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charcoal, 141 ; nor from the volatile salt of the charcoal, 

 278—280; nor from volatile mercurial salt, 280, 281; nor 

 from moisture, 281 ; but from the mixture of the thickened 

 air, 282 ; why the calx of lead does not increase in weight, 

 ad infinitum, 282, 283 ; whether lead increases in weight 

 like tin, 284 



Lightning, case of palsy cured by, 419 



Lime, on the composition and manufacture of the chloride of, 

 1—23 



Literary /oMrn«Zs (periodical), account of, from 1681 to 1749, 

 36 — 58, 289 — 312; and of the Journals of ancient Greece, 

 298 ; bibliographical notice of the ' Literary Journal,' pub- 

 lished at Dublin, 301—304 



* Literary Magazine,' bibliographical notice of, 297, 298 



Lithia, process of preparing, 224, 225 



Mac Culloch (Dr.), on the desquamation of certain rocks, and 

 on its connexion with the concretionary structure, 237 — 257 



Magnetism (terrestrial), account of Professor Hanstein's disco- 

 veries in, 432, 433 ; intensity of the magnetic force iu dif- 

 ferent parts of the world, 434 ; effect of earthquakes on 

 magnetism, 434 



Maize, properties of the zeine of, 402 



Manganese, on the atomic weight of, 23 — 27 ; analysis of native 

 carbonates of, 435 



Manure, new mode of preserving, 224 



Marble (primitive), remarks on the rock-crystal of, 231, 232 



Matting (economical), notice of, 223, 224 



Mechanical Science, miscellaneous intelligence in, 219 — 224, 

 421—425 



' Meinoires Literaires' de la Grande Bretagne, bibliographical 

 notice of, 57, 58 



' Memoirs of the Ingenious,' bibliographical notice of, 48, 49 



' Memoirs for the Curious,' bibliographical notice of, 53 — 55 



*■ Memoirs of Literature,' bibliographical notice of, 55, 56; of 

 the ' New Memoirs of Literature,' 291, 292 ; and of the con- 

 tinuation thereof, called ' A Literary Journal,' 294 — 296 



Mercxiry, existence of in the waters of the ocean, 233, 234 ; 

 sodo-cyanuret of mercury and potassium, 429 



Metals, essays on the calcination of, 136 — 141, 278 — 286 



Meteors, notices of, 438 



Meteoric Stone ofJuvenas, analysis of, 420, 438, 439 



Mica, analysis of different varieties of, 160 



Minerals, pyro-electricity of, 430 



Mineralogical Diary for December, 1821, and January and Fe- 

 bruary, 1822, 236, for March, April, and May 1822, 443 



Mineral and thermal waters of Saint Nectaire, analysis of, 396, 

 and of those of Mount Dore, 417 



