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PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 
Page. 
McGee, W J, communication on—Cont’d. 
What is a glacier ? Abstract .vll 38 
the terraces of the Potomac valley. 
Title only .viii 24 
the Charleston earthquake. Ahstract.A'x. 37 
the quaternary deposits and the great 
displacement of the middle Atlantic 
slope. Reference .x 16 
remarks on earthquakes.ix 42 
Machin, cited on computation of tt .i 58 
McKenney and Hall, cited on diminution of 
• Indians.li 175 
McMurtrie, William, communication on the 
meteorological conditions affecting the 
culture of the sugar beet. Reference, 
iii 142 
Magic squares.iii 143 
Magnetic declination, Secular change in..iii 45 
disturbance and northers.vii 25 
storms.. iii 47 
Magnetism. See Electricity. 
Main, R., cited on Saturn’s rings.vi 42 
Mairan, cited on auroras.i 44 
Malarial diseases, Prevention of.vi 5 
Maifatti’s problem.ii 113 
Mallery, Garrick, communication on a cal¬ 
endar of the Dakota Indians. Abstract 
and reference ...ii 90 
some common errors respecting the 
North American Indians. Abstract 
and reference .ii 175 
customs of every-day life. Abstract.-.l-jc. 19 
relations between Professor Baird and 
participating societies.x 45 
remarks on phonetic alphabets.ix 18 
Mallet’s contraction hypothesis.vi 90 
method of determining earthquake foci, 
X 17,19 
Maloney, J. A., Electric investigations by..v 47 
Mammals, Classification of.ii (3) 
Distribution of..ii 26 
Insectivorous.v 118 
Manganese, Estimation of...;. ii 132 
Man, Zoological relations of....i 24 
Mann, B. P., communication on reference 
indexing. Abstract ..x 38 
remarks on care of pamphlets.viii 29 
throwing-sticks. ix 14 
Map of Charleston earthquake.ix 37, 39 
Gulf of Mexico. iv 52 
path of meteor of December 24,1873....ii 160 
Topographic.x ^ 11 
Maps for use in connection with the transit 
of Venu.s,1874.i 63 
Mareou, J., cited on paleozoic rocks.vi 102 
Mariotte, Law of.v 139 
Page. 
Mars, Satellites of..ii 181,186, 188,190, vi 45 
Marsh, Hon. G. P., cited on individual vo¬ 
cabularies...ii (16), (19), (21) 
Marth’s method.vii 98 
Martin, Artemas, communication on a prob¬ 
lem in probabilities. Abstract... .x 80 
methods of finding ntt-power numbers 
whose sum is an nta.power. Abstract..TC. 107 
Letter from.vii 87 
Marvin, C. F., communication on the Flood 
Rock explosion. Title only .viii 28 
the electrometer as used in observations 
of atmospheric electricity. Title only..-x. 9 
Marvine, A. R., Biographical notice of.ii (53) 
Resolutions on the death of.ii 84 
Mass of a planet determined from observa¬ 
tions on two satellites.vi 132 
Mason, O. T., communication on archaeolog¬ 
ical specimens. Title only .ii 48 
the classification of objects of archae¬ 
ology. Title only . ii 50 
international symbols for charts of pre- 
historical archaeology. Title only...li 71, 72 
the decipherment of some Aztec monu¬ 
ments lately discovered in Guatemala. 
Title only .iii 37 
comparison of written language with 
that which is spoken only. Abstract, 
iii 139 
two examples of similar inventions in 
areas widely apart. Abstract... .ix 12 
bowyers and fletchers. Abstract .ix 44 
remarks on implements of Australia, Aleu¬ 
tian Islands, and North America.ii 66 
the telephone.ii 104 
ancient Indian population.ii 180 
charcoal in the drift.iv 122 
Indian observation of nature.vii 74 
origin of customs.ix 21 
Mason, -, communication on kerosene 
oil tests. Abstract .ii 72 
Mathematical journals.vi 117 
Mathematical Section, Minutes of...vi 121, vii 87, 
viii 37, ix 53, x 83 
Organization of.vi 28, 121 
place of meeting.vii 81 
Statistics of.x 34, 36 
Matliematics, List of papers on (See also 
Astronomy): 
on the distance traversed ify approaching 
the North Pole on a loxodromic curve. 
J. E. Hilgard. Title only .i 21 
[exhibition of chronograph ] J. E. Hil¬ 
gard. No abstract . ..i 22 
on a curve of the fourth degree. A. Hall. 
Abstract and reference .i 30 
