INDEX. 



L. 



la!ande, M- 75 

 Lambert, M. 293 



lAinpadius, Professor, his experiments 

 ,. , on siilphqi" and charcoal, 43 

 Lamps, witix blue glass or spar chim- 

 neys, 78 

 JLaplace's doctrine of capillary action, 



defective, 1, 7, 250 

 l^arum for a watch, 228 

 LareUle, 218 



Latoisier, on the combustion of char- 

 coat, 27— His unsuccessful attempt 

 at making phosphoric ether, 63 

 Lauragais's experiment on stoneware, 



20S 

 Laurent, Rev. Mr. on sea kale, 101 

 Lead solder, s^S solder. 

 Lead, bro^Tn oxide of, inflames sulphur 

 by trituration, 71 — melted exhibits 

 prismatic colours in cooUng, 1S5 

 Lelievre, M. on iron spar, yi5 

 Lemairc, M. on cupreous pyrites, 56 

 Leybourn, Mr. T. his " Mathemaiical 



Repository," lo9 

 Library at Munich, 157 

 Life, animal suspension of, 254,266 

 Light, $»e colours. 



Light, question on, proposed by the 

 Petersburgh Academy of Sciences, 

 and answers, 70 

 Lt^ht and hidrogen, probablUty of their 

 being analogous in regard to vegeta- 

 tion, 26 

 Lime proved to be volatile, 22 

 Link, Professor, his prize essay on light, 



72 

 Linnasus, 218 

 Linseed, mucilage of, experiments on, 



01, 37 

 Luc, M. 'de, on the calculation of 



heights, 211 

 Lunar teble, 100 

 l.ycopodium, analysis of, 320 



M. 



Maeltz, M, his mechanical imitating 



various v.ind instrmnents and oth«r»i| 

 157 

 Magnesia, pretended native, 235 

 Magpie, singular economy of, 238 

 Maher, Mr. on the cultivation of the 

 crambo maritima of Linnaeus, or sea 

 kale, 100 

 Maize, facts respecting, 239 

 Manure, how fur useful to vegetation, 



16 

 Marty, Mr. Do, on absorption of gases 

 by water, 123, 125, &c.— On eu- 

 diometry,Nl26 

 Marty n. Professor, on sea kale, 101 

 " Mathematical Repository," 159 

 Medical and chemical lectures at St. 



George's Hospital 160 

 Murcury, desulphuration of, 208— • 



Fulminating compound of, 140 

 Merriweather, General D. on the ridges 



of shells fovind in America, 158 

 Metals, desulphuration of, 197 

 Miller, Mr. P. on sea kale, 100 

 Mineral waters containing sulphur> 



analysis of, 40 

 Mitchell, Dr. letter to, 158 

 MittenJjof, M. 296 

 Moss used to promote the germination 



of seeds, 15 

 Mould, vegetable, analysed, 16 

 Mucilages, vegetable, 2B, 38 

 Mucus, generic characters and specie* 



of, 38 

 Munich, its Academy of Sciences, Li- 

 brary, and Gallery of Paintings, 147 

 Muriatic acid, see acid. 

 Muriatic ether, see ether. 

 Muriate", metallic, their action on al- 

 cohol, 183 

 Mustard seed, experiments on th# 

 grow I h of, 17 



N. 



Naples, institution of a Royal Academy 



of history und antiquities at, 157 

 Napolean Museum, 157 



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