HEATED-ROOM, experiments in,
HEMLOCK. See DOUGLASS. See
HENRY VIII. his quarrel with JAMES IV. of Scotland, his quar-
James IV. of Scotland, 417. HERBELOT-Bibliotheque Orien- tale, new edition propofed, with a valuable Supplement, 312. HEY, Mr. his account of the ef- fects of electricity in the amaro- fis, 250. HIEROGLYPHICS, ufed before the invention of letters, 363. HISTOIRE des revolutions de Corfe, 224.
abregée de le Suede, &c.
HISTORISCHE und politische abf. childerung der Anglischon manu- facturen, &c. 309. HISTORY of the trial of Chancel- lor Poyet, 312. HOHENTAL, Baron, his treatise on political fcience, 470. HOTTENTOTS, particularities of their manners and cuftoms, 544. HUME, David, cenfured for the partial account given in his hif tory, of the Irish maffacre, 449. HUMMEL, M. his new library of fcarce books, 471. HUNTER, Mr. his anatomical ac- count of the gymnotus, 118. His experiments on animals and vegetables, with refpect to the power of producing heat, 120.
Dr. his account of cafes of the retroverted uterus, fuc- cefsfully treated by repofition, 251. HUTCHINS, Mr. his experiments
in order to freeze quick filver, 415. HYDROCEPHALUS, fingular cafe
of, 252. HYDROPHOBIA, fatal cafe of, when the Ormskirk antidote fail- ed, 253. A similar cafe, 258.
417. Lofes the battle of Flodden, and is flain, 425.
INDIES, Eaft, tranfactions of the English there, 273-286. Ill afpect of, ib. Enormous fums and revenues wrung from the Nabobs, &c. by the Company, ib. INGENHOUSZ, Mr. his methods of meafuring the diminution of bulk taking place upon the mixture of common air with ni- trous air, 414. JOURNAL d'un officier Françoise, 467. IRISH.
See PAPISTS. ISAIAH, chap. vii. 13, &c. new tranflation and critical remarks
on, 79. ITALY, various places in defcrib- ed, 107-112-296-299- 434.
GUICCIARDINI's genuine, original history of, 471. JUMPERS, a new fect of Metho- diits, 164. Account of their freaks, 165.
KALENDARS, gardeners, the common plans of, how defec- tive, 228. A new one fubmit- ted to the public, ib. KERR, Mr. his account of the
tree producing the terra japonica, 253. Of the culture of the white poppy, and preparation. of opium, in the Eaft Indies, 255. KIEN-LONG, prefent Emperor of China, his hiftorical poem, 537. KOLBEN, his account of the Cape of Good Hope, fabulous, 545- KNOLL, M. his account of the beds adapted, by the ancients, to the ufe of fick perfons, 490.
LADIES' Diary, historical account
of the conductors of that work, from the beginning, 320. New edition of the ufeful and enter- taining parts of, ib. LAMBERT, M. his remarks on the temperament of mufic, 492.
LA MORALE Universelle, &c. 139. Fortification Perpendiculaire,
LANGHORNE, Dr. his epistle to Sig. Mozzi, 384. LANGUEDOC, canal of, described, 190.
LAONGO, Country of defcribed, 525. Manners of the inhabi- tants, 526.
LATAPIE, M. his curious defcrip- tion of a manufacture of baffo- relievos, of factitious alabatter, 391. LAWS, penal, neceffity of a strict execution of, 303, 341. L'ETAT de la Medicine, &c. 223. LETTRES de Mad. la Comteffe de la Riviére, 226. L'ESPRIT des Apologiftes de la Re- ligion Chretienne, 389. LIBERTY, Dr. Price's notion of, controverted, 152. True na- ture of defined, 218. Subject farther difcuffed, 258. LIFE, principle of, whimfical theo- ries of, 370-372. LITURGY, new, as used in Mar- garet-treet chapel, 133. LLWYD, Gruffyth, fpecimen of his Welch poetry, 432. LOGIC, curious investigation of, 288, 380. LONGINUS, differtation on his life and writings, 469. LUCAS, Mr. his account of the amputation in the ankle, 256. LUXDORPH, M. his Latin poetry cenfured, 310.
LYTTELTON, the late Lord, not the author of the letters in a book, entitled, The Correspon- dents, 168.
MACBRIDE, Dr. his account of two extraordinary cafes in midwifry, 251.
MAN, in the ftate of nature, de- bate on that fubjec, 259. Re- fearches concerning the nature of, in health and fickness, 386. MANETTI's ornithology, 307. MANGUEL tree, its excellent qua- lities, 129. MARGRAFF, M. his experiments on the allay of metals, 492. MARMORA, &C. See WIRSING. MARVELL, Andrew, his works,
354. His great character, 357. His untimely death, 358. His epitaph, 359.
MEINER's philofophical mifcella- nies, 469.
MERCURY, in the barometer, ca- rious obfervations on the con- vexity or concavity of its upper furface, in rifing or falling, 521. See, alfo, QUICKSILVER. MERIAN, M. his fourth memoir on Molyneux's problem, 496. On the influence of the sciences, 500.
METALS. See MARGRAFF. METHODISTS, a new fect of. See JUMPERS.
MEYERSBACH, the German doc- tor, his miferable quackery, 315. 474. Defended, `ib. MONTALEMBERT, Marquis de, his treatife on perpendicular fortification, 473. MORALITY, univerfal theory of,
MORAY, or Murray, province of, its climate, 53. Productions, 54. Natural curiofities, 55. Manners of the inhabitants, 56. Military history of, 57. An- cient customs, 58.
