To the REMARKABLE PASSAGES in this Volume.
N. B. To find any particular Book, or Pamphlet, fee the Table of Contents, prefixed to the Volume.
ABEILLARD, his converfation with Heloifa, on the fubject of marriage, 105. His retirement from the world, 106. Great number of pupils refort. ing to him, 109.
Abul Fazel writes the inftitutes of the Emperor Akber, 615. His noble sen- timents, 624.
Academy, Royal, in Ireland, its hiftory, 203. Of Arts and Sciences in Ame- rica, its hiftory, 385. Royal Society of Edinburgh, its history, 532. Acid, nitrous, produced from inflammable and dephlogisticated airs, 327.
tartareous, an excellent remedy in ardent fevers, 685. Ordinary prefcrip- tion for making it, ib. Improved, 686.
Aids, experiments on their freezing, 325. Acidity, obfervations on the principles of, 326.
Alams, Dr. the American fiatesman, his comments on Nedham's Excellency of Free State, 290. His obferv. relative to the American Corflitutions, 291-297. ber, an improved method of making it, 688. Air, inflammable, and dephlogifticated, does not produce water, 327: but ni
phofphoric, defcribed, 587. fulphureous, described, ib. -pump, on a new construction, 391. Akber, Emperor, abftract of his life, 615. His haram, 617. His library, 618. His manner of spending his time, 620. Alembert, M. d' his excellent remarks, reflections, and anecdotes rel. to many eminent men of letters, &c. 642-654. Americans, inquiry into their original de- fcent, 580.
Anatomy, proper method of ftudying, 303. Ought not to attempt a defcription of the foul, 304.
Anderfon, Dr. his experiments on the cul- ture of potatoes, 473. On feed corn, 480. On cultivated graffes, ib. Animals, brute, cruelly treated by man- kind, 315. Children moft apt to be guilty of this crime, ib. Parents cul- pable, for not teaching them better, 316. Hunting, an inhuman pastime, ib. Cruelty of confining birds in cages, ib. Of angling with live baite, ib. Of over-driving post-horses, 317.
how their species are difting. 6o1. Antelope packet, caft away on the Pelew iflands, 110. Subfequent adventures of the captain and crew, 111, &c. Antimonial wine, improved method of making, 24.
Antiquities of various kinds, defcribed, 298-303.511-515.
Ariftotle's Poetics. See Twining. Artillery Company, account of, 333.
--, history of, 419. Arundelian marble. See Parian Chron. Athens, inquiry concerning, and the man- ners of its ancient inhabitants, 627. Population, 629. Manufactures and commerce,. 630.
BACON, Ld. his Effays modernized,
274. His life, by Dr. Willymote, ib. His opinion concerning war, 673. Baillie, Col. narrative of the imprisonment and fufferings of his detachment, in the Eaft-Indies, 86.
Baldwin, Mr. his account of a curious electrical appearance, 389. Barberini vafe, defcribed, 425. Barometer, the caufes which produce inac-
curacy in measuring heights with it, 32. A new formula for barometrical mea- furements, 33. A portable one def. 206. Barrington, Mr. his obfervations on card. playing, 301.
Bath waters, new ideas concerning, 267. Beauty,
Beauty. See Cyprus." Beever, Sir Thomas, on the culture of the turnip-rooted cabbage, 477. Of the fcarcity-root, 479.
Beings, natural. See De Luc. Bellarius, his great character, 14. Belles Lettres not fufficiently encouraged in England, 532. Reafons why, ib. Bengal, prefent flourishing ftate of, under the English establishment, 22. Benzees, a new way of making its flowers, 687.
Bills of Exchange, great commercial quef. tion relative to, 559. Bingham rocks, described, 422. Bishops formerly ferved in the army, 331. Curious anecdote of one, 332.
Blegden, Dr. on cooling water below the freezing point, 323.
Boileau, the poet, anecdotes rel. to, 644. Of his two brothers, 645. Epigram by one of them, 64c-6.9. Boruwlafki, M. the Polish dwarf, acc, of, 63. His progreffive growth at different periods of his life, ib.
