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NAvigation, early ftate and pro- Peter the Long, his relation how

grefs of, among the ancients,
612. In the middle ages, 615.
Navy of England, ftrength of, at
different periods within the laft
20 years, 216.

Naxos, antiq. of, defcribed, 603.
Norway and Iceland, &c. ancient
authors rel. to, 563, et feq. Hif
torical account of the people of,
618. Of other Lorthern islands
and their inhabitants, ib.

Atbs, as religious tefts, difap-
proved, 526.
Obelisks, fronting the temple at
Luxor, their aftonishing fize, 568.
Oeconomy, political, investigated,

97-113.

Oliver, Mr. his theory of lightning
and thunder-ftorms, 389. Theo-
ry of water-fpouts, 390.
Optical illufion, a curious one ex-
plained, 143. Optical problem
propofed, and anfwered, 144.
Orichalcum, what, 34.
Oriental forms of correfpondence
and business, 592.
Orofius, well tranflated by King
Alfied, 616.

Ofborne, the book feller, how punish
ed by S. Johnfon for his info-
lence, 287.
Otto, Mr. his memoir on the dif-
covery of America, 471.

PAge, Mr. his account of a re-

markable meteor, 393.
Parliament. See Reprefentative.
Parsnips, how to preserve, by dry-
ing, 470.
Parfonage improved, a poem, 504.
Patterson, Mr. his method of hnd-

ing a true meridian line, and
thence the variation of the com-
país, 467.
Pegge, Mr. his hiftory of Bolfover
and Peak Caftles, 427.
Pellier, M. the oculit, his opera-
tions commended, 37.
Perkins, Dr. his conjectures rel.
to wind, water-fpouts, tornados,
and hurricanes, 391.

he fell in love with Blanche Ba-
zu, 512.
Petrifaction. See Camper.
Philofophy, natural, feveral exper.
in, by Dr. Priestley, &c. 134.
Phlogifton, obf. on, 134. Reflec
tions on, in order to illuftrate
the theory of combuftion and
calcination, 555:
Pigott, Mr. his obf. on changeable
itars, 31.

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his determination of the
latitude of York, from aftron,
obf. 117.

on the tranfit of Mer-

cury, 119.

Place, M. de la, on the figure of
the earth, 560. On the births,
marriages, and deaths, at Paris,
561.
Plumbum corneum, how prepared,
136.
Poetry, ancient Scottish, obf. on
the origin of, 124.
Several an-
cient Scottish poets noticed, 128.
Polypus, uterine, &c. how pro-
duced, 572.

Poor's-rates, amount of, at two
different periods, 216.
Poor, plan for their benefit, 62,
Excellent bill for their relief and
employment, 352.
Population, principles of, affigned,

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ftate of, in England and
Wales, at various periods, from
Edw.III. to the prefent time,215.
Power, balance of, confidered, 397.
Pre-Adamites, account of, from an

Indian hift. of the world, 420.
Precipitation, fatal effects of, an
Indian tale, 419.
Press, liberty of, descant on, 115.
Percy, Bishop, affifts in the new

edition of the Tatler, 22.
Price, Dr. his approbation of Mr.
Acland's plan for the benefit of
the poor, 65.

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his idea of the doctrine of
atonement, 402. His compa-
rifon of the Athanafian and So-
cinian fyftems, ib.

Prophets,

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Shakespeare defended against Vol-

taire, &c. 173.
Sharpe, Archbishop, his obf. on
the coinage of England, 430.
Shells. See Lightfoot.

Sheridan, Mr. his oratorical talents
panegyrized, 66.

Silk worm, whole progress of, from
the to the cocon, 139.
egg
Slate, Weftmoreland, its nature
and ufes, 34.

Smeaton, Mr. his obf. on the gra-
duation of aftronomical inftru-
ments, 29.

Snake in a living horfe's eye, ac-

count of, 140.

Solomon's Song, critical obferva-
tions relative to, 26.
Stars, obf. on.

See Goodricke,
Pigott, Herfchell, Mayer, Ritten-
bouse.

