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INDEX. 



WE A 



Water (nat. and exper. philosophy) to cool below the freez- 

 ing point, xvi. 409, Blagden 



— experiments on the composition of, xvi. 419, 473, 5 IS, 



Priestley 



— theory of floating bodies, xvii. 682, xviii. 315,.. Atwood 

 -r- see Hydraulics, Fluids. 



Waters, (mineral and medicinal) remarkable spring at Pader- 

 born, i. 47 



— three springs at Basil, ibid 



— rich salt springs in Germany, i. 48 



— nature and efficacy of the Bath waters, i. 36*1, . . Glanvil 



— at Farrington, Dorsetshire, i. 420, Highmore 



— method of analyzing, ii. 577, Note 



— enquiries to ascertain the nature of, iii. 99> Petty 



— on an experimental history of, iii. 183 



— of a hot spring in Jamaica, iv. 79, Beeston 



— a medicated spring in Glamorganshire, iv. 211, . . Aubry 



— vitriolic water at Eglingham, iv. 317, Cay 



— at St. Amand near Tournay, iv. 337, Geoffroy 



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



— at Canterbury, analysis and virtues of, v. 375, Moulins 



— examen of chalybeate waters, vi. 6l, Slare 



— at Westashton well, analysis of, viii. 522, Hanckewitz, 



— a purging spring at Dulwich, viii. 523, Marfyn 



— of the Fontaine deSalut, atBagneres, ix. 12, Montesquieu 



— strength of several purging waters, x. 48, Hales 



— of the Wicklow copper-springs, experts, on, x. 366, Bond 

 ■i- enq. into the air in spa- water, xii . 235, xiii. 541, Brownrigg 



— salt purging waters of Pitkeathly, xiii. 272, Same 



— analysis of the water of the Mere Diss, xviii. 423,Hatchett 

 — see Springs ; also, Amlwch, Bath, Bristol, Carlsbad, 



Castel-leod, Hammam-pharoan, Hartsell, Holt, Jessops 

 well, Kilburn, Matlock, Pyrmont, Scarborough. 

 Water (medicine) of cold water in fevers, vii. 353, Cyrillus 



— of a man who lived 1 8 years on, viii. 6l6, . . . . Campbell 



— effects of hot and cold, salt and fresh, on the powers of 



the body, xvii. 193, Currie 



Water (nat. hist.) eruption of a boiling spring, v. 680, 



Hopton 



— luminousness of, in the Indian seas, vi. 53, . . Bourzes 



— see Springs. 

 Water-spout, see Spout. 

 Water-clock, see Clepsydra. 



Wathen, Jon., operation for remedying an obstruction of 



the eustachian tube, x. 609 

 Watkins, Thomas, method of computing interest, vi. 97 

 Watson, H., of the lymphatics of the urethra, &c. xii. 667 



— of the stomach of the gillaroo trout, xiii. 510 

 Watson, Richard, d. d., [Bp. of Llandaff ] of the solution 



of salts, xiii. 59 



— effects of the cold in Feb. 1771, xiii. 130 



— effect of painting the bulb of a thermometer, xiii. 370 



— chemical experiments on lead ore, xiv. 447 



— on the sulphur wells at Harrowgate, xvi. 83 



Watson, Wm., m.d., biograph. account of, ix. 38,.. Note 



— case of part of the lungs coughed up, viii. 468 



— hydatids voided per vaginam, viii. 494 



— observ. on Sutton's ventilators, and on windsails, viii. 560 



— on the seeds of mushrooms, viii. 721, ix. 41 



— persons poisoned by boiled hemlock, ix. 38 



— on mushrooms ; poisonous nature of fungi, ix. 41 



— figure of the lycoperdon fornicatum, ix. 93 



— large stone in a horse's stomach, ix. 101 



— experiments and observations on electricity, ix. 151, 195, 



408, 410. 440 



— of Beccaria's book on articles emitting phosphoric light, 



ix. 209 



— poisonous effects of the cenanthe crocata, ix. 256, xi. 31 1 



Watson, Wm., m.d., to communicate electricity to non- 

 electrics, ix. 308 



— velocity of electricity, &c. ix. 440 



— abstract of Brownrigg on making salt, ix. 518 



— experts, to ascertain the velocity of electricity, ix. 553 



— account of the black vomit of South America, ix. 66l 



John Tradescant's garden at Lambeth, ix. 668 



— small-pox capable of infecting the foetus in utero, ix. 692 



— on odours made to pervade glass by electricity, x. 13 



— on the experiment, in eleciricity, of beatification, ibid 



— account of the [then] new metal platina, x. 97 



— observations on the sex of plants, x. 176 



— poisonous effects of henbane, x. 186 



— account of Dr. Franklin's treatise on electricity, x. 189 



— Bishcp of London's botanic garden at Fulham, x. 200 



— account of the cinnamon tree, x. 217 



— account of Bohadsch's treatise on electricity, x. 227 



— experiments on electricity in vacuo, x. 233 



— of Bianchini's book on medical electricity, x. 242 



— rare plants unnoticed in Ray's Synopsis, x. 250 



— account of Peyssonel's ms. treatise on coral, x. 257 



— remarks on some vegetable balls, x. 280 



— electrical experiments on thunder-clouds, x. 302 



— on sweetening sea-water, x. 327 



— comparison of thermometrical observ. in Siberia, x. 344 



— account of Gmelin's Flora Sibirica, x. 351 



— on the Abbe Nollet's letters on electricity, x. 372, xi. 580 



— remarks on the vegetable byssus, x. 425 



— on the sex of holly, x. 487 



— death of Professor Richman by electricity, x. 525 



— large calculus found in a mare, x. 541 



— an enquiry into the species of the agaric, x. 546 



— Mr. Tull's method of castrating fish, x. 554 



— species of plant of the French agaric, x. 563 



— Mr. Pulteney's account of Leicestershire plants, xi. 45 



— ace. of Springsfeld's treat, on the Carlsbad waters, xi. 57 



— plants of the genus lichen, xi. 246 



— some extraordinary effects of convulsions, xi. 272 



— observations on the lyncurium of the ancients, xi. 419 



— of the cicuta recommended for medicinal uses, xi. 530 



— account of experts, by Professor Braun on artificial cold, 



xi. 544 



— method of protecting ships from lightning, xi. 660 



— of an influenza and dysentery in London, 1762, xi. 667 



— effects of electricity applied to a tetanus, xi. 679 



— description of the vegetable fly, xii. 15 



— of the American armadilla, xii. 99 



— an apparatus for protecting buildings, and particularly 



powder-mills, from lightning, xii. 127 



— dissection of a person dead of asthma, xii. 145 



— account of the severe cold of Feb. 1767, xii. 474 • 



— of the plant arachidna of North Carolina, very productive 



of oil, xii. 665 

 Watson, W., Jun., m.d., account of the blue shark, xiv. 423 

 Watson, Rob., M. d., date of the death of, x. 686, . . Note 



— remarks on a piece of music by Philodemus found at 



Herculaneum, x. 685; an epigram of Philodemus, 686 

 Watt, James, component parts of water, and dephlogisticated 

 air, xv. 555, 569 



— a test liquor for acids and alkalies, xv. 605 



Wax, produced from insects in China, x. 388, D'Incarville 



— see Chermes. 



Weather, on the doctrine of vapours, rain, &c. iii. 157, 210, 



Garden 



— reply to Garden's doctrine, iii. 162, Wall's 



— effect of its changes on mercury, iii. 304, Halley 



— plan of a register of the weather, v. 206, Locke 



— comparison of, at Zurich and Upminster, v. 497, Derham 



