INDEX. 491 



land,' 103-109 — hints by, on the manufacture of catgut- 

 strings, 267-269. 



Magnetic and electrical phenomena, connexion of, 361-364. 



Manganese, experiments with the acid of, on the chamseleon 

 mineral, 175-179. 



ManuscrijHSj ancient Latin, discovered, 201. 



Martin (Mr.) on the effects of sail as a manure, 69. 



Meadow-saffron, experiments on, 468. 



Mechanical science, miscellaneous intelligence in, 167-170, 445- 

 451. 



Medicine, miscellaneous intelligence in, 191-19^, 465-468. 



Merchant ships, new principle of constructing, 393-395. 



Melilot, benzoic acid found in, 173. 



Mercury, vapour of, at common temperatures, 354, 355 — pro- 

 perties of, when solid, 358. 



Metal, (fusible) metallographical application of, 453. 



Metallic vegetations, 181. 



Meteoric stones, on the composition of, 189, 190, 462. 



Meteorological Diary for June, July, and August, 144; and for 

 September, October, and November, 477. 



Meteorological Journal for June, July, and August, 1820, 138- 

 143. 



Mica, fluoric acid found in, 196. 



Mildew', in wheat, remedy for, 446. 



Mineralogy of Scotland, illustrations of, 207. 



Minerals, double refraction of, 168. 



Mineral waters, observations on the analysis of, 217 — tests and 

 apparatus requisite for, ihid, 218, 219 — examination of them 

 by tests, 219-222— analysis of, 222-230. 



Mortars (hydraulic), effects of slaking lime on, 409 — action of 

 water thereon, 410 — effects of lime on, ibid — rapidity of their 

 desiccation, 411. 



Mountains, table of the distant visibility of, 169 — notice of the 

 falling of one, 199. 



Mountnorris, (earl of) observations of, on the inscription on the 

 ancient column at Alexandria, 1-7 — fac-simile of that inscrip- 

 tion, 8 — translation of it, 6. 



Muriate of potash, found in salt, 181, 182. 



Natural history, miscellaneous intelligence in, 191-200, 465- 



473. 

 Nerves, obervations on the agency of, 269-282 — experiments 



and remarks illustrating the influence of the eighth pair 



of nerves over the organs of respiration and digestion, 



292-314. 

 Niebuhr (baron), notice of ancient MSS. discovered by, 201. 



Oattneal, spontaneous combustion of, 454. 



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