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guishing them, 281. On the
proper feafon for pruning
vines, 489.
Birmingham, controversy relative

to the late riots there, 195.
Blagden, Mr. his conclufions
from facts relative to Pem-
phigus, 159.

Books, lift of, recommended to
the younger clergy, by the
Bishop of Chester, 113. Sup-
plement to the Bishop's lift,

114.

Bolton, Mr. his directions to bo-

tanical students, in defcribing
the genus Agaricus, 181.
Bone manufactory, at White-
chapel, described, 330.
Borde, M. de la, fuppofed to
have been affaffinated at Paris,
552.
Briffon, M. his improved areo-
meter, &c. 510. His effay on
the uniformity of measures,
&c. 512. Enquiry concern-
ing the best fteel for receiving
the magnetic virtue, 513.
Browne, Dr. his ftrictures on

Lord Mon boddo's obfervations
on the Greek tenfes, 290.
Brydone, Mr. his account of
Ætna controverted, 321.
Buffon, M. de, his eulogy, 509.
Burke, Mr. his political incon-

fiftencies pointed out, 87.
Peter Pindar's fatiric Ode
to Burke,' 210. Mr. B.'s po-
litical principles impeached,
368.
Bube, Mr. his effay on the po-
pulation of Ireland, 69.
Buxton waters, prescribed in pul-
monary complaints, 140. Ob-
fervations on that remedy, ib.

C

Camel, rate of the travelling of
that animal. See Rennell.
Canada, fituation of the Ameri-
can Loyalists, fettled in that
province, 135.

Cancer, remedy for, 450.
Caffini, M. his Mem. on the tri-
gonometrical operations per-
formed in order to afcertain
the difference between the me-
ridians of Paris and Green-
wich, 522.
Cavallo, Mr. his defcription of
a fimple micrometer for mea-
furing fmall angles with the
telescope, 62.

Chaptal, M. his obfervations on
the process of making allum,
516.
Charlemont, Lord, his account
of a fingular cuftom at Mete-
lin, 293.
Charles, M. his inquiry into the
principles of the differential
calculus and particular inte-
grals, 523.
New inquiries

into the conftruction and li
mits of finite differential equa-
tions of the first order, ib.
Charles II. obfervations on his
character, and political con-
duct, 416.

Chatham, Earl of, valuable col-

lection of anecdotes relative
to the latter part of his life, 22.
His mode of transacting bufi-
nefs with the Admiralty board,
31.
Children of the poor, the removal
of, from their friends, &c. to
be employed in manufactories,
condemned, 348.
China, extent and boundaries of
that empire, 495.
Inquiry
whence originally peopled,
497. Religion of, 498. Their
chronology, 501. Their aftro-
nomy, 506.
Chriftian writers, the primitive,
vindicated from the charge of
being enemies to philofophy
and human learning, 12.
Clarke, Dr. his account of a dan-
gerous disease among the in-
fants in the lying-in hofpi-
tal, Dublin, 68.

Clathrus,

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Clathrus, fearlet, curious account
of the motion of the fibres
of that wonderful little plant,
184.
Coffee, the cultivation of, in our

Weft Indies, recommended,
147. Methods of, ib.
Coins, queftion propofed by
the National Affembly of
France, relative to an inva-
riable standard of, 508. Re-
marks on that fubject, by five
gentlemen of the Royal Aca-
demy of Sciences, ib.
Conyngham, Hon. Mr. his de-
fcription of the theatre at Sa-
guntum, 296.

Cooke, Mr. his defcription of a
fteam engine, 66.
Cookfey, Mr. his defign of writ-
ing the hiftory of Worcester-
fhire, 320.
Correfpondence with the Review-
ers, viz. LAVENENSIS, on a
paffag
age in Ariftotle's Poetic,
119. A CONSTANT READ-
ER, on a "New help to dif-
courfe," 120. R. S. on the
dilatorinefs of Reviewers, ib.
LUCIUS, concerning a paper
written by Dr. Cleghorn, on a
"Cafe of inverted uterus,'
240. R. Y. on the exorbitant
prices of pamphlets, 360. LA-
VENENSIS, on Cypress, Cy-
prus, Cyparifus, Camphire, &c.

479.

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Coulomb, M. his fixth memoir

on electricity, 512.
Cowper, Mr. his particular de-
fign in tranflating Homer, 432.
Obfervations on, 433. Gene-
ral character of his tranfla-
tion, 434. Specimens of the
work, with remarks, 435.
Crumwell, Lord, his letter to the
Earl of Shrewsbury, 4.

D

Dancing, art of, prohibited by
the Methodists, 570.
Desfontaines, M. his obfervations
on the lotos of Lybia, 518.
Digitalis purpurea, its medical
attributes, 166.

Dog, fidelity of that honeft ani-

mal poetically noticed, 123.
Du Hamel, M. his memoir on
the art of feparating filver
from copper by means of lead,
516.

