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25. Diccionario, &c. Dictionary of the Portuguese Language. 1 vol. folio.

26. Compendio, &c. Abridgment of the Theory of Limits, or Introduction to the Method of Fluxions, by Mr. STOCKLER, Member of the Academy. I vol. 4to,

27. Ensayo, &c. An Economical Essay on the Trade of Portugal, and its Colonies, by Mr. AZEREDO COUTINHO. 1 vol. 4to. 28. Tratado, &c. Treatise on the Art of Surveying Lands, by Mr. CABRAL. 1 vol. 8vo.

29. Analyse, &c. Chemical Analysis of the Mineral Waters of Caldas, by Dr. Withering, Member of the Academy. Published in English and Portuguese, by Order of the Society.

If any of the more recent publications here enumerated should reach our hands, we shall endeavour to make our read. ers farther acquainted with their contents.

ART. XVII.

THE

Flora Danica Iconum Fasciculus Vicesimus. Folio. Hafnia, 1797. Sold in London by Mr. White.

HE descriptions which accompany these excellent engravings are so extremely brief, that we cannot pretend to give a very critical account of the performance; especially as it is impossible for us to gain access to the plants which are here represented: but we scruple not to avow our full persuasion that the plates are indeed most admirably executed. The publication of this work commenced in the year 1761; and it has been continued with uncommon regularity, considering the nature of the undertaking, and the accidents and interruptions to which, in a series of so many years, it must naturally have been exposed.

ART. XVIII.

M. GIRARD (Ingénieur des Ponts et des Chaussées) has pubwork, in point of criticism, we are unable at present, from want of time, to say any thing definite: but a superficial glance over its contents, and a hasty perusal of some of its parts, afford us reason to think that it is by no means an unimportant nor an ill-executed work. It is divided into four sections, the first twą of which are purely theoretical; the third contains experiments made on the resistance of oak and fir; and the fourth is particularly destined to theoretical considerations and experiments, relative to the inflexion of bodies supposed to be perfectly elastic, What is written seems to be written with considerable perspicuity, and the experiments apparently have been made with method and exactness. In our next Appendix, we shall be able to give a fuller and more particular account of the work.

INDEX

INDE X

To the REMARKABLE PASSAGES in this Volume..

N. B. To find any particular Book, or Pamphlet, see the
Table of Contents, prefixed to the Volume.

A

ACID, muriatic, experiments
relating to, 42 Nitrous, its
use in siphylis, 130. 330. Acid
of phosphorus, 557. Öftin, and
the analysis of tin or 5, 550.
Camphoric acid, 448. 557.
Zoonic acid. (See Berthollet.)
Acetous acid, 558
Adelung's essays on the English
language, 66-69. His in-
tended publication of an Eng-
lish-German vocabulary, 69.
Adet, M. on the acetic acid, 558.
Agelet, M. observations of stars,

at the military school, in 1784
and 1785. Par. Acad. 545.
Alembert, M. d', eulogium on, 579.
Aleppo, journey from, over the
great desert, to Bussorah, 305.
Amber, acid of, its nature, 563.
Anderson, Dr. James, on an uni-
versal character, 49. His claim
to the honour of priority in the
invention of the most approved
method of draining land, 169.
Atwood, Mr. his disquisition on
the stability of ships, 121.

B
Balfour, Dr. on the barometer, 306
Bardsley, Dr. his remarks on
party prejudice, 47.

Barry, Mr. his observations re-
specting the improvement of
the public taste, 179.
Bayen, M. historical notice of, 556.
Ber hollet, M. on sulphurated hy-

drogen, 553. Notice of an
acid obtained from animal sub-
stances, or the zoonic acid, 554.
Blayney, Dr. his skill in Hebrew
criticism, 26. His new trans-
lation of the book of Ze-
chariah, ib.

