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  "text": "AN INDEX TO THE FORTY-NINTH VOLUME OF THE Philosophical Transactions.\n\nA.\n\nABDOMEN, Account of the Success of some Experiments of injecting Claret, &c. thereinto after Tapping — Page 485\n\nAcorus, True, Account of that Plant — 827\n\nActions of Jupiter and Saturn, the Irregularities of the annual Morion of the Earth occasioned by them — 737\n\nAction of the Sun, Force thereof on the Equatorial Parts of the Earth — 704\n\non the mean Precession of the Equinoxes 709\n\nAction of unflacked Lime, on volatile alcaline Salt — 222\n\nAdder's Tongue, Account of that Plant — 853\n\nAdee, Swithin, M. D. two Letters from him concerning the Agitation of the Waters on the 1st of Nov. 1755, at Guildford, in Surry — 357\n\nAdrianople, Account of a violent Earthquake there — 116\n\nAdriatic Sea, Essay towards a natural History thereof — 585\n\nAetna, an Account of a late Eruption thereof — 209\n\nAffleck (Capt.) his Account of the Agitation of the Sea at Antigua on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 668\n\nAgaris\nINDEX.\n\nAgaric of the Oak, Account of that Species of Plant from which the Styptic, so called, is prepared — 28\n\n——— Effects thereof, after some of the most capital Operations in Surgery — 36, 93, 264\n\nAgitation of the Waters, at Antigua, on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 668\n\n——— at Chevening, in Kent — 360\n\n——— at Cranbrook, in Kent — ibid.\n\n——— in Cumberland — 381\n\n——— at Dartmouth — 643\n\n——— in Devonshire and Cornwall — 371\n\n——— near Durham — 385\n\n——— in the Frith of Forth in Scotland — 550\n\n——— at the Hague, in Holland — 396\n\n——— at Hamburgh — 550\n\n——— at Hunston, in Norfolk — 380\n\n——— at Kingsale, in Ireland — 391, 393\n\n——— at Leyden — 397\n\n——— at Loch Lommond, in Scotland — 389\n\n——— at Loch Ness, in Scotland — 387\n\n——— in Peerless Pool, in Old-street — 362\n\n——— at Portsmouth — 351\n\n——— near Reading, in Berkshire — 365, 367\n\n——— at Rockford, in Essex — 364\n\n——— at Shirburn Castle, in Oxfordshire — 368\n\n——— in Sussex, and the Southern Parts of Surry — 353\n\n——— at Swanzye — 379\n\n——— in the Thames, near Rotherhithe — 361\n\n——— at Yarmouth — 380\n\n——— in several Ponds in Hertfordshire — 684\n\n——— at Ildfarcombe, in Devonshire — 642\n\n——— in the Lake Ontario, in North America — 544\n\nAir, fresh, the Benefit of blowing Showers thereof up through distilling Liquors — 312\n\n——— Thoughts on the above new Method of Distillation — 534\n\nAlcaline volatile Salt, the Effects of unslacked Lime thereon — 222\n\nAlder,\nINDEX.\n\nAlder, the Blackberry-bearing, Account of that Plant 819\nAleppo, an Account of four undescribed Fishes found near that Place — — — 445\nAleppo, its Latitude — — — 252\nAllemand (Monf.) his Account of the Agitation of the Water at Leyden on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 397\n—— — — his Letter concerning an Earthquake felt in Holland — — — 545\n—— — — his Letter concerning the late Earthquakes at Maastricht — — — 663\n—— — — his Account of an Earthquake felt in divers Places of the Netherlands, on the 26th and 27th of Nov. 1755 — — — 512\nAmerican Wasps Nest, some Observations thereon 205\nAmersfort (in the Province of Utrecht), Account of an Earthquake felt there on the 15th of Jan. 1756 513\nAmnii Liquor contributes to nourish the Foetus which swims therein — — — 254\nAmputations, Account of the Success of Agaric and Fungus Vinosus in the Healing of them — 93, 264\n—— D° of the Powder of Lycoperdon — 38\n—— the Use of the Powder of Lycoperdon in stopping the Blood after them — — — 40\nAmsterdam, Account of an Earthquake felt there 545\nAnacardium, Varnish produced therefrom — 872\nAnimalcules, Microscopical, produced from infusing of dried Millepedes and Cantharides in boiling Water 553\nAnimals, Account of Experiments on the Sensibility and Irritability of the several Parts of them — 240\n—— Account of Worms found in their Bodies 246\nAnnual Motion of the Earth, Essay concerning the Irregularities thereof — — — 737\nAnnuities on Single Lives, Table of their Values — 892\nAnson (Lord), Account of the Irregularities of the Tides in the Thames and Medway, communicated by him 523\nAntigua, Account of the Agitation of the Sea there on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — — — 668\n\nVol. 49. 5 Z Antigua,\nINDEX.\n\nAntigua, Account of the Impression upon a Stone dug up there — 295\n—— Mr. Arthur Pond his Description thereof — 297\n—— Account of the Quantity of Rain fallen there for Four Years — 295\n\nAntioch, its Latitude — 252\n\nAntiquities discovered at Herculaneum 109, 110, 112, 490\n\nAntilles of America, Observations on the Currents of the Sea there — 624\n\nAntonio (Father, a Writer at the Vatican), his Artifice for unrolling the Manuscripts, which were dug out of the Ruins of an Edifice near Herculaneum — 113\n\nApogee of the Moon, the Inequalities produced by its Position in the Precession of the Equinoxes, and in the Obliquity of the Ecliptic — 722\n\nArderon (Mr. Wm.) Letter from him concerning the Agitation of the Water at Hunston and Yarmouth, in Norfolk, on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 380\n\nArm, Paralytic, Cure thereof by Electricity — 558\n\nArteries, some remarkable Experiments made upon them with the Powder of Lycoperdon — 36, 93, 264\n\nArzila, Account of the Earthquake there on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 429\n\nAfa Fatida, how produced — 253\n\nAscanius (Peter, M. D.) his Letter concerning a Mountain of Iron Ore in Sweden — 30\n\nAscent of Vapours, concerning the Cause thereof — 124\n\nAsia, Account of some new Astronomical and Physical Observations made there — 251\n\nAstronomical Observations made in Asia, a short Account of them — 251\n\nAdvantages of taking the Mean of a Number of them — 82\n\nAxis of the Earth, its Nutation — 704\n\nBagdad, its Latitude — 252\n\nBaily (Mr. Wm.) his Method of increasing the Force of the Fire-Engine — 312\n\nBaker\nINDEX.\n\nBaker (Mr. Henry) Letter to him concerning the Agitation of the Waters on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 380\n—— Account of the Books and antient Writings dug out of the Ruins of an Edifice near Herculaneum, communicated by him — 112\n—— Observations on the Earthquake at Lisbon on the 1st of Nov. 1755, communicated by him — 413\n—— an Account of some Fungite, and other curious coralloid fossil Bodies, communicated by him — 513\n—— his Supplement to an Account of a distempered Skin, published in No. 424 of these Transactions — 21\n—— Account of the Tumbling down of vast Heaps of Snow from the Mountains — 796\nBarbary, an Account of the Earthquakes that happened in that Country on the 1st and 18th of Nov. 1755 — 428, 431\nBarber (Mr. Thomas) Letter from him concerning the Agitation of the Waters at Yarmouth on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 380\nBarboza (Dr. John) his Observations on the Eclipse of the Moon — 265\nBarker (Tho. Esq;) his Letter concerning the Return of the Comet in 1757 or 1758 — 347\nBarometer, the general Appearances thereof accounted for — 139, 145\n—— concerning the Cause of the Phænomena thereof — 124\nBarren Strawberry, Account of that Plant — 834\nBarrington (the Hon. Mr.) his Communication of a Letter concerning the Island of Manilla — 458\nBase Rocket, Account of that Plant — 833\nBastard Hellebore, Account of that Plant — 851\nBastard Parsley, purple flowered, Account of that Plant — 821\nBastard-stone Parsley, D° — 822\nBatb, in England, an Attempt to explain two Roman Inscriptions which were dug up there — 285\nBaths (at Toplitz, in Bohemia) Effects of the Earthquake, of the 1st of Nov. 1755, on them — 395\n\ns Z 2 Bazil.\nINDEX.\n\nBazil, Wild, Account of that Plant — 838\nBazin (Monf.) Letter to him concerning the Earthquake at Oporto, 1 Nov. 1755 — 422\nBelchier (Governor) his Lady, her Letter concerning an extraordinary Motion of the Water in the Lake Ontario\n\nBell-flowers, Riged-leaved, Account of that Plant — 544\nBenefit of blowing Showers of fresh Air up thro' distilled Liquors — 815\n312\nBergemoletto, Account of some Houses there, which were entirely overwhelmed by Snow — 796\nBerkshire, Account of the Agitation of the Waters at Reading, in that County, 1 Nov. 1755 — 365, 367\nBetony, True Paul's, Account of that Plant — 807\nBewick (Mr. Benjamin) his Account of the Earthquake at Cadiz on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 424\nBezom, or Lowdutch Heath, Account of that Plant — 829\nBilberries, Account of that Plant — 829\nBills of Mortality, Objections to them answered — 888\nBirch (Thomas) D. D. his Account of the Agitation of the Waters in Peerless Pool, in Old Street, on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 362\n—— an Account of the Agitation of the Water at the Hague on the 1st of Nov. 1755, communicated by him — 396\n—— Letter to him concerning the Agitation of the Waters in Scotland and at Hamburg — 550\n—— Letter to him concerning the Earthquakes felt at Brussels — 546\n—— an Account of the Earthquakes of the 1st and 9th of Nov. 1755, as felt at Neufchatel, in Switzerland, communicated by him — 436\n—— an Account of Inoculation, given by Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. to Mr. Ranby, communicated by him — 516\n—— Letters to him concerning the surprising Agitation of the Waters on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 351, 353, 361, 364\nBirch\nINDEX.