American, Dr. Franklin's examination on, iii. 246, 256.
internal and external, distinguished, 259.
on importation of goods and consumption, difference between, 266.
_Tea-act_, the duty on, in America, how considered there, iii. 261, 317,
319.
characterized by Mr. Burke, 319, _note_.
_Teach_, or Blackbeard, name of a ballad written by Franklin in his youth,
i. 16.
_Thanks_ of the assembly of Pensylvania to Franklin, iii. 214.
_Thanksgiving-days_ appointed in New England instead of fasts, iii. 392.
_Theory_ of the earth, ii. 117.
of light and heat, 122.
_Thermometer_, not cooled by blowing on, when dry, ii. 87.
electrical, described, and experiments with, ii. 336.
_Thermometrical_ observations on the gulph-stream, ii. 199.
on the warmth of sea-water, 200.
_Thirst_, may be relieved by sea-water, how, ii. 105.
_Thunder_ and lightning, how caused, i. 209.
seldom heard far from land, 216.
comparatively little at Bermuda, _ibid._
defined, 378.
_Thunder-gusts_, what, i. 203.
hypothesis to explain them, 203, _et seq._
_Tides_ in rivers, motion of, explained, ii. 96, 102.
_Time_, occasional fragments of, how to be collected, ii. 412.
is money to a tradesman, iii. 463.
_Toads_ live long without nourishment, ii. 223.
_Toleration_ in Old and New England compared, ii. 457.
_Torpedo_, how to determine its electricity, i. 408, 409.
_Tourmalin_, its singular electrical properties, i. 370.
experiments on it, 371, 372.
_Trade_, pleasure attending the first earnings in, i. 81.
should be under no restrictions, ii. 415.
exchanges in, may be advantageous to each party, 418.
inland carriage no obstruction, to, iii. 116.
great rivers in America, favourable to, 118.
bills of credit, in lieu of money, the best medium of, 156.
will find and make its own rates, 219.
_Tradesman_, advice to a young one, iii. 463.
_Transportation_ of felons to America, highly disagreeable to the
inhabitants there, iii. 235.
_Treaty_ between America and Prussia, humane article of, ii. 449.
_Treasures_, hidden, search after, ridiculed, iii. 450.
_Trees_, dangerous to be under, in thunder-storms, i. 213.
the shivering of, by lightning, explained, 359.
why cool in the sun, ii. 87.
_Tubes_ of glass, electrical, manner of rubbing, i. 178.
lined with a non-electric, experiment with, 240.
exhausted, electric fire moves freely in, 241.
_Tunes_, ancient Scotch, why give general pleasure, ii. 338.
composed to the wire-harp, 341.
in parts, Rousseau's opinion of, 342.
modern, absurdities of, 344, _et seq._
_Turkey_ killed by electricity, i. 299.
_Turks_, ceremony observed by, in visiting, iii. 436.
V. U.
_Vacuum_, Torricellian, experiment with, i. 291.
electrical experiment in, 317.
_Vapour_, electrical experiment on, i. 343.
_Vapours_ from moist hay, &c. easily fired by lightning, i. 215.
cause of their rising considered, ii. 46, 49.
_Vanity_, observation on, i. 2.
_Varnish_, dry, burnt by electric sparks, i. 199.
_Vattel's_ Law of Nations, greatly consulted by the American congress,
iii. 360.
_Vegetable_ diet, observed by Franklin, i. 20.
abandoned by Franklin, why, 47.
_Vegetation_, effects of, on noxious air, ii. 129.
_Velocity_ of the electric fire, i. 319.
_Virtue_ in private life exemplified, iii. 427.
_Vernon_, Mr. reposes a trust in Franklin, which he violates, i. 44.
_Vis_ inertiæ of matter, observations on, ii. 110.
_Visits_, unseasonable and importunate, letter on, iii. 432.
_Unintelligibleness_, a fault of modern singing, ii. 345.
_Union_, Albany plan of. See _Albany_.
_Union_ of America with Britain, letter on, iii. 239.
_United_ states of America, nature of the congress of, iii. 550*.
