GENERAL INDEX. 



LABOUR AND REST, i. 10 



Lactoscope, vi. 109 



Lady-day, v. 175 



Lamellicornes, or Gymnopleurus pi- 



lularius, viii. 138 

 Lampadias, ii. 91 

 Lamps, ii. 206 

 Land and water, ix. 130 ; xii. 2-7 



spouts, iii. 88 



Language, via, 171 



Laplace, ii. 94 ; xi. 167 



Lardner, Dr., iii. 115 ; ib. 117 ; iv. 



50 ; v. 202 ; x. 118 

 Larva of the moth, viii. 124 

 LasseU, Mr., vi. 187 

 Latent heat, iv. 201 ; vi. 146 

 Latitude, i. 99 ; iii. 53 

 Lava, iv. 170 



dykes, xi. 115 



Leap years, v. 164 



Leg and foot, vii. 60 



Lens, v. 198 ; vii. 93 ; ix. 13 



Leroy, M., viii. 164 



Leverrier, iii. 117 



Lewenhoeck, M., ix. 51 



Lexell, M., xi. 167 



Lieberkuhn, ix. 45 



Life, viii. 81 



Ligerian basin, xii. 133 



Light, i. 46 ; ib. 195-205 ; v. 68 ; 



vii. 60 ; ix. 44 



Lightning, iii. 115 ; ib. 142 ; x. 187 

 Lima, earthquake at, ii. 78 ; iv. 156 

 Linceus sphericus, ix. 92 

 Linnaeus, i. 11 

 Lioness, the, viii. 174 

 Liparis chrysorrhea, viii. 133 

 Lisbon, earthquake at, iv. 160 

 Llanos of Orinoco, ix. 153 

 Locomotive, the, vi. 113 

 Log ships, vi. 4 



London and N. W. Railway, vi. 141 

 Longevity, viii. 80 

 Longitude, i. 100 ; ib. Ill ; iv. 95 

 Longmynd, xii. 13 

 Looking-glass, viii. 120 

 Lottin, M., x. 189 

 London's Gardening, i. 67 

 Lough Neagh, xi. 95 

 Low Sunday, vii. 19 

 Luminous undulations, i. 204 

 Lunar attractions, i. 70 



changes, vii. 46 



cycle, vii. 13 



200 



Lunar eclipses, xii. 182 



influence, i. 114-125 



month, vii. 1 



mountains, iii. 46 



Lunation, v. 146 

 Lurco or glutton, ix. 93 

 Luther, vi. 167 

 Lyell, M., xii. 90 



MACLEAN'S observations at the Cape, 



vii. 181 



Maclear and Smith, xi. 206 

 Madagascar, ix. 142 

 Madler, Mr., i. 40 

 Magdeburg hemispheres, v. 99 

 Magic lanthorn, viii. 193 

 Magnet, iii. 192 

 Magnetic Telegraph Company, iii. 



145 ; iv. 117 

 Magnifying glasses, 

 Majolica, ii. 133 ; viii. 97 

 Major planets, i. 35 

 Maki, viii. 62 

 Malay, viii. 85 

 Malus, Mr., i. 206 

 Man, viii. 49 ; xi. 58 ; xii. 156 

 Mandl, Dr., vi. 96 

 Mantell, Dr., xi. 68 

 Map of telegraphic network, iv. 136 

 Marble, vi. 197 

 Marbles, iv. 169 

 March moon, vii. 53 

 Marinoni, M., xi. 24 

 Market gardeners, v. 180 

 Marks, Professor, and Dr. McCaul, 



ix. 208 



Marriage, viii. 82 

 Mars, i. 3 

 Marseilles, iii. 22 

 Marth, Mr., vi. 166 

 Materialism, viii. 89 

 Matter, vi. 207 

 Maury, Lieut., iii. 168 

 Mean time, v. 135 

 Mediterranean, ix. 139 



basin, xii. 72 



Meissen, royal manufactory at, ii. 154 

 Memory, vii. 147 

 Mercedonius, v. 154 

 Mercurial thermometer, vi. 149 

 Mercury, i. 13; vi. 155; iv. 180 ;xi. 162 

 Meridian, terrestrial, v. 124 ; iii. 57 ; 

 ib. 62 ; vii. 147 



