GENERAL INDEX. 
277 
Merse, Dr. Beddoe on the anthropology 
of the, 1871, 147 
Mersey , Dr. Collingwood and Mr. Byer- 
ley's report on the dredging committee 
for the , 1861, 188 
-ports, improvement of the access to 
the, W. Shelford on, 1887, 867 
- river , tides in the, J. N. Shoolhred on, 
1875, 161 
-—— Tunnel , C. D. Fox on the , 1883, 371 
*Meschin (T. de) on the proposed ex¬ 
tension of government administration 
to railways, 1865, 154 
Merv, E. O’Donovan on, 1882, 624 
Mesny (W.) on a journey from Canton 
to Kwei-Yang-Fu up the Canton river, 
1880, 660 
Metal, the early ages of, in South-east 
Spain, H. and L. Siret on, 1887, 905 
—— coils, the friction of, Prof. Hele 
Shaw and E. Shaw on, 1888, 540 
* - surfaces, J. B. Beynon on a hand 
machine for shaping and finishing, 
1876, 219 
- thermoelectric currents in circuits 
of one, Fleeming Jenkin on permanent, 
1861, 39 
- thermoelectric currents in circuits 
of one, Fleeming Jenkin on, 1862, 173 
- see ‘ Thermoelectric ’ 
-tubes, J. Robertson on the manufac¬ 
ture of, 1886, 810 
Metallic chlorides, electrolytic experi¬ 
ments on some, by Prof. Gladstone and 
A. Tribe, 1874, 58 
- compounds containing divalent 
organic radicals, J. Sakurai on : Part I., 
1880, 504 ; Part II., 1881, 567 ; Part 
III., 1882, 495 
-deposit obtained from the induction- 
discharge in vacuum-tubes, J. P. Gassiot 
on the, 1869, 46 
-reflection, Prof. G. G. Stokes on a 
phenomenon of, 1876, 41 
Metallurgy, primitive, A. W. Buckland on 
the serpent in connection with, 1873, 
140 
—— a new process in, J. Hollway on, 
1879, 298 
Metals and alloys, action of acids on, Dr. 
Crace-Calvert on the, 1865, 28 
-the action of oils on, W. H. Watson 
on, 1880, 560 
* - action of phosphorus on alkaline 
solutions of, Dr. Oppenheim on the, 
1872, 79 
-crystallisation of, by electricity, P. 
Braham on the, 1871, 67 
- deposit of, from the negative ter¬ 
minal of an induction coil during the 
electrical discharge in vacuo, J. P. 
Gassiot on the, 1861, 38 
-deposits of, Dr. J. H. Gladstone on 
black, 1873, 63 
Metals and alloys, electrical permanency 
of. Dr. A. Matthiessen on the, 1862, 139 ; 
1863, 124 ; 1864, 351 
-the malleable, and alloys, the quality 
of, G. Bischof on anew system of test¬ 
ing, 1870, 209 
*- molecular properties of, Prof. G. 
Forbes on certain connections between 
the, 1873, 29 * 
-refraction and dispersion in certain, 
H. E. J. G. du Bois and H. Rubens on, 
1890, 728 
-specific refractive energies and the 
combining proportions of, Dr. J. H. 
Gladstone on the relation between the, 
1869, 21 
.-structure of, H. H. Vivian’s micro¬ 
scopic observations on the, 1861, 34 
- thermal conductivity of, Prof. P. G. 
Tait on the, 1869, 175 ; 1871, 97 
Metamorphic change in Old Red Sand¬ 
stone conglomerate, mention of an ex¬ 
ample of an early stage of, near Aber- 
foil, by Prof. J. Thomson, 1882, 536 
- rocks, Prof. Harkness on the, of 
Connemara and Joyce’s country, 1865, 
59 
- and intrusive rocks of Tyrone, J. 
Nolan on the, 1878, 536 
Metamorphism, conditions under which 
ordinary sedimentary materials may 
he converted into metamorphic rocks, 
report on the , 1882, 239 
- dynamic, of Skiddaw slates, John 
E. Marr on, 1889, 568 
— in rocks, a contribution to the dis¬ 
cussion of, by Rev. A. Irving, 1886, 658 
- a supposed case of, in an Alpine 
rock of Carboniferous age, Prof. T. G. 
Bonney on, 1883, 507 
Metamorphosis of the Lizard gabbros, J. 
J. H. Teall on the, 1886, 668 
Metastasis, the use of the terms assimi¬ 
lation and, G. T. Bettanyon, 1877, 107 
Meteor which passed over Bhawnpore, in 
India, in October 1873, Major G. N. 
Money on a, 1877, 31 
- shower of August 1867, George 
Forbes on the, 1867, 20 
-shower of August 1868, G. Forbes 
on the, 1868, 13 
Meteoric astronomy, remarks on, Prof. 
Kirkwood's treatise on, by A. Herschel, 
1868, 418 
—— dust, report on the practicability of 
collecting and identifying, and on the 
question of under tailing regular obser¬ 
vations in various localities, 1881, 88 ; 
1882, 90 ; 1883, 126 ; 1884, 38 ; 1885, 
34 ; 1889, 34 
-fireball, Prof. Coffin on the path of 
a, relatively to the earth’s surface, 
1863, 21 
-iron, Prof. Mallet on the effect upon, 
