494 
Interest, table of compound, use of, ia 
finding the height of mountains, 108. 
John, Dr. on the acid of stick lac, 40 
—on membranes, 55. 
Johuson, Mr. on clouds, &c. 216—on a 
preparation of cinchona, 451, 
Tolite, analysis of, 69. 
Tron, weight of an atom of, l4— 
strength of, 31—oxides of, 31—de- 
composes water at aJl temperatures, 
31—native, from Brazil, 465, 
Iron-flint, analysis of, 79. 
Iserine found in Cheshire, 396. 
Kirchhoff, Mr, separation of gluten 
from starch, 51—on malting, 54. 
Klaproth, Mr. @eath of, 249. 
Knight, T. A. Esq. vindication of his 
theory of the downward growth of 
radicles, 324—on the ice at the bot- 
tom of rivers, 466—on the action of 
the detached leaves of plants, 466— 
on the expansion of the wood of 
trees, 468—on the species of the 
common strawberry, 469. 
Lac, stick, acid of, 40. 
Lagrange, M. mechanique analytique 
of, 158. 
Laidlaw, Mr. proposed examination of 
India, by, 164. 
Lamark, Mr. on animals without ver- 
tebree, 392. 
Lampadius, M. on gas from coal, 25. 
Lamps, safety, description of, 486. 
Lancaster, meteorological journal at, 
215—,rain at, 218. 
Laugier, M. on a cyst in the human 
liver, 56. 
Lavoisier and Laplace on the dilatation 
of bodies by heat, 18. 
Laurus cinnamomum, 324, 393. 
Leach, Dr. on amphiro, 324—descrip- 
tion of the Wapiti deer, by, 525. 
Lead, brown oxide of, explosion with, 
31—chlorate of, 43—phosphates, 45. 
Leaves of plants, detached, on, 466, 
Lens of fishes, structure of, 467. 
Leslie, Professor, new mede of freezing 
discovered by, 412. 
Light, curious phenomenon respecting 
the diffraction of, 3. 
Lighthouse with parabolic reflectors, 
87. 
Lime, crystallization of, 
phates of, 45, 
Lime-stone, dark bituminous, composi- 
tion of, 395. 
Link, M. on the effect of trituration on 
chemical combination, 10—compa- 
rison by, of albumen with gluten, 51. 
Linnzan Society, meetings of, 153, 231, 
394, 469. 
Liquids, on the refractive and disper- 
sive powers of, 155—on the laws of 
the dilatation of, 363, 476, 
14—phos- 
Index. 
London, charity schools in, 161— 
heights near, 161. 
Longmire, Mr. on explosions in coal- 
mines, 131. 
Macculloch, Dr. on the quartz reck of 
Sky, 472—on the parallel roads of 
Glenroy, 472—on the mineralogy of 
Sky, 474. 
Magendie, M. on the gases in the intes- 
tines of healthy men, 57—experi- 
ments by, on the nourishment of 
animals, 246, 
Magnesian lime-stone, account of, 395, 
Magnesite, 69. 
Magnetic iron-stone in Cheshire, 296. 
Magnetical observations, 390, 460. 
Magnetism, 137. 
Malambo bark, analysis of, 52. 
Malting, on, 54. 
Manganese kisel, analysis of, 81. 
Manganese, weight of an atom of, 14— 
oxides of, 32—mode of making the 
sulphate of, 41. 
Marcet, Dr. on chyme and chyle, 55, 56., 
Marryat, Capt. account of two new 
shells, by, 232—on the country round 
Nice, 396. 
Marshall, Mr. on the laurus cinna- 
momum, 324, 393. 
Mathematics, improvements in, during 
1816, 10, 
Membranes, composition of, 55. 
Menzies, Captain, experiments by, on 
a bent gun barrel, 403. 
Mercurial preparations of the Chinese, 
on, 344, 
Mercury, combination of, with oxygen 
and sulphur, 30. 
Meteoric stone, new variety of, 85, 
Meteorological tables at New Malton, 
168, 397—at Kinfauns Castle, 171— 
at Tottenham, 173, 175, 255, 335, 
Al5., 
Meteorology of 1815, 84. 
Milk, on the constituents of, 217. 
Mineralogical surveys, on, 82. 
Mineralogy, improvements in, during 
1816, 58. 
Minerals, sale of, 409. 
Mineral system, new, 59. 
Moisture, effect of, on electricity, 354, 
Mollusca, on the habitats of, 87. 
Montague, Col. on amphiro, 324. 
Mornay, Mr. on the native iron from 
Brazil, 465. 
Morphium, account of, 485, 
Mountains, method of finding the 
heights of, 108—formulas for, 291. 
Murray, Dr. analysis of sea water, 50. 
Musical experiment, 452. 
Must in grain, how destroyed, 149, 
Neill, Mr. Peter, description of, the 
beluga, by, 233. 
New Malton, weatherat, 397. 
