country, nor of unfavourable
confequence, 203. Inftances
of their beneficial effects, ib.
Copland, Mr. remarks on the in-
dications of the barometer, 69.
On an ancient mode of fepul-
ture in Scotland, 188.
CORRESPONDENCE with the
Reviewers, viz. An old
Friend,' concerning a new
tranflation of Livy, 120. The
author of the Reveries of Soli-
tude, ib. Capt. Bradley, re-
lative to the charts of Norfolk

island, 240. The Female So-
ciety, ib.

A. A. rel. to M.

de Sauffure, ib. Edinenfis,
rel. to the Perfian Interpreter,
and Walton's Polyglott, 359.
C. concerning George Fox, ib.
T. B. S. concerning Pitt's dia-
mond, ib. Vindex veritatis,
rel. to the purchase of Bre-
men and Verden, by Geo. I.
and its alleged confequences,
476. Dr. Beaufort, concerning
his new map of Ireland, 480.
Crell, M. on a new chemical no-
menclature, 501.
Creutz, Major, Defcription of

a floating pier, 527.
Criticijm, verbal, preferred to
that which points out the beau-
ties or defects of literary com-
pofition, 7:
Cryptozoa, animalculæ, microfco-
pical account of, 328.
Cumine, Mr. excell. management

of his eftate in Scotland, 433.
Cummyng, Mr. difquifition con-
cerning the filver coins of the
first four James, kings of Scot-
land, 20.

D

Deafness, method of curing, 513.
Dean, foreft of, 295.

Death, abfurdly personified under
the form of an animated skele-
ton, 201.

De Borda, M. determination of

the length of a pendulum fwing-
ing feconds, in vacuo, 344.
His invention of a circle for
measuring angles, 326.

Diffenters, the prefent race of, not

infenfible of the bleffings of the
British Conftitution, 213.
Dumourier, Gen. correspondence
with the minister of war, 537-
His abilities manifefted, 538.
Remark on his defertion of the
republican caufe, 539.
Dutch, account of their fettle-
ment at the Cape of Good
Hope, 123. Of their trade to
Japan, 126. Custom of tram-
pling on the cross, &c. 128.
E
Effingham, Lord, his public cha-
racter, as governor of Jamaica,
113.

Electricity, Mr. Fowler's experi-
ments relative to, 298. Expe-
riments by Mr. Cuthbertion,
532.

Elliot, Mr. observations on the in-
habitants of the Garrow Hills,
563.
Etablishments, ecclefiaftical, pro-
pofal for a moderate reform of,
155.
Evangelifts, the fcheme of harmo-

nizing them difapproved, 426.
Euler, M. on the ofcillatory mo-
tion of a board impelled by the
wind, 482. On the application
of Newton's theorem for the
evolution of binomial powers to
fractional exponents, 487. On
inveftigating the fums of feries,
492. On investigating the roots
of equations by approxima-

tion,

tion, ib.
Formule of equa-
tions of various degrees, which
are capable of solution, ib. On
algebraic curves, 493. On the
application of the inverse me-
thod of tangents to the theory
of folids, ib. On the momenta
of forces, with relation to a

given axis, 499.

Eure, &c. fome account of that
department of France, 531.
Evidence, demonftrative, oblerva-
tions on the nature of, 1.
Eyes, of a young girl, extraordi-
nary construction of, 388.
F

Fabricius, new edition of his En-
tomologia Syftematica, 329. Of
his Bibliotheca Græca, 574.
Fairford, beautiful church of, 295.
Ferber, M. on the hypothefis that
primary may be diftinguished
from fecondary mountains, by
the nature of the metaliferous
ores, &c. 485.
Ferriar, Dr. argument against the

doctrine of materialifm, 182.
Ferro, Dr exper. on the medi-

cinal use of vital air, 557,558.
Fevers, putrid, cured by yeaft, 302.
Fontana, Mr. account of the Nico-
bar ifles, &c. 568. Defcrip-

tion of the inhabitants of, 569.
Forbes, Mr. his anonymous trea-
tife on gravel and gout repub.
lifhed with his name, 233.
Forfer, Mr. George, his death,

