INDEX. 



Mitchell, S. L. Esq. on the soda, lime, 

 and magnesia contained in sea-water, 

 387 



Molucca beans cast ashore on Orkney, 

 147 



Montgolfier, M. description of his ap- 

 paratus for determining degrees of 

 heat, &c. 167 



Moon in plaiio, by the late J. Russel, 

 Esq. 71 



Moraung on the acid contained in urine, 

 S41 



M. P. letter of inquiry from, respocting 

 Mr. Winsor's proposed light and heat 

 company, 73 



Mudge's mirrors for telescopes, C9, 58 



Muriates, electrical experiments with,102 



Muss, see Plantain 



Musquitoes, inquiry as to the best me- 

 thod of security against their bite, or 

 its inconsequence after it has actually 

 taken place, 326 

 N. 



Needle, magnetic, see Compass. 



Neil!, P. Esq. on the islets of Orkney 

 and Shetland isles, 145 — ^On the small 

 whales in the seas near those isles, 310 



Neven, Mr. W. his method of weaving 

 cloth of a very fine texture, 235 



Neuman on the component paits of sea- 

 water, 389 



Newtonian construction of reflecting 

 telescopes, 30, 39, 45, 86 



Nigrine, the thud species ef menac, de- 

 scribed, 134 



Norman, inventor of the dipping needle, 

 303 



O. 



Opium, effects of on the living system, 

 346 



Orkney and Shetland isles, notes and 

 observations respecting, 145 



Oxigen in water not destroyed by boil- 

 ing, 75 



P. 



Pallas on the use of lichen among the 

 inhabitants of the northern part of 

 Asiatic Nessia, 212 



Palm oil, experiments on, 161 (See also 

 page 320) 



Pannels, method of preparing for the 

 painters, 316 



Parkinson's " Experienced Farmer," ex- 

 tract from, 372 



Paterson, Col. F.R S. 115 



Peaches, injproveraent in the culture 

 of, 144 



Peat gas, 241 



Percival, Dr. his experiments on sea 

 salt, 391 



Perspective, a scale for dividing the va- 

 nishing lines in drawing, 1 



Phosphorescence of bodies by electricity, 

 101 



Piazzi, M. his astronomical observations, 

 386 



Pickering, T. Esq. 387 



Pits, water, of the Glaciers of Chamou- 

 ny, 385 



Place, La, his instrument for ascertain- 

 ing degrees of heat, and for saving 

 fuel, 168 



Plantain of India, its fibres useful in the 

 manufacture of cordage, 232 



Pneumatic apparatus, 377 



Pond, J. Esq. his description of an as- 

 tronomical circle, and some remarks 

 on the construction of circular instru- 

 ments, 201 



Poolay, a shrubby species of urtica, use- 

 ful in the manufacture of fine sail- 

 twine, in the East Indies, 228 



Potatoes, experiments on the growth of, 

 64 



Pringle, Sir John, 391 



Printing press, extemporaneoui, used 

 by country comedians, 157 



Prints or impressions from drawings 

 upon stone, 158 



Proust, M. on the utility of the lichen 

 of Iceland, as food, 2 10 



Ramsden, Mr. his eye-piece for tele- 

 scopes, objected to, 95 



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