_Voyage_, from Boston to New York, i. 27.
from New York to Philadelphia, 28.
from Newfoundland to New York, remarks on, ii. 197.
crossing the gulph stream, journal of, 199.
from Philadelphia to France, 200, 201.
from the channel to America, 202.
to benefit distant countries, proposed, 403.
_Vulgar_ opinions, too much slighted, ii. 146.
W.
_Waggons_, number of, supplied by Franklin, on a military emergency,
i. 131.
_War_, civil, whether it strengthens a country considered, ii. 399.
observations on, 435.
laws of, gradually humanized, _ib._
humane article respecting, in a treaty between Prussia and America,
ii. 449.
French, of 1757, its origin, iii. 274.
_Warm_ rooms do not make people tender, or give colds, ii. 249.
_Washington_, early military talents of, i. 130.
Franklin's bequest to, 164.
_Water_, a perfect conductor of electricity, i. 201.
strongly electrified, rises in vapour, 204.
particles of, in rising, are attached to particles of air, 205.
and air, attract each other, 206.
exploded like gunpowder, by electricity, 358.
expansion of, when reduced to vapour, _ib._
saturated with salt, precipitates the overplus, ii. 2.
will dissolve in air, _ib._
expands when boiling, _ib._
how supported in air, 45.
bubbles on the surface of, hypothesis respecting, 48.
agitated, does not produce heat, 49, 96.
supposed originally all salt, 91.
fresh, produce of distillation only, _ib._
curious effects of oil on, 142.
_Water-casks_, how to dispose of, in leaky vessels, ii. 170.
_Water-spouts_, observations on, ii. 11.
whether they descend or ascend, 14, 23, 38.
various appearances of, 16.
winds blow from all points towards them, 21.
are whirlwinds at sea, _ib._
effect of one on the coast of Guinea, 33.
account of one at Antigua, 34.
various instances of, 38.
Mr. Colden's observations on, 53.
_Watson_, Mr. William, letter by, on thunder-clouds, i. 427.
_Waves_, stilled by oil, ii. 144, 145, 148.
greasy water, 146.
_Wax_, when fluid will conduct electricity, i. 256.
may be electrised positively and negatively, 291.
_Wealth_, way to, iii. 453.
national, positions to be examined concerning, ii. 408.
but three ways of acquiring it, 410.
_Webb_, George, a companion of Franklin's, i. 72, 84, 86.
_Wedderburn_, Mr. remarks on his treatment of Franklin before the privy
council, iii. 330, 332, notes; 550.
_West_, Mr. his conductor struck by lightning, i. 340.
_Western_ colonies, plan for settling them, iii. 41.
_Whatley_, Mr. four letters to, iii. 543*.
_Wheels_, electrical, described, i. 196.
_Whirlwinds_, how formed, ii. 10.
observations on, 20.
a remarkable one at Rome, 24.
account of one in Maryland, 61.
_Whistle_, a story, iii. 480.
_White_, fittest colour for clothes in hot climates, ii. 109.
_Will_, extracts from Franklin's, i. 155.
_Wilson_, Mr. draws electricity from the clouds, i. 429.
_Wind_ generated by fermentation, ii. 59.
_Winds_ explained, ii. 8, 9, 48.
the explanation objected to, 50, 51.
observations on, by Mr. Colden, 52.
whether confined to, or generated in, clouds, 57.
raise the surface of the sea above its level, 188.
effect of, on sound, 337.
_Winters_, hard, causes of, ii. 68.
_Winthrop_, professor, letters from, i. 373, 382.
_Wire_ conducts a great stroke of lightning, though destroyed itself,
i. 282.
_Wolfe_, general, i. 136.
_Women_ of Paris, singular saying respecting, as mothers, iii. 548*.
_Wood_, dry, will not conduct electricity, i. 172.
why does not feel so cold as metals, ii. 56.
_Woods_, not unhealthy to inhabit, ii. 130.
_Woollen_, why warmer than linen, ii. 57, 81.
_Words_, to modern songs, only a pretence for singing, ii. 348.
_Wygate_, an acquaintance of Franklin's, i. 66.
_Wyndham_, sir William, applies to Franklin to teach his sons swimming,
i. 69.
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