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INDE X

To the REMARKABLE PASSAGES in this Volume. Ch

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Table of Contents, prefixed to the Volume.

BREGE' de l'Hilaire des Voy-
ages, 298.
ACHARD, M. his memoir on the
dephlogistication of phlogisticat-
ed air, 507. His exper. on the
method of calming the agitation
of the furface of a fluid, by oil,
&c. 508. Concerning the weight,
&c. of diff. forts of air, 509. On
the manner of hatching eggs, by
electricity, 510. On the colours
of vegetables, 511. On measur-
ing the falubrity of the air, 512.
Concerning the caufe of the
Afphyxia, and the remedy for
that diforder, 512.
ACID, Animal, exper. rel. to, 266.
AGRICULTURE, strictures on focie-
ties for the promotion of, 425.
Scheme for rendering them more
ufetul by experimental inftitu-
tions, and approved practice, 427.
Reflections on the

prefent state of, 455.
AIR. See INGEN HOUZ. See
SCHEELE. See ACHARD.
JANSSENS.

See

ALLEMAND, M. his plan, &c. with
refpect to inland navigations in
France, 456.

AMEILHON, Abbé, his account of
the art of diving as practifed by
the ancients, 546.
ANDRE, Major, his familiar letters

to his friends, 374.
ANT, obf. on the nat. hift. of, 526.
ARCHITECTURE. See LE CAMUS.
ARISTOTLE. See BATTEUX.
ARNAUD, Abbé, his remarks on
Greek profe, 555.
APP, Rev. Ixiv,

ASPECT, M. his hift. of the order
of St. Louis, 455.
ATTRACTION. See HUTTON.
Avis aux Citoyens, &c. See PUBLIC.

BARK, Peruvian, afferted to be a
compound of fixed air, 532.
BARLEY, Siberian, experiments
relative to the culture of, 420.
BARNARD, Mr. his acc. of a me-
thod for the fafe removal of ships
that have been stranded, 270.
BAROMETER, obfervations on a
particular variation of, 505.
BATTEUX, Abbé, his analysis of
Ariftotle's Poetics, 555.
BEAUCLERC, Lady Diana, har
drawings and bas-reliefs praifed,

131, 132.
BEAUZVILLE, M. his letter to the
Reviewers, 320.
BEES, curious obf, concerning the

nature and economy of, 528.
BEGUELIN, M. his inquiries con
cerning the unities of nature, 513.
BELIN, Claude, his voyage to
Bruffels, 518.

BERTHOLD, Dom, his account of
the public library of the Abbey
of St. Vincent, 517.

concerning the voy-
age
of Claude Belin, 518.
BERTHOLON's differt, on the elec-
tricity of the human body, 463.
BEUNIE, M. de, his chemical effay

on lands or foils, 529. His me-
moir on the poifon of lead, 536.
BISCAYNERS characterifed, 46.
Pronounced to be the happiest
of mankind, 48.

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BITAUBE', M. his confiderations on

Homer, 504..
BLIZARD, M. his new method of
treating the Fiftula lachrymalis,
267.
BOBACK, defcription of that ani-

mal, 505.

BODY, Human. See MILLY.
See PERNETY.
BOLINGBROKE, Lord, his general
objection to the fcriptures an
fwered, 174.
BOSE D'ANTIC, Dr. his works,458.
BOUCHAUD, M. his inquiries con-
cerning the edicts of the Roman
magiftrates, 554.
BRIGANDAGE de la Mufique Ita-
lienne, 465.

BOAT, Chevalier, his principles of
hydraulics, 458.
BUFFON, M. de, his hypothefis
concerning a central fire, or heat
of the terreftrial globe, rem. on,
454. His notions ridiculed, 485.
BUNBURY, M. H. his humorous
etchings commended, 131.
BURKE, Mr. his fine compliment
to Mr. Howard on acc. of his
inspection of the prifons, 103,
the Note.
BURLINGTON, Earl of, his excel-
lent tafte in architecture, 190.
His houfe at Chifwick criticifed,
191. His Lordfhip's other de-
figns, ib.

CAITHNESS, pleafing defcription
of fome parts of that country,

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CAVALLO, M. his new experi

ments in electricity, 264. His
thermometrical experiments, 277
CAZAUD, M. his obfervations on
mills for fugar-canes, 441.
CHESNUT-TREE, Indian, account
of, 494.

CHINA. See GUIGNES.
CHRIST, inquiry into the duration
of his public miniftry, 82. His
Ia
Prayer paraphrased, 165.
what fenfe the Son of God, 313.
Farther controversy relat. to the
duration of his ministry, 433-
CHRISTINA, Q. of Sweden, anec-
dote and character of, 133.
CHYMIE Domestique, 303.
CICERO, his character defended
against a late tranflator of his
Orations, 251. His character as
a philofopher defended, 557.
CLERGY, remarks on the proprie-
ty of their acting in the commif-
fion of the peace, 380.
COLD, extraordinary degree of, at

Glafgow, in January 1780, 275.
COMETS, the tails of, their analogy
to the Aurora Borealis, 522.

