Medicine, phyfical inquiry into the powers
and operations of, 10.
Meffier, M. on the comet obferved at
Paris, in 1787, 505.
Milk, human, obfervations on the pro-
perties commonly attributed to it, and
the difeafes fuppofed to originate from
this fource, 421.
Monge, M. on fome phenomena of at-
traction and repulfion, 492.
Monro, Dr. his account of the method
of making otter of roses, 198.
Muller, M. his memoir on the con-
ferva paluftris oculo nudo invifibilis, 480.
Mumps, account of. See Anderfon.
Napier, Hon. Mr. his obfervations on
gun-powder, 416.
Navigations, inland, by canals, im-
provements propofed in the conftruc-
tion of, 401.
Necker, M. his expofition of his con-
duct, during the laft years of his ad-
miniftration, 549. His encomium
on the King of France, 555. His
cenfures of the National Allembly,
557.
New Weir, on the river Wye, charming
view of, 68.
Novels, receipt for compiling and vamp-
ing, 338.
Noyes, Mr. obtains a prize medal, for
his practice in ftall-feeding horfes with
green food, 189.
O'Halloran, Mr. his anatomical exami
nation of the parts immediately in-
terested in the operation for a cataract,
418.
Otabeite, obfervations on the manners of
the natives of, 424.
Otter of Rofes, Indian, method of pre-
paring, 198.
Ousley, Mr. his account of the moving
of a bog, and the formation of a lake,
in Ireland, 407.
Pagés, M. his travels in the French
fettlements in North America, 33.
His account of Mexico, 34. Fri
journey through the defarts of Arabia,
36.
Pain, fermon on, by the Rev. Dr. James
Fordyce, 477.
Painting, art of, as under ftood by the
ancients, curious and critical account
of, 272.
Pendulums, account of three, invented by
Mr. Croftbwaite, Dublin, 408.
Percival, Dr. his phyfical inquiry into
the powers of medicine, 10.
Philip IV. K. of France, the first who
ambled the Tiers Etats, 168.
Phyfiognomy, ftudy of, applied to the
brute creation, 185.
Place, M. de la, his aftronomical pa-
pers, in the laft volume of the Me
moirs of the Royal Academy of Paris,
510.
Plants, curious inquiry concerning the
irritability of their fexual organs,
Platina, experiments on the fufion of, 6,
Prefgrove, Mr. his great fuccels in feed-
ing cattle with potatoes, 189
Price, Dr. his great character, 238.
Pruffian blue. See Acid.
Poetic extracts in this volume, viz. From
Cowper's poems, 83, 84. From De
Lille's Garden, 154. From Down-
man's Infancy, &c. 157. From Merry's
Lorenzo, 203. From Peter Pindar's
Rights of Kings, 221. From Mrs.
Yearlley's Stanzas of Woe, 223.
From Verfes on Haydn, ib. From Lines
in Memory of Mr. Welley, 342. From
Belgia, a poem, 343. From Merry's
Ode for July 14, 344. From the
Test of England, 374. From the Re-
volution, a poem, 376. From The
Gallaxy, 387. From Aikin's Poems,
392. From Polwhele's English Ora-
tor, 464.
Portal, M. his fecond memoir on the
effects of mephitic vapours on man,
517.
Potatoes, fuccefsful cultivation of, for
feeding cattle, 189.
Pyramids, Ifoperimetrical, memoir on,
482.
Quakers, their notion of clerical tithes,
115.
Qualia Simaruba, botanical account of,
199. Ufe and effects of, in different
dileafes, ibid. and 200. the noer.
Quayle, Mr. his fuccefs in gaining land
from the fea, 190.
Quin, Mr. his improved hydrometer, Stack, Mr. his effay to improve the theory
of defective fight, 409.
Suicide, curious obfervations on the pre-
valence of, among all nations, 18.
Temple of Solomon, remarks on the
fcripture account of the dimenfions of,
475.
Thermometer, experiments relative te,
493.
Thouin, M. on the ufe of heath-mould,
593.
Tranfit Infrument. See Usher.
Trees, (timber,) prize encouragements for
planting, by the London Society of
Arts, &c. 188.
Van Marum, Dr. his defeription of a
newly constructed electrical machine,
548.
Virgil's Mirror, what, 501.
Universities, English, imperfections in
their modes of education, 365. Ame-
rican, fome account of, 383.
Usher, Dr. his new method of illu-
minating the wires, and regulating
the pofition, of the tranfit infra-
ment, 408. His obfervations with a
view to afcertain whether magnify
ing power, or aperture, contributes
moft to the difcerning small ftars in the
day, 411. On an ecl pfe of the fun,
421. On an Aurora Borealis, feen in
full funshine, 422.
Washington, General, elegant fonnet ad-
drefied to, 396.
Watt, Mr. his account of a mine in which
the aerated barytes is found, 7.
Wedgwood, Mr. his analyfis of a mineral
fubftance from New South Wales, 261.
Weighs and meatures, plans for the
equalization of, 60. Various fland.
ards proposed, 61. Sir James Stuart's
plan, 236.
Welley, John, his character advantage-
oully displayed, 219. Veríes to his
memory, 342. Farther encomium on
his character, 357.
Wheel-carriages, experiments on, 414.
Wilis, Mr. his experiments on the fu
fion of platina, 6.
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4. at the top, read thus: from the fire to the balance, without calcination
(and of courfe an increase of weight,) taking place on the furface.
5.1. for by Jupiter,' r. to Jupiter.
9. 1. 15. for lamella,' r. lamella.
12. 1. 23. for tenuity,' r. tenacity.
64. 1. 24. dele the turned comma before a fandard measure, and that after fa-
ture time, 1. 27.
65. at the bottom, a wrong reference is made to an article: it will be found
198. 1. 3. for Robfon,' r. Robifon.
297. 1.6. the Differtation on the Nature of Obligation, by Mr. Ellis, was pre-
fixed to that gentleman's Summary of the Roman Law, abridged from
Dr. Taylor, and published without Mr. E.'s name. See Review, vol.
xlviii. p. 1.
301. 1. 8. for she,' r. we.
315. Title of Art. xvi. the price fhould be 5 s.
468. 1. 26, for operate,' r. operating.
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