642 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences , Arts, and Letters. 
Marsh, C. Dwight, report of work 
done by the Academy in secur¬ 
ing state survey, 619. 
title of address as retiring presi¬ 
dent, 628. (For address in full 
see Science , N. S., Vol. XI, pp. 
374-389.) 
Marshall, William S., librarian of 
the academy: reports, 633-635; 
list of exchanges of the academy, 
589. 
Massachusetts, early railroad legisla¬ 
tion in, 340. 
Meacfem, John Goldsborough, 
memorial, 555. 
Meachem, John G., Jr., Memorial 
of John G. Meacham, Sr., 555. 
Meaning and Function of Thought- 
connectives, Edward T. Owen, 1. 
Members of the Academy: active, 
565; as to arrears of dues, 588. 
corresponding, 576. 
deceased, 579; memorials, 554. 
elect, 625, 631. 
honorary, 564. 
life, 564; disposal of fees of, 587. 
number of, 626, 627. 
Memorial addresses, 554. 
Merrell, Edward H., The relation 
of motives to freedom, 389. 
Metals, pure, influence upon plants, 
454: authorities, list of, 472; de¬ 
termined by toxicity of salts, 
467; experiment, method of, 455; 
fatal effects, 466; injurious ef¬ 
fects determined by readiness of 
solution, 466; results, tables of, 
458-465; stimulating and poison¬ 
ous effects, 471. 
Meyer, Balthasar H., Early gen¬ 
eral railway legislation in Wis¬ 
consin, 1853-1874, 337. 
Milwaukee and Chicago, duration of 
school attendance in, 257. 
Milwaukee, public meeting in, con¬ 
cerning consolidation of rail¬ 
roads, 368; taxation of railroads 
under the city charter, 383. 
Motives, relation to freedom, 389. 
Naegeli, on poisonous effects upon 
plants of metals in solution, 454. 
Nawaschwin and Woronin, on fu¬ 
sion of spores, 489-497. 
Neumann, sequence of basic ele¬ 
ments, 466. 
Neumann, F. J., on theory of fees, 
52. 
New Hampshire, early railroad legis¬ 
lation in, 339. 
New York, early railroad legislation 
in, 338, 340. 
Nickel, poisonous effect upon plants 
468. 
Nitrogen, compounds of, as solvents, 
electrical conductivity of, 417- 
422, 439. 
Nuclear Phenomena in Certain 
Stages in the Development of the 
Smuts, Robert A. Harper, 475. 
Nuclear phenomena in the smuts, 
cell fusions, resemblance to sex¬ 
ual fusions, 496; review of work 
of various observers, 488. 
O’Connor, Feargus, Chartist 
leader, 520, 524. 
Officers of the Academy: elect, 630; 
list of, 562. 
Ohio, school statistics of, 274. 
Oligodynamic effects, 455. 
Oltmanns, on cell fusion, 493. 
Organic bases as solvents, electrical 
conductivity of, 423-425, 441. 
Orton, Harlow S., memorial, 554. 
Owen, Edward T., Meaning and 
function of thought-connect¬ 
ives, 1. 
Parade of 1848, Chartist, 521. 
Paris, University of, postal messen¬ 
gers, 90, 91. 
Parliament, relation of, to the King, 
512. 
Patten, S. N., on taxes, 62. 
Percentage, peculiar use of term. 
265. 
Plants: effects of distilled water, 454; 
growth in aqueous solutions, 454; 
influence of metals, list of au¬ 
thorities, 472-474; influence of 
the presence of pure metals, 454; 
of salts of metals in solution, 
455; stimulation and poisoning 
of, 471. 
Political corruption and fee-system, 
224. 
Politician in American public life, 
necessity of the, 336. 
Polymerization and electrical con¬ 
ductivity, 447. 
Poor laws, English, 511. 
Popta, C. M. L., on fusion of spores, 
491. 
Postal system, French, origin of, 90. 
Potter law in Wisconsin railway his¬ 
tory, 337. 
Presidents, past, of the Academy, 
563. 
Preusser, Christian, memorial of, 
557. 
Proceedings of the Academy, 617. 
