Index 



TO THE 



SECOND VOLUME, 



A. 



Page 



ABSORPTION, of moiftdre from the air, in humaa 



-^ bodies .... 4^0^ jQ- 



uilkali, vegetable, reitiarks on it, by Dr. Wall - 67 



■■ ' • ' probably formed by a combinatiori of 



fhe native acid with earthy and inflammable 



principles - - - - . . -^ 



» of nitre, derived from putrefadlioh - -r 



Alphabetical Charaders, not of human invention zqe 



— ' ■ becaufe perfeft in the oldeft book 



in the world - - - -'201; 



^' ■ becaufe all alphabets may be! 



traced to one - - - . 207 

 — — the Chinefe, Mexicans, &c. have 



none - - . . ^q^ 



Animal Suhjiancti, exhibit colours by the fame laws with 



vegetables - . - - 208 



Andsnts, their excellence in the arts of dyeing, painting, 



&c - - 151 



Apelles, ufed colours which dazzled by their brightnefs \cz 

 Jpfaratus, for afcertaining the quantity of rain falling in 

 different places - - . iz, 



M m 2 Ar/enic, 



