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INDEX. 



McLeod (H.) and Clarke (GL S.) on the 

 determination of the rate of vibration 

 of tuning forks, 291. 



Machine for the solution of simultaneous 

 linear equations (Thomson), 111. 



Magic mirror of Japan : Part I (Ayrton 

 and Perry), 127. 



Magnet (declination), on the inequalities 

 of the diurnal range, as recorded at 

 the Kew observatory (Stewart), 241. 



Magnetic declination, comparison of the 

 variations of the diurnal range, as re- 

 corded at the observatories of Kew 

 and Trevandrum (Stewart and Moris- 

 abro Hiraoka), 288. 



j observations made at Kew observa- 

 tory, 89. 



Mammalia, characters of the pelvis 



(Huxley), 395. 

 Mammals, on the origin of (Huxley), 



395. 



Marcet (W.), inquiry into the functions 

 of respiration at various altitudes in 

 Teneriffe, 498. 



Marshall (A. M.), note on the develop- 

 ment of the olfactory nerve and olfac- 

 tory organ of vetebrates, 324. 



Matter, on certain dimensional proper- 

 ties of, in the gaseous state : Parts 

 I, II (Reynolds), 304. 



Matthey (Gr.), on the preparation of 

 the gi*oup of metals known as the 

 platinum series, 464. 



Medals, presentation of the, 63. 



Medusa?, concluding observations on the 

 locomotor system of (Romanes) , 266. 



Mercury, di-iodide of, Hgl 2 , on the 

 effect of heat on the (Rod well and 

 Elder), 284. 



Metallic reflexion, some experiments 

 on (Conroy), 242. 



■ vapours, reversal of their lines 



(Liveing and Dewar) : No. IY, 352 ; 

 No. V, 367 ; No. VI, 471. 



Microrheometer, on the (Hannay), 



* 279. 



Mills (E. J.) and Hogarth (J.), researches 

 on chemical equivalence : Part II. 

 Hydric chloride and sulphate, 270. 



, researches on lactin, 273. 



Mills (E. J.) and Walton (T. IT.), re- 

 searches on chemical equivalence : 

 Part I. Sodic and potassic sulphates, 

 268. 



Mirror (magic) of J apan : Part I 

 (Ayrton and Perry), 127. 



Molecular physics in high vacua 

 (Crookes), 477. 



pressure, on the illumination of 



lines of, and the trajectory of mole- 

 cules (Crookes), 103. 



Morisabro Hiraoka and Stewart (B.), a 

 comparison of the variations of the 



diurnal range of magnetic declination 

 as recorded at the observatories of Kew 

 and Trevandrum, 288. 



Obituary notices : — 



Brongniart (A. T.), iv. 



Clarke (Rev. W. B.), i. 



Fries (E. M.), vii. 

 Olfactory nerve and olfactory organ of 



vertebrates, note on the development 



of the (Marshall), 324. 

 Ord (W.) on the effect of strong in- 

 duction currents upon the structure 



of the spinal cord, 265. 

 Organic infusions, note on the influence 



exercised by light on (Tyndall), 212. 



Parker (W. K.) on the structure and 

 development of the skull in the Lacer- 

 tilia : Part I. On the skull of the 

 common lizards, 214. 



, on the development of the skull 



and its nerves in the green turtle 

 (Chelone midas), with remarks on the 

 segmentation seen in the skull of va- 

 rious types, 329. 



Pavy (F. W.) , volumetric estimation of 

 sugar by an ammoniated cupric test, 

 giving reduction without precipitation, 

 260. 



, physiology of sugar in relation to 



the blood, 520. 

 Pelvis in mammalia, characters of (Hux- 



ley), 395. 



Perry (J.) and Ayrton (W. E.), magic 

 mirror of Japan : Part I, 127. 



, contact theory of voltaic ac- 

 tion : No. Ill, 421. 



Physical geology, notes on : No. V, note 

 in correction of an error in (Haugh- 

 ton), 154. 



Phyto - paleeontological investigations, 

 report on, generally, and on those re- 

 lating to the Eocene Flora of Great 

 Britain in particular (Ettingshausen) , 

 221. 



Platinum series, preparation of the group 

 of metals (Matthey) , 464. 



Poynting (J. H.) on a method of using 

 the balance with great delicacy, and 

 on its employment to determine the 

 mean density of the earth, 2. 



Preece (W. H.) and Stroh (A.), studies 

 in acoustics : I. On the synthetic 

 examination of vowel sounds, 358. 



Presents, lists of, 98, 228, 297, 372, 457, 

 528. 



President's address, 43 ; resignation of 

 Sir J. D. Hooker, 63 ; election of W. 

 Spottiswoode, 69. 



Protoplasm, on the influence of light 

 upon (Downes and Blunt), 199. 



