Hastings, in Sussex, account of, 361. Helvetia, curious extracts from the history of, 20—25. Herschel, Dr. on the rays of heat and light, 68.
Hitchins, Mr. See Silver. Holmes, Mr. his invention of a
family oven, 341. Horse-racing, a cruel diversion, degrading to the national cha- racter of the English, 428. Hydrophobia, Dr. Rush's account of, 87.
James I. King of England, his toric illustrations of his cha- racter, &c. 123. Mr. Laing's delineation of, 126. Java, account of, 176. Jests, from the new Joe Miller, 445.
Indies, East, accounts of, collect-
ed by Mr. Pennant, 37-53. Farther outlines of, 173. Inflammation, obs. on a case of, 291-355.
Inspiration, of the scriptures, great diversity of opinions con- cerning, 372.
Ireland, obs. on the factions which have ruled there, 440. Jurisprudence, state of, in Europe, in the middle ages of Christia- nity, 542.
Kemble, Mr. his theatrical merit, rivaled by Mr. Cooke, 334. Kennedy, Dr. on three species of whinstone, 156.
Kirwan, Mr. on acids, &c. 12.
On human liberty, 14. On the weather in Dublin, ib. Geological Essays, 380.
Methodists, alarming account of the increase of their conventi- cles, 33. The sectarians de- fended, 104.
Miller, Dr. on the electric at- traction and repulsion, 11. Mills, for parishes, or particular families, 341. Mill-stones, a quarry of, disco- vered at Conway, ib. -Molucca, described, 39. Mountains, curious inquiry into the origin and formation of, 381. Mudge, Capt. his account of the trigonometrical survey in the years 1797-1799, 74.
New Holland, some account of, The selection of that 179. country for the settlement of our convicts disapproved, 180. Newmarket, races of, classed with the other cruel sports of the English, 428. Nicholson, Mr. succeeds Dr. En field in compiling the "Gene- ral Biography," 168. His ac- count of Dr. Bradley; ib. Noble, Mr. his obs. on Cecily, Duchess of York, 413. medal struck by K. Charles I. 414.
Opal, as found in Hungary, some account of, 535: Ourang Outarg, some account of several kinds of, 177. Oxen, advantages of the use of, for tillage, compared with horses, 207.
Paise, M. on barytes and stron tites, 497. Paper. See Loysel. See Carradori. Parmentier, M. on clarification,
394. On medicinal wines, 396. Patrin, M. some account of, and of his edit. of Buffon's Mine- ralogy, 533.
Pegu, latest accounts of that country, 38. Pennsylvania, natural productions of that country, 351. Travels in, 449. Tribes of the native Americans, described, 450. Dreams much regarded by them, 453. Remarkable story of, ib. Grand meeting of Chiefs at Onondaga, 455. Specimens of their oratory, ib. Traditional story of Wabemat, 458. Account of wooded Marshes or bog meadows, 459. More Indian stories, 460. Manner in which they adopt a new member into their family, 461: Obs. rel. to the first dis- covery of America, 464. Philippine Islands, account of, 178. Philology, state of, in Europe, in the middle ages, 538, &c. Philosopher, rural, poetically de- scribed, 237.. Phydias, his Olympian Jupiter, poctically described, 114. Pissis, M. on wood ashes, 492. Plague. See Egypt. See Boulam. Platina. See Proust. Playfair, Professor, on the figure of the earth, 159. Pleasure, criminal, properly re- presented in Dr. Mackenzie's Sermons, 257.
Plombières, anal. of the waters of, 494.
Poetry, state of, before the pc-
riod of the reformation, 541. Portsmouth, notices of, with its harbour, &c. 363. Pot-ash, how to be obtained from the ashes of white poplar, 492. Priestley,
Priestley, Dr. on the doctrine of Phlogiston, 250. Prophecy, the nature and occa- sions of, considered, 270. Proust, M. on Platina, 492.
Regulus, beautiful passages con- cerning, from Hoole's transla- tion of Metastasio, 301.
Reinecke, M. on ascertaining the presence of lead in wine, 496. Richborough Castle, remains at, 359.
Rochester, present Bishop of, his alarming account of the in- crease of Methodistic conven- ticles, 33. The Bishop. an- swered, 104.
Roebuck, Mr. on the air-vaults of iron works, 151. Rue, Abbé de la, on the Life and Writings of Mary, an anglo- Norman poetess, 415. Rural retirement. See Villas. Rustall, Mr, his invention of a family mill, 341. His bolting machine, ib.
Seminaries, er schools of learning,
state of, in the West, before the invention of printing, 537. Series, recurring, authors who have treated of, 529. Siam, described, 40. Silver, account of the discovery of, in a cornish Copper mine, 243. Singing, general obs. on, 148. Sliding lever. See lever. Soda, and Ammoniac, M. The- nard's account of the best pre- paration of the phosphates of, 496. Sonnet, crit. rem. on that species of poetry, 146. Specimens of the Italian Sonnet, ib.
Springs, sulphurcous, medicinal properties of, viz. Harrogate, Moffat, Aix la Chapelle, and Borset, 289. Stonehenge. See Maton. Strontites. See Paise.
Sugar, account of a method by which it may be obtained from Honey, 494. See also Castil- lon, and Beet.
Sumaira, account of, 174. See
Survey, trigonometrical. Mudge.
Taylor, Mr. on the culture of Beet, for making sugar, 340. Tea, and tea-drinking, important remarks on, 430. Testimony, force of, in establish- ing facts, 6.
Thenard, M. on the sebacic acid, 496. See also Guyton, Vau- quelin, and Soda.
Theology, State of, in the middle of Christianity, 542. Tithes, the scheme for a commu tation of discussed, 214. Tonquin, described, 42. Tower of London, account of inscriptions on the walls of an apartment in, 415.
Turks, disorderly state of their army in Egypt described, 315.
Walkden Moor, Duke ef Bridg- water's under-ground naviga. tion there, 342. Walker, Mr. on the production of artificial cold by muriate of Lime, 241. Waters, mineral, the powers and properties of several, viz. Mal- vern, 285. Bristol hot-well, ib. Matlock, ib. Buxton, 286. Bath, 287, Sea water, 288. Chalybeates, ib. Cheltenham Spa and Pyrmont, ib. See also Springs. Way, Mr. his beautiful poetic Tale, The Palace of Love, 276.
Welsh bathing place described, 387-
Whinstone, chemical, exper. on, 157. See also Hall.
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