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Bermudas, account of the whale fishery, i. 6, 46,. . A seaman 



— of the tide, water, and whale fishery at, i. 206, Norwood 



— the whales, tides, spiders, longevity, &c, i. 283, Stafford 



— of a berry equal to cochineal for dyeing, i. 284 

 Bernacle, [anas erythropus] description of, iii. 173, Robinson 

 Bernard, Chas., stones cut from the urethra, iv. 86* 

 Bernard, Rev. Edw., biographical account of, iii. 75, Note 



— longitudes, &c. of the chief fixed stars, iii. 31 



— opinion of ancients on the obliquity of the ecliptic, iii. 75 

 Bernard, Wm., explosion of air in a coal-pit, xiii. 432 

 Bernoulli, Nich. biographical notice of, vi. 98, Note 



— on a problem of the doctrine of chances, ibid 

 Bernoulli, James, biographical account of, ii. 546, . . Note 



— cause and motion of comets, ibid 



Bernoulli, John, biographical account of, iv. 129, • • • • Note 



— solution of his problem on curves, v. 90, Craig 



— apology against the accusations of, vi. 397, Taylor 



Belts, Rev. Joseph, computation of comets' motions, ix. 47 

 Bevan, Sylvanus, case of bones becoming flexible, viU. 682 

 Beurer, J. Ambrose, nature of amber, viii. 631 



— on osteocolla, ix. 126 



Bevis, John, m.d., biographical account of, viii. 117, Note 



— lunar eclipse, London, viii. 1 17, 147, ix. 567, 698, x. 95, 



xi. 632, xii. 1 13 



— transit of Aldebaran over the moon, 1736, London, 



viii. 147 



— solar eclipse, London, viii. 148, 169, ix. 567, x. 409, 



xii. 112 



— occultation of Mars by the moon, 1736, ibid 



Mercury by Venus, 1737, viii. 251 



— - a luminous appearance in the sky, 1735, viii. 404 



— conjunction of Venus with Mercury, 1737, viii. 470 



— occult, of Jupiter and his satellites by the moon, viii. 477 



— transit of Merc, London, Oct. 1736 and 1743, viii. 725 



— observations of the planet Mercury, ix. 41 



— occultation of Cor Leonis by the moon, ix. 336 



• Venus by the moon, 1751, x. 174 



— of Mr. Gascoigne's invention of the micrometer, x. 369 



— Venus eclipsed by the moon, x. 408 



— Mars eclipsed by the moon, ibid 



— account of" the comet seen May 1759, xi. 337 



— latitude of the observatory at Vienna, xii. 220 



— state of the thermometer Jan. 1740 and 1768, xii. 507 



— transit of Venus and solar eslipse, 1769, at Kew, xii. 631 

 Bewick, Benj., of the earthquake, Nov. 1755, at Cadiz, 



x. 662 

 Bezoar stone, how produced, ii. 356, Tavernier 



— of the rhinoceros bezoar, ix. 655, Sloane 



Bianchini, Francis, biographical account of, iii. 135, Note 



— astronomical observations at Rome, vi. 92 



— observations of the comet of 1723 at Albano, vii. 16 



— lunar eclipse, Rome, Oct. 1724, vii. 165 

 Albano, Oct. 1725, ibid 



— eclipses of Jupiter's satellites, ibid 



— observation of the lunar spot Plato, vii. 166 



— observations of Jupiter's satellites at Rome, vii. 335 



— account of the death of the Countess Zangari, ix. 138 

 Biddle, Owen, transit of Venus, 1769, in Pennsylvania, 



xii. 673 

 Bidens tripartita, mistaken for an aquatic animal, viii. 674 



Miles 

 Bidloo, Godfrey, biographical account of, iii. 260. . . . Note 

 Biggin, George, of Uie tanning principle aud gallic acid in 



various barks, xviii. 527 

 Bile, from different dead bodies, experiments on, vi. 557, 



561, 586, Deidier 



— use of, in the animal economy, vii. 407, 577, . . Stuart 



— see Gall- Bladder, 



Biliary ducts, on the obstruction of, viii. 228, .... Amyand 



Bills of mortality, see Mortality, Population. 



