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Meteor, seen by Galton, IIIB 579, 580 `Meteorographica,' work by Galton, II 38, 40-43, 11 38 Plate VII
Meteorological, data, appeal for, 11 37; predictions,
IIIB 475, 481; instructions for travellers, 11 44 Meteorological Council, 11 43, 44, 56, 57
Meteorologists, need for co-operation among, II 38, 39;
biometry and, IIIA 282, 283
Meteorology, and Galton, II 7, 13, 35-49, 53-62; on
how to measure data regarding, IIIB 466-468,471-473 Methuen, asks Galton for an autobiography, IIIA 329,
MB 585; considers 'Kantsaywhere,' M B 615 Meyer, Dr, Galton travels to Frankfort with, 1132 Meyrick, on experiments at Marlborough, II 396
Mice, experiments and work on, 11 139, 140, M A 251,
315, IIIB 542
Middle Classes, lower, Galton on, IIIA 252
Middleton, 'Biographia Evangelica' of, 11 100-102 Middleton, J. H., honour conferred on, IIIB 494 Midparent, Galton's definition of, MA 8, 15
Mill, John Stuart, definition of `religion' of, IIIA 89, 90,
93
Millais, Sir E., Reports on Basset hounds of, IIIA 40 Miller, W. A., works in Liebig's laboratory, 1126, 130;
his advice to Galton, I 129; chemical investigations
of, I 130
Mimetic Insects, and natural selection, IIIA 122, 123 Mimicry, argument from, IIIA 370
Mind, and body, exercise and fatigue of, IIIB 478, 479;
over-concentration of the, 11 241; of others, as a field
for exploration, 11 243
Ministers, Welsh, composite portrait of, II 288 Plate XXXIII
Minto, Lord, on permanence of individuality, IIIA 279 Minutiae, of finger-prints, IIIA 181, 183; definition of,
IIIA 178; persistence of, IIIA 181, 195, 196; re
semblance of, in twins, IIIA 191. See also under
Finger-prints
Misery, and fertility, IIIA 218
Missionary Enterprise, II 32
Models, geographical, II 33, 34, II 33 Plate IV; to
illustrate action of Weber's Law, 11 307 Mohammedanism, Galton's interest in, and respect for,
I 207, IIIB 449; and missionary enterprise, II 32;
Bosworth Smith on, 1207. See also Moslems Moilliet, Grace, writes to Galton, IIIB 579
Moilliet, J. K., brother-in-law to Galton, IIIB 473;
death of, IIIB 580
Moilliet, Lucy, sister to Galton, visits to, at Selby Hall,
I 155; messages to, IIIB 453
Monkeys, Galion's pets in Egypt and Syria, 1202, 203 Monogamy, from the eugenic standpoint, IIIA 86 Mont Blanc district, model of, 1134 Montford, bust of Darwin by, IIIA 374
Monumental Tablet, to Erasmus Darwin in Lichfield
Cathedral, 11 204 Plate XX
Moral Character, source of, II 72, 73; inheritance of,
11 72, 75, 81, 82, 83, 86, 87, 89; and natural selection,
1183
Moral Lapses, and piety, 11 102
Morality, relative nature of, IIIA 263
Morals, and the legal profession, II 95; and the Greeks,
11 108
Morley, John, quotation from, IIIB 441; anecdote of,
and Lord Rosebery, IIIB 615
Mosaic Code, and Eugenics, IIIA 223, 224 Mosaics, as colour standards, IIIB 474 Moslems, civilising effect of, 11 28, 258 Motherhood, endowment of, and Eugenics, 11 134 Mothers, of scientists, II 96, 97, 102; of divines, 11102;
transmission of talent by, 11 76, 77; mental influence
on, MA 135; and mothers' ancestry, influence of, IIIA 102; fathers and offspring, finger-prints of, IIIA 192
Moths, breeding experiments with, IIIA 40, 45-47, 49, MB 484
Motives, valuation of, 11 351; material and immaterial, IIIA 270, 271; and temptations, changing character of, IIIB 492
Mott, F. W., on segregation of defective children, IIIA 268; on internal pigment, IIIA 372; material of, IIIA 298
Mount Carmel, Galton's experiences at, 1204
Mountaineering, and Galton, 11 6 Mozart, extraordinary powers of, IIIB 500
Mltgge, paper of, IIIB 600
Mulattoes and Mendelism, IIIA 370
Mules, on Galton's African journey, 1222-225
Mit ter, Prof. Max, on thought without words, II 274,
275; Prof. Sayce and, IIIB 517
Mungo Park, and African memorial, 11 25 Munro, R., and Kew Observatory, 11 59
Murchison, Sir R., and Galton, II 61; on Committee
of Brit. Assoc., IIIB 458
Murie, and experiments on pangenesis, 11 159
Murray, travels of, in Africa, 1214 Murray, Prof. Gilbert, on religion of Pagan Greeks,
IIIA 272
Murray, John, and publication of eugenic matter, IIIA
277, IIIP 544,545; dines with Galton, IIIB 530; advice
of, to writers, IIIB 564
Muscle, hereditary character of, 11 104
Muscular, power and training, 11 91; co-ordination,
measure of, 11358, 359; sense, testing of, 11217, 218 Musical Box, facility in identifying perforated discs of,
IIIB 505
Musical Sense, lack of, in Galton, IIIB 441, 448 Musicians, fertility of, 1196
Mutations, and origin of species, II 84; evolution by,
IIIA 31, 32. See also Sports
Mutiny, among men on Galton's African journey, 1223
225
Muybridge, his photographs of the horse in motion,
11 399
Myners, Miss, Galton's interest in, IIIB 453 Mytton, Jack, extravagant exploits of, 1211
Nail Mark, on Chinese coin, IIIA 174
Namaquas, behaviour of the, 1224-227, 229, 230, 232,
233, 235; Galton calls on, and gives laws to Jonker, the
captain of the, I 226; and rewards him for keeping
the peace, 1235
Name, change of, and loss of hereditary record, IIIA 119 Nangoro, African chief, crowned by Galton, 1233, 235;
death of, I 240; sketch of, I 59 Plate XXXVIII,
1237 Plate LIX
Napoleon, composite portrait of, 11 295, II 296 Plate
XLIV; on undesirability of mental imagery in com
manders, 11 253
Naqada Crania, measurements of, IIIA 247
Nash, Mrs Vaughan, gift of, to the Galton Laboratory, . of Florence Nightingale's copies of Quetelet, 11 414 Nasmyth, and picture of a meteor, IIIB 579 National Eras of Progress, Galton on, 11254, 255 National Physical Laboratory, Galton on deputation
regarding, IIIA 248
Nations, modern, nature of, 11 118; influences affecting
natural ability of, 11 109-115
Natural Ability, among kinsfolk of scientific men, 16 Natural Children, of Erasmus Darwin, 118, 19; of Col.
E. S. Pole, 119
Natural Equality, 161, 11 90-92, 121, 122
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