INDEX. 5 



B 



Bailey (Jnel) and others, their account of Venus's tranfit over the fun in 



1769, Vol. I. p. 89. 

 Bark (red) hiftory of, Vol. II. p. 289. 

 Barker's mill improved. Vol. III. p. 144. 

 as improved by James Rumfey, inveftigated as to its powers, 



p. 185. 

 ^a/omt //7f a 'meafurement of the Blue Ridge, Warm Spring, and Allegheny 



moui. tains in Viiginia, Vol. IV. p. 216. 

 Barton (Wm.) en the duration of human life, and tlie progreQive population 



of the United States, Vol. III. p. 25 — his poftfcript to the foregoing, 



"34- 

 ■' ■ (Dr. Benj. Smith) on, the bite of tlie rattle fnake, and the cure, Vol. 



III. p. 100 — his inquiry, whether the true honey-bee is a native of 

 America ? 24T — his botanical defcription of the podophyllum diphyllum 

 of Linna;us, 334 — his memoir concerning the f;Ucinadng faculty which 

 has been afcribed to the rattle fnake and other American ferpents. Vol. 



IV. p. 74 — his accoimt of an American fpecies of dipus, or jerboa, 

 ib p. 1 14 — his obfervations and conjedlures concerning certain articles 

 which were taken out of an ancient tumulus or grave, at Cincinnati, 

 in tlie county of Hamilton, and Territory of the U. S. north-weft of 

 the river Ohio, p. 181 — his hints relative to the ftimulant effedls of 

 camphor on vegetables, p. 232. 



Bartram (Mofis) his obfervations on the native filk-worm of N. America, 

 Vol. 1. p. 244. 



' (J/'iac) his memoir on the diftillation of perfimons. Vol. I. p. 231, 



. Bafahes (cryftallized) found in Pennfylvania, Vol. IV. p. 445. 



BallU of the Kegs. See Submarine i-ejfet. 



Bays of Spirito Sanfto (E. F.) of Mobile, St. Jofeph, Penfacola, Sta. Rofa, 

 Spirito Saniflo and St. Andrew (W. F.) defcribed. Vol. I. p. 253. 



Bee (the honey) ohkrvAlxons on. Vol. III. p. 241 — various fpecies of, 245, 

 originally from England, 256. 



hive, but one in Weft-Florida, Vol. III. p. 249. 



Bean, a remarkable one ufed in the improvement of lands. Vol. III. p 226. 



Bear, a delcription from Indian tradition of a fuppofed huge terrific one, 

 called the big naked bear. Vol. IV. p. 260. 



Beauvois (Be) his obfervations on plants called cryptogamic. Vol. III. p. 

 202. — His memoir on the fubjeft of a new plant growing in Pennfylva- 

 nia, Vol. IV. p. 173. — His memoir on a new fpecies of firen, 277. — 

 His memoir on amphibia, 362. 



Beccaria and Prieflley, their ideas concerning eledlricity. Vol. II. p. 76. 



Beer (excellent) of perfimons. Vol. I. p. 234.^^ 



Belhn.i[', (Jeremy) his defcription of the white mountains in N. Hampfhire, 

 Vol. II. p. 42 — his obfervations on the aurora borealis, as accompani- 

 ed with a faint ruftling noife, 196 — his mediod to preferve parlhips, 

 199. 



•Belly-ach, how cured. Vol. II. p. 287. 



Benni-feed oil, accoimt of, Vol. I. p. 239 — equal to Florence oil, ib. 



4 A 2 Berlin, 



