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AN INDEX TO THE FORTY-NINTH VOLUME OF THE Philosophical Transactions. A. ABDOMEN, Account of the Success of some Experiments of injecting Claret, &c. thereinto after Tapping — Page 485 Acorus, True, Account of that Plant — 827 Actions of Jupiter and Saturn, the Irregularities of the annual Morion of the Earth occasioned by them — 737 Action of the Sun, Force thereof on the Equatorial Parts of the Earth — 704 on the mean Precession of the Equinoxes 709 Action of unflacked Lime, on volatile alcaline Salt — 222 Adder's Tongue, Account of that Plant — 853 Adee, Swithin, M. D. two Letters from him concerning the Agitation of the Waters on the 1st of Nov. 1755, at Guildford, in Surry — 357 Adrianople, Account of a violent Earthquake there — 116 Adriatic Sea, Essay towards a natural History thereof — 585 Aetna, an Account of a late Eruption thereof — 209 Affleck (Capt.) his Account of the Agitation of the Sea at Antigua on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 668 Agaris INDEX. Agaric of the Oak, Account of that Species of Plant from which the Styptic, so called, is prepared — 28 ——— Effects thereof, after some of the most capital Operations in Surgery — 36, 93, 264 Agitation of the Waters, at Antigua, on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 668 ——— at Chevening, in Kent — 360 ——— at Cranbrook, in Kent — ibid. ——— in Cumberland — 381 ——— at Dartmouth — 643 ——— in Devonshire and Cornwall — 371 ——— near Durham — 385 ——— in the Frith of Forth in Scotland — 550 ——— at the Hague, in Holland — 396 ——— at Hamburgh — 550 ——— at Hunston, in Norfolk — 380 ——— at Kingsale, in Ireland — 391, 393 ——— at Leyden — 397 ——— at Loch Lommond, in Scotland — 389 ——— at Loch Ness, in Scotland — 387 ——— in Peerless Pool, in Old-street — 362 ——— at Portsmouth — 351 ——— near Reading, in Berkshire — 365, 367 ——— at Rockford, in Essex — 364 ——— at Shirburn Castle, in Oxfordshire — 368 ——— in Sussex, and the Southern Parts of Surry — 353 ——— at Swanzye — 379 ——— in the Thames, near Rotherhithe — 361 ——— at Yarmouth — 380 ——— in several Ponds in Hertfordshire — 684 ——— at Ildfarcombe, in Devonshire — 642 ——— in the Lake Ontario, in North America — 544 Air, fresh, the Benefit of blowing Showers thereof up through distilling Liquors — 312 ——— Thoughts on the above new Method of Distillation — 534 Alcaline volatile Salt, the Effects of unslacked Lime thereon — 222 Alder, INDEX. Alder, the Blackberry-bearing, Account of that Plant 819 Aleppo, an Account of four undescribed Fishes found near that Place — — — 445 Aleppo, its Latitude — — — 252 Allemand (Monf.) his Account of the Agitation of the Water at Leyden on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 397 —— — — his Letter concerning an Earthquake felt in Holland — — — 545 —— — — his Letter concerning the late Earthquakes at Maastricht — — — 663 —— — — his Account of an Earthquake felt in divers Places of the Netherlands, on the 26th and 27th of Nov. 1755 — — — 512 American Wasps Nest, some Observations thereon 205 Amersfort (in the Province of Utrecht), Account of an Earthquake felt there on the 15th of Jan. 1756 513 Amnii Liquor contributes to nourish the Foetus which swims therein — — — 254 Amputations, Account of the Success of Agaric and Fungus Vinosus in the Healing of them — 93, 264 —— D° of the Powder of Lycoperdon — 38 —— the Use of the Powder of Lycoperdon in stopping the Blood after them — — — 40 Amsterdam, Account of an Earthquake felt there 545 Anacardium, Varnish produced therefrom — 872 Animalcules, Microscopical, produced from infusing of dried Millepedes and Cantharides in boiling Water 553 Animals, Account of Experiments on the Sensibility and Irritability of the several Parts of them — 240 —— Account of Worms found in their Bodies 246 Annual Motion of the Earth, Essay concerning the Irregularities thereof — — — 737 Annuities on Single Lives, Table of their Values — 892 Anson (Lord), Account of the Irregularities of the Tides in the Thames and Medway, communicated by him 523 Antigua, Account of the Agitation of the Sea there on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — — — 668 Vol. 49. 5 Z Antigua, INDEX. Antigua, Account of the Impression upon a Stone dug up there — 295 —— Mr. Arthur Pond his Description thereof — 297 —— Account of the Quantity of Rain fallen there for Four Years — 295 Antioch, its Latitude — 252 Antiquities discovered at Herculaneum 109, 110, 112, 490 Antilles of America, Observations on the Currents of the Sea there — 624 Antonio (Father, a Writer at the Vatican), his Artifice for unrolling the Manuscripts, which were dug out of the Ruins of an Edifice near Herculaneum — 113 Apogee of the Moon, the Inequalities produced by its Position in the Precession of the Equinoxes, and in the Obliquity of the Ecliptic — 722 Arderon (Mr. Wm.) Letter from him concerning the Agitation of the Water at Hunston and Yarmouth, in Norfolk, on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 380 Arm, Paralytic, Cure thereof by Electricity — 558 Arteries, some remarkable Experiments made upon them with the Powder of Lycoperdon — 36, 93, 264 Arzila, Account of the Earthquake there on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 429 Afa Fatida, how produced — 253 Ascanius (Peter, M. D.) his Letter concerning a Mountain of Iron Ore in Sweden — 30 Ascent of Vapours, concerning the Cause thereof — 124 Asia, Account of some new Astronomical and Physical Observations made there — 251 Astronomical Observations made in Asia, a short Account of them — 251 Advantages of taking the Mean of a Number of them — 82 Axis of the Earth, its Nutation — 704 Bagdad, its Latitude — 252 Baily (Mr. Wm.) his Method of increasing the Force of the Fire-Engine — 312 Baker INDEX. Baker (Mr. Henry) Letter to him concerning the Agitation of the Waters on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 380 —— Account of the Books and antient Writings dug out of the Ruins of an Edifice near Herculaneum, communicated by him — 112 —— Observations on the Earthquake at Lisbon on the 1st of Nov. 1755, communicated by him — 413 —— an Account of some Fungite, and other curious coralloid fossil Bodies, communicated by him — 513 —— his Supplement to an Account of a distempered Skin, published in No. 424 of these Transactions — 21 —— Account of the Tumbling down of vast Heaps of Snow from the Mountains — 796 Barbary, an Account of the Earthquakes that happened in that Country on the 1st and 18th of Nov. 1755 — 428, 431 Barber (Mr. Thomas) Letter from him concerning the Agitation of the Waters at Yarmouth on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 380 Barboza (Dr. John) his Observations on the Eclipse of the Moon — 265 Barker (Tho. Esq;) his Letter concerning the Return of the Comet in 1757 or 1758 — 347 Barometer, the general Appearances thereof accounted for — 139, 145 —— concerning the Cause of the Phænomena thereof — 124 Barren Strawberry, Account of that Plant — 834 Barrington (the Hon. Mr.) his Communication of a Letter concerning the Island of Manilla — 458 Base Rocket, Account of that Plant — 833 Bastard Hellebore, Account of that Plant — 851 Bastard Parsley, purple flowered, Account of that Plant — 821 Bastard-stone Parsley, D° — 822 Batb, in England, an Attempt to explain two Roman Inscriptions which were dug up there — 285 Baths (at Toplitz, in Bohemia) Effects of the Earthquake, of the 1st of Nov. 1755, on them — 395 s Z 2 Bazil. INDEX. Bazil, Wild, Account of that Plant — 838 Bazin (Monf.) Letter to him concerning the Earthquake at Oporto, 1 Nov. 1755 — 422 Belchier (Governor) his Lady, her Letter concerning an extraordinary Motion of the Water in the Lake Ontario Bell-flowers, Riged-leaved, Account of that Plant — 544 Benefit of blowing Showers of fresh Air up thro' distilled Liquors — 815 312 Bergemoletto, Account of some Houses there, which were entirely overwhelmed by Snow — 796 Berkshire, Account of the Agitation of the Waters at Reading, in that County, 1 Nov. 1755 — 365, 367 Betony, True Paul's, Account of that Plant — 807 Bewick (Mr. Benjamin) his Account of the Earthquake at Cadiz on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 424 Bezom, or Lowdutch Heath, Account of that Plant — 829 Bilberries, Account of that Plant — 829 Bills of Mortality, Objections to them answered — 888 Birch (Thomas) D. D. his Account of the Agitation of the Waters in Peerless Pool, in Old Street, on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 362 —— an Account of the Agitation of the Water at the Hague on the 1st of Nov. 1755, communicated by him — 396 —— Letter to him concerning the Agitation of the Waters in Scotland and at Hamburg — 550 —— Letter to him concerning the Earthquakes felt at Brussels — 546 —— an Account of the Earthquakes of the 1st and 9th of Nov. 1755, as felt at Neufchatel, in Switzerland, communicated by him — 436 —— an Account of Inoculation, given by Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. to Mr. Ranby, communicated by him — 516 —— Letters to him concerning the surprising Agitation of the Waters on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 351, 353, 361, 364 Birch INDEX. Birch (Thomas) D. D. Letter to him concerning some remarkable Polypes found in the Waters near Brussels, in Flanders — 248 —— —— Letter to him concerning the Sensibility and Irratibility of the several Parts of Animals — 240 —— —— Letter to him concerning the Toxicodendron of Carolina — 161 —— —— Letter to him containing an Account of Worms found in Animal Bodies — 246 —— —— Letter to him concerning an Earthquake felt at