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Cavendish, Hon. Henry, experiments by Mr. M'Nab on 

 freezing mixtures at Hudson's Bay, xvi. 96, 425 



— - conversion of airs into nitrous acid by the electric spark, 

 xvi. 451 



— height of the luminous arch seen Feb. 1784, xvi. 645 



— on the civil year of the Hindoos, xvii. 249 



— solution of a problem in nautical astronomy, xviii. 96 



— experiments on the earth's density, xviii. 388 

 Caverhill, John, extent of the discoveries of the ancients 



in India, xii. 408 

 Cavern, with sulphureous vapour at Pyrmont, viii. 204, Seip 



— of an icy, and a noxious, in Hungary, viii. 293,. . Belius 



— Dr. Townson's on the above icy cavern, viii. 294, . . Note 



— at Killarny in Ireland, description of, viii. 400, . . Lucas 



— a remarkable one in Weredale, ix. 254, Durant 



— in chalk-cliffs near Norwich, ix. 490, Arderon 



— description of Dunmore cavern, Kilkenny, xiii. 368, 



Walker 



— some remarkable caves at Bareuth, xvii. 440, Margrave 



of Anspach 



Cauk-stone, description of, ii. 1 83, Lister 



Caul, see Omentum. 



Cay, , m. d., vitriolic waters at Eglingham, iv. 317 



— medicinal virtues of ostracites, iv. 355 



Cay, Robert, method of bending planks by sandheat, vi. 577 

 Caylus (M) his revival of an ancient method of painting, 



xi. 4, Mazeas 



Cazaud, Mr., cultivation of the sugar-cane, xiv. 521 



— of sugar-cane mills, xiv. 683 

 Ceilan, see (Ceylon). 



Celio, Michael Ruben de, a mass of native iron found in 



South America, xvi. 369 

 Celsius, Andrew, a barometrical experiment, vii. 88 



— observations on the aurora borealis, viii. 69 



— solar eclipse at Rome, viii. 82 ; at Upsal, viii. 306 



— explanation of some Swedish Runic characters, viii. 114 



— lunar eclipse, 1736, London, viii. 116 



Celtics, origin of .the ancient, iv. 414, Charmoye 



Centaurea orientalis, character of the, ix. 31, Haller 



Centrifugal force, effect of, on pendulums, viii. 627, Poleni 



Centrifugal bellows, see Bellows. 



Centripetal force, laws of, v. 435, Keill 



— on the inverse problem of, vi. 93, Same 



— on centripetal forces, xvi. 384, Waring 



Cepphus [Larus crepidatus] description of, xi. 541, Lysons 



Cerebellum, schirrhosity of the, ix. 49, Haller 



Cereus, Peruvianus, [Cactus] description of, vii. 441, Trew 

 Cerf, M. le, proportion of moveables acting by levers, and 



wheel and pinion, xiv. 454 

 Cerusse, method of making, ii. 421, Vernati j disorders 



incident to the workmen employed, ibid 

 Cestone, D'lacinto, on the generation of fleas, iv. 348 

 Ceylon, productions of, fishery, &c. i. 689, 692, Baldasus 



— some particulars of the natural history, &c. of, iv. 650, 



711, Strachan 



— culture of tobacco at, iv. 666, Same 



— see Elephants. 



Chcetodon, a specimen of, from the South Sea, xiii. 137, 



Tyson 



— description of the ecan bonna, xvii. 284, Bell 



— of the teeth of the chcetodon nigricans, xv. 541, Andre 

 Chais, Mr., method of inoculation on the coast of Barbary, 



xii. 527 

 Chales, C. F. Millet de, biographical notice of, ii. 184 Note 

 Chalk, discovery of a chalk-pit in Rutland, xvii. 75, Barker 

 Chalk-stones, of the gout, observ. on, iii. 122, Leuwenhoek 

 Chalmers, Mr., a fire-ball bursting at sea, x. 19 



Chamberlayne, John, thunder and lightning in Devonshire, 



— of the plague at Copenhagen, 1710, vi 75 



— sunken island in the Humber recovered, vi 403 

 Chambers, Charles, earthquake of i 7 55 at Madeira, x. 665 

 Chamois, anatomy of the, iii. 391 ' 