\n\nBirch (Thomas) D. D. Letter to him concerning some remarkable Polypes found in the Waters near Brussels, in Flanders — 248\n\n—— —— Letter to him concerning the Sensibility and Irratibility of the several Parts of Animals — 240\n\n—— —— Letter to him concerning the Toxicodendron of Carolina — 161\n\n—— —— Letter to him containing an Account of Worms found in Animal Bodies — 246\n\n—— —— Letter to him concerning an Earthquake felt at Colen, Leige, Mastricht, &c. — 893\n\n—— —— his Translation of an Account of an Essay towards a Natural History of the Adriatic Sea — 585\n\n—— —— Letter to him containing a Dissertation on a Parthian Coin — 593\n\n—— —— Letter to him containing Remarks on the Stones in Nassau, Treves, and Colen, resembling the Giants Causey — 581\n\nBistort, the Greater, Account of that Plant — 830\n\nBizerty, in Barbary, extraordinary Currents on that Coast — 635\n\nBladder, Stone therein dissolvable by the Carlsbad Waters in Bohemia — 895\n\n—— —— D° by medicated Urine — 900\n\nBlackberry-bearing Alder, Account of that Plant — 819\n\nBlair (John) L. L. D. his Account of the Agitation of the Waters at Reading, in Berkshire, on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 367\n\n—— —— Letter communicated by him concerning the Agitation of the Waters at Swanzy on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 379\n\nBloodwort, Account of that Plant — 827\n\nBloody Dock, D° — 827\n\nBodies of Animals, Account of Worms found in them — 246\n\nBoiling Water, Observations on the Productions of Animalcules from Infusions therein — 553\n\nBooks and ancient Writings dug out of the Ruins of an Edifice near Herculaneum — 112\nINDEX.\n\nBonne (called also Hipone), in Barbary, extraordinary Currents there — 638\n\nBonnet (Mons.) Letter from him concerning the Earthquakes at Valais, in Switzerland — 511\n\nBorlase (Win.) A. M. his Letter concerning the Agitation of the Waters in Cornwall on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 373\n\nBoston, in New England, Account of an Earthquake felt there on the 18th of Nov. 1755 — 439\n\nBowyer (John Windham) Esq; an Account of the Sinking of a River at Pontypool, in Monmouthshire, communicated by him — 547\n\n—— — — — Letter to him concerning the Earthquakes along the Coast of England from Dover to Margate — 579\n\nBoy, an Account of a remarkable Case of one, who had a considerable Part of his Intestines forced out by the Fall of a Cart — 238\n\nBrackenridge (Wm.) D. D. his Letter concerning the Method of constructing a Table for the Probability of Lives at London — 167\n\n—— — — — a Table of the Values of Annuities according thereto — 892\n\n—— — — — his Letter concerning the Number of People in England — 268\n\n—— — — — his Letter concerning the present Increase of the People in Britain and Ireland — 877\n\nBradley (James) D. D. Two Essays relating to Astronomy addressed to him — 700\n\n—— — — — Letter to him concerning the Return of the Comet expected in 1757 or 1758 — 347\n\nBrady (T.) M. D. his Account of the Earthquakes felt at Brussels — 546\n\n—— — — — his Account of some remarkable Insects, of the Polype Kind, found in the Waters near Brussels, in Flanders — 248\n\nBrander (Gustavus) Esq; his Account of a remarkable Echinus — 295\n\nBrander\nINDEX.\n\nBrander (Gustavus) Esq; his Account of the Effects of Lightening at the Danish Church in Wellclose-square 298\n\nBreezes, Land and Sea, how occasioned 146\n\nBrigue, in Valais, an Account of a continued Succession of Earthquakes there 616\n\nBrimstone-Hill (in the Island of Guadelupa) Observations made upon it 564\n\nBrocklesby (Richard) M. D. Account of the Agitation of the Water at Kinsale, in Ireland, on the 1st of Nov. 1755, communicated by him 393\n\n—— his Account of the Sensibility and Irritability of the several Parts of Animals 240\n\nBrook Lime, Account of that Plant 807\n\nBroom Rape, D° 838\n\nBrownrigg (Wm.) M. A. his Thoughts on Dr. Hales's new Method of Distillation by the united Force of Air and Fire 534\n\nBruni (Dr. Jof.) an Account received from him of some Houses which were intirely overwhelmed with Snow 796\n\nBrussels, in Flanders, Account of the Earthquake felt there 546\n\n—— Account of some remarkable Insects, of the Polype Kind, found in the Waters near it 248\n\nBullock (Rev. Mr.) his Account of the Earthquake, Nov. 1, 1755, as felt in the Lead Mines in Derbyshire 398\n\nBurnett Rose, Account of that Plant 834\n\nBurnet Saxifrage, Great, D° 824\n\nBurnet, Small, D° 852\n\nBushey Hawkweed, Narrow-leaved, D° 846\n\nButter Burr, D° 848\n\nButter Fly Orches, D° 850\n\n—— Satyrium, D° 849\n\nByam (Rev. Mr. Francis) his Account of an Impression of a Stone dug up at Antigua; and of the Quantity of Rain fallen there for Four Years 295\n\nC.\n\nCadiz, Account of the Earthquake there on the 1st of Nov. 1755 424, 427\n\nCalaminis,\nINDEX\n\nCalamint, Field, Account of that Plant — 838\nCancer, of the Eyelids, Nose, and neighbouring Parts,\nMethod of curing the same — — — 186\nCanterbury Bells, Account of that Plant — 817\nCantharides, Observations of the Productions of Animal-\ncules by an Infusion of them in boiling Water — 555\nCanton (John) M. A. Letter to him, containing an Ac-\ncount of the State of the Thermometer on the 8th and\n9th of February 1755 — — — 43\nCarolina, a Plant called Toxicodendron, of common\nGrowth there, the same with that from whence the\nJapan Varnish is produced — — — 162\nCarlsbad, in Bohemia, Account of the Waters there 895\nCase of a Boy who had a considerable Part of his Intestines\nforced out by the Fall of a Cart — — — 238\n— of a Child, an extraordinary one — — — 34\nCases of Dropsies cured by Sweet Oil — — — 46\nCase of a morbid Eye, a remarkable one — — — 18\nCashew Nut-tree, Varnish produced therefrom — — — 872\nCassius, Mount, its Latitude — — — 252\nCastro (Dr. De) Part of Two Letters to him concerning\nthe Earthquake at Lisbon on Nov. 1, 1755 — — — 409\nCastro Sarmento (Jacob De) M.D. an Observation of an\nEclipse of the Moon communicated by him — — — 265\nCat-mint, Account of that Plant — — — 837\nCatalogue of Fifty Plants, from Chelsea Garden, for the\nYear 1754, presented to the Royal Society by Dr. John\nWilmer — — — — — 78\n— D° for the Year 1755 — — — 607\nCat (Monf. Le) M.D. his Account of those malignant Fe-\nvers that raged at Rouen in the Years 1753 and 1754 — 49\nCause of Exhalations, Winds, &c. Letters concerning it — — — 124\nCaylus (Count) an ancient Method of Painting revived by\nhim — — — — — 652\nCerati (Monf.) Letter to him concerning the Books and\nancient Writings dug out of the Ruins of an Edifice\nnear Herculaneum — — — — — 112\nINDEX.\n\nChambers (Mr. Charles) his Account of the Earthquake at Madeira the 1st of Nov. 1755 — — 435\nCharr Fish, some Account thereof — — 210\nChatbam, Account of the Irregularity of the Tides there, in Feb. 1756 — — 523\nChelsea Garden, Catalogue of Fifty Plants therefrom 78, 607\n\nChemical Experiments concerning the Action of unslacked Lime on volatile alkaline Salts — — 222\nChester (Bishop) Letter to him concerning the Agitation of the Waters in Cumberland — — 381\nChevalier (John) his Observations, made at Lisbon, on the Eclipses of the Satellites of Jupiter — — 48\nChevening, in Kent, Account of the Agitation of the Water there Nov. 1, 1755 — — 360\nChickling Vetch, Account of that Plant — — 843\nChickweed, Long-leaved, D° — — 832\nChild (Mr. Wm.) his Letter to Mr. James Pitford, concerning the Effects of Lightning at Darking, in Surry — — 309\nChild, an extraordinary Case of one — — 34\nCinquefoil, Tormentil, Account of that Plant — — 835\nClaret, an Account of the Success of some Experiments of injecting it into the Abdomen after Tapping — — 485\nCliming Fumitory, Account of that Plant — — 841\nCockshead, D° — — 843\nCoic, near Aleppo, an Account of Fishes found in that River — — 447\nCoin, Parthian, a Dissertation on one — — 593\nColares (about 20 Miles from Lisbon) Observations made there of the Earthquake Nov. 1, 1755 — — 413\nColen, Account of an Earthquake felt there — — 893\n— Remarks on Stones in that Territory, resembling those of the Giants Causey — — 581\nColden (Cadwaladar) Esq; Letter from him concerning the Earthquake felt at New York the 18th of Nov. 1755 — — 443\n\nVol. 49. 6 A Collinson\nINDEX.