INDEX. 135 



Milk of cows, observations on the blue colour of, iii. 191 



of sweet almonds and animal milk, analogy between, iv. 393 



hint for the preservation of, xii. 406 



Millbank, account of the fumigation of the Penitentiary at, xviii. 92 



MiLLiNGTON (John, Esq.), his description of the water-ram, 

 i. 211 



— — appointed professor of mechanics to the Royal Insti- 

 tution, iv. 131. Analysis of his course of lectures on practical 

 mechanics, 136, 321 



' evidence of, concerning the improved machinery for 



manufacturing flax, v. 32. His observations on the illumina- 

 tion of streets, 177 

 — report of his lectures at the Royal Institution, vi. 73. 



Observations of, on dry flax-dressing, 145 

 MiLziNSKY (Count), notice of an undescribed larva, which preys 



on snails, xvii. 176 

 Mimosa Pudica, remarks on, xv. 387 

 Mind, gradations in the defects of, iii. 42 

 Mineralogical nomenclature, remarks on, i. 242 

 — chemistry, sketch of the progress of, iii. 359 ; of 



the Wernerian system, 362 ; and of M. Haiiy, 366 



■ report of Mr. Brande's lectures on, iv. 



66. Advantage of classifying minerals, 66. Strictures on mi- 

 neralogical nomenclature, 69. Account of the courses of veins 

 of metals, 71. Opinions of Hutton and Werner on the theory 

 of, 74. Number and properties of metals, 234. Discoveries 

 of Rey and Mayow, 237 ; and of Lavoisier, 238. Nature and 

 properties of metallic oxides, 239. Of chlorides, 240. Ac- 

 count of gold and its compounds, ib. Of silver and its com- 

 pounds, 243. V. 64, 291 



hammers, observations on the forms of, xi. 1 



Mineralogy of Scotland, illustrations of, 207 



Minerals (complex). Professor Berzelius\s theory for determining 

 the proportion of earth, and common metallic oxides combined 

 in them, examined and disproved, i. 232. Exposure of his 

 erroneous theory for ascertaining the proportions of the ingre- 



