MEA 
Matter, infinite divisibility of, xxxix, 
55.f 
, heavy, demonstration of, W. 
Whewell, xlii, 264. 
——, ——, reply to W. Whewell 
on, R. Hare, xlii, 260. 
; Motion the natural state of, 
xvi, 151. 
, on the vitality of, xv, 54. 
Matteucci, C., on electric currents} 
in the nerves, xlix, 387. 
,on animal electricity, xxi, 
157; xxxu, 198; xlix, 388. 
, on the decomposition of me- 
tallic salts, xx, 187. 
, influence of heat on magnet- 
ism, xxii, 361. 
, on atmospheric electricity, 
xxx, 376. 
Mauch Chunk, river, canal and coal 
region, B. Silliman, xix, 7. 
, notice of, xx, 163. 
Mauna Loa, Hawaii, character of, 
xvi, 346. 
and Mauna Kea, Sand- 
wich Islands, xi, 4. 
, see farther under Vol- 
cano. 
Mauran, J., improved instrument 
for venous injection, xxiii, 114.f 
Maury, M. F., description of an! 
alembic for distilling amalgam of, 
gold, xxxiii, 66.f 
-,on the gold veins of the U. 
States mine near Fredericksburg, 
Va., xxxil, 325. 
, on the navigation of Cape 
Horn, xxvi, 54. 
, on the Gulf Stream and cur- 
rents of the sea, xlvii, 161. 
, instrument for finding the) 
true lunar distance, xxvi, 63.f 
Meade, W., mineral cabinet of,xxvi, 
209. 
, on the coal near Tioga river, 
Penn., xiii, 32. 
, on the anthracites of Europe 
and America, xil, 75. 
,on the use of anthracite in 
158 
the making of brick, xviii, 
118. 
M ED 
Meade, W., mica forspectacle glass- 
es, Xvill, 874. 
, analogy of the minerals of 
northern Europe and N. Amer- 
ica, xl, 808. 
, on the artificial preparation 
of medicinal waters, xxii, 126, 
330. ; 
, On a new mineral spring near 
Albany, xiti, 145. 
——,, ibid, at Pittsburgh, xiv, 124. 
, analysis of Lebanon spring, 
O:O.QNNy Lo ‘ 
, }docrase in New England, 
vil, 50. 
Meal from leguminous fruits, vii, 
189. 
Mease, J., on spontaneous combus- 
tion, xxxill, 147, 199. 
, on bills of mortality, xli, 306. 
, on some of the vegetable ma- 
terials from which cordage, twine 
and thread, are made, xxi, 27. 
and H. Perrine, on the plants 
used for cordage, xxv, 320. 
, on descents in diving bells, 
Xxil, 827. 
Measure of a French metre com- 
pared with an English yard, xxi, 
382. 
Mécanique Celeste, translated by NV. 
Bowditch, xix, 202; xxxv, 17. 
Mechanics, analytic, a new general 
principle of, Jacobt, xliv, 170. 
» experiment in, xxil, 362. 
, review of Allen’s, xvii, 338. 
Meconic acid, R. Hare, xii, 293. 
Meconine, remarks on, xxiii, 380. 
Medals, remarks on, xxvii, 74. 
and coins, J. Allan, xxxvii, 
285. 
—— ——., J. W. Draper on, xxix, 
157. 
of New Haven, J. Allan, 
Xxxvil, 285. 
——-, antique, found near Geneva, 
XX soll 
founded by De Lalande, xxv, 
190. 
offered by the Royal Society 
of London, xxv, 412. 
