To the REMARKABLE PASSAGES in this Volume.
N. B. To find any particular Book, or Pamphlet, fee the Table of Contents, prefixed to the Volume.
ABDULKURREEM, Kojeb, his me- moirs of Nadir Shah, 699. His cha- racter of that tyrant, 700. Acbard, M. his exper. with a view to de- termine the heat of boiling water, &c. 653. His exper. to afcertain the time required for the cooling of heated bo- dies, 654. Exper. to afcertain the ef- fects produced on atmospheric and other airs, by facking quick-lime in them, ib. On the degrees of heat which fo- lutions of different falts acquire in ebul- lition, 656. On the proportion of the increase of a given volume of water, to the quantity of falts diffolved in it, ib. Achilles, his character, as drawn by Ho. mer, 137.
Achmet, Emperor of the Turks, his cha- racter, 216.
Adair, Dr. fuccessful treatment of an in- flammatory conftipation of the bowels, 480.
Adam, enquiry whether he or the Orang Outang was the first man, 685. Agues, cured by the gummi rubrum aftrin- gens Gambienfe, 478.
Air. See Cavendish, Austin, Goodwyn, Harrington, and Achard. Aix-la-Chapelle, the waters of it analysed, 231.
Alkali, native faffil, found in the neigh. bourhood of Bombay, 23. Nature and value of, ib.
volatile. See Afin. America, the difcovery of, its influence on the happiness of mankind, 165. In- quiry how firft peopled, 261. Sum- mary view of the laws relative to the United States, 263. Hiftory of the rife, progrefs, and establishment of their independence, 442.
Amputation, when necessary in fractured Limbs, 15. How to be performed, 16.
Ancelin, M. his obf. on fingular contrac tions of the rectum, 696. Aneurisms, M. Walter's memoir concern- ing, 654.
of the arch of the aorta, 694. Angles, new machine for measuring, 25. Anieres, M. his remarks on the impre
bability of a fatisfa&tory solution being ever given to the prize problem of Count Windischgrätz, 651. Annuities. See Morgan. Arabian Mentor, 641. Arabs, their character, 600. Their hof- pitality, infanced in the ftory of Haf- fan and Ibrahim, 601. Their lan guage peculiarly fitted for poetical ex- preffion, ib.
Army, diseases of, at Jamaica, 228. Arfenic, beneficial effects of, by external abforption, 482.
Afcaris Lumbricoides, remarks on, 477. Afpbaltites, lake of, contradictory accounts of, by different writers, 139. Atropbia laflantium, remarks on the pre- valence of, 476.
Austin, Dr. his experiments on the forma- tion of volatile alcali, and on the aff- nities of the phlogifticated and light inflammable airs, 299.
BAILLIE, Br. his account of a traní- pofition of the vifcera, 143. Banks, the poet, his Albion Queens com- pared with Mr. St. John's Mary 2 of Scots, a tragedy, 533-
Barker, Mr. his regifter of the barome- ter, thermometer, and rain; with fome acc. of the annual growth of trees, 303. Barometer, conjectures on fome of the phenomena of, 401.
Barometers, neceflity of knowing the fpe cific gravity with which they are filled, 32.
Bavaria, Charlotte Elizabeth Princess of, her original letters, 151. Her charac- ter, 162.
Bayford, Dr. his account of a fingular cafe
of obftructed deglutition, 480. Beaumes, Dr. obtains the third prize me- dal given by the Royal Soc. of Medicine at Paris, for his anfwer to their question concerning difeafes proceeding from flag- nant waters, and marshy grounds, 696. Bengal, narrative of tranfactions in, from the Soobadary of Azeem ul Shan, to that of Alyverdi Khan, 701. Bernoulli, M. Jean, his aftronomical in- quiries into the longitude of feveral places in India, 657. Beiblebem, objections to St. Matthew's account of Herod's flaughter of the children there, 615.
Bicker, Dr. obtains the first prize medal given by the Royal Soc. of Medicine at Paris, for his anfwer to their question concerning the difeafes proceeding from ftagnant waters, 696.
Bidlake, Mr. his correfpondence with the Monthly Reviewers, 374. Blagden, Dr. his experiments on the ef- fects of various fubftances in lowering the point of congelation in water, 300. Bailly, M. de, his literary and perfonal character, with anecdotes of his life, 578.
Boote, Mr. his fuccefsful practice of the
Boa Ahádee, a Negroe King, memoirs of, 320. His horrid tyranny and cru- elty, ib.
Befworth-field, battle of, its great confe- quences, 124.
Botany, that fubje&t poetically embellished,
on the Linnean fexual fyllem, 337. Specimens of the poetry, from Dr. Darwin's beautiful poem, entitled the Botanic Garden, 338-342. Boubier, Prefident, his literary eminence, 571. Remarkable faying of his, on his death-bed, 572.
