276 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Menell (Henry T.), report of the Com¬ 
mittee on the dredging of the Northum¬ 
berland coast and Dogger Banh, 1862, 
116 
*Menschutkin (Prof. N.) on the rate of 
velocity of formation of acetic ether, 
1887, 646 
^Mensuration of certain solids, Prof. J. 
Thomson on a theorem in the, 1876, 30 
Mensurator, W. M. Adams on the, 1872, 
59 
Mental endowment, ebb and flow in, 
G. Harris on, 1882, 606 
-evolution, is there a break in ? by 
Hon. Lady Welby, 1890, 972 
* - progress of animals daring the 
human period, J. Shaw on, 1876, 169 
*Menteath (P. W. Stuart) on Tertiary 
and Post-tertiary action in the Pyrenees, 
1867, 70 
-on the origin of volcanoes, 1871, 104 
Mentone, M. Moggridge on the skeleton 
of the red rocks, near, 1872, 190 
-a new cave man of, T. Wilson on, 
1885, 1218 
Menzies (J. M.) on an optical instrument 
which indicates the relative change of 
position of two objects (such as ships 
at sea during night) which are main¬ 
taining independent courses, 1862, 22 
Mequinez, a journey to Fez and, Dr. A. 
Leared on, 1878, 631 
Mercantile marine , report on the best 
means of advancing science through the 
agency of the , 1862, 122 
*Mercaptan, L. Jackson and A. Oppen- 
heim on derivatives of, 1875, 43 
Mercator’s projection of a surface of re¬ 
volution, Prof. Cayley on the, 1873, 9 
*Mercer (John) on madder photographs, 
1861, 87 
Merchandise, C. Bergeron on rapid and 
economical transport of, 1872, 241 
Mercurial air-pump, J. W. Swan on a, 
1863, 26 
Mercurials, Dr. H. Bennett on new inves¬ 
tigations to determine the amount of 
bile secreted by the liver, and how far 
this is influenced by the use of, 1867, 98 
- on the action of, on the biliary secre¬ 
tion , 1868, 187 
Mercury, the absolute resistance of , 11. T. 
Glazebrooh on, 1890, 136 , *731 
- boiling-point and, vapour tension of, 
determined by the hydrogen thermome¬ 
ter , Prof. J. M. Crafts an the, 1882, 317 
-bromo-iodide of, Dr. A. Oppenheim 
on, 1869, 72 
* -crystals of, P. Braham on, 1880, 544 
-the pressure of the vapour of, at the 
ordinary temperature, Prof. McLeod 
on, 1883, 443 
-separation of lead, silver, and, T. 
Fairley on the, 1875, 42 
Mercury sulphate, large crystals of, P. 
Braham on, 1879, 293 
-vapours, the tension of, at common 
temperatures. Prof. Lord Ravleigh on, 
1882, 441 
Meridian, W. J. Macquorn Rankine on a 
table of pairs of stars for approxi¬ 
mately finding the, 1866, 21 
-for the universal hour, a suggestion 
from the Bologna Academy of Science 
towards an agreement on the initial, 
by Dr. C. Tondini de Quarenghi, 1888, 
618 ; *1890, 897 
*-shadow, a sharp, A. Malloch on a 
mode of producing, 1875, 26 
Merionethshire, T. A. Readwin on the 
gold-bearing strata of, 1862, 87 
Merivale (Herman) on the utility of 
colonisation. 1862, 161 
MERRiFtELE (Charles W.) on the neces¬ 
sity for further experimental know¬ 
ledge respecting the propulsion of ships, 
1868, 193 
- on the stability, propulsion, and sea¬ 
going qualities of ships, 1869, 10 ; 1870, 
*44 
-on certain families of surfaces, 1871, 
18 
-- on instruments for measuring the 
speed of ships and currents, 1872, 176 ; 
1874, 255 ; 1878, 219 ; 1879, 210 
- on claims for reward for inventions 
adopted by Government, 1872, 243 
-on the measurement of waves, 1872, 
246 
- on machinery for recording the 
roughness of the sea and measurement 
of waves near shore, 1873, 495 
-on the determination of the form of 
the dome of uniform stress, 1874, 227 
-Address to the Mechanical Section, 
1876, 211 
- on Babbage's anahrtical machine , 
1878, 92 
- on patent legislation, 1878, 157 ; 
1879, 223 ; 1880, 318 ; I 88 L 222 ; 1882, 
310 ; 1883, 316 
- on the phenomena of the stationary 
tides in the English Channel and the 
North Sea, and the value of tidal obser¬ 
vations in the North Atlantic Ocean, 
1879, 71 ; 1880, 390 ; 1881, 160 
- on the present state of knowledge of 
the application of quadratures and 
interpolation to actual data, 1880, 321 
- on the best means of ascertaining the 
effective wind-pressures to which build¬ 
ings and, structures are exposed, *1881, 
779 ; 1882. 315 
- (Dr. J.) on the meteorology of 
Plymouth, 1877, 39 
Merritt (W. H.) on the occurrence, lo¬ 
calities and output of the economic 
minerals of Canada, 1884, 719 
