INDEX. 515 
'Barrington^ Honourable ,Daines, on trees fuppofed Indige- 
nous in Great Britain, p. 23, &c. 
Bayley^ Mr. William, his aftronomical obfervations at the 
North Cape, p. 262. Could obferve but imperfeftly, on 
account of the clouds, the tranfit of Venus, p. 266. 
Saw a black ligament between the limbs, ibid. 
Bayley^ Mr. Joel. See Biddle. 
Beajls, many fpecies deftroyed in different countries, 
p. 135. Some, perhaps, intirely extinguiflied, ibid. 
Beroe, a kind of .gelatinous marine animal, p. 144. Its 
fimilarity with the VolvoXy an animal produced by in- 
fufion, ibid. 
Bevis, Dr. John, his obfervation of the tranfit of Venus, 
p. 189. Saw a flender tail between the planet and the 
fun, p. 190. Obferves the eclipfe of the fun, p. 19K 
Biddle, Mr. Owen, and Mr. Joel Bayley, appointed by the 
Philofophical Society at Philadelphia to obferve the 
tranfit of Venus at Leweftown in Pennfylvania, p. 414. 
Their obfervations, p. 416. 
Bills of mortality very defeflive in London, p. 120. 
How they might be improved, p. 124. Defe6t of thofe 
at Paris, p. 120. 
Births, more deficient than the burials in the London bills 
of mortality, p. 100. In what proportion probably, 
p. 101. That proportion lelTened, p. 108, 109. 
Bodies, drawn conftantly towards two fixed points, defcribc 
equal folids in equal times, p. 76. 
Bones found in North America, p. 126; and in Si- 
beria, p, 127. Whether carried thither from other 
parts, p. 130, 131* a fpecies probably indigenous, 
133. Differing from the elephants, p. 132* Now ex- 
tinft, p. 135. Probable caufe of this phenomenon, 
p. 136, 137. 
regenerated, p* 4 ^* In what manner pi obably, 
p. 43. 
Bonn, figures and infcriptions found In that place, p. 195. 
Borlafe, Dr. William, communicates an information about 
native tin found in Cornwall, p. 47 * 4 ^* meteo- 
rogical obfervations in Cornwall, p. I 57 * „ 
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