_Dalrymple_, Mr. scheme of a voyage under his command to benefit remote
regions, ii. 403.
_Damp_ air, why more chilling than dry air that is colder, ii. 56, 77.
_Dampier_, account of a water-spout by, ii. 33.
references to his voyage, on the subject of water-spouts, 58.
_Dampness_ on walls, cause of, ii. 50.
_Day-light_, proposal to use it instead of candle-light, iii. 470.
_Deacon_, Isaac, from an underling to a surveyor, becomes inspector-
general of America, i. 78.
prognosticates the future eminence in life of Franklin, _ib._
_Death_ of Franklin, i. 153.
letter from Dr. Price on, iii. 541.
of relatives, reflections on, 507.
_Deism_, effects on Franklin of books written against, i. 79.
_Deluge_, accounted for, ii. 127.
_Denham_, a quaker, a friend of Franklin's, i. 54.
extraordinary trait of honesty of, to his creditors, 67.
Franklin's engagement with, as a clerk, 68, 70.
_Denmark_, the people of, not subject to colds, ii. 244.
_Denny_, governor, remarks on his official conduct in Pensylvania,
iii. 170.
_Desaquiliers_, his experiment on the vapour of hot iron, ii. 249.
_Dew_, how produced, i. 207.
_Dialogue_, between Franklin and the gout, iii. 499.
_Dickenson_, Mr. his remarks on the views of England in framing laws
over the colonies, iii. 234.
remarks on his conduct, 192.
on his protest, 202.
_Discontented_ dispositions satirized, iii. 485.
_Discontents_ in America before 1768, causes of, iii. 225.
_Dissentions_ between England and America, letter on, iii. 310.
_Dissertation_, early one of Franklin's, that he repented having written,
i. 58.
_Disputation_, modesty in, recommended, i. 21. ii. 317.
_Disputes_ between Franklin and his brother, to whom he was apprenticed,
i. 24.
_Domien_, a traveller, short account of, i. 302.
_Drawling_, a defect in modern tunes, ii. 345.
_Dreams_, art of procuring pleasant ones, iii. 493.
_Dumas_, Monsieur, letter to, on the aid wanted by America in her struggle
for independence, iii. 360.
_Duna_ river, not to be confounded with the Dwina, iii. 119, note.
_Dust_, how raised and carried up into the air, ii. 3.
_Duties_, moral, the knowledge of, more important than the knowledge of
nature, ii. 95.
_Dutch_ iron stove, advantages and defects of, ii. 233.