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Mint leave*) the effect of their effluvia upon air, p. 202. 
Moifiure . Stagnant moifture a principal fource of difeafe, p. 131, 132, 
Montreal) journal of the weather there, p. 559. See Weather . 
Morter-nvajb) ufed in fecuring buildings again!! fire, how prepared, p. 889. 
MofcovO) flate of the feurvy there, and how produced, p. 666, 667. Methods of treat- 
ing that diforder, p„ 667, &c. See Scurvy, 
Motion, Reflections on the communication of motion by impact and gravity,, p. 344. 
Difference of opinion concerning the moving of bodies, p. 344 — 347. The laws by 
which motion is communicated, and the caufes from whence this difference of opi- 
nion arifes, fully confidered, p. 347 — 379. 
Murgifo , an evil genius dreaded by the Battas in Sumatra, p. 165. 
Mufcular Contraction) a cure of one by electricity, p. 97 — 10 1. 
Mufgrave) Dr. his reafons for diffenting from the report of the committee appointed to 
confider of Mr. Wilfon’s experiments; including remarks on forae experiments exhi* 
bited by Mr. Nairne, p. 801—802. 
Musk) its efFeCt upon air, p. 208. 
N. 
Nairne) Mr. Edward. Remarks on fome experiments exhibited by, p. 801 — 822. His 
experiments on electricity, being an attempt to fhew the advantage of elevated 
pointed conductors, p. 823. See Elettricity. 
Naples, The tuffas of Naples fuppofed to be compofed of a puzzolane, prepared by 
volcanic fire, p. 6. 
Najlurtium Indicum , flowers, the effeCt of their effluvia upon air, p. 202. 
Needle. Remarks and obfervations on the dipping-needle in a voyage to the Eaft In- 
dies, p. 391 — 418. Dip of the needle obferved during a voyage from England to 
Davis’s Streights and Labradore, in 1776 , p. 1057 — 1063. 
Netherlands. Aftronomical obfervations made in the. Auflrian Netherlands in the 
years 1773, 1774*. and 1775* p. 637. S zo Aftronomical Obfervations . 
Newton) Sir Ifaac, concerning the laws of motion, p. 350. His opinion of the mean 
denfity of the earth juflified, p. 783, 784. A method of finding, by the help of Sir 
Ifaac Newton’s binomial theorem, a near value of the very flowly converging infinite 
• X DC X ^ X X ® 
feries # + — - 4. — + — -h, &c-. when x is very nearly equal to 1, p. 
895 — 901. 
Nick/on, ) Mr. Edward, his account of an accident from lightning at Purfleet, p. 233^ 
233;, See Lightning • 
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