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INDEX. 



Simson, Robert, edits the ' Conies of 



Apollonius,' 141. 



edits the ' Elements of Euclid,' 144. 



investigations on Porisms, 145. 



domestic habits, 159. 



death, 162. 



summary of his labours, 163. 

 Smith, Adam, birth, 177. 



education, 178. 



elected professor of logic at Glas- 

 gow, 179. 



publishes his ' Theory of Moral Sen- 

 timents,' 185. 



resigns his professorship, 187. 



visits France and Switzerland, 188. 



returns to Kirkaldy, 189. 



publishes his ' Wealth of Nations,' 

 189. 



appointed commissioner of the cus- 

 toms, 191. 



death, 192. 



character and manners, 193. 



Theory of Moral Sentiments re- 

 reviewed, 197 



letter to Lord Hailes, 280. 



letter to David Hume, 283. 



letter on Rousseau, 283. 



letter on destroying his papers, 286. 



letter to John Home, 288. 

 Sodium discovered by Davy, 116. 

 Sovereign's expenses, 250. 



Property of, 251. 



Specific heat discovered by Black, 13. 

 State properties, 251. 

 Steam, power of, known to the an- 

 cients, 25. 



Steam engine, Watt's first patent, 42. 



Ditto extended, 43. 



various improvements on, 30. 

 Stewart, Sir James, his work, 263. 

 Stock, profits of, 215. 



and capital, 219. 

 Style of ' Wealth of Nations,' 26.']. 



Taxes, 252. 



principles of, 252. 



on wages, 257. 



on luxuries, 258. 

 Towns, rise of, 225. 

 Treaties, commercial, 238. 



celebrated, 238. 



W^ar how provided for, 261. 

 Water, composition of, discovered by 



Watt, 48. 



Watt, James, birth, 32. 

 early pursuits, 32. 

 experiments on Newcomen's en- 

 gine, 36. 



improvements on the steam en- 

 gine, 38 to 41. 



executes various public works, 42. 

 harassed by law-suit, 45. 

 various inventions of, 48. 

 discovers composition of water, 48. 

 death, 53. 



character and attainments, 54. 

 Wealth of Nations, dissertation on, 



205. 



analytical view of, 207. 

 Worcester, Marquis of, Century of 

 Inventions, 26. 



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