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Hepatitis, successful treatment of, xii. 289, Smith 



Herb, discovery of a new medicinal herb, iv. 654, Marchand 

 Herculaneum, discovery of the remains of, viii. 403, Sloane 



— of the statues and other antiquities found at, viii. 435, 



x. 328, 493, 549, 585, 689, xi. 79* 237, Paderni 



— particulars of things found at, viii. 437, Knapton 



■i viii. 438, Crispe 



— of some antique pictures found at, ix. 663, .... Hoare 



— principal pictures found at, ix. 620, Blondeau 



— description of the pictures, &c, x. l66, Freeman 



— description of, and what was found, x. 1 72 



— discoveries at, x. 447, Spence 



• x. 551, Gray 



x. 584, Anonymous 



— ancient books and mss. at, x. 586, Locke 



— remarks on a piece of music of Philodemus, found at, 



x. 685, J Watson 



— progress in unrolling the mss., and formation of an aca- 



demy for explaining the antiquities found at, x. 709, 



Condamine 



— some antiquities found at, xi. 85, Nixon 



Herissant, M., m. d., experts, on the Indian poison, x. 144 

 Hermaphrodite, history and description of, i. 223 ... Allen 



■ account of an extraordinary, iii. 356,. . Veay 



■ another, x. 170, .... Parsons 



— dissection of an hermaphrodite dog, xviii. 485, . . Home 



— observations on hermaphrodites, ibid Same 



Hernia, see Rupture. 



Herrn Groundt, see Copper. 



Herschel, Wm., lld., a periodical star in collo ceti, xiv. 689 



— observations of the mountains of the moon, xiv. 717 



— observations of the rotation of the planets, xv. 50 



— account of a comet [planet] 1781, xv. 154 



— a micrometer for the angles of position, xv. 155 



— on the parallax of the fixed stars, xv. 196 



— a catalogue of double stars, xv. 213 



— description and use of a lamp micrometer, xv. 229 



— on the magnifying powers of his great telescope, xv. 234 



— on the name of his new planet, xv. 324 



— diameter and magnitude of the new planet, xv. 325 



— motion of the solar system, and changes in the fixed 



stars, xv. 397 



— figure, appearance, &c. of Mars, xv. 531 



— of the construction of the heavens, xv. 6ll, 680, xvi. 586 



— a catalogue of double stars, xv. 642 



— observations of 1000 new nebulae, xvi. 158, 586 



— vision as affecting by the size of the optic pencil, xvi. 165 



— remarks on the comet of 1786, xvi. 170 



— discovery of three volcanos in the moon, xvi. 255 



— description of his planet and its satellites, xvi. 489 



— observations of the comet of 1788, xvi. 56*0 



— two new satellites of Saturn, with remarks on its ring, 



figure, &c. xvi. 6l3 



— rotation of Saturn, and tables of the satellites, xvi. 730 



— on the nature of nebulous stars, xvii. 18 



— on Saturn's ring, and 5th satellite, xvii. 117 



— account of a comet, Dec. 15, 1791, xvii. 126 



— periodical appearance of Ceti, ibid 



— disappearance of 55 Herculis, xvii. 127 



— rotation, atmosphere, &c. of Venus, xvii. 330 



— observation of a quintuple belt on Saturn, xvii. 346 



— appearances of the sun during an eclipse, 1793, xvii. 351 



— rotation of Saturn on its axis, xvii. 356 



— nature and construe, of the sun and fixed stars, xvii. 478 



— description of his 40-feet reflecting telescope, xvii. 593 



— observations of the comet of 1795, xvii. 698 



— method of observing the changes in fixed stars, xvii. 712 



— en the stability of the solar light, xvii. 723 



Herschel, Wm , ll.t>., of the period, star « Herculis,xviii.6l 



— rotatory motion of the fixed stars, xviii. 62 



— completion of Flamsteed's cat. of fixed stars, xviii. 177 



— notes to his catalogues of fixed stars, xviii. 1 7g, 475 



— changeable brightness, rotation, and diameters of Jupiter's 



satellites, xviii. 187 



— discovery of 4 new satellites to the Herschel planet, and 



of a retrograde motion of the old ones, xviii. 270 ' 



— on the power of penetrating into space by teles, xviii. 580 



— powers of the prism, colours to heat, and ilium, xviii. 675 



— method of viewing the sun advantageously with powerful 



telescopes, xviii. 683 



— refrangibility of the invisible solar rays, xviii. 688 



— on the similarity of the nature of light and heat xviii 



692, 748 

 Herschel, Caroline, discovery of a comet, 1786, xvi. 170 



1794, xvii. 335 



1795, xvii. 698 



Herschel (planet) account of the, xv. 324, Note 



— of its diameter and magnitude, xv. 325, Herschel 



— discovery of two of its satellites, xvi. 214, Same 



— descrip. of the planet and its satellites, xvi. 489,. . Same 



— retrograde motion of the satellites, and discovery of 4 



new ones, xviii. 270, Same 



Hesiod, and Homer, on the ages of, x. 441, ...... Costard 



Hessia, see Basaltes. 



Hessian Bellows, see Bellows. 



Hevelius, John, biographical notice of, i. 36, Note 



— improvement of optic glasses, ibid 



— prodromus cometicus, account of, i. 39 



— answer to queries: on amber, i. 126 j swallows, ibid 



— ona new star in the Swan's breast, i. 127 



— calculation of a solar eclipse, i. 137 



— figure of the Swan, and a new star in it, i. 137 



— magnetical variations at Dantzic, i. 514 



— a new star in the Swan, i. 528,607; observation of Saturn,529 



— eclipse of the moon, Sept. 1 670, i. 542 



— conjunc. of Venus with the moon, Oct. 1670, i. 543 



— some celestial phenomena, i. 658 



— observation at Dantzic of a comet, 1672, i. 696 ; 1677, 



ii. 39*, 1682, ii. 557 



— parhelia seen at Marienburg, ii. 130 



— on the use of telescopic sights, ii. 130 



— on Kepler's manuscripts, ii- 131 



— account of a new chronological work, ii. 134 



— new stars in the Whale and Swan, ii. 384 



— Jupiter occulted by the moon, 1679, ii. 481, iii. 331 



— 3 conjunc. of Saturn and Jupiter, 1682-3, ii. 662 

 — ■ occupations of fixed stars by the moon, ii. 663 



- observations of a comet, 1684, ii. 6S3 



— of his loss by fire, and Dr. Halley's visit, &c. iii. 2l6 



— on diagonal divisions, iii. 220 



— eclipse of the moon, 1685, iii- 245 



Hey, Wm., observ. of some luminous arches, xvi. 637 

 Hewson, Wm., biographical account of, xii. 556, .... Note 



— of the lymphatic system in birds, ibid 

 ■ in amphibia and fishes, xii. 633 



— experiments on the blood, xiii. 64 



— figure of the particles of blood, xiii. 455 



Hickes, George, d. n., biographical notice of, v. 243, Note 



— explanation of a Saxon antiquity, iv. 469 



— inscription on the statue of Tages, v. 243 

 Hiero-fountain in Hungary which generates ice and snow, 



description of, xi. 6*33, Wolfe 



Hieroglyphics, connection between the Egyptian and Chi- 

 nese character, xiii. 685 

 Higgins, Bryan, m. d., detonation and fire by the contact of 

 tin-foil, with salt of copper and nitrous acid, xiii. 404 