\n\nCollinson (Mr. Peter) Account of Copper-springs lately discovered in Pennsylvania, communicated by him — 648\n—— —— Letter to him concerning a curious fleshy Coral-like Substance — — — 449\n—— —— Letter to him concerning the Earthquake felt in New York, Nov. 18, 1755 — 443\n—— —— Letter to him concerning the Earthquake felt in Pennsylvania, Nov. 18, 1755 — 444\n—— —— Letter to him concerning Four undescribed Fishes of Aleppo — — — 445\n—— —— Letter concerning the Effects of Lightning at Darking, in Surry — — — 309\n—— —— Letter to him concerning some Microscopical Observations — — — 553\n—— —— Letter to him concerning a Mountain of Iron Ore in Sweden — — — 30\n—— —— Letter to him concerning the Charr-fish — — — 210\n\nColquhoun (Sir James) his Account of the Agitation of the Water at Loch Lomond, Nov. 1, 1755 — 389\nColumbines, Account of that Plant — — — 836\nComet, Extract of a Letter concerning the Return of one in the Year 1757 or 1758 — — — 347\nCommissioners of the Excise, Letter to them concerning the Earthquakes along the Coast of England from Dover to Margate — — — — 579\n—— —— Letter to them concerning the Sinking of a River at Pontypool — — — 547\nCommon Salt, Method of making it sooner, cheaper, and better — — — 330\nCondamine (Mons. La) his Letter to Dr. Matty — 622\nConfigurations of the smallest shining Particles of Snow, Method of observing them — — — 644\nConsiderations on Two large Pieces of Lead, with Roman Inscriptions — — — 686\nConstantinople, Account of several Earthquakes lately felt there — — — 115\n—— —— Queries concerning it, and their Answers 96\nINDEX.\n\nCopper-springs lately discovered in Pennsylvania — 648\nCoral-like Substance, an Account of a curious fleshy one — 449\nCoralline Moss, Small, brown, Account of that Plant — 858\nCoralloid fossil Bodies, Account of some curious ones — 513\nCodded-Corn Violet, Account of that Plant — 817\nCornwall, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — 371\nCosta (Mr. Emanuel Mendes De) his Translation, from the Latin, of a Letter concerning a Mountain of Iron Ore in Sweden — 30\nCotton Grass, Account of that Plant — 809\nCough, a short dry one, called the Husk, incident to young Bullocks, caused by Worms — 247\nCowper (Earl) Letter to him concerning the Agitation of the Waters near Durham, Nov. 1, 1755 — 385\nCramon (Mr.) his Account of the Benefit of Ventilators on board a Ship with 392 Slaves — 335\nCranbrook, in Kent, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there, Nov. 1, 1755 — 360\nCranebill, Dovesfoot, Account of that Plant — 841\n—— with jagged Leaves, D° — 840\n—— Shining or Stone, D° — ibid.\nCreeping Tormentil, D° — 835\nCrocodile, an Account of a particular Species thereof — 639\nCroswort, Account of that Plant — 853\nCrowfoot, Muskwood, D° — 831\nCrusius (Lewis) D. D. Letter to him concerning the Agitation of the Waters near Reading, in Berkshire, Nov. 1, 1755 — 365\n—— Letter to him concerning the Earthquake, as felt in the Lead Mines in Derbyshire — 398\n—— an Account of the Earthquake at Madeira, Nov. 1, 1755, communicated by him — 435\nCuckow Flower, Account of that Plant — 839\n—— Hairy, D° — 840\nCumberland, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — 381\nINDEX.\n\nCuneo (the Intendant of that Province) the Account taken by him of some Houses which were overwhelmed 796\n\nCurrents of the Sea, Observations on those near the Antilles of America 624\n\nObservations on those in the Mediterranean 634\n\nCyperus Grass, Account of that Plant 808\n\nD.\n\nDaffodil, Wild English, Account of that Plant 826\n\nDanish Church, in Wellclose-square, an Account of the Effects of Lightning there 298\n\nDarking, in Surry, Effects of Lightning there 309\n\nDartmouth, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there 643\n\nDaval (Peter) Esq; Account of the Earthquake at Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1755, communicated by him 411\n\nDavel (Monf.) his Dissertation upon the Cancer of the Eyelids, Nose, and neighbouring Parts, commonly called Noli me tangere 186\n\nDeadly Night Shade, Account of that Plant 818\n\nDeafness, when caused by an Obstruction in the Tuba Eustachiana, its Cure 213\n\nDelibard (Monf.) Letter from Mr. Benj. Franklin to him, concerning Electricity 305\n\nDeluge, Universal, Reasons for the Belief of it 678\n\nDeptford, Account of the Irregularity of the Tides there in Feb. 1756 523\n\nDerbyshire, Account of the Earthquake Nov. 1, 1755, as felt in the Lead Mines there 398\n\nDevonshire, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 371, 642\n\nDiarbekir, Observations made there 252\n\nDingley (Robert) Esq; Letter to him concerning the Success of the Agaric in Amputation 264\n\nhis Account of the Irregularities of the Tides in the River Thames, on the 12 and 13 of Feb. 1756 530, 533\n\nDiseases\nINDEX.\n\nDiseases of Bullocks and Sheep caused by Worms — 247\nDissenters from the established Church, Number of them, in proportion to the whole Number of Inhabitants in London — 179\nDistillation, Thoughts on Dr. Hales's new Method thereof, by the united Force of Air and Fire — 534\nDistilled Liquors, the great Benefit of blowing Showers of fresh Air up through them — 312\nDodder, Account of that Plant — 813\nDodson (James) his Table of the Values of Annuities on Lives — 892\nDonati Vitaliano, M. D. an Account of his Essay towards a natural History of the Adriatic Sea — 585\n—— —— his Letter concerning the Earthquake at Turin, and other Parts of Italy — 612\nDover, Account of the Earthquake felt there on the 18th of Feb. 1756 — 579\nDovesfoot Cranebill, Account of that Plant — 841\n—— —— with jagged Leaves, D° — 840\n—— —— Shining or Stone, D° — ibid.\nDropfy, Account of the Cure thereof by Sweet Oil — 46\n—— —— a Species thereof incident to Bullocks and Sheep, caused by Worms — 247\nDublin, a Journal of the Weather — 759\nDumbarton, Account of an Earthquake there on the 30th and 31st of Dec. 1755 — 509\nDumfries, Account of the Agitation of the Water in a small Lake at Closeburn, in that Shire — 521\nDurham, Account of the Agitation of the Waters, near that City, Nov. 1, 1755 — 385\nDust, a Shower thereof, Account of one falling on a Ship between Shetland and Iceland — 509\nDying, the Use of Toxicodendron therein — 159\n\nE.\nEarth, the Irregularities in the annual Motion thereof, how far occasioned by the Action of the Sun — 737\nEarth, the Nutation of its Axis, Essay concerning it — 704\nINDEX.\n\nEarthquake of Nov. 1, 1745, its Effects in Barbary 428\nat Cadiz 424, 427\nat Colares, about 20 Miles from Lisbon 413\nin the Lead Mines in Derbyshire 398\nat Lisbon 402, 409, 411\n\nEarthquake, Paulus Jovius his Account of one like thereto at Lisbon in the Year 1531 402\n\nEarthquake of Nov. 1, 1755, its Effects at Madeira 432,\nat Madrid 423\nat Oporto 418, 419, 421, 422\nat Amersfort, in the Province of Utrecht 513\n\nEarthquake, its Effects in Barbary 428\nat Boston, in New England 439\nat Brigue, in Valais 616\nat Bruffels 546\non the Coast of England, between Margate and Dover 579\nat Geneva 438\nat Glasgow and Dumbarton 509\nin Holland 544, 545, 663\nat Manilla 459\nin divers Parts of the Netherlands 512\nat Neufchattel, in Switzerland 436\nat New York 443\nin Pennsylvania 444\nat Turin, and other Parts of Italy 612\nat Valais, in Switzerland 511\n\nEarthquakes, Account of several lately felt at Constantinople, Adrianople, and Smyrna 115, 116, 117\n\nEastern Countries, Queries concerning them, and their Answers 96 to 107 Eastern\nINDEX.\n\nEastern Countries, some Physical and Astronomical Observations made there — 251\nEchinus, a petrified one of a singular Kind — 155\n—— Account of a remarkable one — 295\nEclipses, Observations of those of Jupiter's Satellites — 48\nEclipse of the Moon, Observations on one — 265\nEcliptic, its Obliquity, the Variations occasioned therein by the Position of the Moon's Apogee — 722\n—— — — — — the Variations occasioned therein by the Actions of Jupiter and Saturn — 744\n—— — — — — the Variations occasioned therein by the Force of the Sun — 718\nEddystone Lighthouse, Account of the Case of a Man who died by the Effects of the Fire there — 477\nEdwards (Mr. George) his Account of the Species of the Crocodile, called Lacerto ventre marsupii donato, &c. — 639\nEeles (Hen.) Esq; his Letters concerning the Cause of Exhalations, Winds, &c. — 124\nElectrical Fluid, attending the Ascent and Descent of the Vapours and Exhalations, and supposed to be the principal Cause of Winds — 133\n—— — — — — supposed to be the Cause of the Ascent of Vapours — 132\nElectrical Power of the Clouds, the Occasion of the Death of George William Richman, Member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences at Petersburgh — 61\nElectricity, Experiments thereof succeed better in the Eastern Countries than in Europe — 254\nElectrical Experiments made by Mr. Benj. Franklin — 300\nElectricity, a Letter concerning it by D° — 305\n—— — — — Account of a Cure of a paralytic Arm thereby — 558\nEllicot (Mr. John) Account of the Effects of the Earthquake, Nov. 1, 1755, at Madrid, communicated by him — 423\n—— — — — Account of the Effects of the Earthquake, Nov.