428 



INDEX. 



Mint (Roman), notice of, 41 1 



Moths, ravages of, in woollen cloth, how prevented, 393 



Motion, none in the upper regions, 82 



Mountain-ash beverage made from the berries of, 394 



Musical instnanent, notice of a new one, 384-385 



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Natural History, miscellaneous intelligence in, 216-223 — 404 



Nature, nothing light in, 81 



Nerves, observations on the effect of dividing the eighth pair of, 



45-63— reply thereto, 320-327 

 Newfoundland, notice of a fragment of art found in, 223, 224 



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Oil-lamps, improvement in, 381 



Oil-question, observations on tbe chemical evidence given in, 

 86-117—327-336 



Olbers (Dr.) on the easiest and most convenient method of cal- 

 culating the orbit of a comet from observations, 177-182 — on 

 the transit of the comet of 1819 over the sun, 182 



Oxides of manganese, analysis of, 201— notice of a new oxide 

 of chrome, 219-220 



Paces, or red silver ore of Peru, analysis of, 273 



Paris, table of the consumption of food in for the year 1819, 224 



Parkes (Mr.), additional observations respecting the oil-question, 



86-117— reply thereto, 327-336 

 Pelletier (M.) on the analysis of the active principle of pepper, 



398, 399 

 Philip (Dr.), observations of, on the secreting power of animals, 



40-44 — repeats certain of his experiments, 325-327 

 Phillips (Richard) observations of, on Mr. Parkes's remarks on 



the evidence adduced in the oil-question, 327-336 — analysis 



of verdigris by, 389-390 

 Phosphorescence, experiments and observations on, 399-401 

 Piperin, or the active principle of pepper, account of, 398-399 

 Planets, errors of the tables of, corrected, 182-185 

 Polishing powder from charcoal, 203 

 Porcelain glaze, notice of, 392, 393 

 Potash obtainable from potatoes, observations on, 332-384 



