INDEX. 5 6 i 
Loblolly- lay , an American ever-green tree defcribed by 
Mr. Ellis, p. 519. Called the Gordonia, p. 520. 
Luminous circle around Venus obferved at its entry on 
the Sun’s difk at S. Domingo, p. 498. 
Ludlam , Rev. Mr. William, his account of an occulta- 
tion, p. 355. His precautions to fettle the going of 
his clock, p. 357. 
M. 
Maal-firoom , a whirl-pool in the feas of Norway, p. 42, 
43 * 
Machine to difcover the roots or equations, p. 251, 252, 
&c. Called an univerfal conftru&or of equations, p. 
2 56. 
Mallet , Mr. account of his aftronomical obfervations, p. 
363- 
Manna how procured, p. 234. Its different fpecies, p. 
235. Ufe, p. 236. . 
Manna-tree , a kind of alh common in Calabria and Sicily, 
P- 234 . „ T , 
Marble white, formed in fome waters or Italy, p. 47. And 
probably in the fame manner in other places, p. 49, 
50, &c. 
Mafon , Mr. Charles, his aftronomical obfervations at Ca- 
van in Ireland, p. 454. Obferves the tranfit of Ve- 
nus, p. 462, 463. 
Majferano , Prince, communicates the obfervation of the 
tranfit of Venus made in California, by the Spanifh 
aftronomers, p. 549. 
Mercury , its tranfit over the Sun obferved at Norriton in 
Pennfylvania, p. 504. 
Meteor , a remarkable one feen at Oxford, p. 532. As 
likewife at London, Windfor, and other places, p.534. 
Meteorological obfervations made at Prince of Wales’s fort, 
on the north- weft coaft of Hudfon’s bay, p. 137. At 
Bridgwater in Somerfetfhire, p. 228. At Ludgvan in 
Cornwall, p. 230. * 
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