Breft, account of Admiral Ruffel's famous expedition against that place, 309. Bureau, Mr, cafe of an ileus, with ob- fervations on an hydraulic machine, 480.
Burletta, remark on that fpecies of opera, 428.
CABBAGE, the turnip-rooted, recom-
mended as valuable fpring food for cattle, 21. Method of culture, ib. Calonne, M. de, his controverfy with the Countels de la Motte, 267. Farther account, 268.
Campbor, experiments on the folvers powers of, 476.
Cancers, treatment of, 483.
Cures to be expected from bleeding, ib. Candia, defcription of the ladies of that inland, 382.
Cantharides, ufe of, in dropfical com- plaints, 479.
Cavallo, Mr. his defcription of a new electrical inftrument, 296. On the temperament of mufical inftruments 146.
Cavendish, Mr. Henry, his experiments on the converfion of a mixture of de- phlogisticated and phlogisticated air into nitrous acid, by the electric fpark, 298. Chamberlain, Mr. his remarks on the folvent powers of camphor, 481. Chauffée, Nivelle de la, account of him, and of his witty dramatic writings, 574.
China, the famines to which that country is peculiarly liable, accounted for, 118. Particulars relative to the genius and Their manners of the people, 121. Doubtful accounts of
China, given by the Miffionaries, 123. Chinese hemp, culture of, in England, 22. Church, Mr. his remarks on the Afcaris Jumbricoides, 477.
on the cafe of a patient who dif- charged the pupa of Mulca Cibaria, ib, Cicuta, efficacy of, in the cure of an inter-, mitting fever, 481.
Colberg, remarks on the fiege of, 30. Cold. See Walker.
Cole, Mr. his edition of Dr. Lardner's works, 52.
Common Prayer Book, revifed, and im- proved by the Americans, for the ufe of the Epifcopalian churches in the United States, 387. Particular alterations no- ticed, 388. Additions, adapted to Ame- rica, 389.
Commutation A&t, remarks on, 277. Conftitution, political, of Great Britain, plan for its reformation, 352. Copper mines at Fahlun described, 617. Wonderful fcenery, and curious opera- tions in thofe fubterraneous regions, 618. Cornus, in botany, that genus defcribed,
639. The fpecies enumerated, 640. Cour, M. de la, his prize difcourfe on the principles of patriotifm, and the best means of encouraging that virtue in monarchies, 612.
Craven, Lady, her journey through the Crimea, 200. Her defcription of the fountain of Vaucluse, 302. Of Hyeres, 203. Of Pifa baths, 204. Of Flo- rence, 205. Of Vienna, and the Empe- Tor, 206. Of the King of Poland, 207. Journey through part of Ruffia, 208. Of Conftantinople, 209. Her invec- tive against the Turks, 211.
Cruelty to living animals, as practifed by anatomifts. &c. juftly cenfured, 480. Crystals, artificial, how made, 71. Cuckow. See Jenner.
Cullen, Dr. poetical compliment to, 392. Cumberland, Mr. his verfes to Solitude, 334. And from Sotades, an Athenian, 410. A ftricture of his on the Rambler com- bated, 411. His reflections on the edu- cation of princes, 412. Cuthbertfon, Mr. his great improvement of electrical rubbers, 604.
DALE, Mr. his Correfpondence with the Monthly Reviewers, 373. Darien, reflections on the miscarriage of the intended Scottish fettlement there, 312. Anecdote relative to that colony, 316.
Dead Sea, different accounts of, by diffe-
Deaf and dumb, difpute concerning the method of inftructing them. See De r Epée.
Deborah, Song of, critical remarks relative to the tranflation of, 221.
De Borb, M. his prize differtation on the beautiful and fublime paffages in the Greek and Roman poets, 636. Debt, imprisonment for, highly difap- proved, 167. Injurious to the state, the creditor, and the debtor, 168. Debis, national, advantages and difadvan- tages of, 5. Productive of the moft evil confequences, 415. Deglutition, obftructed, fingular and fatal cafe of, 480.
Del Epée, Abbé, his difpute with M. Nicolai, relative to the method ufed by the Abbé, for enabling deaf and dumb perfons to converse, 651.
De Morvre, his doctrine of life annuities defended, 142.
Denmark, fome account of that country, 620. Compared with Sweden, ib. Po- litical ftate of, difgrace of Q. Matilda,
and ruin of the Counts Brandt and Struenfee, 623. Character, and un- fortunate political measures of Count Struenfee, ib.
Des Carrieres, M. his fuppofed difcovery of
an unique reprefentation of the Roman plough, controverted, 494.
