446 INDEX. 
lea was formerly dry land ; and what was the bottom 
of the ocean formerly was raifed to be dry land, 48. 
His reafons for thinking fo, 50. Objections to his 
hyporhefis folved, 50, 51. Attempt to account for 
the formation of fpars and cryftals, 58. Defcription 
of an aquatick infeCt, 72. 
L. 
Lane , Mr. his defcription of an electrometer of his in- 
vention, p.451. Experiments made with it, 456. 
Lava, from Mount Vefuvius , ran near a mile in an hour’s 
time, p. 194. Appears like red hot and liquid metal, 
ibid. Refills the imprelfions of ftones thrown on 
it, 196. 
Le Cat, Mr. his account of a monftrous human foetus, 
p. 1. Account of an Hydro-enterocele, 293. 
VEpinaJfe, Mr. his Defcription of an improved apparatus 
for eleCtrical experiments, p. 186. 
Lezvenhoek found above nine millions of eggs in a cod- 
fifh, p. 280 — 287. 
Light from the Sun compared with that of Saturn, 
p. 235. 
Lightning, its effeCt on buildings imitated by eleCtricity, 
456, 457. Whether lefs mifchievous after a Ihower of 
rain, 457. 
Lion tearing a bull, a fymbol of Parthian medals, p. 274. 
Linnaeus. His opinion about corallines, p.404. About 
calcareous crufts, 422. 
Lobflers , their fruitfulnefs, p.288. 
M. 
Mackarel , their fecundity greater than that of carp, 
p. 285. 
Madeira, number of its inhabitants, p. 461. Their in- 
creafe, chriftnings, weddings, and burials, 462. Mor- 
tality of the feafons, 463. 
Magnefia contained in Rathbone-place water, p. 93. 
Mallet , 
