INDEX. 





an enemy's fleet at sea, by artillery, 

 81-_.0n the motion of rockets, 93 



Moretti, M. on an acid obtained from 

 the distillation of indigo with nitric 

 acid, 552, 364 



Mucus, experiments on, with a Tiew to 

 distinguish it from pus, 25, 113 



Munn, Mr. 221 



Murray, Mr. his experiments on the 

 decomposition of water, 187— On 

 chemical attraction, 193, 199— Reply 

 to his observations on oximuriatic 

 %gas, 28— His answer, and on the con- 

 version of carbonic oxide into car- 

 "honic acid, by that gas, 226 ' 



Musical lectures in Londoa, 239 



Musical sound, place of, S21 



Myrobalans, black, of India, 278 



Nauticus on the causes of the decay of 



the timber in ships, and the means 



of preventing it, 287 

 New HoUand, resinous cement used 



by the natives, analytically examined, 



SIO 

 Utederbrunn, analysis of the water of, 



80 

 Kitric acid, see Acid. 

 Northampton, lord, 338 



O. 



Oil of almonds, essential, experiments 

 on, 300, 324 — Results, 335 



Olive oil, constituent principles of, 72 



Oxalic acid, see Acid. 



Ox-gall, method of preparing for 

 painters, 154 



Oxide, carbonic, converted into car- 

 bonic acid, 226 



Oximuriatic gas, see Gas 



Packing plants and trees for exporta- 

 tion, 339 



palladium discovered in a native alloy 

 of gold, 137 



Parkinson, Mr. 240 ' 



Pearson, Dr. G. on the properties of 

 various kinds of pus, 17, 113 



Peron, M. 310 



Philosophical lectures in London, 239 



Phosphate, acid, of potash, 258 



Phosphoric acid, see Acid. 



Pictef, Professor, his account of the ap- 

 pearance of a luminous meteor, in" 

 May, 1811, 216 



Plait, an improved, for straw hats, 273 



Plants, hairs of, 1— Inclination of the 

 stems of, towards the light, 144 — ^ 

 Mechanism and powers of leaf stalks, 

 179 — Mode of packing for exporta- 

 tion, 3S9 



Platina used for coating metals, 29? 



Poisons, vegetable, their action, 295, 

 324 



Poor, plan for meliorating the con- 

 dition of the, 273 



Pontin, Dr 261 



Potash, solution of carbonate of, de- 

 composed by galvanism, 157 — Acid 

 phosphate of, 258 



Potatoes, culture of, 204— Machine for 

 washing, 336 



Poushkin, Count, 293 



Precipitation of silver by copper, 318 



Proust, M. 155, 351, GSl^His amal- ' 

 gam, 293 



Provost, Professor, on the meteor of 

 the 15th of May,, 1811, 218 



Priestley, Dr. 380 



Pus, observations and experiments oa, 

 17, 113 



Quantities, imaginary, algorithm 0f, 



209 

 Quin, E. Esq. 239 



Rachet, M. 380 



Radiant heat, phenomena of, 192 

 "Rain, distinction of, into tha't of de- 



composition^ and that of recompositiczij 



63 



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