INDEX. 



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LOCHEAD (WILLIAM), observations on the natu- 

 ral history of Guiana. P. C. iv. 41. 



LOCH TAY, account of a remarkable agitation of the 

 waters of. P. C. i. 200. 



LOCHURR,accountof the island and castle of. H. iii. 4. 



LOGARITHMS, new series for the computation of. 

 vi. 269. 



LOTHIAN, D.D. (WILLIAM), biographical account 

 of. H. i. 47. 



MACKAY, LL.D. (ANDREW), on the latitude and 

 longitude of Aberdeen. P. C. iv. 135. 



MACKENZIE (SIR GEORGE), on the combustion 

 of the diamond. H. v. 11. 



an account of some geological facts observed 



in the Faroe Islands, viii. 213. 



on the formation of chalcedony, x. 82. 



notice respecting the vertebrae of a whale, 



found in a bed of bluish clay near Dingwall, x. 105. 



MACKENZIE (HENRY), account of the German 

 theatre. L. C. ii. 154. 



MACLAURIN (PROFESSOR JOHN), a dissertation 

 to prove that Troy was not taken by the Greeks. 

 L. C. i. 43. 



MACONOCHIE (ALAN), essay on the origin and 

 structure of the European legislatures. L. C. i. 3. 

 and 135. 



MACVICAR (REV. JOHN), observations on the 

 germination of the filices. x. 263. 



MAGNESIA, account of the native hydrate of, dis- 

 covered by Dr Hibbert in Shetland, ix. 239. 



MAGNET, experiments in which an electric spark 

 was elicited from a natural, xii. 197. 



MAGNETIC FORCES, experimental inquiries con- 

 cerning the laws of. xi. 277. 



MAGNETIC INTENSITY, observations made in 

 Scotland on the distribution of the. xii. 1. 



on the investigation of, by the oscillations of 



the horizontal needle, xiii. 1. 



MAGNETIMETER, description of a, being a new in- 

 strument for measuring magnetic attractions, and 

 rinding the dip of the needle, ix. 243, 



MANGANESE, mineralogical account of the ores of. 

 xi. 119. 



— — — chemical examination of the oxides of. xi. 143. 



MANN (ABBE'), concerning the Chartreuse of Perth. 

 H. v. 25. 



MARSH POISON, on the nature and history of the. 

 ix. 273. 



METALS, on the sulphuretting of metals. H. iv. 27. 



notice regarding some experiments in the vi- 

 bration of heated, xii. 137. 

 1 experimental researches regarding certain vi- 

 brations which take place between metallic masses 

 having different temperatures, xii. 429. 



METEOROLOGICAL ABSTRACT for the years 

 1794, 1795, and 1796. P. C. iv. 213. 

 ■'■' ■ for the years 1797, 1798, and 1799. v. 193. 



METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL, results of a, kept 



at Carlisle during twenty-four years, xi. 418. 

 METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS, on the con- 

 struction of, which determine the indications during 



absence, x. 337. 

 MILLER OF GLENLEE, BART., (THE RIGHT 



HON. SIR THOMAS), biographical account of. H. 



ii. 63. 

 MINERAL, account of a, from Orkney, ix, 81. 

 descriptions and analysis of a, from Farce. 



xiii. 46. 

 on the existence of two new fluids in the ca- 

 vities of. x. 1. 

 on the refractive power and other properties 



of the two new fluids in. x. 407. 



account of the constituents of various, ix. 244. 



description and analysis of some. xi. 441. 



MINERAL SPECIES, on the parasitic formation of. 



xi. 73. 

 MINERAL WATERS, analysis of the, of Cromlix, 



near Dunblane, and of Pitcaithly. viii. 445. 



a general formula for the analysis of. viii. 259. 



MONRO (DR ALEX.), description of a human male 



monster. P. C. iii. 215. 

 experiments relating to animal electricity. 



P. C. iii. 231. 



observations on the muscles. P. C. iii. 250. 



MONRO (DONALD), method of making the otter of 



roses, as it is prepared in the East Indies, P. C. ii. 12. 

 MONSTER, description of a human male. P. C. iii. 215. 

 MOON, improved method of correcting the observed 



distanceofthe,fromthesunorafixedstar. P.C.i.191. 



account of a singular halo of the. P. C. iv. 174. 



MUDARINE, on, the active principle of the bark of 



the root of the calotropis mudarii. xi. 433. 

 MUMPS, account of a distemper by the common 



people in England vulgarly called the mumps, 



P. C. ii. 59. 

 MURIATE OF SODA, on the optical properties of, 



viii. 157. 

 MURIATIC ACID GAS, experiments on the relation ' 



between, and chlorine, viii. 329. 



experiments on. viii. 287. 



MURRAY (HUGH), on the ancient geography of 



Central and Eastern Asia. viii. 171. 

 MURRAY (DR JOHN), analysis of the mineral 



waters of Cromlix, near Dunblane, and of Pitcaithly. 



viii. 445. 

 observations on the fire-damp of coal mines. 



viii. 31. 

 on the diffusion of heat at the surface of the 



earth, vii. 411. 



an analysis of sea water, viii. 205. 



a general formula for the analysis of mineral 



waters, viii. 259. 

 experiments on muriatic acid gas, and on some 



subjects of chemical theory, viii. 287. 

 MUSCLES, observations on the. P. C. iii. 250. 