Colen, Leige, Mastricht, &c. — 893 —— —— his Translation of an Account of an Essay towards a Natural History of the Adriatic Sea — 585 —— —— Letter to him containing a Dissertation on a Parthian Coin — 593 —— —— Letter to him containing Remarks on the Stones in Nassau, Treves, and Colen, resembling the Giants Causey — 581 Bistort, the Greater, Account of that Plant — 830 Bizerty, in Barbary, extraordinary Currents on that Coast — 635 Bladder, Stone therein dissolvable by the Carlsbad Waters in Bohemia — 895 —— —— D° by medicated Urine — 900 Blackberry-bearing Alder, Account of that Plant — 819 Blair (John) L. L. D. his Account of the Agitation of the Waters at Reading, in Berkshire, on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 367 —— —— Letter communicated by him concerning the Agitation of the Waters at Swanzy on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 379 Bloodwort, Account of that Plant — 827 Bloody Dock, D° — 827 Bodies of Animals, Account of Worms found in them — 246 Boiling Water, Observations on the Productions of Animalcules from Infusions therein — 553 Books and ancient Writings dug out of the Ruins of an Edifice near Herculaneum — 112 INDEX. Bonne (called also Hipone), in Barbary, extraordinary Currents there — 638 Bonnet (Mons.) Letter from him concerning the Earthquakes at Valais, in Switzerland — 511 Borlase (Win.) A. M. his Letter concerning the Agitation of the Waters in Cornwall on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 373 Boston, in New England, Account of an Earthquake felt there on the 18th of Nov. 1755 — 439 Bowyer (John Windham) Esq; an Account of the Sinking of a River at Pontypool, in Monmouthshire, communicated by him — 547 —— — — — Letter to him concerning the Earthquakes along the Coast of England from Dover to Margate — 579 Boy, an Account of a remarkable Case of one, who had a considerable Part of his Intestines forced out by the Fall of a Cart — 238 Brackenridge (Wm.) D. D. his Letter concerning the Method of constructing a Table for the Probability of Lives at London — 167 —— — — — a Table of the Values of Annuities according thereto — 892 —— — — — his Letter concerning the Number of People in England — 268 —— — — — his Letter concerning the present Increase of the People in Britain and Ireland — 877 Bradley (James) D. D. Two Essays relating to Astronomy addressed to him — 700 —— — — — Letter to him concerning the Return of the Comet expected in 1757 or 1758 — 347 Brady (T.) M. D. his Account of the Earthquakes felt at Brussels — 546 —— — — — his Account of some remarkable Insects, of the Polype Kind, found in the Waters near Brussels, in Flanders — 248 Brander (Gustavus) Esq; his Account of a remarkable Echinus — 295 Brander INDEX. Brander (Gustavus) Esq; his Account of the Effects of Lightening at the Danish Church in Wellclose-square 298 Breezes, Land and Sea, how occasioned 146 Brigue, in Valais, an Account of a continued Succession of Earthquakes there 616 Brimstone-Hill (in the Island of Guadelupa) Observations made upon it 564 Brocklesby (Richard) M. D. Account of the Agitation of the Water at Kinsale, in Ireland, on the 1st of Nov. 1755, communicated by him 393 —— his Account of the Sensibility and Irritability of the several Parts of Animals 240 Brook Lime, Account of that Plant 807 Broom Rape, D° 838 Brownrigg (Wm.) M. A. his Thoughts on Dr. Hales's new Method of Distillation by the united Force of Air and Fire 534 Bruni (Dr. Jof.) an Account received from him of some Houses which were intirely overwhelmed with Snow 796 Brussels, in Flanders, Account of the Earthquake felt there 546 —— Account of some remarkable Insects, of the Polype Kind, found in the Waters near it 248 Bullock (Rev. Mr.) his Account of the Earthquake, Nov. 1, 1755, as felt in the Lead Mines in Derbyshire 398 Burnett Rose, Account of that Plant 834 Burnet Saxifrage, Great, D° 824 Burnet, Small, D° 852 Bushey Hawkweed, Narrow-leaved, D° 846 Butter Burr, D° 848 Butter Fly Orches, D° 850 —— Satyrium, D° 849 Byam (Rev. Mr. Francis) his Account of an Impression of a Stone dug up at Antigua; and of the Quantity of Rain fallen there for Four Years 295 C. Cadiz, Account of the Earthquake there on the 1st of Nov. 1755 424, 427 Calaminis, INDEX Calamint, Field, Account of that Plant — 838 Cancer, of the Eyelids, Nose, and neighbouring Parts, Method of curing the same — — — 186 Canterbury Bells, Account of that Plant — 817 Cantharides, Observations of the Productions of Animal- cules by an Infusion of them in boiling Water — 555 Canton (John) M. A. Letter to him, containing an Ac- count of the State of the Thermometer on the 8th and 9th of February 1755 — — — 43 Carolina, a Plant called Toxicodendron, of common Growth there, the same with that from whence the Japan Varnish is produced — — — 162 Carlsbad, in Bohemia, Account of the Waters there 895 Case of a Boy who had a considerable Part of his Intestines forced out by the Fall of a Cart — — — 238 — of a Child, an extraordinary one — — — 34 Cases of Dropsies cured by Sweet Oil — — — 46 Case of a morbid Eye, a remarkable one — — — 18 Cashew Nut-tree, Varnish produced therefrom — — — 872 Cassius, Mount, its Latitude — — — 252 Castro (Dr. De) Part of Two Letters to him concerning the Earthquake at Lisbon on Nov. 1, 1755 — — — 409 Castro Sarmento (Jacob De) M.D. an Observation of an Eclipse of the Moon communicated by him — — — 265 Cat-mint, Account of that Plant — — — 837 Catalogue of Fifty Plants, from Chelsea Garden, for the Year 1754, presented to the Royal Society by Dr. John Wilmer — — — — — 78 — D° for the Year 1755 — — — 607 Cat (Monf. Le) M.D. his Account of those malignant Fe- vers that raged at Rouen in the Years 1753 and 1754 — 49 Cause of Exhalations, Winds, &c. Letters concerning it — — — 124 Caylus (Count) an ancient Method of Painting revived by him — — — — — 652 Cerati (Monf.) Letter to him concerning the Books and ancient Writings dug out of the Ruins of an Edifice near Herculaneum — — — — — 112 INDEX. Chambers (Mr. Charles) his Account of the Earthquake at Madeira the 1st of Nov. 1755 — — 435 Charr Fish, some Account thereof — — 210 Chatbam, Account of the Irregularity of the Tides there, in Feb. 1756 — — 523 Chelsea Garden, Catalogue of Fifty Plants therefrom 78, 607 Chemical Experiments concerning the Action of unslacked Lime on volatile alkaline Salts — — 222 Chester (Bishop) Letter to him concerning the Agitation of the Waters in Cumberland — — 381 Chevalier (John) his Observations, made at Lisbon, on the Eclipses of the Satellites of Jupiter — — 48 Chevening, in Kent, Account of the Agitation of the Water there Nov. 1, 1755 — — 360 Chickling Vetch, Account of that Plant — — 843 Chickweed, Long-leaved, D° — — 832 Child (Mr. Wm.) his Letter to Mr. James Pitford, concerning the Effects of Lightning at Darking, in Surry — — 309 Child, an extraordinary Case of one — — 34 Cinquefoil, Tormentil, Account of that Plant — — 835 Claret, an Account of the Success of some Experiments of injecting it into the Abdomen after Tapping — — 485 Climing Fumitory, Account of that Plant — — 841 Cockshead, D° — — 843 Coic, near Aleppo, an Account of Fishes found in that River — — 447 Coin, Parthian, a Dissertation on one — — 593 Colares (about 20 Miles from Lisbon) Observations made there of the Earthquake Nov. 1, 1755 — — 413 Colen, Account of an Earthquake felt there — — 893 — Remarks on Stones in that Territory, resembling those of the Giants Causey — — 581 Colden (Cadwaladar) Esq; Letter from him concerning the Earthquake felt at New York the 18th of Nov. 1755 — — 443 Vol. 49. 6 A Collinson INDEX. Collinson (Mr. Peter) Account of Copper-springs lately discovered in Pennsylvania, communicated by him — 648 —— —— Letter to him concerning a curious fleshy Coral-like Substance — — — 449 —— —— Letter to him concerning the Earthquake felt in New York, Nov. 18, 1755 — 443 —— —— Letter to him concerning the Earthquake felt in Pennsylvania, Nov. 18, 1755 — 444 —— —— Letter to him concerning Four undescribed Fishes of Aleppo — — — 445 —— —— Letter concerning the Effects of Lightning at Darking, in Surry — — — 309 —— —— Letter to him concerning some Microscopical Observations — — — 553 —— —— Letter to him concerning a Mountain of Iron Ore in Sweden — — — 30 —— —— Letter to him concerning the Charr-fish — — — 210 Colquhoun (Sir James) his Account of the Agitation of the Water at Loch Lomond, Nov. 1, 1755 — 389 Columbines, Account of that Plant — — — 836 Comet, Extract of a Letter concerning the Return of one in the Year 1757 or 1758 — — — 347 Commissioners of the Excise, Letter to them concerning the Earthquakes along the Coast of England from Dover to Margate — — — — 579 —— —— Letter to them concerning the Sinking of a River at Pontypool — — — 547 Common Salt, Method of making it sooner, cheaper, and better — — — 330 Condamine (Mons. La) his Letter to Dr. Matty — 622 Configurations of the smallest shining Particles of Snow, Method of observing them — — — 644 Considerations on Two large Pieces of Lead, with Roman Inscriptions — — — 686 Constantinople, Account of several Earthquakes lately felt there — — — 115 —— —— Queries concerning it, and their Answers 96 INDEX. Copper-springs lately discovered in Pennsylvania — 648 Coral-like Substance, an Account of a curious fleshy one — 449 Coralline Moss, Small, brown, Account of that Plant — 858 Coralloid fossil Bodies, Account of some curious ones — 513 Codded-Corn Violet, Account of that Plant — 817 Cornwall, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — 371 Costa (Mr. Emanuel Mendes De) his Translation, from the Latin, of a Letter concerning a Mountain of Iron