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Milner, J., on burying of cows dead of distemper, ix. 255 

 Milner, Rev. Isaac, communication of motion by impact and 

 gravity, xiv. 368 



— on the limits of equations, and number of affirmative 



and negative roots, xiv. 382 



— precession of the equinoxes,xiv. 576 



— production of nitrous acid and air, xvi. 606 



Milner, Thos., M.r»., meteor at Peckham Dec. 1741, viii 583 

 Milner, Wm., of a boy's feet turned inwards when born, 



cured by sitting cross-legged, ix. 695 

 Milnes, Wm., effects, above and under ground, of the earth- 

 quake of 1795, in Derbyshire, xviii. 34 

 Milward,Edwd., m.d., antidote to W.Indian poison, viii. 54*2 

 Mines, machine for introducing fresh air into, i. 27, Moray 



— inquiries concerning, i. 123, Boyle 



— particulars respecting wind and water in, i. 10*8 



— account of the tin mines of Cornwall and Devon, i. 563 ; 



method of discovering mines, ibid 



— of a milky mineral juice, ii. 1 20, Lister 



— on the mines of Spain and Germany, ii. 340, . . Bowles 



— methods of draining, iv. 155, Papin 



— engine for extracting foul air from, vii. 208, Desaguliers 



— observ. on a natural history of, vii. 224, 248, . . Nicholls 



— barom. meas. of the Hartz mines, xiv. 180, 574, De Luc 



— see particular mines under Gold, Silver, Copper, Tin, 



Diamond, Mercury, Coal, Salt, fyc. 



— see Damps. 



Minerals, on extracting sulphur and vitriol from the Liege 

 mineral, i. 17 



— account of the minerals of Mexico, and of gold leaves 



found in a mine, i. 293 



— of the min. of Transylvania and Hungary, i. 436, Brown 

 • — catalogue of minerals from Sweden, vi. 49, .... Petiver 



— experiments on the nature of some mineral substances, 



xiv. 120, 477, Woulfe 



— see Asbestos, Calamine, Cornelian, Corundum, Diamond, 



Emery, Liege mineral, Marcasite, Marl, Natron, Nitre, 

 Rowky-rag, Ruby, Stalactites, Strontitcs, TaL , Terra 

 tripolitana, Topaz, Tourmalin, Turquoise, IVadd. 



— see Metals, Earths, Stones, Salts. 



Mineral waters, see Waters (Mineral und Medicinal). 



Minorca, account of the island of, xiv. 68, Small 



Myriozoon, see Coral. 



Mirror (burning), see Burning-glass. 



Misleto, on the propagation of, vii. 176, Barrel 



— difference of sex in, vii. 271, Same 



Mitchell, John, m. d., on the causes of the different colours 



of people in different climates, ix. 50 



— preparation and uses of potash, ix. 572 



— on the force of electrical cohesion, xi. 418 



Mitchell, Sir A., a shower of black dust in Zetland, xi. 138 

 Mites, on the production of, iv. 95, v. 660,. . . . Leuwenhoek 

 Mithras, a bas-relief of, found at York, ix. 6S7. . . Stukely 

 Mixture, effects of effervescent mixtures, xi. 66, Mounsey 



— for freezing mixtures, see Cold. 



Mocha, observations on a journey to, xiii. 287, . . Newland 

 Mock suns, see Parhelia. 



Moehring, P. H. G., descriptions of some plants, viii. 358 

 Mohr, JohnM., transit of Venus, 1769, atBatavia, xiii. 181 



Mercury, ibid 



Moisture, absorption by differ, substances, xvi. 260, Rumford 



— devaporation of aerial moisture, xvi. 376, Darwin 



Moivre, Abraham de, see Demoivre. 



