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AN INDEX TO THE Sixty-Second VOLUME OF THE Philosophical Transactions. A. ACETOUS fermentation, its effects, p. 244. Achard, Mr. his letter on swallows found annually torpid in the Rhine, p. 297. Acids do not assist in curing air spoiled by putrefaction, p. 202. Adanson, Mr. his account of European swallows caught near the African coast, examined, p. 277. His mistake about Canary birds, p. 278. His inaccuracy about the Roller, p. 321. Air artificial, observations upon different kinds of it, p. 147, 148. No kind a conductor of electricity, p. 175. See Fixed, Inflammable, Nitrous. Vol. LXII. Q q q Air INDEX. Air diminished by a mixture of iron filings and brimstone, p. 207, 208. Very noxious to animals, p. 209. Air infected with respiration, p. 181. Unsuccessful trials to restore it, p. 183, 184, &c. Is the same with air tainted with animal putrefaction, p. 186, 187. Different from, though analogous to, fixed air, p. 188, 189. Not fatal to several insects, p. 192. Cured by vegetation, p. 193, &c.; and probably by a mixture of fixed air, p. 204. Air in Ireland, and likewise in England, observed to be in a constant state of positive electricity, during winter, p. 138. Probably by the effect of cold, p. 139. Air tainted with the fumes of charcoal, p. 225. Extinguishes flame, and destroys animals, p. 227. Air vitiated by flame, p. 162. How much diminished by it, p. 163. Not altered in its specific gravity, p. 164. Not fatal to animals, p. 165. Whether restored by cold, ibid. Is so by vegetation, p. 166, 167, &c. Angular distance between two near land objects; how observed by Hadley's quadrant, p. 119, 120. Animal living, not dissolved in the stomach of another animal, p. 449. Antipodes our, may have a contrary electricity in the air, p. 189. Antium, famous for its worship of the goddess Fortune, p. 63. Aristotle, the author of the opinion about the cuckoos having no nest of their own, p. 322. Did not write from his own observations, p. 323. Ascension, the point of the longest in the ecliptic, found, p. 438. Astronomical observations at Portsmouth, p. 36, &c. Astronomical problems solved by Dr. Pemberton, p. 434. Atmosphere injured by the respiration of animals and putrefaction; probably restored by vegetation, p. 198. Atmospherical electricity. See Air, Fogs, Electricity. B. Babelmandel, straight of, how distinguished, p. 80, 81. Badenach, Dr. James, his description of a bird from Malacca, p. 1. Barker, Mr. Thomas, his meteorological register, p. 42, 43, &c. Barrington, Hon. Daines, investigation of the specific characters of the rabbit, and the hare, p. 4. On the periodical appearing or disappearing of certain birds, p. 265. Beaufort, duke, uncle to Henry V. his body found last year, p. 465. Belon, his account of quails found at sea, p. 270. No argument for their migration, p. 271. Birds, their periodical migration across considerable extents of sea, called in question, p. 266. Objections against this opinion, p. 267. At what height they can rise, p. 268. Whether night is a proper time for their flight, p. 269. Would want food, p. 292. Always fly against the wind, p. 293. Their disappearing during winter, accounted for, p. 300, 301. And during summer, p. 306. Bladders not sufficient to secure different kinds of factitious air, p. Body, well preserved 2 or 300 years after death, described, p. 466, &c. Bohemian chatterer, a bird, why only seen now and then? p. 315. Borlase, Dr. William, his meteorological observations for 1771, p. 365. Bradley, the late Dr. James, a paper of his, containing directions for using the common micrometer, p. 46. Buffon, M. attempts to prove the hare and rabbit to be really distinct species, from their not breeding together, Q q q 2 p. 9. INDEX. p. 9. Affirms the same of wolves and dogs, p. 8. Uncertainty of these trials, p. 9. His opinion of quails leaving Europe during winter, examined, p. 272, 273. Thinks that one species of swallow is migratory, p. 282. Mistakes the martin for the swallow, p. 283. His experiment on the torpidity of a swallow fallacious, p. 284. Buxton waters analysed and examined, p. 455, 