Clathrus, fearlet, curious account of the motion of the fibres of that wonderful little plant, 184. Coffee, the cultivation of, in our West Indies, recommended, 147. Methods of, ib. Coins, question proposed by the National Affembly of France, relative to an inva- riable ftandard of, 508. Re- marks on that fubject, by five gentlemen of the Royal Aca- demy of Sciences, ib. Conyngham, Hon. Mr. his de- fcription of the theatre at Sa- guntum, 296. Cooke, Mr. his defcription of a team engine, 66. Cookiey, Mr. his defign of writ- ing the hiftory of Worcester- fhire, 320. Correfpondence with the Review- ers, viz. LAVENENSIS, on a paffage in Ariftotle's Poetic, 119. A CONSTANT READ- ER, on a "New help to dif- courfe," 120. R. S. on the dilatoriness of Reviewers, ib. LUCIUS, concerning a paper written by Dr. Cleghorn, on a "Cafe of inverted uterus,' 240. R. Y. on the exorbitant prices of pamphlets, 30. LA- VENENSIS, on Cypress, Cy- prus, Cypariffus, Camphire, &c.
Coulomb, M. his fixth memoir
on electricity, 512. Couper, Mr. his particular de- fign in tranflating Homer, 432. Obfervations on, 433. Gene- ral character of his tranfla- tion, 434. Specimens of the work, with remarks, 435. Crumwell, Lord, his letter to the Earl of Shrewsbury, 4.
Dancing, art of, prohibited by the Methodists, 570. Desfontaines, M. his obfervations on the lotos of Lybia, 518. Digitalis purpurea, its medical attributes, 166.
Dog, fidelity of that honeft ani- mal poetically noticed, 123. Du Hamel, M. his memoir on the art of feparating filver from copper by means of lead, 516.
Eaft Indies, tracts relative to the war there, and the Company's trade, 50. 98. 108. 250. 424. 443.
Eclipfe, the famous race-horse, his form and proportions, 469. Electricity, experiments and cal- culations relative to, 512. Elephant, the power and fury of this animal, when hard-preff- ed by the hunters, 422. Re- markable instance of, 423. Etna, Mount, its high antiqui- ty, according to the accounts of Recupero and Brydone, dif- puted, 322.
Ferrar, Mr. Nicolas, his emi- nent character, 258. Ferriar, Dr. his account of a case of the hydrophobia, 157. Ferris, Dr. his account of a cafe of petechia fine febre, 158. Fires, in buildings, new inven-
tion for extinguishing, 281. Fleurieu, M. fuppofed to have
been affaffinated in Paris, 552. Flintoff, Mr. his letter to Mr.
Robfon, on the motion of the fibres in the clathrus, 184. Ford, Mr. his account of a ca- theter left in the bladder, &c. 159. Of an imperforated rec- tum, ib.
Dalby, Mr. on the longitudes of Fouchy, M. De, his eulogy, 509.
Fougeroux de Bondaroy, M. his memoir
memoir on the detonation of falt of glass, when thrown, while in fufion, into water, 516.
Fourcroy, M. de, fupplement to
his elements of chemistry, &c. by whom written, 170. His memoir on azotic gas, &c. 171. His memoir on the combuf-
tion of fome fubftances in oxy- genated muriatic acid gas, 513. His memoir on the phenomena which take place on the precipitation of metal- lic folutions made by ammo- niac, 515. Fox-glove. See Digitalis. France, the new conftitution of government there highly com. mended, 271. Mode of con- ducting general elections there, greatly preferable to the Eng- lifh, 273 Happy effects of the abolition of tithes there, 276. The proteftant religion greatly promoted by the re- volution there, 281. Eng- lish churches publicly encou- raged at Dunkirk, Bologne, and in Paris, ib. Obferva- tions on the prefent politics of France, 469. 548. 565. 567. Franklin, Dr. Benjamin, his cha- racter defended against a flan- derous ftory, propagated by one Landais, 97. Fraxinus ornus, botanical account of, 162. See alfo Manna. Free Mafonry, its beneficence ex- tended to the female fex, 582.
Gardenflone, Lord, his travelling memorandums, 253. His re- commendation of milk warm from the cow, ib. Gauffen, M. his two memoirs on the comparative dilatation of mercury and fpirits of wine, 483.
Gellieu, M. De, his defcription of a new kind of bee-hive, 489. Gentil, M. his obfervations on the fpecies of fucus growing on the coast of Normandy, 518. Aftronomical papers by him, in the last vol. of the Acad. of Sciences at Paris, 520. George II. his character, 29. Grain, Mrs. Phillips's obferva- tions on the high price of, 471. Granary, public, at Geneva, de- fcribed, 255.