\nINDEX.\n\nNov. 1, 1755, at Oporto, communicated by him 418,\nEllis (Mr. John) his Account of a curious fleshy Coral-\nlike Substance — — — 449\n—— — — his Letter concerning the Tree that yields\nVarnish — — — 866\nEllis (Capt. Hen.) his Account of the Benefit of Ventilators\non board a Ship with 340 Negroes — — 336\nEngine for raising Water by Steam, its Force encreased 312\nEngland, Number of Houses therein, in 1710 — — 270\n—— D° — — in 1750 — — 887\n—— — — a Letter concerning the Number of People in-\nhabiting therein — — — 268, 274\n—— — — Quantity of Wheat consumed therein — — 273\nEnglish Plants Account of some of the more uncommon,\nobserved in Leicestershire — — — 803\nEnglish Daffodil, Wild, Account of that Plant — — 826\n—— Marsh Saxifrage, D° — — — 833\n—— Soft or Gentle Thistle, D° — — — 847\nEquatorial Parts of the Earth, the Force of the Sun's\nAction on them — — — 704\nEquinoxes, their Precession, how far occasioned by the Ac-\ntion of the Sun — — — 709\n—— — — — Essay concerning it — — — 704\n—— — — — the Inequality thereof depend-\ning on the Position of the Moon's Apogee — — 722\n—— — — — the Inequality thereof depend-\ning on the Position of the Moon's Nodes — — 714\nEruption of Mount Ætna, Account of a late one — — 209\n—— — — Vesuvius, D° — — — 24, 27, 28\nEssay on the Irregularities in the annual Motion of the\nEarth — — — — 737\n—— on the Precession of the Equinoxes, and the Nutation\nof the Earth's Axis — — — — 704\nEssex, Account of the Agitation of the Waters at Roch-\nford, in this County, Nov. 1, 1755 — — 364\nEustachiana Tuba, Method of restoring the Hearing, when\ninjured by an Obstruction therein — — 213\nINDEX.\n\nExcise (Commissioners of) Letters to them concerning the Sinking of a River near Pontypool — 547\n\n——— Letter to them concerning the Earthquakes along the Coast of England, between Dover and Margate — 579\n\nExhalations, Experiments proving them to be electrified — 151\n\n——— the Quantity of them augmented by Wind — 150\n\nExperiments, the Success of some, of injecting Claret into the Abdomen after Tapping — 485\n\n——— of the Sensibility and Irritability of the several Parts of Animals — 240\n\n——— of Electricity, succeed better in the Eastern Countries than in Europe — 254\n\n——— proving that all ascending Vapours and Exhalations are electrified — 151\n\n——— relating to the Fire-Engine — 540\n\n——— Electrical, made by Mr. Benj. Franklin — 300\n\n——— Chemical, concerning the Action of unslacked Lime on volatile alkaline Salt — 222\n\nEyelids, and great Angle of the Eye, Dissertation concerning the Cancer affecting those Parts, commonly called Noti me tangere — 186\n\nEye, remarkable Case of a morbid one — 18\n\nF.\n\nFarrington (Rev. Mr.) his Letter, giving some Account of the Charr-Fish, found in North Wales — 210\n\nFauquier (Wm.) Esq; Letter to him concerning the Impression on a Stone, dug up in the Island of Antigua; and the Quantity of Rain fallen there for Four Years — 295\n\nFern-water, Account of that Plant — 854\n\nFevers, Malignant, an Account of those that raged at Rouen in the Years 1753 and 1754 — 49\n\nFez, Account of the Earthquake there, on the 1st and 18th of Nov. 1755 — 430, 431\n\nField Calamint, Account of that Plant — 838\n\nFiery Corruscations issuing from a topical oblong Cloud seen at Constantinople — 119\n\nVol. 49.\nINDEX.\n\nEine-leaved Heath, Account of that Plant — 829\nFire-Engine, Experiments relating to lessening the Expences of constructing and working it — 540\n——— the Force thereof increased — 312\nFishes, an Account of Four undescribed ones of Aleppo — 445\nFissure, Account of one in a Rock, near Petworth, in Surry — 358\nFlanders, remarkable Polypes found in the Waters there — 248\nFleabane, Dwarf, Account of that Plant — 848\nFleming (Malcolm) M. A. his Observations concerning the Nourishment of the Foetus, by the Liquor Amnii — 254\nFletcher (Mr.) Letter to him concerning the Agitation of the Water at Loch Lommond, Nov. 1. 1755 — 389\nFluellen, Account of that Plant — 807\nFoetus partly nourished by the Liquor Amnii — 254\nFord (Mr. James) his Account of the Success of Agaric and the Fungus Vinosus in Amputations — 93\nFosse (Mons. La) his Experiments upon the Arteries of Horses, with the Powder of the Lycoperdon — 36, 49\nFossil Bodies, Account of some curious ones — 513, 670\n——— not to be found in very high Mountains 674\n——— those found in Europe originally belong to the Equator or Tropics — 677\nFowke (General, Governor of Gibraltar) his Account of Earthquakes that happened in Barbary, on the 1st and 18th of Nov. 1755 — 428, 431\nFox (the Right Hon. Henry) Esq; Letter to him concerning the Earthquakes that happened in Barbary, on the 1st and 18th of Nov. 1755 — 430, 431\nFramboise, Account of that Plant — 834\nFranklin (Mr. Benj.) Electrical Experiments made by him — 300\n——— Extract of his Letter to Mons. Delibard concerning Electricity — 305\nFresh Water, some Observations on the manner of making it from Sea Water — 317\nINDEX.\n\nFirth of Forth, in Scotland, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there, Nov. 1, 1755 — 55°\n\nFrooyd (a River so called) Account of the Sinking thereof — 547\n\nFumitory, Climbing, Account of that Plant — 841\n\nFungitae, an Account of them, and other curious coralloid fossile Bodies — 513\n\nFungus Vinosus, what it is — 94\n\nAccount of the Success thereof in Amputations — 93\n\nG.\n\nGardner (Robert) his Account of the Agitation of the Waters at Loch Ness, in Scotland, Nov. 1, 1755 — 387\n\nGeneva, Account of the Earthquake there, Nov. 9, 1755 — 438\n\nGentian, Dwarf autumnal, Account of that Plant — 820\n\nGeorgians, Practisers of Inoculation — 108\n\nGiants Causey, Remarks on Stones in Nassau, Treves, and Colen, resembling those thereof — 581\n\nGillover, or Gilloflower, Account of that Plant — 814\n\nGlasgow, Account of an Earthquake there on 30 and 31 of Dec. 1755 — 509\n\nGolden Dock, Account of that Plant — 828\n\nGolden Rod, D° — 848\n\nGolden Saxifrage, D° — 831\n\nGrasps of Parnassus, D° — 825\n\nGray (Charles) Esq; Account of the Agitation of the Sea at Antigua, Nov. 14, 1755, communicated by him — 668\n\nGraymil, Account of that Plant — 814\n\nGreat Turret Saxifrage, D° — 824\n\nGreat Water-Parsnip, D° — 822\n\nGreeks, Query concerning their Learning — 96\n\nanswered — 106\n\nGromil, Account of that Plant — 814\n\nGromwell, D° — ibid.\n\nGroveftins (Monf.) his Account of an Earthquake felt at the Hagus — 544\nINDEX.\n\nGuadelupa, Observations made on the Brimstone Hill in that Island — 564\n\nGuildford, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — 357\n\nGum Succery, Dwarf, Account of that Plant — 845\n\nGuy (Mr. Rich.) his Account of an extraordinary Case of a Child — 34\n\nH.\n\nHail, a violent Shower thereof — 16\n\nHague, an Account of the Agitation of the Water there Nov. 1, 1755 — 396\n\n—— an Account of an Earthquake felt there Feb. 18, 1756 — 544, 545\n\nHales (Stephen) D. D. his Account of the great Benefit of blowing Showers of fresh Air up through distilled Liquors — 312\n\n—— Thoughts on his new Method of Distillation, by the united Force of Air and Fire — 534\n\n—— his Letter concerning the Waters of the Holy Well, at Malvern, in Worcestershire — 459\n\n—— his Account of some Trials to cure the ill Taste of Milk, and to sweeten stinking Water — 339\n\n—— Letter to him concerning an extraordinary Motion in the Water in the Lake Ontario — 544\n\n—— Letter to him concerning the Toxicodendron of Carolina — 157\n\n—— his Account of the great Benefit of Ventilators — 332\n\nHamburgh, Account of the Agitation of the Water there Nov. 1, 1755 — 550\n\nHaresfoot Trefoil, Account of that Plant — 844\n\nHarrison (Rev. Mr. John) his Account of the Agitation of the Waters in Cumberland, Nov. 1, 1755 — 381\n\nHart (Cheney) M. D. his Account of the Cure of a paralytic Arm by Electricity — 558\n\nHawkweed, Bushey, Account of that Plant — 846\nINDEX.\n\nHealth, Instances of the Benefit of Ventilators in the Preservation thereof — 332\n\nHearing, a Method to restore the same, when injured by an Obstruction of the Tuba Eustachiana — 213\n\nHeat of melted Lead, not too great to be borne in the Stomach without immediate Death — 480\n\nHeath, Fine-leaved, Account of that Plant — 829\n\nLowdutch, or Bezon, D° — ibid.\n\nHeberden, (Dr. Wm.) Letter to him concerning the Earthquake at Madeira, Nov. 1. 1755 — 432\n\nHée (Christianus) his Essay on the Pressure of Weights, in the Motion of Machines — 1\n\nHellebore, Bastard, Account of that Plant — 851\n\nMarfs, D° — 851\n\nHemlock, Long-leaved, D° — 823\n\nWater, D° — 822\n\nHenkel (Tilman) Esq; Letter to him concerning the Earthquake, Nov. 1. 