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Soemmering , Mr . Account of an orifice in the eye, discovered by him, 332 
Spar , adamantine , account of, 
Sphere of brass , examination of one, - _ 1 r „ 
Stability of Ships, disquisition on, - - _ 2 Q! 
Standard of weight and measure , endeavours to ascertain, - 1 q o 
Standards of measure , account of several, - _ *5^ fijrj 
— comparison of various ones^ - 182 
Sterling, Mr . Remarks on his table for measuring curvilinear spaces, 261 
Sumatra , diurnal variation of the magnetic needle in that island, 401 
Surds , binomial , method of obtaining the sums of many slowly con- 
verging series which arise in their fluents, - - 547 
Sydneia , analysis of the substance so called, - - _ 11Q 
T 
Tarnish of silver , remarks on, _ 
Terra Australis, analy sis of the substance so called. 
Theorems , general , in the higher geometry. 
Thermometer , register of, at Lyndon, in Rutland, 
: — at Hastings, 
Tiree , account of a stone from. 
Topaz , specific gravity of, 
Tr ought on, Mr. Account of some instruments made by him. 
Tumour , account of one in the placenta, 
V 
Variation compass, remarks on one, 
V enus, perturbations of method of obtaining swiftly convert 
series, useful in computing them, 
Vince, The Rev. Samuel. The Bakenan Lecture. Experiments 
upon the resistance of bodies moving in fluids, 
- 580 
1 10 
37 8 
1 3 ° 
360 
419 
416, 446 
i34 
361 
471: 
5 2 7 
W 
Water , made to boil by heat excited by friction, _ g 2 
* quantity heated by the combustion of a given quantity of wax, 04 
* remarks on the immersion of animals in it,, - i 0 8 
— ™ weight of a cubic inch of it, ~ ' . 164, 1 74 
Wax, quantity of heat produced by the Combustion of a given 
quantity of it, 
W lather of 1 796, remarks on, - 
Wedgwood, Josiah, Esq. Remarks on his experiments on the Sydneia, no 
Weight, experiments to ascertain a standard ofi - „ 
