82 2 Index. 



Bathing, salubrity of warm iv, 583-613 



Bath, description of warm, in Egypt iv, 611 



Baths, construction of warm iv, 600 



of Russian peasants iv, 599 



Bavaria, cantonment of troops in iv, 247, 715 



condition of Electoral Army in 1788 . . . . .iv, 693 

 condition of finances of War Department . . .iv, 720 



management of poor in iv, 229-326 



means used to improve breed of horses and 



horned cattle in iv, 496 



mendicity in iv, 241 



military condition of iv, 233, 692 



military gardens in iv, 237 



regulations introduced into army of . . . iv, 692-735 



scheme for employing the soldiery in iv, 505 



short account of several public institutions in iv, 493-570 



Bavarian army, culprits condemned to serve in iv, 702 



expense of feeding soldiers of . . . iv, 425-439 



expense of maintaining iv, 700 



pay of officers in iv, 707 



Beeswax, comparative quantity of, consumed in production 



of light iv, 35 



Beggars in Bavaria, employment given to iv, 273 



Begging abolished in Bavaria iv, 264 



Bernard, Thomas, Esq., extracts from letters to . . . . iv, 748 

 Bertholet, objections to Rumford's theory of heat . . . . ii, 214 

 Betancour's experiments on elasticity of steam . . . i, 163, 169 

 Biot's experiments on propagation of heat in solids . . . ii, 239 

 Blanks, utility of, in carrying on an establishment for 



the poor iv, 352,378 



Blowpipe, theory of action of iii, 58, 62 



Boiler, description of a new ii, 352 



Boilers, best form for iii, 27 



construction of, and description of various . . .iii, 61 

 130-144, 194, 361-371, 374, 454, 479 



double covers for iii, 15 



for distillers iii, 144; iv, 424 



for field use iii, 130 



for making coffee (with plates) . . . . iv, 639-651, 656 

 for use in brewhouses iii, 92 