456. C. Calcination of metals, its effects upon air, p. 228. Call, John, Esq. on an Indian sketch of the signs of the Zodiac, p. 353. Cascalote, a plant employed in California to dye in the deepest and most lasting black, p. 58. Castle Loed, in the county of Ross, a strong sulphureous water found there, p. 15. Described by Dr. Mackenzie, p. 16, 17. Analysed by Dr. Monro, p. 18, 19, &c. Mixed with sea-water, becomes similar to that of Harrowgate, p. 24. Charcoal, its fumes infect common air, p. 225, 226. Chart of the Red Sea, by Capt. Newland, p. 77. Clouds, the nature and degree of their electricity ascertained, p. 142, 143. Chlyster of fixed air administered in a putrid fever, p. 260. Collignon, professor Charles, on a body found 2 or 300 years after death, p. 465. Collinson, Mr. his account of swallows found at sea examined, p. 276. Relies too much upon Mr. Adanson's observations, p. 279. Cook, Capt. John, his account of the flowing of the tides in the South Sea, p. 357. Cross-bills, grown more common since the plantation of firs, p. 316. Whether they feed on the kernels of apples, p. 317. Cuckow. INDEX. Cuckow, the common opinion about its nestlings doubtful, p. 299. 322. 324, &c. Never migrates from this island, p. 304. D. Denarius, of the Plætorian family, described, p. 60. Dipping-needle a new, described, p. 476. 480. Dog, breeds with a wolf, p. 9. Dollond, Mr. Peter, his improvement of Hadley's Quadrant, p. 95, &c. Dyes in red and yellow, p. 56. E. Ecliptic, the point of the longest ascension in it found, p. 438. The greatest difference of the arc from its oblique ascension, p. 444. Elder, serviceable in preserving plants and trees from insects and flies, p. 348. Electricity, the theory of it confirmed by a late violent lightning, p. 134. 135. Of the air, fogs, and clouds, p. 138. 145. Electrometer a new, invented by Mr. Henley, p. 360. Its advantages, p. 361. Eratosthenes, his sieve mistaken, p. 329. Ill explained, p. 330. Retrieved, p. 332. Ether imbibes fixed air, p. 156. F. Fairburn water in Scotland analysed, by Dr. Monro, p. 25. Fermenting liquors emit a great quantity of fixed air, p. 148, 149. Recovered when flat by a mixture of it, p. 154. p. 154. Contract a bad smell by a reabsorption of fixed air incorporated with ether, p. 156. Fieldfare, where they breed, p. 313, 314. Fixed air how produced, p. 148. Its effects upon fermenting liquors, p. 149. Does not instantly mix with common air, p. 150. How incorporated with water, p. 151, 152. May be of the nature of an acid, p. 153. Is not absorbed by ice, p. 154. Fatal to animals and vegetables, p. 157. Cannot sufficiently be retained in a bladder, p. 158. May be rendered immiscible with water, p. 160, 161. Tends to correct putrid air, p. 204, 205. Serviceable in putrid disorders, p. 206, 257. Flounders have their mouths turned different ways, p. 306. Fogs always occasion a positive electricity in the air, p. 139. Attended with the smell of an excited glass tube, p. 140. How their influence on electrical balls may be measured, ibid. and p. 145, 146. Forster, Mr. John Reinhold, his account of the roots used by the Indians at Hudson's bay to dye porcupine quills, p. 54. His account of several quadrupeds from Hudson's bay, p. 370. And of birds from the same place, p. 382. His observation on the pectinated toes of several species of the grouse kind, p. 397. His Latin descriptions of some scarce birds from Hudson's bay, p. 423. Fortune, see Sors. Franklyn, Dr. Benjamin, his thoughts on the vegetable creation, p. 199. On the attraction of fire by plants, p. 234. Fresh water, manner of distilling it from salt water at sea, p. 90. G. Geese wild, the highest fliers of all birds, p. 268. George Island, its latitude and longitude, by Capt. Wallis, p. 34. Its longitude determined by Mr. Lexell, p. 73, 74. Glass broken by electricity marked with beautiful colors, p. 363. Graham, Mr. his remarks on several quadrupeds and birds found at Hudson's bay, p. 370. Grouses, their genus, may be divided by the form of their toes, p. 297. Gullet, Mr. Christopher, on the effects of elder upon insects, p. 348. Guns, heard at a vast distance on the Red Sea, by the pilots at Judda, p. 85. H. Hadley's Quadrant, improvements made in it by Mr. Dollond, p. 95, 96. And by Mr. Maskeline, p. 99. Hare Alpine, described, p. 11. 