623-4. Beavers in Switzerland, Germany, Poland, and Russia. 631. A species of camphor extracted from thyme; i. e. a substance coinciding with camphor in its leading properties. Vol. 8. P. 25. MAGNETIC power communicated by lightning. Sir Samuel Morland the first who invented an arithmetical machine. 35. Daniel Huetius thought the Arabian figures were only the letters of the Greek alphabet corrupted. 79. The discovery that madder dies the bones, arose from the accident of feeding some pigs with bran, boiled in a copper with some printed calicoes, in order to clean them from a dirty red, occasioned by an infusion of madder root, which was used to fix the colours printed on the cloth. 83. 264. A ball of sulphur, supposed to have fallen from the air in the Isle of Wight. 297. Some apothecaries in England who used to sophisticate black cherry water with laurel leaves, would not be persuaded that laurel water was a poison. 327. A woman at sixty and seventy suckling two grand children. 378. Sudden and dangerous increase of the worms that attack the piles in the Dutch dykes. 382. And their diminution. 426. Account of a beetle that resisted all scientific killing, like Thor's acquaintance. Vol. 9. P. 16. SOALS feed upon shell fish. Other fish that do so have an apparatus for grinding them, the soal has none, it swallows them whole and digests them. 165. The best drink of its kind made from crabs and wild pears, A. D. 1657,"at first rough as the fiercest Greek wine." See the paper. 216. Site of Delgovicia discovered (in Yorkshire near Goodmanham) by a farmer, who perceived that the corn which grew there was different in colour from that in other places. 227. Ferguson the astronomer and mechanician, self taught, while "tending sheep he had leisure to make considerable advances in mechanical and astronomical knowledge." 311. Eels slide up a flood gate, even though it be dry and smooth. 356. An English case of Plica Polonica. 503. The sacred fire in Persia. Vol. 20. P. 10. ATTEMPT to produce a glory round the head by electricity. 18. The burst in St. John, 1749. 200. The exotics at Fulham were collected by Bishop Compton, after his death many were dispersed, and the rest neglected, so that those alone survived which could shift for themselves. 300. Agaric of the oak, a styptic. 425. After a flood in Thuringen the byssus, or green slime was left in the fields in such perfection that "when collected and washed with soap, it appeared like a clean fleece of white wool; the country people made wicks of it for their lamps; and se veral lined their clothes with it, as they would with fur." Vol. xii. p. 598, a natural paper ejusdem generis. 436. Distressing effect of electricity (as of thunder) on an epileptic subject. Vol. xi. p. 273. 554. Mr. Samuel Tull of Edmonton, invented a mode of castrating fishes, after which they grew larger, and fatter, and "which is no trifling consideration were always in season." oil. 566. Dropsy cured by friction with sweet 583. It was a Hungarian renegade who introduced printing at Constantinople. 698. Buffon and Needham held that animalculæ were not produced from eggs, but by an animating power. Many papers in this vol. respecting earthquakes on the Lisbon day. Vol. 11. P. 4. CAYLUS, painting in wax. Vol. 6, p. 328. 15. Amber, the resin of antediluvian trees (which are frequently found with it) united to the acid of sea salt. 138. Shower of black dust in Zetland, with a south west wind, 1755. 196. Singular phenomenon in the sands near Penzance before an earthquake. 203. Boy cured of convulsions by swallowing white paint, which instead of killing him, brought away an infinite number of small worms. 307. Oil in consequence used in a vermifuge. 232. On the antiquity of glass windows. 277. Heat of the climate in Georgia, Savannah. 370. A negress in Maryland, becoming white. 373. Gardeners call a mixture of pitch, rosin, and bees wax, in which seeds are sometimes kept, mummy. 537. Charmouth cliffs took fire in 1751. Vol. 12. P. 3. DURHAM produces the best and strongest mustard seed, some particular spots of Essex and Cambridge the finest saffron-flowers; Oxford and Gloucestershires the most medicinal roots of valerian. 18. The Punic tongue supposed to be still preserved (though much corrupted) in the Maltese. 