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Magnetic needle observed to vary on ship-board, according to 
the position of the ship’s head, - - - 186 
Marmot, a peculiarity in the bones of its ear, - - 204 
Mercury , its adhesion to glass and other bodies, - 86 
Mirror oj reflecting telescopes, how its different parts affect the 
spurious diameters of objects, 46 
Morveau, remarks on his experiments upon the adhesion of 
metals to mercury, - - - - 76 
Mummies, account of two of the Egyptian Ibis, - - 264 
Muscles, often both red and colourless in the same animal, - 4 
their bulk varied by exertion, - - 23 
their specific gravity altered by crimpin s» - 23 
their irritability destroyed by various agents, - 26 
their cohesive attraction is less when they cease to be 
irritable, ------ 3 
Mushet, Mr. David. Experiments on wootz, - 163 
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Nerves distributed in greater proportion to voluntary muscles, 
than to other parts, except the organs of sensation, - 8 
— — — - their extreme fibrils transparent, - - 9 
- — possess powers of restoration, - - - 10 
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Ovaria deficient in a full grown woman, - * 22 5 
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Palladium, attempts to form it artificially, - - 106 
by Tromsdorff and Klaproth unsuccessful, 111 
* out of 1000 attempts, four successful, - 112 
its compound nature supported by Ritter, - 113 
on the discovery of, - - - 316 
the separation of, - 322 
detonating prussiate of, - - - 328 
its conducting power, - 329 
reasons for considering it a simple metal, - 32 5 
Pears, Mr. Charles. The case of a full grown woman in 
whom the ovaria were deficient, - 225 
Pearson, John, Esq. Some account of two mummies of the 
Egyptian Ibis, one of which was in a remarkably perfect state, 264 
