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Aberdeen, (m want of a public 



library, and th« advantages which might 

 be derived from fuch an eftablifhment, 

 267 

 Abernethy, 250 



Abforption of water rn foils, 85 

 Achard, M. on a new mode of obtaining 

 fugar from beet-root, 259 



Acids, manufactories of, how far pre- 

 judicial to the health of the neighbour- 

 hood, 126 



Aeroftation, 298 



Air, atmofpheric, new experiments on 

 the refpiration of, 249. — Diminution 

 of in the procefs, 251 



Air-pump, on a new conftruttion, 305 



Alligator of North America, turbid ftate 

 of, 131 



American animal, called Jagiflio, account 

 of, 139 



American Indians, on their fuppofed 

 Welch origin, 181. — Improbabilities 

 attending the idea, 187 



Analyfis of meteoric ftones, 3. — Of mu- 

 riatic acid, 58 — Of foils, 81.— Of 

 porcelain earth, 277. — Of magnefian 

 «arth of BaudjfleT-o, 320. — Of fac- 

 titious puxzolana, 336 



Animal exertion and mechanic power 

 compared, as to their identity, 8 



Antoni, 42 



Aqua-fortis, diftillation of, 127 



Arabic antiquities in Spain, 301 



Arcy, Chevalier de, 41 



Aftronomical prize, Lalande's, 142 



Aftronomy, 297 



A ffiburner, Mr. 171 



Attraction of deliquefcent falts, table of, 



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Azote necefiary foT the flow combuftioa 

 of phofphorus, 250. — Experiments to 

 determine how much is abforbed in the 

 procefs of refpiration, 252.— Remarks 

 on its ufes, 253 



Bailbet, 52 



Balance, variations of, method of re- 

 gulating, 56 



Bancks, Mr. R. his inftrument for mea- 

 furing the angles of cryftals, 374 



Banff", in want of a public library, 268 



Banks, Sir Jofeph, reference to his pam- 

 phlet on the blight in com, 145 



Barberry buffi productive of blight in 

 corn, 145.— Doubt whether this dif- 

 eafe affects the grain, 146, 154 



Bartholomew's Hofpital, lectures at, 61 



Burton, Dr. on the torpid ftate of the 

 North American Alligator, 131 



Bartram, Mr. 132, 194 



Baudiffero, magnefian earth of, 284, 

 320 



Baume, 278 



Beaunier and Gallois, experiments made 

 by, with water blowing machines, 48 



Bedford, Duke of, 193 , 



Beet-root, new method of obtaining fagar 

 from, 259 



Bellows applied with the reverberatory 

 furnace in refining iron, 38— Cylin- 

 drical of Namur, 52 



Bergman, 105, 374 



Bernouilli, Mr. 99 



Berthieic's prizes in fortification, 30a 



Berthollet, 124, 249 



Berzelius, on Cerite, 105, 108 



Beyer, Mr. 296 



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