Ore in Sweden — 30 Cotton Grass, Account of that Plant — 809 Cough, a short dry one, called the Husk, incident to young Bullocks, caused by Worms — 247 Cowper (Earl) Letter to him concerning the Agitation of the Waters near Durham, Nov. 1, 1755 — 385 Cramon (Mr.) his Account of the Benefit of Ventilators on board a Ship with 392 Slaves — 335 Cranbrook, in Kent, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there, Nov. 1, 1755 — 360 Cranebill, Dovesfoot, Account of that Plant — 841 —— with jagged Leaves, D° — 840 —— Shining or Stone, D° — ibid. Creeping Tormentil, D° — 835 Crocodile, an Account of a particular Species thereof — 639 Croswort, Account of that Plant — 853 Crowfoot, Muskwood, D° — 831 Crusius (Lewis) D. D. Letter to him concerning the Agitation of the Waters near Reading, in Berkshire, Nov. 1, 1755 — 365 —— Letter to him concerning the Earthquake, as felt in the Lead Mines in Derbyshire — 398 —— an Account of the Earthquake at Madeira, Nov. 1, 1755, communicated by him — 435 Cuckow Flower, Account of that Plant — 839 —— Hairy, D° — 840 Cumberland, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — 381 INDEX. Cuneo (the Intendant of that Province) the Account taken by him of some Houses which were overwhelmed 796 Currents of the Sea, Observations on those near the Antilles of America 624 Observations on those in the Mediterranean 634 Cyperus Grass, Account of that Plant 808 D. Daffodil, Wild English, Account of that Plant 826 Danish Church, in Wellclose-square, an Account of the Effects of Lightning there 298 Darking, in Surry, Effects of Lightning there 309 Dartmouth, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there 643 Daval (Peter) Esq; Account of the Earthquake at Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1755, communicated by him 411 Davel (Monf.) his Dissertation upon the Cancer of the Eyelids, Nose, and neighbouring Parts, commonly called Noli me tangere 186 Deadly Night Shade, Account of that Plant 818 Deafness, when caused by an Obstruction in the Tuba Eustachiana, its Cure 213 Delibard (Monf.) Letter from Mr. Benj. Franklin to him, concerning Electricity 305 Deluge, Universal, Reasons for the Belief of it 678 Deptford, Account of the Irregularity of the Tides there in Feb. 1756 523 Derbyshire, Account of the Earthquake Nov. 1, 1755, as felt in the Lead Mines there 398 Devonshire, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 371, 642 Diarbekir, Observations made there 252 Dingley (Robert) Esq; Letter to him concerning the Success of the Agaric in Amputation 264 his Account of the Irregularities of the Tides in the River Thames, on the 12 and 13 of Feb. 1756 530, 533 Diseases INDEX. Diseases of Bullocks and Sheep caused by Worms — 247 Dissenters from the established Church, Number of them, in proportion to the whole Number of Inhabitants in London — 179 Distillation, Thoughts on Dr. Hales's new Method thereof, by the united Force of Air and Fire — 534 Distilled Liquors, the great Benefit of blowing Showers of fresh Air up through them — 312 Dodder, Account of that Plant — 813 Dodson (James) his Table of the Values of Annuities on Lives — 892 Donati Vitaliano, M. D. an Account of his Essay towards a natural History of the Adriatic Sea — 585 —— —— his Letter concerning the Earthquake at Turin, and other Parts of Italy — 612 Dover, Account of the Earthquake felt there on the 18th of Feb. 1756 — 579 Dovesfoot Cranebill, Account of that Plant — 841 —— —— with jagged Leaves, D° — 840 —— —— Shining or Stone, D° — ibid. Dropfy, Account of the Cure thereof by Sweet Oil — 46 —— —— a Species thereof incident to Bullocks and Sheep, caused by Worms — 247 Dublin, a Journal of the Weather — 759 Dumbarton, Account of an Earthquake there on the 30th and 31st of Dec. 1755 — 509 Dumfries, Account of the Agitation of the Water in a small Lake at Closeburn, in that Shire — 521 Durham, Account of the Agitation of the Waters, near that City, Nov. 1, 1755 — 385 Dust, a Shower thereof, Account of one falling on a Ship between Shetland and Iceland — 509 Dying, the Use of Toxicodendron therein — 159 E. Earth, the Irregularities in the annual Motion thereof, how far occasioned by the Action of the Sun — 737 Earth, the Nutation of its Axis, Essay concerning it — 704 INDEX. Earthquake of Nov. 1, 1745, its Effects in Barbary 428 at Cadiz 424, 427 at Colares, about 20 Miles from Lisbon 413 in the Lead Mines in Derbyshire 398 at Lisbon 402, 409, 411 Earthquake, Paulus Jovius his Account of one like thereto at Lisbon in the Year 1531 402 Earthquake of Nov. 1, 1755, its Effects at Madeira 432, at Madrid 423 at Oporto 418, 419, 421, 422 at Amersfort, in the Province of Utrecht 513 Earthquake, its Effects in Barbary 428 at Boston, in New England 439 at Brigue, in Valais 616 at Bruffels 546 on the Coast of England, between Margate and Dover 579 at Geneva 438 at Glasgow and Dumbarton 509 in Holland 544, 545, 663 at Manilla 459 in divers Parts of the Netherlands 512 at Neufchattel, in Switzerland 436 at New York 443 in Pennsylvania 444 at Turin, and other Parts of Italy 612 at Valais, in Switzerland 511 Earthquakes, Account of several lately felt at Constantinople, Adrianople, and Smyrna 115, 116, 117 Eastern Countries, Queries concerning them, and their Answers 96 to 107 Eastern INDEX. Eastern Countries, some Physical and Astronomical Observations made there — 251 Echinus, a petrified one of a singular Kind — 155 —— Account of a remarkable one — 295 Eclipses, Observations of those of Jupiter's Satellites — 48 Eclipse of the Moon, Observations on one — 265 Ecliptic, its Obliquity, the Variations occasioned therein by the Position of the Moon's Apogee — 722 —— — — — — the Variations occasioned therein by the Actions of Jupiter and Saturn — 744 —— — — — — the Variations occasioned therein by the Force of the Sun — 718 Eddystone Lighthouse, Account of the Case of a Man who died by the Effects of the Fire there — 477 Edwards (Mr. George) his Account of the Species of the Crocodile, called Lacerto ventre marsupii donato, &c. — 639 Eeles (Hen.) Esq; his Letters concerning the Cause of Exhalations, Winds, &c. — 124 Electrical Fluid, attending the Ascent and Descent of the Vapours and Exhalations, and supposed to be the principal Cause of Winds — 133 —— — — — — supposed to be the Cause of the Ascent of Vapours — 132 Electrical Power of the Clouds, the Occasion of the Death of George William Richman, Member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences at Petersburgh — 61 Electricity, Experiments thereof succeed better in the Eastern Countries than in Europe — 254 Electrical Experiments made by Mr. Benj. Franklin — 300 Electricity, a Letter concerning it by D° — 305 —— — — — Account of a Cure of a paralytic Arm thereby — 558 Ellicot (Mr. John) Account of the Effects of the Earthquake, Nov. 1, 1755, at Madrid, communicated by him — 423 —— — — — Account of the Effects of the Earthquake, Nov. INDEX. Nov. 1, 1755, at Oporto, communicated by him 418, Ellis (Mr. John) his Account of a curious fleshy Coral- like Substance — — — 449 —— — — his Letter concerning the Tree that yields Varnish — — — 866 Ellis (Capt. Hen.) his Account of the Benefit of Ventilators on board a Ship with 340 Negroes — — 336 Engine for raising Water by Steam, its Force encreased 312 England, Number of Houses therein, in 1710 — — 270 —— D° — — in 1750 — — 887 —— — — a Letter concerning the Number of People in- habiting therein — — — 268, 274 —— — — Quantity of Wheat consumed therein — — 273 English Plants Account of some of the more uncommon, observed in Leicestershire — — — 803 English Daffodil, Wild, Account of that Plant — — 826 —— Marsh Saxifrage, D° — — — 833 —— Soft or Gentle Thistle, D° — — — 847 Equatorial Parts of the Earth, the Force of the Sun's Action on them — — — 704 Equinoxes, their Precession, how far occasioned by the Ac- tion of the Sun — — — 709 —— — — — Essay concerning it — — — 704 —— — — — the Inequality thereof depend- ing on the Position of the Moon's Apogee — — 722 —— — — — the Inequality thereof depend- ing on the Position of the Moon's Nodes — — 714 Eruption of Mount Ætna, Account of a late one — — 209 —— — — Vesuvius, D° — — — 24, 27, 28 Essay on the Irregularities in the annual Motion of the Earth — — — — 737 —— on the Precession of the Equinoxes, and the Nutation of the Earth's Axis — — — — 704 Essex, Account of the Agitation of the Waters at Roch- ford, in this County, Nov. 1, 1755 — — 364 Eustachiana Tuba, Method of restoring the Hearing, when injured by an Obstruction therein — — 213 INDEX. Excise (Commissioners of) Letters to them concerning the Sinking of a River near Pontypool — 547 ——— Letter to them concerning the Earthquakes along the Coast of England, between Dover and Margate — 579 Exhalations, Experiments proving them to be electrified — 151 ——— the Quantity of them augmented by Wind — 150 Experiments, the Success of some, of injecting Claret into the Abdomen after Tapping — 485 ——— of the Sensibility and Irritability of the several Parts of Animals — 240 ——— of Electricity, succeed better in the Eastern Countries than in Europe — 254 ——— proving that all ascending Vapours and Exhalations are electrified — 151 ——— relating to the Fire-Engine — 540 ——— Electrical, made by Mr. Benj. Franklin — 300 ——— Chemical, concerning the Action of unslacked Lime on volatile alkaline Salt — 222 Eyelids, and great Angle of the Eye, Dissertation concerning the Cancer affecting those Parts, commonly called Noti me tangere — 186 Eye, remarkable Case of a morbid one — 18 F. Farrington (Rev. Mr.) his Letter, giving some Account of the Charr-Fish, found in North Wales — 210 Fauquier (Wm.) Esq; Letter to him concerning the Impression on a Stone, dug up in the Island of Antigua; and the Quantity of Rain fallen there for Four Years — 295 Fern-water, Account of that Plant — 854 Fevers, Malignant, an Account of those that raged at Rouen in the Years 1753 and 1754 — 49 Fez, Account of the Earthquake there, on the 1st and 18th of Nov. 1755 — 430, 431 Field Calamint, Account of that Plant — 838 Fiery Corruscations issuing from a topical oblong Cloud seen at Constantinople — 119 Vol. 49. INDEX. Eine-leaved Heath, Account of that Plant — 829 Fire-Engine, Experiments relating to lessening the Expences of constructing and working it — 540 ——— the Force thereof increased — 312 Fishes, an Account of Four undescribed ones of Aleppo — 445 Fissure, Account of one in a Rock, near Petworth, in Surry — 358 Flanders, remarkable Polypes found in the Waters there — 248 Fleabane, Dwarf, Account of that Plant — 848 Fleming (Malcolm) M. A. his Observations concerning the Nourishment of the Foetus, by the Liquor Amnii — 254 Fletcher (Mr.) Letter to him concerning the Agitation of the Water at Loch Lommond, Nov. 1. 