Botargo, how prepared, 641. Bourdé, M. his philofophical principles rel. to navigation, manœuvres at fea, &c. 500. Browne, John, poetical translations by,
at 12 years old, from various authors, Greek and Latin, 359 Brunfvic, Duke of, his adminiftration in. Holland cenfured and defended, 667. Buccleugh, Duke of, meteorological diary
kept by, at Branxholm, 36. Buck wheat, experiment on its culture, 481.
Burgess, Mr. Confpectus criticarum Ob- fervationum, 698.
Burja mucoja described, 497. 578.
CABBAGE, turnip-rooted, its culture,
Calvinism, the principles of, cold, unphi lofophical, and unpoetical; furnishing no pleasures to the imagination, 103. Cancers, method of palliating the pain which they occafion, 377.
Cannara, &c. the caves there, defcribed, 423.
Cards, origin of the different games of, 301. Caricatura, in painting, difapproved, 61. Vindicated, 62.
Carrots, their culture, 478.
Cartwright, Mr. his abftract of the regu- lations of the East-India Company rela- tive to the officers, &c. of their hips, illicit trade, &c. 373.
Cattle, a difeafe in their horns, deferibed, Cure of, ib.
Caufficon, of the French chemifts, de. fcribed, 586.
Cavallo, M. on the method of afcertaining
the prefence of small quantities of elec tricity, 319.
Cavendish, Mr. his experiments on frees- ing the nitrous and vitriolic acids, 325. Centripetal forces, theory of, algebraically demonftrated, 244.
Charlemont, Earl of, on the antiquity of
the woollen manufact. in Ireland, 512. Charles VI. Emperor, his character, 679. Chelsea College, history of, 417. Abufes in its management, 418. Cheltenham waters, their qualities, 268. Chem firy, nomenclature of it adapted to the French fyftem, 74. The different fyftems of, compared, 163-165. The prefent ftate of, in France, 590. Cbrifiiarity, its doctrines incomprehen- fible by human reafon, 340. Church, primitive, free remarks on the rife and progrets of its doctrines, 17. Churches, oblervations on, 302. Cicero, obf, on his literary character, 435. On his oratory, 436. Fine paffage from one of his orations against Veries, tranflated, 438.
Cleghorn, Dr. his account of various fub- ftances found in an ovarium, 206. Clergy, invective againft, 337, 338- Clover, obf. on different crops of, 480. Cold, obferv. on a remarkable degree of,
34. Caufe of, on high mountains, 321. Collins, Mr. his epifile to Sir Thomas Hanmer quoted, with respect to Shake- fpeare's characters, 81. His ode on the fuperftitions of the Highlanderi, 533. 555
Combe, Dr. his obferv, on some antiquities found in Lombard-street, 301.
Comet of 1789, hiftory of, 318. Diffi culties in calculating its return, b. That of Jan. 1785, 573. Of April 1785, 574.
Condensation of vapours, productive of heat,
Condorcet, Marquis de, on the population of France, 574.
Confcience, courts of, remarks on, 304. Confumptions, new obfervations on their caules, 178. And on the method of treating them, 179. Cured by external embrocations, 180.
Cook, Capt. birth and education, 395. Preferment in the navy, 396. His fft voyage round the world, 397. Hu jecond voyage, 398. His third, 399. Hit character, ib.
Cooke, Mr. his drill plow recommended, 480.
Cours martial, their history, 416. Crawford, Dr. his theory of heat attacked by the French chemifs, 588. De- fended, ib.
Crimea defcribed, 638. Now a Ruffin province, ib. Its natural curiofities, 639. Criminal
Criminals under fentence of death, doubts relative to the expediency of giving the moft profligate of them too great a por- tion of religious comfort, 286.. Critical days, not to be neglected in acute difeafes, 55.
Croonian lecture, account of one by Dr. Fordyce, 246.
