_Tariffs_, not easily settled in Indian trade, iii. 218.
_Tautology_, an affected beauty of modern songs, ii. 345.
_Taxation_, American, letters to governor Shirley on, iii. 30.
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.