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INDEX. 



Lerel.. Spiritlevel, I. 310. 

 Levelling, 1. 105. 

 Levelling land, IL 213, 



216. 

 Levels, I. 572, IL 353. 

 Lev6que, IL 3rO. 

 Lever, I. 65, PI. 3, 4, IL 



40, 134, 135, I3r. 

 Levers, I. 173, 203, II. 



54, 181, 196, 219. Hy- 

 draulic levers, II. 236. 

 Lever with a wheel, IL 



184. 

 Levigating, I. 234. 

 Levigation,n. 213, 214. 

 Levity, I. 16. " 

 . Lewis, I. 210, PI. ir. 

 LexcU, I. 513, II. 335. 

 Leyden phial, I. 666, II. 



418, 

 L'hospitaljIL 121. 

 L'huilier,II. 119, 123, 378. 

 Li, II. 153. 

 Libella,II. 311. 

 Libes, II. 129. 

 Libra, I. 497, 504. 

 Libration of the moon, I. 



528,11.345. 

 Lichtcnberg, II. 391, 426, 



486. 

 Lichtenberg's drum machine 



for electricity, II. 432. 

 Lichtenberg's figures, II. 



419. 

 Lieberkuehn, II. 285. 

 Liebknecht, II. 366. 

 Liesgauig, II. 362. 

 Life, I. 725. 

 life annuities, II. 107. 

 Life boat, II. 242. 

 Life of plants, I. 730. 

 Litters, II. 214. 

 Lifting pump, I. 333, PI. 



23, II. 249. 

 Lifting stock, II. 196. 

 Light, 1. 408, 457, 489, 654, 



655, 745, PI. 39,11.70, 



200, 319,385, 397,403, 



406, 511, 513, 514, 531, 



514, 607, 613, 645,66], 



671, 673,679. Intensity 



of light, IL 77. 

 Light compared with sound, 



11.541. 

 Light from combustion, II. 



290. 

 Light from electricity, I. 



670. 

 Light from friction, I. 435, 



II. 293. 

 Light house, I. PI. 11. 

 Lighthouses, II. 174. 

 Light in a storm, II. 482. 

 Lightning, I. 713, 743, 750, 



n. 445, 481. 

 Lightning in the moon, II. 



336, 345. 

 Lightning without thunder, 



II. 483. 

 Light of a candle, I. 438, 



II. 638, 646. 

 Light of diamonds, II. 



422. 

 Light of electricity, II. 



42'2. 

 Light of fires, 11.322. 

 Light of fish, II. 291. 

 Light of stones, II. 435, 



436. 

 Light of the heavenly bodies, 



L 531, n. 314. 

 Light of spirits, I. 438. 

 Light of the moon, II. 



337. 

 Light of the new moon, II. 



345. 

 Light of the sea, II. 291, 



292. 

 Light of the stars, I. 490. 

 Light round the sun, II. 



345. 

 like causes, II. 27. 

 Lime, II. 175,408. 

 Lime kilu,lL 209,411,422. 



Lime mixed witli gunpow- 

 der, II. 262. 

 Limestone, II. 498. 

 Lime tree bark, II. 185. 

 Limits of equations, II. 



115. 

 Limperch, II. 213. 

 Lincoln Cathedral, I. 245. 

 Lind, II. 457. 

 Line, II. 8, 151. 

 Linen, IL 187, 189, 217. 

 Line of congelation, 11.154. 

 Line of draught, II. 55. 

 Lines, I. 100. 

 Lines of the third and 



fourth order, II. 122. 

 Lines or hatches, I. PI. 0. 

 Link, IL 112, 150. 

 Linnaeus, II. 502. 

 Linne, I. 730, 731, 733, 



736, 750, 756, II. 511. 



n. 1707, D. 1778. 

 Linnean Society, II. 503. 

 Linncau system, I. 700, 



750. 

 Lintearia, I. PI. 19. 

 Lion, 1. 497. 

 Lippie, II. 151. 

 Liquefaction, I.643,n.395. 

 Liquid, I. 259. 

 Liquid adhering to a solid, 



I. 623. 

 Liquidity, I. 619. 

 Liquids, I. 535, 613, PI. 39, 



IL 380. 

 Litre, II. 152. 

 Litron, U. 152. 

 Living force, II. 140. 

 Living under water, II. 



255. 

 Load, II. 151. 

 Loaded chain, I. PI. 11. 

 Loaded cylnder, I. PI. 3. 

 Loaded pendulum, II. 139. 

 Loaded thread, II; 267. 

 Loaded waggon, I. PI. 3. 

 Loading ships, II. 199, 213. 

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Loadstones, II. 444. 

 Lobe, II. 597. 

 Local heat, II. 451. 

 Local motion, II. ISO. 

 Loci solidi, II. 122. 

 Lock, II. 179. 

 Lock filled from a reser- 

 voir, I. 282. 

 Locker, II. 456. 

 Lockic, IL 113. 

 Locks, II. 235. 

 Locus of right lines, II. 123. 

 Loevcns, II. 435. 

 Log, L 112, PI. 22, IL 192, 



244. Hydraulic log,I.318. 

 Logarithmic circle, I. PI. 



7,11. 146. 

 Logarithmic curve, I. Pl. 



10, II. 3. 

 Logarithmic tangents, IL 



374. 

 Logarithms, I. 106, 272. 



Sec corrtctiiins.I.598,II. 



6,9,116,117. 

 Logistic circle, II. 146. 

 Log glass, II. 196. 

 Log line, II. 218. 

 Lohineier, I. 365, II. 256. 

 Lomonosow, 11. 290. 

 London, 1.454,700,11.365. 

 Loudon bridge, II. 234. 

 Long, II. 325. 

 Longevity, II. 516, 517. 

 Longitude, I. 251, 536, 



543, 601, II. 357, 376. 

 Longitudes, II. 364, 365. 

 Longitudinal sounds, I. 



380. 

 Longitudinal vibrations of 



rods, II. 269. 

 Ix)ngtube, 11.286. 

 Looking glasscs,II.210,283, 



323. 

 Looming, I. 441. 

 Looms, II. 187. 

 Lorgna, II. 116, 146, 225, 



347, 481. 



