Grant, Mr. differtation on the
RomanHafta and Pilum, &c. 20.
Gravel, urinary, inquiry into the
caufe of, 166. See alfo Forbes.
Greek language, critical and
grammatical obferv. rel. to, 8.
Gregory, Dr. memoir on the ufes

of claffical learning, 185.
Gustavus III. K. of Sweden, tef-
timony to his character, 327.
His death fortunate for his
country, ib.
Gymnetcia, infects, not difcernible
without a microscope, account
of, 328.

H
Hamilton, Mr. an admirable im-
provement of his estate in Scot-
land, 432.

Hanover, electoral family of,
grounds on which they were
called to the British throne,
144. State of parties at the
acceffion of that houfe, ie.
Sketch of the political hiftory
of the reign of Geo. I. 146.
Of the reign of Geo. II. 147.
Harding, Mr. on the variation of

the magnetic needle, 388.
Harvey, Mr. obf. on alphabetical
characters, &c. 187.
Haftings, Mr. his merits as a mi-
nifter, in war and in peace,
contrafted with thofe of Mr.

Pitt, 223.
HEBREW Bible. See Kennicott.
See Roffi.

Heeren, M. on the discoveries and
commerce of the Romans in
India, 511.
Helebore, botanical and medical
account of, 136.
Henry, Mr. his memoir on the ac-

tion of metalic oxyds and earths
on oils in low degrees of heat,
68.

Hermann, M. on births and deaths
in Ruffia, 482. Concerning the
making of fteel from the ore,
496. Account of the schoerl in
Siberia, 503. See alfo Krafft.
Heyne, M. works of ancient artists

illuftrated by paffages from
Greek epigrams, 508. On the

Japan, fufpicious policy of the
natives of, with regard to the
Dutch, 126. Country highly
cultivated, 130. Inhabitants
defcribed, 131..

Jenyns, Soame, his extraordinary
obfervations on John, chap. vi.
verfe 53, &c. 274.
Jews, compofition not cultivated
as a science, by their writers, 270.

..., their manners, literature,
and history wonderfully differ-
ent from the reft of mankind,
563.
Ingenboufz, Dr. obf. on the nature
and effects of vital air, with
regard to refpiration, &c. 558.
560. His account of his own
cafe (afflicted with the ftone)
and cure, 561.

John, St. obicurity and harshness
of his metaphors, &c. in ch. vi.
of his golpel, 273. Expofition
of, ib. Soame Jenyos's remarks
on, 274. the note
Jones, Sir William, his VIIIth an-

niversary difcourfe to the Ben-
gal fociety, 501. His Diff. on
the mystical poetry of the Per-
fians and Hindus, 571. Ex-
tract from the poem entitled
Mafnavi, 572.

Ireland, Dr. Beaufort's new map
of defcribed, 176. Eftimate of
the increasing number of houfes
and inhabitants in that king-
dom, 178. Plan for a fyftem of
National Education adapted to
Ireland, 391.

Kaestner,

K

Kaefner, M. on the application of
objective micrometers to ter-
reftrial objects, 507. On cy-
lindrical fections applied to
arched roofs, ib. On the ufe
of the polar ftar in geographi-
cal menfuration, 513.
Kalmucks and other Tartars de-
fcribed, 553. Travels of emi-
nent perfons into their country,
employed on Discovery, ib.
Kennicott, Dr. new edition (at
Leipfic) of his collated Hebrew
Bible, 76.

Kipling, Dr. Strictures on his edit.
of Beza, 289.
Kirwan, Mr. his fyftem of mine-
ralogy tranflated into Rufian,
329. His memoir on the
ftrength of acids, &c. 385.
Klugel, M. on calculating the per-
turbations of the planets, 507.
Knox, Rev. Dr. narrative of his
ill treatment at Brighton, by
certain military gentlemen, in
confequence of his fermon in
favour of peace, 63.
Koelreuter, M. on the irritability

of the ftamina of the barberry,
494. On the ovaries of the
Mytilus Cygneus, 495..
Kenonoff, M. on the notion of a
double cone, apparently afcend-
ing along an inclined plane, 500.
Kraft, M. on marriages, births,
and deaths in Peterburgh, 483.
See also Hermann. On giving
a new form to Euler's lunar
tables, 490. 497. Experiments
made in Ruffia concerning the
length of a pendulum, 500.
Method of reducing the appa-
rent diftance of the moon from
the fun, or a fixed ftar, to the
true distance, 505.

