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INDEX. 



WIL 



113 



Weather, on the making of observations on it, vi. 67 5,Jurin 



— cause of a dry and a wet summer, viii. 447 



— plan and instruments for a diary, ix. 34, Pickering 



— remarks on weather and thermometers, ix. 6l7, Miles 



— phenomena attributed to electricity, x. 591* Eeles 



— plan for keeping journals, xiii. 6l6, Horsley 



— general state of, at Bengal, xiii. 632, Barker 



■ ■ - in the windward islands, xiv. 521, Cazaud 



— extraordinary drought at Sumatra, and an attendant phe- 



nomenon, xv. 1 27, Marsden 



— on the influence of cold weather on the health of the in- 



habitants of London, xviii. 1, Heberden 



— see Barometer, Thermometer, Meteorological Observations, 



Rain, Frost, fyc. 

 Weather cord, see Hygrometer. 

 Weaver's larum, see Larum. 

 Weaving, mach. acting without an artificer, ii. 439, Gennes 



— Le Blon's method of weaving tapestry, vii. 477, Mortimer 

 Webb, Phil. Cart,, an inverted rainbow on the grass, x. 201 



— agitation of the waters, Sussex, x. 6*47 



Wedge, powerful effect of wedges, xi. 136, .... Robertson 

 Wedgwood, Josiah, biographical account of, xv. 27$, Note 



— thermom. for high degrees of heat, xv. 278, 571, xvi. 136 



— chemical experts, with Derbyshire black wadd, xv. 409 



— analysis of a mineral from New South Wales, xvi. 667 



— production of light by heat and attrition, xvii. 128, 215 

 Weesel, from Hudson's Bay [mustela nivalis], xiii. 327, 



Forster 

 Weidler, John Fred., biographical account of, vii. 384,Note 



— lunar eclipse at Wittemberg, vii. 364} viii. 96, 147 



— astronomical observations, 1728, 1729, vii. 384 



— solar eclipse at Wittem., vii. 427, 660j viii. 176, 306,359 



— aurorae boreales at Wittemberg, vii. 644 



— of caterpillars. &c. at Wittemberg, vii. 645 



— meteorological observations at Wittemberg, viii. 68, 76 



— parhelia seen at Wittemberg, viii. 137 



— transit of Mercury over the sun, 1736, viii. 149 



— observations on an anthelium, viii. 358 - 



— occultation of Aldebaran by the moon, 1738, viii. 358 

 Weighelius, philosophical instruments invented by, i. 6l7 

 Weight, pressure of, on moving bodies, x. 558, .... Hee 



— of bodies, diminished by heat, xvi. 13, Fordyce 



— see Gravity. 



Weights, of Paris compared with English, vi. 494, Desaguliers 

 Weights and measures, comparison of ancient and modern, 



iii. 241 , Bernard 



— - of the Jews, iii. 276, Cumberland 



— analogy of the English, viii. 432, Barlow 



— comparison of the English and French, viii. 604, . . R. S. 



— Standard of English, viii. 698, Same 



■ ix. 637, Reynardson 



— of England, prior to Henry VII., xiii. 582, Norris 



— endeav. to ascertain a standard of, xviii. 300, Shuckburgh 

 Wells, of a well taking fire at a candle, i. 169, .... Shirley 



— of an ebbing and flowing well nearTorbay, iii. 585, Oliver 



— description of a burning well at Brosely, ix.305,. . Mason 



— of a burning well in the East Indies, xi. 600, .... Wood 



— description of the King's wells at Sheerness, Landguard 



Fort, and Harwich, xv. 46l, Page 



— temperature of, in Jamaica, xvi. 277, ...... . Hunter 



— to obtain an overflowing well, xviii. 184, .... Vullyamy 



— see Waters {Mineral and Medicinal;) Damps. 



Wells, Wm., Chas, m. v., cause of muscular contraction in 

 galvanic experiments, xvii. 548 



— observs. and experts, on the colour of blood, xviii. 228 

 Wen, see Tumour. 



