INDEX. Absentee tax, 259. America-causes of prosperity, 241. Apprenticeships, 216. Balance of trade, 229. rately, 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. 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. chosen a member of the Insti- letter to General Rose, 375. 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. 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. publishes his mique,' 395. Economical science in England, 170 in France, 171. Economists, the, on capital, 220. Education, national, 249. Traité de Dyna- Exceptions in favour of restrictions, Davy, Sir Humphry, birth, 107. appointed professor of chemistry invents the safety lamp, 118. chosen president of the Royal death and character, 122. Debts, national, 261. Defence, national, 247. De Gournay, the political economist, 171. 228. Exchanges, by what regulated, 212. Fisheries, bounties to, 233. Galvanism, Davy's discoveries in, 112. Home, John, letter to Adam Smith, 289. Latent heat discovered by Black, 12. | Paper money in America, 232. Lavoisier, S. L., birth, 292. early labours, 293. Opuscules Phy- publishes his siques,' 298. experiments with diamond, 300. researches on combustion, 309. Lotteries as a source of revenue, 251. M'Culloch on corn, 237. Malthus on corn, Malt tax, 235. 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 15. Nitrous acid, composition of, dis- Observation of the transit of Venus Oxygen gas discovered by Priestley,76. | Pappus's mathematical collections, 127. 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- Taxes, 252. principles of, 252. 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