Index. 833 



Law of diminution of intensity of light iv, 19. 



Laws ineffectual to provide for the poor iv, 331. 



Leslie, question of priority with . ii, 234. 



Light, action of, in reducing gold i, 380, 382 ; iv, 76. 



on solutions of gold and silver . . . ; . iv, 79. 



amount given by different lamps iv, 192, 225. 



lost in passing through screens iv, 190. 



glass iv, 27. 



analogous to sound iv, 219. 



chemical properties attributed to iv, 75-97. 



cost of, under different circumstances iv, 201. 



dispersion of iv, 106. 



emitted by luminous bodies, relative intensities 



of iv, 1-47. 



fluctuations of that emitted by candles . . . . . .iv, 35. 



loss of, by reflection iv, 30. 



management of, in illumination iv, 99-205. 



manifested in combustion, source of . i, 201 ; iv, 207-228. 



method of measuring . . . . iv, 3, 184. 



nature of i, 201; iv, 209, 211, 219,222. 



quantities of various substances consumed in 



production of iv, 35. 



refraction of iv, 175. 



resistance of air to passage of iv, 20. 



some effects of, should be ascribed to heat . . . i, 372. 



Lime-kiln, perpetual iii, 153-156, 163-165. 



Linen-hall, Dublin, boiler in iii, 133. 



Liquids, adhesion of particles of, to each other . . ii, 300-317. 



capacity for heat of ii, 425. 



condensation of, on cooling i, 310. 



cooling of, in vessels of porcelain, gilded and 



not gilded ii, 241-250. 



diffusion of ii, 318. 



mode of propagation of heat in . . . . ii, 269, 274-289. 

 motions in, when heated or cooled .... i, 244, 268. 



non-conductors of heat i, 246. 



(See Propagation of heat in fluids?) 



ppontaneous mixture of ii, 318-323. 



List of Rumford's Works . . iv, 796. 



Luna cornea, reduction of, by light i, 372. 



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