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
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,
CHRIST, death of, confidered in the fame light with that of Socrates,
CLARENDON, Lord, his hift, of the rebellion, not altered by the Ox- ford editor, 303.
CLERGYMAN, rural, poetical en-
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
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-
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.
on the death of Mr. Thornton,
compofed Dr. Dodd's fpeech at his trial, 483.
HEARING, Curious exper. relative IRELAND, whether void of fer-
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-
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
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-
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,
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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