Mole, account of a species from N. America, xiii. 148, 



Banington 

 Molloy, Mr., of the earthquake at Lisbon, 1761, xi. 541 



Molasses, a sort made from apples, vi. 6l8, Dudley 



Molucca island, of burning mountains at, iv. 163, Witsen 



Molybdcena, analysis of the Carynthian molybdate of lead, 

 xviii. 4, Hatchett 



— experiments on molybdic acid, xviii. 21 



Molyneux, William, biographical account of, iii. 295, Note 



— petrifying quality of Lough Neagh, iii. 23, 105 



— remarks on the Connought worm, (sphinx elpenor,) iii. 120 



— a new hygroscope, iii. 171 



— circulation of blood in the lacerta aquatica, iii. 238 



— remark on the trade- winds, iii. 239 



— cause of swimming, in a lighter menstruum, of a heavier 



body which it dissolved, iii. 294 



— why four convex-glasses show objects erect, iii. 329 



— course of the tides at Dublin, iii. 333 



— description of sciotericum telescopicum, iii. 336 



— lunar eclipse at Dublin, 1686, iii. 342 



— cause of the apparent greater magnitude of the sun and 



moon near and above the horizon, iii. 365 



— difference in surveys at long intervals owing to the mag- 



netic variation, iv. 180 



— of a moving bog near Limerick, iv. 206 



Molyneux, T., m.d., large human os frontis. iii. 121 ; iv. 471 



— observations on epidemic distempers, iii. 634 



— of the giant's causeway in Ireland, iii. 657 > iv. 28 1 



— the scolopendra marina (aphrodita aculeata) iv. 132, 368 



— of immense horns found in Ireland, iv. 156 



— swarms of cockchafers in Ireland, iv. 2l6 



— to extract the stone from the bladder of a female, iv. 227 



— an account of giants, iv. 471 



— thoughts on the ancient lyre, iv. 7 1 2 



— on some large teeth found in Ireland, vi. 200 

 Molyneux, Samuel, biographical account of, iii. 295, Note 



— effects of a storm of thunder, &c. in Ireland, v. 395 

 Mombazza, Pietra Di, see Rhinoceros Bezoar. 

 Momentum, definition of the term, as contradistinguished 



from mechanical power, xiv. 84, Note 



Monarty, Mich., irregularity of tides in the Thames, x. 693 



Monceau, Du Hamel, Du, see Dumonceau. 



Money, value of ancient Greek & Roman, xiii. 193, Raper 



— table of the mean depreciation of, since the conquest, 



xviii. 309, Shuckburgh 



— see Coins. 



Monkey, anatomy of the, iii. 392 



— of the small striated [simia iacchus,] x. 170, . . Parsons 



— of a species without tails, xii. 608, De Visme 



Monks-hood, [aconitum napellus,] poisonous effects of, vii. 



642, . Bacon 



Monmort, Remund de, on infinite series, vi. 308 



Monnier, — Le, m.d., communication of electric, ix. 275 



Monnier, P. C. le, biographical account of, ix. 591, . . Note 



— solar eclipse, 1748, at Edinburgh, ix. 591 

 Monochord, see Music. 



Monoculus polyphemus, on the eye of, xv. 323, Andre 



Monoculus apus, account of, viii. l6l, Klein ; 163, Brown 



— see Bivalve Insects. 



Monro, Donald, m.d., experiments showing the varieties in 

 vegetable acids, xii. 479 



— efficacy of quassia in fevers, xii. 515 



— of the native natron found in Tripoli, xiii. 216 



— of the Castel Leod waters in Rosshire, xiii. 271 



— of the salt purging waters at Pitkeathly, xiii. 272 

 Monro, John, m. p., of the catacombs of Rome, iv. 5! I 

 Monsoons, &c. accounted for, iii. 210, Garden 



— and trade-winds, cause of, iii. 320, Halley 



viii. 19, Hadley 



Monsters, a colt's head with eyes united, i. 29, Boyle 



— two monstrous births at Paris, i. 167 



in Devon, ibid, Colpresse 



— — ■ — — — at Venice, i. 435, Grandi 



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