Steele, Sir Richard, ftory of his
want of economy, 23. Of his
conduct in the management of
his periodical publications, ib.
Subm, M. de, his correfpondence.

with the late K. of Pruffia, 578.
Sulphur and Phosphorus, reflections
on the increase of their weight
in combuftion, 554.
Sunday Schools recommended, 181,
183. Hints for their improve-
ment, 436.

Swatara, defcript. of the grotto

at, 143.

Sweet Springs. See Maddifon.
Swift, Dean, his enmity toward

Lord Wharton, 24. His ha-
tred of Walpole, ib. Story of
his attempt to ravish one of his
parishioners, ib.

Thormino, fketch of the beauties

of that fine country, 602. Re-
markable antiquities there, 603.
Noble Greek theatre there in
uncommon prefervation, ib.
Tatler, account of the contributors
to that work during its firft
publication, 23-25. New edir.
of, much obliged to Dr. Percy, ib.
Temple of Jerufalem, Haggai's
prophecy, and Jofephus's acc.
of, critically investigated, 54.
Controversy

Controverfy on this fubje&t now
fubfifting, 410-414.
Teier, Abbé, his exper. to fhew
the effect of light on plants, 552.
That, obf. on that word, 6.
Theatre, dramatic, affirmed to have

a happy inficence on morals,519.
Thermometer. See Wedgwood. See
Barker.
Thevenot's account of his journey
from Cairo to Suez, reprinted
in the Afiatic Mifcellany, 419.
Thompson, Sir Benj, his new exper.
on heat, 190.

Torpedo of Surinam, acc. of, 140.
Travellers, ancient, Northern, 618.
Italian, 622.

Treaty, commercial, between Eng.
and France, inveftigated, 162-
170, 249, 340, 438.
Treffan, Count, his literary cha-
raster, 238.

Turgot, M. his life, 629. His ex-
cellent character, 631. Difmiffed
from his poft in the French mini-
ftry on account of his intolerable
integrity, ib. His death, 633.

Apours, watery, philofophy and
mechanical effects of, 313.
Confidered as expanfible fluids,
317.
Venus, tranfit of, in 1769, obferv.
ed at Newbury, in Maffachu-
fets, 219.
Vefuvius, Mount, Sir W. Hamil-
ton's obf. on the prefent ftate of
that volcano, 195.
Vicq D'Azyr, M. continuation of

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his researches concerning the
ftructure of the brain, 559.
Vienna, character of the inhabit-
ants of, 609.
Vieyra, Mr. his plan to facilitate

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the travels of the Marquis de

Chaftellux, 337.

Water-Spouts, theory of, 390. Con-
jectures on, 391.

Watson, Bp. his account of his
chemical purfuits, 32. Of his
renouncing them, and burning
his books, ib. His notion of
national ftrength and happiness,
33. See alfo Landaff.
Wedgwood, Mr. additional obf, on
his excellent thermometer for
meafuring the higher degrees of
heat, 188.
Wetstein, his objections to the an-

tiquity of the Alexandrian Greek
Teft. refuted, 546.

White mountains, in America, de-
fcribed, 138.

Wilkins, Mr. his extraordinary me-

rit in printing with Oriental types.
of his own making, 300, 592.
Williams, Mr. his obf. of the tran-
fit of Venus in 1769, 219.

- his exper. on evapora-
tion, &c. 392.

Wit, a fpecies of evil-speaking, 495.
Wright, Dr. on the antiseptic vir-

tues of vegetable, acid, and ma-
rine falt, combined, 294.

Young, Mr. Arthur, his character
as an agricultural writer appre-
ciated, 40. His annals charac-
terized, ib.

the study of the Arabic lan-
guages, 595. Strictures on his
abilities as an Orientalift, 597.
Vince, Mr. his nev method of
finding fluents, &c. 119.
Viper, remedies for the bite of,
575. Exper. rel. to. 576.
Vifion. See Darwin, Elliot, Her-Inc, efficacy of the flowers of,
in cure of the asthma, 333.

Jchel.

END OF VOL. LXXVI.

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