Magnesium, 350.
Magnet attracting Ball, 187.
Man on the Moon, 77.
Maps of the Stars, 206, 318;
How to make, 389.
Mars, 134, 160.
” and his Movements, 160.
” Atmosphere of, 194.
” Color of, 161.
Mars, Diameter and Distance of, 391.
Mars, General Direction of Motion of, 165.
Mars, Geography of, 188.
” Period of, 391.
” Polar Snows on, 193.
” Retrograde Motion of, 162.
” Rotation of, 192, 391.
” Satellites of, 194.
” Seas on, 193.
” Views of, 189, 190.
” When to observe, 160.
Materials of a Comet, 276.
Mathematician and Astronomer, 144.
Measurements with a Cart-wheel, 173.
Measuring-rod used by Astronomers, 333.
Mercury, 134, 141.
Mercury, Diameter, Distance, Period, and Rotation of, 391.
Mercury, Transit of, 142.
” Weight of, 142.
” Where to find, 142.
Meteor, Height of a, 296.
” of Dec. 21, 1876, 297.
” ” Nov. 6, 1869, 292.
Meteoric Dust, 292.
Meteorites, 312.
Meteorites, Columbiad Theory of, 314.
Meteorites in British Museum, 313.
Meteoroids, 285.
Meteoroids heated by Friction of Air, 288.
Meteoroids, Velocity of, 286.
Meteors, 284.
” August, 309.
Methuselah, 376.
Milky Way, 327.
Mimas, Distance and Period of, 392.
Minor Planets, Size and Number of, 207.
Mirror for Reflecting Telescope, 234.
Mode of Production of Coal, 11.
Model of Lunar Crater, 110.
Monday, Why so called, 74, 135.
Mont Blanc, 8.
Moon always shows Same Face, 118.
Moon, Imaginary Voyage to, 124.
” Life on, 123.
” rising in West, 198.
” Size of, 79, 101.
Moon’s Appearance, Effect of Distance on, 89.
Moon’s Area, 82.
” Atmosphere, 125.
” Diameter, 391.
” Distance, 391.
” Movements, 84, 118.
” Phases, 74.
” Time of Revolution, 391.
Moon-view of Earth, 78.
Morning Star, 151.
Motes in Sunbeam, 292.
Motion, Annual, of Earth, 56.
Motion of Planet round Sun illustrated, 188.
Mount Carigou in the Pyrenees, 31.
Mountains on the Moon, How measured, 108.
Mountain Tops, Coldness of, 8.