478 



Index. 



Magnesia, effect of, in prcvenling the 

 formation of uric acid, 381. 



Magnet, declination of, at Kharkoff, 

 153. 



Magnetic observations, 63, 133, 220, 

 280, 373, 454. 



Magnetism, improvemcnls in, during 

 1813, 10. 



Mains, M. biographical account of, 241 

 — account of his discovery of the 

 polarization of light, 5 — new optical 

 phenomena by, 81 — letter from, to 

 the foreign secretary of the Royal 

 Society, 257. 



Mangiinese, how its presence is ascer- 

 tained, 312 — contributions to a che- 

 mical knowledge of, 413 — oxidation 

 of, 417. 



Marcet, Dr. on sulphuret of carbon, 14 

 — on the production of cold by, 383. 



Marschall Von Biberstein, M. on the 

 genus serraiula, 71. 



Mathematical improvements during 

 1813, 3. 



Mechanic?, improvements in, during 

 1813, 8. 



Medical Society of Edinburgh, prize 

 dissertation of, 470. 



Memoirs of the fin peri 1 Academy of 

 Petersbur.'h, 222, 296. 



Mercury, 355. 



Meteorological journal, 79, 159, 239, 

 319, 399, 473. 



Meteorology, 30. 



Jliaszite, 153. 



Micrometer by Dr. Wollaston. 7. 



Miers, Mr. on the composition of azote, 

 364. 



Milk, composition of, 27 — lion' pre- 

 served, 151. 



Minerals analysed during 1813, 22. 



Mispickel, analysis of, 22. 



Molybdenum, 100. 



Motacilla xanthopa, 304. 



Mother-of-Pcavl, optical properties of, 

 386. 



Moyle, Mr. on a singular flow of water 

 in a mine, 393. 



Mucus, composition of, 25. 



Muriatic radicle, 53. 

 Murray, Mr. John, on the cold pro- 

 duced by sulphuret of carbon, 235. 



N. 



Nails, query respecting, 471. 



Nash, Mr. observations by, on the 



discovery of the atomic theory, 329, 

 Nerves, influence of, on the secretions 



of the stomach, 228. 

 Nickel, 355. 

 Nitrate of manganese, 413. 



Nitrates, table of the composition of, 



135. 

 Nitric acid, action of, %n manganese, 



413. 

 Nitricum, what, 17, 61. 

 Nomenclature of Berzelius. 450. 



O. 



Ochil Hills, mineralogical description 



of, 116. 

 Optics, improvements in, during 1813, 



4. 

 Organic remains found near Brentford, 



378. 

 Oryctognosy, improvements in, 30. 

 Oxalic acid, composition of, 179. 

 Ojtides, Lavoisier's table of, 333. 



Palladium, 354. 



Paper, on the electricity of, 203. 



Paris, Dr. on the conversion of sand 

 into stone, 389. 



Patents, new, 76, 158, 238, 317, 397, 

 471. 



Pearson, Dr. George, on the colouring 

 matter of the black, bronchial glands, 

 380. 



Philosophical instruments, new treatise 

 on, 456. 



Phosgene gas, 13. 



Phosphorus, 54. 



Piran, sand at, converted into stone, 

 389. 



Plymouth, weatlier at, during January 

 1814, 274. 



Poisson, M. on the distribution of elec- 

 tricity on the surface of conductors, 

 391. 



Poland, number of inhabitants in, 441. 



Polarization of light, account of, 5. 



Pond, John, Esq. astronomical obser- 

 vations by, 3 — catalogue of north 

 polar distances of stars by, 384 — on 

 the summer solstice of 1813, 385. 



R. 



Rain water, on, 140. 



Reade, Dr. on the composition of 

 light, 276. 



Realgar, experiments on, 97. 



Refractions, atmospheric, on, 385. 



Relistian mine, 389. 



Rhodium, 352. 



Rodriguez, Don Joseph, on Colonel 

 Mudge's measurement, 3. 



Roscoe, Mr. remarks by, on Dr. Rox- 

 burgh's descrijjtion of thenionandrous 

 plautsof India, 230. 



