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MAAS (Dr. Otto) on temperature as a
factor in the distribution of marine
animals, 687.

MACALISTER (Prof. A.) on anthropo-
metric work in schools, 439.

*, the heredity of acquired characters,
778.

MCINTOSH (Prof. W. C.) on marine

fish-hatching and the Dunbar esta-
blishment of the Fishery Board for
Scotland, 688.

MCKENDRICK (Prof. J. G.) on a model of
the Cochlea, 793.

on some physiological applications
of the phonograph, 794.
MCLAREN (Lord) on meteorological ob
servations on Ben Neris, 108.
MACLEAN (M.), Lord KELVIN, and A.
GALT, preliminary experiments to find
if subtraction of water from air elec-
trifies it, 554.

MCLEOD (Prof. H.) on the best methods
of recording the direct intensity of
solar radiation, 106.

on the bibliography of spectroscopy,
161.

on the bibliography of solution, 246.
on Schuller's yellow modification

of arsenic, 615.
*MACMAHON (Major P. A.) on the in-

variant ground-forms of the binary
quantic of unlimited order, 579.
MADAN (H. G.) on the bibliography of
spectroscopy, 161.

Magelona, the blood of, Dr. W. B. Ben-
ham on, 696.

Magnetic force on the surface of the
earth, the results of a new analytical
representation of, the distribution of
the, Ad. Schmidt on, 570.
Magnetisation in nickel tubes, the volume
changes which accompany, Prof. C. G.
Knott on, 576.

Magnetism, mirrors of, Prof. S. P. Thomp-
son on, 574.

terrestrial, a suggested explanation
of the secular variation of, by Prof. A.
Schuster, 571.

MAGNUS (Sir P.) on the teaching of science
in elementary schools, 359.
*MAITLAND (Miss) on women's indus-
tries, 731.

*MALLOCK (A.) on the behaviour of a
rotating cylinder in a steady current,
557.

Mammalia, the didermic blastocyst of
the, Prof. A. A. W. Hubrecht on, 681.
Mammalian heart, the structure and func-
tion of the, report on, 464.

*Man, the antiquity of, in Belgium, Prof.
Max Lohest on, 784.

MANDELLO (Dr. J.) on Stock Exchange
taxation, 729.

*MANN (Dr. Gustav) on the changes in

nerve-cells due to functional activity
809.
MANOUVRIER (Prof. L.) on the brain of
a young Fuegian, 787.

on the valuation of proportional
differences in the description of the
brain, 788.

MANSION (Prof. P.) sur les principes
fondamentaux de la géométrie non-
euclidienne de Riemann, 579.
Marine animals, temperature as a factor
in the distribution of, Dr. Otto Maas
on, 687.

organisms, the geographical and
bathymetrical distribution of, Dr. J.
Murray on, 717.

zoology of the Irish Sea, second re-
port on the, 318.

MARKHAM (Clements R.) on making geo-
graphical, meteorological, and natural
history observations in South Georgia
or other Antarctic island, 358.
†MARKOFF (Dr. A.) on Russian Armenia,

711.

*MARSH (J. E.) and J. A. GARDNER on
some derivatives of camphene, 629.
MARSHALL (Dr. Hugh) on the electrolytic
methods of quantitative analysis, 160.

- (Prof. A. Milnes) on the occupation
of a table at the zoological station at
Naples, 335.

MARTEN (E. B.) on the circulation of
underground waters, 283.

MASKELYNE (Prof. N. Story) on the
teaching of science in elementary schools,
359.

Maternal impressions during pregnancy,
the effect of, on the offspring, and the
influence of previous fertilisation of the
female on her subsequent offspring, in-
terim report on, 346.

Mathematical and Physical Section, Ad-
dress by Prof. A. W. Rücker to the,
543.

theory of international trade, Prof.
F. Y. Edgeworth on the, 729.
MAUDSLAY (Alfred P.) on the Maya In-
dians of Chichén Itzá, Yucatan, 789.
*MAXIM (H. S.) on flight, 557.
Maxwell's law of partition of energy, G.
H. Bryan on, 98.

theory of light, experiments illus-
trating, Prof. O. J. Lodge on, 582.

- method of deriving the equations of
hydrodynamics from the kinetic theory
of gases, Prof. L. Boltzmann on, 579.
Maya Indians of Chichén Itzá, Yucatan,
Alfred P. Maudslay on the, 789.
MAYER (Prof. Alfred M.) on the produc-
tion of beat-tones from two vibrating
bodies whose frequencies are so great
as to be separately inaudible, 573.

on the variation of the modulus of
elasticity with change of temperature

as determined by the transverse vibra-
tion of bars at various temperatures,
573.