and advantageous charact. 544.
Foulis, Sir James, inquiry into the
origin of the name of Scotland,
17. On the beverage of the
ancient Caledonians, ib. On
the original inhabitants of Bri-
tain, 18. On the fight, in
1296, between the Macpher,
fons and Davidfons, 19.
Fourcroy, M. his notion of vital air,

as unfavourable to health, 560.
Fourmont, M. charged with de-
ftroying the antiquities of
Greece, instead of bringing
them away, 379.
France, details rel. to the con-
vulfed ftate of that country, 60.

Concurring caufes of, 62.
Poem on, by Mr. Richards, 77.
Confederacy of the powers of
Europe againft France, 89.
Various tracts relative to the
war, &c. 93. Impartial hift. of
the Revolution, &c. 162. Dr.
Moore's Journal, vol. II. 186.
More tracts relative to the war,
216. 227. 333. 449: 545.
François, M. le, meafurement of
a degree of latitude in the vici-
nity of Paris, 324.
Frankin, Dr. Benj. anecdotes of,
in his earlier years, 305. His
method of improving his style
in writing, ib.
Fries, M. on the fevere cold in
Vologhda, 486.

G

Garcia, Don, his Spanish atlas,580.
Garnet, Dr. meteorological ob-
fervations, 68.

Garrows, mountaineers of India,
account of that fingular race of
people, 563. Remarkable cir-
cumftances attending their mar-
riages, 564, 565. Subject to a
peculiar kind of melancholy in-
fanity, 565.

Gatterer, M. inquiry into the ori-
gin of the Ruffians, Poles, &c.
516.

Geddes, Dr. John, account of the
province of Biscay, 20.
Geddes, Dr. Alexander, diff. on
the Scoto-Saxon dialect, 196.
Geometry, valuable treatifes relat-
ing to, 32.
Georgi, M. exper. with defign to
imitate the paper stone, or ar-
tificial flate, 484. Exam. of an
obf. of M. Carofi, concerning
the tranfmutation of gypse into
chalcedony, 49°.

Ghent, remarks on that city, 542.
Gmelin, M. on the combination of

lead with antimony and zink,
507. Collection of obf. and ex-
periments, ib. Chemical expe-
riments, 513.

Gough, Mr. reafons for fuppofing
that lakes have been more nu-
merous than they now are, 66.

Grant,

Hamilton, Mr. an admirable im-
provement of his eftate in Scot-
land, 432.
Hanover, electoral family of,
grounds on which they were
called to the British throne,
144. State of parties at the
acceffion of that houfe, ib.
Sketch of the political hiftory
of the reign of Geo. 1. 146.
Of the reign of Geo. II. 147.
Harding, Mr. on the variation of

the magnetic needle, 388.
Harvey, Mr. obf. on alphabetical
characters, &c. 187.
Hastings, Mr. his merits as a mi-
nilter, in war and in peace,
contrafted with thofe of Mr.

Pitt, 223.
HEBREW Bible. See Kennicott.
See Roffi.

Heeren, M. on the difcoveries and
commerce of the Romans in

India, 511.
Helebore, botanical and medical
account of, 136.
Henry, Mr. his memoir on the ac-

tion of metalic oxyds and earths
on oils in low degrees of heat,
63.

Hermann, M. on births and deaths
in Ruffia, 482. Concerning the
* making of steel from the ore,
495. Account of the fchoerl in
Siberia, 503. See alfo Krafft.
Heyne, M. works of ancient artists
iluftrated by paffages from
Greek epigrams, 508. On the

monuments of ancient art in
Conftantinople, 514.

Holland, encomium on, 544.
Homer, high encomium on, 8.
excepted against, 9. Diff. on
a paffage in his fixth Iliad, 391.
Hope, Mr. magnificent feat of, at
Haarlem, described, 544.

Horfes, in Scotland, obfervations
rel. to the breed of, in ancient
times, 21. Curious wild race
of in Calmuck Tartary, 553.
Hydrophobia, new mode of remedy
for, 583.

