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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,

503.

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,

130.

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,

21.

Corporations, and other political
regulations, their evil tenden-

cy, 411.

Coulomb, M. on the powers of

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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

On

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.

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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,

436.

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FAR-

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-

ta, 414.

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,

128.

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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.

Han

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

broom, 332.

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,

190..

Infects on trees, how to destroy
them, 586.
Johnson, Sam. defended against
Mafon,

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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,

622.

Magnets, artificial, method of
making, 275. Mr. Canton's
method infufficient, ib.
Maize, the cultivation of it re-

commended in the fouth of

France,

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