Deftouches, a famous French comic poet, anecdote relative to his arrogance and vanity, 575.
Devaud, his remarkable cafe of noctam- bulation, 637.
Dickfon, Mr. his letter to the Monthly Reviewers, relative to a gradual aboli- tion of Negroe flavery, 472. Digitalis purpurea, failure of, in hydropic
Divifors. See Waring.
Dixon, Capt. fets out on a trading voyage round the world, 503. Arrives at the Sandwich Islands, 504. At Q Char lotte's Inlands, 506. At China, with a valuable cargo of furs ib. Produce of the fale of his furs, in the Chinese mar ket, 509. Some account of Capt. D. and of his rife in the maritime list, 510.
Drill husbandry, fuccessful practice of, 11. Droply. See Farr, Lettfom, Wirip, Ja- quinelle.
Drowning, Dr. Goodwyn's obfervations on the nature of, and on the recovery
of perfons apparently dead by fubmer fion, 304 Mr. Kite's prize effay ca the fame fubject, 305.
Du Bos, Abbé, his literary merit can- valled, 569.
Dudley, Rev. Henry Bate, recovers a con fiderable quantity of land, from the les, by embankment, 21. Dutch, their character, manners, govern ment, &c. vindicated, 128.
EAST INDIES, felect views of remark.
able places there, drawn by Mr. Hodges, 271. Inquiry into the fitua tion of the Eaft India Company, 549- Inquiries concerning the longituse of feveral places in India, 657. Tranla tions of feveral Perfian hiftories, & relative to Hindoftan, 697, et feq. Electricity, application of, to phyfice and medicine, 658. See also Cavalla, Ni- cholson, Hut binfon, Van Marun, Trooffwyk, Krayenboff, and Cuibberton, Embargoes, doctrine of, confidered, 491. Emperor (the prefent) of Germany, his
Fontenelle, M. his admirable reflection on the infinite variety of religious worship into which the world is divided, 572. M. Duclos encomium on him, 576. Various anecdotes relative to this great man, 577. His kind regard for Mari. vaux, 580.
Forbergill, Dr. Anthony, on the efficacy of the Gummi Rubrum aflringens Gambienfe, in the cure of agues, 478. Fouque Baron de la Motte, his great cha- raer, 259. His death, 260. Fractures of bones, how to be treated, 14. France, memoir in favour of the Com- mons of, or Tiers état, 664. The rights of the feveral orders of the ftate investi gated, ib.
Fur trade, produce of, in the Chinese mar-
ket, as ftated in Capt. Dixon's account
of his voyage, 507-509. Fynney, Mr. account of hydatids dif- charged with urine, 483.
GEORGIAN planet. See Herfchel.
Gillies, Dr. defended against M. de Pauw, 262.
Girard, Abbé, his Synonymes François praifed, 373.
God, his juftice defined, 54. His autho- rity over his creatures, 55. His glory refults from their perfection, 56. Goguelin, M. his effay on the fcurvy, 695. Sugar a remedy for, ib. Goodruyn, Dr. his inveftigation of the me. chanical and chemical effects of air on the lungs, in refpiration, 303. On the Nature of the difeafe produced by fub- merfion, 3c4. On the recovery of per- fons apparently drowned, 305. Gouda, Chief of the Zaporoguian Coffacs,
his treacherous and cruel conduct, 599. Grange, M. de la, his analytical me chanics, 163. His memoir concerning
univerfal manner of integrating equations, &c. 657. Greaves, Mr. his account of paper made from the bark of willow twigs, 24. Green fickness, verses on a girl who died of that complaint, 582. Griefbach, Dr. his collations of ancient
Greek MSS. &c. in order to complete and appreciate the various readings, 634.
HALLE, M. his account of a schirrhous
induration of the membranes of the ftomach, 694. Of a fingular degenerate ftate of the kidneys, ib. Hamilton, Dr. his remarks on the influ- enza of 1782, 483.
Hargrave, Mr. commended for the publi
cation of his collection of tra&s, 484. His admiration of Sir Matthew Hale,
491. His fentiments on the famous parliamentary debate, relative to the doctrine of embargoes, in 1776, ib. His compofition on the fentences of ecclefiaftical courts in marriage cafes, 493. Other pieces compofed by him, and published in the above collection, ib.
Harrington, Dr. his notions relative to the compofition of water, 398. Maintains that fixed air is a component part of empyreal air, 399. His experiments,
Haruke, Lady, her novel entitled Julia de Gramont, commended, 498.
Hayes, Mr. cafes of unusual affections of the tongue, 479.
Hear of animals, experiments on, 26.
experiments to afcertain the times required for the cooling of heated bodies, 654.
Heart, difeafes of, M. Walter's memoir concerning, 655-
Hebrew poetry. See Herder. Hjerà. See Marjden.