Cruelty to brute animals, horrid nature of,
Crystals, their Atructure, 578. Curl, a difeafe in potatoes, 475. Curves, their quadrature, 206. Cyprus, vifit to, by a gentleman now living, 519. Account of a moft beau- tiful woman there, 520.
DAIRIES, obfervations on, 481.
Darkness, uncommon, described, 388. Darwin, Dr. his frigorific experiments on the expanfion of the air, 321. Dearborn, Mr. his defcription of two pumps, 391.
Debtors, intolvent, rem. on the impolicy & injuftice of their imprisonment, 467. Denne, Mr. his obfervations on dome's- day book, 423.
Diaphragm, wound in, not always mortal,
Dickson, Dr. on the pemphigus, 206. Diftillery, in Scotland, review of the laws refpecting, 265.
De Luc, M. his theorem for barometrical measurements confirmed, 33.
-, on the gradations fuppofed to exist among natural beings, 691. Drefs, proposals for preventing waste, and unnetellary expence, in that of men, 273-
Drill culture, experiments on, 479. Druidical temple found in Jersey, 428. Durbam, city of, and cathedral, defcribed, 522.
EARTH, a new theory of, 36. Shewn
to be defective, 37. he ratio of its two diameters, 73. Earthquakes, conjectures concerning, 389. Eaft-India Company, orders and regulations of, in regard to illicit trade, &c. 373. Eclipfe, a lunar one obferved by Dr.Usther, 206.
Electricity, methods of difcovering fmall quantities of it, 319. 690. The mane ner in which glafs is charged with it, 320. Its effects on the human body, 613. See Baldwin. See Cavallo. Elements, natural, fhewn to be only three, because earch is demonftrated to be a compound, 591.
Elephanta, acc. of the caves there, 423. Elephants, particulars of their natural hif- tory, 619.
Elixir fætidum, an excellent prefcription for making it, 687.
Elizabeth Q. of Spain, her character, 680. Elliot, Mr. his improved method of cor- recting the obferved diftance of the moon from the fun or a fixed ftar, 35. England, ftate and character of, by the late King of Pruffia, 680.
Equations, the method of reducing them when they have two equal roots, 144. Analyfis of indeterminate, 570. Ether, of Sir Ifaac Newton, adopted by the modern chemifts, 585. Different mo- difications of it the caufe of light and heat, ib.
Euftatius, St. capture of, in the late war, not yet beneficial to the captors, 378. Plan for a divifion of the prize-money,
FENELON, Archbishop, anecdotes re- lative to, 650. Fermentation, theory of different fpecies of, 589.
Fire arms, when firft ufed, 333. Realons why not earlier introduced, 334. Fisher, Mr. his cafe of an abdominal tu- mour, 392.
Flattery, ftriking inftances of its being ufed with fuccefs, 647. La Fontaine's verfes in recommendation of, ib. Fleming, Mr. on the agitation of the waters of Loch Tay, 35.
Fluents, found by infinite feries, how cor- rected, 145.
Freezing, experiments on, 321-326. Fourcrey, M. de, on the imoking oil of vitriol, 576. On the mucous capfulæ, 578.
Fulda, a fhort account of the town and country of, 684.
GANNET, Mr. on the Aurora Borealis,
390. Gendre, M. le, on the analysis of indeter- minate equations, 570. Ge-organon defcribed, 459. George II. his character, 680. Georgium Sidus, its motion, orbit, and ele-
ments determined, 38. Tables of its places, ib. Its oppofition in 1785, 573. German ode, without rhyme or metre, tranflated, 656.
Gibben, Mr. his mode of historical compo- fition, 1121 His account of the By- zantine empire, 123. Of the establish ment of the Popes, 125. Of the Cru❤ fades, 223. Defects of his work, 233. His ftyle commended and criticited, 235237.
Gibraltar, good policy of reftoring that fortrefs to Spain, for an equivalent, 154.
Glass, Dr. on the affinity of certain words in the language of the Friendly iflands, with the Hebrew, 299.
