INDEX To the REMARKABLE PASSAGES in this Volume. N. B. To find any particular Book, or Pamphlet, see the ACID, phofphoric, how to pro- CID, phofphoric, how to pro- BEAUTY, philofophical definitions Α cure, in a state of more than common purity, 137. ADELE et Theodore, 465. 120. ALCANDER, a poetic tale, by Ma fon, 407. AMIOT, M. See MISSIONARIES. ANTS. See ERMITES. of, 527. BERTHELOT, M. his mechanics, BEZOUT, M. engaged with Meff. BRISSON, M. his exper. on the re- BURRA 367. lity fimilar to that of the torpedo, 49, 500. CELIBACY, as impofed on the clergy, by the church of Rome, july exploded, 156. CHARLES I. circumftantial account of his imprisonment in Carifbrock cattle, 35. Of his attempt to escape, 37. CHATTERTON, acc. of him, and his publications, 208. CHEMISTRY, various obf, and experiments rel. to, 99, 134, 372, 593. CHIVALRY poetically defcribed, 312. CHRIST, the duration of his miniltry, 16. CHRONOLOGIE physique des erup tions eteints de la France, 467. CIBOT, M. See MISSIONARIES. CLIMATE, influence of, on the mcral character of man, 22. COLONIES, American, in what refpects rather hurtful than advantageous to Great Britain, 425. CONNECTICUT-river, defcription of, 254. COUNTRY, poor or rich according to its population, 423.) CROFT, Mr. his biographical anecdotes of Dr. Young, 113. DAUBENTON, M. his methods of improving the breed of Sheep, 502. DEATH of Menteith, an ancient Scottish ballad, 292. DIMSDALE, Baron, his lat publication relative to inoculation, 172. Curious anecdote rel. to his practice in Rudia, 172. DISTILLATION. See ALEMBIC. DOBSON, Dr. his acc. of a fingu lar African wind, 365. Douglas, Sir Charles, his Letter to Mr. Thomson, 455. DRESS of the beaus of this coun try, in the 14th century, 57. DYFR, the poet, obferv. on his writings, 117. EARTHQUAKES, in Wales, a re markable circumftance relative to, 372. EDUCATION, thoughts on, 349. ELECTRICITY, remarks and experiments rel. to, 175. -. See also CASSINI. ELIZABETH, Q. her reign, and the age the lived in, favourable to poetry, 162. ENCYCLOPEDIE-the celebrated French Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, profpectus of a new edit. of, with a different arrangement of the materials, 514. FARMER, American, pleafing de fcription of the life of, before the breach with England, 402. FEAST, curious account of one, with the prices of the provifions, in the 14th century, 58. FERMEN, Dr. his hift. of Surinam, tranflated, 149. FORSTER, J. Keinhold, defcribes, in the Philof. Tranfactions, the tyger-cat of the Cape of Good Hope, 365. FORTIS, Abbé, his acc. of alummines in Italy, 500. FOURCROY, M. his elementary inftructions in natural hift. &c. 466. GAMING lefs prevalent in warm than in cold climates, 27. GANGES, river, acc. of, 366. See alfo BURRAMPOOTER. GARDEN, English, Mr. Malon's poem on, completed, 405. GENLIS, Mad. her Adele, &c. or Letters on Education, 465. GOVERNMENT, and law, principles of difcuffed, 191-196. GRAVITATION, Kepler's theory of, 182. Other notions of, 183. GRAY, the poet, his writings criticifed, 122. GUENEF, Abbé, author of the Jew's Letters to Voltaire, 542, A new edition of that much applauded work, ib. 3 HALLER, HALLER, memoirs of, and eu- HERSCHEL, Mr. his aftronomical obf. on the rotation of the pla- 373. IDLENESS the vice of hot cli- JEALOUSY, lefs prevalent in mates, 24. JEURAT, M. his obferv. of the moon, 505. rel. to their office, 45. KEMPENFELT, Admiral, his let- ter in behalf of Mr. Thomp- fpecific gravities and attractive LANGUAGE, English, how in- LAVOISIER, M. his VIII. Che- LIQUORS, fermented, cuftomary LUXURY, carried to the highest MALLET, David, his character, 118. MARALDI, M. his obf. on the Sa- character, 86.