INDEX. 79 



Fisher (Mr.), on errors in longitude, x. 396 



FiSK (Rev. Dr.), observations of, on the junction of the fresh 

 water of rivers with the salt water of the sea, ii. 208 



Fissures, on the capillary action of, xvii. 151 



FiTZWiLLiAM (the late Lord), anecdote of, vii. 262 



Fixed stars, corrections in the right ascension of thirty-six, for 

 every day in the year, x. 427. xi. 186 



Flame, experiments on, by Sir H. Davy, ii. 124. New views 

 thence resulting, 125. Account of further experiments on, 463 



• nature of, v. ii. May be extinguished by cooling, iii. 



Nature of the light of, iv 



Flammel (Nicholas), account of the alchymistical labours of, ix. 

 230 



Flaguergues (M.), remarks of, on the variation of thermometers, 

 xiv. 441. Notice of the drosometer of, xviii. 185. His ac- 

 count of the annual quantity of dew fallen, 186. Notice of his 

 rain gauges, ib. 



Flax and Hemp, ordinary modes of dressing, iv. 324. Account 

 of Mr. Lee's improvements in dressing flax in the dry way, 

 329 ; and of Messrs. Hill and Bundy's apparatus, 334. Pro- 

 cess of spinning flax, 342 



Flax and Hemp, report of the committee of the House of Com- 

 mons on Messrs. Hill and Bundy's and Mr. Lee's petitions, 

 relative to machinery for the manufacture of flax, v. 30. Evi- 

 dence of Mr. Millington on this subject, 32 ; of other wit- 

 nesses, 41. Disingenuity of the French concerning these 

 machines exposed, 186 



. , dry, dressing, observations on, vi. 141 



Flinders (Capt.), priority of his discoveries asserted, ii. 383 



observations of, on the inclination of the magnetic 



needle, iv. 106 



important observations of, to account for magnetic va« 



riation, vi. 99. 

 Flour, directions for ascertaining the purity of, vii. 370 



analysis of two species of, xiii. 405 



Flouebns (M.), analysis of the memoir of, on the properties a:ud 



