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INDEX. 



Magnesia, phosphate of ammonia and, 508. 



bicarbonate of potash and, 506. 



aluminate of, 513. 



formiate of, 830. 



nigra, 528. 



nitrate of, 296. 



usta, 504. 

 Madder, of, 925, et seq. 



purple, red, yellow, orange, and brown, 



Magnesite, 504. 

 Magnesian sulphates, 167. 

 Magnesium, properties of, 503. 



chloride of, 504. 

 Magnet, the, 201. 



Magnetic bar, represen:ation of a, 202. 



power of certain metals, 529. 



ore, 546. 



Magnetical induction, 202 to 204. 



polarity, 201, &c. 



Magnetism and magnetic phenomena, 199, 



theory of, 201. 



Austral, 201. 



Boreal, 201. 



Malachite, a native carbonate of copper 



582. 



Malates, the, 952. 

 Maleic acid, 952. 

 Malic acid, or of apples, 951. 

 Malleability of metals, 42. 

 Malt, 745. 

 Manganese, 142, general description of 



protoxide, deutoxide, and peroxide of 

 98. 



alum, 519. 

 Manganic acid, 142. 



Manna sugar, or mannite, 757, 808. 



Margarates,'958. 



Margaric acid, 951, 958. 



Margarone, 951. 



Marly clay, 524. 



Marshes, carburetted hydrogen of, 281. 



Miasmata of, 282. 

 Marrow, the spinal, 1058. 

 Matter, dependence of electricity upon, 



200. 

 combination of, its natural condition, 



729. 



Meconate of lead, 937. 

 Meconic acid, and its congeners. 937 et 



seq. 



Meerschaum, 509. 

 Melassic acid, 755. 

 Mellitates, 935, 936. 

 Mellite, a mineral, 935. 

 Mellitic acid, 935. 

 Melting of wax, tallow, sulphur and solid 



bodies, 42. 

 Menispermine, 976. 

 Menthene, 897. 

 Mercaptan, 142. 



formula of, 767. 

 Mercaptide of mercury, 767. 



Mercurial column, its depression produced 



by water vapour, 62. 

 Mercuric compounds, 654. 



nitrates, 663. 



sulphate, 662. 

 Mercurous compounds, 649, 653. 

 Mercury, expansion of, 6, 7, et seq, 



general account of, 648 to 664. 



analogies of, 147, 148. 



bromide of 660. 



cyanide of, 661, 662, 733, 986, 98i>. 



of potassium and, 662. 



tribasic cyanide of, 662. 



fluid, 47. 



freezing of, 44. 



Mercury, Hahnemann's soluble, 653. 



cyanide of, 564. 



chloride of, 655. 



chloride of, ammonia and, 656. 



chloride and sulphuret of, 658. 



double salts of chloride of, 659. 



iodide of, 660, 151. 



nitrates of, 663 et seq. 



oxichloride of, 658. 



oxicyanide of, 662. 



red oxide of, 654. 



sulphate of, 662. 



sulphuret of, 151, 654, 659, 986. 



Mesite and mesiten, 836. 



Mesityle, oxide, chloride, and chloropati- 



nate of oxide of, 7!7. 

 Mesitylene, bihydrate of, 795, 797. 

 Mesotype, 521. 

 Metacechlorplatin, 797. 

 Metacetone, a combustible liquid, 750, 



Metaldehyde, 781. 



Metals, the positive and the negative, of 

 the voltaic circle, 209. Diagrams, 212 

 et seq. 



Metallic bases of the alkaline earths, 485. 



of the earths, 510. 



Metals, expansion of, 2 et seq. Their con- 

 traction, 2. 



order of their affinity for nitric aei* 



oxygen, 186. 



sali-molecu!ar structure of, 541. 



proper, having protoxides isomor- 



phous with magnesia, with bismuth, c 

 528 et seq. 599, et ptissim. 



isomorphous with phosphorus, 627. 



formation of cyanides of, 983, 984. 



Methol, 837. 



Methyl, series of compounds, 819, 179. 



chloride of, 821 . 



iodide of, 821. 



oxide of, 819. 



hydrate of oxide of, 820. 



sulphurets, fluoride, cyanide, &c. of, 



oxygen salts of, 822. 



nitrate, carbonate, and oxalate of, 



824. 



sulphates of oxide of, 822, 823. 



acetate, benzoate, bicyanurate and 



mucate of oxide of, 825. 



oxide of, its compounds of an uncer- 

 tain constitution, 825. 



and its derivatives, products of the 



decomposition of, 825. 



action of chlorine upon oxide and 



chloride of, 834, 835. 



products of the distillation of wood 



in relation to oxide of, 836. 



Methyial, and formomethylal, 827. 

 Methylic ether, 819. 

 Miasmata, 282. 

 Milk, sugar of, 755. 



properties and constituents of, 1052. 



coagulated, as casein, 1028. 



Mineral, fibrous, of Caffrariu, 518. 



waters, salts of, analysed, 195. 

 factitious of Struve, c. 195. 

 Minium or red lead, 588. 

 Molecular theory of organic compounds, 



If olecule, or chemical atom, 729. A com- 

 plex organic, denned, 730. 

 Molybdate of molybdic oxide, 621. 



of potash, 621. 



of soda, 621. 



the bimolybdate of soda, 621. 



of lead, 621. 



of magnesia, 621. 



of ammonia, explained, 621, 



