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Sprengell, Conrad J., m. d., bills of mortality of Dresden, 

 1617 to 1717, vii. 610 



, Augsburg, 1501 to 1720, ibid 



Spring, a remarkable periodical one at Paderborn, i. 45 



— another near Paderborn, with three streams of different 



qualities, i. 46 



— at Alsace, producing an oily liquor, i. 48 



— petrify, quality of a rivulet in Scotland, ii. 21 1, Mackenzy 



— origin of different sorts of springs, iii. 118, Plott 



— on boiling fountains, &c, iii. 136, 174, .... Robinson 



— eruption of a boiling spring, v. 680, Hopton 



— intermitting spring at Brixham, vii. 544, Atwell 



■ — analysis of the hot spring near Tiberiades, viii. 556, Perry 



— depositing a blue sediment, ix. 254, Durant 



— a precipitate like white marble from mineral springs in 



Tuscany, xiii. 10, Raspe 



— of an unfreezing spring at Hudson's bay, xiii. 27, Wales 



— medicinal virtues of some hot springs at St. Miguel's, 



xiv. 393, Masson 



— temperature of, in Jamaica, xvi. 377, Hunter 



— see Waters, Mineral and Medicinal. 



Springs, (mechanics), theory of the action of, ix. 18, Jurin 

 Sproule, G., eclipses of Jupiter's satel., at Gaspee, xiii. 526 

 Spry, Edw., m. d., case of" a morbid eye, x. 5b 1 



— case of a man who swallowed melted lead, x. 673 



— exper. on the effects of melted lead poured down the 



throat, x. 674 



— an improved portable barometer, xii. 201 



— cure of palsy, and locked jaw, by electricity, xii. 391 

 Square, see Quadrature. 



Squilla aquae dulcis, account of,vii. 660, Richardson 



Squinting, see Sight. 



Squire, Rev. S., speech recov. by means of a dream, ix. 465 



Squirrel,of the sciurus volans, Linn., vii. 588, Klein 



lemur volans, Linn., ibid, Same 



— the flying squirrel of America, viii. 104, Dale 



— two species of, from Hudson's Bay, xiii. 330, . . Forster 

 Stack, T., m. d., account of Huxham de Aere, cmc. viii. 265 



— of a woman of 68, who gave suck, viii. 327 

 Stackhouse, Hugh, account of the death-watch, vii. 49 

 Stackhouse, Rev.T., bills of mortality, and tumuli, of Bridg- 

 north, viii. 581 



Stafford, Rich., on the nat. hist, of the Bermudas, i. 283 

 Stag, longevity and medical virtues of, i. 281 ; denied, 281, 

 282, Notes 



— anatomy of the Canadian, iii. 392 



— account of a sort of, in Virginia, viii. 103, Dale 



Stalactites, remarkable specimen of, ix. 87, Huxham 



Stamp, an antique, and of Roman stamps, viii. 248, Mortimer 

 Stanhope, Earl, method of secur. buildings from fire, xiv. 447 



— on the roots of equations, xv. 86 



— remarks on effects of a thunder-storm in Scotland, xvi. 2l6 

 Stannyan, Capt, observs. of the solar spots, 1703, v. 166 

 Stars (fixed) translation of Ulug Beig's catalogue, i. 52 



— occultation of some, by the moon, ii. 663, .... Hevelius 



— method of observing their parallax, iii. 562, . . . .Wallis 



— of their distance, iii. 632, Roberts 



— on the change in their latitudes, vi. 329, Halley 



— remarks on Cassini's essay of the parallax of, vi. 443, Same 



— infinity of the sphere of, vi. 456, Same 



— number, order, and light of, vi. 457, Same 



— new apparent motion discovered in, vii. 308, . . . Bradley 



— occupations of several by the moon, vii. 440, . . Carbone 



— cause of the appearance and disappearance of, vii. 519, 



Maupertuis 



— apparent motion of the, ix. 417, Bradley 



— on the mutations of the, xi. 432, Barker 



— probable parallax and magnitude, xii. 423, .... Michell 



Stars (fixed) cause of their twinkling, xii. 438, .... Same 



— on their parallax, xv. 196, Herschel 



— changes in the position and magnitudes of some fixed 



stars, xv. 397, Herschel 



— on their distance and magnitude, xv. 465, Michell 



— relative positions and magnitude, xv. 51 6, . . Wollaston 



— on their nature and construction, xvii. 478, . . Herschel 



— method of observing their changes, xvii. 712, ... . Same 



— plan of a catalogue of their comparative brightness, xvii. 



