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,
LEXICON. See BIEL.
LIFE, poetical picture of the mife-
ries of. 393.
LIGHT, philofophically inveftigat-
ed, 153.
Its nature contrary
to that of fure, 154:
LIGHTNING. See CowPER.
LOADSTONE, See KNIGHT.
LONDON, poetical forefight of the
ruins of, 128.
King's legislative authority over
conquered countries, 139.
MARCELLINUS, Ammianus, his
advantageous account of the fer-
tility of Judea, 569.
MARTIN, honeft Tom, his objec-
tions to the profeffion 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.
LONGFIELD, Dr. See ASTRO- MEADOWS. See BoswELL.
LORT, Mr. his obf. on Celts, 110.
LowтH, Bishop, his new tranfla-
tion of Ifaiah, fpecimen of, 285.
LUCY, Sir Tho. fuppofed to be
the perfon alluded to by Shake-
fpear, 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 treatise 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, 5c6.
MAN, his organization, vital prin-
ciple, &c. inveftigated, 401.
plan of a complete history of,
526.
MANNERS, dramatic, crit. remarks
on, 187.
MANSFIELD, Earl of, his opinion
controverted, concerning the
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,
5.0.
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
alfo the Letter and Note p. 278.
Music, extraordinary genius for in
an infant, 209.
Music, philofophically confidered,
541.
Music of the ancient Greeks, 577-
MUTZENBECHER's edit, of Biel's
Philological Thefaurus, 235.
NECESSITY, philofophical, at-
tacked, and defended, 29.
NETHERLANDS, united provinces
of, their glorious ftruggle for
freedom, 373. Their wonder-
ful fuccefs, 374. Arguments
ufed in their debates, for and
against a peace with Spain, 375.
NONSUCH-houfe, &c, fome ac-
count of, 281.
NOUVEAUX Elemens de la fcience
de l'Homme, 401.
ORAN OUTANG, acc. of the or-
gans of fpeech in, 220.
ORRED, Mr. his account of a cafe
in which the head of the os bu-
meri was fawn off, 216.
OS HUMERI. See ORRED.
PALESTINE, Country of, its ferti-
lity, &c. afferted, in oppofition
to Voltaire, and other infidel
writers, 565.
PALMER, Mr. his notions refpect
ing philofoph. neceffity, &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-
nese 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
question whether Ireland and
Thanet are void of ferpents, 113.
his account of some 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-glass
in the cure of ulcers, 513.
PICKERSGILL, Lieut. his account
of the track of the brig Lion,
from Eng. to Davis's Streights,
&c. 52. His accidental death,
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. &e. 554.
POPE, 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 vases, 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 respect
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.
sketch 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
fciences not immediately relative
to government, 575.
PRUSSIA, K. of, his ideas of the
relation between a citizen and
his country, 132.
SHAKESPEAR, his plays arranged
according to their dates, 18. His
acquaintance with the stage,
when began, 19. Remarks on
his excellencies, 25. Critical
explanations of remarkable paf-
fages in his plays, 257-270.
SHERIDAN, Counsellor, combats
Sir W. Blackstone's doctrine,
respecting the power of the Bri-
tifh Parliament in regard to re-
land, 359.
SHUCKBURGH, Sir George, his
rules for measuring of heights
with the barometer, compared
with thofe of Col. Roy, 37. See
alfo HUTTON.
SIGHT, extraordinary particulars
respecting a moft remarkable im-
perfection of that fenfe, 50.
SMITH, Edw. ftory of his being
employed to alter Clarendon's
history, 303.
SOCIETY, new. See MEDICINE.
SOPHOCLES, his Oedipus Tyrannus.
tranflated, 394.
SPECULATION, a poem, by Mr.
Anstey, extracts from, 474.
ST. GEORGE, the patron faint of
England, the personal existence
of disputed, 106.
STRANGE, Mr. his account of
Roman antiquities in Wales,
107.
his account of fome Ro-
man infcriptions, &c. in Iftria,
&c. 114.
STUART, Lord James, a great pro-
mcter of the Reformation in
Scotland, his character, 338.
ST. VITUS's dance, cured by elec-
tricity, 215.
SUGAR, acid of, a new discovery,
76.
SUGAR Cane. See Cazaud.
TANJORE, conqueft of, confider
ed, 124.
TCHESME, or Chefme, harbour of
described, 518.
TELESCOPE. See JEURAT.
THETFORD, hift. of, 300. Cu-
rious bill of expences for equip.
ping two horfemen there, to
ferve in the wars, in the reign of
Ed. III. 301.
TOLERATION of Roman Catholics
in England defended, 116. And
in Scotland, 149.
TRANSLATOR, his principal qua-
lifications and duty, 282.
TRELAWNEY, Sir Harry, his ver-
fatility, 326.
VANITY, admirable picture of,
VAN SWINDEN's plan for a treatise
on the Aurora Borealis, 310.
VASES, Ancient, difcovered on
the Mosquito Shore, 277.
VEGETABLES, their power of cor-
recting bad air, 346. Yet they
themselves emit a noxious air in
the night, ib. Experiments re-
lative to, 347, 504.
VISION, Curious exper. relative
ULCERS, cured by the burning-
glass, 513-
ULLOA, Don, his obfervations on
the eclipfe of the Sun, June 27,
1778, 213.
VOLCANOES. See EARTHQUAKE.
VOLTAIRE, his argument againit
the authority of the Scriptures,
drawn from the fterility of Ju-
dea, &c. obviated, 566.
WALES, Roman antiquities in,
107.
WALLERIUS, Profeffor, his phy-
fico-chymical meditations on the
origin of the world, 153. His
introduction to the history of
writers on mineralogy, 160.
WALPOLE,Sir Robert, his fuppofed
dialogue with Mr. Pelham, on
his fyftem of political corruption,
454.
WARBURTON, Mifs, verfes to,
130.
WARING, Profeffor, his Problems
concerning interpolations, 381.
His general refolution of alge-
braical equations, 383.
WATERING of Meadows, direc-
tions for, 456.
WATERS, rules, &c. for the ana-
lyfis of, 73.
WATSON, Dr. his experiments on
lead ore, 48.
WATSON, Mr. his acc. of fome an-
tiquities in Cheshire, &c. 109.
WASHINGTON, General, compli
mentary verses to, 389. Me-
moirs of, where to be found,
390.
WEST, Mr. his account of fome
Roman antiquities at Lancaster,
WILSON, Mr. his account of Dr.
Knight's method of making ar-
tificial loadstones, 221.
WOMEN, young, falutary effect of
their breath, upon old men,
353.
WOULFE, Mr. his experiments on
mineral substances, 217.
WYNDHAM, Mr. his conjecture re-
lative to an ancient building at?
Warnford, 280.
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