NAvigation, early ftate and pro- Peter the Long, his relation how
grefs of, among the ancients, 612. In the middle ages, 615. Navy of England, ftrength of, at different periods within the laft 20 years, 216.
Naxos, antiq. of, defcribed, 603. Norway and Iceland, &c. ancient authors rel. to, 563, et feq. Hif torical account of the people of, 618. Of other Lorthern islands and their inhabitants, ib.
Atbs, as religious tefts, difap- proved, 526. Obelisks, fronting the temple at Luxor, their aftonishing fize, 568. Oeconomy, political, investigated,
Oliver, Mr. his theory of lightning and thunder-ftorms, 389. Theo- ry of water-fpouts, 390. Optical illufion, a curious one ex- plained, 143. Optical problem propofed, and anfwered, 144. Orichalcum, what, 34. Oriental forms of correfpondence and business, 592. Orofius, well tranflated by King Alfied, 616.
Ofborne, the book feller, how punish ed by S. Johnfon for his info- lence, 287. Otto, Mr. his memoir on the dif- covery of America, 471.
PAge, Mr. his account of a re-
markable meteor, 393. Parliament. See Reprefentative. Parsnips, how to preserve, by dry- ing, 470. Parfonage improved, a poem, 504. Patterson, Mr. his method of hnd-
ing a true meridian line, and thence the variation of the com- país, 467. Pegge, Mr. his hiftory of Bolfover and Peak Caftles, 427. Pellier, M. the oculit, his opera- tions commended, 37. Perkins, Dr. his conjectures rel. to wind, water-fpouts, tornados, and hurricanes, 391.
he fell in love with Blanche Ba- zu, 512. Petrifaction. See Camper. Philofophy, natural, feveral exper. in, by Dr. Priestley, &c. 134. Phlogifton, obf. on, 134. Reflec tions on, in order to illuftrate the theory of combuftion and calcination, 555: Pigott, Mr. his obf. on changeable itars, 31.
his determination of the latitude of York, from aftron, obf. 117.
on the tranfit of Mer-
Place, M. de la, on the figure of the earth, 560. On the births, marriages, and deaths, at Paris, 561. Plumbum corneum, how prepared, 136. Poetry, ancient Scottish, obf. on the origin of, 124. Several an- cient Scottish poets noticed, 128. Polypus, uterine, &c. how pro- duced, 572.
Poor's-rates, amount of, at two different periods, 216. Poor, plan for their benefit, 62, Excellent bill for their relief and employment, 352. Population, principles of, affigned,
ftate of, in England and Wales, at various periods, from Edw.III. to the prefent time,215. Power, balance of, confidered, 397. Pre-Adamites, account of, from an
Indian hift. of the world, 420. Precipitation, fatal effects of, an Indian tale, 419. Press, liberty of, descant on, 115. Percy, Bishop, affifts in the new
edition of the Tatler, 22. Price, Dr. his approbation of Mr. Acland's plan for the benefit of the poor, 65.
his idea of the doctrine of atonement, 402. His compa- rifon of the Athanafian and So- cinian fyftems, ib.
Shakespeare defended against Vol-
taire, &c. 173. Sharpe, Archbishop, his obf. on the coinage of England, 430. Shells. See Lightfoot.
Sheridan, Mr. his oratorical talents panegyrized, 66.
Silk worm, whole progress of, from the to the cocon, 139. egg Slate, Weftmoreland, its nature and ufes, 34.
Smeaton, Mr. his obf. on the gra- duation of aftronomical inftru- ments, 29.
Snake in a living horfe's eye, ac-
Solomon's Song, critical obferva- tions relative to, 26. Stars, obf. on.
See Goodricke, Pigott, Herfchell, Mayer, Ritten- bouse.
Steele, Sir Richard, ftory of his want of economy, 23. Of his conduct in the management of his periodical publications, ib. Subm, M. de, his correfpondence.
with the late K. of Pruffia, 578. Sulphur and Phosphorus, reflections on the increase of their weight in combuftion, 554. Sunday Schools recommended, 181, 183. Hints for their improve- ment, 436.
Swatara, defcript. of the grotto
Sweet Springs. See Maddifon. Swift, Dean, his enmity toward
Lord Wharton, 24. His ha- tred of Walpole, ib. Story of his attempt to ravish one of his parishioners, ib.
Thormino, fketch of the beauties
of that fine country, 602. Re- markable antiquities there, 603. Noble Greek theatre there in uncommon prefervation, ib. Tatler, account of the contributors to that work during its firft publication, 23-25. New edir. of, much obliged to Dr. Percy, ib. Temple of Jerufalem, Haggai's prophecy, and Jofephus's acc. of, critically investigated, 54. Controversy
Controverfy on this fubje&t now fubfifting, 410-414. Teier, Abbé, his exper. to fhew the effect of light on plants, 552. That, obf. on that word, 6. Theatre, dramatic, affirmed to have
a happy inficence on morals,519. Thermometer. See Wedgwood. See Barker. Thevenot's account of his journey from Cairo to Suez, reprinted in the Afiatic Mifcellany, 419. Thompson, Sir Benj, his new exper. on heat, 190.
Torpedo of Surinam, acc. of, 140. Travellers, ancient, Northern, 618. Italian, 622.
Treaty, commercial, between Eng. and France, inveftigated, 162- 170, 249, 340, 438. Treffan, Count, his literary cha- raster, 238.
Turgot, M. his life, 629. His ex- cellent character, 631. Difmiffed from his poft in the French mini- ftry on account of his intolerable integrity, ib. His death, 633.
Apours, watery, philofophy and mechanical effects of, 313. Confidered as expanfible fluids, 317. Venus, tranfit of, in 1769, obferv. ed at Newbury, in Maffachu- fets, 219. Vefuvius, Mount, Sir W. Hamil- ton's obf. on the prefent ftate of that volcano, 195. Vicq D'Azyr, M. continuation of
his researches concerning the ftructure of the brain, 559. Vienna, character of the inhabit- ants of, 609. Vieyra, Mr. his plan to facilitate
the travels of the Marquis de
Chaftellux, 337.
Water-Spouts, theory of, 390. Con- jectures on, 391.
Watson, Bp. his account of his chemical purfuits, 32. Of his renouncing them, and burning his books, ib. His notion of national ftrength and happiness, 33. See alfo Landaff. Wedgwood, Mr. additional obf, on his excellent thermometer for meafuring the higher degrees of heat, 188. Wetstein, his objections to the an-
tiquity of the Alexandrian Greek Teft. refuted, 546.
White mountains, in America, de- fcribed, 138.
Wilkins, Mr. his extraordinary me-
rit in printing with Oriental types. of his own making, 300, 592. Williams, Mr. his obf. of the tran- fit of Venus in 1769, 219.
- his exper. on evapora- tion, &c. 392.
Wit, a fpecies of evil-speaking, 495. Wright, Dr. on the antiseptic vir-
tues of vegetable, acid, and ma- rine falt, combined, 294.
Young, Mr. Arthur, his character as an agricultural writer appre- ciated, 40. His annals charac- terized, ib.
the study of the Arabic lan- guages, 595. Strictures on his abilities as an Orientalift, 597. Vince, Mr. his nev method of finding fluents, &c. 119. Viper, remedies for the bite of, 575. Exper. rel. to. 576. Vifion. See Darwin, Elliot, Her-Inc, efficacy of the flowers of, in cure of the asthma, 333.
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