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CONTENTS. 



4. Geography and Topography. 



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Figure of the Earth, J. Stirling 26 



Spherical Maps, John Colson 6l 



Figure of the Earth, Clairaut 118 



Measure of the Earth in Russia, De Lisle. . 124 



Measure of a Base for the same, ditto .... 134 



Cavern at Pyrmont, J. P. Seip 204 



Bell's Hist, of Hungary, Dr. Pearce 253 



Two Curious Caverns, Mat. Bell . .' 293 



Manners in Virginia, J. Clayton 328 



Eruption of Vesuvius, Aragona 36l 



The same, by an English Gentleman ...... 368 



Sinking of Ground, P. H. ZoUman 376 



New Terrestrial Globes, Mr. Harris 393 



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Aretina near Naples, Wm. Sloane 403 



Kilcorny Cave, C. Lucas 4.09 



Celsius's Figure of thfe Earth, Fames .... 413 

 Degree of Lat. near New York, Alexander 419 



Herculaneum at Portici, C. Paderni 435 



, Geo. Knapton . . . 437 



, Mr. Crispe 438 



Observ. in the Tyrol Alps, Ehrhart 4.J1 



Lake Malholm Tarn, J. Fuller 463 



Dead Sea Waters, Dr. Charles Parry 535 



Account of Bridgnorth, Stackhouse 581 



Of Hudson's Bay, Capt. Middleton 591 



Of Greenland, Dr. J. Green 722 



Mexican Filtering Stone, Dr. Vater 30 



High Tide in the Thames, Tho. Jones .... 59 



Hydrology. 



Diving Bell, Mart. Triewald 



98 



Class IV. Chemical Philosophy. 



1. 



Seignette's and other Salts, Geoflfroy 10 



Experiments on Quicksilver, Boerhaave. . 93j98 



Experiments on Ice, Abbe NoUet 223 



Oil of Sassafras Crystallized, J. Maud .... 243 



Chemistry. 



West-Ashton Waters, G. Haukewitz .... 522 



Cheltenham Waters. Senckenberg 523 



Dulwich Waters, J. Marty n ibi< 



Frobenius's Spir. Vini ./Eth. Mortimer .... 53i 



2. Meteorology. 



Earthquakes in New England, P. Dudley 22 



Halo observed at Rome, Revillas 32 



Zigzag Figure of Lightning, Ja. Logan ... 68 



Aurora Borealis, Andrew Celsius 69 



Of a Great Storm, Henry Forth 78 



Earthquake in Sussex, D. of Richmond ... ^6 



On the same. Dr. Edward Bayley ibid 



Earthquake in Northampton, J. Wasse. ... 98 



Parhelia and Aurora Borealis, T. Neve ... 134 



Two Parhelia, Weidler 136 



Three Mock-Suns, Martin Folkes 137 



Meteorological Diaries, J. Hadley l63 



Meteorological Observations, Poleni 196 



Sulphur gener. in the Air, B. Cooke 264 



An Anthelim, Weidler 358 



Whirlwind at Come Abbas, J. Dorby 35? 



Effects of Thunder on Trees, Sir J. Clark 360 



Explosions in the Air, A. Vievar 383 



On the same, Sam. Shepheard 384 



Earthquake at Naples, H. Temple 401 



Meteor in the Air, M. Crocker 403 



Luminous Appearance, Dr. Bevis 404 



Meteors at Philadelphia, Breintnall 409 



Aurora Borealis, James Short 412 



On Weidler's Parhelia 433 



Dry or Wet Summer, Anonymous 447 



Red Lights seen in the Air 457 



Several Meteors, Thomas Short 469 



Weather, &c. George Lynn 486 



Aurora Borealis at Rome, Revillas 502 



Earthquake at Scarborough, Johnson 514 



Aurora Borealis, Dr. Mortimer 525 



, J. Martyn ibid 



, Tim. Neave 526 



Hurricane in Huntingdonshire, Fuller .... 530 



Fire-ball Explosion, Lord Beauchamp .... 540 



, J. Fuller ibid 



, William Gostling .... 541 



, Charles Mason ibid 



, Benjamin Cooke 550 



Earthquakes in America, M. Plant 552 



On Parhelia, H. Miles 555 



On a Fire-ball, Capt. Wm. Gordon 559 



, Wm. Gostling 56O 



Earthquakes at I-eghorn 568 



Dew and Snow-flakes, Dr. L. Stocke .... 577 



Effects of Lightning, Lord Petrie 583 



A Meteor, Dr. Thomas Milner 583 



Meteor in Norfolk, Lord Lovell 604 



Meteorological Register, Revillas 606 



Meteorological Observations, G. Hadley . . 6l7 



