INDEX. Absentee tax, 259. America-causes of prosperity, 241. Analysis of the Greek Geometers de- Balance of trade, 229. Boulton, partner of Watt, 42. to agriculture, 237. Burke, bounty act and remarks, 238. Capital, 220, 272. at interest, 222. employed in four ways only, 223. Carrying trade, 236. difficulty of ascertaining accu- Cavendish, Henry, birth, 91. rately, 229. Banks of deposit, 230. Banks, Sir Joseph, birth, 336. early pursuits, 337. joins in a voyage to the South Seas, 342. arrival at Otaheite, 346. returns to England, 353. elected president of the Royal dissensions in the Society, 359. generous labours in the cause of chosen a member of the Insti- letter to General Rose, 375. letter to Mr. Parkinson, 376. Black, Dr., birth and education, 2. letter to Adam Smith, 471. early experiments, 92. experiments on the composition of discovers the composition of nitrous experiments on force of attrac- various researches, 102. personal history and habits, 104. Charettie, M., letter to Sir J. Banks, Coinage discussed, 239. Colleges, restrictive aspect of, 216. causes of prosperity, 241. 309. Corn laws and trade with Poland, 236. | Drawbacks, objections to, 232. 216. Currency in America, 232. Cuvier's Eloge de M. Cavendish,' D'Alembert, J., birth, 389. kind disposition, 391. Economical science in England, 170 in France, 171. Economists, the, on capital, 220. Education, national, 249. publishes his Traité de Dyna- Exceptions in favour of restrictions, mique,' 395. 228. Exchanges, by what regulated, 212. review of this work, 398. author of the preliminary dis- character and domestic habits, 438. merits as a mathematician, 449. opinions on religion, 462. 465. Davy, Sir Humphry, birth, 107. appointed professor of chemistry various experiments in electro-che- discovers the metallic bases of the discovers composition of muriatic invents the safety lamp, 118. created a baronet, 120. chosen president of the Royal death and character, 122. Debts, national, 261. Defence, national, 247. De Gournay, the political economist, 171. Expenses, national, 247, 250. Fisheries, bounties to, 233. Galvanism, Davy's discoveries in, 112. Greek colonies, 240. Latent heat discovered by Black, 12. Paper money in America, 232. Lavoisier, S. L., birth, 292. early labours, 293. Opuscules Phy- experiments with diamond, 300. researches on combustion, 309. Lotteries as a source of revenue, 251. M'Culloch on corn, 237. Mathematics, progress of, 123. by means of restrictions on exports exchange of suitable products, 231. Metals, precious, restrictions on, 226. Newcomen's improvements on the Nitrous acid, composition of, dis- Observation of the transit of Venus Oxygen gas discovered by Priestley,76. Pappus's mathematical collections, theory of, 214, 217. Anderson's theory of, 237. Restrictions on labour, 216. Retaliation in trade justifiable, 228. author's own counsels on, 229. Safety lamp invented by Davy, 118. appointed professor of mathema- Simson, Robert, edits the 'Conics of edits the Elements of Euclid,' 144. summary of his labours, 163. elected professor of logic at Glas- publishes his 'Theory of Moral Sen- resigns his professorship, 187. 189. appointed commissioner of the cus- character and manners, 193. letter to Lord Hailes, 280. letter on destroying his papers, 286. Specific heat discovered by Black, 13. Steam, power of, known to the an- War-how provided for, 261. Watt, James, birth, 32. experiments on Newcomen's en- improvements on the steam en- executes various public works, 42. discovers composition of water, 48. character and attainments, 54. analytical view of, 207. Worcester, Marquis of, Century of |