water , and to find the d^of ” ^ '° ^ 
I r^r*% Ld !o ' I: w “ <•- - -- 
waters, p. r 5 „ Degree of lid in which £LL" C-tzltt “ 
An account of the phenomena exhibited in the freezing, p . ,, 2i '~ 254 - 
cbferv.it, one there, on the emerfion of W ' s fecond fttelii-e „ an r c 
Of U.’s firft fatellite, 192. U ’ P 1 lS8 - Emerfion 
“ltd T T yh T R " i£r in ,he fbUtherI ’ F a " of Africa, feed entirely on mrnB, 
Theitrtr * ’ f « W “ h f “ Cl,f ° 0dl bu, little water, iW 
I heir flefh has an excellent flavour, ibid. 
ffi Clea r I id erSin j a I’ iP ’ with of f«lh water, will prevent the fenrvy, . , 0 . 
Showers, fudden and heavy ones in the fouthern part of Africa, p. , 0 8 ' 
Sshena an account of the iron ore lately found there, p. ^ See Iron 0re . Great 
plenty of iron ores ni that country, p. 524-526. Foffils and petrified fea pro 
duaions very fcarce there, p. 527. Flint fcarce there, ibid. P 
Sici/y, the Romance language introduced there, p. 153. 
heavier when cold than when hot, p. S ,l. Silver and qu !ckfilver the only 
fubltances which are mineralized by the acid of fait, combined with acid of vitriol 
P. 025 . » 
Snail (Mr. Alexander), extract of his letter from Minorca, p. 439. See Minorca 
Smeaton (Mr. John), his experimental examination of the quantity and proportion of 
mechanic power neceflary to be employed in giving different degrees of velocity 
to heavy bodies from a flateof reft, p. 450. See Mechanic Power. 
Smoke and fire, purify a fhip much better than vinegar, p. 404. 406. 
Snow, number of fnowy days in London, and with what winds attended, in one year, 
commencing March 1775, p. 358. 
Snow, and fp. nitri fumans Glauberi, attempts to freeze quickfilver with, p. r ~ 
See Quickfilver. ' ' 
Solids, right lines, and furfaces, propofitions feleded from a paper on the divifion of, 
p. 73. See Propofitions . 
Soup, portable, very ferviceable in preventing the feurvy in a {hip’s company, p. 403. 
Sour-krout, a wholefome vegetable food, and highly antifcorbutic, ibid. 
South Seas, of the tides in the, p. 447. See Tides. An account of fome poifonous flfh 
in the South Seas, p. 544. See Fifiu 
Spain t the Romance language introduced there, p. 153. Crown of Spain purchafed 
a fettlement in Falkland Iflands from M. Bougainville, p. 99. 
Sp. nitri fumans Glauberi and fnow, attempts to freeze quickfilver with, p. 174 — 177, 
See Quickfilver. 
Spring Bock, a fpecies of antelope, in the fouthern part of Africa, fome account of 
them, p. 281. 283. 310, 3 11. Extraordinary emigration of them in dry feafons, p. 
310, 311. 
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