Bleaching, the process of. See
Rupp.
Blunt, Mr. his account of the ce-
lebrated column, Cuttub minar,
305.
Bolingbroke, Lord, (Henry St.
John,) his correspondence with
several great persons while he
was in power, 249-259.
Brookboufe, Ann, her plausible

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Casarean operations in surgery
condemned, 167.
Calculi, notes respecting, by Four-

croy and Vauquelin, 565.
Camphor of Sumatra, acc. of 301.
Cancer, observations on the cure
of, 167.

Carnot, citizen of France, his re-

ply to Bailleul's report of the
conspiracy, &c. 473.
Cage, Mr. his History of Eng-
land appreciated, 51.
Cassini, J. D. application of the

circle to observe the meridian
altitude of the stars, Par.

Acad. 545.
Catherine II. Empress of Russia,
her dramatic hermitage, 501.
Plays exhibited there, written
by the Empress herself, and by
other persons of high rank, in
concert with her imperial Ma-
jesty, 502. Extract of one of
those compositions, written by
the Empress, 503.
Cavendish, Mr. his experiments
with a view to determine the
density of the earth, 126.
Chaptal, J. A. on the fabrication
of verdegris, &c. 554. On the
culture of barilla, 555-
the epidermis, ib. On the use
of oxyds of iron in dying cot-
ton. 556. On the difference
between the acetqus and the
acetic acid, 558.
Character, (written,) universal.
See Anderson. See Brown.
Chess, remarks on the allusive pc-

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culiarities of that game, 354.
Letter from the author of the
pamphlet on that subject, 473.
Church-Bell, poetical address to,
456.

Clairon, Mad. ber memoirs, writ-
tep by herself, 519. Curious
story of her, interview with
Mad. de Seine, a famous act-
ress, who had retired from the

stage, 520. Her account of a
persevering apparition of a very
extraordinary nature, by which
she was greatly incommoded,
521. Account of the impres-
sion-made on her mind by her
first discovery of the diminu.
tion of her youth and beauty,
523.

Clarke, Dr. his account of a tu-

mour in the substance of the
human placenta, 252.
Clarke, Mr. his observations on
the intended tunnel-passage be-
neath the Thames, from Graves.
end to Tilbury, in Essex, 311.
Clouet, M. report of his expe
riments, 563.

Coelho da Maya, Mr, on Fon-
taine's method of approxima-
tion, 574.

Colebrook, Mr. his account of the
faithful duties of a Hindco wi-
dow, 136. Of the Andaman
islands, 30z. Of Barren island
and its volcano, 303. Of the
islands Nancowry and Comar-
ty, ib.

Collyer, Joseph, on the distillation
of ardent spirit, 42, On iron
and steel, 43.
Colonists, of all complexions; a
well-imagined free settlement
of, in Africa, 517.
Colour, remarkable change of, in

a negroe, 50.
Colours, extraordinary facts re

lating to the vision of, 44.
Coote, Dr. his History of England

characterized, 51, Extracts
from, 376. His character of
Queen Elizabeth and Mary
Queen of Scotland, 279. His
account of the hard fate of the
latter, 282.

Copper of Sumatra, 302.
Coralof Sumatra, account of, 302.
CORRESPONDENCE with the Re-
viewers. Mr. Good, on the
Shrewsbury house of industry,
119. Dr, Underwood, relative

to

To his publication on the disor
ders of childhood, 120. D.
concerning Mr. George. Fors-
ter, ib. S. H. W. asserting the
existence of black swans, 239.
G. T. on the publication of
Dr. Mainauduc's lectures, 360.
Letter from the author of the
treatise on Chess, 478. Farther
correspondence with D. on Mr.
Forster's travels, 479.
Se-

cond letter from General Val-
lancey, ib.

Corundum-stone. See Greville.
Cotton-tree, Persian, account of, 50
Coulomb, M. on the friction of the
points of pivots, Par, Acad. 541
Cow-pox, inquiry concerning,
160. Experiments and testi-
monies, ib. Cases of success-
ful innoculation of, 161, Dr.
, Pearson's additional testimo-
nies, 163, Probable improve-
ment in medical practice from
the substitution of that disorder
for the small-pox, 166. Inquiry
into the origin of this disease,
167.
Curtis, Mr. his excellent FLO-

RA LONDINENSIS completed,
446. His Botanical Magazine
praised, 447.

