Index. 833 



Law of diminution of intensity of light iv, 19. 



Laws ineffectual to provide for the poor iv, 33 1 



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 ij 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 m Jluids.) 



spontaneous mixture of ii, 31S-323 



List of Rumford's Works iv, 796 



Luna cornea, reduction of, by light ij 372 



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