INDEX. 



Absentee tax, 259. 

 Agricultural system, 225. 



system explained, 246. 



peculiarities of, 223. 



discouragements to, 225. 



labour, 274. 



America causes of prosperity, 241. 

 Amsterdam, Bank of, 230. 

 Analysis of the Greek Geometers de- 

 fined, 124. 

 Apprenticeships, 216. 



Balance of trade, 229. 



difficulty of ascertaining accu- 

 rately, 229. 

 Banks of deposit, 230. 

 Banks, Sir Joseph, birth, 336. 



early pursuits, 337. 



joins in a voyage to the South Seas, 



arrival at Qtaheite, 346. 



returns to England, 353. 



expedition to Iceland, 356. 



elected president of the Royal 

 Society, 357. 



dissensions in the Society, 359. 



created a baronet, 367. 



generous labours in the cause of 

 science, 369. 



chosen a member of the Insti- 

 tute, 370. 



death, 372. 



letter toGeneral Rose, 375. 



letter toMr. Parkinson, 376. 



letter to Lord Grenville, 379. 



letter to M. Charettie, 380. 

 Barley, adaptation to soils, 235. 

 Bentham on usury, 223. 

 Black, Dr., birth and education, 2. 



discovery of fixed air, 6. 

 latent heat, 12. 

 specific heat, 13. 



considered as a teacher, 19. 



death, 24. 



letter to Adam Smith, 471. 



Boulton, partner of Watt, 42. 

 Bounties, nature of, 232. 



real and apparent, 232. 



on com, 233. 



to agriculture, 237. 

 Burke, bounty act and remarks, 238. 

 Butler, Bishop, characterized, 101. 



Capital, 220, 272. 



at interest, 222. 



employed in four ways only, 223. 



defined, 277. 

 Carrying trade, 236. 

 Cavendish, Henry, birth, 91. 



early experiments, 92. 



experiments on the composition of 

 water, 58, 94, 97. 



discovers the composition of nitrous 

 acid, 99. 



experiments on force of attrac- 

 tion, 101. 



various researches, 102. 



personal history and habits, 104. 



death, 106. 

 Charettie, M., letter to Sir J. Banks, 



381. 



Coinage discussed, 239. 

 Colleges, restrictive aspect of, 216. 

 Colonial policy, author's work on, 245. 



trade, benefits of, 244. 

 Colonies, history of, 239. 



ancient, 240. 



modern, 240. 



causes of prosperity, 241. 



benefits of, to Europe, 241. 



evil of monopoly trade, 242. 

 Combustion, Lavoisier's theory of, 



309. 



Commercial treaties, 238. 

 Cook, Captain, sketch of, 343. 



letters to Sir J. Banks, 374, 468, 



469, 470. 

 Corn laws, 211. 



interest of capitalist and working 

 classes in, 211. 



