6J)»' ' INDEX.- ' 



FAGB. 



Tinji (colour), appears to some people the same as 

 sky -blue, - - - - 32 



Politeness, the offspring of woman, not of learning 

 aftd the- arts, 451 — not justly chargeable with insince- 

 rity and dishonesty, - - - 45S 



Poplar, Athenian, recommended for beauty and 

 quick growth, - . - - -165 



Priestiey's, Dr. analysis of atmospheric air, re- 

 marks on, - - - - - 123 



R 



Hain, mean annual quantity of, in several parts of 

 England, 348 — general mean for England and Wales, 

 349 — rmi and dew equal to the evaporation, and to 

 the supply of springs and rivers, 363 — mean quantity 

 of at Manchester, for 8 years, 668 — at Kendal for 14 

 years, . : . .- - - - 669 



Rfpidsion of the particles of elastic fluids inferred 

 from experiments to be directly as their temperature, 

 reckoned from the point of total privation of heat, - 601 



Ring^, antique, found near Castle-field, Manchester, 

 account of, - - - - 533 



Rivers of England and Wales, estimate of the quan- 

 tity of water thai: flows down them annually, - 353 



Rupp, Mr. on Dr. Priestley's analysis of atmos- 

 pheric air, 123 — on a new method of bleaching with 

 the oxygenated muriatic acid, . _ - 29S 



S 

 Smith's, Dr. theory of compound sounds de- 

 fended, - - - - . 653 et seq. 

 '■• Sdundhig bodies, how we judge of their directions, 622 

 Sounds (compound), theory of, - - 653 

 Spirits (ardent), on the distillation of, - - 243 