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real electrical bodies, 523.
COMMONS, inclofing of, not inju-
rious to the Public, 256.
CONDUCTORS, electrical, bet form
of, 533.

CONSTANTINE, Emperor, his cha-
racter, 291. Great and lafting in-
fluence of his converfion, victo-
ries, and policy, on a confidera-
ble part of the Globe, 359-
CONSTANTINOPLE, its fire fitus-
tion, and peculiar advantages,
299.

COPPER, improved method of tin
ning, 537

COPPER-ORES. See FORDYCE.
CRAIG-CARRIL, romantic scenery

of, 113.

CRISPUS, the fon of Conftantine,
his character, 294.
His unfor
tunate end, 295, 296.
Creus, account of a Greek manu-
fcript of a curious romance rela
tive to him, 557.

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DACTER, M. his acc. of a Greek
manufcript, 557.
DEITY, problem relative to the
infinity of the ideas in the mind
of, 504
DESPREAUX, M. his general hift.
of Greece, 302.
DIOGENES, his Dialogue with A-

lexander, in the Shades, 31.
DIVING, academical difquifition on
the art of, 545.

DOYEN's Inquiries concerning the
feudal laws, 305.

DUBOIS, M. his account of the

Boback, 506.
DUCHANOY, Dr. his effy on the
art of imitating mineral waters,
304.

DUN-DOR NADILLA, picturefque
view of, 114.

EARTH, globe of, philofophical
ideas refpeating the changes it
has undergone, 482.
ECCLESIASTIC, life of, moft de-
firable, 56.

ELECTRICITE du corps humain.
See BERTHOLON.
ELECTRICITY, exper. and obferv.
relative to, 2. New hypothefis
of, ib. Contraversed, 3. Re-
marks on fome principal pheno-
mena in this branch of philofo-
phy, 7. New exper. in, 264.
Account of the effect of, in
fhortening wires, 273. Of its
efficacy in removing female ob-
Bructions, 356. Its ufe in hatch-
ing eggs, 510. A modification
of the elementary fire, 520. See
alfo CONDUCTORS.
ELEMENS de la geometrie fouter-
raine theoretique et pratique, 454.
ENTRETIENS philofophiques fur la
religion, 303.

EUNUCHS their influence in the
courts of the Roman Emperors,
particularly in the time of Con-
ftantius, 357.

ESSAI fur l'art d'imiter les eaux
minerales, 304.
EURIPIDES, new tranflation of his

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FAUSTA, Emprefs, her catastrophe,
296, 297..

FENCING, various rules to be ob-
ferved in, 92.

See MOR-

FEVERS, obfer. on the nature and
treatment of, 9, 222.
FIRMIN, Thomas, his excellent
character, 215.
FIRE. See HEAT.
GAN. See MANN.
FISTULA Lachrymalis, new method
of treating, 267..
FONTANA, Abbé, his effay on the
Ticunas, 267.

FORDYCE, Dr. his new method of

affaying copper ores, 265.
FORMEY, M. his examination of
the question; Whether ALL
TRUTHS are fit to be TOLD?
499. His account of M. Lam-
bert, 5c6.
FossILS, accidental, See LAUNEY,
See WITRY.
FRANCHEVILLE, M. his account of
the Hyppocastanum, 494.
His
diff. on the Electoral Septem-vi-
rate, 505.
FRAULA, Count de, his theory of
language, 539..

GALLITZIN, Pince, his letter.
concerning electricity, 532,

533.
GARDENING, hiftorical account of
the art of, 193. Great defects
of the ancient pleasure gardens,

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luftrious French naval officers,
298.
GRANGE, M. de la, his memoirs
concerning the orbits of comets,
and the theory of telescopes, 513.
GRANVELLE, Cardinal, his letter
to Claude Belin, 518.
GRASS, a peculiar fpecies of, found
in Wilshire, 419. Valuable
qualities of, 420.
GREEKS, ancient, their cavalry,
554. Their profe, 555.
GUIDI's philofophical converfa-
tions concerning religion, 303.
GUIGNES, M. de, his obfervations
concerning certain points rel. to
the religion and philofophy of
the Egyptians and Chinese, 547.
His refearches concerning the
Indian religion, &c. 548. on the
cftablishment of the Indian reli-
gion in China, 550.

HALIFAX, Dr. his defence of Dr.

Ogden's fermons against Mr.
Mainwaring, 100. Anfwered,

101.