Giches, useful in illuftrating the theory of afronomy and geography, but not in folving nice problems, 459. Glover, Mr. his poetry glanced at, $15. Specimen of his Athenaid, ib. Gout, new theory of, 404. Gradation among natural beings. See De Luc.
Graffes, their culture, 480.
Gratitude, a noble inflance of, 441. Gravel, and tone, new theory of, 404. Graves, Mr. author of anecdotes of Shen- ftone, 261.
Gras, Dr. on the manner in which glafs
is charged with electrical fluid, 320. Gregory VII. Pepe, account of his ufurped
domination and tyranny over the po- tentates of Europe, 2c8. Reflexions 'on his character and conduct, ib. Greek fire, ufed in war, 129. Its terrible
effects, ib. Compofition unknown, 419. Greenfield, Mr. on negative quantities, 33. Grimwood, Mr. on the degeneracy of fruit- trees, 482.
Gulfonian lecture, read at the College of Phyficians, by Dr. Riollay, 267. Gunpowder, its invention, 420. Compo- pofition of, ib.
HASTINGS, Mr. inadvertency in the
conduct of his trial, 267. Patronizes the ftudy of Eastern literature, 616. Heat, mutability of it in the atmosphere, 321. Experiments on it, 323. Of ani- mals, new theory of, 376. Dr. Craw ford's theory of, attacked by the French, 588, defended, ib.
Heberden, Dr. his table of the mean heat
at London, for 10 years, 249. Heloifa, her fpeeches to Abeillard, declin. ing his offer of marriage, 105. Hepatitis particularly defcribed as it ap- pears in India, 181; Its method of cure, 182.
Hernia, incarcerated, an improvement in the operation for its cure, 499. Hernia, practical obfervations on, 269. Hewett, rev. Mr. his excellent character and death, 441.
Hindoos, account of their books, 618. Worship only one God, 623. Are in- telligent people, 625. Hear froft, oblervations on, 34. Hegarib, his merit as a painter appreci-
Hollanders, their character by the K. of Pruffia, 681.
Horace's ode to føring, trandated by a boy only 12 years old, 360.
Hunter, Dr. his obf. on the heat of wells in Jamaica, 248.
JAMES, Dr. a curious anecdote con- cerning his method of adminiftering his fever powder, 508.
Feaurat, M. on the paffage of the moon over the meridian, 570.
Jews, their first introduction into Eng- land, 428.
Indian religion, abstract account of that of
the Bramins, 596. Duties of the Bra mins, 597. Their abhorrence of idol- atry, 598. Their ideas of future pa- nishments, 599.
Indies, Eaft. See Bengal; fee Baillie; fee Matthews; fee Cartwright; see Akber, Emperor.
Infcription, a curious one in a rock et Na. raganfet Bay, in North America, 424. On a Roman altar at Tinmouth, 426. Of an Irish chief, 511.
Jones, Mr. his account of Weft-river Mountain, 390.
Ireland, controverfy in that country, rela- tive to tithes, 455. The question rel. to the violation of tbe articles of Limerick reviewed, 545,
Irish academy, its history, 203.
Iron, a mass of it found, native, in Ame- rica, 248.
Irritability in vegetables, 248.
Jupiter, the theory of that planet, 575- Juftinian, emperor, celebrated as a great legiflator, 16. His example recommend◄ ed to imitation, ib.
KEATE, Mr. editor of capt. Wilfon's acc. of the Pelew iflands, his refpect- able character, 202.
Kings, rarely distinguished as Authors, 6-6. The late K. of Pruffia's pre- eminence in that respect, 677. Kits Corry-boufe defcribed, 514. Knight's-fee explained, 330. Koumifs, a Tartarian wine, method of making, 35.
LACE DEMONIANS, said to have con-
tributed more toward the ruin of Greece, than any other nation, 631. Their moral character unfavourably re- prefented, 633.
La Fontaine, his verfes on adulation, 647. La Morte, anecdotes rel. to, 652. Veries of, tranflated, 652, 654.
