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Soundings , proposal respecting, between the parallels of Scilly and 
Ushant, - - - 198 
Sturges, the Rev. Dr. An account of two rainbows, seen at the 
same time at Alverstoke, Hants, July 9, 1792, - 1 
Sumatra , description of the double horned rhinoceros of, - 3 
Surrey , Register of rain in that county, - - 220 
T 
Tatties , a kind of mat so called, their use in cooling rooms, - 130 
Tauri y , observation of an immersion of, - - 53 
Thermometer , state of, at Benares, - - - 1 30 
— register of, at Lyndon, in Rutland, - 220 
Tides , at Naples, some account of, - - - 168 
- — - effect of wind on them, ~ - 185 
Tongue , human , experiment upon, - - 42 
Tongues of quadrupeds, experiments with, ~ 43 
Transit circle , description of one, - - 133 
Tumors , remarkable ones on the bones of a fish, - 8 
U 
Uvea , supposed by Dr. |uxin to be muscular, - - 171 
V 
Vascular system , remarks on its powers, - ' 161 
Venus , observations on, - - - 201 
— remarks on the size of diat planet, - - 217 
Viscera of the human body , uncommon formation in, - 59 
Vision , observations on, - - - - 169 
Volta, Mr. Alexander. Account of some discoveries made by 
Mr. Galvani, of Bologna; with experiments and observations 
on them, - - - 10 
w 
Wall , circular , in the observatory at Benares, described, - 48 
Weather of 1 792, remarks on, - - 221,226 
Wet seasons , comparison of, - 223 
Williams, John Lloyd, Esq. Further particulars respecting 
the observatory at Benares, of which an account, with plates, 
is given by Sir Robert Barker, in the LXVIIth Vol. of the 
Philosophical Transactions, - - - 45 