Measures, systematic, a nomenclature for
very much facilitating the use of, Dr.
G. J. Stoney on, 587.
Mechanical Science, Address by Prof. A.

B. W. Kennedy to the Section of, 739.
†Mediterranean and North Atlantic, re-
searches in the, by the Prince of Mo-
naco, during the summer of 1894, J. Y.
Buchanan on, 717.

MELDOLA (Prof. R.) on the work of
the Corresponding Societies Committee,

19.

on the application of photography to
the elucidation of meteorological phe-
nomena, 143.

on earth tremors, 145.

on the action of light upon dyed
colours, 238.

on an ethnographical survey of the
United Kingdom, 419.
MELSOME (Dr. W. S.) and Louis COB-
BETT on local immunity, 807.
Memory, experiments on, by Dr. W. G.
Smith, 817.

Mersenne's numbers, Lt.-Col. Allan Cun-
ningham on, 563.

Meteorological, geographical, and natural
history observations in South Georgia
or other Antarctic island, report of the
Committee for making, 358.

- observations on Ben Nevis, report on,
108.

phenomena, the application of photo-
graphy to the elucidation of, fourth
report on, 143.

Mexico, the Sierra Madre of, explorations
in, O. H. Howarth on, 715.
MEYERHOFFER (Dr. W.) on certain phe-
nomena occurring during the evapora-
tion of salt solutious, 628.

MIALL (Prof. L. C.) on the Calf Hole
Cave, 272.

MIERS (H A.) on a new method of mea-
suring crystals, and its application to
the measurement of the octahedron
angles of potash alum and ammonia
alum, 654.

Migration of birds, interim report of the
Committee for making a digest of the
'observations on the, 348.

Milk, the chemical action of a new bac-
terium in, A. Bernstein on, 608.
MILL (Dr. H. R.) on the climatological
and hydrographical conditions of Tro-
pical Africa, 348

on making geographical, meteorologi-
cal, and natural history observations in
South Georgia or other Antarctic island,
358.

on a bathymetrical survey of the
English lakes, 713.

Mimetic characters, the relation of, to the
original form, Dr. F. A. Dixey on, 692.
Mind and body, the relations between,
as expressed in early languages, cus-
toms, and myths, by Rev. G. Hartwell
Jones, 779.

Mines, suffocation in, the causes and pre-
vention of, Dr. J. S. Haldane on, 816.
*Mirror writing, Prof. F. J. Allen on, 793.
Mirrors of magnetism, Prof. S. P. Thomp-
son on, 574.

MITTAG-LEFFLER (Prof.) on the addi-
tion theorem, 561.

on Fuchsian functions, 577.
Mixtures and compounds, the distinction
between, P. J. Hartog on, 618.
Molecular distribution in the atmosphere
of a rotating planet, the law of, G. H.
Bryan on, 100.

Molecules, the electrification of, and che-
mical change, H. Brereton Baker on,
493.
+Monaco (the Prince of), researches by,
in the North Atlantic and Mediter-
ranean during the summer of 1894, J.
Y. Buchanan on, 717.

MOND (Ludwig) on the proximate chemi-
cal constituents of coal, 246.
*MONTEFIORE (A.) on the Jackson-
Harmsworth Arctic expedition, 717.
Montenegro, W. H. Cozens-Hardy on, 711.
Moon, the heat of the, J. Park Harrison
on, and on lunar curves of mean tem-
perature at Greenwich, 593.
MOORE (Harold) on co-operation in agri-
culture, 736.

(J. E. S.) on the reduction di-
vision' in the cartilaginous fishes,
338.
MORTON (G. H.) on the circulation of
underground waters, 283.

MUIRHEAD (Dr. A.) on practical elec-
trical standards, 117.

MUNRO (Dr. Robert) on the lake village
at Glastonbury, 431.

on ancient bone skates, 784.
MURRAY (George) on the present state of
our knowledge of the zoology and botany
of the West India Islands, 344.

on Pachytheca, 698.

(Dr. John) on meteorological obser-
rations on Ben Nevis, 108.

the geographical and bathymetri-
cal distribution of marine organisms,
717.

*Muscle, striped microscopic appearance
of, in rest and in contraction, Prof. W.
Rutherford on the, 806.

striped, Prof. J. B. Haycraft on the
structure of, 814.

