INDEX. 139 



MoROsi (M.), experiments of, on the force of a jet of water, ix. 171 

 Morphia, process for making, iv. 159. xviii. 399 



analysis of, xvi. 283. 



test for, xvii. 170. 



meconiate of, simple mode of procuring, xx. 399 



Mortars (hydraulic), effects of slaking lime in, x. 409. Action of 



water thereon, 410. EtFects of lime on, ib. Rapidity of their 



desiccation, 411 



(common), observations on, xv. 314 



MoRYEZ (M.) on the phenomena of shadows, xvi. 371 

 Mosaic art, observations on, v. 389 



Moscow, history of the plague at, in 1771, vii. 134 

 Moss, a new species of, described, ii. 144 



on the structure and fructification of, vi. 22 



Motion, laws of, i. 91 



(natural), none in the upper regions, xi. 82 



™- influence of, in the direction of vegetables, xiv. 



430 

 of the heart, observations on, xviii. 223 



Mountain-ash, beverage made from the berries of, xi. 394 

 Mountain-barometer, description of, xvi. 277 



tallow, properties of, xviii. 187 



Mountains, cause of vegetation on, ii. 50 



table of the distant visibility of, x. 169. Notice of 



the falling of one, 199 

 MouNTNORRis (Earl of), observations of, on the inscription on the 



ancient column at Alexandria, x. 1. Fac-simile and translation 



of, 6 

 Mouth, organization and functions of, xix. 8 

 Moving power, notice of a new one, vi. 349 

 Moving rocks of Salisbury, notice of, XX. 162 

 Mowee (Island), heights of mountains in, xiii. 233 

 Mud of the Nile, analysis of, iv. 98 

 Mud-volcanoes in the Cimmerian Bosphorus ; Professor Pallas's 



opinion on their origin, i. 246. Further conjectures thereon, 



247. In the island of Java, 248 



