

163 



i6'5, 



171 



*7*> 



»73 





175 





176 





177 





179 



INDEX. 



page 

 Light, spontaneous, on the degree of putrescence necessary for its 

 emission, - 



on its separation and preservation, 

 on its extinction and revivification, 

 effects of motion on it, 

 does not affect the thermometer, 

 effects of cold on it, 

 — of heat on it, 



— — — of the human body and animal fluids 



on it, - - - - - 184 



Lion, remarks on its carotid artery, - - - 102 



Longitude, on that of various places, - 624, 644, 649, 655, 661 

 Luminous bodies, remarks on, - - - 49 



M 



Mackerels, experiments on their light, - - 164 



Madrepora, experiments on various species of, - 329, 360 



Magnifying power, remarks on, - - - 68 



Membrana timpani, on its structure and uses, 1 



•■• on the effects arising from its destruction, 151, 159 



Membrane, observations on its component parts, - 327, 366 



Mercury, fulminating, on a new one, - - 204 



method of preparing it, - 205, 214 



effects of concussion on it, - 206 



■ ■ effects of electrical shocks on it, - 206T 



— ■ ■ — temperature at which it explodes, - 207 



1 ■ ■ ■ comparison of its strength with that of gun- 

 powder, - 207, 236 

 ■ on its constituent principles, - 216 

 on its characteristic properties, 230, 237 



Millepora, experiments on various species of, - 331, 3.61 



Morgan, William, Esq. On the method of determining, from 

 the real probabilities of life, the values of contingent reversions 

 in which three lives are involved in the survivorship, - 22 



Mudge, Captain William. An account of the trigonome- 

 trical survey, carried on in the years 1797, 1798, and 1799, ty 

 order of Marquis Cornwallis, Master-General of the ordnance, 539 



Muscular fibre, experiments on, - 391 



N 



Nall } iron, remarks on its appearance in a microscope, - 263 



■ human, experiments on, - - - 374 



Nicholson, Air. Remarks on his opinion respecting the electric 



apparatus of the torpedo, &c. - 429 



