Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained

by Mrs. Marcet; Thomas P. Jones

M.

• Machine, [54], [66].
• Magic lanthorn, [203].
• Mars, [84].
• Matter, [10], [13].
• Mechanics, [32].
• Mediums, [157], [180].
• Melody, [156].
• Mercury, (planet) [83], [85], [114].
• Mercury, or quicksilver, [16], [140], [141].
• Meridians, [93].
• Microscope, [200].
  • single, [200].
  • double, [200].
  • solar, [202], [203].
• Minerals, [12].
• Minutes, [94].
• Momentum, [38], [56].
• Monsoons, [149].
• Month, lunar, [108].
• Moon, [78], [79], [80], [82], [85].
• Moonlight, [162], [163].
• Motion, [14], [32], [36].
  • accelerated, [36].
  • axis of, [48].
  • centre of, [48], [55].
  • compound, [46].
  • curvilinear, [47], [49].
  • diurnal, [78].
  • perpetual, [35].
  • retarded, [35].
  • reflected, [43].
  • uniform, [34].
• Mirrors, [172].
  • axis of, [176].
  • burning, [177].
  • concave, [174], [176], [209].
  • convex, [174], [175].
  • plane or flat, [172].
  • reflection of, [173].

N.

• Neap tides, [116].
• Nerves, [166].
  • auditory, [151], [166].
  • olfactory, [166].
  • optic, [164], [166].
• Night, [78].
• Nodes, [110].

O.

• Octave, [156].
• Odour, [13].
• Opaque bodies, [157], [158].
• Optics, [157].
• Orbit, [86].

P.

• Pallas, [84].
• Parabola, [51].
• Parallel lines, [25].
• Parallel of latitude, [94].
• Pellucid bodies, [157].
• Pencil of rays, [158].
• Pendulum, [98].
• Perihelion, [75].
• Perpendicular lines, [25].
• Phases, [109].
• Piston, [143], [145].
• Plane, [92], [93].
• Planets, [76], [81], [83].
• Poles, [92], [99], [100].
• Polar star, [100], [112].
• Porosity, [42], [126].
• Powers, mechanical, [54].
• Projection, [49], [50], [71].
• Precession of equinoxes, [107].
• Pulley, [54], [63].
• Pump, [31].
  • sucking and lifting, [143].
  • forcing, [144], [145].
  • air, [31], [145].
• Pupil of the eye, [164].

R.

• Rain, [17], [129].
• Rainbow, [188].
• Rarity, [16].
• Ray of light, [158], [179].
  • reflected, [160], [161].
  • incident, [161].
• Rays, intersecting, [165].
• Reaction, [39].
• Receiver, [31].
• Reflection of light, [160], [163].
  • angle of, [45], [161], [173].
  • of mirrors, [173].
  • of plane mirrors, [174].
  • of concave do. [174].
  • of convex do. [174].
• Reflected motion, [43].
• Refraction, [179], [186].
  • of the atmosphere, [182].
  • of glass, [183].
  • of a lens, [184].
  • of a prism, [185].
• Resistance, [54].
• Retina, [165].
  • image on, [166].
• Rivers, [134].
• Rivulets, [131].