Index. 835 



Munich, kitchen of House of Correction (plate) . . . . iii, 216. 



Military Academy (plate) iii, 220. 



Military Hospital (plate) iii, 219. 



Military Academy iv, 493-496. 



Workhouse iv, 293. 



subscriptions for relief of the poor . . . iv, 251, 268, 518. 



NAPHTHA, capacity of, for heat ii, 433. 



heat developed in combustion of ii, 401. 



Nature, explanation of interesting phenomena and 



arrangements in . . i, 262, 312-333, 429,464; ii, 129, 184, 251, 



297, 310. 



Nature of heat and mode of its communication . . ii, 22-130. 



practical application of knowledge of . . ii, 126. 



Naval architecture, Stalkartt's, extract from . . . iv, 679-691. 



Negroes bear heat better than whites ii, 77, 184. 



Nitrogen, capacity of, for heat diminished by eleva- 

 tion of temperature ii, 412, 415. 



Nitrous air used in eudiometry i, 193. 



Non-conductors of heat iii, 44. 



OCEAN currents i, 329. 



Oil, amount consumed by Argand's and other lamps . . . iv, 33. 



a non-conductor of heat i, 342. 



heat produced in combustion of ii, 382. 



linseed, capacity for heat of ii, 430. 



quantity consumed in production of light . .iv, 38. 



olive, bleached by exposure to air i, 390. 



capacity for heat of ii, 433. 



rape, quantity consumed in production of light . . . iv, 38. 



Oils, essential, reduce gold and silver iv, 90,91. 



Oven, expense of fitting up a small iii, 244. 



for the poor . .Hi, 237. 



perpetual iii, 145- 



Ovens, description and management of, iii, 145, 237, 240, 314-325. 



PAPER, strength of ii, 330. 



Passage of heat through air, manner of iii, 48. 



thermometer i, 334, 439 > "> 1 99- 



Pellicle at surfaces of liquids, existence of ... ii, 292, 305, 314. 



