INDEX TO THE TREATISES. 
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Prints and printed books, bleaching of, 229 b. 
Potass, the first menstruum to be used in bleach- 
ing, 226 a. 
Rupp, Mr. his apparatus for bleach, cloth, 227 a. 
Silks, process of bleaching, 229 b. 
Steam, process of bleaching by, 228 a, b. 
Wool, process of bleaching, 228 c. 
BOTANY. 
Botany, definitions and systems of, 249 b. 
Calyx, varieties of, 253 b. 
Classes of plants, 252 a. 
Corolla, varieties and parts of, 254 <r. 
Fructification, parts of, 250 a. 
Genera of plants, 253 a. 
Glossary of terms, 257 a. 
Habits of plants, account of, 251 b. 
Hybernaculum, account of, 251 c. 
Inflorescence, account of the modes of, 250 a t< 
251 b. 
Leaves of plants, divisions of, 249 b. 
Linnean system, 249 b to end of article. 
Natural classes or orders of plants, 256 a. 
Orders of plants, 252 c. Table of, 253. 
Parts of plants, 249 b, 
Pericarpium of plants, varieties of, 254 c. 255 a. 
pistillum of plants, parts of, 254 c- 
Props of plants, account of, 249 c. 
Receptaculum, varieties of, '255 c~ 
Roots of plants, divisions of, 249 b. 
Seeds, account of the parts of, 255 5. 
Sleep of plants, different ways of, 251 c. 
Species of plants, 255 c 
Stamina, account of the parts of, 254 b.. 
Trunk of plants, divisions of, 249 b, 
Varieties of plants, 256 a. 
CHEMISTRY. 
Acids, account of, 338 h. Different kind's c 
enumerated and described, 339 a to 342 a. 
Animal substances, account of, 347 5. 
Azote, or nitrogen, account of, 335 b. 
Caloric, account of, 334 c. 
Carbon, account of, 336 a. 
Chemistry, definition and branches of, 329 b . j 
History of, 329 c. 
Crystallization, method of, S33 a. 
Decantation, methods of, 332 a. 
Distillation, methods of, 332 a. 
Earths, account of, 337 b. 
Evaporation, methods of, 332 a. 
Fermentation, vinous, 345 c. Acetous, 347 a. 
Putrid, 347 b. 
Filtration, methods of, 331 c. 
Furnaces, constructions of, t533 b, c. 
Fusion', methods of, 333 a. 
Glossary of terms, 351 c. 
Hydrogen, account of, 335 c. 
Instruments, chemical, 331 a, 332 b, c. 
Light account of, 334 a. 
Lixiviation, method of, 332 a. 
Metals, account of, 342 a. Different kinds of, 
enumerated and described, 342 c to 345 c. 
Nitrogen. See Azote. 
Opera; ions, chemical, 331 c. 
Oxygen, account of. 334 b. 
philosopher’s stone, fiction of the, among the al- 
chemists, 329 c, 330 a. 
Phosphorus, account of, 336 c. 
Precipitation, method of, 333 a. 
Pulverization, methods of, 331 c. 
Putrefaction, account of, 347 c. 
Simple substances, account of, 333 c. 
Solution, methods of, 333 a. 
Sulphur, account of, 336 b. 
Tables, of compound oxidable and acidifiable 
bases, 347 c. Of numerous combinations, 348 
to 351 c. 
"Vegetable substances, account of, 346 a. 
Universal remedy, fiction of a, among the alche- 
mists. 330 a. 
Washing, methods of, 331 c. 
Water, doctrine of the composition of, 330 t to 
331 r. 
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY. 
Anatomy of the various kinds of animals, 411 b j 
to 413 c. 
Circulation, respiration, and voice, differences i 
in the organs of, 410 5. 
Classification of animals, founded on the whole 
of their organization, 411 «. 
Comparative anatomy, definition of, 409 c. 
Digestion and assimilation, varieties in the or- 
gans of, 410 5. 
Form, external, indicative of the sentient or- 
ganization, 415 c. 
Generative organs, varieties in, 410 c. 
Motions, animal, organs subservient to, 414 a 
to 415 c. 
Muscles, forms and actions of, 414 c. 
Secretion, varieties in the organs of, 411 a. 
Skeleton, general view of, 414 a. 
Sense and motion, differences in the organs of, 
410 a. 
Table of subdivisions of the classes of animals,, 
412 5 to 413 a. 
CONIC SECTIONS. 
Cone, description of, 420 «. Its properties, 421 a. 
Conic sections, methods of investigating their 
properties, 421 5. Their general properties, 
453 a. Their uses, 423 5. 
Equations of conic sections, 422 c. 
DEAL AND DIALLING. . 
Card, to make a dial on a, 511 5. 
Dial, easy method for constructing, 510 5. 
Dialling, philosophical principles of, 513 a. 
Dials., different sorts of, 508 5. Principles of their 
construction, 503 c. 
Globe, terrestrial, dialling by, 509 a. 
Table of the sun’s place and declination for 
every day, 512- 
DRAWING. 
Altitude, and action of the muscles, instructions 
respecting, 557 a. 
Beasts, birds, fishes, instructions for drawing, 556a. 