Granite, effay on the formation of, 487.
Graves, Dr. his remarks on an instance of meteorifmus ventri- culi, 158.
Guards, foot, obfervations relative to, 100. Reform of, urged, ib.,
Hafsenfratz, M. on hydrogenous
Haiy, Abbé, his memoir on the double refraction of Iceland cryftal, 510.
his analytical method of refolving problems relating to the structure of crystals, 523. Henry IV. of France, anecdotes relative to, 248. Horne, Bishop, his ferious lamen- tation on the general disbelief of the doctrine of the Trinity, 235. His cenfure of one of our univerfities, ib. Howard, John, the reformer of prifons, memoirs of his life, 298. His death, 299. His travels and writings, 302. Hudjon's Bay Company vindi- cated against Mr. Umfreville, 136. Hydrophobia, cafe of, with ap pearances on diffection, 157. Obfervations on the prevention. See and treatment of, ib. alfo Rabies Canina.
James II. his acceffion to the throne anticipated with horror, yet fuffered to take place with- out oppofition, 417. Idolatry, Chriftian, its innocen- cy, 580.
Jeaurat, M. his obfervations on an eclipse of the fun, June 4th 1788, 522. Jahnson, Dr. Sam. anecdotes re- lative to, 72. His opinion of marriage, 74. On the uni- verfities, ib. His account of the fhare which Cibber had in the Lives of the Poets, contra- dicted, 75. The perfon and character of Dr. Johnfon de- fcribed, 79. His opinion of party-voting, 367, the note. Jonab in the whale's belly, fpi-
ritualized and typified, 149. Jones, Sir William, his view of the boundaries of China, 495. Of the chronology of the Hin- dos, 501. On the antiquity of the Indian Zodiac, 505. Ireland, method of afcertaining. the population of, 69. The Roman Catholics of, defended, 343 449. See alfo Beauford. Iren mak, the famous prifoner in the Baftile fo difguifed, fup- pofed to have been the elder brother of Lewis XIV. 557.
Kearney, Dr. his remarks on the
history of alphabetic writing, 289. Kentucky, in N. America, its pro- duce, 393. Principles on which that fate intends to complete its fyftem of jurisprudence, 398. Kirwan, Mr. his experiments on the alkaline fubftances ufed in bleaching, and on the colour- ing matter of linen yarn, 63. His letter to Lord Charlemont, on coal-mines, 66. See alfo Pouget.
Landais, Monf. his flander of the memory of Dr. Franklin re- futed, 97.
Lande, M. de la, fundry aftro- nomical papers by, in the me- moirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, 1798. 518, 519, 520.
Lafone, M. his eulogy, 509. Lavoifier, M. on the combuftion of iron in vital air, 170. Lee, Gen. Charles, ketch of his character, 470.
Le Gendre, M. his calculation of the triangles between Green- wich and Paris, 522. On double integrals, 523. Levade, Dr. his account of a fpecies of Somnambulism occa- fioned by a blow, 483. His Report on a cafe of noctambula- tion, ib. On the nat, hist. of wafps, 484. On the baths of Louech, 487. Lobfier, curious inftance of the averfion of that animal to the found of cannon, 127. Loftie, Mr. his obfervations on the prevention and treatment of the hydrophobia, 157. Longitudes of Dunkirk and Paris deduced. See Dalby. Lonsdale, Lord, Peter Pindar's conciliatory verfes to, 211. Lotteries, flate, a favourite mode of gambling with the common people of Rome, in the prefent age, 225. Ruinous effects of, ib.
Louech, account of the baths of, 487.
Laynes, Cardinal, his eulogy, 509. His freedom from bi- gotry, ib.
M Manna, account of its produc- tion from the flowering afh, &c. 152. Medical properties of this fubstance, 165. Manfion-
Manfion-boufe, old, in ruins, po- etic lamentation over, 121. Manuel, M. cenfured for his col- lection of Mirabeau's letters, 491.
Map of the world, attempt to conftruct one, on a very large fcale, 425.
Marck, M. de la, his memoir on
the nutmeg-tree, 517. Marefhal powder, jeft concern- ing, 566.
Marfeilles, the inhabitants of, uncommonly profperous and happy, 254.