 Chamaeleon, anatomical description of, i. 36Q • r*u*.. n f 



change of colour, 370,. ... y ' 3US ^ f 



— of a particular species of, xii. 553, Parsons 



Chance, a problem in the doctrine of, xii. 41, 160' Baves 

 Chaos and Creation of the world, opinion of, iii. 403 n av 

 Chapman, Captain William, distillation of sea-water bv 



wood-ashes, xi. 243 J 



— fossil bones of an alligator, at Whitby, xi. 259 

 Chappe, M., transit of Venus, 1761, xi. 571 



~ 7~T" 1769, at California, xiii. 92 



Characters, copied from the ruins of Persepolis, iii. 543 



— some unknown ancient, iii. 574, Flower Aston 



— connection of the Egyptian and Chinese, xii.685, Morton 



— see Antiquities. 



Charas, Moses, biographical account of, i. 395 No te 



— on the poison of vipers, i. 411 



Charlett, Arthur, d. d., of a colliery that took fire and blew 



up, v. 450 

 Charleton, Walter, m. d„ biog. account of, iii. 168 Note 

 Charcoal, of use in cleansing putrid water, x. 644, '.* Note 



— electrical properties of, xiii. 370, Kinnersley 



— Russian method of recovering persons affected by the 



fumes of, xiv. 522, Guthrie 



Charr fish, description of, x. 609 Farrington 



Charts,divi»Jon of the meridians in sea-charts, iii. 224, Wallis 



— on the construction of, xi. 218, Mountaine 



— See Mercator's Chart. 



Chaulnes, Duke de, phosphoric acid from urine, xv. 41 1 



Chazelles, M., solar eclipse, 1706, v. 297, Marseilles 



Cheek, caries and separation of the bone, vii. 21 6, Hardisway 



Cheltenham water, analysis of, viii. 523, Senckenberi 



Chermes, lacca, Nat.Hist. anddescrip. of, xviii.6'2,Roxburgh 



— see Gum Lac. & 

 Cherries, to prevent their withering against too hot a wall, 



i- !60, Merret 



Cherubin (Father) biographical notice of, i. 666 Note. 



— on the theory of telescopes, ibid 



Cheselden, William, biographical account of, v. 671, Note 



— large human bones found near St. Albans, ibid 



— anatomical observations, vi. 76 



— observ. on the recovery of sight after 13 years, vii. 235 



— instruments for operating on the eye, vii. 237 



— lateral operation for the stone, ix. 192 



— effects of lixivium sapon. for the stone, ix. 193 

 Chesnut-trees, not indigenous in Britain, xii. 594, xiii. 



!*"-» Barrington 



— arguments in support of the opinion, that they are in- 



digenous in Britain, xiii. 110, Ducarel ; 116, Hasted 

 Chester, on the salubrity of, xiii. 496, Haygarth 



— population and diseases of, 1774, xiv. 311, Same 



Cheston, Richard Browne, ossification of the thoracic duct, 



xiv. 684, 739 

 Chevalier, John, astronom. observ. Lisbon, 1753, x. 46l 



— eclipses of Jupiter's satellites, Lisbon, x. 567, xi. 158 



— lunar eclipses, Lisbon, xi. 158, 284 



Cheyne, George, u. d., biog. account of, v. 24,. . . . Note 

 Chickens, manner of hatching at Cairo, ii. 413, . . Graves 

 Child, crying in the womb, and remarks on, v. 538, Derham 



— born with the bowels hanging out, vii. 539, . . Amyand 



— extraordinary substance found in the body, x. 565, Guy 



— see Monsters, Ficius, Uterus, &c. 



