536 INDEX. 



Bodies, insensible, perception in, 426. 

 contraction of, 23. 

 hard and soft, 453. 

 supernatation of, 417. 

 which are borne up by water, 409. 

 preservation of, 421. 

 long conservation of, 406. 

 preservation of, 66. 

 flying of, in the air. 4 17. 

 Body, exercise of the, 147. 

 painting of the, 390. 

 postures of the, 387. 

 Boiling, swelling and dilatation in, 463. 

 Bubhles, 12. 

 Burials in earth, 187. 



Burning glass, conspiracy to kill Queen Mary by, 79. 

 Beverage, infusions of, 9. 

 Caterpillars, experiment touching, 884. 

 Cements, 408. 

 Charcoal, effect of, 498. 

 Chambletting of paper, 392. 

 Clarification, 409. 

 Clarification of spirits, 151. 

 of beer, 152, 

 by motion, 153. 

 by adhesion, 153. 

 Cloves, &quot;action of, upon water, 49. 

 Coffee, 389. 



Cold different means of producing, 45. 

 by expiration, 45. 

 by contact, 46. 

 by tangible bodies, 46. 

 by density, 46. 



by a quick spirit enclosed in a cold body, 46. 

 by banishing heat. 

 by opium, 47. 

 by exhalation, 47. 

 by mortification, 416. 



Colours, comparison between sounds and, 113. 

 Communication of sounds, 96. 

 Composts, 275. 

 Concoction and crudity, 447. 



Condensing of air, experiment solitary touching, 17. 

 Contraction of bodies, experiment solitary touching, 23. 

 Coral, experiment touching the growth of, 412. 

 Creatures generation of, 485. 



comparative sizes of, 461. 

 Crystal, congealing of water into, 180. 

 Cure by custom, experiment solitary touching, 39 

 by excess, 40. 

 by motion of consent, 40. 

 Cures, experiment touching, 415. 

 Cuttle ink, experiment touching, 392. 

 Death, motion after, 197. 

 Dead-sea, 409. 

 Diapason in music, 68. 



