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INDEX. 



SEM 



Scbeuchzer, J. J., lunar eclipse, 1707, at Zurich, v. 350 



— barometrical experiments in Switzerland, vi. l66 



— dissection of a person aged 109, vi. 652 



— account of earthquakes in Sicily, 1693-4, 1717, vii. 46. 



— petrified human skeletons, vii. 129 



— anatomy of the marmot, (mus alpinus), vii. 181 



— discovery of some rare crystals, vii 1 87 



— plan of a botanical history of Switzerland, vii. 512, 

 Scheuchzer, J. G-, to measure heights by the barom. vii. 264 



— on the height of several mountains, vii. 2S2 



— bills of mortality of several towns in Europe, vii. 345 

 Schihallien, observs. to find the attraction of this mountain, 



thence to reduce the earth's density, xiii.702, Maskelyne 



— survey of the same, for the same purpose, xiv. 408, Hutton 

 Schlichting, John Daniel, medico-chirurgical observs.viii.620 

 Schlosser, John Albert, action of quick-lime on volatile 



alkali, x. 612 



— description of a specimen of alcyonium, x. 671 



the chcetodon rostratus, xii. 110 



Schmeisser, John Godfrey, analysis of the Kilburn Wells 



water, xvii. 149 



— instrument for the spec. grav. of fluids, xvii. 3l6 



— physical and chemical characters of, xvii. 446, Schmeisser 

 Schotte, J. P. m. d., state of the weather at Senegal, xiv. 711 



— extraordinary case of sarcocele, xv. 345 



Schroeter, John Jerome, atmospheres of Venus and the 

 moon, xvii. 232 



— observs. of the solar eclipse, Sept. 1793, xvii. 422 



— mountains, rotation, atmosphere, &c. of Venus, xvii. 506 

 Schurman, Anna Maria, anecdote of, i. 146 

 Schwaediawer, m. d., an account of ambergris, xv. 389 

 Scilly, alteration in the number and extent of the isles of, 



x. 324, Borlase 



— on a current to the westward of, xvii. 325, .... Rennell 

 Scirrhous tumour, see Tumour. 



Sciurus volans, see Squirrel. 



Scolopendra marina, (aphrodita aculeata) iv. 133, 368, 



Molyneux 

 Scoria, similarity between the scoria of iron-works, and 



some productions of volcanos, xv. 182, More 



Scotland, remarks made in, ii. 210, 226, Mackenzy 



— observations in the western isles, iv. 212, Martin 



— curiosities, and literary information from, iv. 526, Sibbald 



— observations on the nat. hist, of, vi. 21, Lhvvyd 



— strata and volcanic appearances in the western isles, 



xvi. 639, Mills 



Scott, J., case of an imperfect sight, xiv. 394 

 Scott, Wm. m. d., asthma occasioned by ipecacuanha, xiv. 18 

 Screw, a new method of applying the, xv. 28, .... Hunter 

 Scurvy, extraor. effects of at Paris, l699» v. 454, . . Poupart 



— of securing the seamen from, on a voyage, xiv. 58, Cook 

 »— observations on, and its treatment, xiv. 401, . . Mertans 



Scurvy-grass, of Greenland, remarks on, viii. 391 , Nicholson 

 Sea, inquiries concerning the, i. 1 18, Boyle 



— observ. on the blowing of the wind at, i. l68, Colepresse 



— effect of the sea air on iron, meats, &c. i. 173 



— difference in the water of, at different latitudes, i. 174 



— cause of the saltness of, vi. 169 



— machine for measuring the depth of, vii. 275, Desaguliers 



— unusual agitation of, 1756, xi. 1 , Prince 



— agitation of, at Antigua, Nov. 1755, xi. 9, Affleck 



at Barbadoes, March, 1761, xi. 6 1 4, Mason 



at Mount's Bay, Cornw.,xi. 60 1,621, Borlase 



— cause of its luminousness, xii. 680, Canton 



— temperature at great depths on the coasts of Lapland and 



Norway, xiii. 9, Douglas 



— of white spots observed in, at night, xiii. 289, Newland 



Sea, see Navigation, Tides, Currents. 



