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Earthquakes, (particular) in Somerset., 1747, ix. 533 Forster 



— of several in 1747, 1749, 17^0, communicated by a va- 



riety of persons from different parts of England, x. 108 



— at York, 1754, x. 469, Baker 



— at Constantinople, 1754, x 548, Mackenzie 



— in the lead mines, Derby. Nov., 1, 1755, x. 656, Bullock 



— at Lisbon, ibid, . . Wolfall 



1 x. 659, Saccheti 



— Zsu-queira, — — — ibid, . . Lathan 



— Colares, 



— Oporto, ■ 



— Madrid, 



— Cadiz, - 



x. 660, Stoqueler 



x. 661, 



x. 662, 



-. ibid, . . Bewick 



ibid, . . D'Ulloa 



— various parts of Barbary, x. 66'3, Lord Royston 



Madeira, x. 664, Heberden 



» . — — — x. 665, Chambers 



— Switzerland, Nov., 1, andDec, 9, 1755, ibid, Vautravers 



— Geneva, Dec. 9, 1755, x. 666, Trembley 



— Boston, America, Nov., 18, 1755, ibid Hyde 



— New York, x. 667, Colden 



— Pennsylvania, ibid, Collinson 



— Glasgow, Dec. 1755, x. 6*87, Whytt 



— Geneva, Nov. 1755 ibid, . Bonnet 



— in Flanders, Dec. 1755, x. 687, Allemand 



— the Hague, Feb. 1756, x. 696, Grovestins 



— Holland, ibid Allemand 



— Brussels, Dec, 1755, and Feb., 1756, ibid Pringle 



— in England, Feb., 1756, x. 703, Warren 



— Turin, 1755, 1756, x. 707, Donati 



— Brigue, several in continuance, ibid. 



— Maestricht, 1756, xi. 8 Vernede 



— Cologn, Leige, &c. 1 756, xi. 56, Trembley 



— New England, 1755, xi. 6l, Winthrop 



— Sumatra, 1756, xi. 192, Perry 



— in Cornwall, 1757, xi. 196, Borlase 



— in Surry, 1758, xi. 235, Burrow 



— several in Syria, xi. 437, Russell 



— Lisbon, l?6l, xi. 541, 



ibid Molloy 



— Madeira, 1761, xi. 543, Heberden 



— in Siberia, 1761, xii. 3, Weymarn 



— in the East Indies, 1762, xii. 12, 13, Gulston 



xii. 12, Hirst 



xii. 13, 



— at Lisbon, 1764, xii. 189 



— Macao, 1767, xii. 607, De Visme 



— Manchester, 1777, xiv. 330, Henry 



— of several felt in Wales, xv. 85, Pennant 



— near Denbigh, 1781, xv. 115, Lloyd 



— in Wales, 1782, xv. 353, Same 



— in Italy, 1783, xv. 373, Hamilton 



— Calabria, 1783, xv. 383, Ippolito 



— the North of England, 1786, xvi. 176, More 



— Lincolnshire, 1792, xvii. 220, Tumor 



— England, 1795, xviii. 31, Gray 



— see Waters {Agitation of.) 



Easter, explanation of the rubrics for the seat of, iv. 273, 



Wallis 



— rules for finding, v. 202, Thornton 



— explanation of the rule for finding, v. 250, Jackman 



— method of finding, x. 37, Earl of Macclesfield 



East Indies, answers to queries respecting pearl divers ; oil 



of cinnamon ; lignum aloes j cobra capella, &c. i. 307, 



Vernati 



— account of Malabar, Coromandel, Ceylon, &c. i. 688, 



Baldaeus 



Ebn, Younes, translation of a passage in, xiv. 133, Costard 

 Echoes, on the doctrine of, v. 394, Derham 



— account of extraordinary, ix. 253, Southwell 



Echinites, a curious specimen of, ix. 326, Baker 



— two beautiful specimens, ix. 665, Da Costa 



— remarks on a petrified echinus, x. 594, Parsons 



— of an echinus from the isle of Bourbon, x. 628, Brander 

 Eclipses, of the eclipse foretold by Thales, x. 310, Costard 



— an eclipse mentioned by Xenophon, x. 356, .... Same 



— eclipse foretold by Thales, x. 380, Stukely 



— see Sun, Moon, Jupiter's Satellites, &c. 



Ecliptic, obliquity of, iii. 75; Bernard, 78 Note 



— obliquity unaltered, iii. 407, Wurtzelbaur 



— diminution of the obliquity of, xiii. 387» .... Hornsby 

 Eden river, remarkable deer, of its water, xi. 679, Milbourne 

 Edens, J., journey to the peak cf Teneriffe, vi. 177 

 Edgeworth, Rich., Lovell, expts. on the resist, of air, xv. 362 



— observation of a meteor, August, 1783, xv. 481 

 Edinburg, heat of, compared with that of London, xiii. 685, 



Roebuck 

 Edwards, George, biographical account of, x. 450, . . Note 



— of the pheasant of Pennsylvania, [tetrao umbellus] ibid 



— of the otis minor [otis tetrax] x. 452 



— of the lacerta gangetica, x. 712 



— new species of snipe [tringa lobata] xi. 130 



— of a solar iris seen after sun-set, xi. 137 



— of the frog-fish of Surinam [rana paradoxa] xi. 474 



— of a bird supposed between a turkey andapheasant,xi. 493 



— an observation in optics, xii. 4 



— description of a Chinese pheasant, xii. 202 



the vultur serpentarius, xiii. 93 



Eels, micros, ob&ervs. of the scales of, iii. 125, Leuwenhoek 



— on the generation of, iv. 94, Same 



iv. 199, Allen 



. i v . 244, Dale 



on the circulation of blood in, v. 530, .... Leuwenhoek 



on the mouths of eels in vinegar, viii. 674, Miles 



— of paste, viviparous, ix. 202, Sherwood 



— on their perpendicular ascent from water, ix. 3 11, Arderon 

 Eeles, Henry, on the cause of thunder, x. 287 



— on the ascent of vapour, x. 587 ; cause of winds, 589 > 

 phenomena of the weather, 591 



Effervescence, produced by mixing two cold liquors, iii. 

 664, Slare 



— nature and cause of, ix. 680, Le Cat 



— see Fermentation. 

 Effluvia, noxiousness of putrid marshes, xiii. 502,. . Priestley 



— effects of, on the air, xiv. 322, White 



— see Electricity, Gas. 

 Eft, water eft slipping off its skin, ix. 349, Baker 



— see Lacerta aquatica. 

 Egg, method of keeping birds taken from the, i. 66, . . Boyle 



— observ. of eggs in females of all sorts, i. 697, Kerkrin^ius 



— of an egg as large as a duck's, in testiculo mulieris, i. 702 



— progress of the formation of the chick in, ii. 13, 232, 



Malpighi 



— ■ an egg in the fallopian tube on dissection, iii. 605, Bussiere 



— an egg within an egg, iv. 183, Vallemont 



— in females, non-existence of proved by Buffon, ix. 607 



Needham 



— progress of the ova to the fallopian tubes and uterus 

 xviii. 129, Cruikshanks 



E gyP r > observations in upper Egypt, i. 591, Brothai 



— description of, i. 595, Vanslebio 



— early proficiency in medicine, ii. 208 

 Ehm, — , m.d. of St. George's bath near Landeck, v. 333 

 Ehrhart, Balthasar, m. d., biograph. notice of, viii. 451, Note 



