LIG 
Light, on the production of, from 
quicklime, for light-houses, 7. 
Drummond, xxi, 366. 
——, reflection of, from different 
surfaces, Potter, xxvill, 59. 
, action of second surfaces of 
transparent plates on, D. Brews- 
ter, xxiii, 28.f 
, solar, curious effect of, xi, 
164. 
; , as compared with that 
of the moon and fixed stars, xvil, 
362. 
. , chemical action of, 
143 
see above. 
, zodiacal, see Zodiacal. 
Lights, northern, see Aurora Bo- 
realis. 
Light-houses, ix, 199. 
, lighted by means of lime, 
T. Drummond, xxi, 366. 
Lighting by gas, see Gas. 
— — of apartments, new method in 
Venice, x, 385. 
Lightning, cure of asthma by, vi, 
329. 
, a case of paralytic affection 
cured by, ii, 100. 
, effect of a stroke of, xvii, 193 ; 
xlvi, 215. 
, effects ofa stroke of, in Weth- 
ersfield, Ct., xi, 3859. 
5 ,J. H. Linsley, 
xl, 398. 
—— ——, upon the packet 
ship New York, C. Rich, xxxvii, 
321. 
» —— ——, on three ships, 
Xxxvill, 112. 
, several strokes of, from the 
same explosion, v, 125. 
, passage of, E. Kellogg, ix, 84. 
, protection of steamboats from, | 
A. Jones, xxii, 106. 
, wet or damp clothes, good 
conductors of, v, 121.f 
, heat, xix, 187. 
, conductors in ships, utility of,| 
W. S. Harris, xxi, 347. 
rods, R. Hare on, xiii, 322. 
, J. Murray, xix, 186. 
LIM 
Lightning rods, observations on, J. 
Van Rensselaer, ix, 381. 
, on the action of, xxxiv, 
8, 18. 
—— ——, mode ofadjusting 
361. 
tubes in sand, see Fulgurite. 
Lignite, at Auteuil, in France, u, 
351. 
, on the carbonization of, xviil, 
371. 
of the ferruginous sand form- 
ation, U. States, xviil, 246. 
, in North Carolina, v, 407; 
xiv, 250. 
of the McKenzie river and 
northern America, xvil, 4. 
, in Texas, xxxvil, 216. 
Ligustrum vulgare, x, 258. 
Lilium canadense, xi, 177. 
Catesbei, xi, 177. 
Lime, intense light produced by 
means of, xill, 188; xiv, 385; 
xxi, 366. 
, quantity used in Baltimore in 
1832, xxvil, 17. 
, chloride of, x, 386; xv, 391; 
xvi, 887; xix, 166. 
> XVill, 
; , used in psora, xvi, 395. 
‘ , use of, in the navy, 
xix, 164. 
: , action of, in alcohol, 
E. Soubeiran, xxii, 134. 
‘ , manufacture _ of, 
Glasgow, T. Thomson, xli, 48. 
> —, — , G. W. Carpen- 
delay ipo, Sul Te 
: , estimation of the 
bleaching power of, xvil, 170; 
Xxil, 354. 
at 
Hi eee disinfecting power of, 
bg. INT The 
3 , disinfection at the 
Morgue, in Paris, xxi, 149. 
, common and hydraulic, iv, 
373. 
, bitrate of, 1, 133. 
— , phosphate of, see Apatite. 
, sulphate of, from steam boil- 
ers, J. F. W. Johnston, xxxv, 
300. 