1755, at Oporto — 418\n\nHerb Paris, Account of that Plant — 831\n\nWoodrooffe, D° — 811\n\nHerculaneum, Account of the late Discoveries there — 109, 110, 112, 490\n\nArtifice made use of to unroll the Manuscripts found there — 113\n\nHertfordshire, Account of the extraordinary Agitation of the Water in several Ponds there — 684\n\nHind Berry, Account of that Plant — 834\n\nHipone (otherwise Bonne) in Barbary, extraordinary Currents there — 638\n\nHistory, Natural, of the Adriatic Sea, an Account of that Work — 585\n\nHodgson (Mr. John) his Account of a Fissure in a Rock, near Petworth, in Sussex — 358\n\nHoldsworth (Rev. Mr.) Extract of a Letter from him, relating to the Agitation of the Waters at Dartmouth — 643\n\nHolland, Account of an Earthquake felt there — 544, 545\n\nHollis (Thomas) Esq; Extract of Letters to him, concerning the late Discoveries at Herculaneum — 109, 490\n\nHondt\nINDEX.\n\nHondt (Mr. De) his Account of the Agitation of the Waters at the Hague, Nov. 1, 1755 — 396\n\nHorn, Monstrous, growing from the Throat of a Sheep — 183\n\nHorses, Experiments made on their Arteries after Amputations — 36, 40\n\nHorse-mint, Long-leaved, Account of that Plant — 837\n\nHorse-tail, Female, D° — 806\n\nWater Milfoil, D° — 851\n\nHouses in England, their Number in 1710 — 270\n\nin 1750 — 887\n\nHunston, in Norfolk, Account of the Agitation of the Water there Nov. 1, 1755 — 380\n\nHurricanes, a Description of them — 627\n\nHusk, a Disease, to which young Bullocks are subject, caused by Worms — 247\n\nHuxham (John) M.D. his Letter concerning the Agitation of the Water in Devonshire and Cornwall, Nov. 1, 1755 — 371\n\nhis Letter concerning the Case of a Man who swallowed melted Lead — 483\n\nPart of a Letter from him, in relation to the Effects of Lightning at Plymouth — 16\n\nHyde (John) Esq; an Account of the Earthquake at Boston, in New England, Nov. 18, 1755, communicated by him — 439\n\nI.\n\nJacobson (Theodore) Esq; an Account of the Effects of the Earthquake, Nov. 1, 1755, at Oporto, communicated by him — 422\n\nJalabert (Monf.) his Account of a continued Succession of Earthquakes at Brigue, in Valais — 616\n\nJamineau (Isaac) Esq; Extract of Five Letters from him, concerning the late Eruption of Vesuvius — 24, 27, 28\n\nJapan, the Plant from whence the Varnish, used there, is procured — 162\n\nManner of procuring that Varnish — 163\nINDEX.\n\nIldfarcombe, in Devonshire, Account of an unusual Agitation of the Sea there 642\n\nImmersion of, a Star under the Moon, observed at Diarbekir 252\n\nImpression on a Stone, dug up at the Island Antigua 295\n\nIncrease of the People in Britain and Ireland, Letter concerning it 877\n\nInhabitants of England, their Number 268\n\nInoculation, Query the actual State thereof, in the Eastern Countries 96\n\nanswered 104\n\npractised by the Georgians 108\n\nSir Hans Sloane's Account of it 516\n\nInscriptions, Roman, an Attempt to explain Two of them, which were dug up at Bath 285\n\nConsiderations on Two, found on Pieces of Lead 686\n\nAccount of one of them, found at Malton, in Yorkshire 69\n\nAccount of Four; found near Wroxeter, in Shropshire 196\n\nInsects, of the Polype Kind, remarkable ones, found in the Waters near Brussells, in Flanders 248\n\nInstances of the great Benefit of Ventilators, in the Preservation of the Health and Lives of People, on board of Slave and other Transport Ships 333\n\nIntestines, Case of a Boy, who had a considerable Part of them forced out, by the Fall of a Cart 238\n\nJournal of the Weather in Dublin 759\n\nIron Ore, Account of a Mountain thereof, in Sweden 30\n\nIrregularities in the annual Motion of the Earth, Essay concerning them 737\n\nIrregularities of the Tides at divers Places in the Rivers Thames and Medway 523, 530\n\nIrritability, an Account thereof, in the several Parts of Animals 240\n\nIsoperimetrical Problems, Investigation of a general Rule, for the Resolution of them Jupiter 4\nINDEX.\n\nJupiter, the Irregularities of the annual Motion of the Earth, occasioned by the Action of that Planet — 737\n—— D° — — in the Obliquity of the Ecliptic — 744\n—— its Satellites, Observations of their Eclipses, made at Lisbon — — — — 48\n\nK.\nKent, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — — — — 360\nKidney-wort, Account of that Plant — — — — 832\nKidney-vetch, D° — — — — 842\nKilpatrick, (Sir Tho.) Bart. his Account of the extraordinary Agitation of the Waters, in a small Lake at Clofesburn, in the Shire of Dumfries — — — — 521\nKingjalo, in Ireland, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — — — — 391, 393\nKnee joints, an Account of Two singular Cases of diseased ones, successfully treated — — — — 452\nKnotted Parsley, Account of that Plant — — — — 821\nKnotted Trefoil, with oblong Heads, D° — — — — 844\n—— — — — with round Heads, D° — — — — ibid.\n\nL.\nLadies Finger, Account of that Plant — — — — 842\n—— Mantle, D° — — — — 812\n—— Smock, D° — — — — 839\n—— Traces D° — — — — 850\nLambert (Edward) the Porcupine Man, Account of him — — — — 22\nLand Breezes, how occasioned — — — — 146\nLatham (Mr.) his Account of the Earthquake at Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1755 — — — — 411\nLathyrus, Wild, Account of that Plant — — — — 842\nLaterman (Mr. James) Two Letters of his, concerning the Effects of the Agaric of the Oak — — — — 36\nLatitudes of several remarkable Places in the East — — — — 252\nLava, attending the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, its Properties — — — — 25\nLead, Melted, Case of a Man, in whose Stomach a considerable Quantity was found — — — — 477\nINDEX.\n\nLead, Melted, extracted from the Stomach of Dogs, and other Animals — — — 480\n\nLead Mines, in Derbyshire, an Account of the Earthquake, Nov. 1, 1755. as felt in them — — 398\n\nLeicestershire, Account of some of the more rare English Plants observed there — — 803\n\nLettuce, Wild, Account of that Plant — — 845\n\nLeyden, an Account of the Agitation of the Waters there on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — — 397\n\nLiege, Account of an Earthquake felt there — — 893\n\nLife, the Probability thereof, at London, Method of constructing a Table thereof — — 167\n\nLightning, the Effects thereof in the Danish Church, in Wellclose-square — — 298\n\n—— — — — — — — — at Darking, in Surry 309\n\n—— — — — — — — — on the Great Hulk at Portsmouth-Dock — — 16\n\n—— — — — — — — — at Newbury, in New England — — 307\n\nLightning conducted along a small Wire, without doing any Damage to a Building, so far as the Wire extended ibid.\n\nLilley of the Valley, Account of that Plant — — 827\n\nLime, Unslacked, its Action on volatile alcaline Salt 222\n\nLiquor Amnii contributes to nourish the Foetus, which swims therein — — — — — — — 254\n\nLiquors, while distilling, the Benefit of blowing Showers of fresh Air up through them — — — 312\n\nLisbon, Account of the Earthquake there Nov. 1, 1755 — — — — — 402, 409, 411\n\n—— Observations thereon, made at Colares, about 20 Miles from that City — — — — — 413\n\n—— Account of the Earthquake there, in the Year 1531, from Paulus Jovius — — — 402\n\n—— Observations of the Eclipses of the Satellites of Jupiter, made there — — — — 48\n\nLives, Annuities thereon, a Table of their Values — — 892\n\nLoch Lommond, in Scotland, Account of the Agitation of the Water there Nov. 1, 1755 — — — 389\nINDEX.\n\nLoch Ness, in Scotland, Account of the Agitation of the Water there Nov. 1, 1755 — 387\n\nLocke (John) Esq; his Translation of a Letter, concerning the Books and antient Writings dug out of the Ruins of an Edifice near Herculaneum — 112\n\nLong-leaved Chickweed, Account of that Plant — 832\n\nHorse-mint, D° — 837\n\nLoose Strife, D° — 814\n\nLungwort, D° — 857\n\nLupi Crepitus, See Lycoperdon.\n\nLycoperdon, a Letter concerning its Use, in stopping Blood after Amputations — 39, 40\n\nExperiments made therewith, upon the Arteries of Horses — 36\n\nLyttleton (Rev. Dr. Charles) Letter to him concerning the Agitation of the Waters in Cornwall on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 373\n\nan Essay on the Waters of the Holy Well at Malvern, in Worcestershire, communicated by him — 459\n\nM.\n\nMacclesfield (Earl of) surprising Agitation of the Waters at his Seat at Shirburn-Castle, in Oxfordshire — 368\n\nLetter to him on the Advantage of taking the Mean of a Number of Astronomical Observations — 82\n\nLetter to him concerning the Impression on a Stone, dug up in the Island of Antigua — 297\n\nLetter to him concerning the Irregularities of the Tides, in the River Thames, in Feb. 1756 — 533\n\nLetter to him containing an Account of the more uncommon English Plants, observed in Leicestershire — 803\n\nLetter to him concerning the Method of constructing a Table of the Probabilities of Life at London — 167\n\nMacclesfield,\nINDEX.