Index. 
1005 
MoncreifF (The Riglit Hon. Lord), Pre- 
sident, Address on Closing the Ses- 
sion, 1883-84, 937. 
Monopressures applied to Rhythm, &c. , 
56. 
Morphology. — On the latest Theory in 
Vertebrate Morphology, by J. T. 
Cunningham, 759. 
Morphological Classification of Animal 
Tissues, by Patrick Geddes, 277. 
Moru or Madi Tribe of Central Africa, 
by Robert W. Felkin, F.R.G. S., 
303 {see Madi). 
Motion, the Laws of, by Professor Tait, 
8 . 
Muir (Thomas), M.A., The Researches 
of M. E. de Jonc|uim’es on Periodic 
Continued Fractions, 389. 
Awarded the Keith Prize for 
Period 1881-83, 562. 
On the Phenomenon of Greatest 
Middle in the Cycle of a Class of 
Periodic Continued Fractions, 578. 
Murray (Mr), Notes on Boulders in 
Colonsay and Oronsay, 206. 
Murray (John), Director of “Challenger” 
Commission, on a proposed Edin- 
burgh Marine Station for Biological 
Research, at Granton Quarry, 231 ; 
On Work done on board of 
“ Triton ” in the Faroe Channel dur- 
ing 1882, 231. 
and M. I’Abbe Renard, on the 
Microscopic Characters of Volcanic 
Ashes and Cosmic Dust, and their 
Distribution in the Deep Sea De- 
posits, 474. 
and M. PAbbe Renard, The 
Nomenclature, Origin, and Distribu- 
tion of Deep Sea Deposits, 495. 
Musselburgh, Drifted Trees at, by Prof. 
J. Geikie, 745. 
Myzostomidse of the “ Porcupine ” and 
“Triton,” by Prof. L. von Graff, 378. 
Myxomycetes, Affinities of, by Patrick 
Geddes, 273. 
Neill Prize for the Triennial Period 
1880-83, awarded to Professor Herd- 
man for his Papers on the Tunicata, 
566. 
Nepenthes, the Structure of the Pitcher 
in the Seedling of, by Prof. Alex- 
ander Dickson, 381. 
Nerve Terminations in the Skin of 
Mammals, by George Hoggan, M. B. , 
400. 
Neural Gland in the Tunicata, by Prof. 
W. A. Herdman, 145. 
Nicol (W. W.), on the Nature of Solu- 
tion, 47. 
Nitroglycerine, its Chemistry, by Dr 
Matthew Hay, 231. 
The Elementary Composition or 
Nitroglycerine, by Dr Matthew Haj'- 
and Orme Masson, M. A., '234. 
Norman (Rev. A. M.) on the Crustacea 
dredged in the Faroe Channel during 
Cruise of the “Triton,” 231. 
Oil, its Effect on a Stormy Sea, by 
John Aitken, 56. 
Ophiuroidea, Report on the Ophiur- 
oidea of the Faroe Channel, collected 
by H.M.S. “Triton” in August 
1882, 707 ; Ophiurids collected by 
the “Porcupine,” in 1869, 708. 
Comparison of the Faroe 
Ophiuroidea with those from British 
and Norwegian Shores, 724 ; and 
with those from the Arctic Seas, 725. 
Relation of the Ophiuroid 
Fauna to the Nature of the Bottom, 
728. 
Opium, the Acids of, by D. B. Dott, 
189. 
Orchidese of Socotra, 96. 
Orkney Islands, Boulders in, 210. 
Oronsay, Boulders in, 206. 
Palladium (Hydrogenised), its Elec- 
trical Resistance, by Prof. C. G. 
Knott, 181. 
Partitions, On a Special Class of, by 
Prof. Tait, 755. 
Peach (B. N.), and Horne (John), Old 
Red Sandstone Volcanic Rocks of 
Shetland, 593. 
Peddie ( W. ), on the Isothermals and 
Adiabatics of Water near the Maxi- 
mum Density Point, 933. 
Peltier Effect, Change of, due to 
Variation of Temperature, by Albert 
Campbell, 293. 
Pennatulidse, dredged in Faroe Channel 
during Cruise of “ Triton,” by Prof. 
A. M. Marshall, 231. 
Pentastomum protelis, a new Ento- 
zoon, by W. E. Hoyle, 219. 
Petrie (Win. Flinders) on the Old 
English Mile, 254. 
Plane Algebra, or Double Algebra, by 
Dr A. Macfarlane, 184. 
Plarr (M. le Docteur Gustave) on the 
Quaternion Expression of the Finite 
Displacements of a System of Points 
of which th^ Mutual Distances re- 
main Invariable, 151. 
Pleistocene Geology, 186. 
Plumbaginepe of Socotra, 406. 
Point-Motions. — A Problem on Point- 
Motions for which a Reference- Frame 
