216 INDEX. 



Wootz, or Indian steel, analysis of, vii. SSS 

 *' Works of the Learned," bibliographical notice of, xiii. 43 

 Worms effectually destroyed by using common salt as a manure, 

 X. 68. Esculent plants or fruit-trees rendered unfit for their 

 habitation by salt, 63 

 AVouLFE (Peter), notice of, ix. 237 

 Wounds, on the phosphorescence of, xii. ISO 

 Wrecked persons, contrivance for preserving, vi. 135 

 Writing (secret), requisites of, x. 89. Of the Spartans, 90. Ob- 

 servations on Lord Bacon's rules for, ib. New system of, pro- 

 posed, with remarks, 91 



.. by means of ciphers, remarks on, xii. 21. Easy and 



secure method of, 292 



Xanthic oxide, viii. 209, Note, 



Year of the Chinese, remarks on, xvi. 331 



Yeast used as a manure, x. 446 



. expeditious modes of making, xv. 141 



Yeats CI^r.)> observations of, on the opinions of the ancients con- 

 cerning contagion, vii. 124 



. on the beneficial effects of the white oxide of bismuth in 



a severe affection of the stomach, viii. 295 



.- hints on a mode of obtaining soft x^ater at Tunbridge 



Wells, xiv. 345. Observations of, on lead and its deleterious 

 effects, 352 



I on a cure of an affection of the brain by cold, &c. xv. 8 



Yellow dye obtained from potatoe tops, v. 125 



Yew berries, a protection of fruit-trees from wasps, x. 448 



tree at Peronne, notice of the age of, xx. 412 



Young (Arthur, Esq.), biographical memoir of, ix. 279, His 

 education and early pursuits, 281. Commences author, 282. 

 Notice of some of his earliest productions, ib. Becomes a 

 farmer, 283 ; and marries, ib. Notices of his political essays 

 on the British empire, and of his six weeks' tour through the 



