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sidered as a means of ascertaining their specific caloric and 



conductibility, 396 

 Metals (new), account of, vi. Ill 



. researches on the colours acquired by, when heated, viii. 362 



on the cupellation of, ix. 183 



on the calcination of, xi. 79 ; xiii. 136, 278 



experiments on the property which some metals possess 



of facilitating the combination of elastic fluids, xvii. 138 

 • preservation of, by electro-chemical means, xix. 271 ; xx. 



343. Cold produced by the combination of, 341 

 Metallic surfaces, observations on some phenomena relating to 



the formation of dew on, xvii. 1 

 — — vegetations, x. 181 

 Meteoric iron, mass of, in the Imperial Museum at Vienna, ii. 314 



•— character of, v. 317 



> found in America, vi. 369 



— in Poland, xviii. 389 



Meteoric stone that fell near Bombay, i. 117 



-— — notice of, v. 292. Conjectures concerning their 



origin, 294 ; vi. 161. Cobalt found in one, 162 



— found in China, notice of, vii. 393 



. on the composition of, x. 189, 462 



analysis of, xii. 329, 410 



of Juvenas, analysis of, xiii. 420 



found in Poland, xviii. 389 



. fall of one noticed, xx. 184 



Meteorolites described, viii. 176 



observations on, xii. 192 



Meteorological Diary, kept at Earl Spencer's seat at Althorpe, for 

 January, February, March, April, May, 1816, i. 139 



for June, July, August, 1816, ii. 216. Sep- 

 tember, October, and November, 470 



. I for December, 1816; January, February, 



1817, iii. 223. March, April, and May, 419 

 — June, July, August, September, October, 



and November, iv. 164, 403 



