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Lucas, Anthony, on Newton's theory of light, &:c. ii. 334 

 Lucas, Charles, description of the Cave of Kilcorny, viii. 409 



— stones in the kidney of a woman, ix 340 



Lucas, R , Alicant soap and lime-water for the stone, ix. 340 

 Ludlam, Rev. Wm„ a new balance for thread, &c. xii. 233 



— transit of Venus and solar eclipse, 176Q, Leicester, xii. 641 



— occultation of £Tauri by the moon, 1770, xiii. 59 



— astronomical observations at Leicester, xiii. 665 



— solar eclipse June 1778, at Leicester, xiv. 46 1 



— instrument for drawing and turning ovals, xiv. 700 

 Luffkin, T., antiq. of Arabian numerals in England, iv. 415 



— application of the pneumatic engine for cupping, iv. 451 

 Luffkin, John, large bones near Colchester, iv. 606 

 Lukens, John, transit of Venus, 1769, Philadelphia, xii. 649 

 Lulofs, John, transit of Venus over the sun, 176l, xi. 571 



— solar and lunar eclipses at Leyden, 1762, xi. 669 

 eclipse, 1765, at Leyden, xii. 276 



Lumbago, lumbago rheumatica convulsiva, iii. 621,. . . . Pitt 

 Lumbricus hydropicus, some account of the, iii. 445, Tyson 

 Lumbricus latus, and teres, remarks on, ii. 591. 605, Tyson 

 Luminousness, of the water in the Indian seas, vi.53, Bourzes 

 Lunenburg, rich salt spring at, i. 49 

 Lungs, on blowing with bellows into the, i. 195,. . . - Hook 



— the left lobe wasted without an ulcer, i. 200, . . . Fairfax 



— of frogs, tortoises, dec. structure of, i. 589, .... Malpighi 



— of stones in the, i. 595, Kirkby 



— structure of, ii. 3, Templer 



— of animals with, but nopulm. artery, ii.69,Swammerdam 



— ill effect of mercury on the, iii. 436, Moulin 



— of a viscous excretion about the, iv. 221, Clarke 



— of a polypus in the, iv. 488, Bussiere 



— on balsamic remedies to diseased, iv. 673,. . Leuwenhoek 



— cure of an aposthumation, v. 37,- • Wright; 41,. . Cowper 



— motion of the air expired from, vi. 342, Jurin 



— effect of, upon blood, vii. 36l , Nicholls 



— case of a part coughed up, viii. 468, Watson 



— cure of an abscess of, viii. 620, Schlichting 



— case of a boy shot through the, ix. 67 , Peters 



— recovery from suffocation by distending them, ix. 103, 



Fothergill 



— case of an extraneous body forced into, xii. 188, Martin 



— case of one of the lobes wanting, xii. 199> Paitoni 



Lunula, on the quadrature of the, iv. 452, .... Wallis, &c. 



— to find the solids of the, iv. 505, Demoivre 



Lupi-crepitus, see Lycoperdon. 



Lusus naturae, see Monsters. 



Luxation, of the thigh-bone and reduction, xi. 482, White 



— see Os Femoris, &c. 



Lycoperdon, fornicatum, description of, ix. 93, . . Watson 

 Lymphatic vessels, on the use of, i. 283, Bills 



— insertion of, into the veins, vi. 445, Hall 



— origin and use of, xi. 145, Akenside 



— of the lymphatic system in birds, xii. 556, .... Hewson 



lymphatics of the urethra, xii. 667, Watson 



Lyncei, an Italian acad., institution of, i. 52 



Lyncurium of the ancients, observ. of, xi.419,. • • • Watson 



Lynn, George, observ. of Jupiter and Saturn, vii. 132 



. — of the lumen boreale Oct. 1726, vii. 183 



— observ. of the longitude by falling stars, vii. 207 



— eclipses of Jupiter's satellites, viii. 58 



— meteorological observations 1726 to 1739, viii. 486 

 Lynx, formation of the bowels of the, ii. 291 



Lyons, Israel, calculations in spherical trigonometry, xiii.690 

 Lyon, Rev. John, a sinking of the earth in Kent, xvi. 91 

 Lysons, D. m. d„ of thecepphus [larus crepidatus] , xi.541 



— case of Dr. Bradley, suppression of urine, xi. 663 



— pins swallowed, arid discharged at the shoulder, xii. 590 



Lyre, thoughts on the Greek and Roman, iv. 712, Molyneux 

 Lyster, Thos., of a Roman Sudatory in Shropshire, v. 290 

 Lyttleton, Rev. Charles, biograph. account of, ix. 510. Note 



— description of a fossil nautilus, ibid 



— fossil nondescript, x. 105 



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Macbride, David, if. D., reviviscence of snails after being 

