INDEX. 443 



Jehangeer, (emperor) mausoleum of, described, 315. 

 /e^ of water, force of, 171. 



K. 



Keddr Ndt'h, a reputed holy place in Hindostan, legendary ac- 

 count of, 62, 63. 



Lahore, royal gardens of, described, 311-318. 



Lamp (new) notice of, 392. 



Lancastcrian Scliook, progress of in various parts of Europe, 

 212,213. " 



Laplace's latest computation of the density and figure of the 

 earth, 32-35. 



Lithia, properties of, 406, 407. 



Lightning, straw a conductor for, 199. 



Lime, on the separation of, from magnesia, 177-179. 



Literature, state of, in New South Wales, 427. 



Liverpool Museum, formation of, 216. 



Longitude, Report of the Committee of the Board of, for exa- 

 mining Instruments and Proposals, upon the mode employed 

 for determining the errors of dividing engines, 347-349. 



Lully, (Raymond,) notice of the alchymistical labours of, 229. 



Lunar Distances o^Venns, tables of, 168-170, 383-387. 



Lunar Observations, comparative view of the principal methods 

 of correcting, 350 — withoiit either tables or instruments, 

 350. — by the line of chords, ibid. — by the scale and sector, 

 351. — by common logarithmic tables, 353-359. — by the 

 requisite tables, 359. — by the requisite tables, with the ap- 

 pendix, ibid. — by Dr. Brinkley's tables, 361 — by logarithms 

 carried to seconds, 361-363 — by Mendoza's and Shepherd's 

 tables, 363, 364 — by scales of reduction, 364 — by various 

 formulas, 365 — tables of minute contractions, with illus- 

 trative examples, 365-371. 



M. 



Macculloch, (Dr.) on the introduction of the shawl-goat into 

 Great Britain, 330-346 



Magnesia and Lime, on the separation of, 177-179 — experi- 

 ments on the sulphate of magnesia, 407. 



Magnetic needle, recession of, 425. 



Mechanical Science, miscellaneous intelligence concernmg, 

 171-177—388-392. 



