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MR. CHARLES TAYLOR

AS the representative of Mr. Delaval, whofe distance precludes his perfonal attendance, on the prefent occafion, I deliver to You, in the name of the Literary and Philofophical Society, this Medal, the moft diftinguished mark of approbation, which we have to beftow. To merit the honours of Science, and of the Arts, is a just and noble object of ambition; and to confer them, I am perfuaded, is, at this inftant, felt both as a privilege and a pleasure, by the members of our Inftitution.

When you tranfmit to Mr. Delaval the well earned reward of his defert, let it be accompanied with an earnest request, that he will prosecute the researches, he has fo happily begun;" and that he will communicate to this Society the further difcoveries, which his induftry and ingenuity may accomplish.

To MR. THOMAS HENRY, JUNIOR.

FROM a fage in philofophy, who is above my praife, I turn, with cordial fatisfaction, to

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one, whofe proficiency in the knowledge of
nature reflects a luftre on his youth. And I
present to You, in the name of this Society,
the honourable mark of diftinction, which has
been unanimously adjudged to your merit. To
fofter rifing genius; to incite the fpirit of emu-
lation; and to give energy to the powers of the
human mind, by calling them forth into early
exertion, are amongst the most important ob-
jects of our Inftitution. And I cannot better
fulfil my official duty, than by indulging the
friendly feelings of my heart, in urging you
to perfeverance, industry, and ardour in the
purfuits of science. Copy the fair example
which Heaven, with peculiar favour, has fet
before you; elevate your ambition to the true
dignity and perfection of your nature; and
in every study extend your views to the final
defignation of your faculties, which are not
limited to this tranfitory fcene, but muft here
be trained for Immortality.

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SECOND VOLUME.

ABSOR

A.

BSORPTION, of moisture from the air, in human
bodies

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Pago

474, 489

67

Alkali, vegetable, remarks on it, by Dr. WALL
probably formed by a combination of
the native acid with earthy and inflammable
principles

of nitre, derived from putrefaction

Alphabetical Characters, not of human invention

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75

279

because perfect in the oldest book

in the world

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288

Animal Subftances, exhibit colours by the fame laws with

vegetables

Ancients, their excellence in the arts of dyeing, painting,

&c.

192

135

Apelles, ufed colours which dazzled by their brightness 136
Apparatus, for afcertaining the quantity of rain falling in

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Arfenic, its effects upon the colours of glass
Atmosphere, the caufe of it colours
AVICENNA, his receipt for mitigating hunger

B.

BACON, lord, quoted, on fpeculative philofophy
Bad Air, effects of it counteracted by habit
BARNES, Dr. on public and private education

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his plan for the improvement of liberal educa-
tion in Manchester

proposals for establishing it in Manchester

on the voluntary power of the mind over bodily
fenfation

BELL, Dr. memoirs of

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451

381

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Berne, plan of a school there, laid by HALLER

33

BEWLEY, Mr. experiences the uncertainty of an experi-

ment on HOMBERG's phofphorus

329

Bile and Blood, experiments on them, to afcertain their

colour

193

BLACKSTONE, Judge, on fmuggling, quoted

306

BOYLE, Mr. the modefty of his expreffions upon philofo-

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Calcination of Metals, proves a ftrong chemical attraction 449
Calculus human, attempts to diffolve it -

Calcutta, account of the perfons confined in the black

hole there

Cavern at Paris, account of it

334

484

361, 370

Caravan,

Caravan, fupported by gum arabic

Caufes of political Crimes, are pride, luxury, idleness,

&c.

Certainty, of punishment, recommended

CHARDIN, Sir JOHN, his account of a mixed metal

made in the east

Choak-damp, remarks upon

Clouds, their colours accounted for

Coal, how much confumed at Manchester in a year

Collier, confined in a coal-pit feveral days

anfwers to queftions concerning him.

Colours, always produced by light reflected from white

fubftances

College, of arts and sciences in Manchester

Colouring particles, do not reflect the light

other media

how procured pure and unmixed with

how they act upon bodies

Page

487

319

320

56

491

219

496

467

470

196

42

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159

163

Comparative View, &c. by Dr. GREGORY, account of it 88 Confinement, folitary, recommended for criminals

Copper, white, account of it as made in China, by

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Cotton Works, rules for preferving the health of the work

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DANTE, his account of Ugolino

Death, by the laws of England made the penalty of

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