*Museum preparations, E. S. Goodrich on,
697.

Musical instrument, the bow as a, H.
Balfour on, 778.

Mythical beliefs, the diffusion of, as evi-
dence in the history of culture, Dr. E.
B. Tylor, 774.

pygmy races, Prof. B. Windle on,
781.

NAGEL (D. H.) on the bibliography of
spectroscopy, 161.

on the electrolytic methods of quan-
titative analysis, 160.
Naphthalene derivatives, eighth report on
the investigation of isomeric, 268.
Native tribes between the Zambezi and
Uganda, Lionel Decle on the, 785.
Natural history, geographical, and me-
teorological observations in South Geor-
gia or other Antarctic island, report of
the Committee for making, 358.
Nebulæ, spiral and elliptic, photographs
of, Dr. I. Roberts on, 569.
Negritoes, the alleged presence of, in
Borneo, H. Ling Roth on, 780.
Neolithic settlements, three, in North
Kent, Mrs. Stopes on, 785.

Nephridial duct of Owenia, Prof. G.
Gilson on the, 693.

*Nerve cells, the changes in, due to func-
tional activity, Dr. Gustav Mann on,
809.

, physiological effects of the passage
of rapidly alternating currents of great
intensity through, Profs. O. J. Lodge
and F. Gotch on some, 818.
Nervous system, experimental inquiry
upon the different tracts of the central,
Dr. F. W. Nutt on an, 809.

system, some trophic changes in the,
Prof. J. Gaule on, 794.
New Guinea, British, some of the natives
of, H. Bellyse Baildon on, 788.

British, a visit to, Miss F. Baildon
on, 716.
NEWTON (Prof. A.) on the present state
of our knowledge of the zoology of the
Sandwich Islands, 343.

on our knowledge of the zoology and
botany of the West India Islands, 344.
on the legislative protection of wild
birds' eggs, 347.

on making a digest of the observa-
tions on the migration of birds, 348.
NICHOLSON (Prof. J. Shield) on the me-
thods of economic training in this and
other countries, 365.

Nickel tubes, volume changes which ac-
company magnetisation in, Prof. C. G.
Knott on the, 576.

NICOL (Dr. W. W. J.) on the bibliography
of solution, 246.

Nicolaiew, observations made with the
horizontal pendulum at, Prof. S. Kor-
tazzi on, 145.

NOBLE (Sir Andrew) on methods that

have been adopted for measuring pres
sures in the bores of guns, 523.
NOELTING (Prof. E.) on ortho-dinitroso
derivatives of the aromatic series, 620.

on the formation of indazol deri-
vatives from aromatic diazo-com.
pounds, 622.
Nomenclature for very much facilitating
the use of systematic measures, Dr. G.
J. Stoney on a, 587.

†North Atlantic and Mediterranean, re-
searches in the, by the Prince of
Monaco during the summer of 1894,
J. Y. Buchanan on, 717.

North Sea and the Faeröe-Shetland
Channel, the currents of the, H. N.
Dickson on, 713.

North-Western Tribes of the Dominion
of Canada, ninth report on the, 453.
*Notochord, the origin and morphological
signification of the, Prof. E. van Bene-
den on, 684.

Nubia, Lower, S. Clarke on the geo-
graphy of, 718.

*Nucleus, the function of, Prof. E. Zach-
arias on, 696.

NUTT (Dr. F. W.), experimental inquiry
upon the different tracts of the central
nervous system, 809.

Ohm, the international, a determination
of, in absolute measure, Prof. J. Viriamu
Jones on, 123.

standards of the Board of Trade,
comparison of certain, by J. Rennie,

130.

standard coils, belonging to the In-
dian Government, the values of, E. 0.
Walker on, 131.

Old Red Sandstone of Elginshire, a new
fossil fish from the, Dr. R. H. Traquair
on, 656.
*Oldbury Hill, explorations at, report on
the, 775.

OLDHAM (H. Y.), a new light on the dis-

covery of America, 715.

*OLIVIER (Dr. L.) on typhoid bacilli in
water, 818.
Ophioglosseæ, the germination of the
spores of the, Prof. D. H. Campbell on,
695.

Optical instruments, the correction of,
for individual eyes, Dr. Tempest An-
derson on, 586.

*Orchids, the hybridisation of, Dr. J.
Clark on, 687.