1755 — 389 Fluellen, Account of that Plant — 807 Foetus partly nourished by the Liquor Amnii — 254 Ford (Mr. James) his Account of the Success of Agaric and the Fungus Vinosus in Amputations — 93 Fosse (Mons. La) his Experiments upon the Arteries of Horses, with the Powder of the Lycoperdon — 36, 49 Fossil Bodies, Account of some curious ones — 513, 670 ——— not to be found in very high Mountains 674 ——— those found in Europe originally belong to the Equator or Tropics — 677 Fowke (General, Governor of Gibraltar) his Account of Earthquakes that happened in Barbary, on the 1st and 18th of Nov. 1755 — 428, 431 Fox (the Right Hon. Henry) Esq; Letter to him concerning the Earthquakes that happened in Barbary, on the 1st and 18th of Nov. 1755 — 430, 431 Framboise, Account of that Plant — 834 Franklin (Mr. Benj.) Electrical Experiments made by him — 300 ——— Extract of his Letter to Mons. Delibard concerning Electricity — 305 Fresh Water, some Observations on the manner of making it from Sea Water — 317 INDEX. Firth of Forth, in Scotland, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there, Nov. 1, 1755 — 55° Frooyd (a River so called) Account of the Sinking thereof — 547 Fumitory, Climbing, Account of that Plant — 841 Fungitae, an Account of them, and other curious coralloid fossile Bodies — 513 Fungus Vinosus, what it is — 94 Account of the Success thereof in Amputations — 93 G. Gardner (Robert) his Account of the Agitation of the Waters at Loch Ness, in Scotland, Nov. 1, 1755 — 387 Geneva, Account of the Earthquake there, Nov. 9, 1755 — 438 Gentian, Dwarf autumnal, Account of that Plant — 820 Georgians, Practisers of Inoculation — 108 Giants Causey, Remarks on Stones in Nassau, Treves, and Colen, resembling those thereof — 581 Gillover, or Gilloflower, Account of that Plant — 814 Glasgow, Account of an Earthquake there on 30 and 31 of Dec. 1755 — 509 Golden Dock, Account of that Plant — 828 Golden Rod, D° — 848 Golden Saxifrage, D° — 831 Grasps of Parnassus, D° — 825 Gray (Charles) Esq; Account of the Agitation of the Sea at Antigua, Nov. 14, 1755, communicated by him — 668 Graymil, Account of that Plant — 814 Great Turret Saxifrage, D° — 824 Great Water-Parsnip, D° — 822 Greeks, Query concerning their Learning — 96 answered — 106 Gromil, Account of that Plant — 814 Gromwell, D° — ibid. Groveftins (Monf.) his Account of an Earthquake felt at the Hagus — 544 INDEX. Guadelupa, Observations made on the Brimstone Hill in that Island — 564 Guildford, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — 357 Gum Succery, Dwarf, Account of that Plant — 845 Guy (Mr. Rich.) his Account of an extraordinary Case of a Child — 34 H. Hail, a violent Shower thereof — 16 Hague, an Account of the Agitation of the Water there Nov. 1, 1755 — 396 —— an Account of an Earthquake felt there Feb. 18, 1756 — 544, 545 Hales (Stephen) D. D. his Account of the great Benefit of blowing Showers of fresh Air up through distilled Liquors — 312 —— Thoughts on his new Method of Distillation, by the united Force of Air and Fire — 534 —— his Letter concerning the Waters of the Holy Well, at Malvern, in Worcestershire — 459 —— his Account of some Trials to cure the ill Taste of Milk, and to sweeten stinking Water — 339 —— Letter to him concerning an extraordinary Motion in the Water in the Lake Ontario — 544 —— Letter to him concerning the Toxicodendron of Carolina — 157 —— his Account of the great Benefit of Ventilators — 332 Hamburgh, Account of the Agitation of the Water there Nov. 1, 1755 — 550 Haresfoot Trefoil, Account of that Plant — 844 Harrison (Rev. Mr. John) his Account of the Agitation of the Waters in Cumberland, Nov. 1, 1755 — 381 Hart (Cheney) M. D. his Account of the Cure of a paralytic Arm by Electricity — 558 Hawkweed, Bushey, Account of that Plant — 846 INDEX. Health, Instances of the Benefit of Ventilators in the Preservation thereof — 332 Hearing, a Method to restore the same, when injured by an Obstruction of the Tuba Eustachiana — 213 Heat of melted Lead, not too great to be borne in the Stomach without immediate Death — 480 Heath, Fine-leaved, Account of that Plant — 829 Lowdutch, or Bezon, D° — ibid. Heberden, (Dr. Wm.) Letter to him concerning the Earthquake at Madeira, Nov. 1. 1755 — 432 Hée (Christianus) his Essay on the Pressure of Weights, in the Motion of Machines — 1 Hellebore, Bastard, Account of that Plant — 851 Marfs, D° — 851 Hemlock, Long-leaved, D° — 823 Water, D° — 822 Henkel (Tilman) Esq; Letter to him concerning the Earthquake, Nov. 1. 1755, at Oporto — 418 Herb Paris, Account of that Plant — 831 Woodrooffe, D° — 811 Herculaneum, Account of the late Discoveries there — 109, 110, 112, 490 Artifice made use of to unroll the Manuscripts found there — 113 Hertfordshire, Account of the extraordinary Agitation of the Water in several Ponds there — 684 Hind Berry, Account of that Plant — 834 Hipone (otherwise Bonne) in Barbary, extraordinary Currents there — 638 History, Natural, of the Adriatic Sea, an Account of that Work — 585 Hodgson (Mr. John) his Account of a Fissure in a Rock, near Petworth, in Sussex — 358 Holdsworth (Rev. Mr.) Extract of a Letter from him, relating to the Agitation of the Waters at Dartmouth — 643 Holland, Account of an Earthquake felt there — 544, 545 Hollis (Thomas) Esq; Extract of Letters to him, concerning the late Discoveries at Herculaneum — 109, 490 Hondt INDEX. Hondt (Mr. De) his Account of the Agitation of the Waters at the Hague, Nov. 1, 1755 — 396 Horn, Monstrous, growing from the Throat of a Sheep — 183 Horses, Experiments made on their Arteries after Amputations — 36, 40 Horse-mint, Long-leaved, Account of that Plant — 837 Horse-tail, Female, D° — 806 Water Milfoil, D° — 851 Houses in England, their Number in 1710 — 270 in 1750 — 887 Hunston, in Norfolk, Account of the Agitation of the Water there Nov. 1, 1755 — 380 Hurricanes, a Description of them — 627 Husk, a Disease, to which young Bullocks are subject, caused by Worms — 247 Huxham (John) M.D. his Letter concerning the Agitation of the Water in Devonshire and Cornwall, Nov. 1, 1755 — 371 his Letter concerning the Case of a Man who swallowed melted Lead — 483 Part of a Letter from him, in relation to the Effects of Lightning at Plymouth — 16 Hyde (John) Esq; an Account of the Earthquake at Boston, in New England, Nov. 18, 1755, communicated by him — 439 I. Jacobson (Theodore) Esq; an Account of the Effects of the Earthquake, Nov. 1, 1755, at Oporto, communicated by him — 422 Jalabert (Monf.) his Account of a continued Succession of Earthquakes at Brigue, in Valais — 616 Jamineau (Isaac) Esq; Extract of Five Letters from him, concerning the late Eruption of Vesuvius — 24, 27, 28 Japan, the Plant from whence the Varnish, used there, is procured — 162 Manner of procuring that Varnish — 163 INDEX. Ildfarcombe, in Devonshire, Account of an unusual Agitation of the Sea there 642 Immersion of, a Star under the Moon, observed at Diarbekir 252 Impression on a Stone, dug up at the Island Antigua 295 Increase of the People in Britain and Ireland, Letter concerning it 877 Inhabitants of England, their Number 268 Inoculation, Query the actual State thereof, in the Eastern Countries 96 answered 104 practised by the Georgians 108 Sir Hans Sloane's Account of it 516 Inscriptions, Roman, an Attempt to explain Two of them, which were dug up at Bath 285 Considerations on Two, found on Pieces of Lead 686 Account of one of them, found at Malton, in Yorkshire 69 Account of Four; found near Wroxeter, in Shropshire 196 Insects, of the Polype Kind, remarkable ones, found in the Waters near Brussells, in Flanders 248 Instances of the great Benefit of Ventilators, in the Preservation of the Health and Lives of People, on board of Slave and other Transport Ships 333 Intestines, Case of a Boy, who had a considerable Part of them forced out, by the Fall of a Cart 238 Journal of the Weather in Dublin 759 Iron Ore, Account of a Mountain thereof, in Sweden 30 Irregularities in the annual Motion of the Earth, Essay concerning them 737 Irregularities of the Tides at divers Places in the Rivers Thames and Medway 523, 530 Irritability, an Account thereof, in the several Parts of Animals 240 Isoperimetrical Problems, Investigation of a general Rule, for the Resolution of them Jupiter 4 INDEX. Jupiter, the Irregularities of the annual Motion of the Earth, occasioned by the Action of that Planet — 737 —— D° — — in the Obliquity of the Ecliptic — 744 —— its Satellites, Observations of their Eclipses, made at