nebula, remarks on the great, in Orion, 

 322. 



Nebulae, further observations on the spec- 

 tra of, 382. 



, southern, residts of examination of, 



with the spectroscope, 451. 



, spectra of some of the southern, 



417. 



Nei-fs, sur I'origine de I'electrotone des, 

 258. 



Nerve-action, a result of oxidation, 467. 

 VOL. XVI. 



Nerve, fifth cranial, notes on variations in 

 the origua of the long buccal branch of 

 the, 456. 



Neumayer (G.), scientific exploration of 

 Central AustraUa, 347. 



Newton (A.) and Newton (E.) on the 

 osteology of the sohtaire or didine bird 

 of the Island of Eodriguez, Fezo;phaps 

 solitaria (G-mel.), 428. 



Nitrites, action of, on blood, 339. 



Nitrogen, on the ehmination of, during 

 rest and exercise on a regulated diet of 

 nitrogen, 44. 



Nordenskiold (A. E.), announcement of 

 the intention of the Swedish Grovern- 

 ment to send out a new Polar expedi- 

 tion, 381. 



, further particulars of the Swedish 



Polar expedition, 464. 



Northumberland, hon-built and armour- 

 plated ship, on the amount and changes 

 of the polar magnetism at certain posi- 

 tions in the, 311. 



Numbers, on the mysteries of, aUuded to 

 by Fermat, 251. 



Obituary notices of deceased FeUows : — 

 Dr. Benjamin Guy Babington, i. 

 Alexander Dallas Bache, b:iv. 

 Wilham Thomas Brande, ii. 

 Dr. William Brinton, vi. 

 Walter Crum, viii. 

 John Davy, Ixxix. 

 Joseph Edye, x. 

 Sir G-eorge Everest, xi. 

 John Goodsir, xiv. 

 Wilham Gravatt, xvi. 

 Charles James Hargreave, xvii. 

 Sir Wilham Snow Harris, xviii. 

 Dr. WiUiam Henry Harvey, xxii. 

 Sir Edmund Walker Head, Ixxi. 

 Percival Norton Johnson, xxiii. 

 Sir WnHam Lawrence, xxv. 

 John Lee, xxx. 



Samuel Eoffey Maitland, xxxi. 



George Eennie, xxxiii. . 



Georg FriedrichB ernliar d Eiemann,lxix;. 



Henry Darwin Eogers, xxxv. 



Earl of Eosse, xxxvi. 



James Smith, xhi. 



Sir James South, xUv. 



Joseph Toynbee, xlvii. 



Eobert Warington, xhx. 



Eev. Wilham WheweU, li. 



Nicholas Wood, Ixi. 



Lord Wrottesley, Ixiii. 

 Observatories for British land meteoro- 

 logy, list of, 166. 

 Occlusion of hydrogen gas by metals, 



422. 



Ommanney (E.) admitted, 419. 

 Optic axes, new researches on the disper- 

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