INDEX. 539 
Atmofphere , of Venus, one third ofirs diameter, p. 401. 
Aurea , Cherfonefus, the fame with Malacca, p. 155. 
Attraction , its limits, between the Sun and Comets, 
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Baal, Tars, equivalent to Jupiter Tarfenfis, p. 269. 
Bacchus , worfhipped at Tarfus, p. 270. 
Bark , Peruvian, infufion ot it preferable to Decodtion, 
p. 221 — 227 ; efpecially when made in cold water, 
228 : contains both the gummy and refmous part, 
ibid. Tindture of it has the fame advantage, ibid. 
Its folution weakened by quick-lime, 232. Its extradt, 
a very weak preparation, 229. 
Barrington, Hon. Daines, on particular Fifh found in 
Wales, p. 204. 
Bajler , Dr. Job, afierts that the Corallines are plants of the 
genus of the Confervas, p. 404. 
Bath Waters, their heat, p. 202, 203. 
Beccaria , Joannes Baptifta, his new experiments on eledtri- 
city, p. 297. 
Bengali , uncommon heats of the climate, p. 218. Its 
unhealthinefs, 219. 
Benzoin, its acid afcertained, p. 507. Generates cold with 
the volatile alkali, 509. 
Bevis, Dr. John, fir ft difcovered, in 1761, a fource of 
irregularity in the durations of the eclipfes of Jupiter’s 
Satellites, from the prolate fpheroidical figure of that 
planet, p. 28. His tranftation of a memoir of Mr. 
Mallet, on water- v/heels, p. 372. 
Birds , found about the Volga, p. 346. 
Bourdelin , Mr. thought that the acid of amber was the 
fame with the lpirit of fea fait, p. 509. Approved by 
Macquer, 510. Both miftaken, ibid. 
Bradley , his account of the fecundity of fifh, p. 2 So, 
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