192. A black family, in every branch of which there was always one white child. 528. Inoculation immemorially known in Barbary, and ascribed to the Arabs. So too in Bengal. One mode there by mixing a little of the variolous matter with sugar, and giving it to the child in any pleasant liquor. 595. Boxhill' so called because the Earl of Arundel (James or Charles I.) introduced that tree by planting it there. 1 EVELYN says, "These trees rise naturally at Boxley in Kent, and in the county of Surrey, giving name to that chalky hill, &c." Vol. i. p. 278, ed. Hunter.-J. W. W. 598. A sort of fine brown paper left by a flood, near Cortona, 1763. 682. N. The Ladies Diary formed "most of our eminent mathematicians." 685. A good paper upon the Chinese letters, which are defined as "the picturesque algebra of the arts and sciences." Vol. 13. P. 2. ERUPTION of Etna, 1669, forming a beautiful harbour at Catania, and presently destroying it. 11. Mozart. The Empress Dowager used to place him on her knees while he played on the harpsichord. 28. Explosion at Hudson's Bay, by frost. Beams of the house crack, "it was easy to mistake them for the guns on the top of the house, which are three pounders. But those are nothing to what we frequently hear from the rocks up the country, and along the coast, these often burst with a report equal to that of many heavy artillery fired together, and the splinters are thrown to an amazing distance." 29. Indians "immoderately fond of their long hair, and would not have it cut, except on the death of a friend, for anything that you can give them." Hence the fate of those Esquimaux whose story is told by Major Cartwright. 30. They give the same appellation to their chiefs, as to their good deity, Ukkemah. Wittikah they call the evil one. Parhelia at sun rise, how they arise. 158. Mule carp hardier than either carp or tench, or corusians. 283. The Spaniards have but learned from the Californians the art of dyeing a deeper and more lasting black than any that was before known, 1772. 304. Irruption of Solway Moss, 1772. 314. Sieve of Eratosthenes. Prime numbers. Horsley. 362. Jackson, the father of the drugbreweries, a great rogue and miser. Mr. Thrale one of his pupils. 452. Tokay. The grapes are left as long Vol. 11. P. 4. CAYLUS, painting in wax. Vol. 6, p. 328. 15. Amber, the resin of antediluvian trees (which are frequently found with it) united to the acid of sea salt. 138. Shower of black dust in Zetland, with a south west wind, 1755. 196. Singular phenomenon in the sands near Penzance before an earthquake. 203. Boy cured of convulsions by swallowing white paint, which instead of killing him, brought away an infinite number of small worms. 307. Oil in consequence used in a vermifuge. 232. On the antiquity of glass windows. 277. Heat of the climate in Georgia, Savannah. 370. A negress in Maryland, becoming white. 373. Gardeners call a mixture of pitch, rosin, and bees wax, in which seeds are sometimes kept, mummy. 537. Charmouth cliffs took fire in 1751. Vol. 12. P. 3. DURHAM produces the best and strongest mustard seed, some particular spots of Essex and Cambridge the finest saffron-flowers; Oxford and Gloucestershires the most medicinal roots of valerian. 18. The Punic tongue supposed to be still preserved (though much corrupted) in the Maltese. 192. A black family, in every branch of which there was always one white child. 528. Inoculation immemorially known in Barbary, and ascribed to the Arabs. So too in Bengal. One mode there by mixing a little of the variolous matter with sugar, and giving it to the child in any pleasant liquor. 595. Boxhill1 so called because the Earl of Arundel (James or Charles I.) introduced that tree by planting it there. I EVELYN says, "These trees rise naturally at Boxley in Kent, and in the county of Surrey, giving name to that chalky hill, &c." Vol. i. p. 278, ed. Hunter.-J. W. W. 598. A sort of ine brown paper left by a flood, near Corzona, 1783. 682. N. The Ladies Diary formed * most of our eminent mathematicians.“ 685. A good paper upon the Chinese letters, which are defined as the piensene algebra of the arts and sciences. Vol. 13. P. 2. ERUPTION of Ema, 1669, forming a beautiful harbour at Catania, and presently destroying it. 11. Mozart. The Empress Dowager used to place him on her knees while he played on the harpsichord. 