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INDEX. 
[October, 
Machattie, M., analysis of caliche, 
282 
— analysis of gypsum from White 
Mountains, 282 
Maclaren, J., “ Examination of 
Principal Arguments for and 
against Darwinism ” (review), 398 
Madrid, new market place in, 142 
“ Magnetism and Electricity ” (re- 
view), 129 
Magnifier, new form, single, 284 
Main, R., “Annual Address of the 
Victoria Institute or Philoso- 
phical Society of Great Britain ” 
(review), 125 
Malabar District, gold in, 427 
Mallet, J. W., achrematite new mo- 
lybdo-arsenate of lead, 281 
“ Manual of Electro - Metallurgy ” 
(review), 274 
Market place in Madrid, new, 142 
Martin, H. N. and T. H. Huxley, 
“ Course of Practical Instruction 
in Elementary Biology ” (review), 
106 
“ Mathematical and Nautical Tables 
for the use of Students, Seamen, 
Mathematicians, &c. ” (review), 
392 
Maxwell, J. C., “ Theory of Heat ” 
(review), 109 
Medical work, earliest extant, 95 
Mechanical action of light, 228 
Meidinger, H. D., artificial produc- 
tion of ice and cold, 432 
Mello, J. M., bone-caves of Cress- 
well Crags, 428 
“ Memoirs and Correspondence of 
Caroline Herschel ” (review), 405 
Mericourt, Leroy de, “ Modern 
Naval Hygiene” (review), 117 
Meteorites, two new, from Desert of 
Atacama, 430 
“ Metric Arithmetic, British ” (re 
view), 269 
Microcline, 431 
Micro-photographs, 285, 425 
Minerals, rocks, and fossils, catalogue 
of, 284 
— Scotch, 564 
Mineralogical Society of Great Bri- 
tain, 281, 564 
Mines, Japanese, 433 
Mirrors, silvering, 287 
Mitis green, detection of, 431 
Mivart, G., biological controversy 
and its laws, 201 
“Modern Naval Hygiene” (review), 
117 
Moigno, Abbe, hygienic application 
of electricity, 143 
Monads, improvements in the mode 
of illumination for the observa- 
tions on, 424 
“ Moon, The, and the Condition and 
Configurations of its Surface.” 
By Edward Neison (review), 525 
“ Morphology, Animal, and Syste- 
matic Zoology, introduction, to” 
(review), 413 
Morton, H., modification of Bunsen 
burner to prevent retreat of, 144 
Mounting and staining wood, 285 
“ Movements and Habits of Climb- 
ing Plants ” (review), 102 
Muir, M. M. P., recent chemical re- 
searches, 30 
Muller, C. J., for cleaning Forami- 
niferae from chalk, 425 
Multiplier, electric, 420 
“ Musical Terms, A Dictionary of” 
(review), 275 
N APIER, J., “ Manual of Electro- 
Metallurgy ” (review), 274 
“ Nautical and Mathematical Tables 
for the Use of Students, Seamen, 
Mathematicians, &c. ” (review), 
392 
Nature’s scavengers, 157 
New York, water front of, 141 
NiCHOLSon, H. A., “ Introductory 
Text-Book of Zoology ” (review), 
JI 4 
Nickel deposits of New Caledonia, 
on the priority of discovery of, 
426, 5 6 3 
Nizam diamond, 351 
O HM’S law, report on accuracy of, 
560 
Onyx of Tecali, examination of, 430 
Optical and crystallographical pro- 
perties and chemical composition 
of microcline, 431 
“ Origin and Physical Doctrine of 
Life ” (review), 260 
“ Origin of the Stars, and the Causes 
of their Motion and their Light, 
by Jacob Ennis ” (review), 523 
“ Otago, Geology of” (review), 392 
APYRUS Ebers, 95 
Pennsylvania, “ Annual Report of Firs 
School District” (review), 122 
Petrology and mineralogy, new society 
for the study of, 281 
