the neglected genius, and the memory of, 440. Chemiftry beneficial to agricul- ture, 301. Much improved of late, 502. By what means and by whom, ib. Definition of,
Chrift, reflections on his charac-
ter and death, 305. His reli- gion not of an intolerant fpirit, 544.
Christianity defended by argu- ments drawn from the ridicule commonly thrown on the Jew- ifh nation, 384.
Cleranthus, a new genus of plants,
Cloth, the first made of French wool, 610.
Coals, mineral, whether fo pro- per for iron forges as charcoal, 615.
Coffins, different kinds of, in differ-
ent ages and countries, 278. Coke, Sir Edward, his comment- ary on Littleton, when firit printed, 147. Hiftory of all the editions, ib. General cha- racter of the work, 149. His anecdotes of Littleton, 206. Cold, artificial, how produced, 185. Beft method of producing the greatest, 186. Natural, in 1783, remarks on, 617. Colignon, M. on on transporting growing trees, 417. Condorcet, Marquis de, on pro- babilities, 616. On the po- pulation of the French, 618. Constable, high, account of that ancient, but now extinct, office, 208.
Cooke, See Drill-machine. Copper, its purity how afcertain- ed, 623.
Corbet, Dr. his verfes to his fon,
Corporations, and other political regulations, their evil tenden-
Coulomb, M. on the powers of
torfion of wires, 612. On a fea compass of a new construc- tion, 621. On electricity and magnetism, 622. Courayer, Dr. his great character, 37. His opinions concerning the perfon of Chrift, ib. Courcet, Baron de, on the mode in which trees draw their nou- rifhment, 332. An account of his meteorological obferva- tions, 337, 419. Courtevron, Marquis de, his ea- logy, 620.
Craven in Yorkshire, natural cu- riofities in, 59.
Creve Caur, M. de, on the cul- ture of the falfe acacia, 335- boiling vegetables in
fteam, 4'5: Critic, the character of, defend- ed against the abfurd invec- tives of bad writers, 78. Crowe, Mr. fpecimens of his
poem on Leweldon Hill, 307. Cunningham, Alexander, fome account of, 89. His attach- ment to Whiggifm, 90. Cha- racter of his hiftory of Great Britain, ib.
Cypress tree, the uses of the de- ciduous, 628.
DANTIC, M. on an infect de-
ftructive to the vines, 418. Darnly, Lord, obfervations on his murder, 1. Q Mary vindi- cated from the charge of be- ing acceffary to it, 3. Daubenton, M. on improving the breed of fheep in France, 333. On the tumours and excrefcen- ces on trees, 414. On fmutty wheat, 418. On producing a large crop of leaves, and fruits, on trees, 418. On a large tree in Chili, 583. On cloth mace of French wool, 610.622. Death, fudden, produced by the rupture of the heart, 609. Debt, national, faid to be the foundation of national pro- fperity,
fperity, 141. This opinion con-
troverted, 142. Defmarets, M. on watering mea. dows, 335. On cleannfig fmut- ty wheat, 417. Diquemare, Abbé, on manure, 416.
Dido, Q. fpeech of, to her fifter Anna, tranflated from Virgil, 116. Extracts from Ewen's ver- fion of her Ep. to Æneas, 245. Difeafes of the warm climates, 472. Who qualified to defcribe them, ib. Enumerated, 473. Method of cure, 474. An un- common one defcribed, 609. Difeafe, a remarkable one affect- ing the organs of fpeech, 614. Difpenfatory. See Pharmacopeia. Dombey, M. on a flour made of the root of alftroemeria ligta.
EARTH, obfervations on the figure of it, 629. Earths, analyfis of geoponic, 587.
Echoes, See Ulje-water. Education, public, Mr. Jefferfon's excellent plan for, 459. Edward I. his infidious policy in attempting to render Scotland a feudatory kingdom depend- ent on England, 655. Electricity, a machine for dou- bling any quantity of, 186. Obfervable in feveral minerals, 621. Degrees of, measured by the torfion of wires, 622. Elegy, on the burying place near Florence, 56.
Elizabeth, Queen of England, traits of her character, 650. Her bafe and tyrannical treat- ment of Mary Queen of Scot- land, 656. Her inclination to defpotic power, 658. Her par- fimonious difpofition, ib. Her artful politics, 659. Embalming, when first practised, 279. Different methods of do- ing it, ib.
