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INDEX. 



Corn laws and trade with Poland, 236. 

 Corporations, restrictive aspect of, 



216. 



Currency in America, 232. 

 Cuvier's ' Eloge de M. Cavendish,' 



D'Alembert, J., birth, 389. 



kind disposition, 391. 



publishes his ' Trait6 de Dyna- 

 mique,' 395. 



review of this work, 398. 



publishes his 'Resistance des 

 Fluides,' 399. 



review of this work, 399. 



various mathematical labours, 401. 



papers on the integral calculus, 419. 



contributions to the ' Encvclope- 

 die,' 421. 



author of the 'preliminary dis- 

 course ' to do., 421. 



review of this work, 422. 



miscellaneous works of, 425. 



attachment to Mdlle. de 1'Espi- 

 nasse, 432. 



character and domestic habits, 438. 



review of his miscellaneous wri- 

 tings, 442. 



merits as a mathematician, 449. 



estimation as a man of letters, 452. 



death, 457. 



opinions on religion, 462. 



principle of D'Alembert, note on, 



465. 

 Davy, Sir Humphry, birth, 107. 



early pursuits, 109. 



appointed professor of chemistry 

 in the Royal Institution, 109. 



discovers true nature of galvanic 

 action, 111. 



various experiments in electro-che- 

 mistry, 112. 



discovers the metallic bases of the 

 alkalis, 118. 



discovers composition of muriatic 

 acid, 118. 



invents the safety lamp, 118. 



created a baronet, 120. 



chosen president of the Royal 

 Society, 121. 



death and character, 122. 

 Debts, national, 261. 

 Defence, national, 247. 

 De Gournay, the political economist, 



Division of Labour, 208. 



Drawbacks, objections to, 232. 



Economical science in England, 170 



in Italy, 170. 



in France, 171. 

 Economists, the, on capital, 220. 



reviewed, 264. 

 Education, national, 249. 

 Electro-chemistry, rise of, 114. 

 Exceptions in favour of restrictions, 



228. 



Exchanges, by what regulated, 212. 

 Expedition to the South Seas, 345. 



results of, 354. 

 Expenses, national, 247, 250. 



Fisheries, bounties to, 233. 

 Fixed air discovered by Black, 6. 

 French Academy Memoirs of, irregu- 

 larity in publication, 295. 

 French Economists, the, 175. 

 French Society, character of, 437. 

 Friday Club, the, 56. 



Galvanism, Davy's discoveries in, 112. 



Gold and silver mere merchandise, 225. 



export of, prohibited by mercantile 



system, on the belief that the 



precious metals only constitute 



wealth, 225. 



Greek colonies, 240. 



Home, John, letter to Adam Smith. 



289. 



Homer, F., on rent, 237. 

 House tax, 254. 

 Hume, David, on the payment of the 



clergy, 250. 

 Hutcheson, Dr., characterized, 166. 



Income tax, 254. 

 Institutions, national, 248. 

 Interest, definition of, 222. 

 Ireland, representation of, 262. 



Labour, 



source of all enjoyment and of pos- 

 session, 207. 



measure of value, 209. 



restrictions on, 216. 



progress of, 224. 



productive and unproductive, 264. 

 Land tax, 253. 



in France, 253. 

 Landed interest very important, 234. 



burdens on, 235. 