28. Explosion at Hudson's Bay, by first. Beams of the house crack, it was easy to i mistake them for the gune on the top of the house, which are three pounders. But those are nothing to what we frequently hear from the rocks up the country, and along the coast, these often burst with a report equal to that of many heavy artillery fired together, and the splinters are thrown to an amazing distance." 29. Indians "immoderately fond of their long hair, and would not have it cut, except on the death of a friend, for anything that you can give them." Hence the fate of those Esquimaux whose story is told by Major Cartwright. 30. They give the same appellation to their chiefs, as to their good deity, Ukkemah. Wittikah they call the evil one. Parhelia at sun rise, how they arise. 158. Mule carp hardier than either carr or tench, or corusians. 283. The Spaniards have but learnai the Californians the art of dyeing a tener and more lasting black than a 34 as the weather permits on the vines, the frosts which at the end of August are very keen during the night, are thought to be of great service to the wine. 485. Dr. Wilson's theory that the spots on the sun are deep cavities. Vol. 14. P. 2. PENGUINS burrowing in the Falkland Islands. A wind there as blasting almost as the Sirocco. Transparent fish. 4. Albatross makes a sound like a penny trumpet. 5. Singular species of vegetation there? 8. Roman fugitives from Hannibal settled in the Grison country, and chiefly in the Engadine. 13. In the Romansh of the Engadine, Scripture dramas, circiter 1560. 328. When the Arabs would be revenged on the Turks at Bassorah, they break down the banks of the river and inundate the environs, knowing that a pestilential fever will be the sure consequence. 398. Acid preparation of vegetables in the North, the one wholesome part of their diet. 399. Russian receipt for salted cucumber. 447. Lord Stanhope's plan for making houses fire-proof. 462. Dr. Ingenhoutz's way of lighting a candle by electricity. 462. A charged jar in his pocket. 35-6.Guinea-fowl here in the 13th century. 36. Turkey first described by Oviedo. 37. The first that was eaten in France was at the nuptial feast of Charles IX. 72. The termites, when the cakes made of them are eaten to excess, bring on an epidemic, colic, and dysentery, which kills in two or three hours. 73. A delicacy. 113. Mr. Thompson's attempt to shoot flame instead of bullets. 1781. 124. Gum Lacca insect. xvi. 554. 128. Sumatra, extensive mortality of seafish after a long drought had dried the rivers. Marsden well conjectures that they could not live without a due mixture of fresh water in the sea. 214. The stars of many colours. 370. Spots in the sun, in opposition to the theory that they are cavities. 381. Geese, of all animals, most presentient of earthquakes. 393. Fishermen say the cuttle-fish is the largest fish in the ocean. 394. Ambergris 20s. per ounce in London. 395. Of course, much adulterated. Our perfumers (1783) add it to scented pillars (!) candles, balls, or bottles, gloves and hair-powder; and its essence is mixed with pomatum for the face and hands, either alone, or with musk. 398. Stars that are lost, or have undergone some capital change since Flamsteed's time. 402. 626. A case of dropsy (Sarah Kippins) 479. Signirons in London, indurating the thrice as great as Lady Page's. stones below. 480. Application of this fact. Vol. 15. P. 26. THE Harmathan on the slavecoast, injurious to vegetable life, very disagreeable, yet highly conducive to health. I suspect only as counteracting certain dis eases. 32. White turkey, lately introduced as beautiful, 1781. Turkeys delight in nettle seeds; those of the foxglove are fatal to them. Vol. 16. P. 169. MISS Caroline HerscHELL. “The employment of writing down the observations when my brother uses the twenty feet reflector does not often allow me time to look at the heavens; but I have taken the opportunity of his absence to sweep1 in the I Words, like dogs, have their day, and this has now become the technical phrase. So we have now, salient points, clerical errors, asthetics, &c.-not to know which implies utter ignorance!-J. W. W. |