Mary Q. of Scots, committed to the, cuftody of the Earl of Shrewsbury, 5. His complaint of expences incurred on that account, 6. Her wine-baths, ib. Other enormous charges,
May, Dr. William, his corre- 1pondence with Dr. Percival, on the phthifis pulmonalis, 138. Medicus, M. Fred. Cafimir, bis memoir on the formation of mushrooms, 484. Memory, pleafures of, poetically defcribed, 121. Metelin, fingular cuftoms of the women there, who have ar- rogated the privileges of the men, 293. Suppofed to have formerly conftituted an Ama- zonian commonwealth, 295. Minifh, Mr. account of his ma- nufactory of bone ash, 330, the
Minifters, of Great Britain, fea-
fonable advice to, in regard to political reforms, &c. 373. Mirabeau, Count de, his extra- ordinary character, 492. Au- thentic edition of his letters, 494. Moderation in enjoyment, recom- mended to young perfons, 387. Monnier, M. his obfervations on
the folar eclipfe, June 15, 1787,
518. His obfervations on the folfticial altitude of the fun, ib. Morveau, M. on the dilatability of air and gas by heat, 171. Mufcular motion, animal, pro- perties of, 401.
Myfore country defcribed, 51. Myftery, inquiry into the fcrip- ture meaning of that word,
Negroes, their eafy state of fervi-
tude in North America, 126. New Tefiament, various paffages in Mr. Wakefield's tranflation of, quoted as fpecimens, 243. Nobility, antiquity of, 555. Nodambulation. See Levade.
Orange, Prince of, charged with being privy to the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion, 418. Vindicated on this head, ib.
Pemphigus, facts relative to, 159. Percival, Dr. his obfervations on
the nature and treatment of the Phibifis Pulmonalis, 138. On the caules and treatment of the d-opfy of the brain, 159. Phthifis Pulmonalis, remarks re.
lative to the proper treatment of that dangerous disease, 138. Pindar, Peter, his fatiric lines to Mr. Burke, 210. His conci- liatory verfes to Lord Lonf- dale, 211. His patriotic ad- drefs to Liberty, ib. Pitt, Mr. advised how to pre- vent a revolution in this
country, 353. See alfo Mi- nifters.
Place, M. de la, his theory of Jupiter's Satellites, 520. Poetical extracts in this volume, viz. From Mrs. Radcliffe's Ro- mance of the Foreft, 86.- The
Baviad, 94-An Epifle to Mr. Wilberforce, 104. Pleasures of Memory, 121. Odes of Import ance, by Peter Pincar, 210. Whitehoufe's Ode to the me- mory of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 226. Stockdale's Poetic Views on the Banks of the Wear, 227. Banter's Epifle of Condolence to General Gunning, 228. Poeti- cal Effays, &c. 234. Jerning- ham's Abelard to Eloifa, 310. Sonnets of Shakspeare, 333. Bowles's Monody at Matlock, 334. Discarded Spinfter, 335. Invitation, a Poem, ib. Cow- per's Tranflation of Homer, 434 -443. Mrs. Robinion's Mo- nody on Sir Joshua Reynolds, 454. L'Avocat du Diable, 455. A Poem on Difcovery, 458. Christianity, a Poem,
459. Poetry, not translateable, 77. Preacher, a fashionable one de- fcribed, 110.
Price, Dr. his character, as a political Reformer, vindicated, 213. Palms, different tranflation of various paffages in, 45. Public Worship defended, against the objections of Mr. Wake- field, by Dr. Difney, 33.
by Eufebia, 36. by Mr. Wilson, 37. -, by Dr. Priestley,
by Mrs. Barbauld,
Pope, Mr. paffages in his tranf- lation of Homer, compared with that of Mr. Cowper, 441 -443. Portpatrick, in Scotland, defcrib-
ed, 285. Statistical account of the town and parifh, 286. Pouget, M. his letter to Mr. Kir-. wan on the condensations pro- duced by the union of alco- hot with water, 67.
Rabies Canina, hints respecting the nature and cure of, 141. Method of treating, 142. Ramsgate Harbour, great im- provement of, 109. Razoumouski, Count, his obfer- vations on the arenaceous parts of Switzerland, &c. 485. On the natural history of the circle of Bavaria, ib. On the falt- works of Bavaria, 486. fofil wood, 487. fpecies of fone, ib. formation of granite, ib. Read, Mr. his meteorological journal, 56.
Reform, of the established church, plans of, 474.
Rennell, Mr. his eftimate of the rate of travelling, as perform- ed by camels, applied to the purposes of geography, 53- Reynolds, Sir Joshua, elegiac verfes in memory of, by Mr. Whitehoufe, 226. His pic- tures appreciated, 404. Mrs. Robinfon's monody to his me- mory, 454.
Rhubarb, great importance and proper method of curing that root in this country, 224. Roman Catholics, of Ireland, their late application to the Legiflature, for relief, &c. de- fended, 343.
Ruffel, the poet, obfervations re- lative to that genius, 405.
Sackville, Lord George, obfer-
vations on his character and conduct, as a public man, 407. Sage, M. his analyfis of the prafius and chryfoprafus, &c. 513. Of the aerated ponde- rous fpar of Alton Moor, ibid.
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