INDEX. 
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Barker, Thomas, Esq. Abstract of a register of the barome- 
ter, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon, in Rutland ; with the 
rain in Surrey and Hampshire, for the year 1791, - 362 
Barometer y journal of, at Knightsbridge, - - 230 
• at Lyndon, in Rutland, - - 362 
Base line , measurement of, on the coast of Coromandel, - 100 
Beddoes, Thomas, M. D. Further observations on the pro- 
cess for converting cast, into malleable, iron, - - 257 
Bees , observations on, - - - 128 
on their heat, - - - - 136 
— on their swarming, - - - - 141 
on their wax, - - 143 
— — ■ on the royal cell, - - 149 
on their eggs, - - 152 
on the food of the maggot, or bee bread, - 155 
on the excrement of the maggot, - - 158 
on the chrysalis, - - 158 
■ on the seasons of their operations, - - 160 
on the queen bee, - - 164 
— — on the male bee, - - - 173 
— — on the labouring bee, - - 174 
— — on the parts concerned in their nourishment, - 176 
• on their senses, - - 181 
■ on their voice, - - 182 
on the female parts, - 183 
• on the male parts, - - - 184 
« — — on their sting, - - 189 
• on the duration of their lives, - 192 
Ben net. Rev. A. A new suspension of the magnetic needle, 
intended for the discovery of minute quantities of magnetic at- 
traction : also an air vane of great sensibility ; with new ex- 
periments on the magnetism of iron filings, and brass, 81 
Bird, on the conversion of the substance of one into a hardfattymatter, 1 97 
Bladder with hot water , applied to the pit of the stomach, its effects, 206 
Blagden, Charles, M. D. Supplementary report on the best 
method of proportioning the excise upon spirituous liquors, 425 
Brass , experiments on the magnetism of, - 96 
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Calcination , on the cause of the additional weight which metals 
acquire by it. 
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