He lins, Mr. his correfpondence with the Reviewers, 286.
Herder, M. his critical difplay of the fpi- rit of Hebrew poetry, 643. The Book of Job investigated, 644. The Mofaic defcription of the Paradifaical fate, and fall of man, a poetic fiction, 645. The ftrong figurative language of the Pro- phets, &c. explained and reduced to probable facts, 647. The Palms and their writers confidered, 648. Herod, the account of his cruel laughter of the children of Bethlehem, contro- verted, 015.
Herfebel, Dr. on the Georgian planet, and
Hill, Mr. his new machine for measuring angles, 25.
Profeffor, his effays on the principles of historical compofition, 523. His criticism on the writings of Tacitus, 524.
Hindoftan, a Perfian hiftory of, tranflated into English, 697.
Hinton, Dr. his culture of Chinefe hemp, 22. His method of culture for wheat,
23. Hooper, Mr. cafe of the uterus lacerated by labour pains, 478.
history of a cafe of cicuta, 481. of an hæmorrhage from an ul- cer, 483. Hufbandry, and agriculture of the ancient Romans, 194. Management of their flaves, 195. Their expence of labour, 196. Comparison of, with the expence of labour in our times, and in this country, 197. Of the different crops raifed
ralfed by the Romans, 193. Of their maxims, general directions to farmers, &c. ib. Their plough, as defcribed by Virgil, difpute relative to, 494. Hutchinson, Dr. cafe of a tetanus cured by electricity, 479.
Hydatides. See Lettfem. See Fynney. Hydrocele, peculiar method of curing, 180.
Hydrophobia, caufes and cure of, difcuffed,
Hydrops uteri et ovarii, memoir concern. ing, 651.
ACQUINELLE, M. his memoir on the bydrops uteri et ovarii, 650. Jamaica, difeafes to which the troops there are fubject, 228. Janifaries, original inftitution of that formidable clafs of Turkish foldiers, 213. Jaundice cured by bathing, 481. Jenner, Mr. his natural hiftory of the cuckow, 145.
Jews, propofais for rendering their fitua tion and circumftances, in France, more happy, 662.
Inflammation, attendant on fractures, how to be treated, 14. Influenza. See Hamilton.
Infurance, from loffes by fea, or by fire, &c. hiftorical account of, 345. Par- ticular account of the Amalfitan code of fea-laws, ib. Cafes of litigated in- furances, 421.
Joanna, one of the Comora islands, de- fcribed, 273.
Johnstone, Dr. on the Cynanche pharyngea,
Law, English, hiftory of, 424. Fest fyftem difcuffed, 425. Laws, and cuftoms of countries, gran remarks on, 2. Thofe of Great Brit animadverted on, 586. Confitent of, high encomiums on, 591. Lawyers, cenfured on account of abefe their practice, &c. 251. Queries a tive to, 253
Lettfom, Dr. his hiftory of two cales : hydatides renales, 476.
on the digitales purpurea, apple in hydropic cafes, 479.
cale of a difeafed rectum, 41 Levi, Mr. his Lingua Sacra, crucil!
Libraries in Turkey. See Tafh Library, that of the King of France, rich
ftocked with MSS. in the learned ho guages, 605. Account of fome of th most confiderable, ib. Linguet, M. his fceptical examination is the method by which the Abbé te 1 l'Epée teaches the deaf and dumb u converse, 652.
Lloyd, rev. Mr. his large plantation di caks, 18.
Logarithms. See Napier. Longitude of feveral places in India, affro- nomical and critical inquiries concern- ing, 657.
Louis XIV. anecdotes concerning, 152. his family, &c. 154. The Dauphin, 155. Duke of Burgundy, ib. Duked Anjou, 156. Monfieur, 157. Th Regent Duke of Orleans, 159.
XV. his amiable weaknesses," 15", Lucas, Mr. his hints on the management of women in certain cafes of pregnancy, 482. Luxations, directions for the reduction of, 15.
M'CAUSLAND, Dr. his letter to the
Reviewers, concerning the originality of his hypothefis refpecting the p nomena of the barometer, 702. Macbonocbie, Mr. his hypothefis relating to the origin of European legiflatures, 516. His obfervations on the Angie Saxon and Scottish diets, 517. formation from Doomsday Book, 518. Maclaurin, Mr. his arguments to prove that Troy was not taken by the Greeks, 520.
Man, geographical hiftory of, 678. Local refidence of, confidered, 683. Different characteristics thence derived, 685. Compared with the make and qualities of various quadrupeds, 686. Marivaux, M. anecdotes of him, and encomiums on his novels and dramas, 580. Marsden, Mr. on the Hejerà, 147:" Mary
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