Sea-water, inquiries concerning the qualities of, i. 119, Boyle 



— method of making sea-water sweet, i. 549, • • • • Hauton 



— an improved method, ibid, and xi. 245, Notes 



— on the temperature and saltness of, x. 195, Ellis 



— Mr. Appleby's process of sweetening, x. 327, . . Watson 



— methods of distilling, x. 635, Hales 



— distillation of, w r ith wood-ashes, xi. 243, .... Chapman 



— bad effects from the medicin. use of, xii. 177, Lavington 



— specific gravity of, xiv. 35, Nairne 



— see Salt (Chemistry.) 



Sea animals, anatomy of the sea-fox, ii. 290 

 sea-calf, iii. 391 



— account of the sea-calf, viii. 658, Parsons 



— description of the eye-sucker, ix. 15, Baker 



— of the sea-millepes [terebella] xi. 326, Peyssonel 



— of the ascidia pedunculata, xi. 635, Russell 



— description of the sea-pen, xii. 41, ., Ellis 



— of the sea-pen of South Carolina, xii. 44, Same 



— on the teeth of the sea-wolf [anarrichas lupus], xv. 



541 , Andre 



— description of a new sea-animal, xvi. 1, Home ; anato- 



mical account of the same, 4, Hunter 



— anatomical description of the sea-otter, xviii. 34, 



Home and Menzies 



Sea-charts, division of meridians in, iii. 224, Wallis 



Sea-plant, see Plants. 



Sea (instru. used at), to find the depth without aline, i. 154 



— to ascertain the force of the wind at, i. 157 



— to measure the gravities of salt water, ibid 



— to fetch up water at any depth, ibid 



— see Navigation, Sea-water. 



Sealing-wax, light produced by attrition of, v. 452,Hauksbee 

 Seamen, inquiries to be made by them, i. 50, .... Rooke 



i. 53, 153, Hook 



Seba, Albertus, biographical account of, vii. 340, . . Note 



— culture of cinnamon at Ceylon, ibid 



— anatomical preparation of vegetables, vii. 436 



— of the curiosities in his museum, vii. 667 



Secants, on the collection of,andon sea- charts, iii. 224, Wallis 



— demonstration of the sum of iv. 68, Halley 



— remarks on Dr. Halley's demonstration, x. 89 



Secretion, on the nature of animal, v. 492, Keill 



Seddon, Rev. John, appearance accompanying an earth- 

 quake, x. 114 



Seeds, of plants, micros, observ. on, vi. 527, Leuwenhoek 



— of the musk scabious, angelica, grains of paradise, 



maple-tree, observations on, ix. 80, Parsons 



— micros, observ. on some minute, x. 8, Miles 



ibid, Baker 



— experts, on the preserving of, xi. 373 ; method of pro- 



ving acorns, xii. 514, Ellis 



— see Plants, Vegetables. 



Seeds (particular) microscop. observs. on orange-seeds, v. 

 6l, Leuwenhoek 



— observations on the seeds of polypodium, v. 197, Same 



— description of the seed of fern, viii. 505, Miles 



— vegeta. of melon seeds after 42 years, viii. 577, Triewald 

 33 years, ix. 100, .... Gale 



— of mushrooms, observs. on, viii. 718, Pickering 



— on the seeding of moss, ix. 200, Hill 



Seehl, Ephraim Rinhold, to procure sulphuric acid, ix. I 

 Segner, J. A., m. d., machine to show solar eclipses, viii. 5 10 

 Seip, J. P., m.d., of a sulphur, cavern at Pyrmont, viii. 204 

 Sellers, Mr., magnetical experiments, i. 1 66 j discoverer of 



the artificial magnet, i. 167 

 Semen, triple nature of, i. 242, Van Horn 



