280 
GENERAL INDEX 
Microlepidoptera, H. T. Stainton on the 
generic characters furnished by the dif¬ 
ferent modes of mining leaves adopted 
by the larvae of, 1863, 106 
Micrometer by H. Soleil, the Abbe Moigno 
on a new, 1863, 15 
Micrometers, Sir David Brewster on pho¬ 
tographic, 1861, 28 
Micro-organisms, Prof. E. Frankland on 
chemical changes in their relations to, 
1884, 681 
-and albumen in solution, the action 
of ozonised air upon, J. J. Coleman on, 
1885, 1058 
- the distribution of, in the air of 
town, country, and buildings, Dr. P. F. 
Frankland on, 1886, 704 
- the multiplication and vitality of 
certain, pathogenic and otherwise, Dr. 
P. F. Frankland on, 1886, 702 
-some new, obtained from air, studies 
on, Mrs. and Dr. P. F. Frankland on, 
1887, 745 
-in air, a new method for determining, 
Prof. Carnelley and T. Wilson on, 1887, 
654 
Microphone, a new form of receiving in¬ 
strument for, W. J. Millar on, 1878, 
446 
•(•Microphytes, the action of cold on, Dr. 
J. G. McKendrick on, 1885, 1058 
^Microscope adapted for showing the 
circulation in the human subject, Dr. 
U. Pritchard on a, 1876, 158 
* -a binocular, for high powers, J. T. 
Taylor on, 1877, 32 
-binocular, S. Holmes on a new, 1870, 
39 
* -binocular, S. Holmes on the iso- 
photal, 1879, 253 
—-the immersion method of illumina¬ 
tion of the, Dr. J. Barker on, 1870, 39 
-for physical purposes, Dr. R. Caton 
on a new form of, 1874, 140 
-with arrangements for illuminating 
the sub-stage, E. Crossley on a, 1881, 
563 
Microscopic features of the coal of the 
world, Prof. IV. C. Williamson on the 
present state of the inquiry into the, 
1889, 69 
* -objects, a new mode of illumina¬ 
ting, P. Braham on, 1880, 502 
- rock sections, a simple method of 
projecting upon the screen, both by 
ordinary and polarised light, E. P. Quinn 
on, 1887, 725 
structure of the older rochs of Angle¬ 
sey, report on the, 1889, 367 
Microscopical examination of the air in 
drains and sewers, 187U, 74 
-observations at Munster am Stein, 
by G. Gladstone, 1869, 113 
* -preparations, exhibitions of, by Prof. 
Allen Thomson and Prof. W. Turner, 
1867, 104 
^Microtome, the Caldwell automatic, re¬ 
marks on, 1884, 777 
Microzoa in the chalk-flints of the Forth 
of Ireland, J. Wright on the discovery 
of, 1874, 95 
Microzymes ( Bacteria ), Dr. B. Sanderson, 
and Dr. Ferrier on the origin and dis¬ 
tribution of, in water, and the circum¬ 
stances which determine their exist¬ 
ence in the tissues and liquids of thn 
living body, 1871, 125 
* - as partial bionta, Dr. J. Ross on,. 
1873, 131 
^Middle Drift of East Anglia, J. E. Taylor 
on the occurrence of seams of hard 
sandstone in the, 1870, 88 
-Drift, gravel-beds resembling, G. J. 
Stoney on the recent formation of,. 
1870, 86 
Middlesborough, John Marley on the dis¬ 
covery of rock-salt in the New Red. 
Sandstone at, 1863, 82 
*Middletox (A. B.), sanitary statistics- 
of Salisbury, 1864, 169 
Midford Sands, further note on the, by 
H. B. Woodward, 1888, 650 
Midian, the Land of, Capt. R. F. Burton 
on, 1878, * 589 , 630 
Migrants in Yorkshire, the date and dis¬ 
tribution of spring, compared with 
West of England and Ireland, by T„ 
Lister, 1882, 589 
Migration and commerce, the courses of,, 
traced by art relics and religious em¬ 
blems, Dr. J. S. Phene on, 1878, 583 
* -of birds, Prof. A. Newton on the r 
1880, 605 
- of birds, report on the, 1881, 189 ; 
1882, 283 ; 1883, 229 ; 1884 , 266 : 1885, 
685 ; 1886 , 264 ; 1887,7o; 1888,146 
- of birds, report of the Committee for 
malting a digest of the observations on 
the, 1889, 114 : 1890, 464 
* -- of fishes, observations on the, by 
Prof. J. C. Ewart, 1889, 627 
-theory of blood-cells, Dr. Caton on. 
the, 1870, 134 
Migratory birds of the North of England, 
T. Lister on spring, 1874, 137 
Mildew in grey cloth, W. Thomson on 
the growth of, 1876, 70 
M[LES(Capt.) on the Somali coast, 187U 
186 
* - (Rev. T.), the honey bee versus 
Darwinism, 1886, 695 
^Military bidon, W. Smith on a, 1875, 253 
-field-railway, J. B. Fell on experi¬ 
ments made with a new form of, 1876> 
223 
Milk adulteration, the detection of, W.. 
H. Watson on, 1879, 322 
-and Scotch barley as an article of 
