GENERAL INDEX. 
293 
Murray (J.) on the establishment of a 
marine biological station at Granton, 
Scotland, 1885, 474 ; 1886, 251 ; 1887, 
91 ; 1888, 319 
-- on the depth of the permanently 
frozen soil in the Polar regions, 1886, 
271 ; 1887, 152 ; on the combination of 
the Ordnance and Admiralty surreys, 
and the production of a bathy-hypso- 
graphiccd map of the Brit ish Isles, 1886, 
277 ; on the desirability of further re¬ 
search in the Antarctic regions , 1886, 
277 ; 1888, 316 
- on the definition of the area of the 
British marine Fauna and Flora, 
1887, 95 
- on the seasonal variations of tem¬ 
perature in lakes, rivers, and estuaries. 
1888, 326 ; 1889, 44 ; 1890, 92 
.-and the Abbe A. Renard on the 
volcanic products of the deep sea of 
the Central Pacific, with reference to 
the ‘ Challenger’ expedition, 1879, 340 
* -(J. Wolfe), note on a cross traced 
upon a hill at Cringle tie, near Peebles, 
1871, 156 
- (Dr. W.) on the investigation of 
instinctive actions, 1863, 119 
Muscle, pronator quadratics, Prof. A. 
Macalister exhibited a sketch of some 
varieties of the, 1870, 142 
-velocity of the contraction-wave in 
curarised, E. A, Schafer on directly 
determining the, 1882, 575 
Muscles of the mammalian foot, Dr. D. J. 
Cunningham on the intrinsic, 1878, 
599 
-in man and other animals, Dr. Cle- 
land on the ligamentous action of the 
long, 1863, 111 
* -Prof. Rolleston on the pectorales, 
1868, 120 
- in the gills of fishes, Dr. J. A. 
McWilliam on the striated, 1885, 1077 
Muscular activity, E. R. Lankester on 
the existence of hmmoglobin in the 
muscles, and its relation to, 1871, 140 
* - contraction, Dr. Radcliffe on the 
mechanism of, 1872, 152 
- contraction, the theory of, G. F. 
FitzGerald on, 1878, 601 
* -fibre, the structure of, as demon¬ 
strated by ‘ castings ’ taken in collo- 
dium, J. B. Hay craft on, 1890, 860 
-force in animals, Dr. Lyon Playfair 
on the origin of, 1866, 43 
- irritability, Dr. 11. Norris on, 1866, 
157 
— movements, the, that are associated 
with certain complex motions, Dr. R. J. 
Anderson on, 1883, 544 
-and pulmonary tissue in health and 
in phthisis, Dr. W. Marcet on the 
nutrition of, 1871, 140 
Museum of natural history, a national, 
P. L. Sclater on certain principles to 
be observed in the establishment of, 
1870, 123 
-how a national, might be built and 
arranged with advantage, by R. A. 
Peacock, 1872 ,138 
^Museums, the arrangement of, discus¬ 
sion on, 1887, 736 
-- improved methods of displaying 
birds in, T. J. Moore on some, 1865, 92 
-T. B. Grierson on the establishment 
of local, 1871, 126 
* - F. T. Mott on an instructional 
system of arrangement in provincial, 
1882, 597 
-their work and value, F. T. Mott on 
provincial, 1886, 686 
- of the United Kingdom, report on 
the provincial, 1887, 97 ; 1888, 124 ; 
errata in the first report, 1888, 132 
*Mushet (R.) on the treatment of 
melted cast iron and its conversion 
into iron and steel by the pneumatic 
process, 1866, 147 
Music, the racial aspects of, J. Ivaines on, 
1870, 152 
^Musical beats and resultant tones, R. 
Konig on, 1872, 58 
* -instrument, J. Philips on a, 1882, 
478 
* - intervals, W. Spottiswoode on, 
1870, 15 
-slide rule, J. Swinburne on a, 1887, 
621 
-sounds produced by carbon, Dr. T. L. 
Phipson on, 1863, 50 
Musicians, vital and other statistics ap¬ 
plicable to, P. M. Tait on, 1880, 666 
Mussel, the common ( [Mytilus edulis, L.), 
the reproduction of, J. Wilson on, 1885, 
1094 
Mussel-shell, fossil, found in the Drift in 
Ireland, Eugene A. Conwell on a, 1869, 
87 
Mycenae, the district of, and its early 
occupants, Dr. J. S. Phene on, 1877, 
119 
*Mycorhiza, Dr. F. W. Oliver on a case of, 
1889, 649 
Mylne (R. W.) on the rainfall in the 
British Isles, 1866, 281 ; 1867, 448 ; 
1868, 432 ; 1869, 383 ; 1870, 170 ; 1871, 
98 ; 1872, 176 ; 1873, 257 
- on the circulation of underground 
maters, 1875, 114 
*Myographion, the demonstration of a 
new, by Prof. McKendrick, 1887, 783 
Myology of Gy clot hums didactylus, J. C. 
Galton on the, 1869, 121 
_of the gorilla and chimpanzee, ob¬ 
servations on the, by Dr. J. Symington, 
1889, 629 
_of the shoulder and upper arm of 
