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Egyptians , on their physiognomy, - - - 190 
Electricity , doubler of> experiments made with it, - 266 
Eye glasses , concave , trial of, - - -58 
F 
Fatty substance , on the conversion, of flesh into, - 169 
Flame , on its transparency, - - - 104 
Fordyce, George, M. D. Account of a new pendulum,; 2 
G 
Gibbes, George Smith, B. A. On the conversion of animal 
muscle into a substance much resembling spermaceti, 169 
Gibraltar y remarks on the fossil bones found there, - 412,416 
Gilpin, Mr. George. Tables for reducing the quantities by 
weight, in any mixture of pure spirit and water, to those by 
measure; and for determining the proportion, by measure, of 
each of the two substances, in such mixtures, - 275 
Glass y on the loss of light in its passage through it, - 92 
H 
Halley , Dr. His quadrature of the circle improved, 217 
Hellins, The Rev. John. Dr. JHalley’s quadrature of the 
circle improved : being a transformation of his series for that 
purpose to others which converge by the powers of 80, 217 
Herschel, Miss Caroline. Account of the discovery of a 
comet, - - i 
Herschel, William, LL. D. Observations of a quintuple 
belt on the planet Saturn, - - - 28 
■■ Account of some particulars 
observed during the late eclipse of the Sun, - 39 
* — On the rotation of the -planet 
Saturn upon its axis, - 48 
Home, Everard, Esq. Some facts relative to the late Mr. John 
Hunter’s preparation for the Croonian lecture, - 21 
Hosack, David, M. D. Observations on vision, - ig6 
Humfries, Isaac, Esq. Account of a spontaneous inflamma- 
tion, - - - - 426 
Hunter, John, Esq. Observations on the crystalline humour, 23. 
— — Observations on the fossil bones pre- 
sented to the Royal Society by his most serene EJighness the 
Margrave of Anspach, - - - 407 
