408 



I N D r. X . 



L. 



Lami), portable, for gas, described, 234, 



Landa, manufactures of, 278. 



Lead, native, notice of, 357 — volatility of the oxide of lead, 

 379— new acetate of, 379, 380. 



Ligneous Matter, on the conversion of, into gum, sugar, a par- 

 ticular acid, and ulmin, 386-393. 



Lignite, or fossil wood, account of a stratum of, 352, 353. 



Liriie, a remedy for the fly in turnips, 155. 



Limestone, scintillating, notice of, 356, 357. 



Literature, (General) miscellaneous intelligence concerning, 

 187-196. 



London, number of stage-coaches that daily leave, 243 — account 

 of the communication by sea, between that city and Leith, 

 244. 



Lucas (Mr.) on the oxidation of silver and copper, 168-170. 



M. 



Magnesia, native carbonate of, discovered, 171. 

 Magnetism, effect of the sun's rays on, 383, 384. 

 Mammoth, found in Siberia, description of, 95, 108. 

 Mecca, account of M. Burckhardt's pilgrimage to, 45, 46— ac- 

 count of that city and of its commerce, 47-50 — ceremonies per- 

 formed there, 55-58. 

 Mechanical Science, miscellaneous intelligence concerning, 151- 



154, 345-349. 

 Medical Benevolent Society, notice of, 180-182. 

 Medicine, prize questions in, 361, 362. 

 Mercurial Ointment (new), account of, 358-360. 

 Metals, researches on the colours acquired by, when heated, 



362-366. 

 Meteorology, prize question in, 177, 

 Meteorolite, described, 176. 



Meteorological Diary, for June, July, and August, 1819, 197 



for September, October, and November, 1819, 396. 

 Mildew, prevented in wheat, 154. 



Missions of the Capuchins in Spanish Guayana ; origin and 

 progress of, 276 — their present state generally, 277 — journal 

 of an excursion to them from Angostura, 260-278, 278-287. 

 Mississippi (river) list of steam boats employed on, 152, 153. 

 Mitchell (Professor), on the antiquities of New York, 222 — an- 

 tient remains of the town of Pompey, described, 224, 225 — 

 early settlement of the French there, 226 — Indian traditions 

 concerning them, 227 — antient fort in the town of Camillus, 

 228— in Oxford, 229 — in the Genessee country, 231 — on the 

 south side of Lake Erie, 231, 232. 

 Mollusca, existence of salt and fresh water together, 174. 

 Moon, influence of. upon the weather, 88, 89. 