Directions, particular, for the student, 560 5. 
Drapery, directions for drawing, 558 5. 
Faces, instructions for drawing", 560 c. 
Flowers, fruits, herbs, trees, 6cc. instructions for 
drawing, 555 c. 
Human figure, instructions for drawing, 556 a. 
Landscapes, directions for drawing, 53 if c. 
Lights and shades, distribution of, 559 c. 
Mecha’ ical drawing, instructions for, 55 c. 
Mixed figure ., directions for drawing, 56' 1 5. 
Outline, instructions respecting the correctness 
of, 559 5. 
Passions, expression of, 558 b. 
Transparencies, 562 a, b. 
DYEING. 
Black, dyeing of, 574 b. 
Blue, dyeing of, 573 a. 
Brown, dyeing of, 574 c. 
Compound colours, dyeing of, 575 a. 
Dyeing, principles of, 571 b. 
Mordants, definition and list of, 572. 
Red, dyeing of, 574 a. 
Yeilow, dyeing of, 573 b. 
ELECTRICITY. 
Animal electricity, account of, 608 c. 
Attraction, electrical, experiments demonstrat- 
ing, 603 b , c. 
Aurora borealis, electrical nature of, 607 b. 
Battery, electric, account of, 601 b, c. 
Conductors attached to the electrical machine, 
account of, 600 b. 
| metallic, origin of, 596 b. 606 b. 
j Discoveries relative to electricity, history of,. 5 95. 
! Electric matter, nature of, 596 a. 
Electrics and conductors, lists of, 597 c. 
Electrometers, account of, 602 a to 603 a. 
F.lectrophorus, account of, 603 a, b. 
Evaporation, of the electricity.produced by, 608* 
Fish, account of ar. unnamed one that possesses 
electrical properties, 610 b. 
Frank!;. i, Dr. his theory of electricity, 599 b. 
Glass, first discovery of its electric power, 595 a. 
Gymnotus electric us, account of, 609 b to 610 a. 
Heat and light, the matter of, analogous to that- 
of electi icity, 597 a. 
Heating, or cooling, of tire electricity produced 
by, 60S b. 
Jars, for accumulating the electric fluid, ac- 
count of, 600.x 
Instruments, or apparatus, electrical, 600 a. 
Leyden phial, account of, 601 a, b. 
Lightning, discovery of its identity with electric- 
city, 5 96 l>. 
Machine, electrical, different inventions of, 598 a,b„-. 
Melting, of the electricity produced by, 608 a. 
Orrery, electrical, account of, 604 a, b. 
Phenomena, electrical, 603 b to 605 b. 
Positive and negative electricity, distinction of, 
first made by Dr. Franklin, 596 b. 
Principles, general, of electricity, 596 c, 600 a. 
Rain, hail, snow, and vapours, conjectures as to- 
the electrical nature of, 607 a, b. 
Siluris electricus, account of, -610 a. 
Theory of electricity, 599a. Dr. Franklin’s, 599 £,r. - 
Thunder and lightning, meteors, water-spouts, 
&c. of the electrical nature of, 605 b. Safest 
situations during a thunder-storm, 607 a. Me- 
thod of calculating the distance of a thunder— - 
cloud, ib. 
Torpedo, its electrical properties, 609 a. 
Tourmalin, electrical properties of the, 608 l. 
Water-spouts, electrical nature of, 605 b, 607 c ^ 
608 a- 
_ ENTOMOLOGY. 
Abdomen of insects, description of, 635- a. 
Antennas of insects, . description of ; their use"-' 
uncertain, 633 c, 634 b, c. 
Classification of insects, 637. 
Entomology, attentions necessary in the study 
cf, 633 c. 
External parts of the body of insects, 634 a. 
Head of insects, description of, 634. 
j Hearing, question whether insects possess this ' 
sense, 634 a. 
Insects deemed by some naturalists the most im- 
perfect, and by others the most perfect of 
animals, 633 b, c. 
Limbs of insects, description of, 635 a to 636 a. 
Metamorphoses of insects, account of, 636 c. 
Sexes of insects, 630. 
Smell, question whether insects possess this 
sense, 634 b. 
Trunk, of insects, description of, 635 a. 
FARRIERY. 
Anatomical description, and skeleton of the 
horse, 705 b , c. 
Diseases to which horses are subject, 702 a to 
703 a. 
Origin and present state of the veterinary art, 
699 to 701. 
Phlebotomy, or blood-letting, 704 b. 
Shoeing of the horse, 703 l. 
Teeth and eye of the horse, 703 l. 
FLUXIONS. 
Direct method of fluxions, 755 a. 
Doctrine of fluxions, 754 b. 
Inverse method of fluxions, 755 b. 
Notation of fluxions, 754 *. 
FORTIFICATION. 
Definition and origin of fortification, 764 tv 
Field fortification 767 a. 
j Irregular fortification, 766 b to 767 a. 
Regular fortification, 7 65 a to 766 b. 
GARDENING. 
Cultivation of a garden, 818 b to 819 b. 
Flower-garden, directions respecting, 817 a » 
-General remarks on gardening, 813 *. . 
Landscape or picturesque gardening, observa-" 
tions on, 817 b to 818 6. - 