Lisbon — — — — 48 K. Kent, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — — — — 360 Kidney-wort, Account of that Plant — — — — 832 Kidney-vetch, D° — — — — 842 Kilpatrick, (Sir Tho.) Bart. his Account of the extraordinary Agitation of the Waters, in a small Lake at Clofesburn, in the Shire of Dumfries — — — — 521 Kingjalo, in Ireland, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — — — — 391, 393 Knee joints, an Account of Two singular Cases of diseased ones, successfully treated — — — — 452 Knotted Parsley, Account of that Plant — — — — 821 Knotted Trefoil, with oblong Heads, D° — — — — 844 —— — — — with round Heads, D° — — — — ibid. L. Ladies Finger, Account of that Plant — — — — 842 —— Mantle, D° — — — — 812 —— Smock, D° — — — — 839 —— Traces D° — — — — 850 Lambert (Edward) the Porcupine Man, Account of him — — — — 22 Land Breezes, how occasioned — — — — 146 Latham (Mr.) his Account of the Earthquake at Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1755 — — — — 411 Lathyrus, Wild, Account of that Plant — — — — 842 Laterman (Mr. James) Two Letters of his, concerning the Effects of the Agaric of the Oak — — — — 36 Latitudes of several remarkable Places in the East — — — — 252 Lava, attending the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, its Properties — — — — 25 Lead, Melted, Case of a Man, in whose Stomach a considerable Quantity was found — — — — 477 INDEX. Lead, Melted, extracted from the Stomach of Dogs, and other Animals — — — 480 Lead Mines, in Derbyshire, an Account of the Earthquake, Nov. 1, 1755. as felt in them — — 398 Leicestershire, Account of some of the more rare English Plants observed there — — 803 Lettuce, Wild, Account of that Plant — — 845 Leyden, an Account of the Agitation of the Waters there on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — — 397 Liege, Account of an Earthquake felt there — — 893 Life, the Probability thereof, at London, Method of constructing a Table thereof — — 167 Lightning, the Effects thereof in the Danish Church, in Wellclose-square — — 298 —— — — — — — — — at Darking, in Surry 309 —— — — — — — — — on the Great Hulk at Portsmouth-Dock — — 16 —— — — — — — — — at Newbury, in New England — — 307 Lightning conducted along a small Wire, without doing any Damage to a Building, so far as the Wire extended ibid. Lilley of the Valley, Account of that Plant — — 827 Lime, Unslacked, its Action on volatile alcaline Salt 222 Liquor Amnii contributes to nourish the Foetus, which swims therein — — — — — — — 254 Liquors, while distilling, the Benefit of blowing Showers of fresh Air up through them — — — 312 Lisbon, Account of the Earthquake there Nov. 1, 1755 — — — — — 402, 409, 411 —— Observations thereon, made at Colares, about 20 Miles from that City — — — — — 413 —— Account of the Earthquake there, in the Year 1531, from Paulus Jovius — — — 402 —— Observations of the Eclipses of the Satellites of Jupiter, made there — — — — 48 Lives, Annuities thereon, a Table of their Values — — 892 Loch Lommond, in Scotland, Account of the Agitation of the Water there Nov. 1, 1755 — — — 389 INDEX. Loch Ness, in Scotland, Account of the Agitation of the Water there Nov. 1, 1755 — 387 Locke (John) Esq; his Translation of a Letter, concerning the Books and antient Writings dug out of the Ruins of an Edifice near Herculaneum — 112 Long-leaved Chickweed, Account of that Plant — 832 Horse-mint, D° — 837 Loose Strife, D° — 814 Lungwort, D° — 857 Lupi Crepitus, See Lycoperdon. Lycoperdon, a Letter concerning its Use, in stopping Blood after Amputations — 39, 40 Experiments made therewith, upon the Arteries of Horses — 36 Lyttleton (Rev. Dr. Charles) Letter to him concerning the Agitation of the Waters in Cornwall on the 1st of Nov. 1755 — 373 an Essay on the Waters of the Holy Well at Malvern, in Worcestershire, communicated by him — 459 M. Macclesfield (Earl of) surprising Agitation of the Waters at his Seat at Shirburn-Castle, in Oxfordshire — 368 Letter to him on the Advantage of taking the Mean of a Number of Astronomical Observations — 82 Letter to him concerning the Impression on a Stone, dug up in the Island of Antigua — 297 Letter to him concerning the Irregularities of the Tides, in the River Thames, in Feb. 1756 — 533 Letter to him containing an Account of the more uncommon English Plants, observed in Leicestershire — 803 Letter to him concerning the Method of constructing a Table of the Probabilities of Life at London — 167 Macclesfield, INDEX. Macclesfield (Earl of) Letter to him concerning the Swallowing of melted Lead 480 Machines, the Pressure occasioned by Weights, in their Motion 1 Madeira, Account of the Earthquake there Nov. 1, 1755 432, 435 Madrid, Effects of the Earthquake, of Nov. 1, 1755, there 423 Maestrecht an Account of the Earthquakes felt there 663, 545, 893 Maiden Hair, Account of that Plant 855 Malignant Fevers, Account of those that raged at Rouen in the Years 1753 and 1754 49 Malt Tax, the Amount thereof from the Year 1746 to the Year 1753 273 Malton, in Yorkshire, Account of a Roman Inscription found there, in the Year 1753 69 Malvern, in Worcestershire, an Essay on the Waters of the Holy Well there 459 Manilla, an Account of that Island, and of an Earthquake there 458 Mankind, Query, whether the Plurality of Wives is favourable to the Increase of them answered 96 Mantle, Ladies, Account of that Plant 812 Maps of the Turkish Dominions, Query concerning them answered 96 Margate, Account of the Earthquake felt there Feb. 18, 1756 579 Marseilles, in France, an extraordinary Flow of Waters there 637 Marsh Hellebore, Account of that Plant 851 Marsh Saxifrage, D° 833 Mascali, Extract of a Letter from the Magistrates thereof, concerning a late Eruption of Mount Aetna 209 Matthew (Mr. Edward) his Letter concerning the Sinking of a River near Pontypool, in Monmouthshire 547 INDEX. Mattys (Matthew) M.D. an Account of some Astronomical and Physical Observations, made in Asia, communicated by him — 251 Letter to him from Mons. la Condamine — 622 Account of the Earthquake at Oporto, Nov. 1, 1755, communicated by him — 422 his Translation of some Observations, made on the Brimstone-Hill, in the Island of Guadelupa — 564 Queries sent by him to a Friend at Constantinople — 96 Matweed, Small, Account of that Plant — 809 Mauduit (Mr. Israel) his Observations upon an American Wasps-Nest — 504 May-lilly, Account of that Plant — 827 Mazeas, (Abbé) his Letter concerning the Toxicodendron of Carolina — 157 his Letter concerning the Revival of the ancient Method of Painting — 652 Meadow Saxifrage, Account of that Plant — 821 Medicated Urine, a Solvent for the Stone in the Bladder — 900 Medick, Vetch-ling, Account of that Plant — 843 Mediterranean Sea, Observations on certain Currents there — 634 Medway, Irregularities of the Tides therein, in Feb. 1756 — 523 Melted Lead, Case of a Man who swallowed a considerable Quantity thereof — 477 the Heat thereof, not too great to be borne on the Stomach, without immediate Death — 480 extracted from the Stomach of Dogs, and other Animals — ibid. Letter from Dr. Huxham, concerning the Man who swallowed melted Lead — 483 Men, Query, if not exceeded, in Number, by the Women in the Eastern Countries — 69 answered — 101 Mequinez, INDEX. Mequinez, Account of the Earthquakes there on the 1st and 18th of Nov. 1755 — 430, 431 Microscopical Observations on the Production of Animalcules, in Infusions made with boiling Water — 553 Milan, an Account of some Earthquakes felt there — 613 Miles (Henry) D. D. a Letter from him, containing the State of the Thermometer on Feb. 8 and 9, 1755 — 43 Milk, Method of curing the ill Taste thereof — 339 Millepedes, Observations on the Production of Animalcules, by an Infusion of them in boiling Water — 554 Miller (Philip) his Letter concerning the Toxicodendron of Carolina — 161 Milles (Jeremiah) D. D. an Account of an unusual Agitation of the Sea at Ildfarcombe, in Devonshire, communicated by him — 642 —— — — an Account of the like at Dartmouth, communicated by him — 643 Millet, Cyperus Grafs, Account of that Plant — 808 Mills Mr. Henry) his Letter, containing an Account of the Agitation of the Thames, near Rotherhithe, Nov. 1, 1755 — 361 Mines, in Derbyshire, an Account of the Earthquake, Nov. 1, 1755, as felt in them — 398 Mineral Waters, an Essay on those at Malvern, in Worcestershire — 459 Mitchel (Capt. Wm.) his Letter concerning the Irregularity of the Tides on Feb. 12, 1756 — 532 Moneywort, Account of that Plant — 815 Monmouthshire, Account of the Sinking of a River there — 547 Moon, the Immersion of a Star under her, observed at Diarbekir — 252 —— her Nodes, the Inequalities produced by the Position of them, in the Precession of the Equinoxes — 714 —— her Apogee, Dq — 722 —— Eclipse thereof, Observations on one — 265 Moonwort, Account of that Plant — 854 Morocco, INDEX. Morocco, Account of an Earthquake felt there Nov. 1755 — 431 Mortality, Bills of, Objections to them answered — 888 Moschatell, Tuberous, D° — 831 Mountain of Iron Ore, in Sweden, Account thereof — 39 Mountains, Account of Two large Bodies of Snow which tumbled down from them — 796 Mounts-Bay, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — 373 Mug-weed, Account of that Plant — 853 Mushroom, Pepper, D° — 860 Mujk-wood, Crowfoot, D° — 831 Muyffon (Monf.) his Account of the Earthquake at Oporto Nov. 1, 1755 — 422 N. Nardus Indica, a gramineous Plant — 253 Narrow-leaved bushy Hawkweed, Account of that Plant — 846 Nassau, Remarks on Stones in that County, resembling those of the Giants Causey — 581 Natural History of the Adriatic Sea, an Account of that Work — 585 Navel-wort Account