CONTENTS OF VOL. 111. V 



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British Isles . . 243 



America . . 247 



3. Particular Lakes: or such as are entitled to 



more minute Description . 353 



Lake Asphakites . ib. 



Ulswater Lake and Scenery . 258 



Loch Lomond and the adjoining Lakes 268 



Loch Ness . . 272 



Lough Neagh . 274 



SECT. xi. Inundations . . 283 



XXXIT. The Ocean and its Properties . 289 



SECT. i. Introductory Remarks . ib. 



ii Alternate Advances and Recessions of the Sea 291 



iii. formation of Coral Islands . 298 

 iv. Supposed Isthmus b tween Calais and Dover, &c. 301 

 v. Saltn^ss and other Chemical Properties of the Ocean 307 



Ti. On fhe THps . . . 3j7 



1. Newtonian System . . ib. 



2. rtyoothesis of St. Pierre concerning the Tides 329 

 vii. Currents, Gulph-Str^ams, and Tem^ '.Tature of the 



Stir . . . 352 



viii. On the Motion o? Waves, and the eftvct of Oil in 



quieting <h. j ia . . 359 



ix. On the force of the Rudder and the manner in 



which it ac's . . 354 



x. On the Velocity of a Vessel compared with that of 



the wind . . . 3G7 



xi. On Sweetening Sea-Water . 368 

 xii. On Embankments, Piers, Harbours, and gaining 



Land from the Sea . . 375 



xiii Table of Heights from the Level of the Sea 383 



XXXIII. Outline of Hydrostatics . . 385 



SECT. i. General Propositions . . ib.. 



ii. Motion and Resistance of Fluids . 387 



iii. On the Friction and Velocity of Currents 392 



iv. On Siphons and Jets of V* ater . 3L8 



f. On Capillary Tubes and Siphons . 407 



vi. On the Force of Moisture in Raising Burthens 410 