Ortho-dinitroso derivatives of the aro-
matic series, Prof. E. Noelting on, 620.
OSBORN (Prof. H. F.) on certain prin-
ciples of progressively adaptive varia-
tion observed in fossil series, 693.
Ostwald's law of dilution, the determi-
nation of, Dr. Meyer Wildermann on,

616

Owenia, the nephridial duct of, Prof. G.
Gilson on, 693.
Oxford, the geology of the neighbourhood
of, some points of special interest in,
Prof. A. H. Green on, 644.
Oxfordshire, North, the terraced hill
slopes of, E. A. Walford on, 645.
Oxidation, the rate of, of phosphorus,
sulphur, and aidehyde, Dr. T. Ewan on,
609.

*Pachytheca, G. Murray on, 698.
*Paddy cultivation, the ceremonies ob-
served by the Kandyans in, B. P. Kehl-
pannala on, 787.

Pantheon of the Fijians, Basil Thomson
on the, 786.

PARKER (Thomas), continuous current
distribution of electricity at high
voltage at Oxford, 756.

PATON (D. Noel) on the fats of the liver,
804.

Pauperism, comparative general and old-
age, in England and Wales, 1831-1891,
statistics of, C. S. Loch on, 732.
Pebbles in the Trias of Budleigh Salter-

ton and of Cannock Chase, a comparison
of the, by Prof. T. G. Bonney, 655.
PEEK (Cuthbert E.) on the work of
the Corresponding Societies Committee,

19.

PEMBREY (M. S.), the response of animals
to changes of temperature, 791.
Pendulum, bifilar, Mr. H. Darwin's, C.
Davison on, 145.

-

at the Royal Observatory,
Edinburgh, Prof. R. Copeland on, 158.
PENGELLY (W.) on the cave at Elbolton,
270.

Pentland Hills, the eurypterid-bearing

deposits of the, second report on, 302.
PERKIN (Dr. W. H.) on the action of light
upon dyed colours, 238.

Permian strata of the north of the Isle of
Man, Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins on the,
662.

PERRY (Prof. John) on practical electrical
standards, 117.

*PERTZ (Miss D.) on the hygroscopic dis-
persal of fruits in certain labiates, 687.
*PFEFFER (Prof. W.) on the sensitive-

ness of the root-tip, 689.

PHELPS (Rev. L. R.), popular attitude
towards economics, 738.
*PHILLIPS (H.) on the development of
the cystocarp in Polisiphonia nigrescens,
684.
Phonograph, some physiological applica-
tions of the, Prof. J. G. McKendrick
on, 794.

Phosphorus, sulphur, and aldehyde, the
rate of oxidation of, Dr. T. Ewan on,
609.

*Photo-electric leakage, Prof. O. J. Lodge
on, 556.

Photographs of geological interest in the
United Kingdom, fifth report on the
collection, preservation, and systematic
registration of, 274.

of spiral and elliptic nebulæ, Dr. I.
Roberts on, 569.
Photography, the application of, to the
elucidation of meteorological pheno-
mena, fourth report on, 143.

geographical, John Thomson on,

714.
Photometric measures of the corona of
April 1893, Prof. H. H. Turner on some,
568.
Photometry, a ten-candle lamp for use
in, A. Vernon Harcourt on, 582.
Phyllopoda of the Paleozoic rocks, eleventh
report on, 271.

Physical and Mathematical Section, Ad-
dress by Prof. A. W. Rücker to the,
543.

and mental deviations from the
normal among children in schools, re-
port on the, 434.
Appendix:-

I. Certificate as to a child requir-
ing special educational training,
437.

II. Statistical report

50,000 children, 437.

concerning

III. Distribution of the cases seen as
to standards, 438.

Physiological Section, Address by Prof.
E. A. Schäfer to the, 795.

PICKERING (S. U.) on the bibliography
of solution, 246.

Picts, the distribution of, in Britain, as
indicated by place-names, G. G. Chis-
holm on, 787.

'Pigeons' milk,' Prof. E. Waymouth
Reid on, 812.

*Pigment, skin, and hair, notes on, by
Prof. A. Thomson, 778.

*PITT-RIVERS (Gen.), on an ethnogra-
phical survey of the United Kingdom,

419.

on the lake village at Glastonbury,
431.

exploration of British camps and
a long barrow near Rushmore, 784.
on a new craniometer, 784.
Place-names, the best method of aiming
at uniformity in the spelling of, G. G.
Chisholm on, 717.

the distribution of the Picts in
Britain as indicated by, J. Gray on,
787.