Wendland, Caspar, case of 38 stones in a bladder, ii. 115 

 Wendlebury, wood petrified without water, found at, i. 38 



Wendlingen, J. lunar eclipse at Malritus, 1757, xi. 245 

 Weredale, of a subterraneous cavern at, ix. 254, . . Durant 

 West, Thos., of a volcanic hill near Inverness, xiv. 179 

 Weymarn, Mons., of an earthquake in Siberia 1761, xii. 3 

 Whale, of the Bermudas, description of, i. 6, 283 



— species of, on the coast of New England, i. 46 



— microscopical observations on the flesh and eye of, v. 155, 



Leuwenhoek 



— on the seminal vessels, blood, &c. of, v. 672, Same 



— of New England, nat. history of, vii. 78, .... Dudley 



— machine for throwing the harpoon at, x. 251, . . Bond 



— description of rhe spermaceti whale, xv.395, Schwaediawer 



— structure and economy of whales, xvi. 306, .... Hunter 



— some particulars in the anatomy of, xvii. 673, Abernethy 



— see Cachalot. 



Whale fishery, at the Bermudas, account of, i. 6, 46, 106 

 Wharton, Thos., m. d., biographical notice of, i. 322, Note 

 Wheat, experiments on the culture of, xii. 554, .... Miller 

 Wheels, advantage of high wheels for carriages, iii. 1 14 



— best construction of water-wheels, xii. 446, .... Mallet 

 Wheeler, Rev., chronometer on an inclined plane, iii. 58 

 Wheler, Granville, solar eclipse, 1733, vii 6l4 



— repulsive force of electrical bodies, viii. 306 



— his electrical experiments before the r.s., viii. 313 



— remarks on Mr. Gray's circular electrical experts, viii. 3l6 



— rotation of glass tubes before a fire, ix. 114 

 Whirlwind, see Wind. 



Whiston, G., four parhelia, observed at Kensington, vii. 186 

 Whiston, Rev. Wm., biographical account of, vi. 532, Note 



— parhelia, and an inverted rainbow, ibid. 



White, Chas., remark, operation on a fractured arm, xi. 475 



— complete luxation of the thigh bone, xi. 482 



— removal of the os humeri without loss of the arm's mo- 



tion, xii. 597 

 White, Rev. Gilbert, account of the house martin, xiii. 529 



— of the house swallow, swift, and sand martin, xiii. 645 

 White, Taylor, difference between the cinnamon of Ceylon 



and Malabar, xi. 3 1 3 

 White, Wm., m. d., effects of effluvia on the air, xiv. 322 



— bills of mortality of York, xv. 177 



Whitfield, Anne, of a storm of thunder and lightning, xi. 392 

 Whitehurst, John, biographical account of, xii. 440, Note 



— extreme cold at Derby, Jan. 1767, ibid. 



— description of a machine for raising water, xiii. 645 



— experiments on the weight of ignited bodies, xiv. 112 

 Whytt, Robert, m. d., biographical account of, xi. 117, Note 



— earthquake at Glasgow, 1755, x. 687 



— a shower of ashes at sea, ibid 



— efficacy of soap and lime water in the stone, xi. 117, 



xi. 160 



— comparative efficacy of Carlsbad waters, lime-water, and 



soap, in curing the stone, xi. l6l 



— cases of the efficacy of blisters in coughs, xi. 220 

 Wilbraham, Thomas, case of hydrophobia, x. 245 

 Wildbore, Rev. C, biographical account of, xvi. 740. Note 



— on spherical motion, xvi. 740 



Wilcox, Joseph, discovery of some subterraneous apartments 



in Italy, with paintings, &c, xi. 706 

 Wilkins, John, d. d , biographical memoir of, i. 254, Note 

 Wilkins, W , a star-like light on the dark part of the moon, 



xvii. 450 

 Wilkinson, John, m. d., experiments on the buoyancy of 



cork, xii. 204 

 Willard, Joseph, longitude of Cambridge, New Eng., xv. 1 57 

 Williams, Rev. A., remarkable storm of thunder, &c, xiii. 93 

 Williams, J. Lloyd, description of the Benares observatory, 



xvii. 291 



— method of making ice at Benares, xvii. 294, 305 

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