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Lights results of some recent experiments on the properties 
impressed upon it, by the action of glass raised to different 
temperatures, and cooled under different circumstances, 436 
Logarithmic transcendents ^ - - - 449 
M 
Medulla spinalis, the effects of injury to it, - - 485 
Milky way, of the breaking up of it, - - 283 
Mooney, Rev. Doctor, His paper on the extermination of 
radicals from equations, referred to, - - 23 
Mother of pearl, on new properties of light exhibited in the 
optical phenomena of it, - - - 397 
on the communication of its properties to 
other bodies, « » - - 406 
. — ' on the causes of its phenomena, - 409 
on a new species of polarisation peculiar to it, 4 16 
N 
J^erves, their influence upon the action of the arteries, 
experiments to determine whether heat or cold has 
the greatest effect in stimulating them to action, 
J^erves of the eighth pair, experiments and observations on 
their influence on the secretions of the stomach, 
O 
Objects, astronomical, of an ambiguous construction, 
P 
PoRRETT, Robert, Esq. On the nature of the salts termed 
triple prussiates, and on acids formed by the union of cer- 
tain bodies with the elements of prussic acid. 
Potassium, on an easier mode of procuring it, than that which 
is now adopted, - - - - 67 S 
Presents, a list of those made to the Royal Society from No- 
vember 1813 to June 1814, . - - - 605 
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Refraction, atmospherical, observations on it, - - 337 
Riders of a ship, observations respecting them, - 331 
Riders, oblique, grounds of decision respecting their general 
utility, - L “ • “ 
583 
585 
102 
259 
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