INDEX. 
K page 
Kilburn 'wells, description of, and analysis of their water, 115 
L 
Lacerta , account of a comet in the breast of, - 23 
Light , on the production of, by heat and attrition, - 28 
and heat, on the production of them from different bodies, 270 
Lincolnshire , account of an earthquake felt in that and the neigh- 
bouring counties, - - 283 
Lobsters , how affected by ballast being cast into the sea, - 368 
Luc, John Andrew de, Esq. On evaporation, - 400 
Lycopodii semen , extraordinary properties of, - 66 
Lyndon in Rutland , register of the barometer, thermometer, and 
rain there, - - - - 362 
M 
Magnetic needle , new suspension of, - 8t 
Magnetism of iron filings, experiments on, - 92 
of inflammable air, experiment on, - 95 
of brass, experiments on - 96 
Marsden, William, Esq. Correction of an error respecting 
the chronology of the Hindoos, - - -195 
Metals , on the cause of the additional weight which they acquire 
by being calcined, - - 374 
Moisture , observations on, - - 409 
Moon , on the atmosphere of, - - 337 
N 
. 'Needle , magnetic , new suspension of, v - 81 
Northumberland , on the remarkable failure of haddocks on the 
coast of, - 367 
\ O 
Occult ation of Jupiter, by the moon, - 355 
■ of a telescopic star, - - 361 
P 
Passage thermometer , description of an instrument so called, 51 
Patras , or Hindoo almanacs, account of, - 383 
Pear-gage , remarks on Mr. Smeaton’s, - - 416 
