Dorning Rafbotham, Efq. Samuel Foart Simmons, M. D. F. R. S. and R. S. M. P. Rev. William Turner. Rev. George Travis, A. M. Archdeacon of Chefter. Monfieur L'Abbé de Vitry, perpetual Secretary of the Royal Mr. Alexander Volta, Prof. Exp. Phil. at Como, &c. Martin Wall, M. D. Clin. Prof. at Oxford. Mr. John Warltire... Rev. Gilbert Wakefield, B. D. Jofiah Wedgewood, Efq. F. R. S. &c. &c. CONTENTS An INQUIRY into the PRINCIPLES and LIMITS of TAXATION as a Branch of MORAL and POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY; by THOMAS PERCIVAL, M. D. F. R. S. Lond. and Edinb. Member of the Royal Society of Medicine at Paris; of the Royal Soc. of Agriculture at Lyons; and of the Philofophical Soc. LETTER ON ATTRACTION and REPULSION; communi- cated by Dr. PERCIVAL, October 11, 1786, P. 116. REMARKS on the FLOATING of CORK BALLS in WATER; by Mr. BANKS, Lecturer in Natural Philofopby. Communicated by the Rev. THOMAS CASE of a PERSON becoming SHORT-SIGHTED in ADVANCED AGE; by THOMAS HENRY, F. R.S. An Account of the PROGRESS of POPULATION, AGRICULTURE, MANNERS, and GOVERNMENT in PENSYLVANIA. In a Letter from BENJAMIN RUSH, M. D. and Profeffor of Chemistry in the Univerfity of PENSYLVANIA, to THOMAS PER- CIVAL, M. D. F. R. S. &c. &c. A PHYSICAL INQUIRY into the POWERS and OPERATION of MEDICINES; by THOMAS PER- A DESCRIPTION of the EYE of the SEAL; by Mr. P. 278. ESSAY on fome fuppofed DRUIDICAL REMAINS, near HALIFAX in YORKSHIRE; by Mr. THOP. 292. MAS BARRITT Account of an ANCIENT MONUMENT in HULN ABBEY, NORTHUMBERLAND; by JOHN FERP. 302. RIAR, M. D. On the NATURE and UTILITY of ELOQUENCE; by RICHARD SHARP, F. S. A. P. 307. Some PROPERTIES of GEOMETRICAL SERIES explained in the SOLUTION of a PROBLEM, which hath been thought indeterminate; by JOHN ROTHERAM, M. D. P. 330. On HALOS, by the Rev. JAMES WOOD, A. M. Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. Communicated by Thomas Percival, M. D. F. R. S. &c. P. 336. CONSIDERATIONS relative to the NATURE of WOOL, SILK, and COTTON, as OBJECTS of the ART of DYING; on the various PREPARATIONS, and MORDANTS, requifite for thefe different SUBSTANCES; and on the NATURE and PROPERTIES of COLOURING MATTER. Together with fome OBSERVATIONS on the THEORY of DYING in general, and and particularly the TURKEY RED; by THOMAS HENRY, F. R. S. and of the Amer. Philof. Society, at Philadelphia P. 343OBSERVATIONS refpecting the HISTORY of PHYSIOGNOMY; by THOMAS COOPER, Efq. P. 408. DESCRIPTION of a GLORY; by JOHN HAYGARTH, M. B. F.R. S. Lond. F. R. S. and R. M. S. Edinb. and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Communicated by Dr. Percival, P. 463. EXPERIMENTS on the FUSION of PLATINA; by Mr. THOMAS WILLIS, Chemift, at the Hermitage, London. Communicated by Mr. THOMAS HENRY, F. R. S. &c. P. 467. PROPOSITIONS refpelling the FOUNDATION of CIVIL GOVERNMENT; by THOMAS COOPER, Efq. P. 481. OBSERVATIONS on the ART of PAINTING, among the ANCIENTS; by THOMAS COOPER, Esq. P. 510. Some ACCOUNT of a MINE in which the AERATED BARYTES is found; by Mr. JAMES WATT, jun. P. 598. On the EFFECTS produced by DIFFERENT, COMBINATIONS of the Terra Ponderofa given to Animals; by Mr. JAMES WATT, jun. P. 609. An APPENDIX to the INQUIRY concerning the PRIN CIPLES of TAXATION; confifting of SUPPLEMEN- P. 619. |