Erie (Lake) mifcellaneous obfeivations concerning it and parts adjacent, 

 Vol. IV. p. 224 — various phenomena attending it, ib. — the winds why- 

 like W. India breezes, ib. — the flux and reflux of water in the lake ac- 

 counted tor, and the idea oi" a tide refuted, 225 — heavy dews and fogs 

 there, ib. — the Southern fhores dcfcribed, 226 — romantic cafcades 

 there ; and flatc and excellent free-done ; all the ftrata of (lone hori- 

 zontally difpofed, ib. — an erroneous opinion refuted concerning this 

 difpofition, 227 — Angular appearance of the lake rocks; the falls of 

 Niagara defcribed, ib. 



town of, its lat. determined, Vol. IV. p. 231 — magnetic variation 



there in 1795, p. 232. 



Errata (for tables ofj Vol. I. fee the page before " The contents," and alfo 

 p. 39, 81, 116, and the head of this index — of Vol. III. ib. and p. xl. — 

 of Wm. Barton's paper [p. 25,] on the duration of human life, Vol, 

 III. p. 134. 



Efpalien, method of managing vines for. See Fines. 



EJfxy on thofe enquiries in natural philofophy which at prefent are moft be- 

 neficial to the U. States, Vol. III. p. iii. 



. tending to improve intelligible fignals and to difcover a univerfal lan- 

 guage, Vol. IV. p. 162. 



Europe, proportion of inhabitants there under 16 years, Vol. III. p. 43 — 

 all the obfervations made there on the tranlk of Venus collefted into 

 one view, appendix Vo\. I. p. 12. 



Evaporation, experiments on. Vol. II. p. 118 — do. Vol. IV. p. 72, 246. 



the befl: method of drying up marflies Vol. IV. 243 — remarkable 



inftance of it in England, 245. 



(fpontaneous) ot fugar-maple fap, produces fugar. Vol. III. p. 69. 



in cold air, experiments on. Vol. III. p. 125. 



Eiving ( Revd. John) his projedion of the tranfit of Venus, VoK I. p. 5 — 

 his account of the obfervations on it, p. 42, 66, and of the tranfit of 

 Mercury, 82 — his improvement of Godfrey's quadrant, appendix p. 126. 



Experiments on evaporation in cold air, Vol. III. p. 125. 



. and obfers'ations relating to the analyfls of atmofpherical air, 



Vol. IV. p. I, 417. 



Eye, worm in a horfe's, Vol. II. p. 183. 



fnake in a horfe's. Vol. II. p. 385. 



Falls of Niagara account of. Vol. III. p. 17 — Vol. IV. p. 227 — their height, 



Vol. III. p. 23 and Vol. IV. p. 229 — a fingular appearance there now 



firfl explained, ib. 

 of rivers in the Atlantic ftates, the ground below them of Neptunian 



origin, Vol. IV. p 439, 444. 

 Fajcinaiing faculty of ferpents, attempted to be difproved. Vol. IV. p. 74— 



obfervations on the, p. 363, 370. See Rattk-fnale. 

 Fen'wick's Ifle. See Lewes. 

 Fermentation, why it excites heat, appendix Vol. I. p. 34. 



of wine, obfervations on it. Vol. 1. p. 1 74, &c. 



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