IVDEX. 



4G1 



Lindley, John, Esq., his account of a 

 new genus of plants, 121 — of the 

 Mela Carla, 140 



Lineaments of Leanness, ^6 



Linen, new method of marking, 212 



liinhares. Count, 23(> 



Linneus, on cetaceous animals, 12 



Liquorice, sugar of, 219 



Livingston and Fulton, question be- 

 tween, 1 



London, bills of mortality of, 345 



Longitudes, computation of, on a sphe- 

 roid, 418 



Loramie, fort, 365 



Lorry, curious case related by, 78 



Loureiro, M., curious plant described 

 by him, 230 



Lunar occultations of the fixed stars, 192 



Mac Culloch, Dr., 38 

 Mr. G. P., 293 



J. on the junction of -granite 



and sandstone in Sutherland, 274 

 his observations on the ex 



istence of chlorine in.the native oxide 

 of manganese, 286 

 Madras citron, fruit of the, 165 

 Magnesia, alcoated nitrate of, 442 

 Magnetic needles, construction of, 203 

 Magnetism, chemical powers of, 429 



effect of on the precipitation 



of silver, ib. 



of galvanometer wires, and 



Meikle, Henry, his observations on the 

 velocity of sound, 124 



his reply to Mr. Ivory, 315 



his syphon hydrometer, 424 



Mela-Carla, or Charles apple, account 

 of, 140 



Merritt, Mr., on the actual state of the 

 British Empire, 150 



Metallic cerium, 24 



Metals, conducting power of, for elec- 

 tricity, 199 



■ - influence over the electric 



powers of, 200 



their purity tested by the 



galvanometer, 203 

 action of ammonia on heated 



ones, 205 



method of dissolving in acids. 



217 



Meteor, beautiful, 233 

 Meteorological diary for June, July, 

 and August, 1828, 236 



for September, October, and 



November, 456 

 Microscope, new reflecting, described, 

 193 



solar, 194 



of metals generally, 431 

 Malaria, on shipboard, observations on, 



38 



essay on, 62 



Malin, J., remark made by, 213 

 Maliphant, Mr., the architect, 108 

 Malthus, Mr., essay of, 150 

 Malus, experiments of, 170, 172, 174, 



405 

 Malvern water, dissertation on its na- 

 ture and properties, 123 

 Mammoth, tusks of the, 334 

 Man, how dehned, 237 

 Manganese, peroxide of, existence of 



chlorine in, 286 



• two sulphates of, 438 



■ ■ alcoated proto-chloride of, 443 



Mango and cherimoya, culture of, 140 

 Manupeda, illustrations of, 301 

 Marianini, experiments of, 201 

 Marriage, sometimes not advisable, 159 

 Martin's, M., on a new vegeto-alkali, 



444 

 Meadow saffron, eradication of, 231 

 Meat, its loss of weight in cooking, 229 

 Mechanical science, 193, 421 

 Meibomus, extract from, 83 



OCT. — DEC. 1828. 



Milk, method of preventing it from 

 turning sour, 199 



Minerals, new, containing selenium, 232 



Mineral substances foTmd in the island 

 of St. Christopher, 265 



Miscellaneous Intelligence, 193, 421 



Misery, Mount, account of, 256 



Mitchell, Dr., 233 



Molecules, active, on the existence of, 

 234 



Mookoo, a Tartar general, 337 



Moon, its effect upon barometric pres- 

 sure, 195 



More, Sir Thomas, anecdote of, 248 



Morris Canal, in the State of New Jer- 

 sey, account of it, 292 



Mortality, practical comparison of dif- 

 ferent tables of, 342 



Mortimer, Dr., 241 



Mosander, M., his method of obtaining 

 metallic cerium, 24 



Moseley, anecdote of, 242 



Mud of the Nile, its composition, 449 



iMuschmann, Professor, on the effect of 

 magnetism on the precipitation of 

 silver, 429 



Mushrooms, indications of wholesomc- 

 ness in, 451 



Myrbach and Stampfer, experiments by, 

 424 



Naphthaline, mineral or native, 446 

 Natjire, illustrations of, 300 

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