725, j Same 



— rotation of, on their axes, xviii. 62, Same 



— correction of Flamsteed's catalogue, xviii. 177,. • . . Same 



— notes to his own catalogues, xviii. 179, 475, .... Same 



— diminution of their light when near a planet, xviii. 276, 



Same 



— see Nebuloe. 



Stars, a new one in the Swan's breast, i. 127, .... Hevelius 



Whale's neck, i. 142, 162, Bulliald 



Andromeda's girdle, ibid, . . Same 



another new one in the Swan, i. 528, 607,. . Hevelius 



— earlier discovery of the same at Dijon, i. 530, 608 



— of the appearance and disappearance of, i. 609 



— latitude and distance of the Pleiades, i. 673, . . Flamsteed 



— new ones in the Whale's neck, and the Swan, ii. 384, 



Hevelius 



— occultation of t in the Bull, vi. 92, Bianchini 



— new in the Swan's neck, vi. 153, . Kirch 



— hist, of new stars, and of that in the Swan's neck, vi. 196 



— in Gemini, occultation of by Jupiter, vi. 271 



— in Scorpio, transit of Mars over, ibid 



— occultation of Corleonis by the moon, ix. 336,. . . . Bevis 



— declination of some southern stars, ix. 664, Condamine 



— eclipse, by the moon, of /3 Capricorni, xi. 408, . . Short 

 of a Virginis, x. 618, .... Porter 



— occultation of Spica trjp by the moon, xii. 220, Liesganig 



Virginis, xii. 221, Same 



— £Tauri by the moon, xiii. 59, Ludlam 



» •• ■ » and y Tauri by the moon, xiii. 6"46,Lexel 



— of a periodical star in Collo Ceti, xiv. 689, ..Herschel 



— Coma Berenices, a nebula observed in, xv. 37, . . Pigot 



— discovery of some double stars, xv. 38, Pigott 



— a catalogue of double stars, xv. 213, Herschel 



— observations of the variation of light in Algol, xv. 456, 



Goodricke 



■ xv. 460, . . Englefield 



ibid, Palitch 



— a catalogue of double stars, xv. 642, Herschel 



— variation in the brightness of » Antinoi, xv. 649,. . Pigott 



,8 Lyrae, xv. 653, Goodricke 



-- <?Cephei, xvi. 56,. 



. . . Same 

 . . Pigott 

 Herschel 

 . . . Same 

 . . . Same 

 . . Pigott 



— observations on the changeable stars, xvi. 83, 



— periodical appearance of Ceti, xvii. 126, . . . 



— disappearance of the 55th Herculis, xvii. 127, 



— periodical appearance of «* Herculis, xviii. 6l, 



— varied brightness of two stars, xviii. 102, .... 



— see Arcturus, Sirius. 

 Star fish, taken at Massachuset's Bay, i. 422, 6l8, Winthrop 



— [isis asteria] description of, xi. 591, Ellis 



— see Echinites. 



Starr, John, m. d., of the morbus strangulatorius, x. 43 



— case of a horse bitten by a mad dog, x. 54 



Starry anniseed [illicium floridanum] description of, Xiii. 



85, Ellis 



Star stones, [astroites] description of, ii. 200, .... Lister 

 Statics, new statical experiments, viii. 139, • • Desaguliers 



— statical experiments on himself, viii. 683, Lining 



Stations, Roman, in Cheshire and Lancashire, x. 197, Percival 

 Statues, way to cast, ofextraordinary thinness, iii.347,Valvasor 



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