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Sore, that word explained, p.113. Prevails in the principal branches of the Ganges, 
ibid. 
Bows. An elaftic one of light wood will throw a light arrow with greater velocity 
than a fteel one of the fame ftiffnefs, p. 313. 
BraJ i ordnance. Eafy and effe&ual remedy for the running of their vents, p. 264. 
Brereton , Owen Salifbury, Efq. his account of a ftorm of lightning at Ealt- bourne, in 
Suffex, p. 42. 
Briftol Channel , the expediency of correfl maps of, p. 248. 
Broujjbnet, Dr. P. M. Auguftus, his account of the Ophidians barbatunr I, inner, p. 
436. That fifh not unknown to the ancients, ibid* Has only two cirri, but being 
divided they appear as four, p. 437. The different fpecies. of, diftinguiftied, p. 
438. Defcription of that fpecies here treated of, p. 439. Method of meafuring 
employed to determine the fpecies, p. 441. Utility of that method, p. 444. 
Method of taking the pofition of the fins, ibid. The fcales defcribed, p. 443. 
Anatomy of the Ophidium,. ibid. The male not to be diffinguifhed from the female, 
p.447. Jts fize, and. where to be found, ibid. See Bellow' us, Rondeletius , Kleinius . 
Buffon , Count de, his method of diverting the currents of rivers, when bridges or 
other buildings are endangered thereby, p. 97. To what he imputes the increafed 
velocity of the current of the Ganges near the fea, p. 109. 
Bullets. See Thompfon. 
Burrampocler . See RennclU Etymology of that name, p. 87. Is larger than the 
Ganges, p. 88. m. Source of, p. 110. Its courfe defcribed, ibid. Bears a near 
refemblance to the Ganges, except in one particular, p. 112. See Megna, Sanpoo . 
Was unknown in Europe as a capital river till 1763, p. 1 1 1. Is the fame with the 
Sanpoo, p. 11 2. 
C. 
Cambridge , in New England. See Willard.. 
Cat , about nine different fpecies of, in Africa, p. 1. The belt method of dividing 
that genus of animals, p. 2. See Antelopes. 
Cavallo , Mr. Tiberius, his account of a luminous appearance in the heavens, p. 329. 
Reafons for its not being an aurora borealis, p. 330. 
- — — - — — His account of fome thermometrkalexperiments. &c. p. 309. By 
the evaporation of ether water may be congealed, and the thermometer brought 
below the freezingpoint, p. $ir. The cold produced by it feveral degrees greater 
than that produced by any other of the mo ft volatile fluids, ibid. Obfervations on 
the cold produced by other fluids, with the method of applying them to the ball of 
the thermometer, p. 512. Experiment on water, ibid. Experiments on fpirit of 
wine, fpirit of turpentine, and various other fluids, p. 513. Experiment to deter- 
mine how much eleflrizatibn could increafe the evaporation of fpirit of wine, and 
confequently the cold produced by it, ibid. Apparatus contrived for uling the leaft 
pofiJble. 
