398 INDKX. 



Meteorological Diary, for December 1822, and January and 



February, 1823, 174. For March, April, and May, 392 

 Mice, preservation of grain, Sfc, from, 140 

 Mimosa Pudica, remarks on, 387, 388 

 Minerals, notice of a new fluid discovered in the cavities of, 



375, 376. Existence of bitumen in them, 389 

 Mineral and Mosaical Geologies, comparative estimate of, 



108—127 

 Mineral Veins, observations on, 183 — 209 



Mists, experimental inquiries relative to the formation of, 5.5 — 64 

 Monteith and Co., (Messrs.) Great Bandana Gallery of, at 



Glasgow, described, 209 — 216 

 Mortars, observations on, 314, 315 

 Muriate of iron, action of chlorine on, 378 



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Natural History, Miscellaneous Intelligence in, 165 — 173; 



385—391 

 Needle (magnetic), on the influence of local attraction on, 22, 23 

 Nickel, protoxide of, 151. Deutoxide of, ibid. Sulphuret of, 



ibid. Chloride and Iodide of, 152 

 Nitrogen, action of, in the process of respiration, 386 



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Oil of bitter almonds, experiments on, 155 

 Opium (English), successful culture of, 139, 140 

 Organic Remains, notice of, 172 



Parker's patent portable static lamp, notice of, 143, 144. 

 Parry (Captain), account of rock specimens collected by, dur- 

 ing his northern voyage of discovery, 1 1 — 22. 

 Paste, directions for making, that will not become mouldy, 141. 

 Payen and Chevallier (MM.), analysis of their Traite Elemen- 



taire des Reactifs, 326 — 337. 

 Peach of China, notice of, 105. 

 Peun (Granville), analysis of his comparative estimate of the 



mineral and Mosaical geologies, 108 — 127. 

 Pepys (J. H.), improvement by, in the construction of voltaic 



apparatus, 143. 

 Per-sidphate of iron and ammonia, component parts of, 381, 382. 

 Phillips's (William) Elementary Introduction to the knoivledge of 



mineralogy, analysis of, 320 — 326. 

 Phosphate of alumina, analysis of. 168, 169. 

 Phosphorus, action of, on water, 383. 

 Pico-Ruivo, barometrical measurement of the height of, in the 



island of Madeira, 75—82. 

 Plana's (Mr.) researches relating to refraction, remarks on, 



362—366. 



