phers, 362. Observations on French biography, 465. Birds, habits of, poetically deli- neated, 81. See Home.
Blagden, Sir C., on near-sighted-
ness. 77. Blane, Sir Gilbert, on intermitting fevers, 298. Bonaparte supposed to be the author of the Egyptian expe- dition, 493. His instruc- tions to Kleber on quitting the army, 498. His artful letter to 'the Grand Vizier, 500. His assassination of the Duke d'Enghien, 505. His disas- trous campaign of Moscow, 508. His fatal campaign of Paris, 53 His character, 515. Stipulations for his fa- mily, 516. Book-keeping, observations on, 323. Bosc, M., on different species of the Ash, 535. Bostock, Dr.,on Diabetes Insipidus, 300. On the Bark of the Coccoloba Uvifera, 301. Boston, in New England, descrip- tion of, 252.
Brande, Mr., on alcohol in fer- mented liquors, 75. On the effects of magnesia, 160. Bree, Dr., on Splenitis, 301. Brewster, Dr., on properties of light, 76.
Brinkley, Dr., on Newton's solu- tion of the problem for finding the relation between resistance and gravity, 26. On the pro- blem for clearing the moon's apparent distance, 27. Burckhardt, M., on a reflecting sextant, 541. His formule for planetary perturbations, 544. On perfecting Lunar. tables, ib.
Bullion, tracts relative to, 171. Burke, Mr., on powers, 29.
Calvin, remarks on his opinions,
Canadians, their character and manners, 245.
Canal, of magnificent size, in Scot- land, 136.
Carolina, South, statistical parti- culars relative to, 251. Cassegrainian telescope, on the light of, 155. Casowary, observations on the solvent glands of, 74. Castlereagh, Lord, supposed poetic epistle from, to Lord Liverpool, 429.
Catania, account of, 170. Catherine, of Russia, her generous conduct to Diderot, 519. Catholics, obs. on the character and conduct of, with reference to the question of their eman- cipation, 52-60. Portrait of their religion, 256-268. Re- marks on the emancipation of, 440. Cavendish, the author of the life of
Wolsey, supposed to be Georg and not Sir William C., 218. Caulincourt, M., his attempted jus-
tification respecting the murder of the Duke d'Enghien, 504- Chaptal, M., on the distillation of Wines, 534. On colors found at Pompeii, 535- Charlemagne, supposed poetic ad- dress to, 318.
Charlestown, account of, 249. Chevalier, M., on ovarian dropsy, 299. On tying diseased tonsils, ib. On spontaneous extravasa- tion, 300. On a calculus,
301. Child, illegitimate, verses on, by its mother, 310.
Chinese, amount of their trada with Japan, 280.
Church, antient, obs. on the go- vernment of, 193.
Clanny, Dr., on lights in coal- mines, 160.
Calculus, from the groin, case of, Claude, of Turin, obs. relative to,
Cleanliness, its supposed effect in improving the intellect, 404. Clergy, of Ireland and Scotland,
See Ireland. See Scotland. Coal mines, on the lights in, 160. Coccoloba Uvifera, on the bark of, 301.
Cold, on the production of, 162.
In Canada, described, 242. Colors found at Pompeii, notice
Condamine, M. de la, anecdote of, 518.
Condenser, and air-pump, new con- struction of, 157. Coray, M., obs. on his history of medicine and translation of Theophrastus, 453,454. Let ter from, to M. Chardon de la Rochette, 455
Cork, account of that city, 129. Corn-laws, discussion respecting alterations in, 407–415. Cotes's theorem, on an application of, 78. Country-Banker obliged to pay his notes in cash, if demanded, 172. Crickmore, Mr., his improved Cas- segrainian and Gregorian Teles- copes, 155. Crystals, on the elementary par- ticles of, 72. Curry, Dr., his case of remitting ophthalmia, 302. Cuvier, M., his report of dis- coveries in natural philosophy, &c., 532. On a memoir of Dr. Gall on the brain, 533. Cynanche laryngea, memoir on, 3co.