Planet, atmosphere of a rotating, the law
of molecular distribution, G. H. Bryan
on, 100.
Planimeters, report on, by Prof. O. Hen-
rici, 496.

Plantar surface, the epidermis of the,
and the question of use-inheritance,
Dr. F. A. Dixey on, 698.

*Plants, the structure of fossil, in its
bearing on modern botanical questions,
Dr. D. H. Scott on, 698.
Plateau beds, the age of the, W. Whit-
aker on, 652.

implements in Kent, the geology of
the, Prof. T. Rupert Jones on, 651.
Pleistocene gravel at Wolvercote, near
Oxford, A. M. Bell on the, 663.
*Poisons, the absorption of, Prof. P.
Heger on, 804.

†Polar exploration, current, Cel. H. W.
Feilden on, 711.

*Polisiphonia nigrescens, the develop-
ment of the cystocarp in, H. Phillips
on, 684.

*Pollard (H. B.) on some models of the

crania of siluroids, 698.

Polychata, suggestions for a new classi-
fication of the, by Dr. W. B. Benham,
696.

Polygons, regular, a linkage for the auto-
matic description of, Prof. J. D. Everett
on, 559.

*Polyodon, the structure of the integu-
ment of, W. E. Collinge on, 683.
*Polyrheotome, a new spring kymograph
and, Prof. T. W. W. Engelmann on,
818.

*Portal vein, the innervation of the,

E. M. Bayliss and Dr. Starling on, 811.
POULTON (Prof. E. B.) on the work of
the Corresponding Societies Committee,

19.

POWER (D'Arcy), epithelial changes pro-
duced by irritation, 806.

POYNTING (Prof. J. H.) on earth tremors,
145.

PREECE (W. H.) on practical electrical
standards, 117.

on signalling through space, 756.
Prehistoric and ancient remains of Gla-
morganshire, second report on the, 418.

man in the old alluvium of the
Sabarmati River in Gujarat, Western
India, R. B. Foote on, 664.

- objects collected during a journey
and explorations in Central and Eastern
Crete, exhibition of, by Arthur J.
Evans, 777.

studies in Belgium, the present
state of, Count Goblet d'Alviella on,
783.

Pressures in the bores of guns, methods
that have been adopted for measuring,
Sir A. Noble on, 523.

PRESTWICH (Prof. J.) on underground
temperature, 107.

on earth tremors, 145.

PRICE (L. L.) on the methods of economic
training in this and other countries,
365.

on the report of the Labour Com-
mission, 730.

*Prices, wages, and the standard of value,
Edward Atkinson on, 730.
PRINGSHEIM (E.) and O. LUMMER, a new
determination of the ratio of the spe-
cific heats of certain gases, 565.
Probability curve, the asymmetric, Prof.
F. Y. Edgeworth on, 562.
*Production, factors of, H. Higgs on. 729.
*Protoplasm, the relations of, Prof. E.
van Beneden on, 684.

Pteridophytes, the origin of the sexual
organs of the, Prof. D. H. Campbell
on, 695.

Publication of papers and rules of
priority, T. R. R. Stebbing on the, 697.
PYCRAFT (W. P.), the wing of Archao-

pteryx viewed in the light of that of
some modern birds, 693.

Pygmies in Europe, Professor J. Koll-
mann on, 781.

Pygmy races, mythical, Prof. B. Windle

on, 781.

*Quantic, the binary, of unlimited order,
the invariant ground-forms of, Major
P. A. MacMahon on, 579.
Quantitative analysis, the electrolytic
methods of, report on, 160.

QUINCKE (Prof. G.) on the formation of
soap-bubbles by the contact of alkaline
oleates with water, 475.

RAMSAY (Prof. W.) on the bibliography
of solution, 246.

and Lord RAYLEIGH on a new
gaseous constituent of air, 614.
RANDALL (Dr. W. W.) on the effect of

dilution upon the colours of salt solu-
tions and the measurement of this
effect, 618.

Rates, the inequality of local; its ex-
tent, causes, and consequences, Edwin
Cannan on, 734.

RAVENSTEIN (E. G.) on the climatological
and hydrographical conditions of Tropi-
cal Africa, 348.

on the exploration of Hadramont, is
Southern Arabia, 354.

on an ethnographical survey of the
United Kingdom, 419.

RAWSON (Sir R.) on the work of the
Corresponding Societies Committee, 19.
RAYLEIGH (Lord) on practical electrical
standards, 117.

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on the minimum current audible
in the telephone, 572.

, an attempt at a quantitative theory
of the telephone, 573.

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