INDEX. 



509 



MacCulloch, Dr., on a figured variety of 



coal, 131 



' " on reflecting telescopes, 



255 

 Macedonian year, on the, 451 

 Maclatche, Mr, 333 

 Macmullen, Mr., supposition of, 155 

 Macrcea, a new genus of plants, described, 



104 

 Magnesia, separation of lime ffom, 374 

 Magnets, powerful effects of, 218 

 Majendie, M., on the act of vomiting, 388 

 Malaria, essay on, alluded to, 34, 35, 38 

 Malcarle, an Italian apple, 194 

 Malthus, on population, 87 

 Manchester, literary and philosophical so- 

 ciety of, 402 

 Mandeville, Dr., anecdote of, 283 

 Mandrel, experiments on the, 433 

 Manganese, oxide of, presence of chloride 



in, 154 



gaseous fluoride of, 486 



Manures, saline, remarks on, 313 

 Mastodon, particulars respecting the, 369, 



370 

 Maundeville, Sir J., 344 

 Mechain, M., accident of, 237 



his death, 255 



Mechanical science, 216, 469 

 Meikle, Mr., on sound, 216, 217 

 Mengwe, an Indian tribe, 337 

 Mercury, on the use of, 157 

 Merritt,Mr.,on the population of the world 



in ancient and modern times, 86 

 Merthyr Tidfil, curious variety of coal 



found near, 131 

 Metals, on the chemistry of, 436 

 ■ decomposition of ammonia by, 476 

 Meteorological Observations for 1827, 235 

 Diary for December, 1827, 



and January and t'ebruary, 1828, 236 

 tables for March, April, 



and May, 504 

 Metropolis, supply of water in the, 405 

 Mexican Indians, 349, 354 

 Mexico, when founded, 348, 349, 360 

 Mico Chlucco, an Indian warrior, 332 

 Microscopes, new, comparative merits of, 



107 

 Mildew, on fruit trees, 301 

 Mill, Dr. Nicholas, his account of an earth- 

 quake in Colombia, 379 

 Millington, John, Esq., lectures by, 417, 



438 

 Mineral waters, natural and artificial, 62 

 . potash in, 233 



iodine found in, 384 



Miscellaneous Intelligence, 216, 469 

 Missouri, Indians of the, 330,342,343 

 Mitlan, ruins at, 325 



Moguls, the, 363, 364 



Mongols, the, 345, 349, 367 



Mont Blanc, height of, 502 



Monte .Santo, monks of, 285 



Montezuma, king of Mexico, 144, 326, 



347, 348 

 Montjouy, new calculation of the latitud* 



of, 237 

 Morgagni, works by, 161 

 Morin, M., experiments by, 484 

 Morris, governor, 3, 4, 5 

 Mossop, the actor, 284 

 Motion, produced by contact, 216 



curious apparent, 219 



Mund Armonica, a musical instrument, 



426 

 Murindo, village of, 387 

 Murray, Dr., on mineral waters, 74, 76 

 Music, lectures on, 437 

 Musical sound, lecture on, 424 

 Muswell Hill, conservatory at, 292 



Nabonassar, Egyptian year of, 444 



Natches, the, 330, 331, 354, 355, 360 



Native Platina, large masses of, 234 



Natural History, 230,492 



Nature, illustrations of, 392 



Nautical and astronomical collections, 196-, 

 442 



Naval power of England, 427, 428 



Navigation, inland, of the United States, 1 



Nerves, distribution of, 230 



Nervous disorders, on, 48 



Neuralgia, essay on, 34 



New River water-works, 406 



York, law relative to weights and 



measures at, 319 



Nicholson, Mr., his improvements in print> 

 ing, 184 



Nicollett, J. N. on the latitudes of Mont- 

 jouy and Barcelona. 237 



Nitric acid, test for, 475 



Noakes, George, remarkable calculation* 

 of, 173 



Octaeterid, constitution of the, 451 



O^uz Khan, account of, 351, 364 



Olives and oil, discovered at Pompeii, 50O 



Olympiads, catalogue of, 463 



Ophthalmia, observations on, 37, 58 



Opium, principles in, 167 



Oungh Khan, particulars respecting, 3o8, 



359 

 Ouse, valley of, in Norway, 233 

 Oxide of manganese, presence of chlorine 



in, 154 

 Painting and the fine arts, lectures on, 4.'J8 

 Palenque in Guatemala, remarks on {\\9 



ruins at, 135, 323 



