GENERAL INDEX. 
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tain markings on some of the bones of 
a, lately found in Ireland, 1863, 8 i 
MegaXichthys from Lanarkshire coal¬ 
field, Prof. Young on, 1869, ioi 
Megalit.hic circles, Lieut.-Col. F. Leslie 
on, 1871, 154 
- monuments, A. L. Lewis on the 
builders and the purposes of, 1869, 137 
-monuments of Britain, the builders 
of the, A. L. Lewis on, 1870, 153 
*Meikle (James) on the mode of asses¬ 
sing for the poor-rates, 1871, 213 
*Meiklejohn (J. M. D.) on the economic 
use of endowments, 1873, 196 
*Meissel (Dr.) on some formula} con¬ 
nected with Bessel’s functions, 1889,498 
*Mekran, Capt. B. Lovett on the interior 
of, 1871, 180 
*-Major Ross on a journey through, 
1871, 189 
Melaconite, Prof. Maskelyne on crystals 
of, and on tenorite, 1865, 33 
Melanesia, social regulations in, Rev. R. 
H. Codrington on, 1888, 843 
Melbourne telescope, the Rev. Dr. Robin¬ 
son on the appearance of the nebula in 
Argo as seen in the great, 1869, 20 
Meldola (R.) on the investigation of the 
Loughton Camp , 1882, 274 ; 1883, 243 
- on local scientific societies , 1883, 318 
-colouring matters of the diazo 
group, 1883, 455 ; local science socie¬ 
ties and the minor prehistoric remains 
of Britain, 571 
-[Prof. R.], Report of the Correspond¬ 
ing Societies Committee , 1885, 708 ; 
1886, 285 ; 1887, 459 ; 1888, 255 ; 1889, 
187 ; 1890, 55 
- on the present methods of teaching 
chemistry, 1888, 73 ; 1889, 228 ; 1890, 
265 
- on the prehistoric inhabitants of the 
British Inlands, 1888, 289 ; 1889, 318 ; 
1890, 548 
- on the advisability and possibility of 
establish ing in other parts of the country 
observations upon the prevalence of 
earth tremors similar to those now being 
made in Durham, 1888, 522 
- evidence of the tetravalency of 
oxygen derived from the constitution 
of the azonaphthol-compounds, 1888, 
635 
-diazoamido-compounds: a study in 
chemical isomerism, 1890, 780 
Meldometer, J. Joly on the, 1888, 564 
Meldrum (C.) on the meteorology of the 
Island of Mauritius, 1867, 108 
-on the gales and hurricanes of the 
Indian Ocean south of the equator, 
1867, 21 
- on synoptic weather-charts of the 
Indian Ocean, 1868, 28 ; on storm- 
warnings in Mauritius, 30 
Meldrum (C.) on a periodicity in the 
frequency of cyclones in the Indian 
Ocean south of the equator, 1872, 56 
- on a periodicity of cyclones and rain¬ 
fall in connection with the sunspot 
periodicity, 1873, 466 ; 1874, 218 ; 1876, 
267 
*- on the diurnal variations of the 
barometer and wind in Mauritius, 1877, 
39 
—— report on sunspots and rainfall, 1878, 
230 
- a tabular statement of the dates at 
which, and the localities where , pumice 
or volcanic dust was seen in the Indian 
Ocean in 1883-84, 1885, 773 
-*daily synoptic charts of the Indian 
Ocean, 1885, 917 ; on a supposed 
periodicity of the cyclones of the Indian 
Ocean south of the equator, 925 
*Melljss (J. C.) on the treatment of 
sewage, 1875, 45 
*Mellitic acid, the constitution of, S. E. 
Phillips on, 1877, 53 
*Melsome (W. S.) on 108 skulls from 
tombs at Assouan, 1887, 900 
Melting point, J. Love on change of 
density at the, 1881, 564 
- points of organic compounds, in 
relation to their chemical constitution, 
Prof. Carnelley on the, 1887, 647 
^Melville (P.) on life, its nature, origin, 
Sic., 1867, 102 
Melvin (J.), the parallel roads of Locli- 
aber, 1885, 1035 
Memory, the utilisation of the, G. Harris 
on, 1881, 699 
Men, varieties of, in the Malay Archi¬ 
pelago, Alfred R. Wallace on the, 1863, 
147 
-C. H. E. Carmichael on Prof. Gen- 
narelli’s paper on the existence of a 
race of Red, in Northern Africa and 
Southern EurOjje, in prehistoric times, 
1873, 141 
- and women, Miss L. E. Becker on 
some supposed differences in the minds 
of, with regard to educational neces¬ 
sities, 1868, 155 
*Mendeleeff (Prof. D.), on alcohol and 
water combinations, 1887, 647 
Mendeleeff’s table of atomic weights, W. 
Weldon on the first two lines of, 1881, 
580 
Mendip caverns, W. A. Sanford on car- 
nassial and canine teeth from the, 1864, 
69 
Mendips, the early inhabitants of the, J. 
S. Phene on the works, manners, and 
customs of, 1875, 177 
Mendoza, the great earthquake at, March 
20, 1861, R Bridge on, 1861, 187 
‘ Menevian Group,' H. Hicks and J. IF. 
Salter's report on the, 1866, 182 