 preserved many years in a cabinet, xiii. 565 



— improved method of tanning, xiv. 304 

 Maccausland, R., customs, of N. American Indians, xvi. 93 

 Macclesfield, Earl, biographical notice of, x. 33, .... Note 



— on the solar and lunar years, epact, and Easter, x. 33 

 Macdonald, J., diurnal magnet, variat. at Sumatra, xviii. 29 



— diurnal magnetic variation at St. Helena, xviii. 555 

 Macgouan, J., meteorological observ. at Hawkhill,xiv. 390 

 Machel, Thomas, antiquities in Westmoreland, iii. 25 

 Machin, John, biographical account of, vi. 3/4, Note 



— curve of swiftest descent, ibid. 



— case of a distempered skin, vii. 543 



— solution of Kepler's problem, viii. 177 



Machine (chirurgical,) a machine for reducing femoral frac- 

 tures, viii. 454, Ettrick 



— steel-yard swing to cure deformities, viii. 549, Sheldrake 



— for raising unwieldy patients, viii. 654, Le Cat 



— for reducing luxations of the arm, viii. 659, Same 



a dislocated shoulders, viii. 706, .... Freke 



— see Instruments, (Surgical.) 

 Machines (mechanical,) a machine for directing a cata- 



dioptric telescope, vi. 646, Hadley 



— for measuring a ship's way, vii. 126, 338, Saumarez 



— for measuring the sea's depth, vii. 275, .... Desaguliers 



— improvements in the crane, vii. 369* Same 



— of Perault's axis in peritrochio, vii. 377, 380, .... Same 



— of the wooden-horse of the ancients, vii. 381, ... . Ward 



— for ventilating rooms, viii. 12, 13, 15, Desaguliers 



— for measuring the expansion of metals, viii. 82, . . Ellicot 



— for grinding spherical lenses, viii. 451, Jenkins 



— to blow fire by the fall of water, ix. 100, Stirling 



— a water-wheel for mills, ix. 182, Arderon 



— for sounding depths at sea, ix. 228, Cock 



— for measuring the expansion of metals, x. 482, Smeaton 



— for determining the proportion between moveables act- 



ing by levers, and wheel and pinion, xiv. 454, Le Cerf 



— see Engines, Instruments, Naxigation, Ships. 

 Macie, J. Louis, chemical experts, on tabasheer, xvii. 101 

 Mackarness, J., stone voided by the anus, viii. 441 

 Mackenboy [tithimalus hibernicus,] medicinal effects of, 



iv. 303, Ashe 



Mackenzie, Alexander, m. d., of a woman who lived a long 



time without food, xiv. 121 

 Mackenzie, G., M. d., of the coati mondi of Brasil, vi. 653 

 Mackenzie, Sir G., storm, & some lakes in Scotland, ii. 210 



— agricultural observations in Scotland, ii. 226" 

 Mackenzie, Mordach, m. d., tides in Orkney, ix. 667 



— plague at Constantinople, x. 239, 242, 283 ; xii. 102 



— on quarantine as performed in England, x. 239 



— of the earthquake at Constantinople, 1754, x. 548 



— times of the appearance and disappearance of the plague 



at Constantinople, in the years 174S to 1761, xii. 108 

 Mackinlay, Robert, eruption of Vesuvius, 1760, xi. 522 



— discovery, at Rome, of a statue of Venus, xi. 523 

 Macky, Mr., sort of venereal disease, in Edinb.1497, viii.675 

 Maclaurin, Colin, biographical account of, vi. 356, . . Note 



— construction and measure of curves, ibid. 



— new method of describing curves, vi. 392 