PAPISTS, lefs criminal, with re- fpect to the Irish maffacre, than commonly fuppofed, 447. PARTHENII Electricorum,—a 'La- tin poem on electricity, 308. PATRIOTISM, when and on what occafions, of real and important fervice to this country, 175- Those who decry this virtue cenfüred, ib. PERCIVAL, Dr. his obfervations on population in Manchefter,
PEREBOOM, M. his memoir on the muscular and nervous pally, 495. PHYSIALISCHE, Chymifche Ab. handlungen, &c. 470.
PHYSIC, and Surgery, Atate of, for 1776, 223.
PLAN for correcting medical abu- fes, 234.
de Reformation des etudes Ele mentaires, 469.
POETRY, French, concife hiftory of, 192.
Ancient, deftitute of all re- lation to fcience, 500.
PONCELET, Abbé, his memoir concerning the nature of flour, 386.
Porry, white, culture of in the Eaft-Indies, 255.
PORTUGAL, English commerce with, prejudicial to the latter,
PRINCIPES du droit civil Romain, 226. PROPHECY, double fenfe of, 34. That of St. Paul relative to the man of fin, how verified, 36.. PRUSSIA, prefent King of, his great improvements of his capi- tal city, 553. And of Potsdam, 555. And of his kingdom in general, 556.
ROMANS, ancient, magnificence of their public fpectacles, 42. Re- marks on the first introduction of Chriftianity among them, 45- Little acquainted with the north- ern parts of Britain, 51.
the charge of neglecting their public buildings, &c. when they grew magnificent and luxurious in private life, 305.
ROME, fketch of what is most worthy of obfervation there, 297.
UICKSILVER, experiments re- ROSSIGNOL, Abbé, his view of
Qulative to the freezing of, 415.
ROZIER, Abbé, his collection, for May, June, and July, 1776, contents of, 391.
RUSH, Mr. his remarks on bilious fevers and inoculation, 250. His account of an asthma, 251.
SABBATH-DAY, people allowed to work on, in ancient times, and on neceffary occafions, 185. SALTPETRE, obfervations on the formation and manufacturing of,
SANS-SOUCI, palace of, its mag- nificence, 554.
SCARICALAFINO, convent of, fpe- cimen of the good living there, 107. SCHARDAM, M. his differtation on Longinus, 469.
SCIENCES, fhewn to have no na- tural influence on poetry, 500. SEA-ANEMONIES, 117.
water, experiments on, in a freezing ftate, 414. SEPOYS, noble military fpirit of four, who had deferted from the English army, 277.
SIBERIA, new and interefting ac- counts of, by a French officer, 458. SIXTUS V. his wholefome Jeveri- ties vindicated, 302. SLEEPING
SLEEPING diforder, extraordinary inftance of, 489. SOBRY's treatife on architecture, 226.
SOILS, what the most proper for
exper, improvements, 129. SPEECH, meafured melody of cri tically inveftigated, 1-4. SPIRIT of God, mistakes of man, concerning the influence of, 173. And with respect to the power given to the apoftles, 265. S. SEBASTIANO, catacombs of de- fcribed, 111. A lady's adven- ture in, 112.
STATE of phyfic and furgery for
the year 1776, 223. SUPPLEMENT to the French Ency- clopedie, 390.
SURRY, Earl of, his good gene- ralfhip, 420. Gains the battle
of Flodden, 424. SWALLOWS, the notion of their torpidity in winter controverted, 117.
SWIFT, Dr. his works, the most comprehenfive edition of, par- ticularly afcertained, 162.
TABLEAU philofophique Hifto- ftorique, &c, 385. TARTARS, Chinese, new accounts of, 537. Wonderful emigra- tion of, from Ruffia, 538. TASTE, effay on, in German, 309. TAUBE, M. his hiftorical, politi-
cal and commercial view (in German) of the English colo- nies, 309.
THIEBAULT, M. his obfervations ou grammar and languages, 506. THRENODIA. See CHURCH. TOBACCO, trade of, how cultiva-
ted in Pruflia, 553. TOLERATION, religious, confi- dered and afferted, 103. TOK PEDO, artificial, account of experiments made with, 410.
TRADE of England, concife hift. account of, 334.
TRESSAN, Count de, his mifcel- laneous works, 388. His ex- cellent character, ib. TRITON, fable of explained, 7, the note.
TYGER, the moft formidable of the African wild beafts, 525. Destructive to the sheep, &c. at the Cape, 546.
VERMISCHTE Philifophifche Schriften, 469.
VERSUCH uberden Gefmack und dic urfachen feiner Verfcheiden- heit, &c. 309. VIANELLI, Dr. his account of the
Noctiluca Marina, 529. His experiments to ascertain the caufe of the luminous appear- ance of the fea-water in the night, 550. VISDELON, Bp. his learned obfer- vations, intended for the Sup plement to Herbelot, 312. UNION of philofophy with reli- gion, 472. VOLCANOS. See CHRONOLOGY. See RECUPERO. VOLTAIRE, his letter to the Fr. Academy, 474.
his objections to the Old Teftament answered, 507. UTERUS. See HUNTER. VUB fur les Senfations, 385.
WALES, account of a new feet
of Methodists there, 165. WARSAW, univerfity of, invites the learned, by premiums, to compofe elementary books, on the feveral branches of fcience, 392. WATER, in Italy, of a very extra-
dinary petrifying quality, 391. Produces
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