INDEX, 



A. 



ACETOUS acid 49 

 "Acid falts - 48 

 Acid in water to difcover 29 

 Agallochus - - 84 

 Agriculture of different coun- 

 tries - — 70 

 Agate - - 47 

 Air, contents of, to difcover 



Alabafter - - 44 

 Alkali in water, to difcover 



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Alkaline falts — — 47 

 Alphabets of different nations 



67 



Aloe wood - - 84 

 Alum — — 50 



Amber and ambergris 5 1 

 Amethift - 46 

 Amianthus — — 45 

 Ammoniac gum, how pro- 

 ' duced - -87 

 Animal ceconomy, queries re- 

 fpeding - — 74 

 Animals, how domelticatea 

 75 



Antimoniated lead ore 56 

 Antimony and its ores 56, 57 

 Antiquities, queries concern- 

 ing # - - 67 

 Antifeptic powder for pre- 

 ferving birds - 13, 16 

 Antifeptic powder, fubftitute 

 for - - 17 



Apis -~ — 5 



Aptera clafs - - 6 

 Aqua fortis - 48 



Arbutus, feeds of the, to pre- 

 ferve — — 22 



Ariftolochias — 75 



Armadilloes — 7S 



Arfenic - - 50, 58 

 Arfenic in water to difcover 



Arts, queries rclpefhng 70 

 Afbeitos - - 4> 



Afilus - 6 

 Afphaltnm — — 51 

 Aftroites or ftar ftones 44 

 Aftronomy of different nations 



Auroras boreales t? 74 



B. 



Baking of birds — 18 



Bafaltes - - 46 



Bath ftone - - 45 



Beans, kinds of — 85 



Beryl — — 47 



Bees — — £ 



Beetles — — 6, 7 



Belemnites - — 44 

 Bible, manufcript copies of, 



6 7 



Birds, how to defcribe 1 2 

 Birds, method of preferviag 

 12 



by the author 17 



Birds, ceconomy of -78 



Birds, 



