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iBritain, why fo named, Vol. IV. p. 506. 



Britt (Danit) his and Mr. Turner's thermomctrlcal obfervations made at 



Fort Waftington, Vol. IV. p. 330. 

 Biichii-hiathXo'XoTns coveted by bees, Vol. III. p. 258. 

 Buffon, his calculations on tlie duration of human life, Vol. III. p. 56 — his 



fuppofed origin of planets, Vol. IV. p. 256 — his opinion refpefting 



die mammoth and its remains, 257. 

 Burs, how to deftroy thorn, and fleas and flies, Vol. I. p. 222. 

 BuU, of the zebu kind, defcribcd, Vol IV. p. 151. 

 Burgun y -wine, what grapes preferable for making it in N. America, Vol. I. 



p. 1 26. 

 Burm-loncs, fmoke of deflrudive to infcfts. Vol. I. p. 222. 

 Bujlmeli (D.) his general principles and conftruiflion of a fubmarine veflel, 



invented by himfelf and communicated' to Mr. Jefferlbn, while minifter 



at Paris, Vol. IV. p. 303. 

 Butter, method of preferving. Vol. II. p. 31. 



Calks and ri,£;ging of fhips, propofed improvement in, Vol. II, p. 297. 

 Cadmus ; or a treatife on the elements of written language, &c. witli an 



elFay on the mode of teaching the dumb to fpeak, Vol III. p. 262. 

 Calculation of the tranfit of Venus over tlie fun in 1769, in N, lat. 40° and 



at Philadelphia, Vol. I. p. 5. 

 Camplell's-ttivn ( Pennf ) bal'altes difcovered there, Vol. IV. p. 445. 

 Camphor, triturated with water, its ftimulant effeft on vegetables. Vol. IV. 



p. 232, 234 — a more whole'bme rtimulant to plants than nitre, 235. 

 Canal propofed between Chefa])eak bay and the Delaware, Vol. I. p. 293. 

 navigation, the enclined plane recommended, Vol. IV. p. 299 — de- 



fcription of a new boat to be ufed in, 301. 

 Cancer, Dr. Martin's cure for. Vol. II. p. 212. 

 Cape-Henlopen, obfervations near it on the tranfit of Venus 1769, Vol. I. p. 



89 — lat. and Ion of tli; obfervatory and light-hoitfe there, 92, 96 — 



courfes and diftance between them, 93. 



Cod, its water cold. Vol. III. p. 84 — extent and foundings of, 98. 



Blaize, W. Florida, lat. of. Vol. 1. p. 253. 



Henry (V.) memoir on the fand-hills of. Vol. IV. p. 439 — prevail- 

 ing winds th.re, 440 — its light-houie defcribed 442. 

 Carbonic acid gas, [fixed air] what proportion of it in the atmofphere. Vol. 



IV p. 128, 266, 417 — obiervations and experiments on its produdlion. 



Carter ( Lanlon) his observations concerning tlie fly weevil fo deftru<Sive to 



wheat. Vol. I. p. 205. 

 Cafcadc, a curious one. Vol. II. p. 50. 

 Cajfia ChanuTcrifta, beneficial to worn-out, or poor lands, Vol. III. p. 226 — 



botanical defcription of it, 22B. 

 €aJior-oii ^laxiis recommended for culture, Vol. I. p. 239. 



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