INDEX. 423 



Mechanical Science, miscellaneous intelligence in, 160-169, 379- 



381 

 Mercury, chemical history of the oxides of, 291. Sulphurets of, 



292-295. Chlorides of, 295-297 

 Meroe, copy of an ancient inscription found at, 300. Conjectures 



thereon, 304 

 Meteoric stones and iron, found in Poland, 389-392 

 Meteorological Diary for June, July, and August, 1824, 197; and 



for September, October, and November, 410 

 Mica, the presence of titanium in, 392 

 Migration of birds, remarks on, 138-142 



Millbank, account of the fumigation of the penitentiary at, 92-95 

 Morphia, preparation of, 399, 400 

 Motion of the heart, observations on, 223-228 

 Mountain Talloiu, properties of, 187 



Natural History, miscellaneous intelligence in, 185-194, 404- 



416 

 Naval architecture, observations on, 320-322 

 Nautical collections, 99-110, 339-378 



Nerves discovered in the foetal and maternal placenta, 323, 324 

 Newton's (Sir Isaac,) table of atmospherical refractions, 358. 



Remarks thereon, 359, 360 

 Nitric acid and charcoal, action of, 180 

 Nordhausen, researches on the sulphuric acid of, 145-148 



Occultation, rules for computing, 343-347 



OiZ of laurel, nature and properties of, 47-50. Experiments on 



the oil of mace, 317-319 

 Ormskirk Medicine, component parts of, 114 

 Oxides of mercury, facts towards the chemical history of, 291, 



292 



Pelletier and Caventou (M.M.,) researches of, on the active 



principle of the upas poison, 176, 177 

 Penitentiary at Millbank, account of the fumigatioH of, 92-95 

 Perkins (Mr.,) contrivance of, for warming houses and other 



buildings, 336 

 Pcschicr (M.,) researches of, on the combinations of titanium, 



174, 175. His experiments repeated and confirmed, 392 

 Physicians, prospectus of the society of, 194-196 

 Planting through trees, mode of, 409, 410 

 Pomegranate root, use of, as an anthclminthic, 412, 413 

 Portugal, remarks on the wines of, 130 

 Potash, cyanate of, how prepared, 394-396 

 Potatoes, a substitute for soap, 165, 160 

 Prize Questions, proposed by the Royal Academy of Sciences; at 



Paris, 192. By the Geographical Society, 193 



