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TORAX, new difcovery relative to
the production of, 237.
BOSWELL, Mr. his directions for
watering meadows, 456.
BRERETON, Mr. his account of the
feal of Q Henrietta Maria, 274.
BROOKE, M. his acc. of a Saxon
infcription on Kirkdale church,
114. Of an ancient feal of the
Fitzwalter family, 115.

- his defcription of the great
feal of Q. Katherine Parr, 272.
BROTHS, made from flesh, said to
be pernicious in fevers, 571.
BRUCE, Robert, his pocket-watch
found. 281.

BUCQUET, M. his memoir on the

manner in which animals are
affected by mephitic fluids, 515.
BUFFON, M. his Nat. Hift. Sup-
plement, Vol. V. containing the
Epochas of Nature, 395.
BUGGE, Profeffor, his theory of the
machine for driving piles, 383.
BURNEY, Dr. his acc. of an extra-
ordinary genius for mufic in an
infant, 209.

BUSCH, Profeffor, his acc. of the
commercial academy at Ham-
burgh, 238.

CAMPER, Dr. his acc. of the or-
gans of fpeech in the Orang
Outang, 221.
CANNON. See KING.
CARDAN, his rule for refolving the
cubic equation, &c. investigated,

&c. 43.
CARTWRIGHT, Major. his politi-
cal debate with Lord Abingdon,
385.
CATHOLICS, Roman, late A& in
favour of, vindicated, 1:6, 149.
Their free toleration in Scotland
defended, 150. The act of par.
liament farther vindicated, 238,
371.

CAZAUD, M. his acc. of a new
method of cultivating the fugar

cane, 222.

CELTS, ancient inftruments fo call-
e3, account of, 110.

CEMENTS, exper. with regard to
the compofition of, particularly
with respect to buildings, 361.
CHARITY Confidered, as a Chrif-
tian virtue, 296.
CHARLESTOWN, N. England, acc.
of the first fettlement of, 468.
CHINA, the wines, fruits, and

other products of, 519.
CHINESE, their chronology not fo
ancient as pretended by fome
writers, 506. Their history, in
course, extremely defective, 508.
Their empire first established a-
bout 1000 years before Chrift,
511. Their mufic, 521. Their
population, 522. Their igno-
rance of Aitronomy, 523. Their
hofpitals for foundlings, 524.
CHIO, in the Levant, defcribed,
517. Its delicious wine, 518. Its
maftic, ib. Medals of, 519.
CHOISEUL, Count de, his defcrip-
tion of different parts of Greece,

517.

CHRIST, death of, confidered in the
fame light with that of Socrates,

II.

CLARENDON, Lord, his hift, of the
rebellion, not altered by the Ox-
ford editor, 303.

CLERGYMAN, rural, poetical en-

comium of, 169.

CLOCKS to frike the hour, enquiry
when firft made, 281.
CLUB, rules for one established at
Philadelphia, 205.

COINS, ancient acc, of fome difco-

vered at Fenwick caftle, 113.
And in the Tower of Lond. 276.
COFFINS, ftone. See PGGE.
COLE, M. his acc. of the ancient
horns, in the cathedral of Car-
lifle, 279.

COLONIES, American, when first
an object of British taxation, 465,
COMMERCE. See BANKS.
COMET. See LEXEL.
Cook, Capt. elegant veríes to his
memory, by a Lady, 459.
COSROES, K. of Perfia, plunders
Jerufalem, and fells 90,000
Chriftian

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Chriftian captives to the Jews,
who murder them, 568.
COWPER, Mr. his acc. of the effects
of lightning on board a ship, 222.
CREATION, various opinions of the
ancients concerning, 101.
CROTCH. See BURNEY.

DEIST, the nobleft of all appel-

lations, 104.
DEITY, the knowledge of, dif-
cuffed, 97—100.
DEMONIACS, Scripture, controver-
fy relative to, 178.
DERRY, Bishop of, highly pane-
gyrifed, 553.

