INDEX. 



iSIaycock, Dr. on the hypothesis which 

 refers chemical affinity to the ekc- 

 trical energies of the particles of mat- 

 ter, 12— On the transmission of heat 

 through a transparent medium, 260 



Meerten, M. Van, on the combustion 

 of ether, metals, camphor, and essen- 

 tial oils in oxi muriatic gas, 140 



^letals from the fixed alkalis, their 

 combinations -with o:cimviri?itic gas 

 and oxi gen, 113, 183 



Mrtals, common, their combinations 

 with oximuriatic gas, 225 



l^Ietals of the earths, action of oxigen 

 and oximuriatic gas on, 222 



Jleteorological Journal, for April, 80t— 

 May, 160 



Meteorological table for Nottingham, 

 during the year 1810, 135 



BIczin, mount, mineralogical descrip- 

 tion of, 310. 



Mirbel, M, on the physiology of 

 plants, 236 



Jtfichelotti, his process for ascertaining 

 the velocity and strength of a current 

 of water, 69 



f^icrometers, applied to the barometer, 

 78 



UTontgoIfier, M. 175 



Moon, motion of the, 75 



3»'Ioore, W. esq. on the motion of rockets, 

 both in nonresisting, and resisting 

 mediums, 242 — Remarks on his the- 

 ory, 384 



Mortars and cements, 154— Cohesion 

 which lime contracts with mineral, 

 vegetable, or animal substances, 181 



Motion of rockets, theory of, 241 



Moult, Mr. W. his new method of 

 using the filtering stone, 324 



Mule, between the ass and zebra, 127 



Muriates of the metals of the earths, 

 experiments on, 222 



Murray, Mr., Answer to his observa- 

 tions on the nature of potassium and 

 sodium, 35 — Reply to his strictures 

 on Dr. H. Davy's theory respecting 

 «itimuriatic gas, 39— Observations on 



his paper on oxigen contained in 

 that gas, 235— His defence of his 

 strictures on Dr. Dayy^'s theory, 187 



N. 



National Institute of France, proceed- 

 ings in, 72, 153, 175,236, 312 ' 



Natrolite of Klaproth, distinct from the 

 sodalite of Dr. Thomson^ 286 



-, Swedish, .apparently the sam« 



with the fettstein of Werner, 287 



Nauche, M. on the contraction of the 

 muscles, 319. 



Needle, magnetic, observatiQns on the 

 dip of, 77 ; 



Nettles, fibres of, a substitute for flax^ 

 hemp, tow, and cotton, 161 



Nightshade, experiments with th^ 

 juice of, 314 



Nomenclature of the oximuriatic com- 

 pounds, reflections on, 233 



Nysten, Dr. on the effect of gasses in« 

 jected into the blood vessels of a^- 

 .nials, 314 



Onion, vegetation and growth of the^^ 

 236 



Ornithology, recent discoveries in, 239 



Oxidation and disoxidation, experi- 

 ments on, 371 



Oxides, metallic, how affected by th« 

 action of oximuriatic gas, 227,371 



Oxides of soda and potash^ 28 



F. 



Pakali, Baron, on the velocity of the 

 Danube, 71 



Palissot-Beauvois, M. xjn the fructifica- 

 tion of grasses, 158 



Paris, academical society of sciences, 

 and society of encouragement at, their 

 proceedings, 319 



Percy, M. on wine coolers used in 

 Spain, 315 



Peroxides of the alkalis, treated with 

 acids, 38 



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