Emperor, the prefent, of Germa- ny, his new code of criminal laws developed, 105. English, their national chara&ter, as exhibited in their punish- ment of criminals, 509. In their education, 571. In their resemblance of the ancient Romans and Saxons, 572. In their pride, 573. In their ge- nerofity, compaflion, and fin- cerity, 574. In their courage, 57. In their talte for tragic exhibitions on the flage, 76. In their infatiable curiofity, and exceffive credulity, 577. Equinoxes, preceffion of. See Vince.
Eyes, inflammation of, cured by ftimulating applications, 435. Caution concerning their use,
FARMER, Irish, letters from,
61. Farmers, in England, their uti- lity, 49. Ought not to be re- ftrained, 50. See Agriculture. Fayette, Marquis de la, account
of his zeal in the cause of American freedom, 293. Fern, bread made from the roots of, 413. Fever, putrid and bilious, fymp- toms and treatment of, in the Weft Indies, 474. Fever, yellow, the terror of Eu- ropeans, newly arrived there, 476. How treated, ib. First Lines, an improper title for an elementary book, 502. Flannel, its abforbing qualities, 183. Recommended for fhirts, ib.
Flour trade, the advantages of, to France, 331. A particular kind of, made from Alstroemeria lig-
Fonts, the different forms of, 213. Fordyce, Dr. Geo. his experiments
on heat, 188. Fotheringhay, the hiftory and anti- quities of, 192. Fouchy, M. de, defcribes a curi- ous furgical cafe, 614. Fourchet, a difeafe among sheep
in France, 332. Fourcroy, M. de, analysis of geo- ponic earths, 587. On fmok- ing oil of vitriol, 627. On the tendons and their mucous cap- fulæ, 6.8.
Fox, Mr. his India bill, how far different from Mr. Pitt's, 346. French Prophets, fome account of, 96.
Freon, Mr. his verfes on the creation of the world, 509. Epigram by, 511. Friefland, fome obfervations on that ifland, 615. GARTHSHORE, Dr. obferva- tions on numerous births,
Geddes, Dr. his prescriptive argu- ment for the truth of the Atha- nasian system, answered by Dr. Priestley, 457.
Generation. See Hunter. Gentil, M. le, on the apparent magnitude of opaque bodies feen on different grounds, 617. Remarks on the cold of 1783, ib. On the aftronomy of the Indians, ib. On the origin of the Zodiac, 629. Gibbon, Mr. his general plan for the continuation of his Roman history, 469.
Gifford, Mr. See Zetland. Gipfies, defcribed, 464. Thofe in
Germany different from thofe in England, 465. Their cha- racter, ib. laws refpecting them, 466. Their origin attempted to be ascertained, 467. Giraffe. See Camelopard. Girgenti, the ancient Agrigentum, vaft ruins of, 297. Gleaning of corn, a pernicious custom, 587.
Goat of Angora, ufes of, 585. Gofpel confidered as a portion of ancient hiftory, 305.
Gregory, Mr. his poetical tranf-
lation of the 42d Pfalm, 314. Gunter's Scale. See Nicholfen.
HANNIBAL, remarkable com
pliment paid by him to Sci- pio, 395: Hargrave, Mr. his valuable notes on Coke upon Littleton, 207. his account of the office of high conftable, 208. Of trials by jury, 319. Haflings, Governor, review of the principal charges against him, 157. Haffenfratz, M. on hepatic gas, 188. On geoponic earths, 587.
Haiy, Abbé, on the electricity of fome minerals, 621. On making Herbals, 628. On me- tallic chryftals, ib. Hay, method of making it from clover, 586.
Heart, obfervations on the rup- ture of its ventricles, 609. Heat, experiments on, 188. Not a fubftance, 503. Hemp, Chinefe, the method of cultivating it in France, 155. Made of the root of Spanish
Henry VII. his attempts to form a union between England and Scotland, 655.
Henry VIII. bad effects to his own pofterity, of his ill con- duct towards his wives, 656. Hermaphrodite fruit, what, 582. Hiccup, an obitinate one cured, 493.
Hill, the late Sir John, faid to
have been ruined in confe- quence of lord Bute's patron- age, 353.
Hill, Lady, her addrefs to the public, on her diftreffed fitua- tion, ib.
