442 



INDEX. 



PA.OK 



Metal continued. 



fused by fire 127 



by lightning 27 

 good conductor . . 165 

 handles burn .... 166 



reflectors 193 



tea-pots 197 



Milk soured by lightning 25 



Miners' danger 283 



prevented .. 265 



Mirror 369 



MIST arrests sound . . 414 



black 144 



cause of 224 



differs from cloud 128 



dew . . 222 



fog .. 227 



seems to rise .... 222 



vanishes at sunrise 227 



white 144 



Mixing not combining 25 

 Money hot in a pocket 168 



Monsoon 300 



Months, driest 328 



wettest 329 



MOON, distance and size 383 

 largest at horizon 



149, 378 

 reflected in water 376 



in a well 374 



seems flat 383 



larger than stars 383 

 Moonlight makes plants 



grow 220 



taints meat . . 220 

 MOKNING breeze .... 308 



gray 140 



rainbow .... 141 

 red .... 139,399 



PA6R 



Morning streaks .... 132 



MORTAR 278 



adhesive .... 279 

 crumbles . . : . 358 

 Motes in a sun-beam 248 

 Mould hardened by sun 163 

 Mouldiness prevented 422 

 Mountains cold . . 100, 195 



collect rain 338 



famous for echoes 417 

 impede respiration 255 



noiseless 416 



Muriate of soda .... 426 



Musical instruments . . 411 



flat .. 412 



Nails for matches . 96 

 Naves fitted on hot . . 122 



Near-sight 388, 391 



spectacles for . . 389 



Negative electricity . . 66 



Negroes, why black . . 190 



with black eyes . . 190 



New kettles boil slowly 186 



Night allays hunger . . 88 



exhilarating .... 144 



oppressive .... 144 



produces cold . . 89 



rainbow at .... 141 



Nimbus clouds .... 137 



Nitrate of silver 426 



Nitric acid 28, 426 



Nitrogen 36 



North wind cold 3Q2 



dry 303 



North-east wind dry 305,320 

 November rainy . . 308, 338 



Oak attracts lightning 257 



