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BIBLIOTHECA BRITANNICA;

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A GENERAL INDEX

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BRITISH AND FOREIGN LITERATURE.

Printed by Abernethy and Walker.

BIBLIOTHECA BRITANNICA;

OR

A GENERAL INDEX

ΤΟ

BRITISH AND FOREIGN LITERATURE.

BY ROBERT WATT, M.D.

IN TWO PARTS:-AUTHORS AND SUBJECTS.

VOLUME IV.-SUBJECTS.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND COMPANY, EDINBURGH;
AND LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, BROWN, & GREEN,

LONDON.

1824.

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BIBLIOTHECA BRITANNICA;

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A GENERAL INDEX, &c.

PART SECOND.

I.

I

the ninth Letter of the Alphabet. — 1618. Canones de Literarum E, V, I, apud Arabes Natura et Permutatione. 341 r. 1721. Vindicia Anglicana A, E, I et U Pronunciationis. 69 1.Richard Day, who printed several works in London after the year 1578, was the first, or among the first who attempted to correct the indiscriminate use of the letters I and J, and U and V, as may be found exemplified in the work of P. Baro, entitled, "De Fide ejusque Ortu," &c. 76 r. 292 f. In 1589, George Bishop printed the "Frenche Academic," in which these letters are used with propriety. 116 s. 777 n. It was not till several years after this last date that the improvement was adopted by Louis Elzevir, who, as he became afterwards better known, has commonly received the merit of setting the first example.

I, the pronoun of the first person.-1799. The History of My Father; or, How it happened that I was born; a Romance in 12 chapters. 578 n.-1811. Thinks I to Myself; a Novel. 695 g.-1812. I'll consider of it; a Satirical Tale. Lond. 3 vols. 12mo. 21s.-1813. I can't afford it; and other Tales. 461 v.

IACHIADES, JOSEPH. See JACHIADES, J.

IAMBIC, a form of verse. — 1586. I.a Græca, de Thermis Pythiis. 855 v. 1602. Auriacus et I.i. 481 c.-1623. I. libri duo. 79 s. ---N. D.-The Inventor of I. Verses. 39 s.

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IBERIA.-1808. Ode to I. 536 e.-1812. I.; a Poem. 355 w. IBIS, an Egyptian deity. 1488. Epist. et in I.n. 723 n.- 1536. Comm. in Ovidii Epistolas, et Librum in I.n. 61 2.-1569. Invective against I. 723 8.1569. Quid, his Invective against Ibas. 923 k. 1658. Ovid's Invective or Curse against I., faithfully and familiarly translated into English verse; and the Histories therein contained, being in number two hundred and fifty (at the least), briefly explained, one by one; with Natural, Moral, Poetical, Mathematical, and some few Theological Applications. Whereunto is prefixed, a Double Index; one of the proper Names herein mentioned; another, of the common Heads from thence deduced; both pleasant and profitable for each Sort, Sex, and Age, and very useful for Grammar Schools. 553 d. 1661. Liber in I.n. 723 s.1805. Some Account of two Mummies of the Egyptian I., one of which was in a remarkably perfect State. 740 o.

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IBRAHIM, the illustrious Bassa.-1641. I., ou l'illustre Bassa. 841 20.-1677. I., the illustrious Bassa; a Tragedy. 846 t.

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ICANES.-1785. The Fall of the Modern I. See PANTHEON, 1785. ICCIUS, PORTUS, supposed to be Vissan in Picardy. -1626. P. I. Julii Cæsaris demonstratus. 221 p.-1694. Dissertatio de P.u I.o. 388 0.-1694. Julii Cæsaris P. I. illustratus. 413 f.-1694. Julii Cæsaris P. I. 868 v.-1792. Observations on the Situation of the ancient P. I. 626 i. ICE.-1666. How to preserve I. and Snow by Chaff. 67 r.-1671. Some Experiments; shewing the Difference of I. made without Air from that which is produced with Air. 805 f.-1682. New Experiments and Observations upon the Icy Noctiluca. 142 w.-1684. On Salt and Fresh Water I. 610 o.-1709. Account of the Icy Mountains of Switzerland. 174 e.-1716. Dissertation sur la Glace. 660 0.1738. New Experiments on I. 707 x.-1740. Description de la Maison de Glace à St. Petersburg. 578 q. - 1746. A Monument of Thankfulness; being an Account of a Miraculous Preservation of nine men, in a small boat, which was enclosed within Islands of Ice, about 70 leagues from land, and conti. nued in distress 28 days. 404 w. -1775. Progress of making I. in the East Indies. 73 y. - 1793. On the Method of making I. at Benares. 970 e.-1793. Demonstration of our great Orb of Light the Sun, to be absolutely no other than a Body of I. 728 t.-1800. On the supposed Benefit of the Application of I. in Burns. 567 n. 1804. Two Cases of Gout, said to have terminated in death, in consequence of the external use of I. and Cold Water. 571 r.- 1805. Important Discoveries and Experiments elucidated, on I., Heat, and Cold. 458 c.-1805. On the relative Capacities for Heat of I. and Water. 535 y.-1805. Discussion on the Cause of the Figure of a Man which was formed on the I. of the Pond in Halnaker Park. 470 i.-1815. Explanation of the Effect produced by a Mass of I. on a Thermometer, in a Focus of a reflecting Mirror. 286 y.-1816. On I. found in the Bottoms of Rivers. 576 e. ICEAD.-1794. The I.; a Mock Heroic Poem. 442 q. ICELAND, an Island lying to the west of Norway, between 63 and 65 north latitude. -1607. Islandiæ et Gronlandia Descriptio. 121 p. 1670. On a Crystal-like Body sent from I. 80 a.-1675. Account of I., from the Latin. 115 a. - 1689. Grammatica I.ica Runolphi Ionæ. 494 0.-1733. Scheda de I.iæ, Lat. 45 k. — -1755. Of a Shower of Dust falling on a Ship between Shetland and I. 965 y.-1758. Natural History of I.; containing a particular and accurate Account of the different Soils, Burning Mountains, Minerals, Vegetables, Metals, Stones, Beasts, Birds, and Fishes; with the Dispositions, Customs, and Manner of Living of the Inhabitants; interspersed with an Account of the Island. Also a Meteorological Table, with remarks and a map. 517 c.-1770. System of Runic Mythology, and other Pieces from the Ancient I.ic Tongue. 637 y. 1772. Relation d'un Voyage dans la Mer du Nord aux Cotes d'I.e. 915 w.-1777. Sciagraphia Historia Literaria I.icæ, &c. i. e. A Sketch of the Literary History of I.; containing a Catalogue of the Works printed, or in MS., which have been composed by the Writers of that Country. This contains useful and original information respecting the above country. 332 m. 1780. Letters on I.; containing Observations on the Civil, Literary, Ecclesiastical, and Natural History, Antiquities, Volcanoes, Basaltes, Hot Springs, Customs, Dress, Manners of

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