834 index. [December, 
Mallet, R., temperature of primordial 
ocean of our globe, 812 
Magnus, P., “ Hydrostatics and Pneu- 
matics ” (review), 113 
Man and brute, alleged distinction 
between, 145 
— antiquity of, 675 
— early traces of, 401 
Manchester Literary and Philosophi- 
cal Society, 324 
Mankind, origin of the blonde race of, 
454 
Mannite in beer, 330 
Markham, Capt., Arctic campaign of 
1879, 816 
Marey, E. J., researches on electric 
fishes, 393 
Marriott, W., thermometer exposure, 
507 
Mars, ellipticity of, 811 
Marsh, S., •* Section Cutting ” (re- 
view), 135 
Marshall, Green, Thorpe, Miall, and 
Rucker, “ Coal” (review), 190 
Match struck upon the nail, death 
from, 262 
Mate, physiological action of, 262 
Materialism, scientific, and ultimate 
conceptions, 661 
“ Mathematics, Pure and Applied, 
American Journal of ” (review), 
139 
Matter adtive, 226 
Matter dead, 150 
Matthews, J., machine for making 
sections, 823 
Mattison, R. V., opium smoking 
among the Celestials, 346 
Mayer, A., R. Heinrichs, E. Wein, 
and J. Nessler, cattle foods, 326 
— J. R., memorial to, 267 
— P., antennas of certain diptera, 586 
McCoy, F., “Natural History of 
Victoria ” (review), 439 
McLeod, H., eledtric clock used in 
experiments on tuning-forks, 
581 
— rate of vibration of tuning-forks, 
257 
McNab, W. R., “ Botany ” (review), 
122 
“ Mechanics ” (review), 646 
Medlicott, H. B., and W. T. Bland- 
ford, “ Manual of the Geology of 
India ” (review), 698 
Mensel, M., preparation of colouring 
matter, 707 
Mental inanition, 375 
Merget, M., use of mercurial vapours 
for studying the structure of 
vegetable matter, 389 
Metallic reflexion, experiments on, 
198 
Metallurgy, 205, 269, 331, 588, 770 
Metal, new, made from iron and steel, 
332 
Metals, remarkable welding of two, 
332 
Meteoric mineral, new, 270 
Meteorological Society, 201, 383, 507 
Miall, L. C., and F. Greenwood, 
“ Studies in Comparative Ana- 
tomy ” (review), 314 
— Thorpe, Rucker, Marshall, and 
Green, “ Coal” (review), 190 
Micrometers, spiders web for, 245, 
3 i 5 
Micrometry, standard unit of, 456 
Microphone, new form of, 816 
Microscope, compound achromatic, 
475 
— simple contrivance for holding the 
object beneath the stage of the, 
392 
“ Microscope, Selection and Use of 
the ” (review), 373 
Microscopic objedts, little scientific 
value of, 823 
phenomena of muscular contradtion, 
393 
Microscopical researches, definition 
in high power, 576 
— Society, alteration in the, 393 
Journal of, 392 
Mid-ocean, plan for life-saving sta- 
tions in, 341 
Milking, 706 
“ Mind and Brain ” (review), 566 
Mine explosions, 590 
Mines, accidents resulting from heat 
of, 796 
— Comstock, heat of the, 218 
Mineral wealth of Turkey, 590 
“ Mining Surveyors and Registrars of 
Victoria, Reports of the ” (review), 
136 
Missouri and Kansas, tornadoes of, 
613 
Mist, fog, and dew, 384 
Molecular physics in high vacua, 
411 
Moulton, S. F., and W. Spottiswoode, 
sensitive state of electrical dis- 
charges through rarefied gases, 
443 
Monkeys, an honest cashier, 345 
“ Moon, Researches on the Motion of 
the ” (review), 642 
“ Moon, the, her Motions, Aspedt, 
Scenery, &c.” (review), hi 
M ordant from lees of wine, 708 
Morea, A., experiments on dogs, 388 