DIALOGUE between a Frenchman,
and an Englishman, relative to
Canada, 145.

DRAKE, Mr. his acc. of two Ro.
man ftations in Effex, 112.
Combats Mr. Whitaker's acc.
of the origin of the English lan-
guage, 277.
DRAMA, Crit. obf. relative to, 186.
DROPSY. See LATHAM.
DUNCAN, Dr. his publication of
certain MSS. of the late Mr.
Baxter, 58.

DUNE of Dornadilla defcribed, 271.

FARTH, terraqueous globe of,
held to be wholly derived from
water, 157.

M. de Luc's theory of, 529.
EARTHEN ware, ancient, great
quantity of difcovered in the fea,
off the Kentish coast, 275. See
allo VASES.
EARTHQUAKE, nature of, electri-
cal, 556. Difcoveries rel. to the
means of rendering its effects lefs
fatal to mankind, 557.
ECLIPSE. See Ulloa.
ECLOGUE, a Lambeth one, 408.
ELECTRICITY, peculiarly effica-
cious in the cure of female difor-
ders, 308. Lord Mahon's prin-
ciples of, and exper. in 435. M.
Marat's difcoveries in 546. See
alfo FRANKLIN, FOTHERGILL,
PARTINGTON, and EARTH-

QUAKE.

ELEPHANTS, when inhabitants of
the northern regions of our
globe, 398. Their bones found
in North America, 399.

FABLE, dramatic, remarks rela-
tive to, 186.

FENWICK. See COINS.
FEVERS. See Foon.
FIRE, its nature different from that
of light, 154. New discoveries
relative to, 546.

FIRES, method of fecuring build-
ings from, 51.
FLORENCE, royal gallery of, cata-
logue of the pictures and rarities
there, 572.

FLOWERS of plants, their noxious
effect on the air, 346, 504.
FooD, animal, and broths, perni-

cious in fevers, 571.
FOTHERGILL, Dr. Anthony, his
acc. of a cure of St. Vitus's dance
by electricity, 215.
FRANKLIN, Dr. Benj. his excellent
parable against perfecution, 195.
His Poor Richard's Almanac, 198.
His anxious defire to promote
peace and harmony between
Great Britain and America, 202.
Shamefully abufed by Mr. Wed.
derburne, 204. His electrical
difcoveries, 206. His hypothe-
fis concerning the Aurora Bore
alis, 207.

FREE Martin, account of, 221.
FRENCHMAN, his dialogues with an
Englishman, concerning the
power of the Crown to make
laws for conq. countries, 145:
FRERET, M. his erroneous hypo-
thefis concerning the Chinese
chronology, 506.

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on the death of Mr. Thornton,

462,

compofed Dr. Dodd's fpeech at
his trial, 483.

HEARING, Curious exper. relative IRELAND, whether void of fer-

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viewers, 253.

HIGHLANDS of Scotland, account
of ancient monuments, &c, in,
273.
HINDOSTAN, remarks on the in-
troduction of English laws into
the eastern provinces of, 147.
HOEFFER, Mr. his Memoir on the
native fedative falt of Tuscany,
&c, 237.
HORNS. See COLE.
HORSES, of the Sybarites, ridicu-
lous flory of their mufical educa-
cation, 577.
HOT-houfe, plants, method of
guarding against infects, 356.
HUNTER, John, his acc. of a fpe-
cies of Hermaphrodite called the
Free Martin, 221.

HUTTON, Mr. his acc. of calcula-
tions made to ascertain the mean
denfity of the earth, 38.

