INDEX. 



441 



PAOB 



Lightning continued, 

 passes through the 

 inside of animals 14 



purifies air 27 



rare in winter . . 28 



sheet 6 



summer 11 



common . . 28 



straight 6 



turns beer sour . . 27 

 not old beer 27 

 milk sour .... 25 

 See danger, safety. 



Lilac steel rusts 259 



prevented .. 259 

 LIME and -water , . 26, 30 



burned 278 



hot 277 



purifies bins 266, 421 



sewers . . 267, 42 1 



Lime-wash for rooms 422 



Lincoln, rain of .... 340 



Linen cool wear .... 183 



dried 160,316 



Linseed oil boils .... 119 



LIQUEFACTION 126 



LIQUIDS 112 



bad conductors 172, 232 



cooled 235 



Lisle thread gloves . . 188 

 Liverpool, rain of .... 840 



LONDON FOG 225 



rain of 340 



Long flues 110 



grass promotes cold 161 



Log of wood 2 



two burn better than 



one 44, ?2 



Looking-glass 369 



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Lucifer matches .... 284 

 Lunar caustic 426 



Mackarel scales, &c. . . 136 

 Macintosh prevents cold 158 

 Madness from starvation 86 



Malt 270, 272 



Man a swimmer .... 362 

 no bigger than a 



crow 382 



Manchester, rain of . . 340 

 Magpies indicate wea- 

 ther 153 



Marble 426 



MARCH comes in like a 



lion 306 



goes out like a lamb 306 

 dry good, wet bad 306 

 flowers undesirable 307 



wind dry 305 



Marsh damp 280 



Marsupium 392 



Meat-covers 202 



MEAT liked in cold wea- 

 ther 90 



loathed in hot . . 92 

 taint removed . . 422 

 tainted by moon- 

 light 220 



MECHANICAL ACTION . . 95 

 Mercury of barometer 



bright 260 



concave 325 



convex 325 



its rise and fall . . 325 

 METAL collects no dew 209 

 feels colder than 



wood 168 



hotter than wood 167 