E

Eaft Indies, tracts relative to the
war there, and the Company's
trade, 50. 98. 108. 250. 424.
443.

Eclipfe, the famous race-horfe,
his form and proportions, 459.
Electricity, experiments and cal-

culations relative to, 512.
Elephant, the power and fury of
this animal, when hard-preff-
ed by the hunters, 422. Re-
markable inftance of, 423.
Etna, Mount, its high antiqui

A

ty, according to the accounts
of Recupero and Brydone, dif-
puted, 322.

below F
Ferrar, Mr. Nicolas, his emi-
nent character, 258.
Ferriar, Dr. his account of a case
of the hydrophobia, 157.
Ferris, Dr. his account of a cafe
of petechia fine febre, 158.
Fires, in buildings, new inven-

tion for extinguishing, 281.
Fleurieu, M. fuppofed to have

been affaffinated in Paris, 552.
Flintoff, Mr. his letter to Mr.

Robfon, on the motion of the
fibres in the clathrus, 184.
Ford, Mr. his account of a ca-
theter left in the bladder, &c.
159. Of an imperforated rec-
tum, ib.

Dalby, Mr. on the longitudes of Fouchy, M. De, his eulogy, 509.
Dunkirk and Paris, 56.

3

Fougeroux de Bondarey, M. his

memoir

Faxe Dr his in-

-vention of paper
Stone, 482.

memoir on the detonation of
falt of glass, when thrown,
while in fufion, into water,
516.

Fourcroy, M. de, fupplement to

his elements of chemistry, &c.
by whom written, 170. His
memoir on azotic gas, &c. 171.
His memoir on the combuf-
tion of fome fubftances in oxy-
genated muriatic acid gas,
513. His memoir on the
phenomena which take place
on the precipitation of metal-
lic folutions made by ammo-
niac, 515.
Fox-glove. See Digitalis.
France, the new conftitution of
government there highly com-
mended, 271. Mode of con-
ducting general elections there,
greatly preferable to the Eng-
lifh, 273. Happy effects of
the abolition of tithes there,
276. The protestant religion
greatly promoted by the re-
volution there, 281. Eng-
lifh churches publicly encou-
raged at Dunkirk, Bologne,
and in Paris, ib. Obferva-
tions on the prefent politics of
France, 469. 548. 565. 567.
Franklin, Dr. Benjamin, his cha-
racter defended against a flan-
derous ftory, propagated by
one Landais, 97.
Fraxinus ornus, botanical account
of, 162. See alfo Manna.
Free Mafonry, its beneficence ex-
tended to the female fex, 582.

G
Gardenftone, Lord, his travelling
memorandums, 253. His re-
commendation of milk warm
from the cow, ib.
Gauffen, M. his two memoirs on
the comparative dilatation of
mercury and fpirits of wine,
483.

Gellieu, M. De, his defcription
of a new kind of bee-hive,
489.
Gentil, M. his obfervations on
the fpecies of fucus growing on
the coaft of Normandy, 518.
Aftronomical papers by him,
in the last vol. of the Acad. of
Sciences at Paris, 520.
George II. his character, 29.
Grain, Mrs. Phillips's obferva-
tions on the high price of, 471.
Granary, public, at Geneva, de-
fcribed, 255.

Granite, effay on the formation
of, 487.

Graves, Dr. his remarks on an
inftance of meteorifmus ventri.
culi, 158.

Guards, foot, obfervations relative
to, 100. Reform of, urged, ib.

H

Haffenfratz, M. on hydrogenous

gas, 171.

Hauy, Abbé, his memoir on the
double refraction of Iceland
crystal, 510.

his analytical method of
refolving problems relating to
the structure of crystals, 523.
Henry IV. of France, anecdotes

relative to, 248.
Horne, Bifhop, his ferious lamen-

tation on the general disbelief
of the doctrine of the Trinity,
235. His cenfure of one of
our universities, ib.
Howard, John, the reformer of
prifons, memoirs of his life,
298. His death, 299. His
travels and writings, 302.
Hudson's Bay Company vindi-
cated against Mr. Umfreville,
135.

Hydrophobia, cafe of, with ap

pearances on diffection, 157.
Obfervations on the prevention
and treatment of, ib. See
alfo Rabies Canina.

James

I and J

James II. his acceffion to the
throne anticipated with horror,
yet fuffered to take place with-
out oppofition, 417.
Idolatry, Chriftian, its innocen-
cy, 580.