Jin the time of Conflantine, 567.
ERUSALEM, its flourishing ftate

JEURAT, Mr. account of his Ico-

nantidiptic telescope, 215.
JEWS, faid to have purchased
90,000 Chriftian captives of
Cofroes K. of Perfia, that they
might have the pleasure of cut-
ting their throats, 568.
INDIA, Eaft.-See TANJORE. See
HINDOSTAN.-Several tracts,
rel. to, 244. See also BENGAL.
See MOGUIS.
INSECTS, infefting

hot-houfe
plants, their forts enumerated,
355. Methods of guarding a-
gainst their depredations, ib.
See alfo BLIGHTS.
JOHNSON, Sam. his malignity to-

wards Milton, 479. Animad-
verted on, 480. Said to have

pents, 113. Her commercial re-
ftraints confidered, 162. Her
political connexion with Eng.
land difcuffed, 306, 359.
IRWIN, Mr. his Eaftern Eclogues
commended, 451. His tender

and elegant compliment to his
wife, 453.

ISAIAH, Book of. See LowTH.
ITALIANS, their character, 549.

That of their women, 550.
ITALY, the land of painters, itfelf
the most beautiful picture in the
world, 549.

JUDEA, Country of, its great fer-
tility and populousness asserted,
565.

KIRKDALE, church of, a Saxon

infcription on, illustrated, 114.
KING, Mr. his acc, of a curious
piece of ordnance fished out of
the fea, 112.

of a petrifaction
found in Eaft Lothian, 219.
of antiquities dug
up in Merfey ifland, &c. 271.
KING John's houfe at Waraford.
See WYNDHAM,
KNIGHT, Dr. his method of mak-
ing artificial loadftones, 221.

LANGUAGE, English, various o

pinions as to its origin, 277.
LASSONE, M. de, his memoir on
the accidents occafioned by ani-
mal putrefaction, 14. On a
method of improving the tartar
emetic, 516.

LATHAM, Mr. his acc. of an ex-
traordinary dropfical cafe, 217.
LEAD ore, chemical exper. on, 48.
LE CERF, Mr. his improvements in
watch-making, 44. His merit
in this refpe&t questioned, 176.
LE COMPTE, M. his method of
curing ulcers by the burning-
glass, 514.
LETTER to the Reviewers, con-
cerning the remains of ancient
potteries,

potteries, difcovered in the Mof-
quito country, 278. See also
HEY.

LESBOS. See METELIN.
LEXEL, Mr. his obf. on the peri-
odical time of the comet of 1770,
213.

LEXICON. See BIEL.

LIFE, poetical picture of the mife-
ries of, 393.

LIGHT, philofophically invefligat-
ed, 153. Its nature contrary
to that of fire, 154.
LIGHTNING. See CowPER.
LOADSTONE, See KNIGHT.
LONDON, poetical forefight of the
ruins of, 128.
LONGFIELD, Dr. See ASTRO-

NOMY.

LORT, Mr. his obf. on Celts, 110.
LoWTH, Bishop, his new tranfla-

tion of Haiah, fpecimen of, 285.
Lucy, Sir Tho. fuppofed to be
the perfon alluded to by Shake-
spear, under the character of
Juftice Shallow, 258.

LYON, Mr. his defcript. of a Ro-
man bath, discovered at Dover,
279.

MACHINES, to fhorten labour,
their utility, 225.
MACQUART, M. his remarkable
cure of an abfcefs formed in the
cefophagus, by means of mer
cury, 513.
MADNESS, new treatife concern-
ing the nature and cure of, 564.
MAHON, Lord, his invention for
fecuring buildings from fire, 51.
The experiment tried, ib.
MAILLA, Fath. de, mistaken in
his opinion of the Chinese Chro
nology, 506.
MAN, his organization, vital prin-
ciple, &c. inveftigated, 401.
plan of a complete hiftory of,
526.
MANNERS, dramatic, crit. remarks
on, 187.