\n\nMacclesfield (Earl of) Letter to him concerning the Swallowing of melted Lead 480\nMachines, the Pressure occasioned by Weights, in their Motion 1\nMadeira, Account of the Earthquake there Nov. 1, 1755 432, 435\nMadrid, Effects of the Earthquake, of Nov. 1, 1755, there 423\nMaestrecht an Account of the Earthquakes felt there 663, 545, 893\nMaiden Hair, Account of that Plant 855\nMalignant Fevers, Account of those that raged at Rouen in the Years 1753 and 1754 49\nMalt Tax, the Amount thereof from the Year 1746 to the Year 1753 273\nMalton, in Yorkshire, Account of a Roman Inscription found there, in the Year 1753 69\nMalvern, in Worcestershire, an Essay on the Waters of the Holy Well there 459\nManilla, an Account of that Island, and of an Earthquake there 458\nMankind, Query, whether the Plurality of Wives is favourable to the Increase of them answered 96\nMantle, Ladies, Account of that Plant 812\nMaps of the Turkish Dominions, Query concerning them answered 96\nMargate, Account of the Earthquake felt there Feb. 18, 1756 579\nMarseilles, in France, an extraordinary Flow of Waters there 637\nMarsh Hellebore, Account of that Plant 851\nMarsh Saxifrage, D° 833\nMascali, Extract of a Letter from the Magistrates thereof, concerning a late Eruption of Mount Aetna 209\nMatthew (Mr. Edward) his Letter concerning the Sinking of a River near Pontypool, in Monmouthshire 547\nINDEX.\n\nMattys (Matthew) M.D. an Account of some Astronomical and Physical Observations, made in Asia, communicated by him — 251\n\nLetter to him from Mons. la Condamine — 622\n\nAccount of the Earthquake at Oporto, Nov. 1, 1755, communicated by him — 422\n\nhis Translation of some Observations, made on the Brimstone-Hill, in the Island of Guadelupa — 564\n\nQueries sent by him to a Friend at Constantinople — 96\n\nMatweed, Small, Account of that Plant — 809\n\nMauduit (Mr. Israel) his Observations upon an American Wasps-Nest — 504\n\nMay-lilly, Account of that Plant — 827\n\nMazeas, (Abbé) his Letter concerning the Toxicodendron of Carolina — 157\n\nhis Letter concerning the Revival of the ancient Method of Painting — 652\n\nMeadow Saxifrage, Account of that Plant — 821\n\nMedicated Urine, a Solvent for the Stone in the Bladder — 900\n\nMedick, Vetch-ling, Account of that Plant — 843\n\nMediterranean Sea, Observations on certain Currents there — 634\n\nMedway, Irregularities of the Tides therein, in Feb. 1756 — 523\n\nMelted Lead, Case of a Man who swallowed a considerable Quantity thereof — 477\n\nthe Heat thereof, not too great to be borne on the Stomach, without immediate Death — 480\n\nextracted from the Stomach of Dogs, and other Animals — ibid.\n\nLetter from Dr. Huxham, concerning the Man who swallowed melted Lead — 483\n\nMen, Query, if not exceeded, in Number, by the Women in the Eastern Countries — 69\n\nanswered — 101\n\nMequinez,\nINDEX.\n\nMequinez, Account of the Earthquakes there on the 1st and 18th of Nov. 1755 — 430, 431\n\nMicroscopical Observations on the Production of Animalcules, in Infusions made with boiling Water — 553\n\nMilan, an Account of some Earthquakes felt there — 613\n\nMiles (Henry) D. D. a Letter from him, containing the State of the Thermometer on Feb. 8 and 9, 1755 — 43\n\nMilk, Method of curing the ill Taste thereof — 339\n\nMillepedes, Observations on the Production of Animalcules, by an Infusion of them in boiling Water — 554\n\nMiller (Philip) his Letter concerning the Toxicodendron of Carolina — 161\n\nMilles (Jeremiah) D. D. an Account of an unusual Agitation of the Sea at Ildfarcombe, in Devonshire, communicated by him — 642\n\n—— — — an Account of the like at Dartmouth, communicated by him — 643\n\nMillet, Cyperus Grafs, Account of that Plant — 808\n\nMills Mr. Henry) his Letter, containing an Account of the Agitation of the Thames, near Rotherhithe, Nov. 1, 1755 — 361\n\nMines, in Derbyshire, an Account of the Earthquake, Nov. 1, 1755, as felt in them — 398\n\nMineral Waters, an Essay on those at Malvern, in Worcestershire — 459\n\nMitchel (Capt. Wm.) his Letter concerning the Irregularity of the Tides on Feb. 12, 1756 — 532\n\nMoneywort, Account of that Plant — 815\n\nMonmouthshire, Account of the Sinking of a River there — 547\n\nMoon, the Immersion of a Star under her, observed at Diarbekir — 252\n\n—— her Nodes, the Inequalities produced by the Position of them, in the Precession of the Equinoxes — 714\n\n—— her Apogee, Dq — 722\n\n—— Eclipse thereof, Observations on one — 265\n\nMoonwort, Account of that Plant — 854\n\nMorocco,\nINDEX.\n\nMorocco, Account of an Earthquake felt there Nov. 1755 — 431\n\nMortality, Bills of, Objections to them answered — 888\n\nMoschatell, Tuberous, D° — 831\n\nMountain of Iron Ore, in Sweden, Account thereof — 39\n\nMountains, Account of Two large Bodies of Snow which tumbled down from them — 796\n\nMounts-Bay, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — 373\n\nMug-weed, Account of that Plant — 853\n\nMushroom, Pepper, D° — 860\n\nMujk-wood, Crowfoot, D° — 831\n\nMuyffon (Monf.) his Account of the Earthquake at Oporto Nov. 1, 1755 — 422\n\nN.\n\nNardus Indica, a gramineous Plant — 253\n\nNarrow-leaved bushy Hawkweed, Account of that Plant — 846\n\nNassau, Remarks on Stones in that County, resembling those of the Giants Causey — 581\n\nNatural History of the Adriatic Sea, an Account of that Work — 585\n\nNavel-wort Account of that Plant — 832\n\nNeedham (John) his Account of the Case of a Boy, who had a considerable Part of his Intestines forced out, by the Fall of a Cart — 238\n\nNep, or Cat-mint, Account of that Plant — 837\n\nNetherlands, Account of an Earthquake felt in divers Parts of them on Dec. 26 and 27, 1755 — 512\n\nNettis (John) M. D. his Account of the Method of observing the Configurations of the Particles of Snow — 644\n\nNeufchatel, in Switzerland, an Account of the Earthquakes there on the 1st and 9th of Nov. 1755 — 436\n\nNewbury, in New England, Effects of Lightning there — 307\n\nNew York, an Account of the Earthquake there Nov. 18, 1755 — 443\n\nNichols\nINDEX.\n\nNichols Frank, M. D. his Account of Worms in animal Bodies — 246\n\nNicola (L.) his Account of the Agitation of the Waters at Kingsale, in Ireland, Nov. 1, 1755 — 391\n\nNightshade, Deadly, Account of that Plant — 818\n\nNitre, how produced — 253\n\nNodes of the Moon, the Inequalities produced, in the Precession of the Equinoxes, by the Position of them — 714\n\nNorfolk, Account of the Agitation of the Waters in that County, Nov. 1, 1755 — 380\n\nNumber of Houses in England, in 1710 and 1750 — 270, 887\n\nNumber of People in England — 268, 274\n\nNutation of the Earth's Axis, Essay concerning it — 704\n\nO.\n\nOak, Agaric thereof, its Effects after Capital Operations in Surgery — 36, 93, 264\n\nAccount of the Species of Plant, from which the Styptic, so called, is produced — 28\n\nOak Lungs, Account of that Plant — 857\n\nOat Grass, Red, D° — 810\n\nObliquity of the Ecliptic, the Variations occasioned therein, by the Actions of Jupiter and Saturn — 744\n\nD° by the Position of the Moon's Apogee — 722\n\nD° by the Force of the Sun — 718\n\nObservations, Astronomical, the Advantages of taking a Mean of a Number of them — 82\n\nAstronomical and Physical, Account of some made in Asia — 251\n\non the Brimstone-Hill in the Island of Guadelupe — 564\n\non the Earthquake at Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1751, made at Colares, about 20 Miles from that City — 413\n\nMicroscopical, on the Production of Animalcules in Infusions made with boiling Water — 553\n\non an Eclipse of the Moon — 265\n\nObserv-\nINDEX.\n\nObservations on the Eclipses of the Satellites of Jupiter, made at Lisbon — 48\n\nOil, Sweet, Account of its curing some dropsical Cases — 46\n\nOld-street, London, Account of the Waters in Peerless Pool, near that Place, Nov. 1, 1755 — 362\n\nOld Wife, the Portraiture of a Fish, so called, impressed on a Stone, dug up in the Island of Antigua — 295\n\nMr. Arthur Pond's Description thereof — 297\n\nOliver (Wm.) M. D. Letter to him, with an Account of some Cases of Dropsies cured by sweet Oil — 46\n\nOntario, Lake, an extraordinary Motion in the Waters thereof — 544\n\nOporto, Account of the Earthquake, Nov. 1, 1755, as felt there — 418, 419, 421, 422\n\nOrchis Butterfly, the lesser, Account of that Plant — 850\n\nOre, Iron, Account of a Mountain thereof in Sweden — 30\n\nOrthoceratites, an Account of one — 672\n\nOsmund Royal, Account of that Plant — 854\n\nOxfordshire, Account of the Agitation of the Waters at Shirburn-Castle, Nov. 1, 1755 — 368\n\nPaderni (Camillo) his Account of some Discoveries at Herculaneum — 110, 490\n\nPadua, an Earthquake felt there — 615\n\nPaice (Mr. Joseph) Letter to him concerning the Earthquake at Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1755 — 424\n\nPainting, Ancient Method of, revived by Count Caylus — 652\n\nObservations thereon by Dr. Parsons — 655\n\nPalmyrene Character, some resembling such, on the Reverse of a Parthian Coin — 593\n\nPaper, a Kind thereof, formed by the American Wasps, to cover their Nests — 206\n\nParalytic Arm, Cure thereof by Electricity — 558\n\nParker (Lord Viscount) his Account of the Agitation of the Waters at Shirburn-Castle, Nov. 1, 1755 — 368\n\nParker (Wm.) D. D. Account of an Earthquake at the Hague, communicated by him — 544\n\nParnassus,\nINDEX.