-His verfion of MEMOIRES Concern. l'hiftoire, les MENGS, the painter, his obfcure explication of beauty, 527. and 1772, 505. there, 255. ODE De to the memory of Captain Cook, 72. OSSIAN, controversy relat. to, 48. PENNANT, Mr. his account of the Turkey, 366.Of feveral earthquakes in Wales, 372 PENROSE, Mr. his character, 335. His Field of Battle, a poem, 336. PERFIDY, lefs prevalent in cold than in hot climates, 24. PEROUNET, M. his memoir on the piers of bridges, 506. PHLOGISTON, exper. and rem. on, 99. PHYSIOGNOMY confidered as a fcience, 482, 497. PLANETS, obf. on the rotation of, round their axes. See HER POETRY, the natural propensity of mankind to, philofophically confidered, 32. English, obf. on the ftate of, in the age of Eliz. 162. POPE, Mr. his poetical qualifications candidly difcriminated, 270. PORTAL, M. his mem. concerning certain difeafes of the liver, 502. POPULATION of England, rem. on the prefent ftate of, 142, 383, 423. PSALMS, hiftorical account of French and English tranflations of, 86. vindicated from the charge of inculcating a malevolent fpirit, 169. PRIDE, the vice of hot climates, 23. PROSPECTUS, of a methodical Cyclopedia, or new arrange. ment of the great Encyclopedic, in 53 4to. vols. 514. RENNEL, Mr. his account of the Ganges and Burrampooter rivers, 365. ROCHON, Abbé, his inventions for meafuring angular distances, and apparent diameters of objects, 506. ROMANS, their legal polity in veiligated, 199.-Improvements in under Conftantine, &c. 2c2. Juftinian Code, 203.-Their government under the Confuls, 244. Appointment of Sylla to the office of perpetual dictator, 245. ROME, reflections on the fall of, 461. ROT, in fheer, enquiry into the caufe of, 79. The CORRES ROWLEIAN Controverfy, 206, 321, 433. RUSSIA, a complete hiftory of, published at Paris, 512. SANDWICH, Earl of, fketch of his character, 382. SAROS, or cycle of feafons, new difcovery of, 548. SCREW, new method of employing, to aftronomical and other purposes, 373. SEJOUR, M. Dionis du, his continuation of his new analytical methods of calculating eclipfes of the fun, &c. 505• SHEEP, French memoir concern ing the improvement of, 502. SHENSTONE, the poet, fome account of him, and his works, 119. SHIP-building, plan for improvement in, with refpect to frigates, &c. 445. SHIPPING, of N. America, general, table of, 543. Silius Italicus, correct edit. of, 467. SMEATHMAN, Mr. his curious account of the termites, or white ants, of Africa, &c. 368. SONG of Solomon, fpecimen of a new tranflation of, by a Lady, 258. SOULAVIE, ABBé, his account of extinguished Volcanoes in the S. of France, 467. SOUNDNESS in religious matters, what, 79. What it is not, ib. SOUNDS, mufical, the philofophy of, 12. STEEL, Mrs. Anne, her excellent character, 337. Specimen of her poetry, 338. SUGARS, impolicy and injuftice of forcing the prize cargoes of out of the kingdom, 75. SURINAM, brief account of Fer men's hift, of, 148. SURREY, Earl of, his poetical character, 81.-Memoirs of his life and death, 82. SYPHON, fome new remarks rel. to that infrument, 180. TACTICS, remarks rel. to 41. TEA, its effects on those who are cuftomary drinkers of it, 31. TERMITES. See SMEATHMAN. THELYPHTHOR A criticised, 127. THEORIE des loix criminelles, 463. THERMOMETER. See BEZOUT. THISTLETHWAYTE, Mr. his letter concerning Chatterton, 328. TREE-frog, in America, defcrip. tion of, 254 TRINITY, doctrine of, contrafted with the Unitarian principles inculcated in the New Tell. 103. TURKEY Originally brought from America, 366. VANDERMONDE. See BEZOUT. VICE philofophically confi dered, 9. UNIVERSITIES of Great Britain, anecdotes rel. to the flate of, in the 13th and 14th centuries, 56. VOLTAIRE, his merit, as a genius appretiated, 4. VOYAGE pittorefque, ou defcription de Naples, &c. 465. WARVILLE's theory of penal laws, 463. WATER, the cuftomary drinking of, favourable to morality 28. In what refpects conducive to health, ib. WATTS, Dr. lefs orthodox in his later than in his earlier years, 170. WELLS, Mr. his certificate in fa vour of Mr. Thomfon's propofed frigate, 456. WEST, Gilbert, fome account of, 121. WILKES, John, his character fa tirically sketched, 132. WINKELMANN, Abbe, anecdotes re!. to his life and chara&er, 377. Account of his unfortu nate death by affallination, 381. Farther |