Billy, J. de, biographical notice of, i. 121 Note 



— method of finding the Julian year, ibid; demonstrated by 



Mr. John Collins, i. 207 

 Bils, Louis de, biographical notice of, i. 283, Note 



— on the use of the lymphatic vessels, ibid 



Binomial theorem, demonstration of, xvii. 573 . . Robertson 



Biornius, Paul, account of Iceland, ii. 187 



Biquadratic equations, see Equations. 



Birbeck, Christ., of a foetus voided by the navel, iv. 634 



Birch, (tree) quantity of liquor to be drawn from in spring, 



i. 304 

 Birch, Sampson, a strange uterine production, ii. 649 

 Birch, Thos., d. d., biographical account of, x. 446, Not* 



— Roman inscription at Durham, ix. 470 



— on the luminousness of electricity, x. 446 



— agitation of the waters at Peerless Pool, x. 650 



— remarks on the black assize at Oxford, xi. 264 



Birds, of the humming bird ; man of war bird, &c., i. 23 1 , 



Note 



— on the natural history of, ii. 252, "Willoughby 



— anatomical observations on the heads of, iii. 531, Moulen 



— on the migration of, v. 425, Derhani 



— of passage, remarks on, ix. 327* Catesby 



— method of stuffing, for specimens, ix. 506, ..Reaumur 



— bird bred between a turkey and pheasant, xi. 493, Edwards 



— method of preserving for specimens, xiii. 34, . . Davies 

 xiii. 50, Kuckahn 



— observations on the singing of, xiii. 442 j comparative 



table of their musical powers, 448, Barrington 



— on the structure of the eyes of, xvii. 557, Smith 



— see Albatross, Bernacle, Bunting, Bustard, Cuculus In- 



dicator, Cuckoo, Cassowary, Columba cristata, Cormo- 

 rant, Crane, Crow, Cuntur, [Condor] Eagle, Finch, Fla- 

 mingo, Fly-catcher, Goose, Grebe, Grosbeak, Grouse, 

 Gull, Hawk, Humming bird, Indian cock, Lark, Ma- 

 creuse, Ostrich, Otis, Owl, Paroquet, Partridge, Pelican, 

 Penguin, Pheasant, Pigeon, Pintado, Ptarmagan, Reed- 

 wreen, Sand-piper, Shrike, Snipe, Swallow, Swan, Tern, 

 Thrush, Titmouse, Vulture, Wagtail, Woodcock, Wood- 

 pecker. 

 Birth, a strange uterine production, ii. 648, Birch 



— proportion of males and females born, v. 606, Arbuthnot 



— cases of numerous births, xvi. 294, Garthshore 



— see Child, Monsters, Parturition, 



Bitch, experts, of injecting liquor into the thorax of, iv . 271, 



Musgrave 

 Bite, see Vipers, Rattlesnake, Dog, Mad Animals, Hydro- 

 phobia. 

 Bitumen, a sort found in Sicily, ii. 117 



— of a bituminous plain in Trinidad, xvi. 531, . . Anderson 

 Bivalve insects, description of some monoculi, xiii. 132, 



Muller 

 Black, see Dyeing. 

 Black assize, at Oxford, account of, xi. 263, .... Ward 



remarks on, xi. 264, Birch 



Black lead, on the nature of, iv. 272, Plott, and Note 



Black vomit, of South America, accountof, ix. 665, Watson 

 Black, Jos.,m. d. biographical account of, xiii. 6*10, Note 



— experiments on the freezing of boiled water, xiii. 6l0 

 Bladder, of a bullet voided with urine, i. 286, .... Fairfax 



— operation of cutting a bodkin from the, iv. 468, Proby 



— case of a triple bladder, iv. 545, Bussiere 



— unusual formation of the urinary parts, vii. 352, Bugden 



— a pin taken from a child's bladder, viii. 239, Gregory 



— an extraordinary stone cut from, after death, viii. 240, 



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