GENERAL INDEX. 
970 
mad. I md 
1878, 172 ; 1879, 46 ; 1880, 30 ; 1881, 
303 ; 1883, 118 
Mathematical tables, contributions to the 
report on, by Prof. B. de Haan, 1871, 16 
- theory of combined streams, J. W. 
M. Rankine on the, 1870, 18 
Mathematics and physics, the progress of 
the chief branches of, report of the 
Committee for endeavouring to procure 
reports on, 1879, 37 
Mather (W.), manual training a main 
feature in national education, 1887, 843 
Mathesox (J., jun.) on the silver di¬ 
lemma, 1876, 207 
Matricaria inodora, Prof. A. Dickson on 
two monstrosities of, 1876, 143 
* Matter, chemical views on the constitu¬ 
tion of, Prof. A. W. Williamson on, 
1883, 459 
-kinetical theory of, T. M. Lindsay 
and W. R. Smith on Democritus and 
Lucretius, a question of priority in the, 
1871,30 
- properties of, report on our experi¬ 
mental knowledge of the, with respect 
to volume, pressure, temperature, ar.d 
specific heat, by P. T. Main, 1886, 100 ; 
1888, 465 
- speculations on the continuity of 
the fluid state of, and the relations 
between the gaseous, the liquid, and 
solid states, by Prof. J. Thomson, 1871, 
30 ; 1872, 24 
f Mathews (C. E.), the water supply of 
Birmingham, 1886, 817 
* -(G. S.) on the ascent of Mont Blanc 
by the Glacier de Brenva, 1865, 191 
-(W., jun.) on serious inaccuracies in 
the great survey of the Alps, south of 
Mont Blanc, as issued by the Govern¬ 
ment of Sardinia, 1862, 147 
-[W.] on the Halesowen district of the 
South Staffordshire coal-field, 1886, 625 
Matterhorn, Edward Whymper on the 
structure of the, 1865, 76 
Matteucci (Prof. C.) on electrical earth 
currents, 1866, 463 
Matthew (G. F.), the geological age of 
the Acadian fauna, 1884, 742 ; the 
primitive Conocoryphean, 743 
* -- (Patrick), employer and employed 
—capital and labour, 1867, 143 
Matthews (J. D.) on wool plugs and 
sterilised fluids, 1883, 531 
Matthiessen (Dr. A.) on vesicular 
structure in copper, 1861, 92 
- report on standards of electrical re¬ 
sistance, 1862, 125 ; 1863, ill; 1864, 
345 ; 1865 , 308 ; i 7, 474 ; 1869, 434 ; 
18 70 , 14 ; on the riation of the elec¬ 
trical > esistance of alloys due to change 
of temj erature, 1862, 136 ; on the elec¬ 
trical ermanency of nwtals and alloys, 
1862, 139 ; 1863, 124 ; 1864, 351 ; on 
the reproduction of electrical standards 
by chemical means, 1862, 141 ; 1864, 
352 ; report on the chemical nature of 
alloys, 1863, 37 ; on the variation of 
the electric resistance of alleys due to 
change of temperature, 1863, 127 
Matthiessex (Dr. A.) on the constitu¬ 
tion and rational formula of narcotine, 
1863, 46 
-- on the construction of the copies of 
the British Association unit, 1865, 311 
- on the chemical nature of cast-iron, 
1866, 11 ; 1868, 342 ; 1869, 82 ; 1870, 14 
- on the preparation of pure iron , 
1869, 82 
-and Dr. W. J. Russell on the vesi¬ 
cular structure of copper, 1868, 38 
* -and C. R. Wright on the action of 
hvdrochloric acid on morphia codeia, 
1869, 69 
*Mauxd (E. A.), Zambesia, 1890, 892 
Mauxoir (C.) on the International Con¬ 
gress of Geographical Sciences, 1874, 
184 
Mauritius, Charles Meldrum on the me¬ 
teorology of, 1867, 108 ; temperature of, 
109 ; elastic force of vapour at, ill ; 
humidity, 112 ; atmospheric pressure at. 
113 ; pressure of dry air at . 114 ; direc¬ 
tion and veering of the wind at, 115 - 
force of the wind at, 116 ; amount of 
cloud at, 117 ; rainfall of, ib. ; thunder 
and lightning at, 119 ; gales and hurri¬ 
canes at, 119 
-C. Meldrum on storm--warnings in, 
1868, 30 
* -the diurnal variations of the baro¬ 
meter and wind in, C. Meldrum on, 
1877, 39 
* -the tides of, Capt. Evans and Sir 
W. Thomson on, 1877, 40 
-- and Natal, Dr. R. J. Mann on the 
resemblance and contrasts of the cli¬ 
mates of, 1868, 21 
Maurolicus pennanti (the British pearl- 
sides), the so-called luminous organs 
of, E. E. Prince on. 1887, 769 
Maury (Captain M. F.) on the import¬ 
ance of an expedition to the Antarctic 
regions for meteorological and other 
scientific purposes, 1861, 65 
- on the physical geography of Ni¬ 
caragua with reference to interoceanic 
transit, 1867, 125 
Maury barometer, F. T. Mott on the, a 
new instrument for measuring alti¬ 
tudes, 1869, 51 
Mayor (J.) on wage statistics and 
theories, 1888, 757 
Maw (George) on some fossiliferous 
strata occurring betwmen the Bimter 
Sandstone and Mountain Limestone of 
the Yale of Clwyd, North Wales, 1S65 V 
67 ; on an extensive distribution of 
