Bene't-College, Cambridge, its fine library, 172. Blacklock, the blind bard, poetic tribute to, 206. Blagden, Mr., his case of abscess,
Blindness, See Heberden. Blind people, apparatus for teach- ing music to, 364. Blood, venous and arterial, on the temperature of, 48.
Boccaccio, review of his works, 485.
Boggy land, improvement of, 358, 359.
Bonaparte, Napoleon, attachment to, in a Captain of his guard,
68. Boot-makers, machine for, 366. Bowler, Mr., his mode of trap- ping animals, 364. Brain, on the functions of the, 40.
Braithwaite, Mr., his planta- tions, 358.
Bread, made of wheaten flour and potatoes, 362. Brewster, Dr., on properties of light, 257. 261. Britons, antient, their character vindicated, 56. Bruce, Mr., his accounts of Abys sinia partly discredited and partly confirmed, 14. Brussels, account of, 507. Burke, Mr., account of some of his posthumous works, and view of his political tenets and character, 339-355• Com- plete list of his works, 356. Butter, contrivances for preserv- ing and for churning, 361.
C Calderone, remarks on his writ ings, 496. Cambridge, University of, docu- ments and particulars relative to, 50-58. 167-177. Camoens, observations on his life and works, 497-
Canigou, one of the Pyrenean mountains, visit to, 64. Cards, See Beard. Carlsruhe, visit to that city, 503. Carnot, M., account of, 532. Cart-horses, contrivance for re- lieving, when thrown down, 366. Cathery, Mr., on fixing chalk- drawings, and on preparing transparent paper, 362. Catholics of Ireland, Mr. Burke's opinions respecting,351-353. Cayme, Messrs., their manufac- ture of sail-cloth, 363. Chalk, not to be found in this
island farther north than the East-riding of Yorkshire, 181. Chalk-drawings, on a method of fixing them, 362. Charlemagne, a poem, abstract of its story, and extracts from, 78-88.
Charles V. and Francis I., pa- rallel between, 471. Chartreuse, la Grande, visit to, and discipline of that monastery, 304. Fortitude of one of the brethren, 309.
Charts, necessity of providing them for the navy, 161. Chimney-pieces, of composition- stone, 361.
Christ's College, Cambridge, its foundress and remarkable mem- bers, 173. Christians, Commentaries on the affairs of, in the first three cen- turies, 18—24. Church, Christian, government of, in the first three centuries, 22. Change in, ib.
Churn, newly invented, 361. Chyazic acid, account of, 44. Circles, astronomical, on the me thod of dividing, 261. Clare-Hall, Cambridge, account of, 170.
Climacteric disease, observations on, 28.
Goals, observations on the con- sumption,
sumption, trade, and price of,
Coffin, Mr, left as a resident in Abyssinia, with Mr Pearce, 12. Combe, Dr., on a stricture of the Ileum, 26.
Commerce with India, history of,
127-151. Constellations, attempt to explain, 541. Consumption, See Phthisis. Cooke, Mr., his musical apparatus for blind persons, 364. Corn-Laws, tracts relative to, 325-331 438-441. Cows, on feeding them with steamed food, 359. Cranmer, Archbishop, remarks relative to, 170- 355: Crécy, battle of, described by a French writer, 469. Cumming, Dr. on baths, 367. Currey, Dr. on Tetanus, 27. Curwen, Mr., on feeding cows with steamed food, 359.
Distillation, double, on the means of producing, by the same heat, 48.
Dofter Esther, his testimony re- specting Bruce's account of Abyssinia, 14.
Draining, See Haggitt, See Hesle- den.
Drama, lectures on, 457.
Earth, on the measurement of the, 530. East-India-Company, observations on their commerce and govern- ment, 137-151. View of their political system, 400- 411. Their subserviency to ministers, 406, 407.
Eclipses, methods of computing,
Education, domestic and national,
remarks on, 498-502. Elizabeth, Madame, of France, her exemplary character, 465- 468.
Embankment, account of, 358. Etruria, Queen of, her letters to her agent Sassi, 517. Eyes, on a peculiar affection of, 26.
Faith, good remarks on, 218. Fesch, Cardinal, his magnificent palace, 72.
Fever, puerperal, epidemic, de- scription of, 369. Finch, Mr., his large stock of bees, 361.
Fossil remains, See Home. Fountains recommended in a me- tropolis, 76.
Fox, Mr., poetic tribute to, 295. France, on the agricultural state of, 63-445. On her poli- tical state, 69. Principal works of its authors distin- guished and rewarded by the Institute, 535-539. See Dis-
Francis I, parallel between him Hey, Dr., on properties of tán-
Galatians, Epistle to, account of, 387.
Garrick, David, anecdote of, 453 Geneva, its population, 88 Its University, 89 Its political importance, ib. Géographe, a French ship of dis- covery, her meeting with the Investigator, 162.
Golden Verses, attributed to Py- thagoras, translated, 460. Goldoni, observations on his dra. matic works, 493.
Goss, Mr., his instrument för working addition of numbers, 364. Grafton, late Duke of, account of as an author, 169. Grammar, new doctrines in, 335. Groombridge, Mr., on atmosphe- rical refraction, 255.
Haggitt, Dr., his improvement of boggy land, 358. Halford, Sir H., on the cli- macteric disease, 28. Hartley, David, observations on his theory of mind, 171. Haygarth, Dr., on rheumatism, gout, &c. 28.
Head-aches, observations on, 27. Heat, animal, experiments on, 48. Heathenism of the Roman world,
observations on, 20. Heberden, Dr., on night-blindness, on scurvy, and on the mortality of London, 26. Hebert, the French Revolutionist, his testimony to Louis XVI, 464.