Horfe chefnut, a wholesome food
for cattle, 413. Horfley, bifhop, his conjecture concerning 9 diftinct extraordi- nary gifts of the fpirit, beftow- ed on 9 diftinct ecclefiaftical offices, 359. His notion of ec- clefiaftical polity controverted, 360. Hotel-Dieu, its inconveniencies and faults reprefented, 619. Commiffioners appointed to re- drefs the abuses, 620. Hot-beds, a peculiar form of, 583. Hothoufe. See Ailway. Howes, Mr. anfwered by Dr. Priestley, 457. Hunter, Mr. experiments on ge- neration, 123, On the wolf, jackall, and dog, ib. On the ftructure and economy of whales, 129. Obtains the Cop
ley medal, ib. His opinions defended by Mr. Peake, 256. Hurricane, a remarkable one in Barbadoes, 493.
Hyder Ally, his diftinguished cha-
racter and great abilities, 400. Hygrometer, M. de Luc's, defend- ed against M. de Sauffure, 153. M. de Sauffure's defence of his own, 236. A comparison be- tween each, 237.
JACKALL, a fpecies of wild dog, 128.
James's Powder, the receipt for it in the new difpenfatory, above 100 years old, 454. Ich dien, a curious criticism on those words, 284.
Jefferfon, Mr. his valuable obfer- vations on the ftate of Virginia, 337.His excellent plan of public education, 459. His remarks on manufactures and com- merce, 462. Reason why the Americans do not engage in manufactures, 463.
Jekyll, Mr. fatirized, 243. Jezus, the imperfections of their
character, turned into an ar- gument in defence of revela- tion, 384. Their religion fupe- rior to that of all other na- tions, 385.
Imitation in poetical compofiti- ons defended, 55.
Impey, Sir Elijah, charges againft,
before the H. of Commons, 73- Indies, Eaft, ftate of the English intereft there, as reprefented by Col. Fullarton, 397. Contrary account by another officer in the Company's fervice, 402. Industry, houfes of, for incorpora- ted diftricts, difapproved, 67. Inks, obfervations on antient, 189. See Manufcripts. Me- thod of making a durable ink,
Infects on trees, how to destroy them, 586. Johnson, Sam. defended against Mafon,
tithes, 349. Jurisprudence, medical, defcribed, 436. Jury, their inftitution for the de- termination of legal trials, &c. 320. Their power explained, 321.
KEIR, Mr. on the congelation
of the vitriolic acid, 183. Kennicott, Dr. fome account of him, 478. His early ftudies and preferments, ib. His death, 481. His pofthumous remarks on felect paffages in the Old Teftament, ib.
Keralio, Mademoiselle de, her
collection of the works of cele- brated French women, 630. Her hiftory of Elizabeth Q of England concluded, 648. Kops, Rev. Mr. gains the Tey- lerian prize on the question concerning the unreasonableness of indifference to religious truth, and the proper means of wifely regulating our zeal in promo- ting its interefts, 589.
LACY, Mr. his diftreffes, 353.
Lambard, Mr. biographical memoirs of, 196, 197. Lambert, Major General of the Parliamentary forces, biogra- phical memoirs of, 60. Lambeth, history and antiquities of the parish of, 102.
Lande, M. de la, on Jupiter's or- bit, 613. On the figure of the earth, 629. On the motion of Venus, 630. Land-Steward, his office and du- ties, 49. Neceffity for not put- ting the farmers under too great reftraints, 50. See Agriculture. Larch-tree, its culture and ufes, 581.
Leancourt, Duc de, on boiling
vegetables in team, 415. Learning, its influence on reli- gion confidered, 543- Lery, Marquis de, recommends the horse chefnut as food for cattle, 413.
Lettres de cachet, apology for, 232.
Limerick, the hiftory of, 191. Littleton, Judge, fome account of
his famous book of tenures, &c. of its earliest editions, and of Coke's commentary, 148. Anecdotes of his life, 2c6. London, remarks on, by a learn- ed foreigner, 579.
Lowth, Bishop, his lectures on the facred poetry of the He- brews, tranflated, 311.
MACHINES for fhortening la-
bour, advantages of, 301. Maclaurin, Profeffor, fome bio-
graphical anecdotes of, 490. Mad dog, its bite cured, 611. Magnetifm, why our knowlege of it is imperfect, 273. All its phenomena probably not yet obferved, 276. Animal, the anfwer of the French academi- cians who were commiffioned to enquire into it, 606. How the effects attributed to it are pro- duced, 607. Degrees of, mea- fured by the torsion of wire,
Magnets, artificial, method of making, 275. Mr. Canton's method infufficient, ib. Maize, the cultivation of it re-
commended in the fouth of
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