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Melolonthidte, a new genus of, vii. 224. 



Mercury, transit of, observed at Geneva, 

 i. 246 ; transit on May 5th, 1832, i. 322 ; 

 observation at Utrecht of the transit of, 

 ii. 379. 



Mercury, cyanuret of, its decomposition 



by iron, vii. 78 ; action of ammonia on 



, the chlorides and oxides of, viii. 495 ; 



. Yibibroraide of, ix. 148 ; iodide of, opti- 

 cal properties of, ix. 1 ; native, locality 

 of, ix. 155 ; xi. 143 ; compound of al- 

 bumen and bichloride of, x. 420 ; analy- 

 sis of double salts of, xii. 235 ; tritio- 

 dide of, xii. 27. 



Mersey and Dee, a survey of, vii. 

 487. 



Mesityl, oxide of, xii. 100. 



Metallic oxides, separation of, vi. 234. 



Metalliferous veins, questions on, i. 469 ; 

 on the electro-magnetism of, iii. 16, 

 17. 



— — deposits, on the relative position 

 with regard to the unstratified rocks, i. 

 225. 



Metals, fusing points of, i. 202 ; on the 

 vibratiou of heated, iii. 321; iv. 15, 

 182; vi. 85; electrical relations of, vi. 

 300 ; action of in determining gaseous 

 combination, vi. 354 ; corrosion of by sea- 

 water, on the prevention of, vii. 389 ; 

 magnetic relations of, viii. 179; their 

 reduction by electricity, x. 154 ; action 

 of nitric acid on, xi. 554 ; colours of, 

 xii. 298. 



Metanaphtalene, new carburets of, xi. 



. 404. 



Meteor, seen June 29th, 1832, Mr. Ed- 



.qiinond's notice of, i. 306; Mr. Pri- 

 deaux's, i. 307 ; extraordinary, seen at 



, , Malvern, iii. 37. 



Meteoric stones, on, ix. 429 ; in Brazil, 

 xii. 462. 



Meteorite, in Moravia, vi. 159 ; in India, 

 vi. 398. 



Meteors observed in India, ix. 74 ; of 

 Nov. 12th, 1837, xii. 85. 



Meteorological deductions made at Port 

 Louis in 1833, 1834, and 1835, xi. 

 97. 



-- — journal kept at Penzance, ii. 159. 



observations, ix. 79, 159, 239, 319, 



399, 544; x. 79, 159, 239, 327, 423, 

 503 ; xi. 143, 223, 327, 407, 487, 567 ; 

 taken at Bermuda in 1836, xi. 449. 



phaenomena, notice of, iv. 103; 



cause of, iv. 233. , 



Meteorological Society, xii. 291, 601. 



table, by Mr. Thompson, Mr. Giddy, 



and Mr. Veall, i. 88, 168, 248, 328, 

 408, 475 ; U. 80, (60, 240, 320, 408, 

 484 ; iii. 80, 159, ^40, 320, 400, 468 ; 



iv. 80. 100, 240, 320, 400, 468 ; v. 80' 

 160, 239, 320, 400, 468; vi. 80, 160, 

 240, 320, 400, 468; vii. 80, 160, 240, 

 633, 432, 542; viii. 88, 176, 264, 352, 

 448, 593; ix. 80, 160, 240, 320, 400, 

 545 ; X. 80, 160, 240, 328, 424, 504 ; 

 xi. 144, 224, 328, 408, 488, 568 ; xii. 

 144, 224, 304, 384, 463, 544. 



Meteorology, viii. 67, 78, 187, 236, 263, 

 351, 447, 592 ; on the progress of, iii. 

 131 ; of Dukhun, vi. 59 ; remarks on 

 the year 1834 at Carlisle, vi. 427 ; on 

 certain points in, vii. 355 ; observa- 

 tions, xii. 143, 223, 303, 382, 463, 

 543 ; low temperature of Jan. 1838, 

 xii. 302 ; observations made at Ber- 

 muda in 1836-37, xii. 42; observa- 

 tions made in Colombia, between 1820 

 and 1830, xii. 148 ; meteorology of Te- 

 neriife, xii. 291 ; description of a new 

 barometer, xii. 204 ; si)ecimen of a 

 thermometrical diary, xii. 498. 



Methylene, on, vii. 427, 538 ; new com- 

 binations of, ix. 77. 



Meyeu (J.) on the progress of vegetable 

 physiology, xi. 381, 435, 524 ; xii. 53 ; 

 on the structure of the glands on the 

 leaves of the Labiatae, xi. 531. 



Michell on stratification, i. 268. 



Micrometer, on a species of natural, &c. 

 ii, 64. 



Microscope, achromatic viii. 70 ; polari- 

 zing, ix. 288 ; a new object for the, iii. 

 318 ; test objects for, ii. 335 ; solar 

 and oxy-hydrogen, x. 184, 219. 



Microscopic chemistry, on, ix. 2, 10. 



objects, dried, ix. 90. 



Middletonite, on, xii. 261. 



Milk, sugar of, on its fermentation, xii. 

 139. 



Miller (Prof.) on the effect of light on 

 the spectrum passed through coloured 

 gases, ii. 381 ; on the forms of sul- 

 phuret of nickel, &c. vi. 104 ; on the 

 measurement of the axes of optical 

 elasticity of certain crystals, viii. 431. 



Mineral veins, viii. 229 ; ix. 8, 387 ; x. 

 394 ; method of imitating, ix. 229 ; on 

 the phajnomena of, xii. 125; on the 

 process by which thev have been filled, 

 xi. 203. 



Mineralogy: — "Allan's Manual" of, vi. 

 53 ; mineralogical notices, vi. 76 ; ana- 

 lysis of nadelerz, vi. 77 ; new mineral, 

 vi. 133 ; analyses of osmiridium and 

 allanite, vi. 238 ; new locality of plen- 

 akite, vii. 239; rhodizite, vii. 431 ; ga- 

 dolinite, vii. 430 ; Wolfram, ^ii. 335 ; 

 analysis of plenakite, vii. 540 ; on sym- 

 boUc notation as apphed to, \1ii. 101 ; 

 '* Breithaupt's Mineralog}-," viii. 173; 