L

lebrated in Mid-Lothian, 19.
Land-tax, equalization of afferted
to be neceffarily connected with
an alteration in the conftitution
of the House of Commons, 313.
Larrugo, Don, his memoirs. See
Spain.

Laxmann, M. defcrip. of a moun-

tain plant of a new genus, 50г.
Le Brocq, M. his plan for mak-
ing the New Foreft a real fo-
relt,' and for encouraging the
growth of timber, 100.
Ledwich, Rev. Mr. on a paf-
fage in the 6th Iliad of Ho-
mer, 391. Obf. on the romantic
hiftory of Ireland, 393.
Lentin, M. method of curing deaf-
nefs, 513.

Lhuilier, M. demonftration of a
theorem concerning centres of
gravity, 481.

Little, Mr. account of the different

corporations of Edinburgh, 18.
Logarithms, their amazing utility
in expediting every kind of
calculation, 283. Valuable col-
lection of tracts on, ib.
Loire, &c. beauties of that de-
partment of France, 530.
Longitude, various methods of
finding, 287.

Lower, Dr. his notions relative to
the colour of the blood, 557.
Lowitz, M. on the diphlogifti-
cating power of charcoal, &c.
496. New method of con-
centrating vinegar, and of re-
ducing its acid to folid cryf-
tals, 503.

M
Mackenzie, Mr. account of anti-
quities in the Isle of Lewis, 21.
Madrid. See Brewery. See Print-
ing. See Wine.

Marini, Father. See Sugar.
Mayor, Dr. his great knowlege
of Chemistry, &c. 556.
Measure, Univerfal. See Mechain,
Lambre, and François. Table
of measures and weights as
now established in France, 324.
Approbation of, 325.
Mechain, M. feries of triangles, in
order to establish an univerfal
measure, 323.

Meiners,

Meiners, M. on the origin of the
Egyptians, 508. On that of
the different tribes and calls in
India, 512. On the gymnafia
of the Greeks, 518.
Memoirs, œconomical, on the pro-
ductions, manufactures, &c. of
Spain, 579.

Modéer, M. his curious account
of animalculæ not difcernible
without a microscope, 328. Of
the manna found on the leaves
of the ash, ib.
Moneta, Dr. effay on the hydro-
phobia, 582.

Moore, Dr. his converfation with
a member of the French Conv.
concerning the death of Lewis
XVI. 170. His acc. of the ex-
traordinary eloquence of Ro-
befpierre, 171. An expoftu-
lation with the Doctor on ac-
count of his converfation with
the conventionist, 239.
Mufic, fketches rel. to, 46. Differt.

on the Scottish mufic, 197.
Mufic of the Hindus, 565.

N

New Foreft, in Hampshire. See

Le Brocq.
Newton, Sir I. attacked (and de-
fended) on account of an al-
leged error in his Principia,527.
Nicobar, ifles of, defcribed, 570.
The bread fruit, called mellori,
found there, ib. Described, ib.
Nithfdale, Countess of, her narra-
tive of the Earl's escape out of
the Tower,
199.

Oak, plans for encouraging the
planting of. See Le Brocq. See
Williams.
O'Halloran, Mr. attempt to de-
termine fuch injuries of the
head as neceffarily require the
operation of the trephine, 389.
Olivi, Abbé, his Zoologia Adria-
tica, 578.

Ozeretkousky, M. defcription of
the mines of Wotëfk, 394.

P

Painting, fchools of, proper regu-
lations of, 54. Superiority of
painting,compared with poetry,

153.

Pallas, M. new memoirs relative
to northern discoveries, 329.
Defcription of fome new fpecies
of plants, 504. His travels
among the Kalmuck Tartars,
&c. 552.

Panipat, account of the bloody
battle of, 566.

Paris, Matthew, remarks on, as
a writer, 396.
Parliament. See Reform.
Pafta, Dr. his treatise on the in-
Aluence of the mind on the
health of the body, 578.
Paul, St. faid to have been re-
markable for abruptnefs in his
manner of writing, 270. His
affecting interview with the
principal Ephefians who had
embraced Chriftianity, 272.
His epiftle to the Romans, ch.
viii. and ix. expounded in re-
gard to predestination, 276.
His epiftle to the Philippians,
ch. ii. explained, 278. His
meaning often perverted by
commentators, in attempting
to fupply the connection, 421.
Not fo abrupt a writer as he
has been deemed, 422.
Pelican defcribed, 552.
Pendulum, length of one that

fwings feconds, in vacuo, de-
termined, 324. See alfo Krafft.
Pennant, Mr. obfervations rel. to
his Literary Life, 56.
Perceval, Dr. chemical inquiries
and communications to the R.
Irish Academy, 387. Letter to,
from the Rev. Charles Perce-
val, on an extraordinary con-
ftruction of the eyes, in a young
girl, 388.