MANSFIELD, Earl of, his opinion

controverted, concerning the

King's legislative authority over
conquered countries, 139.
MARCELLINUS, Ammianus, his
advantageous account of the fer-
tility of Judea, 569.
MARTIN, honest Tom, his objec-
tions to the profeflion of an at-
torney, 300. His hiftory of
Thetford, ib.
MASERES, Baron, his method of
finding a near value of the very
flowly converging infinite feries,
&c. 42. His method of extend-
ing Cardan's rule for refolving
one cafe of a cubic equation, &c.
MASSON, Mr. his account of the
ifland of St. Miguel, 49.
MEADOWS. See BosWELL.
MEDICINE, Royal Society of, in
France, a new inftitution, 511.
Hiftory of, ib.

MENGS, the celebrated painter,
anecdotes of, 564.

METELIN, the ancient Lefbos de-
fcribed, 517:

MIGUEL, St. ifland of, hot fount-
ains there, defcribed, 49. Their
efficacy, in the cure of the gout,

50.
MILLES, Dr. his acc. of two Au-
rei, found by digging in the
Tower of London, 276. See
alfo, p. 282.

MOGULS, their tyranny over the
Indians, 543.

Mosquito fhore, curious eaftern
vafes, found there, 277. See
also the Letter and Note p. 278.
Music, extraordinary genius for in

an infant. 209.

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PALESTINE, Country of, its ferti-
lity, &c. afferted, in oppofition
to Voltaire, and other infidel
writers, 565.

PALMER, Mr. his notions refpect-

ing philofoph. neceflity, &c. 29.
PAN-fand. See EARTHEN WARE.
PARNEL, Mr. a remarkable faying
of his, in the Irish Houfe of
Commons, 247.
PARTIES, ftate of, in the British
court, in 1757, 118.
PARTINGTON, Mr. his fuccefs in
medical electricity, 309.
PAU, M. his account of the Chi-
nefe controverted, 521.
PAUSANIUS, his teftimony to the
fertility of Judea, 569.
PEGGE, Mr. his account of St.
George, the patron faint of Eng-
land, 107.

his remarks relative to
Croyland abbey, 110.

his examination of the
queftion whether Ireland and
Thanet are void of ferpents, 113.

his account of fome stone
coffins, 271. His explanation of
a paffage in Gildas, 274.

his obfervations on con-
ventual feals, 279.
PERSECUTION, excellent parable
against, 196.
PETRIFACTION. See KING.
PEYERE, M. le, his fuccessful ap-
plication of the burning-glafs
in the cure of ulcers, 513.
PICKERSGILL, Lieut. his account
of the track of the brig Lion,

from Eng. to Davis's Streights,
His accidental death,

&c. 52.
ib. the note.
PILE-driver, theory of that ma-
chine, 383.

PINE-apple, a valuable treatise for
the culture of, recommended,
355.

POLITICAL intrigues, of the cabi
net under Henry IV. &c. 554.
POFE, Mr. his description of the
tower of Dornadilla, 271.
POPERY, principles of appreciated,
67. See more under CATHO-

LICS.

PoWNAL, Mr. his account of the
earthen-ware discovered in the
fea, near Whitstable Bay, 275.

of curious earth-

en vafes, found on the Mosquito
fhore, 277.

POTTERIES, ancient remains of,
difcovered on the Mosquito coaft,

277.

PRAISE, the love of, difcuffed,
294.
PRICE, Dr. his notion with re-
fpect to fome in the neceffarian
doctrine, 35.

cenfured for his foreboding
and defponding fpirit, in refpect
of our political affairs, 447. His
remarks refpecting annuities,
&c. ib.

PRIESTLEY, Dr. his notions of
philofophical neceffity, and ma-
terialism, attacked and defended,
29.
Ridiculed, 64.

fketch of the controver-
fy between him and his oppo-
nents on matter, &c. 223.
PRINCES, education proper for,
574. Ought not to employ their
time and attention on any arts or
sciences not immediately relative
to government, 575.
PRUSSIA, K. of, his ideas of the
relation between a citizen and
his country, 132.

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