I

Japan, fufpicious policy of the
natives of, with regard to the
Dutch, 126. Country highly
cultivated, 130. Inhabitants
defcribed, 131.

Jenyns, Soame, his extraordinary
obfervations on John, chap. vi.
verfe 53, &c. 274.

Jews, composition not cultivated
as a fcience, by their writers,270.
---> , their manners, literature,
and history wonderfully differ-
ent from the rest of mankind,
563.
Ingenboufz, Dr. obf. on the nature
and effects of vital air, with
regard to refpiration, &c. 558.
560. His account of his own
cafe (afflicted with the stone).
and cure, 561.

John, St. obícurity and harshness
of his metaphors, &c. inch. vi.
of his golpel, 273. Expofition
of, ib. Soame Jenyus's remarks
on, 274. the note.
Jones, Sir William, his VIIIth an-

niversary difcourfe to the Ben-
gal fociety, 501. His Diff. on
the mystical poetry of the Per-
fians and Hindus, 571.
Ex-
tract from the poem entitled

Majnavi, 572.

Ireland, Dr. Beaufort's new map
of defcribed, 176. Eftimate of
the increasing number of houses
and inhabitants in that king-
dom, 178. Plan for a fyftem of
National Education adapted to'.
Ireland, 391.

Kaefiner,

K

Karner, M. on the application of
objective micrometers to ter-
reftrial objects, 507. On cy
lindrical fections applied to
arched roofs, ib. On the ufe
of the polar ftar in geographi-
cal menfuration, 513.
Kalmucks and other Tartars de-
fcribed, 553. Travels of emi-
nent perfons into their country,
employed on Difcovery, ib.
Kennicott, Dr. new edition (at
Leipfic) of his collated Hebrew
Bible, 576.

the

Kipling, Dr. Strictures on his edit.
of Beza, 289.
Kirwan, Mr. his fyftem of mine-
ralogy tranflated into Ruffian,
329. His memoir on
Itrength of acids, &c. 385.
Klugel, M. on calculating the per-
turbations of the planets, 507.
Knox, Rev. Dr. narrative of his
ill treatment at Brighton, by
certain military gentlemen, in
confequence of his fermon in
favour of peace, 63.
Keelreuter, M. on the irritability

of the ftamina of the barberry,
494. On the ovaries of the
Mytilus Cygneus, 495..
Kanoneff, M. on the notion of a
double cone, apparently afcend-
ing along an inclined plane, 500.
Kraft, M. on marriages, births,
and deaths in Peterburgh, 483.
See alfo Hermann. On giving
a new form to Euler's lunar
tables, 490. 497. Experiments
made in Ruffia concerning the
length of a pendulum, 500.
Method of reducing the appa-
rent diftance of the moon from
the fun, or a fixed ftar, to the
true distance, 505.

L

lebrated in Mid-Lothian, 19.
Land-tax, equalization of afferted
to be neceffarily connected with
an alteration in the constitution
of the Houfe of Commons, 313.
Larrugo, Don, his memoirs. See
Spain.

Laxmann, M. defcrip. of a moun-

tain plant of a new genus, 5oi.
Le Brocq, M. his plan for mak-
ing the New Foreft a real fo-
reft,' and for encouraging the
growth of timber, 100.
Ledwich, Rev. Mr. on a paf-
fage in the 6th Iliad of Ho-
mer, 391. Obf. on the romantic
hiftory of Ireland, 393.
Lentin, M. method of curing deaf-
nefs, 513.

Lhuilier, M. demonftration of a
theorem concerning centres of
gravity, 481.

Little, Mr. account of the different

corporations of Edinburgh, 18.
Logarithms, their amazing utility
in expediting every kind of
calculation, 283. Valuable col-
le&tion of tracts on, ib.
Loire, &c. beauties of that de-
partment of France, 530.
Longitude, various methods of
finding, 287.

Lover, Dr. his notions relative to

the colour of the blood, 557
Lowitz, M. on the diphlogifti-
cating power of charcoal, &c.
486. New method of con-
centrating vinegar, and of re-
ducing its acid to folid cryf
tals, 503.

