274 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Mechanical Science, Addresses of the 
Presidents of the Section of :— 
Manchester: J. F. Bateman, 1861, 
250 
Cambridge: Wm. Fairbairn, 1802, 
178 
*Newcastle-on-Tyne: Eev. Prof. E. 
Willis, 1863 
Bath: J. Hawkshaw, 1864, 183 
Birmingham: Sir W. G. Armstrong, 
1865, 164 
Nottingham : T. Hawksley, 1866, 139 
Dundee: Prof. W. J. M. Eankine, 
1867, 149 
Norwich : G. P. Bidder, 1868, 180 
Exeter : C. W. Siemens, 1869, 200 
^Liverpool: C. B. Yignoles, 1870 
Edinburgh : Prof. Fleeming Jenkin. 
1871 ,225 
Brighton: F. J. Bramwell, 1872,227 
Bradford : W. H. Barlow, 1873, 200 
Belfast: Prof. James Thomson, 1874, 
212 
Bristol: W. Froude, 1875, 221 
Glasgow: C. W. Merrifield, 1876, 211 
Plymouth: Edward Woods, 1877, 186 
Dublin : Edward Easton, 1878, 679 
Sheffield : J. Bobinson, 1879, 495 
Swansea: Jas. Abernethy, 1880, 688 
York: SirW. G. Armstrong, 1881, 767 
Southampton: John Fowler, 1882, 
655 
Southport: James Brunlees, 1883 ,635 
Montreal: Sir F. J. Bramwell, 1S84, 
875 
Aberdeen: B. Baker, 1885, 1182 
Birmingham; Sir J. N. Douglass, 
1886, 786 
Manchester: Prof. Osborne Eeynolds, 
1887, 855 
Bath: W. JET. Preece, 1888, 781 
Newmastle-upon-Tyne: W. Ander¬ 
son, 1889, 718 
Leeds, Captain A. Noble, 1890, 930 
Mechanical engineering , some of the de¬ 
velopments of, during the last half cen¬ 
tury, Sir F. J. Bramwell on, 1881, 494 
-— equivalent of heat, report of the Com¬ 
mittee appointed to determine the, 1876, 
275 ; 1878, 102 ; 1879, 36 
—- equivalent of heat, experiments on 
the, on a large scale, by E. A. Conper 
and W. Anderson, 1887, 562 
- integrator for the calculation of 
^(fidx + Ydy) along an arbitrary path, 
suggestion of a, bv Prof. Cayley, 1877, 
18 
-pathology considered in its relation 
to bridge design, G. H. Thomson on, 
1888, 793 
_principle, a new T , certain practical 
applications of, Prof. H. S. H. Shaw 
on, 1884, 631 
Mechanical self-registering apparatus for 
barometer, thermometer, rain, and wind 
gauges, N. L. Lonsdale on, 1875, 260 
* -stoking, J. Smith on, 1870, 220 
* - theory of heat, kinetic elasticity as 
illustrating the, Prof. O. Eeynolds on, 
1884, 622 
-tracing of curves, W. H. L. Bussell 
on, 1869, 15 
Mechanics’ Institutions, E. Eenals on the 
influence of science classes in, 1866, 
131 
- Institutions an^l the Elementary 
Education Bill, E. Bienalson, 1870, 200 
Mechanics, fundamental units of, report 
of the Committee for considering the 
desirability of introducing a uniform 
nomenclature for the, and for co-operat¬ 
ing with other bodies engaged in similerr 
work, 1888, 27 ; *1889, 516 
^Mechanism, exhibition of a, by Profs. 
Barr and W. Stroud, 1890, 962 
^Medical profession, Miss Beedy on re¬ 
form in the work of the, 1874, 192 
Medicinal mud of the island of Ischia. 
Dr. T. L. Phipson on the, 1864, 38 
Medicines, Dr. H. Bence Jones on the 
chemical action of, 1866, 38 
- Dr. William Sharp on the physio¬ 
logical action of, 1866, 92 
Mediterranean, list of Mollusc a which are 
common to the North Sea and the, 1868, 
234 
—— coast, the evidences of recent changes 
' V_/ 
of level on the, G. Maw on, 1870, 79 
-W. Boyd Dawkins on the physical 
geography of the, during the Pleisto¬ 
cene age, 1872, 100 
-Dr. Carpenter on the physical geo- 
graphyof the, considered in relation to 
that of the Black Sea and the Caspian. 
1873, 163 
-J. Gwyn Jeffreys on the Mollusca of 
the, 1873, hi ; 1880, 601 
Medusa, a peculiar, from St. Andrews 
Bay, note on, by Prof. McIntosh, 1886. 
710 
Medusas, hydroid, Prof. Allman on the 
structure of certain, 1867, 77 
-(naked-eyed), C. W. Peach on, found 
at Peterhead and Wick and other Bri¬ 
tish localities, 1867, 96 
-physiology of the nervous system of. 
G. J. Eomanes on the, 1876, 15 * 8 ; *1878, 
601 
Medusoids, Eev. T. Hincks on the pro¬ 
duction of similar, by certain hydroid 
polypes belonging to different genera. 
1862, 107 
Meenas, a wild tribe of Central India, 
Lieut.-Col. Showers on the, 1864, 147 
* Megacarpcea, Dr. Moore on a monstrous 
state of, 1874, 134 
Megaceros hibernicus, J. B. Jukes on cer- 
