278 
GENERAL INDEX. 
as regards capability of being forged, 
of previous heating to redness or white¬ 
ness in vacuo , 1872, 77 
*Meteoric stone falling on the earth, the 
possibility of life on a, Sir W. Thom¬ 
son on, 1877, 43 
--iron, meteoric showers, See. See 
‘ Meteors, luminous ’ 
Meteorites, an attempt to account for the 
physical condition of, and their fall 
upon ourplanet, W. Haidinger on, 1861, 
15 
-conclusion to be drawn from the 
physical structure of some, H. C. Sorby 
on the, 1864, 70 
-the crystalline structure of iron, 
Dr. 0. W. Huntingdon on, 1886, 599 
- density of, compared with that of 
the earth, Rev. E. Hill on the average, 
1885, 1031 
^Meteorological catalogue, the prelimi¬ 
nary, G. J. Symons on the completion 
of the European portion of, 1883, 414 
* -conditions of the Red Sea, by Lieut.- 
Gen. Strachey, 1888, 738 
- instruments distant from the ob¬ 
server, on reading electrically, by J. 
Joly, 1888, 589 
515 -instruments, distant, apparatus for 
reading indications of, T. J. Murday on, 
1889, 509 
-and magnetical weather, a similarity 
between, Prof. Balfour Stewart on, 
1882, 460 
. --observations recorded at Huggate, 
Yorkshire, by Rev. T. Rankin, 1861, 77 ; 
1862 , 34 ; *1863, 25 
* - observations, Dr. Buys-Ballot on 
the method adopted at Utrecht in dis¬ 
cussing, 1866, 16 
-observations (on ozone) at sea, F. 
W. Moffat on, 1867, 25 
- observations on Ben Nevis, report of 
the Committee for co-operating with 
the Scottish Meteorological Society in 
mailing , 1883. 125 ; 1884, 36 ; 1885, 90 ; 
1886, 58 ; 1887,34; 1888 , 49 ; 1889, 315 ; 
1890, 174 
- observatory near Chepstow , report 
of the Committee for co-operating with 
Mr. E. J. Lowe in his project of es¬ 
tablishing a, on a permanent and scien¬ 
tific basis, 1884, 35 ; 1885, 64 ; 1886, 139 ; 
1887, 39 
-observatory recently established on 
Mont Blanc, A. L. Rotch on a, 1890, 
747 
-phenomena, solar and terrestrial, 
certain short periods common to, Prof. 
Balfour Stewart and W. L. Carpenter 
on, 1884, 634 
- photography, J. Hopkinson on, 1890, 
75i 
-reductions, remarks on, by Dr. Bal¬ 
four Stewart, with especial reference 
to the element of vapour, 1869, 43 
Meteorological station, Dr. Buys-Ballot 
on the importance of the Azores as a, 
1871, 49 
-statistics, Francis Galton on an error 
in the usual method of obtaining, 1866, 
16 
*Meteorology, T. L. Plant on, 1862, 34 
* -application of telegraphy to navi¬ 
gation and, A. de Marcoartu on the, 
1873, 43 
-at Banbridge for ten years. J. Smyth, 
jun. on the, 1874, 39 
-of Ben Nevis, A. Buchan on the, 
1885, 917 
- of Birmingham, D. Smith on the, 
1865, 19 
-—- Greek, the Rev. H. Boys on, 1872, 53 
-marine, contributions, to, from the 
Scottish Marine Station, by Dr. H. R, 
Mill, 1887, 618 
-physical, Lieut.-Col. A. Strange on 
the necessity for placing, on a rational 
basis, 1874, 40 
* -of Plymouth. J. Merrifield on the, 
1877, 39 
- of Port Louis in the Lsland of Mau¬ 
ritius, C. Meldrum on the, 1867, 108 
- and terrestrial magnetism, the 
general bibliography of, compiled by 
the Signal Office, Washington, C. Abbe 
on, 1887, 593 
*Meteors observed at Oxford, list of, by 
the Rev. R. Main, 1875, 24 
- luminous, Report on, 1861, 1 ; 1862, 
1 ; 1863, 209 ; 1864. 1 ; 1865, 57 ; 1866, 
16 ; 1867 , 288 ; 1868, 344 ; 1869, 216 ; 
1870, 76 ; 1871, 26 ; 1872, 57 ; 1873, 
349 ; 1874 , 269 ; 1875, 199 ; 1876, 119 ; 
1877, 98 ; 1878, 258 ; 1879, 76 ; 1880, 
39 ; 1881, 290 
* -the mechanical condition of a swarm 
of, and on theories of cosmogony, Prof. 
G. H. Darwin on, 1888, 590 
- the microscopical structure of, H. C. 
Sorby on, 1865, 139 ; note on this paper 
by Prof. Brayley, 140 
* -the spectra of, compared with the 
solar spectrum, J. N. Lockyer on, 1888, 
576 
- synthesis of,M. Baubree on, 1868. 
415 ; H. C. Sorby on spherules in, 418 
*Meth£emoglobin, note on, by E. Raj* 
Lankester, 1870, 141 
Methyl and allied compounds, Br. B. IF. 
Richardson on the physiological action 
of the, 1867, 47 ; 1868, 170 ; 1869,405 ; 
1870, 155 ; of methylic alcohol, 1867, 49 ; 
of methyl, hydride, chloride, %c., 52 ; of 
chloroform, 54 ; tetrachloride of carbon, 
55 ; of bichloride of methylene, 56 ; 
physical changes produced in the blood, 
1868, 173 ; influence on the circulation 