Henry IV. of France, anecdotes
Herschel, Dr., on various points of analysis, 261. Hesleden, Major, his improve- ment of boggy land, 359.
gents to circles, 256., Hippolytus, notes on that play,427. History, on the philosophy of, 90. Hodge, Mr., his pot for preserving butter, 361.
Holy Orders, remarks on, 397. Home, Sir Ev., on the functions of the brain, 40. On the fossil remains of an animal, 46. On the influence of the nerves on the arteries, 47.
Horses, on the breed of, in York-
shire, 188. See Cart horses. Howakil, bay of, the place men- tioned in the Periplus of the Erythran sea, as producing the stone called Opsian, 4. Hydrocephalus, cases of, 25. Hydrophobia, case of, 28.
Jansen, origin of that name given to the celebrated leader of the Jansenists, 311. Japan, origin of the Russia em- bassy to, and particulars of it, 243-251. Jesus-College, Cambridge, emi- nent members of, 170. Jews, sketch of their worship, 21. Their cause and character pleaded, 222.
Ileum, case of stricture of, 26. India, See East-India-Company. Insanity, on the comparative pre- valence of, 27. Said to be al- ways founded in corporeal dis- ease, 190. Causes of, 194. Institute, of France, prizes and dis- tinctions awarded by, 535- 539. Intestine, protrusion of per anum, case of, 28. Investigator, outfit and voyage of that ship, 160-167. Her meet-
ing with the Géographe, 162. Iodine, farther experiments on, 40. Jones, Thomas, M.A., of Trinity
College, Cambridge, his great character, 175.
Literature, course of lectures on, 450-459.
of Italy, view of, 480 -493. Of Spain and Portu- gal, 494-497: Liturgy, observations on, 441. Lope de Vega, observations on his works, 495.
Louis XVI., anecdotes of, 462. Luxemburgh, appearance of that province, 5.10. M
Machell, Mr., his annular saw, 364. Malet, General, his conspiracy and death, 542. Marie-Antoinette, her magnani mity in dying, 465.
Markland, the critic, short ac count of, 168. Marquesas, extraordinary height of a young native of those islands, 242. The women dis paraged, ib.
Martin, Mr., his contrivance for re- lieving cart-horses when thrown down, 366.
Maton, Dr., on superfœtation,
27. Metastasio, observations cn, 492. Michael Angela compared with Raphael, 119.
Middleton, Dr., remarks on his life of Cicero, 176. Moggridge, Mr., on the growth of trees, 359. Moreau, General, observations on his connection with Pichegru, 515.
Mortality in London, observa- tions on, 26.
Mosheim, Dr., his account of the
origin of his work De Rebus Christianorum, 18. Specimens of it, 20-24. Mother-of-Pearl, on properties of light in, 257.
Munich, account of, 504. Music, apparatus for teaching to blind people, 364.
Painting, poetic apostrophe to, 296. The painter warned not to employ his art for immoral purposes, 298-300. Paris, improvements of, under Bonaparte, 71. Situation and character of, 74. 77. Paul, Vincent de, a French preach-
er, his charitable zeal, 500. Pearce, the British seaman resi- dent in Abyssinia, account of, 5. Obtains a companion in Mr. Coffin, 12. Peat-Bog-moss, on its utility in packing plants, 367. Pembroke-Hall, Cambridge, dis- tinguished members of, 172. Pendulum, See Ritchie. Peron, M., his unfounded claims to discoveries between Bass's Strait and Nuyts Archipelago, 163.
Perry, Mr., his chirographist, 364.
Persecution, by Christians, strik-
ing instances of, 222. Peter-House, Cambridge, account of, 167.
Peters, Hannah, her mixed bread, 362. Petrarca, remarks on the writings of, 482. Translation from, 484. Phthisis Pulmonalis, observations on the different species of, 26. 29-32.
Planets, on the determination of their elements, 527. Plantations, necessity of thinning them, 357, 358. See Ainslie, See Braithwaite. Poetical extracts in this volume, 78-88. 97-100. 129-136. 206. 209-214. 227-239. 263-279.295-300. 321- 324, 420. 432-437. 484. Poetry, theory of, 454. Poitiers, battle of, represented by a French writer, 470.
Pope, Mr., anecdote relative to,
Population of the East-riding of Yorkshire, 189.
Porrett, Mr., on triple Prussiates, 43. Portugal, literature of, 497. Postilions, in France, their tricks upon travellers, 67. Potassium, triple compound of, observations on its properties, 40. On a mode of procuring,47. Powell, Dr., on nitrate of silver, 26. On insanity, 27. Prizes bestowed by the French Institute, 535-539- Pruning, instrument for, 361. Prussiates, triple, on the nature of, 43. Pyrenees, See Canigou.
Queen's College, Cambridge, re- markable for variety of reli- gious opinions, 172.
R Rambouillet flock of sheep, ac- count of, 61.
Raphael and Michael Angelo, contrast of, 119. Red Sea, account of the inha bitants on the coast of, 3. Refraction, atmospherical, farther observations on, 255. Reynolds, Sir Joshua, particulars of his life and professional career, 43-123. Poetic tri- bute to, 294-300. Rheumatism, See Haygarth. Richelieu and Sully, parallel be- tween, 472. Ritchie, Mr., his compensation- pendulum, 366. Roberts, Dr, on Phthisis Pul monalis, 26.
Rocks, in Norway, geological
observations on, 287, 288. Romney, Lord, his patronage of the Society for Arts, 368. Roxburgh,
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