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INDEX. 



Lunar mountains described, i, lJl ; 



rainbow n. P. i!. <.-lm. . n , 

 solar, period, i, 3 

 Lunanli, Ins .\ HI! woymgt, \ i, 74 

 Luxor, in 1'irvpt, ruins of, \ i, ;;'j 

 / ,n, description of, ii, 

 Lyons, Israel, ehar.it ter of, iv, 104 

 :r, (( s< nption of iiie, v, 595 

 . on the oil of, iv, 128 

 Maikurel, natural history of the, v, 



506; on the shining of, vi, 106 

 Mackenzie, his journey to Iceland, 1,447 

 Madar/ascar, gold in, ii, 292 

 .Madder, on the uses of, v, 991 

 Mudtira, earthquake at, ii, 4-' ; on the 



wines of, v, 75 

 Madrid, earthquake at, ii, 38 



i; in Carniola, ii, 279 

 rock, in Ireland, i. 

 hemispheres, what, iv, 29 

 Maynctical experiments, iv, 387 

 Mai/ni'tir needle, variation of, iv, 377 

 Mai/netitm, principles of, iv, 362; the- 

 ory of, vi, ii 

 Mai/nets, construction of artificial, iv, 



388,391 



Malabar, winds on the coast of, iv, 242 

 Malaria, on the wines of, v, 77 

 Maler lake, in Sweden, iii, 233 

 Malta, grotto in the isle of, ii, 78 

 Maize or Indian corn, uses of, v, 58 

 Mam Tor, in Deri;;, shire, ii, 83 

 Mammoth, discovery of the bones of 



tin', ii, 178, 198; description of the, 



v, 569 



Manchineel tree, described, v, 265 

 Miinuti, account of the, v, 656 

 Manetho, the history of, vi, 367 

 Mamjerton, in Ireland, description of 



the valley of, i, 291 ; height of the 



mount of, ii, 446 

 Manioc, or cassava tree, v, 54 

 Manna tree, description of, V, 132 

 Manuscripts found at Herculaneum, ii, 



246; description of a remarkable, 



vi, 287 



Maple sugar, how made, v, 84 

 Maps, the inventor of, i, 297 

 Marble, how smoothed, ii, 281 ; in Ire- 

 land, .J'2l); various kinds of, 383; 



elastic, 384 



Marble cascade, account of, iii, 219 

 Warranters, or the inhabitants of the 



Alps, ii, 413 



Marroon*, construction of, \i, 226 



Mars, '. vrvatioiis on the [ --Ian. i, 



incuts of, 157 ; pe- 



nfii.inlii's in, 193 



MarsHtii, Mr. lii>ar i ..... it of'ifor,iv,153 

 Martin Met r, Cheshire, antiqui: 



ii, Kit 



. //., iron in, ii,.; !." 



.MtititHH. 1 J'rh\*li lie, springs at, iii,l?(> 

 Ma iritiiif, inundation in the isle of, iii, 



283 



Muire, Mr. on diamonds, vi, 301 

 Mai/aratflio lake described, iii, 

 Mai/ola, description of the valley of, 



t/ fly, account of the, v, 414 

 iiti nt of the earth, i, 1 1 

 s and weights, table of ancient, 

 vi, 600 



Mechanical sciences, history of, vi, 465, 

 535 



'ell in Northamptonshire, cold- 

 ness of. iii, 143 



<W mint ml, agitation of water at, ii, 5O 

 Medicinal plants, v, 132 



waters, general view of, iii, 161 



Mediterranean, evaporation of the, iii, 



5; winds in, iv, 191; waterspouts 



in, . 

 Mendip, description of the caverns of, 



ii, 90 ; on the coal mines of, 280 

 Mephitic vapours, observations on, ii, 



108 



Mwfiiim-:, earthquake at, ii, 41,42 

 Mercury, observations on the planet, 



i, 149; length of the year in, 192 

 -, on the solution of, iii, 197 ; 



effectsof the atmosphere on, i> 



preparation of, 30 ; on fulminating, 



vi, 186; divisions of, 317 

 Meridian, definition of a, i, 307 

 Messina, earthquake at, ii, 59; optical 



deception at, iv, 509 

 Metallic trees, how made, vi, 326 

 Metallurgy, general principles of, vi, 



246 

 Metals, art of working, ii, 260 ; on the 



expansion of, iv, 51 ; division of, vi, 



285 



Meteoric stones, history of, iv, 568, 475 

 Meteors, extraordinary, iv, 427 ; one 



seen all over England, 432 ; of a 



flaming sword, 43 1 ; fiery ones, 442 j 



accompanied with balls, 457 



