GENERAL INDEX. 
271 
the habits and manners of the, 1866, 
97 
Masaki (Taiso) on the German and other 
systems of teaching the deaf to speak, 
1880, 216 
Mascarene Islands , report by Alfred New¬ 
ton on the extinct birds of the Mascarene 
Islands , 1866, 401 ; 1867, 287 ; 1872, 23 
-and Seychelles Islands, I. B. Balfour 
on the Pandanem of the, 1876, 144 
- Islands, I. B. Balfour on the geo¬ 
logical structure and flora of the, 1875, 
157 
Mascart (Prof. E.) *surles perturbations 
magnetiques en France, 1890, 751 ; *op- 
tique mineralogique — achromatisme 
des franges, 752 
Maskelyne (Prof. N. M. Story; on aero¬ 
lites, 1862, 188 
- on crystals of melaconite, and on 
tenorite, 1865, 33 
-localities of dioptase, 1871, 74 ; on 
andrewsite, 75 
- on the manner in which rudimen¬ 
tary science should be taught, and how 
examinations should be held therein, in 
elementary schools, 1881, 148 
- on the workings of the proposed 
revised New Code, and of other legis¬ 
lation affecting the teaching of science 
in elementary schools , 1882, 307 ; 1883, 
309 
—— on the teaching of science in elemen¬ 
tary schools, 1884, 283 ; 1885, 692 ; 
1886, 278 ; 1887, 163 ; 1888, 164 ; 1889, 
131 ; 1890, 489 
Mason (Miss C. M.), home education in 
its bearing on technical education, 
1887, 846 
-(Hugh) on steam-boiler explosions, 
1869,47; 1870, 1 ; 1871, 166 ; 1872,57 
* -(J. E.), the Fiji Islands, 1886, 731 
* - (Septimus) on a locomotive for 
common roads, 1861, 269 
- (S.) on the depreciation of silver 
and a gold standard for India, 1876, 207 
Massagetas and Sacae, H. H. Ho worth on 
the, 1870, 151 
Masson (Dr. Orme) on sulphine salts de¬ 
rived from ethylene sulphide, 1885, 
974 
^Masters (H.) on a sewer-trap, 1875, 
250 
--(Maxwell T.) on the relation between 
pinnate and palmate leaves, 1861, 148 
-on certain influences regulating the 
forms of leaves, &c., 1863, 97 
- on polliniferous ovules in a rose, 
1867, 93 
-on the relative value of the charac¬ 
ters employed in the classification of 
plants, 1869, 114 
--note on the floral symmetry of the 
genus Cypripedium , 1886, 706 
Matabeleland and the country between 
the Zambezi and the Limpopo, Capt. 
C. E. Haynes on, 1887, 802 
Mathematical and Physical Science, Ad¬ 
dresses by the Presidents of the Sec¬ 
tion of:— 
Manchester: G. B. Airy, 1861, 1 
Cambridge : Prof. G. G. Stokes, 
1862, 1 
Newcastle-on-Tyne: Prof. W. J. M. 
Rankine, 1863, 1 
*Bath : Prof. A. Cayley, 1864 
Birmingham: W. Spottiswoode, 
1865, 1 
^Nottingham: Prof. C. Wheatstone, 
1866 
Dundee: Sir William Thomson, 
1867, 1 
Norwich: Prof. J. Tyndall, 1868, 1 
Exeter: Prof. J. J. Sylvester, 1869, 1 
Liverpool: Prof. J. Clerk Maxwell, 
1870, 1 
Edinburgh: Prof. P. G. Tait, 1871, 1 
Brighton: Dr. Warren de la Rue, 
1872, 1 
Bradford: Prof. H. J. S. Smith, 
1873, 1 
Belfast: Prof. J. H. Jellett, 1874, 1 
Bristol: Prof. Balfour Stewart, 
1875, 1 
Glasgow: Sir William Thomson, 
1876, 1 
Plymouth: Prof. G. Carey Foster, 
1877, 1 
^Dublin: Rev. Prof. G. Salmon, 1878 
Sheffield: G. Johnstone Stoney, 1879, 
243 
Swansea : Prof. W. G. Adams, 1880, 
447 
York: Sir William Thomson, 1881, 
513 
Southampton : Lord Rayleigh, 1882, 
437 
Southport: Prof. Henrici, 1883, 393 
Montreal: Sir William Thomson, 
1884, 613 
Aberdeen: Prof. G. Chrystal, 1885, 
889 
Birmingham: Prof. G. H. Darwin, 
1886, 511 
Manchester : Sir R. S. Ball, 1887, 569 
Bath: Prof. G. F. FitzGerald, 1888, 
557 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Capt. W. de 
W. Abney, 1889, 481 
Leeds: Dr. W. J.L.Glaisher, 1890,719 
Mathematical functions, the possibility of 
calculating tables of certain, report on , 
1889, 28 
- notation and printing, report on, 
1875, 337 
-symbols, W. H. L. Russell on a cer¬ 
tain class of, 1863, 1 
- tables, report on, 1873, 1 ; 1875, 305 ; 