375. Hare, the genus not easily distinguished from that of the rabbit, p. 4. Mistakes of authors in attempting to settle proper criteria between them, p. 5, 6. Two new characters proposed, p. 10. Hare, from Hudson's bay, is one third less than the European hare, p. 5. Its different clothing at different times of the year, p. 12. Manner of this change, p. 13. Some particulars of his way of living, p. 14—376. Henley, Mr. William, his account of the lightning which fell on the chapel of Tottenham-Court-Road, p. 131, 132, &c. His new electrometer, p. 259. His experiments on breaking glass by means of electricity, p. 362. Hey, Mr. his experiments to prove that there is no oil of vitriol in water impregnated with fixed air, p. 253. Holwel, J. Z. Esq; his account of a new species of oak, p. 128. Horsley, Mr. on Eratosthenes's sieve, being a simple method of finding the prime numbers, p. 327. Hudson's bay, several animals sent from thence and described, p. 370. Hunter, Mr. John, on the digestion of the stomach after death, p. 447. I. Ice-house, temperature in it moderate, p. 285. India has the more ancient remnants of arts, sciences, and civilization, p. 354, 355. Inflammable air, extracted from most kind of substances, p. 171. Differs in smell when made of vegetable, animal, or mineral substances, p. 172. Thought to be immiscible with water, p. 173. Rendered less inflammable, and even destructive of flame, by standing long, or being strongly agitated, in water, p. 174, 180. Kills animals instantaneously, p. 175. Immiscible with fixed air, p. 175. Partly absorbed by water, p. 179. The remaining part rendered fit for respiration, and like common air, p. 180. Judda, a port on the Red Sea, its longitude and latitude, p. 77. K. Kalm, Mr. his account of a swallow found 20 degrees from the American shore, considered, p. 288. Land-rail, L. Land-rail cannot fly over the sea, p. 318. Letters, the ancient Roman, were Etruscan, p. 63. Lexell, Mr. of Petersburgh, his determination of the Sun's parallax from the observations of the transit of Venus, p. 69, &c. Lime-kilns, useful in putrid disorders, p. 205. Lightning, effects of a violent flash, on the chapel at Tottenham Court Road, p. 233. Struck and killed a man there, p. 135. Linnaeus, his specific characters of the rabbit considered, p. 6. Lyndon, in Rutland, meteorological observations in that place, p. 43, 44. M. Malacca, a singular bird from thence described, p. 1, 2. Maskelyne, Rev. Nevil, communicates a paper of the late Dr. Bradley on the common micrometers, p. 46. His improvements of Hadley's quadrant, p. 99, &c. Matlock water examined, p. 459. Meteorological observations at Ludgvan in Cornwall, p. 365. Mice, employed in the experiments about the noxiousness of air, p. 175, 182, &c. How kept, p. 249. Live without water, p. 250. Micrometers, the use of them described by Dr. Bradley, p. 46, &c. Milky appearance of some spots of water in the Red Sea ascribed to animalcules, p. 93, 94. Mocha on the Red Sea, draughts of its road, p. 77. Its latitude and longitude, ibid. Monro, Dr. Donald, his account of several mineral waters in Scotland, p. 15. N. Nairne, Mr. contriver of a new dipping needle, p. 476. His experiments with it, p. 477. Natural History, its progress during several centuries and among different people, p. 295. Newland, Capt. Charles, observations in a voyage to the Red Sea, p. 77, 78, &c. His method of distilling fresh from sea water, p. 90. His observations on the milky appearance of some spots of water, p. 93. Nicomachus, Extracts from his arithmetic about Eratosthenes's sieve corrected and explained, p. 339. Nightingales, whether they can migrate at any distance, p. 300. Not attended to at certain times, p. 32. Nitrous air, formed from a solution of metals in spirits of nitre or aqua regia, p. 210. Its reduction of common air, p. 211. The best test of the fitness of air for respiration, p. 214. Its phenomena with different kinds of noxious air, p. 215, 