HAMILTON, Sir W. his acc. of the
late great erup. of Vefuvius, 268.
HARPE, M. de la, his abridg, of the
gen. hift. of voyages, 298.
HEAT, attempt to render the prin-
ciple of, vifible, 301.
HENCKEL, M. his acc. of a fingular
cale of the Cæfarian Section,496.
HERESY, explan. of that word in

its original meaning, 34.
HERETICS, ancient, refcued from
the calumnies with which they
were loaded by the orthodox bi-
gots, 37.
HERSCHEL, Mr. his obf. on the
'periodical ftar in the whale's
neck, 441. On the mountains
in the moon, ib.
HIPPOCRATES, fpecimen of his
manner of relating cafes, 218.
His notions of phyfiognomy,219.
HISTOIRE, generale et particuliere,
de la Grece, 302.

455.

de l'Ordre de St. Louis,

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HOGARTH, his pictures critically
difplayed, 184. Mr. Walpole's
account of his Sigifmonda cor-
rected, 188.

HOLLIS, Thomas, his peculiar but
excellent character, 41. Mem.
of his life, 42. His death, 44.
His magnificent literary monu-
ment, 45.

HOMER, the question concerning
the learning of, difcuffed, 504.
HOWARD, Mr. celebrated by Mr.
Hayley in verfe, 103. By Mr.
Burke in profe, ib.
HowMAN, Mr. his account of the
culture of Siberian barley, 421.
HUNTER, Mr. his acc. of a foetus
which feemed to have received
the fmall-pox from its mother,
267. Of an extraordinary phea-
fant, 276.

HUTTON, Dr. his calculations to
determine at what point on the .
fide of a hill its attraction will be
greateft, 439. His paper on
cubic equations, &c. 441.
HYDRAULICS. See BUAT.

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JERVAS, the painter, his perform-

ances cenfured, 134.
JERRY Laft, ftory of, 121-128.
INGENHOUZ, Dr. his exper. on the

comparative falubrity of the air
at fea and on fhore, 274.
INITIATIONS, origin of, 303.
INTRODUCTION et plan d'un traité
general de navigation interieure,
-456.

IRELAND, political ftrictures rela-
tive to, 200, 306.
ITALY, encomium on, 106.
See NAPLES.
JUDGES, ought not to be of
counfel for the prifoner," as vul-
garly fuppofed, 388.

JULIAN,

JULIAN, emperor, his partiality
for Paris, 358. Beautiful fitua
tion of that place, in its infant
ftate, ib. His extraordinary cha-
racer, 443. His reformation of
the imper. court, 444. His fin-
cere attachment to the gods of
Athens and Rome, 445. His
literary talents, 447.

KENT, the architect, his excel-

lence in defigning, 192. His
great improvement of the art of
laying out pleafure grounds, 195.
KOENIG, M. his fubterraneous
geometry, 454.

LAMBERT, Henry, the academi-
cian, account of, 506.
the painter, his works ap-
preciated, 183.

LANGUAGE. See FRAULA.
LAUNAY, M. de, his inquiry into
the origin of accidental foffils in
- the Belgic provinces, 530. His
memoir concern. the Oricalcum

of the ancients, 540.
LAYARD, Dr. his acc. of the diftem.

among the horned cat:le, 276.
LEAD, the poifon. qual. of, 536,537.
LE BEAU, M. his memoirs con-
cern, the Roman legion, 554.

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LE CAMUS de Mezieres, his trea-
tife on the genius or spirit of ar-
chitecture, 453.

L'ESPRIT des Creifades, 455.
LETTRE Concernant la chaleur du

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the properties of the engine for
turning ovals, 441.
LYON, Mr. his letter to the Re-
viewers, concerning his treatife'
on electricity, 318.

MADAN, Mr. his Thelyphthora
criticifed, 196. Invectives a-
gainft, 221-230. More feri-
cufly attacked, 234.
MAIZEROY, M. Joly de, his me-
moir on war, confidered as a
fcience, 553. His state of the
Grecian cavalry, 554. His transl.
of Xenophon's treatife on that
fubject, ib.

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in the iron mask, conjeft. rel.
to, 96. Voltaire's acc. of, ib.
MANN, Abbé, concerning elemen-
tary fire, 519. His natur. hift. of
the North fea, 523. His memoir
on the effects of pouring oil on
agitated water, 525. His re-
marks on Dover Cliffs, 531. H's
acc. of the port from which Ju-
lius Cæfar embarked to invade
England, 538. Of the port in
England where Cæfar landed,
ib. Of the exact time when, ib.
His examination of the opinion
of feveral ancient and modern
authors, who maintain that there
was formerly a communication
between the Eexine, Cafpian,
Baltic, and White Seas, 541.
MARAT, Dr. his philof. inquiries
concerning fire, 300.

MARCI, Abbé, his acc. of a method
of improving the tinning of cop
per veffels, 537.

MAR-LODGE, in Scotl. defcribed,

112.

MASERES, Baron, his paper on the
extenfion of Cardan's rule to the
irreductible cafe of cubic equa-
tions, 439. His conjecture con-
cerning the method by which
Cardan's rules of refolving cubic
equations were difcovered, 440.
MATERIALISM, rem. on the con
troverfy relating to, 59.
MEMOIRE fur l'Acier, 305.

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