GENERAL INDEX. 
283 
Minerals lately found in the drainage- 
works at Brighton, J. Howell on the, 
1872, 108 
--optical characters of, H. C. Sorby 
on a new method for studying the, 
1877, 77 
-some new, Dr. von Lasaulx on, 1870, 
9 2 
--from South America, David J orbes 
on some, I 860 , 29 
- synthetical researches on the forma¬ 
tion of, by Alphonse Gages, 1863, 203 
Miners’ electric safety-lamps, N. Watts 
on, 1888, 816 
* -safety-mask for supporting life in 
lire-damp and other noxious vapour, 
Dr. B. W. Richardson on, 1863, 192 
Miniature, H. Swan on a new kind of, 
possessing apparent solidity by means 
of a combination of prisms, 1863, 17 
Minicoy Island, Major Basevi on, 1871, 
174 * 
*Mining, S. Davis on Brain’s system of, 
by means of boring-machinery, dyna¬ 
mite, and electric blasting, 1873, 213 
-coal and metal, in the United King¬ 
dom, the relative dangers of, Dr. C. Le 
Neve Foster on, 1884, 868 
* -lamp, a new form of, Dr. C. Ball 
on, 1878, 698 
- royalties and their effect on the 
iron and coal industries, Prof. W. R. 
Sorley on, 1888, 755 
-in the West of England, J. H. Collins 
on lode, 1877, 201 
*Minot (Dr. C. S.) on the growth of 
children, 1884, 785 
* -the development of the supra-renal 
capsules in man, 1887, 755 ; *the role 
of the heart in vertebrate morphology, 
760 ; *011 the structure of the human 
placenta, ib. 
Mint charge, the effect of a, upon the 
value of coins, G. J. Stoney on, to which 
is added a proposition for securing at 
once some of the advantages of inter¬ 
national coinage, 1870, 201 
Miocene clays of Bovey Tracey, W. Pen- 
gelly on the source of the, 1869, 99 
-- flora of North Greenland, Prof. 
Oswald Heer on the, 1866, 53 , *74 
-- flora, of the Basalt of the North of 
Ireland, report on the , 1879, 162 ; 1880, 
107 ; 1881,152; 1883,209 
Mirage at sea. Dr. J. Janssen on, 1875, 
26 , *40 
* -Prof. J. D. Everett on, 1872, 36 
^Mississippi, the jetties of the, Capt. D. 
Galton on, 1877, 206 
* -river, the improvements of the, 
Capt. J. B. Eads on, 1881, 774 
-the works now in course of erection 
for improving the navigation of one of 
the mouths of the, under the direction 
of Mr. James Eads, C.E., Capt. D. 
Galton on, 1877, 202 
* Misti, volcano of, the Hon. R. Marsham 
on two ascents of the, 1863, 143 
Mitchell (Dr. A.) on erratic blochs or 
boulders, 1873, 188 
* -(D.), are flint implements of the 
first Stone Age found in the drift ? 
1869, 69 
-(Rev. JI.) on specimens of fish from 
the Lower Old Red Sandstone of For¬ 
farshire, 1885, 1023 
-(Joseph) on the construction and 
works of the Highland Railway , 1867 ,151 
* -on a new mode of constructing the 
surface of streets and thoroughfares, 
1867, 156 
- (J. M.) on the migration of the 
herring, 1861, 149 
* - (W. Stephen) on hitherto unre¬ 
corded leaf-forms, &c., from Alum Bay, 
Isle of Wight, 1865, 68 
- on the Alum Bay leaf-bed, 1866, 146 
* -remarks on the denudation of the 
Bath Oolite, 1870, 80 ; 1871, 107 
* -on the Bagshot peat-beds, 1876,94 
Mitraria, Prof. Allman on the structure 
and development of, 1872, 129 
Mivart (Prof. St. G.), Address to the 
Biological Section, 1879, 354 
Moab, A. W. Hayne on the flora of, 1872, 
128 
- the Rev. Canon Tristram on the 
geology of, 1872, 123 
-E. H. Palmer on the geography of, 
1871, 187 
- report on the geographical explora¬ 
tion of, 1872, 210 
Moabite stone, the newly discovered, the 
relation of the ancient Moabites to 
neighbouring nations as disclosed in. 
Rev. Dr. Ginsburg on, 1870, 149 ; 
*1871 ,179 
*Moa-bones in New Zealand, Dr. Hector 
on the occurrence of, 1875, 161 
*Mobius, Prof. H. J. S. Smith on the cir¬ 
cular transformation of, 1872, 24 
Mock suns observed in Ireland, W. A. 
Traill on, 1871, 56 
Model estuaries, Prof. O. Reynolds on, 
1889, 327 ; 1890, 512 
*Modoc Indians, myths of the, J. Curtin 
on, 1884, 910 
^Modular curves, Prof. H. J. S. Smith on 
the, 1878, 463 
* -equations, Prof. H. J. S. Smith on, 
1873, 24 
Mceris basin, the latest researches in the, 
F. Cope Whitehouse on, 1884, 802 
Moffat (F. W.) on meteorological ob¬ 
servations (on ozone) at sea, 1867, 25 
-(Dr. T.) on atmospheric ozone, 1861, 
88 ; 1870, 61 ; on sulphuretted hydro¬ 
gen as a putrefaction product, 1861,89 