D'Alembert, anecdotes relating to, 526.
Davy, Sir H., on a new detonat- ing compound, 69. 161. On Fluor-spar, 163.
Debtors, among the Mahrattas, forced to pay by the mode called sitting dhurna on them, 398.
Deity, on the character of, 295.
His glory, how promoted in the lives of his creatures, 297, Delambre, M., his report on the mathematical sciences, 539. 541. On the life, &c., of Berthoud, 541.
Deluge, observations on the Mosaic account of, 227.
Depravity, of human nature, ob- servations on, 294. Desmarest, M., on a new stock- ing-frame, 534. Detonating Compound, memoir on a new one, 69. 161. Dhurna, See Debtors. Diabetes Insipidus, obs. on, 300. Dick, Sir James, his account of the Duke of York's shipwreck, 384. Diderot, M., generously treated by the Empress of Russia, 519. Differences, on finding the orders of, 32.
Divorce, regulations relating to, in the Code Napoleon, 66. Drama, of the Germans, observa- tions on, 269.
Duelling, its prevalence in Ame rica, 251.
Equations, on finding divisors of, 34.
Exports and imports of England in the years 1805—9. 175. Extravasation, spontaneous, on a case of, 300.
Farewell: verses by Mr. Moore, 186.
Farre, Dr. on cynarche laryngea, 300.
Fat in the intestines, on the for- mation of, 158. Fevers, intermittent, facts relative to, 298.
Flowers, poetic enumeration of, 83.
Fluids, animal, essay on, 301. Fluor-spar, on substances pro- duced in processes on, 163. Fourcroy, M., on animal mucus, 535.
France, obs. on the laws of, and
on the Code Napoleon, 62-68. Franklin, Dr., anecdote of, 531. Freezing, at a distance, on a me- thod of, 73.
Fungus, See Earle, Lawrence, Langstaff.
Furs, on the trade in, by the Canadians, 241.
Gall, Dr., report on his memoir on the brain, 533. Garrick, David, eulogized by a foreigner, 520.
Gastric glands, on the coagula- ting power of the secretion of, 75.
Geo raphy, antient, plan for illus trating, 19. Geology, observations on the im- portance of, 236. Germany, observations on the liter- ature of, 269-275. Glammis, in Forfarshire, account
of that parish, 137. Glands and gizzards of carnivo- rous birds, obs. on. 74, 75.
Glands, bronchial, on the colour- ing matter of, 158. Glory of God, how promoted in the lives of his creatures, 297. Goëthe, obs. on his dramas, 271.
Compared with Schiller, 272. Gold-coin, tracts relative to, 171. Golden age compared to the
state of Adam and Eve in Pa radise, 226.
Goldoni, the dramatic writer, life of, 467-476. Government, free, alone suited to the happiness and improvement of man, 418.
Greeks, modern, character of, 9. Their physicians, 12. Remarks on their persons and habits, 349. Ceremony of betrothing among, 351. On the language of, 352.
Greenland, account of seamen left there, 381.
Guyton, M., on Pyrometry, 538.
Homer, conjectural emendation of a passage in the 22d Iliad, 143. Horace, criticism on a line of, 455. Huet, Bishop, his discussion on Greek Romances praised, 462. Humphreys, Col, on a variety in the sheep, 75.
Japan, particulars rel. to, and to the Russian embassy thither, 276-283. Singular state of seclusion of the Japanese, 283. Jay, Mr., some account of, 255. Jesso, account ofthe nativesof, 284. Imports, See Exports.
India, obs. on the plan of sending missionaries to, 312. 323. 444. Indulgences, the scandalous sale of, in Germany, 265.
Ioannina, account of that city, 338. Johnson, Dr., obsverations on his character, 151. Ireland, civil and ecclesiastical divisions of, 127. Bank of, See Bank.