of that Plant — 832 Needham (John) his Account of the Case of a Boy, who had a considerable Part of his Intestines forced out, by the Fall of a Cart — 238 Nep, or Cat-mint, Account of that Plant — 837 Netherlands, Account of an Earthquake felt in divers Parts of them on Dec. 26 and 27, 1755 — 512 Nettis (John) M. D. his Account of the Method of observing the Configurations of the Particles of Snow — 644 Neufchatel, in Switzerland, an Account of the Earthquakes there on the 1st and 9th of Nov. 1755 — 436 Newbury, in New England, Effects of Lightning there — 307 New York, an Account of the Earthquake there Nov. 18, 1755 — 443 Nichols INDEX. Nichols Frank, M. D. his Account of Worms in animal Bodies — 246 Nicola (L.) his Account of the Agitation of the Waters at Kingsale, in Ireland, Nov. 1, 1755 — 391 Nightshade, Deadly, Account of that Plant — 818 Nitre, how produced — 253 Nodes of the Moon, the Inequalities produced, in the Precession of the Equinoxes, by the Position of them — 714 Norfolk, Account of the Agitation of the Waters in that County, Nov. 1, 1755 — 380 Number of Houses in England, in 1710 and 1750 — 270, 887 Number of People in England — 268, 274 Nutation of the Earth's Axis, Essay concerning it — 704 O. Oak, Agaric thereof, its Effects after Capital Operations in Surgery — 36, 93, 264 Account of the Species of Plant, from which the Styptic, so called, is produced — 28 Oak Lungs, Account of that Plant — 857 Oat Grass, Red, D° — 810 Obliquity of the Ecliptic, the Variations occasioned therein, by the Actions of Jupiter and Saturn — 744 D° by the Position of the Moon's Apogee — 722 D° by the Force of the Sun — 718 Observations, Astronomical, the Advantages of taking a Mean of a Number of them — 82 Astronomical and Physical, Account of some made in Asia — 251 on the Brimstone-Hill in the Island of Guadelupe — 564 on the Earthquake at Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1751, made at Colares, about 20 Miles from that City — 413 Microscopical, on the Production of Animalcules in Infusions made with boiling Water — 553 on an Eclipse of the Moon — 265 Observ- INDEX. Observations on the Eclipses of the Satellites of Jupiter, made at Lisbon — 48 Oil, Sweet, Account of its curing some dropsical Cases — 46 Old-street, London, Account of the Waters in Peerless Pool, near that Place, Nov. 1, 1755 — 362 Old Wife, the Portraiture of a Fish, so called, impressed on a Stone, dug up in the Island of Antigua — 295 Mr. Arthur Pond's Description thereof — 297 Oliver (Wm.) M. D. Letter to him, with an Account of some Cases of Dropsies cured by sweet Oil — 46 Ontario, Lake, an extraordinary Motion in the Waters thereof — 544 Oporto, Account of the Earthquake, Nov. 1, 1755, as felt there — 418, 419, 421, 422 Orchis Butterfly, the lesser, Account of that Plant — 850 Ore, Iron, Account of a Mountain thereof in Sweden — 30 Orthoceratites, an Account of one — 672 Osmund Royal, Account of that Plant — 854 Oxfordshire, Account of the Agitation of the Waters at Shirburn-Castle, Nov. 1, 1755 — 368 Paderni (Camillo) his Account of some Discoveries at Herculaneum — 110, 490 Padua, an Earthquake felt there — 615 Paice (Mr. Joseph) Letter to him concerning the Earthquake at Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1755 — 424 Painting, Ancient Method of, revived by Count Caylus — 652 Observations thereon by Dr. Parsons — 655 Palmyrene Character, some resembling such, on the Reverse of a Parthian Coin — 593 Paper, a Kind thereof, formed by the American Wasps, to cover their Nests — 206 Paralytic Arm, Cure thereof by Electricity — 558 Parker (Lord Viscount) his Account of the Agitation of the Waters at Shirburn-Castle, Nov. 1, 1755 — 368 Parker (Wm.) D. D. Account of an Earthquake at the Hague, communicated by him — 544 Parnassus, INDEX. Parnassus, The Grass of, Account of that Plant — 825 Parsley, Bastard, D° — 822 —— Knotted, D° — 821 —— Purple-flowered, D° — ibid. Parsnip, Water, D° — 822 Parsons (James) M.D. his Translation of a Dissertation, concerning the Cancer of the Eyelids, Nose, &c. called Noli me tangere — 186 —— Two Letters to him, concerning the Earthquake at Lisbon, 1 Nov. 1755 — 402, 408 —— his Remarks on a petrified Echinus, shewn to the Royal Society, by Dr. Pococke — 155 —— an Account of the Revival of an ancient Method of Painting, translated by him — 652 —— his Observations on the above — 655 —— his Account of a Sheep, having a monstrous Horn growing from its Throat — 183 —— his Translation of the Abbé Mazeas's Letter, concerning Toxicodendron — 157 Paribian Coin, a Dissertation concerning one — 593 Paul's Betony Account of that Plant — 807 Paulus Jovius, his Account of the Earthquake at Lisbon in 1531 — 402 Pease, Everlasting, Account of that Plant — 842 Peerless Pool, near Old-street, London, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there, Nov. 1. 1755 — 362 Pennant (Tho.) Esq; his Account of some Fungitae, and other coralloid fossile Bodies — 513 Penny-wort, Account of that Plant — 832 Pennsylvania, Account of Copper-Springs, lately discovered there — 648 —— an Account of the Earthquake felt there Nov. 1, 1755 — 444 Penzance, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — 375 People in Britain and Ireland, their Increase, Letter concerning it — 877 Vol. 49. 6D People INDEX. People in England, their Number — 268 Pepper, Mushroom, Account of that Plant — 860 Peterburgh, the Death of Professor Richman there, occasioned by the Electrical Power of the Clouds — 61 Peyssonel (John Andrew) M. D. his Observations on the Currents of the Sea, at the Antilles of America — 624 —— — — — — — his Observations on the Brimstone-Hill, in the Island of Guadelupa — 564 Phænomena of the Weather, concerning the Cause of them — 124 Phænomenon of a topical oblong Cloud, from whence issued Flames, Rays, and fiery Corruscations, seen at Constantinople — 119 Philips (Mr. Richard) his Letter concerning the Agitation of the Waters, near Reading, in Berkshire, Nov. 1, 1755 — 365 Physical Observations, an Account of some made in Asia — 251 Pitfold (Mr. James) Letter to him concerning the Effects of Lightning at Dorking, in Surrey — 309 Plants, Catalogue of Fifty, from Chelsea Garden, for the Year 1745 — 78 —— D° — — — — for the Year 1755 — 607 —— English, Account of some of the more uncommon, observed in Leicestershire — 803 Plummer (Mr.) Two Letters to him, concerning the Earthquake, Nov. 1, 1755, as felt at Oporto — 419, 421 Plurality of Wives, Query, if it be favourable to the Increase of Mankind — 96 —— — — — — — answered — 103 Plymouth, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — 371 —— Effects of Lightning on the Great Hulk there — 16 Pococke (Richard) LL. D. shews a petrified Echinus, of a singular Kind, to the Royal Society — 155 Polypes, remarkable ones, found in the Waters, near Bruges, in Flanders — 248 INDEX. Pond (Mr. Arthur) his Description of Antigua — 297 ——— his Letter, concerning the Impression on a Stone, dug up in the Island of Antigua — 295 Pontypool, in Monmouthshire, Account of the Sinking of a River near that Place — — — 547 Porcupine Man, Account of him — — — 22 Porter (James) Esq; his Communication of some Astronomical and Physical Observations, made in Asia — 251 ——— his Account of several Earthquakes lately felt at Constantinople — — — 115 ——— his Answer to some Queries, sent by Dr. Matty, F. R. S. to a Friend — — — 97 Portsmouth, surprising Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — — — 351 Precession of the Equinoxes, Essay concerning it — 704 ——— how far occasioned by the Action of the Sun — — — 709 ——— the Inequality thereof, depending on the Position of the Moon's Nodes — — — 714 ——— D° of the Position of the Moon's Apogee — — — 722 Pressure of Weights, in the Motion of Machines, considered — — — 1 Prince (Mr.) his Account of an unusual Agitation of the Sea, at Ildefarcombe, in Devonshire — — — 642 Pringle (John) M. D. Letter to him concerning the Agitation or the Waters, in a small Lake at Closeburn, in the Shire of Dumfries — — — 521 ——— Account of the Agitation of the Waters near Chevening, in Kent, Nov. 1, 1745, communicated by him — — — 360 ——— Account of the Agitation of the Waters at Loch Ness, in Scotland, Nov. 1, 1755, communicated by him — — — 387 ——— an Account of the Agitation of the Waters in Scotland and at Hamburgh, communicated by him — — — 550 6 D 2 Pringle INDEX. Pringle (John) M.D. Account of the Agitation of the Waters at Loch Lommond, Nov. 1, 1755, communicated by him — 389 ——— his Letter concerning the Earthquakes felt at Brussel — 546 ——— Account of the Earthquake felt at Glasgow and Dumbarton; and of a Shower of Dust falling on a Ship between Shetland and Iceland — 509 ——— an Account of an Earthquake felt on the Coast of England, between Margate and Dover, communicated by him — 579 ——— Account of the Sinking of a River near Pontypool, in Monmouthshire, communicated by him — 547 Printing-House at Constantinople, Query concerning it — 96 ——— answered — 105 Probabilities of Lives, at London, concerning the Method of constructing a Table of them — 167 ——— a Table of them — 181 Problems, Isoperimetrical, Investigation of a general Rule of the Resolution of them — 4 Pultney (Richard) Account of some of the more rare English Plants, observed in Leicestershire — 803 Purple-flowered Bastard-Parsley, Account of that Plant — 821 ——— Money-wort, D° — 815 Pye (Mr. Wm.) his Letter, concerning the Island of Manilla; and of an Earthquake and Eruption there — 458 Q. Quantities of Rain fallen in Antigua for Four Years — 295 Queries, concerning the Eastern Parts — 69 R. Rain, the Quantity of, fallen at