Learned men, danger of their being wife in their own conceits, 529. Lee Boo, fon to the Pelew king, accompa- nies capt. Wilfon to England, and dies of the fmall pox, 191. Ligbe, objections to the Newtonian doc- trine of, refuted, 387. Lightning, its effects, 389. On a Dutch Eaft India fhip, 614. A ready conduc- tor applicable to fhips, ib.
Limerick, articles of, whether violated or not, 547.
Lincoln, Mr. his mifcellaneous obferva-
tions on natural hiftory, 390. On in- grafting fruit trees and vegetation, ib. Lions, how caught in Hindostan, 621. Loch Tay, a remarkable agitation in its
Logarithms, compendious method of cal-
culating them, 144. Ludlam, the late rev. Mr. his respectable character, 185.
MACARONI, that character defined, and poetically displayed, 157, Macgowan, Mr. his regifter of the wea- ther, 39
Macguire, Mr. defcribes a new portable barometer, 206.
Macneil, Mr. his acc, of the caves of Can-
nara, Ambola, and Elephanta, 423. Madness, method of preventing it after the bite of a mad dog, 180. Mal del fole, a difeafe endemial in Milan, 636. Cure of, 638.
Marines, origin of that corps, 334. Marum, Dr. Van, on noxious vapours, and the methods of preventing their pernicious effects, 612.
Mafters, Mr. on an ancient painting on glafs, 426.
Mafts of hips, curious remarks rel. to, 502.
Mathews, general, vindicated, with regard te his military conduct in Hindoftan,
Mayer's tables, an error in them correct- ed, 571.
Meafures, Ruffian, of length, reduced to
English feet, 641. Medicines, the most active of them taken from the mineral kingdom, 684. Mercury, its operation on the human bo- dy, 269.
Meffier, M. his obf. on the occultations of the Pleiades by the moon, 571. Of Venus, 573. Obfervations on the comet of 1785, ib. On another comet, 574. Metaftafio, beautiful lines of his tranf- lated, 660. Elegant complimentary verses to, 664. His happy manner of treating the paffion of love, 665. A
great mafter of the eloquence of the heart, 665. Meteorological Diary at Bransholm, 36. At Hawkhill, 39. In London, 249. Obfervations on the mode of keeping, 328. Microcofm, a periodical work, written by fome Eaton scholars, 211. Specimens of their profe, 213. Of their poetry, 214. Laft will and teftament of the fuppofed author, Gregory Griffin, 216. Real names of the writers, ib. Militia, when first established, 331. Milton, the most learned of all our poets, 1. His juvenile poems appreciated, 2. Mr. Warton's edit. of, its defign and conduct, 4. His Lycidas criticifed, 5. Obf. on his other pieces, 9-12. Cri- ticifms continued, 97. His imitations difcuffed, 99. Vindicated against the charge of Puritanism, 101. His Latin poems commended, 343. Story of his flagellation at the univerfity controvert- ed, 348. His Lycidas farther illuftrat- ed, 350.
Monnier, M. le, on the conjunction of the moon with the Pleiades, 571. On the oppofition of the 7th planet, 573- Conjunction of the moon with Venus, ib.
Montagu, Ed. Wortley, not the author of the book on ancient republics, published under his name, 469. The rev. Mr. Fofter faid to have been the real au- thor, ib.
Moon, a new method of correcting its ob ferved distance from the fun or a fixed ftar, 35. Its conjunction with the Pleiades, 571. Occultation of Venus by it, 573.
Motion, mufcular, faid to be independent on the nerves, 246. This doctrine re- futed, 247.
Mountains, formula for measuring their height, 33.
Mulberry, a propofal for propagating it by feed, 484.
Muller, its natural hiftory, and migra- tions, 641. Manner of catching, 642. Mushrooms, difficulty of defcribing them, 460.
NARSES, the eunuch, diftinguished as a statesman, and warrior, 15. Navigation. See Bourdé. Nedham, Marchamont, his "excellency of a free flate" controverted, 290. Negative quantities, their use in Algebra, 33.
Negroes, their flavery in the W. Indies extenuated, 69. Their liberation not advisable, 75. Laws lately made by
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