M
Mackenzie, Mr. account of anti-
quities in the Ifle of Lewis, 21.
Madrid. See Brewery. See Print-
ing. See Wine.
Marini, Father. See Sugar.
Mayow, Dr. his great knowlege
of Chemistry, &c. 556.
Meafure, Univerfal. See Mechain,
Lambre, and François. Table
of measures and weights as
now established in France, 324.
Approbation of, 325:
Mechain, M. feries of triangles, in
order to establish an univerfal
meafure, 323.

Meiners,

Meiners, M. on the origin of the
Egyptians, 508. On that of
the different tribes and cafts in
India, 512. On the gymnafia
of the Greeks, 518.
Memoirs, œconomical, on the pro-
ductions, manufactures, &c. of
Spain, 579.

Modéer, M. his curious account

of animalculæ not difcernible
without a microscope, 328. Of
the manna found on the leaves
of the ash, ib.

Moneta, Dr. effay on the hydro-
phobia, 582.

Moore, Dr. his converfation with

a member of the French Conv.
concerning the death of Lewis
XVI. 170. His acc. of the ex-
traordinary eloquence of Ro-
befpierre, 171. An expoftu-
lation with the Doctor on ac-
count of his converfation with
the conventionist, 239.
Mufic, fketches rel. to, 46. Differt.
on the Scottish mufic, 197.
Mufic of the Hindus, 566.
N

New Foreft, in Hampshire. See
Le Brocq.
Newton, Sir I. attacked (and de-
fended) on account of an al-
leged error in his Principia,527.
Nicobar, ifles of, defcribed, 570.
The bread fruit, called mellori,
found there, ib. Described, ib.
Nithfdale, Countefs of, her narra-
tive of the Earl's escape out of
the Tower, 199.
199.

Oak, plans for encouraging the
planting of. See Le Brocq. See
Williams.
O'Halloran, Mr. attempt to de-
termine fuch injuries of the
head as neceffarily require the
operation of the trephine, 389.
Olivi, Abbé, his Zoologia Adria-
tica, 578.
Ozeretkouky, M. defcription of
the mines of Wotësk, 304.
P

Painting, fchools of, proper regu-
lations of, 54. Superiority of
painting,compared with poetry,

153.

Pallas, M. new memoirs relative
to northern discoveries, 329.
Defcription of fome new fpecies
of plants, 504. His travels
among the Kalmuck Tartars,
&c. 552.

Paniput, account of the bloody
battle of, 566.

Paris, Matthew, remarks on, as
a writer, 396.
Parliament. See Reform.
Pafta, Dr. his treatife on the in-
fluence of the mind on the
health of the body, 578.
Paul, St. faid to have been re-
markable for abruptnefs in his
manner of writing, 270. His
affecting interview with the
principal Ephefians who had
embraced Christianity, 272.
His epistle to the Romans, ch.
viii. and ix. expounded in re-
gard to predeftination, 276.
His epiftle to the Philippians,
ch. ii. explained, 278. His
meaning often perverted by
commentators, in attempting
to fupply the connection, 4z1.
Not fo abrupt a writer as he
has been deemed, 422.
Pelican defcribed, 552.
Pendulum, length of one that

fwings feconds, in vacuo, de-
termined, 324. See alfo Krafft.
Pennant, Mr. observations rel. to
his Literary Life, 56.
Perceval, Dr. chemical inquiries
and communications to the R.
Irish Academy, 387. Letter to,
from the Rev. Charles Perce
val, on an extraordinary con-
ftruction of the eyes, in a young
girl, 388.
Perfian language, the study of de-
preciated, 136.-Poetry, mufi-
cal, of the Perfians and Hindus,
account of by Sir W. Jones, 571.
Pewter, manufacture of, in Spain,
difcouraged there by govern-
ment, 579.
Pier, utility of the invention of
a floating one, 257.
Pifa, warm baths of, defcribed,
303. Medicinal properties of
the water, ib.

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