\n\nParnassus, The Grass of, Account of that Plant — 825\nParsley, Bastard, D° — 822\n—— Knotted, D° — 821\n—— Purple-flowered, D° — ibid.\nParsnip, Water, D° — 822\nParsons (James) M.D. his Translation of a Dissertation, concerning the Cancer of the Eyelids, Nose, &c. called Noli me tangere — 186\n—— Two Letters to him, concerning the Earthquake at Lisbon, 1 Nov. 1755 — 402, 408\n—— his Remarks on a petrified Echinus, shewn to the Royal Society, by Dr. Pococke — 155\n—— an Account of the Revival of an ancient Method of Painting, translated by him — 652\n—— his Observations on the above — 655\n—— his Account of a Sheep, having a monstrous Horn growing from its Throat — 183\n—— his Translation of the Abbé Mazeas's Letter, concerning Toxicodendron — 157\nParibian Coin, a Dissertation concerning one — 593\nPaul's Betony Account of that Plant — 807\nPaulus Jovius, his Account of the Earthquake at Lisbon in 1531 — 402\nPease, Everlasting, Account of that Plant — 842\nPeerless Pool, near Old-street, London, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there, Nov. 1. 1755 — 362\nPennant (Tho.) Esq; his Account of some Fungitae, and other coralloid fossile Bodies — 513\nPenny-wort, Account of that Plant — 832\nPennsylvania, Account of Copper-Springs, lately discovered there — 648\n—— an Account of the Earthquake felt there Nov. 1, 1755 — 444\nPenzance, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — 375\nPeople in Britain and Ireland, their Increase, Letter concerning it — 877\n\nVol. 49. 6D People\nINDEX.\n\nPeople in England, their Number — 268\nPepper, Mushroom, Account of that Plant — 860\nPeterburgh, the Death of Professor Richman there, occasioned by the Electrical Power of the Clouds — 61\nPeyssonel (John Andrew) M. D. his Observations on the Currents of the Sea, at the Antilles of America — 624\n—— — — — — — his Observations on the Brimstone-Hill, in the Island of Guadelupa — 564\nPhænomena of the Weather, concerning the Cause of them — 124\nPhænomenon of a topical oblong Cloud, from whence issued Flames, Rays, and fiery Corruscations, seen at Constantinople — 119\nPhilips (Mr. Richard) his Letter concerning the Agitation of the Waters, near Reading, in Berkshire, Nov. 1, 1755 — 365\nPhysical Observations, an Account of some made in Asia — 251\nPitfold (Mr. James) Letter to him concerning the Effects of Lightning at Dorking, in Surrey — 309\nPlants, Catalogue of Fifty, from Chelsea Garden, for the Year 1745 — 78\n—— D° — — — — for the Year 1755 — 607\n—— English, Account of some of the more uncommon, observed in Leicestershire — 803\nPlummer (Mr.) Two Letters to him, concerning the Earthquake, Nov. 1, 1755, as felt at Oporto — 419, 421\nPlurality of Wives, Query, if it be favourable to the Increase of Mankind — 96\n—— — — — — — answered — 103\nPlymouth, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — 371\n—— Effects of Lightning on the Great Hulk there — 16\nPococke (Richard) LL. D. shews a petrified Echinus, of a singular Kind, to the Royal Society — 155\nPolypes, remarkable ones, found in the Waters, near Bruges, in Flanders — 248\nINDEX.\n\nPond (Mr. Arthur) his Description of Antigua — 297\n——— his Letter, concerning the Impression on a Stone, dug up in the Island of Antigua — 295\nPontypool, in Monmouthshire, Account of the Sinking of a River near that Place — — — 547\nPorcupine Man, Account of him — — — 22\nPorter (James) Esq; his Communication of some Astronomical and Physical Observations, made in Asia — 251\n——— his Account of several Earthquakes lately felt at Constantinople — — — 115\n——— his Answer to some Queries, sent by Dr. Matty, F. R. S. to a Friend — — — 97\nPortsmouth, surprising Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — — — 351\nPrecession of the Equinoxes, Essay concerning it — 704\n——— how far occasioned by the Action of the Sun — — — 709\n——— the Inequality thereof, depending on the Position of the Moon's Nodes — — — 714\n——— D° of the Position of the Moon's Apogee — — — 722\nPressure of Weights, in the Motion of Machines, considered — — — 1\nPrince (Mr.) his Account of an unusual Agitation of the Sea, at Ildefarcombe, in Devonshire — — — 642\nPringle (John) M. D. Letter to him concerning the Agitation or the Waters, in a small Lake at Closeburn, in the Shire of Dumfries — — — 521\n——— Account of the Agitation of the Waters near Chevening, in Kent, Nov. 1, 1745, communicated by him — — — 360\n——— Account of the Agitation of the Waters at Loch Ness, in Scotland, Nov. 1, 1755, communicated by him — — — 387\n——— an Account of the Agitation of the Waters in Scotland and at Hamburgh, communicated by him — — — 550\n\n6 D 2 Pringle\nINDEX.\n\nPringle (John) M.D. Account of the Agitation of the Waters at Loch Lommond, Nov. 1, 1755, communicated by him — 389\n\n——— his Letter concerning the Earthquakes felt at Brussel — 546\n\n——— Account of the Earthquake felt at Glasgow and Dumbarton; and of a Shower of Dust falling on a Ship between Shetland and Iceland — 509\n\n——— an Account of an Earthquake felt on the Coast of England, between Margate and Dover, communicated by him — 579\n\n——— Account of the Sinking of a River near Pontypool, in Monmouthshire, communicated by him — 547\n\nPrinting-House at Constantinople, Query concerning it — 96\n\n——— answered — 105\n\nProbabilities of Lives, at London, concerning the Method of constructing a Table of them — 167\n\n——— a Table of them — 181\n\nProblems, Isoperimetrical, Investigation of a general Rule of the Resolution of them — 4\n\nPultney (Richard) Account of some of the more rare English Plants, observed in Leicestershire — 803\n\nPurple-flowered Bastard-Parsley, Account of that Plant — 821\n\n——— Money-wort, D° — 815\n\nPye (Mr. Wm.) his Letter, concerning the Island of Manilla; and of an Earthquake and Eruption there — 458\n\nQ.\n\nQuantities of Rain fallen in Antigua for Four Years — 295\n\nQueries, concerning the Eastern Parts — 69\n\nR.\n\nRain, the Quantity of, fallen at Antigua in Four Years — 295\n\nRampions, with Scabious Heads, Account of that Plant — 849\n\nRamsons, D° — 826\n\nRanby (Mr.) Account of Inoculation, given by Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. to him, in the Year 1736 — 516\n\nRape, Broom, Account of that Plant — 838\n\nRasp-\nINDEX.\n\nRaspberry, Account of that Plant — — 834\nReading, in Berkshire, Account of the Agitation of the Waters, near that Place, Nov. 1, 1755 — 365, 367\nRed Mint, Account of that Plant — — 837\nRefractions, less in the East than in Europe — — 253\nResolution of Isoperimetrical Problems — — 4\nRichman (George William) Account of his Death — 61\nRigid-leaved Bell-flowers, Account of that Plant — — 815\nRiver, the Sinking of one, an Account thereof — — 547\nRobertson (Mr. John) his Account of the surprising Agitation of the Waters at Portsmouth, Nov. 18, 1755 — 351\nRockford, in Essex, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there, Nov. 1, 1755 — — 364\nRock, Account of a Fissure in one near Petworth, in Sussex — — 358\nRock-Creps, Account of that Plant — — 839\nRock-Hair, D° — — — 858\nRocket, Base, D° — — — 833\nRod, Golden, D° — — — 848\nRoman Inscriptions, an Attempt to explain Two of them, which were dug up at Bath — — 285\n—— — — — Account of One, found at Malton, in Yorkshire — — — 69\n—— — — — Account of Four, found near Wroxeter, in Shropshire — — — 196\nRose, Burnet, Account of that Plant — — — 834\nRotherhithe, Account of the Agitation of the Thames, near that Place, Nov. 1, 1755 — — — 361\nRouen, an Account of the Malignant Fevers that raged there in the Years 1753 and 1754 — — — 49\nRoyton (Right Hon. Ld. Viscount) Account of the Earthquakes that happened in Barbary, Nov. 1, 1755, communicated by him — — — 428, 431\nRussell (Alex.) M.D. his Account of Four undescribed Fishes of Aleppo — — — 445\nRutherforth (Tho.) D.D. his Account of the Agitation of the Waters in several Ponds in Hertfordshire — — — 684\nINDEX.\n\nRutty (John) M.D., his Account of the Copper-springs lately discovered in Pennsylvania — 648\n\nSaccheti (John Mendez) M.D., his Account of the Earthquake at Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1755 — 409\n\nSaffe, Account of the Earthquake there, Nov. 1, 1755, 430\n\nSage, Wood, Account of that Plant, — 836\n\nSalle, Account of the Earthquake there, Nov. 1, 1755, 430\n\nSalt, Common, Method of making it sooner, cheaper, and better — 330\n\nSalt, Volatile Alcaline, Effects of unslacked Lime thereon — 222\n\nSanticle, Yorkshire, Account of that Plant — 808\n\nSarjon Hills, Account of the Earthquake there, Nov. 18, 1755 — 431\n\nSatellites of Jupiter, Observations of their Eclipses made at Lisbon — 48\n\nSaturn, the Irregularities in the annual Motion of the Earth, occasioned by that Planet, — 737\n\n—— D° in the Obliquity of the Ecliptic — 744\n\nSatyrion, Butterfly, Account of that Plant — 849\n\nSaxifrage, Great Burnet, D° — 824\n\n—— English Marsh, D° — 833\n\n—— Meadow, D° — 821\n\n—— Golden, D° — 831\n\nScabious, Hairy Sheep's, D° — 849\n\nSchloesser (John Albert) M.D. Extracts of Two Letters to him, concerning the Effects of the Agaric of the Oak — 36\n\n—— — — — — — his Experiments of the Action of unslack'd Lime on volatile alcaline Salt — 222\n\nScotland, an Account of the Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — 550\n\nScott (George Lewis) Esq; Letter to him, concerning the present Increase of the People in Britain and Ireland — 877\n\n—— — — — — — D° concerning the Number of People in England — 268\n\nSea\nINDEX.