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Lecture , Croonian , on muscular motion, - - i 
Leo , on the lustre of the stars in, - 4 73, 481 
L’Huilier, M. Simon. Maniere elementaire d’obtenir les suites 
par lesquelles s’expriment les quantites exponentielles et les 
fonctions trigonometriques des arcs circulates, - _ 142 
Light , on the inflection, reflection, and colours of it, - 227 
on its flexion, - - - - 228 
■ on its reflection, - - - 235 
of the sun, remarks on its stability, - - 185 
Lituus. Account of one, - - 3^7 
Lloyd, John, Esq. An account of the late discovery of native 
gold in Ireland, - - - 34 
Logarithm , hyperbolic, of 10, Mr. Jones’s computation of it im- 
proved, - - - - - 135 
■ Mr. Emerson’s computation of it 
improved, - - - - - 140 
Logarithms, remarks on, - - - - 145 
on the analogy between them and the functions of 
circular arcs, - - - 163 
M 
Macdonald, John, Esq. Observations of the diurnal variation 
of the magnetic needle at Fort Marlborough, in the island of 
Sumatra, - - 340 
Menzies, Mr. Archibald. A description of the anatomy of 
the sea otter, from a dissection made November 15, 1795, 385 
Mills, Abraham, Esq. A mineralogical account of the native 
gold lately discovered in Ireland, - - 38 
Milnes, Mr. William. Account of an earthquake felt in 
Derbyshire, - 358 
Mirrors, convex, experiments with, - - 2 
Molesworth, JVilliam, Esq. Specific gravity of the gold found in 
Ireland, - - - - 44 
Molybdate of lead, Carinthian, analysis of, - - 285,320 
» characters of, - - 292 
~ • experiments on, with water, - - 293 
with fixed alkalies, - 287, 294 
— — — with sulphur, - - 296 
• with carbonate of ammoniac, 296 
— with muriate of ammoniac, - 287 
with black flux, - 301 
. — with nitric acid, - 287 
— — — - — — with muriatic acid, - 303 
