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Index. 



Interest, table of compound, use of, in 

 finding the height of mountains, 108. 



John, Dr. on the acid of stick lac, 40 

 — on membranes, 55. 



Johnson, Mr. on clouds, &c. 216 — on a 

 preparation of cinchona, 451. 



Iolite, analysis of, 69. 



Iron, weight of an atom of, 14— 

 strength of, 31 — oxides of, 31 — de- 

 composes water at all 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. death 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, 15S. 



Laidlaw, Mr. proposed examination of 

 India, by, 164. 



Lamark, Mr. on animals without ver- 

 tebra, 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 ou the dilatation 

 of bodies by heat, 18. 



Laurus cinnamomum, 324, 393. 



Leach, Dr, on amphiro, 324 — descrip- 

 tion of the Wapiti deer, by, 325. 



Lead, brown oxide of, explosion with, 

 31 — chlorate of, 43 — phosphates, 45. 



Leaves of plant?, detached, on, 466. 



Lens of fishes, structure of, 46T. 



Leslie, Professor, new mode of freezing 

 discovered by, 412. 



Light, curious phenomenon respecting 

 the diffraction of, 3. 



Lighthouse with parabolic reflectors, 

 87. 



Lime, crystallization of, 14 — phos- 

 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. 



I.innrean 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. 



London, charity schools in, 161 — 

 heights near, 161. 



Longmire, Mr. on explosions in coal- 

 mines, 131. 



Macculloch, Dr. on the quartz rock 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, 396. 



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. 



Maryat, 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 Mai ton, 

 168, 397— at Kinfauns Castle, 171— 

 at Tottenham, 173, 175, 255, 335, 

 415. 



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. 



Mornav, Mr. on the native irou from 

 Brazil, 465. 



Morphium, account of, 485. 



Mountains, method of finding the 

 heights of, 108— formulas for, 251. 



Murray, Dr. analysis of sea water, 50. 



Musical experiment, 482. 



Must in grain, how destroyed, 149. 



Neil), Mr. Peter, description of the- 



beluga, by, 233. 

 New Malton, weather at, 397. 



