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A /.wood, George, M. A. his general theory for the menfuration of the angle fubtended 
by two objects, &c. p. 395. Tables for taking the diameteis of the fun and planets, 
' P* 43 2 43 v 
Ava, river. Suppofed to be the fame with the Sanpoo, p. m. But is not, p. nz, 
Aurora borealis. Gee Cavallo. 
Aurum fulminans. See Thompfon. 
B. 
Battle powder , double proof, is better than government powder, p. 304-. Why fo 
called, ibid. 
Earlier , Thomas, Efq. his regifier of the barometer, thermometer, and rain, at 
Lyndon, in Rutland, 1780, p. 351. 
Baths. See Crawford. 
Bellonius. The fir ft who defcribed and gave a figure of the Ophidium, p. 436. 
Bclcn. Is the earlieft writer who is of opinion that Turkies were natives of the old 
world, p. 72. 
Bengal. Difference between the inundations there and thofe of the Nile, p.104. See 
Rivers, Monfoons. 
Bergman, Mr. See Chemical affinities. 
BeJ'chan, an Indian deity. The fame with Viftnou, p. 89. 
Bird-lime. A fort ftrong enough to catch peacocks and the largeft birds, how made, 
P- 37 6 • 
Births, deficient, p. 362. 
monflrous, 362, 363. 
Blagden, Dr. Charles. On the heat of the water, in the Gulf-ffream, p. 334. Defcrip- 
tion and caufe of that ftream, ibid. Its water at leaft fix degrees hotter than the fea 
into which it runs, p. 337. Great advantages may be derived from the thermometer 
in .eroding that ftream, p. 342. Method of determining its velocity, p. 343. 
Advantage of determining with certainty the time when a ftiip enters that ftream,, 
p. 344. 
Bland, Dr. Robert, his midwifery reports of the Weftminfter General Difpenfary, p* 
355. His method of keeping the regifter of midwifery patients there, p. 356. 
Table of difficult and fatal labours, and natural ones, p. 358. et feep See Puerperal 
fever. Table of the proportion of male and female children, &c. p, 362. Table 
of the ages at which women begin and ceafe to be capable of bearing children, p. 
363. Tables of the number of children borne by 1389 women, & c. p. 36 6. Wo- 
men of the poorer cl affes are exceedingly fertile, but cannot rear many children, 
and why, p. 367. Table of the chance of life from infancy to twenty-fix years of 
age, p. 369. Comparative table of the population, &c. p. 370* See Hofpitals. 
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