Islands, that word more properly written Ilands, 22.
, in the North Pacific, obs. on the supposed existence of, 275. Italian, that language recom- mended for general use instead of French, 41. Italy, general eulogy on that country, 44. Itch, obs. on, 377.
Kamischatka, particulars rel. to the Russian settlement there, 123.
Kater, Capt., on the Cassegrainian telescope, 155. Kleber, Gen., his letters from
Egypt to the Directory, 497. Kotzebue, character of his dramas, 273.
Laconia, account of, 5. Lady, verses to, 431. Lagrange, M., on the variations of the elements of the planets, 543. On the variation of ar- bitrary quantities, ib. 544. Lakes of Italy and Britain com- pared, 37:
L La Billardiere, See Billardiere. Labour, premature, on the pro- priety of inducing, 300.
Langstaff, Mr., on Fungus Hama- todes, 302.
Lassus, M., account of, 533. Last day of the year, verses on, 84. Latium, description of, 20. Lawrence, Mr, on fungous tu-
Laws, codes of, obs. on, and on
the Napoleon system of. 61. Lessing, obs, on his works, 269. Life-preservers, in cases of ship-
wreck, various inventions of, 385-388.
Light, on properties of, 76. Poetic invocation to, 82
Lights, in coal-mines, new plan for, 160.
Lime-stone, primitive, obs. on, 231. London criticized by a foreigner, 478. Longi ude, on determining the dif-
ference of, in two places, 25. On determining at sea, 27. Longus, obs. on his romance, 463. Lunar tables, on perfecting them, 544.
Luther, obs. on his tenets, 202.
Marriage, laws relating to, in the Code Napoleon, 65. Martinique, picture of the scenery in, 482.
Masks, four Italian, history of their introduction and meaning,
May, that month poetically de- picted, 80.
Mendoza, Mr., observations on his method of finding the longi. tude at sea, 27. Merriman, Dr., on difficult par- turition, 299. On premature labour, 300. Messina, description of 168. Micrometer, with a single lens, de- scription of, 78.
Milan, particulars rel. to, 35. Mind, observations on the study of the, 402.
Mirbel, M., on the growth, &c. of vegetables, 536. On their anatomy, 537. Missionary, to India, instructions to, 437. Mistra, account of, 7. Monarchy, observations on that
form of government, 410. Mooburrum, a religious ceremony among the Mahrattas, 400. Moon, apparent distance of, on the problem for clearing, 27. – See Hamilton. Morea, character of the inha- bitants of, 9. Its climate, 11. Morveau, See Guyton. Moscow, sufferings of the French
army in their retreat from, 508. Moses, obs. on the credibility of,
as an historian, 225. Mucus, animal, essay on, 535. Mural Circle, in Greenwich ob-
servatory, remarks rel. to, 152. Music, obs. on the notation of, 90. 104. 334.
Narwhale, on the tusks of, 78. Negroes, case of a ship navigated to Europe by a black captain and crew, 327,
Palermo, account of, 167. Palm, on a new genus of, 536. Pannard, M., anecdote of, 530. Pantaloon, See Masks. Paper-currency, tracts rel. to, 171. Amount of, in 1807, 8, 9, and 10., 174.
Parkinson, Mr., on diseased Ap pendix Vermiformis, 299. Parturition, difficult, case of, 299. Patras, account of, 4. Dinner of a Greck of rank situated in the neighbourhood of, 348. Paulicians, obs. on that sect, 197; Pearson, Dr., on the matter of
the Bronchial glands, 158. Peter, St., discussion whether he
was Bishop of Rome, 259. Philip, Dr., on an affection of the
organs of respiration, 302. Pinkney, General, his respectable
Piron, M. anecdotes of, 522. Plagiary, that term oddly applied, 525.
Plane trees, Oriental and Occi- dental, obs. on, 88. Planets, See Lagrange. See Burck-
hardt. Planting, obs. on, 85.
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