D

Dalton, John, on the vision of

colours, &c. 44.
Deiman, Troostwyk, and Lawren-
burgh, on the passage of aque-
ous vapour through red-hot
tubes, 556.

Delhi, present ruined state of that

once opulent city, 304.
De Lille, M. his Garden,' a
poem, highly praised, 295.
Extracts from, 296–300.
Demonax, character of. See Lucian.
Dbanesa, or Indian Buceros, a

bird which feeds on the nux

vomica, 307.
Diss Mere, analysis of the remark-
able water of, 26.7.

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F
Fabroni, M. his discovery of a
violet purple colour, which re-
sists acids, &c. 554.
Fawcett, Mr. his poem on revi-
siting the scenes of early life,
269. Extracts from his miscel-
laneous poems, 272.
Ferriar, Dr. his interesting ac-
count of the establishment of
fever-wards in the Manches-
ter infirmary, 128. On an
affection of the lymphatic ves-
sels, hitherto misunderstood,
129. On the use of the nitrous
acid in siphylis, 130. His il-
lustrations of Sterne, &c. 131.
Fever, Dr. Fordyce's 3d disser-
tation on, 422. His remarks
on the exhibition of opium in
fever, 427. On stimulants, 428
Finance, publications relative to,
344, 345, 471.
Fish, annually found in Hindostan

in places that were before dry,
369. Attempt to solve this
phænomenon, 370.
Fisher, Mr. his account of a
change of colour in a negroe, 50.
Fluxions. See Stockler.
Fontaine, on approximation. See
Coelho. See Monteiro.
Ford Abbey, described by Mr.
Gilpin, 398.

Fourcroy, M. on the aroma of ve.
getables, 555. His examination
of Dr. Pearson's experiments -
on urinary calculi, 558. Ex-
periments on the congelation of
different liquids, by artificial
cold, 559

--and Vanquelin, on the
spontaneous action of concen-
trated sulphuric acid on animal
and vegetable substances, 548.
Essay towards the history of the
sulphureous acid, and its saline
combinations with the alkalies
and earths, 551. On the ap-
plication of pneumatic chemis-
try to medicine, 561. On

Mayow's experiments, 562.
France, modern, unfavourable
picture of, 220. Losses of, in
consequence of the revolution,
526.

Franklin, Mr. his account of the

present state of Delhi, 304.
Functions, analytic, theory of, 481.

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Grotius, just encomium on his law
of nature and nations, 187.
Guthrie, Mr. his History of Eng-
land appreciated, 51.
Guyton, M. on a native sulphat,
from Saxony, 549. On salt-
petre, ib. On the acid of tin,
&c. 550. On furnishing wa-
ter and heat almost without ex-
pence, for chemical experi-
ments, 552. Examination of
certain properties of platina, ib.
Experimente on artificial cold,
559. On the nature of the
acid of amber, 563. On the
fusibility of mixed earths, 564.4
Report of Clouet's experi
ments, ib. Analysis of a crys-
tallized quartz, 565.

H

Hassenfratz, M. his memoir on
the proportion of light pro-
duced by different combusti
bles, 550. On areometry, 554.
Hatchet, Mr. his analysis of the

water of the Mere at Diss, 267.
Haussman, M. his memoir on the
-use of solutions of tin, 565.
Heart, human, an unusual forma-
tion of, described, 261.
Hellins, Mr. his elaborate solu.
tion of a problem relative to
swiftly converging series, &c.

128.

Henry, Dr. his History of England
noticed, 52.

Hindostan, customs and practices
of the natives of, 134-136.
Ceremony of a widow burning
on her husband's funeral pile,
137. Traces of the Hindoo
language and literature among
the Malays, 301. (See also
Wilford.) Mr. Pennant's view
of Hindostan, 361. Geogra-
phical sketch of, 363. De-
scriptions of particular pro-
vinces, &c. 368-369.
Holme, Dr. his communication to
the Manchester Society, relat-

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