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Cassini, M. remarks on his observations on the ring of Saturn, 10 
Cavallo , Air. An experiment of his repeated, 92 
— — remarks on an opinion of his, - 96 
Cavendish, Henry, Esq. On the civil year of the Hindoos, 
and its divisions ; with an account of three Hindoo almanacs 
belonging to Charles Wilkins, Esq. - - 383 
Ceti, 0. On the periodical appearance of the star so called, - 24 
Chronology of the Hindoos , correction of an error respecting it, 195 
Clothing , conducting power of substances commonly used for it, 53 
Comet , account of one, - - 23 
Currie, James, M. D. An account of the remarkable effects 
of a shipwreck on the mariners ; with experiments and observa- 
tions on the influence of immersion in fresh and salt water, 
hot and cold, on the powers of the living body, 199. 
D 
Day, astronomical, remarks upon, - - 390 
Durham, on the remarkable failure of haddocks on the coast of, 367 
E 
Earthquake account of one felt in Lincolnshire, and the neigh- 
bouring counties, - - 283 
Eclipse of the moon, remarkable phaenomena in one, - 27 
Eggs of silk worms, experiments on the impregnation of them, 186 
Electricity, atmospherical, apparatus for collecting, described, 225 
journal principally relating to, 230 
Evaporation, observations on, - - 400 
experiments on, in air, and in vacuo, - 416 
Ewes, on milking them, - - - 364 
Excise upon spirituous liquors, on the best method of propor- 
tioning it, - - - 425 
Expansion of fluids, two instruments for trying it described, 433 
• experiments on, - 439 
F 
Fatty matter , on the conversion of the substance of a bird into it, 197 
Fordyce, George, M. D. On the cause of the additional 
weight which metals acquire by being calcined, 
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