\n\nSea Breezes, how occasioned — — 146\nSea Gillyflower, Account of that Plant — — 825\nSea Water, Some Observations concerning the Manner of making it fresh — — 317\nSeleucia, in Syria, its Latitude — — 252\nSensibility, an Account thereof in several Parts of Animals — — 240\nSheep, Account of One having a monstrous Horn growing from his Throat — — 183\nSheerness, Irregularities of the Tides there in Feb. 1756 — —\nShepherd’s Purse, Account of that Plant — — 523\n—— Rod, D° — — 839\nShining, or Stone Doves-foot Cranes-bill, D° — — 840\nShip, Account of a Shower of Dust falling on one — — 509\nShips, Instances of the Benefits of Ventilators on board of them, in the Preservation of Health and Life — — 332\nShirburn Castle, in Oxfordshire, Surprising Agitation of the Water there Nov. 1, 1755 — — 368\nShort (James) M. A. Letter to him concerning the extraordinary Alteration in the Baths of Toplitz, in Bohemia, Nov. 1, 1755 — — 395\nShower of Dust, Account of One falling on a Ship, between Shetland and Iceland — — 509\nShowers of fresh Air, the Benefit of blowing them up thro’ distilling Liquors — — 312\nSimon (James) his Journal of the Weather in Dublin, for the Year 1753 — — 759\nSimpson (James) Esquire, Letter to him concerning the Agitation of the Water at King sale, in Ireland, Nov. 1, 1755 — — 394\n—— (Mr. Thomas) his Investigation of a general Rule for the Resolution of Isoperimetrical Problems — — 4\n—— his Letter concerning the Advantage of taking a Mean of a Number of astronomical Observations — — 82\nSinking of a River, an Account thereof — — 547\nSkin,\nINDEX.\n\nSkin, Distempered, Supplement to the Account thereof, published in these Transactions, No 424 — 21\nSloane (Sir Hans) Baronet, Catalogue of Plants for the Year 1755, by his Direction — — 78\n—— — — — — Do for 1755 — — 607\n—— — — — — his Account of Inoculation 516\nSmyrna, an Earthquake felt there — — 117\nSnakeweed, Account of that Plant — — 830\nSnow, an Account of the Fall of vast Heaps thereof, from the Mountains — — 796\nSpeedwell, Male, an Account of that Plant — — 807\nSpeedwell, Narrow-leaved, D° — — ibid.\nSpleenwort, Rough, D° — — 854\nSpringfield (Charles) M. D. Account of his Treatise on the Carlsbad Waters, in Bohemia — — 895\nSpry (Mr. Edward) his Account of the Case of a Man, who died of the Effects of the Fire at Eddystone Light-house — — 477\n—— — — — — a remarkable Case of a morbid Eye, communicated by him — — 18\nSpurge Laurel, Account of that Plant — — 830\nSquire (Samuel) D. D. Letter to him concerning the extraordinary Agitation of the Waters in Hertfordshire 684\nStar of the Earth, Account of a Plant so called — — 812\nSteplin (Father Joseph) his Account of the extraordinary Alteration in the Baths of Toplitz, in Bohemia, Nov. 1, 1755 — — 395\nStevenson (Dr. John) a Letter from him, with an Account of an extraordinary Agitation of the Waters in a small Lake at Closeburn, in the Shire of Dumfries — — 521\n—— — — — — Letter to him, concerning the Agitation of the Water at Loch Ness, in Scotland, Nov. 1, 1755 — — 387\nStiles (Sir Francis Hoskins Eyles) Bart. Extract of Five Letters to him, concerning the late Eruptions of Vesuvius 24, 27, & 28\nStinking Water, Method of sweetening thereof — — 313\n—— — — — Trials of that Kind — — 339\nINDEX.\n\nStone in the Bladder, dissolvable by the Carlsbad Waters in Bohemia — 895\nD° by medicated Urine — 900\nStone Doves-foot Cranes-bill, Account of that Plant — 840\nStone, Account of an Impression upon One, found in Antigua — 295\nStone Parsley, Bastard, Account of that Plant — 822\nStones, a Shower of them, thrown up by Mount Etna — 209\nStrawberry, Barren, Account of that Plant — 834\nStyptic, Effects of the Agaric of the Oak, — 36\nAccount of the Species of Plant, from which the Agaric, used as such, is prepared — 28\nEffects of the Powder of the Lycoperdon — 36, 38\nSun, the Force of his Action on the equatorial Parts of the Earth — 704\nD° on the mean Precession of the Equinoxes — 709\nD° on the Obliquity of the Ecliptic — 718\nSurry, the Southern Parts thereof, Surprising Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — 353\nSussex, D° — ibid.\nSwanzey, D° — 379\nSweden, Account of a Mountain of Iron Ore there — 30\nSweet-smelling Flag, Account of that Plant — 827\nSwinton (John) M. A. his Dissertation on a Parthian Coin — 593\nSwitzerland, an Account of an Earthquake there Nov. 14, 1755 — 511\nSykes (——) D. D. Letter to him, concerning the Agitation of the Water at Rockford, in Essex, Nov. 1, 1755 — 364\n\nT.\nTaberg, in Sweden, Account of a Mountain of Iron Ore there — 30\nTable of the Probabilities of Lives in London, by Dr. Brackenridge — 181\nof the Values of Annuities, according thereto — 892\nTangier, Account of the Earthquakes there on the 1st and 18th of Nov. 1755 — 429, 432\nVol. 49. 6 E Tapping.\nINDEX.\n\nTapping, Account of the Success of some Experiments of injecting Claret, &c. into the Abdomen, after the Operation 485\n\nTasso, Account of the Earthquake there Nov. 18, 1755 432\n\nTeasel, Small wild, Account of that Plant 811\n\nTea Tree to be very probably found in Carolina, if searched for by Persons of Skill 165\n\nTempest (Wm.) Esq; Extract of a Letter to him, concerning the Agitation of the Water at Cranbrook, in Kent, Nov. 1, 1755 360\n\nTetuan, Account of the Earthquakes on the 1st and 18th of Nov. 1755 428, 432\n\nThames, Account of the Agitation thereof Nov. 1, 1755 361\n\nIrregularities of the Tides therein, in Feb. 1756 523, 530\n\nTheory of the Irregularities in the annual Motion of the Earth 737\n\nof the Precession of the Equinoxes, and the Nutation of the Earth's Axis 704\n\nThermometer, State thereof on Feb. 8 and 9, 1755 43\n\nThistle, Soft and gentle, Account of that Plant 847\n\nWoolly-headed, D° 847\n\nThompson (Capt.) his Account of the Benefit of Ventilation on board a Ship, in which were near 200 Men for almost a Year 334\n\nThornbill (Mr. Wm.) his Account of the Success of Agaric in Amputations 264\n\nThrift, Account of that Plant 825\n\nThroat-wort, Little, D° 817\n\nThunder Shower, how produced 144\n\nTides, Irregularities of them; in the Rivers Thames and Medway, in Feb. 1756 523, 530\n\nTom (Mr. Henry) his Account of the Agitation of the Water at Kingsale, in Ireland, Nov. 1, 1755 393\n\nTomlinson (Rev. 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D. his Attempt to explain Two Roman Inscriptions, dug up at Bath — 285\n—— — — — Considerations of his, on Two Pieces of Lead with Roman Inscriptions on them — 686\n—— — — — his Account of a Roman Inscription, found at Malton, in Yorkshire — 69\n—— — — — his Account of Four such, found near Wroxeter, in Shropshire — 196\nWarner (Mr. Joseph) his Communication, concerning the Effects of Agaric of the Oak and of the Powder of the Lycoperdon, used as Styptics — 36\n—— — — — his Account of Two singular Cases of diseased Knee-joints, successfully treated — 452\nWarren (Mr. Samuel) his Letter, concerning the Earthquake felt on the Coast of England, between Margate and Dover — 579\nWarrick (Mr. Christopher) his Account of the Success of injecting Claret, &c. into the Abdomen after Tapping 485\nWasps-Neft, an American one, some Observations thereon — 205\nWater, the Force of the Engine, for raising it by Fire, increased — 312\nWater Fern, Account of that Plant — 854\n—— Gillover, or Gilloflower, D° — 814\n—— Hemlock, D° — 822\n—— Long-leaved, D° — 823\n—— Milfoil, Horsetail, D° — 851\n—— Pimpernel, Round-leaved, D° — 818\n—— Speedwell, D° — 807\n\nWater\nINDEX.\n\nWater Violet, Account of that Plant — — 814\nWater Spout, how occasioned — — 147\nWater, Stinking, Method to sweeten it — — 313\n—— — some Trials relating thereto — — 339\nWaters, their surprising Agitation on the 1st of November, 1755. 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Carteret) Letters to and from him, concerning the surprising Agitation of the Waters, Nov. 1, 1755, in Sussex and the Southern Parts of Surry 353, 357 & 358\n\nLetter to him, concerning the Tree which yields Varnish — 866\n\nWeights, their Pressure in the Motion of Machines — 1\n\nWellclose-square, Effects of Lightning at the Danish Church there — 298\n\nWetstein (the Rev. 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