INDEX, 



Anthony, df tlic l.ilK lit" St. in, 

 A>itiutl> ill >lm\cd l)\ f.trlliiiuaki >, ii, J 

 .tnti/i, -Hoof, ii, 77 



.lnti,nnle.\ drh'neil, i, .1 1 i 

 .4iiliii>iitirf fomiil in l.incoliuUire, ii, 



JI7 i Yorkslun ,-',' 7 ; I Irrrulaiirmn, 

 . Pomp, ii, i48; Industri:* 



LeMcnhatt-ctrect, 



An lisa no, volcano of, i, (;>*) 

 Antirci, ilriiiiitinii of the, i, 314 

 Antrim, curiosities of, i, 271 

 Apes hills in Afric ;i described, ii, 4~'8 

 A]i]>allachian mountains described, ii, 



-431 



A}>i>rn>iiiirf, deHTiption of, ii, 418 ; lu- 

 minous appearance of the snow m, 

 iv, 501 



Aquatic plants, v, 23 

 Arabia, deserts of, ii, 483 ; heat in, iv, 



7S j rains seldom in, 156 

 Arabians, astronomy of, i, 19 i know- 

 ledge of chemistry by the, vi, 6 

 Ararat, situation of mount, ii, 424 

 Arches, luminous, iv, 421 ; iridiscent, 



ii>. 



Archimedes, account of, vi, 458, 46.5 

 A ichitectnre, on the science of, vi, 465 ; 



on naval, ib. 513 



Antic circle, climates \\illiin, iv, 111 

 Areca nut, account of, v, 60 

 jtrutan-hiis, account of, i, 16 

 Aristotle, physics of, i, 216} on mea- 

 suring the earth, 299 

 Ark of Noah described, vi, 513 

 Arrows, poisoned ones of the Indians, 



v, 267 



Arts, on the imitative, vi, 408 

 Arvo in Savoy, scenery of the, iii, 220 

 Arzilain Barbary, earthquake at,ii,41 

 Asbestos, account of the, ii, 391 

 Atcii, definition of the, i, 313 

 Athet, account of a shower of, iv, l6l 

 Ashli/, Northamptoushirc, storm at, iv, 



Alia, population of, i, 316 ; volcanoes, 



4"i, mines of precious stones, ii, 



; , mountains, 423 ; rivers, iii, 10 



Aiphallittf, description of the lake, iii, 



A*i>haltnm,s\H;nfif gravity of, iii, 151 j 



i \\ i-itnriiU on, ib. 254 

 Atpic of Cleopatra, ou the, y, 580 



.\ssn-fii I i-.l i |>l:i!it (Irsrribril, v, 



| ( ion of, V, 

 SO4 



Attrolwn/, origin of, i, 4 

 .\\ti-iniiiiiiii-i'l .-ymbols cxjil.iiiu'i 1 

 Astronomi/ of tin- untu-nts, i, I 

 dern i;uro|o, 19 j general n 

 on, 34; elements of, 144, g< 

 remarks on, 1H9 ; future proyi- 

 806 



Atheism, observations on, i, 215 

 Athens, sculpture and architecture of, 



vi, .>K> 



.1/A/t.v, description of mount, ii, 

 Atlantic ocean, observations on, . 

 Atlas mountains described, ii, 428 

 Atmosphere, observations on the solar, 

 i, 51; of the earth described, ib. 

 l.) ; general nature of, iv, 2 ; vari- 

 ation, 24; elasticity, 2. r ) ; ten- 

 ture, 31 ; currents in, 1'j? i fM ot " 

 the electric, 271 : shower of ston->. 

 from, 459 } refractions in, .-"> Hi 

 Atmospheric air, observations on. iv, 4 ; 

 water, ib. 14; carbonic acid, 19 

 unknown bodies, 21 ; electricity, 

 297 ; deceptions, />(>4 ; refraction, 

 singular instance of, 514 

 Attnnicul system of physics, i, 216 

 Atropn bcila donna, properties of, v, 



980 



Attraction, on the principle of, i, 221 ; 

 of electricity, vi, 18; nature of che- 

 mical, ib. 132 



Avalanches, accounts of, iv. 175 

 Avernns, description of the lake, iii,6l 

 Aurora borealis, as seen in Hudson'* 

 bay, iv, 117 ; general history of the, 



ib/393 



Australasia, on the name, i, 316 

 Aiitiiii, a remarkable wiud so called, 



iv, 234 

 Azores, volcanic phenomena in the, i, 



497 ; island thrown up there, ib. 502 

 Azotane, account of, vi, 207 

 Azotic gas, what, iv, 6 

 Bacon, Roger, character of, v i, 7 ; his 



discoveries, ib. 170 

 Baden, description of the baths of, iii, 



163 



Baia'e, scenery and antiquities of, ui,57 

 Baikal lake iii Siberia, iii, 231 



