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INDEX. 



MIL 



Meteorological observations, phenomena in Scotland, xvi. 

 186, Brydone 



— mean heat of every month for 10 years in London, xvi. 384 



Heberden 



— see Weather, Rain, Frost, &c. 



Mexico, minerals of ; a sort of gold leaves in a mine, L 

 293 



— the lake of, composed of salt and fresh water, ii. 357 

 Mice, of sable mice (mus lemmus) from Lapland, iv. 36l 



Rycaut 



several species of, from Hudson's Bay, xiii. 330, Forster 



Michell, Rev. John, observ. of the comet of 176*0, xi. 4-28 



— on the cause of earthquakes, xi. 448 



— of Hadley's quadrant for surveying and pilotage, xii. 197 



— method of measuring degrees of longitude, xii. 291 



— of the paral. and magnitude of the fixed stars, xii. 423 



— cause of the twinkling of the stars, xii. 438 



— on the distance and magnitude of the stars, xv. 465 

 Michellotti, P. A. m. d., distemper of cattle in Italy vi. 481 



— vomiting of blood, cured by cold drinks, vii. 485 

 Michon, Peter, Joseph, (see Bourdelot) 

 Micrographia, by Hook, some account of the, i. 13 

 Micrometer, account of Mr. Gascoigne's, i. l6'l ; 195, 



Hook ; x. 369, Bevis 



— applied to the microscope, ix. 94, Hollman 



— on an improved plan, x. 359, Savery 



— on a new plan, x. 36*4, 46'2, Dollond 



— testimony of the efficacy of Mr. Dollond's, x. 409 



various applications of Dollond's, xiii. 205, . . Makelyne 



— directions for using the common, xiii. 277, Bradley 



— of a new micrometer, xiv. 248, Boscovich 



— descrip. of the prismatic microm. xiv. 250, . . Maskelyne 



— two new micrometers, xiv. 557, Ramsden 



— for the angles of position, xv. 1 55, Herschel 



— descrip. and use of a lamp-microm., xv. 229, Herschel 



— for small angles with the telescope, xvii. 75, . . Cavallo 

 Microscope, a new one, by Divini, i. 301 



— Butterfield's method of making, ii. 445 



— of a drop of water, iv. 97, 120, 166, Gray 



— remarks on microsc. observs., iv. 602,. . . . Leuwenhoek 



— description of his pocket microscopes, iv. 709, . . Wilson 



— observations made with Wilson's, v. 29, Sir C. H. 



— manner of making, v. 552, Adams 



— description of Mr. Leuwenhoek's, presented to 11. s., 



vi. 678, Folkes 



— of a catadioptric microscope, viii. 73, Barker 



— description of Mr. Leuwenhoek's, viii, 443, .... Baker 

 1 Mr. Folkes's, viii. 445, Same 



— account of Torre's, for the minutest objects, xii. 245 



Stiles 



— descrip. of Torre's glasses presented to the r. s., xii. 287 



Baker 

 Microscopic observations, ii. 66, 95, 128, 149, 1^1, lfjfj, 

 222, 312, 374, 383, 400, 438, 460, 473, 507, 520, 

 536, 543, 580, 619, 6*64; iii. 36, 43, 91, 122, 146, 

 186, 199, 481, 503, 525, 537, 56l, 589, 660; iv. 

 94, 223, 268, 419, 46*4, 477, 491, 509, 514, 541, 

 557, 570, 587, 66*8; v. 6, 52, 6l, 87, 94, 140, 

 155, 157, 16*2, 169, 188, 197, 204. 266, 281, 315, 

 366, 372, 374, 402, 424, 426, 449, 46l, 481, 519, 

 530, 537, 542, 549, 640, 660, 672, 699, 703; vi. 

 42, 82, 484, 502, 504, 523, 541, 570, 583, 593*, 

 594, 6*05, Leuwenhoek 



— on animalcula in water, iv. 89, Harris 



iv. 97, Gray 



— various observations with Wilson's micros., 529 Sir C. H. 



