INDEX 
TO THE 
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS 
FOR THE YEAR 1796. 
A page 
Abernethy, Mr. John. Some particulars in the anatomy of 
a whale, - 27 
Acid, molybdic , experiments on, - 323 
Alchorne , Stanesby, Esq. Assay of the gold found in Ireland, 45 
Alga , submersed , on their fructification, - - 494 
Algebra , Newton’s binomial theorem demonstrated by it, - 382 
Ammoniac , Sulphate of, experiments and observations on, 313 
Aquarius , on the lustre of the stars in, - - 194, 212 
Aquila, on the lustre of the stars in, - - 197, 215 
Archimedes , remarks on his demonstrations relative to the para- 
bolic conoid, - - - - 96 
Arcs , circular , on an elementary manner of obtaining their se- 
rieses, - - - - 142 
— — — - on their sines, cosines, and tangents, - 153 
* on the analogy between logarithms and their tri- 
gonometrical functions, - - - - 163 
Aries , on the -lustre of the stars in, - - 459, 477 
Arms , &c. ancient , observations on, with experiments to deter- 
mine their composition, - - 395 
— — * of copper, historical observations on, - - 397 
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