216. Reduced to one fourth by a mixture of iron filings and brimstone, p. 217. Noxious to plants and animals, ibid. Readily absorbed and obstinately retained in water, p. 218, 219. A great preserver from putrefaction, p. 223. Proportion in which it may be got from several metals, p. 322. Numbers, See Prime. O. Oak, a new species observed and reared by Mr. Lucombe, 128. Its speedy growth described by Mr. Holwell, p. 129, &c. Oboles, Six in a dram, p. 470. Oenanthe crocata, a poisonous plant, found to have great virtues in the cure of some cutaneous disorders, p. 470, &c. P. Parallax of the Sun, deduced from the observations of the last transit of Venus, p. 69, &c. Parallelism of the two surfaces of the index glass in Hadley's quadrant, necessary for the exactness of observations, p. 115, 116. How the errors arising from the want of it may be remedied, p. 116, 117. Pemberton, Dr. Henry, his geometrical solutions of some astronomical problems, p. 434. Percival, Dr. Thomas, on the waters of Buxton and Matlock, p. 455. Person killed by lightning, p. 135. Phlogiston, an overload of it may infect air, p. 231. and is probably absorbed by growing plants, p. 233. Pitkeatly, near Perth, its purging water described by Dr. Wood, p. 27. Analysed by Dr. Monro, p. 27, 28. Plants, in a state of vegetation, prevent the alteration which flame produces in the air, p. 166. And restore it when vitiated, p. 163, 169. Porcupine quills, dyed by the natives of Hudson's Bay in red and yellow, p. 46. Portsmouth, its latitude deduced from astronomical observations, p. 38. Praeneste the town of, worshiped Fortune, p. 63. Priestley, Dr. Joseph, his observations on different kinds of air, p. 147. His description of Mr. Henley's new electrometer, p. 359. Pultney, Dr. Richard, on the medicinal virtues of a poisonous plant, p. 469. Prime numbers, how to be found, p. 328—332. Ptarmigan, the same bird in Europe and in America, p. 390. Putrefaction, see Air, Vegetation. INDEX. Pyrmont water imitated by means of fixed air incorporated in common water, p. 151, &c. Q. Quails, whether migratory, p. 272. R. Rabbit, not indigenous in Sweden, p. 6. Which of them have red pupils, ibid. Difference between a warren and a tame rabbit, p. 7. See Hare. Ray, his characteristicks of the hare and rabbit examined, p. 4, 5. Redwings, their migrations considered, p. 313, 314. Ronayne, Thomas Esq; his observations on Atmospheric electricity, p. 137. Root, used by the Indians at Canada and at Hudson's-bay to dye in red and in yellow, p. 55. Ascertained and tried by Mr. Forster, p. 56, &c. S. Sea Salt, the strongest spirit of, consists of two thirds of pure water, p. 239. Snipes, constantly in some part of England, p. 306. Solar eclipse observed in George Island, p. 34, 35. Solway Moss, its irruption described, p. 123, 124. Phenomena attending this sudden inundation, p. 125, 126. Sors, or Fortune, the goddess on several Denarii of the Plætorian family, p. 61. Worshiped at Antium and Praeneste, p. 63. Spinach, the most effectual plant in restoring vitiated air, p. 170. Stomach INDEX Stomach cannot act upon itself during life, p. 449. But destroys itself after death, p. 450. This appearance more sensible after violent death, p. 452. Storks never cross the sea from Holland to England, p. 319, 320. Sun's altitude how to be observed with the quadrant, p. 128. Swallows, whether they migrate over the sea, p. 276, 291. Different species confounded, p. 280. Found torpid and clustered together in a pond, p. 289. In the Rhine, 297. And in several other places, p. 298. Swinton, Rev. John, an account of a Denarius of the Plætorian family, p. 60. T. Temperature comparative, of several waters, p. 464. Tides, observations on them in the South Seas, p. 358. Tisavoyanne jaune, what root it is, p. 54. Tropic found, p. 445. Tully, a passage of that author relative to the deities named Sortes, explained from an ancient coin, p. 62. V. Vapour of spirit of salt, p. 235. Its properties, ibid. Vegetation restores air vitiated by flame, p. 166. And that which has been tainted by respiration or putrefaction, p. 194, &c. 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