Page. 148 151 157 164 Chap century century LXXIII. Memorable events of the eighteenth century LXXIV. Memorable events of the eighteenth century continued century continued and his family 170 178 181 184 188 190 193 196 200 201 204 207 210 216 221 224 XCI. c. Of Chap. Page. XC). Of action 227 xcii. Of style 228 xcii. Of the plain style 229 xciv. Of the sublime style 230 xcv. Of the mediate style 234 xcvi. Of the Asiatic and laconic style 235 XCVII. On the faults of style 237 XCVIII. Of Cicero and Demosthenes 239 xcix. Of metals, with a short account of gold and silver 241 copper and iron 242 ci. Of lead, tin, and mercury 244 cii. Of precious stones 245 cuk. Of the magnet or loadstone 247 Civ. Of meteors, and the different regions í of air 248 cv. Some of the properties of air 250 CVI. Of the wind 254 cvn. Of the tropical winds 256 CVIII. Of mists, clouds, rain, dew, snow, and hail 257 cix. Of the feven colours, and the rainbow 260 cx. Of the king, and British conftitution 263 cxi. On the power of the British monarch 269 CXI. Of the parliament 271 CXIII. Of the house of lords 273 mons 283 298 300 Chap. Page. CXIV. Of the house of commons 274 cxv. Of the power of parliament 277 cxyi. On the privilege of the members 279 cxvii. Peculiar rights of the house of com 281 cxviii. Of parliamentary bills cxix. Of the royal afsent to bills 287 cxx. Of the privy-council 289 cxxi. Of the great officers of the crown 292 CXXII. On the courts of law 296 CXXIII. Of the sheriffs and other officers cxxiv. Of cities and boroughs cxxy. Of juries 301 cxxvi. On the trial of malefactors 304 CXXVII. Of punishments CXXVIII. Of earthquakes and volcanos · 310 cxxix. Of the aurora borealis 312 cxxx. Of the tides 313 Cxxxi. On the saltness of the sea cxxxit. On electricity, and thunder and lightning 320 CXXXIII. On the sound of thunder, and thunder-bolts 325 cxxxiv. Of water-spouts, whirlwinds and hurricanes cxxxv. Of the stocks or public funds CXXXVI. On different miles, 306 318 332 ELEMENTS 326 328 E LE M E N T S USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. CH A P. I. OF A'STRONOMY. THE other heavenly bodies, is called Astronomy. The most conspicuous of the celestial bodies is that glorious luminary the Sun, the fountain of light and heat to the several planets, or habitable worlds, which revolve round it. These planets, together with the sun, compose what astronomers have called the Solar System. They are fix in number; and their names are Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. With respect to their nearness to the centre, or middle point of the sun, they are exactly in the order in wbich they are here B inen |