576 INDEX. 



Lead, on the cure of afFedions ariTing from poifon of, Ilg. 

 JLearned Societies, proceedings of, 84, 90, 183, 273, 282, ^66. 

 J^eaves of trees, bed feafon tor collefting for ufc, 314. 

 Light a component part of all marine fifhes, 84. 

 — — and heat, important difcovery refpefting, 192, 286, 366. 

 — — , colours, and caloric. Dr. Blackburne's theory of, 334. 

 Luminous Jiuid, opinions refpefting the, 13 1, 192,286, 334, 366. 

 Lunar period of i() years, meteorological remarks on the, 152. 

 Lyceum ef the Arts, Paris, proceedings of the, 91. 



Macafar, defcription of the ifland of, and its gold mines, 289. 

 Madagafcar, fimilarity between the manners, &c. of the inhabitants 



of, and thofe of the South Sea iilands, 89. 

 Magnetic needle, meteorological axioms refpecling the, 151. 

 Maniacs fometimes reftored to reafon by kind treatment, 309. 

 Mathematics, notices refpefting, 126. 

 Medufa, or fea-nettle, organifation of, ,504. 



Mercury, a cure for afFeftions arifing from poifon of lead, 119. 

 ■ ', notice refpefting the new fulminating oxyd of, 184. 



, height of mountains, &c. in the flanet, 367. 



Meridian, nieafure of an arc of, from Dunkirk to Barcelona, 128, 



Metallic prujfmts, experiments in dyeing with, 4. 



Metals, on the produdlion of, in mines, 276. 



Meteorology, 41, 93, 146, 247. 



Mineralogy, a notice refpedting, 369. 



Mines, manner of working thofe in Celebes, 297. 



ATomiier, fome account of Peter Charles Le, 180. 



Monoculus caflor, obfervatiofis on the, 367. 



Mtirhard on the atmofpheres of the planets, 166. 



Muriat offoda, a ftrong llimuiaiir, 284. 



Muriatic acid, attempts to decompofe the, 183. 



Mus burfarius. Dr. Shaw's defcription of the, 215. 



Mus typhlus and zemni, the blind afphalax of Ariltotlc, 276, 



Mufhet on blaft-furnaces, 60, 113, 363. 



Mtific, remarks on, 284. 



NfM hoois, account of, 265, 364. 

 Nickel, remarks on this metal, 86. 

 Nouri/Jjment adminiftertd by the flcin, 95. 



Oak harh a fubftitute for gall nuts, 179, 

 Ores, method of feparating fulphur and arfenic from, 3J4. 

 Oviparous animals, how nourifhed in the egg, 306. 

 OyfiiTs, Beckmann's obfervations refpeAing, 97, 233. 



Pallas (ProfefTor) on the making of fhagreen, 217. 

 Palms, curious method of fecundating, 309. 

 Parhelia, two feen at Aofta, 93. 



Phikmat'ic Society, Paris, proceedings of the, 90, 367. 

 Plants, method of preferving fpecimens of, 302. 



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