264 
GENERAL INDEX 
Magnetism, terrestrial, as modified by 
the structure of the earth’s crust, and 
proposals concerning a magnetic sur¬ 
vey of the globe, by Dr. E. Naumann, 
1889, 565 
_terrestrial, the general bibliogra¬ 
phy of meteorology and, compiled by 
the Signal Office, Washington, C. 
Abbe on, 1887, 593 
Magnetite, artificial, J. Spiller on, 1873, 
66 
- the electric resistance of , Prof. S. 
P. Thompson on, 1886, 314 
Magneto-electric induction, J. A. Flem¬ 
ing on the decomposition of an elec¬ 
trolyte by, 1875, 28 
-light, Capt. Abney on the ratio of 
the actinic power to the illuminating 
power of the, 1875, 25 
*-machine, W. Ladd on a, 1867, 14 
-machines, the best form of magnet 
for, W. Ladd on, 1880, 467 
Magnetographs, B. Stewart on the com¬ 
parison of the curves afforded by self- 
recording, at Kew and Lisbon, for 
July 1863, 1863, 25 
-self-recording, J. B. Capello and Bal¬ 
four Stewart on the magnetic storm 
of the beginning of August 1865, as 
recorded by the, at the Kew and 
Lisbon Observatories, 1865, 20 
- at Kern, Stony hurst, Coimbra, Lisbon, 
Vienna, and St. Petersburg, comparison 
of the curves of the declination, by Prof. 
W. G. Adams, 1880, 201 
Magnetometer, W. W. H. Gee on a com¬ 
parison, 1887, 620 
Magnets, the action of, on liquid jets, 
Prof. S. P. Thompson on, 1879, 257 
-poles of, Captain Selwyn on some 
new arrangement of the, 1865, 17 
--steel used for permanent, W. H. 
Preece on the character of, 1890, 752 
Magnus (Prof. H. G.) on emission, 
absorption, and reflection of obscure 
heat, 1869, 214 
-(Sir P.) on manual training, 1886, 
748 
-on schools of commerce, 1887, 841 
♦MAGUIRE (Prof.) on the definitions of 
political economy, 1878, 667 
Magyar and Fin languages, Hyde Clarke 
on the Himalayan origin of the, 1875, 
172 
Mahomed (Dr. F. A.) on the work of the 
Anthropometric Committee , 1880, 120 ; 
1881 , 225 ; 1882,2 78 ; 1883,253 
Main (D. D.) on the Newcastle and 
Gateshead Waterworks, 1863, 175 
- (Philip T.), report on our ex¬ 
perimental knowledge of the properties 
of matter with respect to volume, 
pressure, temperature, and specific 
heat, 1886, 100 ; 1888, 465 
♦Main (Philip T.) and A. R. Catton on 
anew synthesis of ammonia, 1867, 40 
-(Rev. R.), observations of R.A. and 
N.P.D. of Comet II. 1862, 1862, 15 ; on 
the dimensions and ellipticity of Mars, 
ib. 
- observations of shooting-stars made 
at the Radcliffe Observatory, 1868,422 
-on the longitude of the Radcliffe 
Observatory, Oxford, as deduced from 
meridional observations of the moon 
made at Greenwich and Oxford in 
the years 1864-68,1869, 18 ; on the dis¬ 
cordance usually observed between the 
results of direct and reflection-obser¬ 
vations of North Polar Distance, ib .; 
remarks on the British Association 
Catalogue of Stars, 19 
-on shooting-stars, 1870, 24 
*-list of meteors observed at Oxford, 
1875, 24 
-(R.) on Navy finance, 1869, 196 
Major (R. H.) on priority in discovery of 
the Madeira group, 1866, 112 
--on the landfall of Columbus, 1870, 
171 
♦Major third, a practical method of 
tuning a, Sir W. Thomson on, 1876, 48 
Malagasy, the origin of, C. S. Wake on, 
1880, 62 o 
-race elements of the, C. S. Wake on, 
1884, 922 
Malaise (Prof. C.) on the Silurian 
formations of the centre of Belgium. 
1870, 78 
♦Malar bone, Prof. G. Rolleston on a 
double, 1880, 604 
Malay Archipelago, Alfred R. Wallace 
on the physical geography of the. 1863, 
107 ; on the varieties of men in the, 
147 
--Archipelago, the races of the, and 
the Indo-Chinese, Col. Yule on analo¬ 
gies of manners between, 1870, 178 
--Peninsula, H. Wise on a proposed 
railway across the, 1861, 201 
♦Malayo-Polynesians, some characteris¬ 
tics of the, Rev. S. J. Whitmee on, 
1877, 122 
*Maldanidce, the coloration of the anterior 
segments in the, Prof. A. Harker on, 
1885, 1098 
Maling (C. T.) on the manufacture of 
earthenware at Newcastle, 1863, 45 
Mallet (Prof. J. W.) on the effect upon 
meteoric iron, as regards the capability 
of being forged, of previous heating to 
redness or whiteness in vacuo, 1872, 77 ; 
on the fusion of metallic arsenic, ib. ; 
on the occurrence of native sulphuric 
acid in Eastern Texas, 78 ; on the 
occurrence in recent pine-timber of 
Fichtelite, a hydrocarbon hitherto only 
known in a fossil state, 79 