Jeaurat, M. his observations on
an eclipse of the fun, June 4th
1788, 522.
Johnson, Dr. Sam. anecdotes re-
Jative to, 72. His opinion of
marriage, 74. On the uni.
verfities, ib. His account of
the fhare which Cibber had in
the Lives of the Poets, contra-
dicted, 75. The perfon and
character of Dr. Johnfon de-
fcribed, 79.
His opinion of
party-voting, 367, the note.
Jonah in the whale's belly, fpi-

ritualized and typified, 149.
Jones, Sir William, his view of
the boundaries of China, 495.
Of the chronology of the Hin-
dus, 501. On the antiquity
of the Indian Zodiac, 505.
Ireland, method of afcertaining
the population of, 69. The
Roman Catholics of, defended,
343 449. See alfo Beauford.
Iron mok, the famous prifoner
in the Baftile fo difguifed, fup-
pofed to have been the elder
brother of Lewis XIV. 557.

K

Kearney, Dr. his remarks on the

history of alphabetic writing,
289.
Kentucky, in N. America, its pro-
duce, 393. Principles on which
that flate intends to complete
its fyftem of jurisprudence, 398.
Kirwan, Mr. his experiments on
the alkaline fubftances used in
bleaching, and on the colour-
ing matter of linen yarn, 63.
His letter to Lord Charlemont,
on coal-mines, 66. See alfo
Pouget.

L

Landais, Monf. his flander of the
memory of Dr. Franklin re-
futed, 97..

Lande, M. de la, fundry aftro-
nomical papers by, in the me-
moirs of the Royal Academy of
Sciences at Paris, 1783. 518,
519, 520.

Laffone, M. his eulogy, 509..
Lavoifier, M. on the combustion
of iron in vital air, 170.
Lee, Gen. Charles, fketch of his
character, 470.

Le Gendre, M. his calculation of
the triangles between Green.
wich and Paris, 522. On
double integrals, 523.
Levade, Dr. his account of a
fpecies of Somnambulism occa-
fioned by a blow, 483. His
Report on a cafe of noctambula-
tion, ib. On the nat. hift. of
wafps, 484. On the baths of
Louëch, 487.
Lebfier, curious inftance of the
averfion of that animal to the
found of cannon, 127.
Loftie, Mr. his obfervations on
the prevention and treatment
of the hydrophobia, 157-
Longitudes of Dunkirk and Paris
deduced. See Dalby.
Lonsdale, Lord, Peter Pindar's
conciliatory verfes to, 211.
Lotteries, ftate, a favourite mode
of gambling with the common
people of Rome, in the prefent
age, 225. Ruinous effects of,
ib.

Louch, account of the baths of,
487.

Luynes, Cardinal, his eulogy,
509. His freedom from bi
gotry, ib.

M

Manna, account of its produc-
tion from the flowering afh,
&c. 162. Medical properties
of this fubftance, 165.

Manfien

E

Manfion-house, old, in ruins, po-
etic lamentation over, 121.
Manuel, M. cenfured for his col-
lection of Mirabeau's letters,
491.

Map of the world, attempt to
conftruct one, on a very large
fcale, 425.

Marck, M. de la, his memoir on

the nutmeg-tree, 517.
Marefbal powder, jeft concern-

ing, 566.
Marfeilles, the inhabitants of,
uncommonly profperous and
happy, 254.

Mary of Scots, committed to
the cuftody of the Earl of
Shrewsbury, 5. His complaint
of expences incurred on that
account, 6. Her wine-baths,
ib. Other enormous charges,
7.

May, Dr. William, his corre-
spondence with Dr. Percival,
on the phthifis pulmonalis, 138.
Medicus, M. Fred. Cafimir, his
memoir on the formation of
mushrooms, 484.
Memory, pleafures of, poetically
defcribed, 121.
Metelin, fingular cuftoms of the
women there, who have ar-
rogated the privileges of the
men, 293. Suppofed to have
formerly constituted an Ama-
zonian commonwealth, 295.
Minish, Mr. account of his ma-
nufactory of bone ash, 330, the

note.

Minifters, of Great Britain, fea-

fonable advice to, in regard to
political reforms, &c. 373.
Mirabe au, Count de, his extra-
ordinary character, 492. Au-
thentic edition of his letters,

494.
Moderation in enjoyment, recom-
mended to young perfons, 387.
Monnier, M. his obfervations on

the folar eclipfe, June 15, 1787,

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Pemphigus, facts relative to, 159.
Percival, Dr. his obfervations on
the nature and treatment of
the Phthifis Pulmonalis, 138.
On the caufes and treatment
of the dropfy of the brain, 159.
Phthifis Pulmonalis, remarks re-

lative to the proper treatment
of that dangerous difeafe, 138.
Pindar, Peter, his fatiric lines to
Mr. Burke, 210. His conci-
liatory verfes to Lord Lonf-
dale, 211. His patriotic ad-
drefs to Liberty, ib.

Pitt, Mr. advited how to pre-

vent a revolution in this
country, 353. See alfo Mi-
nifters.

Place, M. de la, his theory of

Jupiter's Satellites, 520.
Poetical extracts in this volume,

viz. From Mrs. Radcliffe's Ro-
mance of the Forest, 86.-The

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