INDEX. 131 



Memoirs for the ingenious— for the curious— and of literature, 



bibliographical notice of, xiii. 48, 291 

 Memory, loss of, notices of, xx. 408 

 Mental sympathy, effects of, in producing changes of functions in 



the living body, iv. 223 

 Merchant ships, new principle of constructing, x. 893 

 Mercurial ointment (new), account of, viii. 358 

 Mercurio-pneuraatic apparatus, a new one described, i. 185 

 Mercury and its compounds, account of, v. 67 



benzoate of, vi. 159. Lampate of, 323 



observations on the preparations of, in the French Phar- 

 macopoeia, ix. 245 



vapour of, at common temperatures, x. 354. Properties 



of, when solid, 358 



depression of, in glass tubes, observations on, xi. 83. 



Hepatic mercurial ore from Toria, analysis of, 273 



existence of, in the waters of the ocean, xiii. 233. ledo- 



cyanuret of, and potassium, 429 



congelation of, xiv. 441 



— — fulminating, results of experiments on, xvii. 153 



oxides of, chemical history of, xviii. 291. Sulphurets of, 



292. Chlorides of, 295 



Merian (Professor), observations of, on ground ice, or the ice of 

 running water, xix. 364 



Meridian, description of a method of determining the direction 

 of, xix. 270 



Meroe, copy of an ancient manuscript found at, xviii. 800. Con- 

 jectures thereon, 304 



Mesotype from Vesuvius, notice of, xv. 389 ^ 



Meta (river), description of, ii. 139 



Metal (fusible), metallographical application of, x. 453 



Metals, experiments on, with the blowpipe, ii. 114 



■ — observations on the course of veins of, iv. 71. Opinions 

 of Hutton and Werner on the theory of, 73. Observations on 

 the tenacity of, 138. Account of the nature, properties, and 

 combinations of the precious metals, 240. The cooling of, con- 



K 2 



