INDEX. 405 



the tartrate of lead, 385. Sugar an antidote to, in case of 



poisoning, 395 

 Limestone, effects of burning on, 386, 387 

 Light, influence of, on the purple tint of plate glass, 164 

 Lightning, on the direction of, 185 

 Lime, composition of the muriates of, 384. Effects of the chloride 



of, as a disinfector, 395 

 Liquefaction of gases, historical statement respecting, 229-240 

 Literary Notices, 397 



Lobel, (Dr.,) notice of a green pigment, invented by, 385 

 London Bridge, Observations on the project for taking down and 



rebuilding, and on the late Mr. Rennie's design for a new Bridge 



27-35. 

 Longcha?np, (M.,) on the uncertainty of chemical analysis, 164, 



165 



Mac Culloch, (Dr.,) on animals preserved in amber, 41-44. Re- 

 marksjon the nature and'origin of that substance, 44-48. On an 

 arenaceo-calcareous substance found near Delvine in Perthshire, 

 79-84. On the migrations and natural history of the herring, 

 210-221. And on the present commercial and political state of 

 the herring fishery, 222-228. 

 March, 1824, astronomical phenomena for, 295-297 

 Marsh, (Mr.,) experiments of, on thermo-electric rotation, 373-374 

 Mechanical Science, intelligence in, 155, 156, 367-372 

 Meteorological Diary for June. July, and August, 1823, 190. For 



September, October, and November, 398 

 Miscellaneous Intelligence in mechanical science, 155, 156, 367-372. 

 In chemical science, 156-177, 372. In natural history, 178-189 

 Mitchley, Remains of Roman camp at, described, 24-26 

 Monticclli and Covelli, (MM.,) examination of the recent lava of 

 Vesuvius by, 180, 181. Of its volcanic electricity, 18], 182. 

 And of its eruption in October 1822, 182, 183 

 Morphia, analysis of, 283, 284, 285 

 Moryez, (M.,) on the phenomena of Shadows, 371 

 Mountain Barometer, description of, 277-279 

 Muriates of baryta, strontia, and lime, composition of, 384 

 Musket Balls, charge of, in shrapnell shells, 163 



Natural History, miscellaneous intelligence in, 177-189, 388-398 



Nautical collections, 139-154 



Newman, (J.,) description of a mountain barometer, with an iron 



cistern, 277-279 

 Nickel and cobalt, amalgamation of, by arsenic, 166 



Oersted (M.)> observations of, on Schweigger's electro-magnetic 

 multiplier, 123-126. Experiments of, on thermo-electric mag- 



