To the REMARKABLE PASSAGES in this Volume.
N. B. To find any particular Book, or Pamphlet, see the Table of Contents, prefixed to the Volume.
BREGE' de l'Hiftoire des Voy- ages, 298. ACHARD, M. his memoir on the dephlogistication of phlogiticat- 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 meafur. 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, Atrictures on focie- ties for the promotion of, 425. Scheme for rendering them more ufeful by experimental infiitu- tions, and approved practice,427. Reflections on the
prefent ftate of, 455. AIR, See INGENHOUZ. See SCHEELE. See ACHARD. See 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, 525. ARCHITECTURE. See LE CAMUS. ARISTOTLE. See BATTEUX. ARNAUD, Abbé, his remarks on Greek profe, 555. APP, Rev. Ixiv,
ASPECT, M. his hit. 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 fhips that have been ftranded, 270. BAROMETER, obfervations on a particular variation of, 505. BATTEUX, Abbé, his analyfis of
Ariftotle's Poetics, 555. BEAUCLERC, Lady Diana, her drawings and bas-reliefs praised, 131, 132. BEAUZVILLE, M. his letter to the Reviewers, 320.
BEES, curious obf. concerning the
nature and œconomy of, 528. BEGUELIN, M. his inquiries con. cerning the unities of nature, 5 13. 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 characterised, 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- mal, 505.
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.
BUAT, 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 Lordship's other de- figns, ib.
AITHNESS, pleafing defcription of fome parts of that country,
CASTILLON, M. his problem on the ideas in the Divine Mind, 504. CATHOLICS, English, their con- duct, with respect to Gov. un exceptionable, 401-408. Their numbers, wealth, and influence, in this county, all declining, ib. CATTLE, the contagious diftemper among, affirmed to be an erup- tive fever, of the variolous kind, 277. Farther inquiry concern- ing, 517.
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 Prayer paraphrafed, 165. In what fenfe the Son of God, 313. Farther controverfy 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 Glasgow, 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, beft 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 fine fitua- tion, and peculiar advantages, 289.
COPPER, improved method of tin- ning, 537 COPPER-ORES. See FORDYCE. CRAIG-CARRIL, romantic scenery of, 113.
CRISPUS, the fon of Conftantine, his character, 294. His unfor- tunate end, 205, 296. CYRUS, account of a Greek manu- fcript of a curious romance rela- tive to him, 557. 6
DACIER, 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
DUCHANOY, Dr. his effay on the art of imitating mineral waters, 304. DUN-DOR NADILLA, picturefque view of, 114.
EARTH, globe of, philofophical
ideas respecting 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. Contraverted, 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- fructions, 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.
tragedies, 62. Specimen of, 63.
EYE. See WALTER.
FARMS, engroffing of, obferva-
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. See MOR. 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. FOR MEY, M. his examination of the queftion; Whether ALL TRUTHS are fit to be rOLD? 499. His account of M. Lam- bert, 506. 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, Prince, his letter concerning electricity, 532,
533. GARDENING, hiftorical account of the art of, 193. Great defects of the ancient pleasure gardens, 194.
GENIE de l'architecture, 463. GERHARD, M. on the tourmaline, 495.
GLOBE. See LETTRE. GOUTIER, M. his investigation of the hair, and beards of the an- cients, 546. His inquiry into the philofophy of Cicero, 557.
EURIPIDES, new tranflation of his GRAINCOURT, M. his hift. of il-
luftrious French naval officers, 298. GRANGE, M. de la, his memoirs
concerning the orbits of comets, and the theory of tele fcopes, 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 eftablishment of the Indian reli- gion in China, 550.
HALIFAX, Dr. his defence of Dr. Ogden's fermons against Mr. Mainwaring, 100. Answered,
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 cafe of the Cafarian 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.
How MAN, Mr. his account of the
culture of Siberian barley, 421. HUNTER, Mr. his acc. of a fœtus 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
greatest, 439. His paper on cubic equations, &c. 441. HYDRAULICS. See BUAT.
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JERVAS, the painter, his perform-
ances cenfured, 134. JERRY Laft, flory 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.
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KENT, the architect, his excel-
lence in designing, 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 fofils in the Belgic provinces, 530. His memoir concern. the Oricalcum of the ancients, 549. LAYARD, Dr. his acc. of the dilem.
among the horned cattle, 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, 463.
L'ESPRIT des Croisades, 456. LETTRE Concernant la chaleur du globe, &c. 454.
LES HOMMES ILLUSTRES de la marine François, 298. LORD's Prayer paraphrafed. 165. LORETTO, chapel of, its Travels and Adventures, 142. LUCAN, Lady, her paintings com- mended, 131.
LUCIAN, his dialogue with Lord Lyttelton in the Elyfian Fields, 23. Character of Lucian as a writer, 32. Specimen of a new tranflation of his Dialogues, 31. See alfo DIOGENES. LUDLAM, Mr. his demonftration of
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 criticised, 196. Invectives a gainft, 221-230. More feri- ouily attacked, 234. MAIZEROY, M. Joly de, his me- moir on war, confidered as a fcience, 553. His state of the Grecian cavalry, 554. His tranfl. of Xenophon's treatife on that fubject, ib.
MAN in the iron mask, conje&t. 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 Euxine, 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,
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