To the REMARKABLE PASSAGES in this Volume. Ch
N. B. To find any particular Book, or Pamphlet, see the
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.
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.
BITAUBE', M. his confiderations on
Homer, 504.. BLIZARD, M. his new method of treating the Fiftula lachrymalis, 267. BOBACK, defcription of that ani-
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,
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.
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
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.
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
FAUSTA, Emprefs, her catastrophe, 296, 297..
FENCING, various rules to be ob- ferved in, 92.
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,
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,
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.
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.
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, 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.
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
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.
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,
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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