INDEX. 



Light, apparent streaks of, from falling 

 or shooting stats, 269 



Lily, water, question relative to the 

 structure of, 22 — Answered, 138 



land, Dr. his anemometer, 227 



Lennaeus's classification of plants, 2 



Liquors, fermented, spirit in, 66 



Lowitz, M. 80 



Lydiatt, M. E. description of his smicro- 

 logometer, for ascertaining the tena- 

 city of metals, silk, cotton, and linen 

 threads, &c. 81 



M. 



Mac Culloch, Dr. on bistre and other 



substances distilled from wood, 236 



— On the vitrified forts of Scotland, 



317 



Macknight, Dr. on the mineralogy of 



Lanarkshire, 235 

 Magnesian spar, analysis of, 308 

 Maher, Mr. J. on pruning and training 



standard apple trees, 355 

 Mallet, Captain, on the bituminous pro- 

 ducts in the vicinity of Trinidad, 205 

 Manganese, analyses of, 305 



Manure, vegetable, best when used 

 fresh, 357 



Marcet, Dr. 224— Reply to his observa- 

 tions on Dr. Pearson's paper on ani- 

 mal fluids, 37— His chemical account 

 of an aluminous chalybeate spring in 

 the Isle of Wight, 52, 85 



Marine plants, 1 



Maycock, Dr. on the production of elec- 

 trical excitement by faction, 227— 

 Observations on his papers on galva- 

 nism, in a former volume, 271 



Mechanism of plants, 1 69 



Melons, vegetation of, 353 



Meteorolites, analyses of, 160 



Meteorological Journal for March, 50— 

 April, 150— May, 198— June, 294 



Meteorological table for 1811, 73 



Michael's St. narrative of the volcanic 



eruption in the sea off, June 1811, 

 247 

 Mineral, combustible, from Prussia, 



analyses of, 379 

 Mineral water in the Isle of Wight, 52, 

 85 — Of Furstenburgh, analysis of, 380 

 Mineralogy of the Highlands of Scot- 

 land, &c. 235, 317— Of Wales, 238 

 Minerals, various, analyses of, 160 ? 304^ 



379 

 Mongez, M.34 

 Montserrat, description of " The Souf- 



friere," in the island of, 296 

 Mortar, a strong, method of makirjg, 



127 

 Mosses, fructification of, 12 

 Moya, analysis of, S10 

 Muriate of ammonia, water in, 125, 18f 

 Muriatic acid, see Acid. 

 Muriatic gas, see Gas. 

 Murray, Mr. J. 245— On the existence 

 of water i« muriate of ammonia, 

 formed by the combination of muri- 

 atic acid and ammoniacal gasses, 18, 

 185 

 Muschenbroeck, M. 81 



N. 



Natural history of Java, &c. 300 



Nervous affection cured bv pressing the 

 carotids, 345 



Nettles, fabrication of cloth and cord- 

 age from, 132 



Nowell, J. Esq. on the action of mu- 

 riatic acid on sugar, and on the nature 

 of its principles. 216 



Nugent, Dr. N, his account of the pitch 

 lake of the island of Trinidad, 200— 

 Of "The sulphur," or" Souffriere,'• 

 of the island of Montserrat, 296 



Oaks, premium for planting, 232 

 Opal, fire-coloured, from Peru, ana- 

 lysis of, 305 



Oxide, 