Antigua in Four Years — 295 Rampions, with Scabious Heads, Account of that Plant — 849 Ramsons, D° — 826 Ranby (Mr.) Account of Inoculation, given by Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. to him, in the Year 1736 — 516 Rape, Broom, Account of that Plant — 838 Rasp- INDEX. Raspberry, Account of that Plant — — 834 Reading, in Berkshire, Account of the Agitation of the Waters, near that Place, Nov. 1, 1755 — 365, 367 Red Mint, Account of that Plant — — 837 Refractions, less in the East than in Europe — — 253 Resolution of Isoperimetrical Problems — — 4 Richman (George William) Account of his Death — 61 Rigid-leaved Bell-flowers, Account of that Plant — — 815 River, the Sinking of one, an Account thereof — — 547 Robertson (Mr. John) his Account of the surprising Agitation of the Waters at Portsmouth, Nov. 18, 1755 — 351 Rockford, in Essex, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there, Nov. 1, 1755 — — 364 Rock, Account of a Fissure in one near Petworth, in Sussex — — 358 Rock-Creps, Account of that Plant — — 839 Rock-Hair, D° — — — 858 Rocket, Base, D° — — — 833 Rod, Golden, D° — — — 848 Roman Inscriptions, an Attempt to explain Two of them, which were dug up at Bath — — 285 —— — — — Account of One, found at Malton, in Yorkshire — — — 69 —— — — — Account of Four, found near Wroxeter, in Shropshire — — — 196 Rose, Burnet, Account of that Plant — — — 834 Rotherhithe, Account of the Agitation of the Thames, near that Place, Nov. 1, 1755 — — — 361 Rouen, an Account of the Malignant Fevers that raged there in the Years 1753 and 1754 — — — 49 Royton (Right Hon. Ld. Viscount) Account of the Earthquakes that happened in Barbary, Nov. 1, 1755, communicated by him — — — 428, 431 Russell (Alex.) M.D. his Account of Four undescribed Fishes of Aleppo — — — 445 Rutherforth (Tho.) D.D. his Account of the Agitation of the Waters in several Ponds in Hertfordshire — — — 684 INDEX. Rutty (John) M.D., his Account of the Copper-springs lately discovered in Pennsylvania — 648 Saccheti (John Mendez) M.D., his Account of the Earthquake at Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1755 — 409 Saffe, Account of the Earthquake there, Nov. 1, 1755, 430 Sage, Wood, Account of that Plant, — 836 Salle, Account of the Earthquake there, Nov. 1, 1755, 430 Salt, Common, Method of making it sooner, cheaper, and better — 330 Salt, Volatile Alcaline, Effects of unslacked Lime thereon — 222 Santicle, Yorkshire, Account of that Plant — 808 Sarjon Hills, Account of the Earthquake there, Nov. 18, 1755 — 431 Satellites of Jupiter, Observations of their Eclipses made at Lisbon — 48 Saturn, the Irregularities in the annual Motion of the Earth, occasioned by that Planet, — 737 —— D° in the Obliquity of the Ecliptic — 744 Satyrion, Butterfly, Account of that Plant — 849 Saxifrage, Great Burnet, D° — 824 —— English Marsh, D° — 833 —— Meadow, D° — 821 —— Golden, D° — 831 Scabious, Hairy Sheep's, D° — 849 Schloesser (John Albert) M.D. Extracts of Two Letters to him, concerning the Effects of the Agaric of the Oak — 36 —— — — — — — his Experiments of the Action of unslack'd Lime on volatile alcaline Salt — 222 Scotland, an Account of the Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — 550 Scott (George Lewis) Esq; Letter to him, concerning the present Increase of the People in Britain and Ireland — 877 —— — — — — — D° concerning the Number of People in England — 268 Sea INDEX. Sea Breezes, how occasioned — — 146 Sea Gillyflower, Account of that Plant — — 825 Sea Water, Some Observations concerning the Manner of making it fresh — — 317 Seleucia, in Syria, its Latitude — — 252 Sensibility, an Account thereof in several Parts of Animals — — 240 Sheep, Account of One having a monstrous Horn growing from his Throat — — 183 Sheerness, Irregularities of the Tides there in Feb. 1756 — — Shepherd’s Purse, Account of that Plant — — 523 —— Rod, D° — — 839 Shining, or Stone Doves-foot Cranes-bill, D° — — 840 Ship, Account of a Shower of Dust falling on one — — 509 Ships, Instances of the Benefits of Ventilators on board of them, in the Preservation of Health and Life — — 332 Shirburn Castle, in Oxfordshire, Surprising Agitation of the Water there Nov. 1, 1755 — — 368 Short (James) M. A. Letter to him concerning the extraordinary Alteration in the Baths of Toplitz, in Bohemia, Nov. 1, 1755 — — 395 Shower of Dust, Account of One falling on a Ship, between Shetland and Iceland — — 509 Showers of fresh Air, the Benefit of blowing them up thro’ distilling Liquors — — 312 Simon (James) his Journal of the Weather in Dublin, for the Year 1753 — — 759 Simpson (James) Esquire, Letter to him concerning the Agitation of the Water at King sale, in Ireland, Nov. 1, 1755 — — 394 —— (Mr. Thomas) his Investigation of a general Rule for the Resolution of Isoperimetrical Problems — — 4 —— his Letter concerning the Advantage of taking a Mean of a Number of astronomical Observations — — 82 Sinking of a River, an Account thereof — — 547 Skin, INDEX. Skin, Distempered, Supplement to the Account thereof, published in these Transactions, No 424 — 21 Sloane (Sir Hans) Baronet, Catalogue of Plants for the Year 1755, by his Direction — — 78 —— — — — — Do for 1755 — — 607 —— — — — — his Account of Inoculation 516 Smyrna, an Earthquake felt there — — 117 Snakeweed, Account of that Plant — — 830 Snow, an Account of the Fall of vast Heaps thereof, from the Mountains — — 796 Speedwell, Male, an Account of that Plant — — 807 Speedwell, Narrow-leaved, D° — — ibid. Spleenwort, Rough, D° — — 854 Springfield (Charles) M. D. Account of his Treatise on the Carlsbad Waters, in Bohemia — — 895 Spry (Mr. Edward) his Account of the Case of a Man, who died of the Effects of the Fire at Eddystone Light-house — — 477 —— — — — — a remarkable Case of a morbid Eye, communicated by him — — 18 Spurge Laurel, Account of that Plant — — 830 Squire (Samuel) D. D. Letter to him concerning the extraordinary Agitation of the Waters in Hertfordshire 684 Star of the Earth, Account of a Plant so called — — 812 Steplin (Father Joseph) his Account of the extraordinary Alteration in the Baths of Toplitz, in Bohemia, Nov. 1, 1755 — — 395 Stevenson (Dr. John) a Letter from him, with an Account of an extraordinary Agitation of the Waters in a small Lake at Closeburn, in the Shire of Dumfries — — 521 —— — — — — Letter to him, concerning the Agitation of the Water at Loch Ness, in Scotland, Nov. 1, 1755 — — 387 Stiles (Sir Francis Hoskins Eyles) Bart. Extract of Five Letters to him, concerning the late Eruptions of Vesuvius 24, 27, & 28 Stinking Water, Method of sweetening thereof — — 313 —— — — — Trials of that Kind — — 339 INDEX. Stone in the Bladder, dissolvable by the Carlsbad Waters in Bohemia — 895 D° by medicated Urine — 900 Stone Doves-foot Cranes-bill, Account of that Plant — 840 Stone, Account of an Impression upon One, found in Antigua — 295 Stone Parsley, Bastard, Account of that Plant — 822 Stones, a Shower of them, thrown up by Mount Etna — 209 Strawberry, Barren, Account of that Plant — 834 Styptic, Effects of the Agaric of the Oak, — 36 Account of the Species of Plant, from which the Agaric, used as such, is prepared — 28 Effects of the Powder of the Lycoperdon — 36, 38 Sun, the Force of his Action on the equatorial Parts of the Earth — 704 D° on the mean Precession of the Equinoxes — 709 D° on the Obliquity of the Ecliptic — 718 Surry, the Southern Parts thereof, Surprising Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — 353 Sussex, D° — ibid. Swanzey, D° — 379 Sweden, Account of a Mountain of Iron Ore there — 30 Sweet-smelling Flag, Account of that Plant — 827 Swinton (John) M. A. his Dissertation on a Parthian Coin — 593 Switzerland, an Account of an Earthquake there Nov. 14, 1755 — 511 Sykes (——) D. D. Letter to him, concerning the Agitation of the Water at Rockford, in Essex, Nov. 1, 1755 — 364 T. Taberg, in Sweden, Account of a Mountain of Iron Ore there — 30 Table of the Probabilities of Lives in London, by Dr. Brackenridge — 181 of the Values of Annuities, according thereto — 892 Tangier, Account of the Earthquakes there on the 1st and 18th of Nov. 1755 — 429, 432 Vol. 49. 6 E Tapping. INDEX. Tapping, Account of the Success of some Experiments of injecting Claret, &c. into the Abdomen, after the Operation 485 Tasso, Account of the Earthquake there Nov. 18, 1755 432 Teasel, Small wild, Account of that Plant 811 Tea Tree to be very probably found in Carolina, if searched for by Persons of Skill 165 Tempest (Wm.) Esq; Extract of a Letter to him, concerning the Agitation of the Water at Cranbrook, in Kent, Nov. 1, 1755 360 Tetuan, Account of the Earthquakes on the 1st and 18th of Nov. 1755 428, 432 Thames, Account of the Agitation thereof Nov. 1, 1755 361 Irregularities of the Tides therein, in Feb. 1756 523, 530 Theory of the Irregularities in the annual Motion of the Earth 737 of the Precession of the Equinoxes, and the Nutation of the Earth's Axis 704 Thermometer, State thereof on Feb. 8 and 9, 1755 43 Thistle, Soft and gentle, Account of that Plant 847 Woolly-headed, D° 847 Thompson (Capt.) his Account of the Benefit of Ventilation on board a Ship, in which were near 200 Men for almost a Year 334 Thornbill (Mr. Wm.) his Account of the Success of Agaric in Amputations 264 Thrift, Account of that Plant 825 Throat-wort, Little, D° 817 Thunder Shower, how produced 144 Tides, Irregularities of them; in the Rivers Thames and Medway, in Feb. 1756 523, 530 Tom (Mr. Henry) his Account of the Agitation of the Water at Kingsale, in Ireland, Nov. 1, 1755 393 Tomlinson (Rev. Mr.) his Letter, concerning the Agitation of the Waters at Rockford, in Essex, Nov. 