Perfian language, the study of de-
preciated, 136.-Poetry, mufi-
cal, of the Perfians and Hindus,
account of by Sir W. Jones, 571.
Peter, manufacture of, in Spain,
difcouraged there by govern-

ment, 579.
Pier, utility of the invention of
a floating one, 257-
Pifa, warm baths of, defcribed,
303. Medicinal properties of
the water, ib.

POETICAL EXTRACTS in this
volume,

volume, viz. from Richards's
Modern France, 78.-Peter Pin-
dar's Pathetic Odes, 80.-Mrs.
Robinfon's Monody to the Me-
mory of the Queen of France, 116.
-Hampfon's tranflation of Vi-
da's Poetics, 188.-Peter Pin-
dar's Celebration, 235--
Hoole's Poems,236.-Holmes's
Ode for the Encenia at Oxford,
237. -Prefton's Democratic
Rage, 308.-Jerningham's
Siege of Berwick, 332. - Liver-
pool Odes, 352.-Williams's
352.-Williams's
Poems,406.-Imitations of Mar-
tial, 444 -O'Keeffe's London
Hermit, 459.- Caernarvon
Caftle, 470.-Afiatic Researches,
by Sir William Jones, 572.
Poetry inferior to painting, 153.
Poland, important facts rel. to the

-

late difmemberment of, 341.
Poor's rates, and Poor-Houfes, in-
terefting obf. rel.to, 75. Rea-
fons for abolishing, ib. No
Poor's rates in America, ib.
Plan for a national charity, 77.
Portugal, hiftorical collections re-
lative to, 581.
Priestley, Dr. farewell difcourfe,

on his departure for America,
356. His experiments relative
to the use of vital air in diseases,
557.

Printing, in Spain, impolitic mo-
nopoly of, 579.
Prodigal Son, expofition of the pa-
rable of, 271.
Q

Quakers advised to
encourage
painting, and why. 30.
Quina-quina, or Balfam tree.
See Ruiz.

R

Reform of the British parliament-
ary reprefentation, unfuccefs-
fully attempted in the reign of
Geo. II. 148. Neceffity of, at
the prefent time, 223. Plan
of a reform, on the principles
of Mr. Pitt, 224. Scheme for
connecting the alteration in the
conftitution of the Houfe of
Commons with an equalization
of the land-tax, 313. Subject

continued, 436. Farther con-
tinued, 452.

Rheims, anecdotes rel. to, 529.
Robertfon, Mr. account of an an-

cient obelisk in Berwickshire,
21. Of the ancient breed of
Horfes in Scotland, ib.
Rocks, in Stromnefs, remarkable,
as rifing from the fea marked
with all fhapes, 21.
Roland, M. teftimony to the worth
of his character, 60. His cha-
racter impeached, 231.
Roi, M. de, new edition of his
Hebrew Bible, 576.
Rouffeau, M. his tranflation of a
paffage in Tacitus, contrafted
with Mr. Murphy's tranf. 36.
Ray, Rev. Dr. on the manner of
fupporting the poor in Scot-
land, 119.

Ruiz, Don, his botanical re-
fearches in Peru, 581.

S

Scheele, M. difcoveries relative to
vital air, 557.

Schroeter, M. obfervat. of Saturn
and of the moon, with a telef
cope 13 feet in length, 513.
Schubert, M. folution of a pro-
blem in fpherics, 482. On the
geographical projection of an
elliptic fpheroid, 488, 498.
Two aftronom. problems, 497-
Scottife nation, inquiry into the

origin of the name of, 17.
Ancient cuftoms of, ib.
Seneca, criticifm on his ftyle, 42.
Sewerguine, M. on Schoerl, 495.

On the volcanic mountains in
the neighbourhood of Gottin-
gen, 501.

Shakspeare, illuftrations of, 241.
et feq. Malone's ed. of, praised,
267. His poems cenfured, ib.
Shenstone, a paffage in his paftoral

ballad compared with a fimilar
paffage in Shakspeare, 267.
Short, James, an ingenious op-
tician, fome account of, 200.
Silks. See Baumé.
Silver, rich mines of, in Spanish
America, 580.
Simpjen, Thomas, an ingenious
mathematician, monument in
memory