^i8 INDEX. 
Eclipfe of the moon in 17%, obferved at Edinburgh* 
p. 369. At Greenwich, p. 366, 399. 
Eclipfe of the fun in 1769, obferved at Shirborn-caffle, 
p. 174. At Oxford, p. 178. At Kew, p. 191, In 
liOndon, p. 194. Ac Leicefter, p. 239. At the 
North Cape, p. 259 — 268. Near Leeds, p. 2:86. At 
Cajaneburgh, 330. Near Edinburgh, p. 345. At 
Gibraltar, p. 349. At Paris, p, 375. At Stockholm, 
p. 406. At Eail Dereham in Norfolk, p. 409. • 
Egyptian letters, whether the fame with the ancient Chi- 
nefe, p. 490, 491. Not at all known at prd'ent in 
China, p. 502. 
explofions, their lateral force, p. 57. Experi- 
ments to afeerrain its caufe, p. 58, &c. Probably pro- 
duced by the expulfion of air, p. 60. What fenfation 
it produces, p. 62. 
Eldlrical machine, obferved at Vienna to acquire an un- 
common force during an aurora borealis, p. 88. 
Electricity^ its diredt pafiage through condudlors may be 
traced, p. 63. Its effedls, ibid. Its force nor aficdled 
by the inflexions of the wires, p. 64. But much lef- ' 
fened in proportion to their length, p. 65, 66, 67. 
A very fhort paflage through the air, taken in preference 
to a long one through metals, p. 68, 69. May have 
fome fliare in the fall of rain, p, 361. 
Elephants^ true, probably never were in America, p. 139, 
Differing in diverfe parts, p. 136. 
ElliSy John, Efq; on the animalcula of vegetable infufions, 
p. 138, 139, &c. Difeovers an indiflbluble fait in an 
infufion of hemp-feed, p, 145, 146. And alfo in in- 
fufions of flax and of wheat, p. 1^8. 
probably notan indigenous tree of England, p. 34. 
Ericaulon decangulare^ a rare plant found in the ifle of 
Skie, p. 293. 
Ever-green trees, non6 indigenous in England, but holly, 
juniper, and ivy, p. 36, 
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