— farina of hollyhock and passion-flower, ix. 230, Badcock 



Microscopic cbserv., of animalc. in infusions, x. 698, Wright 



— on globules of human blood, xii. 245, Stiles 



— on the sexes of plants, xii. 248, Same 



— impregnation of vegetables, xii. 249, Same 



Middleton, Christ., magnetic variation in a voyage to Hud- 

 son's Bay, 1721 to 1725, vii. 136, 46.3, 617, viii. 76 



— lunar eclipse at Hudson's Bay, viii. 147 



— the needle affected by cold, viii. 224 



— a new azimuth compass, viii. 251 



— quantity of salt in frozen sea-water, viii. 514 



— effects of cold ; and of the magnetic variation, at Hud- 



son's Bay, viii. 591 

 Miguel, Saint, account of the island of, xiv. 392, . . Massou 

 Milbourne, Wm., remarkable decrease of a river, xi. 678 

 Miles, Rev. H. circulation of blood in a newt's tail, viii. 501 



— description of the seed of fern, viii 505 



— extraordinary warmth of the air, Jan. 1742, viii. 548 



— Parhelia observed in Kent, viii. 555 



— on the mouth of eels in vinegar ; of a supposed aquatic 



animal, viii. 674 



— on firing of phosphorus by electricity, ix. 107 



— luminous emanations from living bodies, ix. 136- 



— improvements in cyder and perry, ix. l65 



— electricity of sealing wax and brimstone, ix. 191 



— electrical experiments, ix. 198, 232 



— nature of electric fire, ix. 207 



— electricity of water, ix. 213 



— of Mr. Gould's account of English ants, ix. 998 



— variat. of thermometer within doors and without, ix. 372 



— effects of a storm of thunder, &c. in June 1748, ix. 528 



— essay on quantity, ix. 559 



— on thermometers and the weather, ix. 6l6 



— a cold, and very hot day in June and July 1749, ix. 686 



— agreement of thermom. at London and Tooting, ibid 



— on the green mould on fire-wood, x. 8 



— observations on minute seeds of plants, ibid 



— aurora borealis January 1751, x. 12 



— heat of the weather at Tooting, x. 94 



— severe cold of the winter of 1754, x. 456 

 February 8, 1755, x. 566 



Milford, Matthew, of a worm voided with urine, ii. 411 

 Milk, women of advanced age giving suck, ii. 141 



— of a woman of 68 who gave suck, viii. 327, .... Stack 



— of a wether giving suck to a lamb, ix. 557, Doddridge 



— to cure by ventilation the bad taste arising from the im- 



proper food of cows, x. 642, I lales 



Miller, Cbas., experiments in the culture of wheat, xii. 555 



— account of the island of Sumatra, xiv. 315 



Miller, Philip, biographical account of, vii. 250, .... Note 



— method of raising exotics in England, ibid 



— experts, of the flowering of bulbous roots in water, vii. 467 



— on the toxicodendron, and use as a dye, x. 596, xi. 177 

 Milles, Jeremiah, d. d , biograph. notice of, xi 438, Note 



— account of the Carlsbad waters, xi. 6*8 



— particulars respecting the Bovey coal, ibid, and xi. 439 



— further experiments on the Bovey coal, xi. 517 



— meteorological observs. in Cornwall, &c. 176S, xii. 620 

 Mills, a water-wheel for, ix. 182, Arderon 



— powers of water and wind on, xi. 338, Smeaton 



— proportion of wind requisite for, xiv. 198, .... Stedman 



— of mills for the sugar-cane, xiv. 683, Cazaud 



Mills, Henry, agitation of the waters at Rotherhithe, x. 650 

 Mills, Abraham, strata and volcanic appearances in the 



North of Ireland, and in the Western isles, xvi. 6*39 



— native gold discovered in Ireland, xvii. 679 

 Milner,, John, solar eclipse 1733, in Somersetshire, vii. 614 



— lunar eclipse 1736, in Somersetshire, viii. 118 



