450 
INDEX. 
PAGE 
London Clay, Bird from the. 106 
Lunar Inequalities 97 
Mackat’s “ Physiography and Phy- 
sical Geography ” . . . 90 
Magnesium Nitride 433 
Magnetic Action in the Sun’s At- 
mosphere 428 
„ Oxide of Iron, Allotropic 
modifications of 316 
Magnetism of Nickel 109 
Magnets, Effects of Eotation of ... 62 
Mammals of South America, Eossil 435 
Mammoth and Man, the 301 
Manganese, Cast 432 
Marine Amoebae 224 
Mars, Observations of 95 
Marsh Gas, Liquefaction of. 99 
Marsh’s discourse on “ Vertebrate 
Life in America ” 200 
Mechanics 211 
Megarrhiza californiea, Germina- 
tion of 98 
Mercury, Transit of 206, 309 
Metallic Sulphides, formation of... 100 
Meteoric Eadiant Points 205 
Meteorite of Hunger, the 439 
Meteorites 109 
Meteorology 107 
Mexico, Grasses of 312 
Microphone, the 329 
Microscopist, a New Field for the 113 
Microscopy 325 
Milarite 439 
Milk of the Cow-tree 430 
Miller’s “ Elements of Chemis- 
try” 85, 423 
Mineralogische Mittheilungen 440 
Mineralogy 107, 212, 326, 439 
Minerals from Laangban 326 
„ of different specific gravities, 
separation of 328 
Minnesota, Geological Survey of... 415 
Moon, the 410 
„ Motion of the 230 
„ supposed New Spot on the... 311 
Morphology of the Human Teeth 93 
Mosasaurs 320 
Mosquito, the, a bearer of human 
Parasites 222 
Mucorinese, studies on the 314 
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Muir, M. P., on the Old and New 
Chemistry 24 
Nebulae, Physical Origin of. 442 
Neison, E., on the Motion of the 
Moon 230 
Neptune, the Satellite of 97 
New Field for the Microscopist ... 113 
Newfoundland Calamaries Ill 
Nicholson’s “ Manual of Zoology ” 301 
Nickel, Estimation of 101 
„ Magnetism of 109 
Nitric Oxide, Liquefaction of 99 
Nitrogen and Water, reaction of... 319 
„ Preparation of 100 
„ Separation of, from Air 209 
Non-sexual outgrowths on the Pro- 
thalli of Ferns 315 
North American Inscribed Stones 305 
Oil-immersion Object-glass 325 
Ophiurans, Notes on, or Sand and 
Brittle Stars 337 
Origin of the World 75 
“Other Worlds than Ours” 293 
Oxidation of Lead, new product of 
the 317 
Oxygen Lines in the Sun 310 
„ Liquefaction of 99 
Oysters, Purple Ill 
Palaeontology 210, 319, 335 
Palaeozoic Eocks under London ... 320 
Pandermite 214 
Passerine Bird from Colorado, 
Fossil 321 
Paul’s “ Industrial Chemistry ” ... 407 
Permian Eeptiles, American 322 
Persulphuric Acid 207 
„ Chemical Action 
of the Electric Discharge on ... 318 
Philology of the Hidatsa Indians. . . 81 
Phonograph, the 219 
Phosphorescence of Salts of Quinine 102 
Photograph, Solar, showing Gran- 
ules 310 
Photographic Spectra 304 
Photographing the Corona’s Spec- 
trum 426 