1, 1755 364 Toplitz, in Bohemia, an Account of the extraordinary Agitation in the Baths there Nov. 1, 1755 395 Tormentil INDEX. Tormentil Cinquefoil, Account of that Plant — 835 —— Creeping D° — ibid. Toxicodendron, of Carolina, Two Letters concerning it 157, —— its Use in Painting and Dyeing 159 —— if the Species of Plant from which the Inhabitants of Japan procure their Varnish 162, 867 —— its poisonous Qualities — 165 —— found also in Virginia and New Eng- land — 166 Trefoil, Dwarf, Account of that Plant — 843 —— Knotted, with oblong Heads, D° — 844 —— Hares-foot, D° — ibid. Trembley (Mr. Abraham) Letter to him concerning the Agi- tation of the Water at Leyden, Nov. 1, 1755 — 396 —— an Account of Earthquakes at Brigus in Valais, communicated by him — 511, 616 —— Letter to him concerning the Earth- quake felt at Geneva, the 9th of Nov. 1756 — 438 —— an Account of the late Earthquakes felt at Maestricht, &c. communicated by him 663, 893 —— his Account of a Work, containing An Essay towards the Natural History of the Adriatic Sea — 585 —— Letter to him concerning an Earth- quake felt in divers Parts of the Netherlands, on the 26th and 27th of Dec. 1755 — 512 —— D° concerning the like, on the 18th of Feb. 1756 — 545 —— his Remarks on the Stones in Naffas, Treves, &c. resembling those of the Giants Causey 581 —— Letter to him concerning Two Earth- quakes felt at Turin, and other Parts of Italy — 612 Treves, Remarks on Stones in that Territory, resembling those of the Giants Causey — 581 Trial to cure the ill Taste of Milk, and to sweeten stinking Water — 339 Triple Ladies Traces, Account of that Plant — 850 INDEX. True Acorus, Account of that Plant — 827 True Love, or One Berry, D° — 831 True Paul's Betony, D° — 807 Tuba Eustachiana, Method of restoring the Hearing, when injured by an Obstruction therein — 213 Tuberous Moschatell, Account of that Plant — 831 Turin, an Account of Two Earthquakes felt there — 612 Turkish Dominions, Queries concerning them, and their Answers — 96 to 107 V. Valais, Account of an Earthquake there Nov. 14, 1755 — 531 —— Account of a continued Succession of them at Brigue, in that Territory — 616 Values of Annuities for single Lives, a Table of them — 891 Vapours, their Ascent, concerning the Cause thereof — 124 —— Experiments proving them to be electrified — 151 —— the Quantity augmented by Wind — 150 Varnish, that of Japan, Attempt to ascertain the Tree that yields it — 162, 866 —— Manner of procuring it — 163 Vautravers (Mons. De) his Account of the Earthquakes at Neufchatel, in Switzerland, Nov. 1 and 9, 1755 — 436 Ventilators, the Benefit arising from their Use — 332 Venus Looking glass, the Lesser, Account of that Plant — 817 Verne (Mons. De) his Letter concerning the late Earthquakes at Maestricht — 663 Vesuvius, Mount, Account of the late Eruption thereof — 24 Vetch, Chickling, Account of that Plant — 843 —— Kidney, D° — 842 Vetchling, Medick, D° — 843 Violet, Corn, D° — 817 —— Water, D° — 814 D'Ulloa (Don Antonia) his Account of the Earthquake at Cadiz, 1 Nov. 1755 — 427 Universal Deluge, Reasons for the Belief thereof — 678 Unrolling, Method thereof, used by Father Antonio, to read the ancient Manuscripts, dug out of the Ruins of an Edifice near Herculaneum — 113 Unflack'd INDEX. Unslacked Lime, its Effects on volatile alkaline Salt 222 Utrecht, Account of an Earthquake there Feb. 18, 1756 545 W. Wales, Account of the Charr Fish, found in North Wales 213 Wall (J.) M. D. his Essay on the Waters of the Holy Well, at Malvern, in Worcestershire — 459 Wall Penny-wort, Account of that Plant — 832 Walmsley (Mr. Charles) his Two Essays, relating to Astronomy, addressed to Dr. Bradley — 700 Ward (John) LL. D. his Attempt to explain Two Roman Inscriptions, dug up at Bath — 285 —— — — — Considerations of his, on Two Pieces of Lead with Roman Inscriptions on them — 686 —— — — — his Account of a Roman Inscription, found at Malton, in Yorkshire — 69 —— — — — his Account of Four such, found near Wroxeter, in Shropshire — 196 Warner (Mr. Joseph) his Communication, concerning the Effects of Agaric of the Oak and of the Powder of the Lycoperdon, used as Styptics — 36 —— — — — his Account of Two singular Cases of diseased Knee-joints, successfully treated — 452 Warren (Mr. Samuel) his Letter, concerning the Earthquake felt on the Coast of England, between Margate and Dover — 579 Warrick (Mr. Christopher) his Account of the Success of injecting Claret, &c. into the Abdomen after Tapping 485 Wasps-Neft, an American one, some Observations thereon — 205 Water, the Force of the Engine, for raising it by Fire, increased — 312 Water Fern, Account of that Plant — 854 —— Gillover, or Gilloflower, D° — 814 —— Hemlock, D° — 822 —— Long-leaved, D° — 823 —— Milfoil, Horsetail, D° — 851 —— Pimpernel, Round-leaved, D° — 818 —— Speedwell, D° — 807 Water INDEX. Water Violet, Account of that Plant — — 814 Water Spout, how occasioned — — 147 Water, Stinking, Method to sweeten it — — 313 —— — some Trials relating thereto — — 339 Waters, their surprising Agitation on the 1st of November, 1755. See Agitation of the Waters. Waters, at Carlsbad, in Bohemia, a Solvent for the Stone in the Bladder — — — — 895 Waters, Mineral, an Essay on those at Malvern, in Worcestershire — — — — 459 Watkin (Mr. Jonathan) his Method of restoring the Hearing, when injured by an Obstruction of the Tuba Eustachiana — — — — 213 Watson (Robert) M.D. an Account of the late Discoveries of Antiquities at Herculaneum, communicated by him 490 —— — — — his Observations concerning them 504 Watson (Mr. William) his Account of the Species of the Plant, from whence the Agaric, used as a Styptic, is prepared — — — — 28 —— — — — Letter to him concerning the Agitation of the Sea at Antigua — — — — 668 —— — — — Letter to him concerning the Case of a Man who swallowed melted Lead — — — — 483 —— — — — his Account of a Latin Treatise, concerning the Waters at Carlsbad, in Bohemia — — — — 895 —— — — — Letter to him concerning the Cure of a paralytic Arm, by Electricity — — — — 558 —— — — — Letter to him concerning the Agitation of the Water in Devonshire and Cornwall, Nov. 1. 1755 — — — — 371 —— — — — Part of a Letter to him, in relation to the Effects of Lightning at Plymouth — — — — 16 —— — — — Account of some of the more rare Plants, observed in Leicestershire, transmitted to him 803 Weather, Journal thereof, at Dublin — — — — 759 Weather, concerning the Cause of the Phænomena thereof — — — — 124 Webb INDEX. Webb (Phil. Carteret) Letters to and from him, concerning the surprising Agitation of the Waters, Nov. 1, 1755, in Sussex and the Southern Parts of Surry 353, 357 & 358 Letter to him, concerning the Tree which yields Varnish — 866 Weights, their Pressure in the Motion of Machines — 1 Wellclose-square, Effects of Lightning at the Danish Church there — 298 Wetstein (the Rev. Mr.) Letter to him, concerning several Earthquakes lately felt at Constantinople — 115 Wheat, the Quantity thereof consumed in England — 273 Whorts, or Whortle Berries, Account of that Plant — 828 Whytt (Dr. Robert) his Account of an Earthquake, felt at Glasgow; and of a Shower of Dust falling on a Ship — 509 Wife, Old, the Portraiture of a Fish so called, impressed on a Stone, dug up in the Island of Antigua — 295 Mr. Arthur Pond's Description thereof — 297 Wild Basil, Account of that Plant — 838 English Daffodil, D° — 826 Lathyrus, Great, D° — 842 Willow, Creeping Dwarf, D° — 852 Willow Herb, Yellow, D° — 814 Wilmer (John) M.D. his Catalogue of Fifty Plants, from Chelsea Garden, for the Year 1754, — 78 D° for the Year 1755 — 607 Wilson (Mr. Benj.) a Letter to him, concerning the Island of Manilla; and an Earthquake and Eruption there — 458 his Retraction of his former Opinion, concerning the Leyden Experiment — 682 Windermere Water, in Cumberland, Agitation thereof on Nov. 1, 1755 — 382 Window-lights, Number of Houses in England and Wales, charged to that Tax in 1750 — 887 Winds, concerning their Cause — 124, 135 augment the Quantity of ascending Vapours — 150 Wire, a small one sufficient to conduct Lightning through a Building, without Damage thereto — 309 Wives, INDEX. Wives, the Plurality thereof, Query, if it be favourable to the Increase of Mankind, and Answer — 96, 103 Wolfall (Mr.) his Account of the Earthquake at Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1755 — — — 402 Women, Query, if more numerous than Men in the Eastern Countries, and Answer — — — 96, 103 Woodroofe, Herb, Account of that Plant — — — 811 Wood Sage, D° — — — 836 Woolwich, Irregularity of the Tides there in Feb. 1756 — 523 Worms, an Account of such, in Animal Bodies — — — 246 Wright (Edw.) M.D. his Letter concerning a remarkable fossile Body — — — 670 D° concerning the Orthoceratites — — — 672 Writings, Ancient, dug up out of the Ruins of an Edifice, near the old City of Herculaneum — — — 112 Wroxeter, in Yorkshire, Account of Four Roman Inscriptions found there — — — 196 Y. Yorkshire, Considerations on Two large Pieces of Lead found there, with Roman Inscriptions thereon — — — 686 Yorkshire Sanicle, Account of that Plant — — — 808 Yarmouth, in Norfolk, Account of the Agitation of the Waters there Nov. 1, 1755 — — — 380 Yellow-willow Herb, Account of that Plant — — — 814 ERRATA in Part. II. Vol. XLIX. Pag. 77. Not. 2. for Neuburg, read Neubrig. 202. Not. 1. for lxx read lxxv. 204. Not. 1. for Monum, read Monm. 468—477 wrong number'd, the intermediate Numbers being omitted. 468. Line last, for XLIV. read LXIV. 485. Line 3, for Cupping, read Tapping. 550. 8, for 1756, read 1755. 477. for LVI. read LXIV. 616, 622, 624. for CII. CIII. CIV. read XCII. XCIII. XCIV.