INDEX 



Mint, varieties of, in Garden Culture, 556. 



Mirage, an optical illusion, consisting in the pro- 

 duction of double images of objects by refrac- 

 tion, or the assumption of the appearance of , 

 sheets of water by tracts of desert sands, 244. 



Mirrors, in Optics, 243 ; manufacture of, 360. 



Mistral, 43. 



Mists, how formed, 36. 



Mites, Mite family (Acarida), in Zoology, 144. 



Mitre-wheels, in Machinery, 220. 



Mock-moons, mock-suns, 48. 



Molars (Lat. mola, a mill), the grinder-teeth, 177. 



Molasses, in Dietary, 742. 



Mole, Mole family (Talpida), in Zoology, 188. 



Molecules, 194. 



Mollusca, mollusks (Lat mollis, soft), in Geology, 

 30 ; in Zoology, 150. 



Molybdenum, one of the metallic elements, 327. 



Momentum, in Natural Philosophy, 197. 



Monad, in Chemistry, 318. 



Monera, class in Zoology, 132. 



Monkeys, various species of, in Zoology, 189. 



Monkshood, a poison, 783. 



Monobasic, dibasic, &c. in Chemistry, 317. 



Monochlamydeae, a class of plants having no floral 

 envelope, or only one, 88, 104. 



Monocotyledon, monocotyledonous, in Botany, 75, 

 87, 108. 



Monotremata, order in Zoology, 177. 



Monsoon winds (Arabic ntausim), 39. 



Months, institution and names of, 10, 290. 



Moon, motions, phases, and nature of, 10. 



Moraines, the name given in Switzerland to the 

 longitudinal deposits of stony detritus which are 

 found at the bases and along the edges of all 

 the great glaciers, 22. 



Morass, moss or waste lands, culture of, 540. 



Mordant, nature and action of, in Dyeing, 345. 



Morocco leather, in Applied Chemistry, 348. 



Morphology (Gr. morphe, form, and logos, descrip- 

 tion), that department of Vegetable Physiology 

 which treats of the metamorphosis of organs, 

 and of the laws that determine the forms of 

 organisms generally, 80 ; in Zoology, 1 30. 



Mortality of our chief towns and cities, 735. 



Mortar for building, composition of, 365. 



Mosaic work, nature and fabrication of, 360. 



Mosques, in Architecture, 475. 



Mosquitoes (Cultcidce], in Zoology, 147. 



Mosses (Musri), in Vegetable Physiology, 76; in 

 Botany, in. 



Mother-liquor, in Chemistry, 325. 



Mother-of-pearl, production of, in Zoology, 152. 



Moths, order Lepidoptera, in Zoology, 147. 



Motion and forces, 197-203 ; laws of motion, 197 ; 

 reflected motion, 199 ; common motion, 199 ; 

 centrifugal force and circular motion, 203. 



Motor nerves, 124. 



Mountain systems, in Physical Geography, 55-56. 



Mountain-ash, 599. 



Mourning habits, introduced in British Costume, 

 792. 



Mouse family (Murida, Lat mus, a mouse), 187. 

 Mouth, diseases of, 770. 



Mucus, a viscous animal fluid, secreted in the 

 body to moisten the mucous membrane, which 

 is a continuation of the skin, carried into all 

 passages of the body that communicate by open- 

 ings with the external air, 115. 

 Mulberry, nature, culture, and uses of, 591. 

 Mule, 614 ; as a beast of burden, 413. 



Mullet (Percida), 158. 



Multiple stars, itj Astronomy, 16. 



Mumps, treatment of, 770. 



Mundane era, in Chronology, 293. 



Muriatic acid, in Chemistry, 310, 



Muricidae, family of univalve shells, 152. 



Muridae family, mice and rats, 187. 



Murrain, the disease so called, 632. 



Muscicapidae (Fly-catchers), in Zoology, 174. 



Muscle tribe (Mytilida;), in Zoology, 152. 



Muscles, cultivation of, 715. 



Muscular exercise, hygienic importance of; 727. 



Muscular force, 737 ; muscular sense, 128. 



Mushrooms, nature and culture of, 500. 



Musical sounds, how produced, 254-256. 



Musk-deer family (Mosckidet), order Ruminant ia, 



182. 

 Mustelidae (Lat mustela, a weasel), in Zoology, 



185. 



Mutton, in Dietetics, 745 ; in Cookery, 758. 

 Mycenae, tomb of Atreus at, 468. 

 Mylodon, 179. 



Myopia, or short-sightedness, 126. 

 Myriapoda (Gr. myrias, ten thousand, pous, foot), 



145- 



Myrmecophaga (Ant-eaters), order Edentata, 179. 

 Myrmeleonidae (Ant-lions), in Zoology, 147. 

 Myrtaceae, myrtles, or Myrtle-blooms, in Botany, 



97- 



Nadir, an astronomical term, from the Arabic, 2. 



Nail, 122. 



Nakhon Wat, temple of, 479. 



Naphtha, its natural history and uses, 388, 494. 



Naphthaline, colouring-matter, 340. 



Naphthalised gas, in Lighting, 496. 



Narcissus, iris, lily, nature and culture of, 565. 



Narwhal (sea-unicorn), family Delphinidac, 180. 



Natatores, or swimming-birds, in Zoology, 167. 



Natron, or trona (sesquicarbonate of soda), 397. 



NATURAL PHILOSOPHY MATTER, MOTION, AND 

 HEAT, 193-208. 



Nautilus, in Zoology, 154. 



Nave, in Gothic Architecture, 472. 



Navigation, history and art of, 459 ; steam naviga- 

 tion, 454. 



Navvies, 443. 



Neatsfoot oil, in Applied Chemistry, 349. 



Nebulae and nebular theory, in Astronomy, 16. 



Necrophorus, or burying beetle, in Zoology, 150. 



Nectarine, character and cultivation of, 583. 



Neptune, the remotest of the primary planets, 7. 



Nerves, nervous system, nervous influence, 123, 



779- 



Nests, edible birds' nests of the Chinese, 175. 

 Neuralgia, treatment of, 779. 

 Neuroptera (nerve-winged), in Entomology, 147. 

 New Red Sandstone group described, 28. 

 Newcomen's atmospheric engine, 423. 

 Newts (tritons or aquatic salamanders), in Zoology, 



162. 

 Nickel, in Chemistry, 329; in Metallurgy, 415 5 



Kupfer-nickel, 415. 

 Nightingale (Pkilonula buci*ia\ in Ornithology, 



Nimbus (rain or shower cloud), in Meteorology, 37. 

 Nitrate of potash, 307. 



Nitrate of soda, the natural history and econom- 

 ical uses of, 397. 

 Nitrates and nitrites, 321. 

 Nitric acid or aquafortis, 307, 327. 



