INDEX. 377 
Method of obferving the heavenly bodies out of the meri- 
dian, p. 170. 
Miller , Mr. Charles, his experiments on the fovving of 
wheat, p. 203. 
Milhra , the god, on Punic coins, p. 243, 244. 
Monro , Dr. Donald, on the good effedts of the quaffi root 
in fome fevers, p. 80. 
Moon> its mean diftance from the earth to be concluded 
from the tranfit of Venus, p. 32. Its relative gravity 
not Sufficiently determined, p. 158, 159. Eclipfed in 
Pennfylvania, p. 331. 
Motion , its dodlrine depends upon the computation of 
curvilineal areas, p. 174. 
Moujjol , inoculation publicly proclaimed there, p. 144. 
Mountain , little, formed within the ancient crater of Mount 
Veluvius, p. 2. Its height of 185 French feet, p. 3. 
Drawings of it made from time to time by Mr. Ha- 
milton, p. 3, and 14. 
Mount shay , in Cornwall, meteorological observations made 
there, p. 89. 
Murdoch , Dr. Patrick, on the connexion between the 
parallaxes of fun .and moon, their denfities, and difturb- 
ing forces on the ocean, p. 24. 
N, 
Naples , alarm in that city occafioned by the laft eruption 
of Mount Vefuvius, p. 7. Topographical map of the 
kingdom preparing, p. 196. 
Newton , Sir Ifaac, his difcoveries on the colours of bo- 
dies, p. 68. His opinion on light, p. 339, 340. 
O. 
Oaks raifcd from acorns preferved in wax, p. 79. 
Vql. LVIJI. Ccc Oaks, 
