attend waterspouts, 165. Some cir-
cumstances relative to, favorable to
the hypothesis, that all waterspouts
descend, 170. Account of a, in Ma-
ryland, 201.

Whisk Seed, VII. 129.
Whistle, the, II. 180.

WHITEFIELD, GEORGE, his oratory, I.
136, 138. His intimacy with Frank-
lin, VII. 74. His account of Frank-
lin's examination before the House of
Commons, 312.

Whitehaven, coal mines at, visited by
Franklin, VIII. 10.

WHITEHEAD, PAUL, his poems quoted,
VII. 248.

WHITEHURST, his clock with three
wheels mentioned, VI. 461.
WHITWORTH, his State of Trade quot
ed, relative to the commercial jeal-
ousy of the Gerinan States, IV. 29.
WICKES, Captain, VIII. 193.
Wife, how to choose a, VII. 559.
WILKES, JOHN, some particulars re-
specting, VII. 400, 403. His sen-

tence, 413.

WILLIAMS, JONATHAN, noticed, VII.252.
WILLIAMS, name assumed by Mr. Pul-
teney during his secret agency, VIII.
253.

WILLIAMSON, HUGH, Dr. Hosack's ac-
count of his obtaining the Hutchinson
letters, IV. 441. Reasons for believ-
ing the account erroneous, 442.
WILSON, BENJAMIN, his experiments
showing the identity of electricity and
lightning, V. 298. His objections to
pointed conductors stated, 434. His
preference of the blunt, 446. His
pamphlet on the subject mentioned,
VI. 379. His blunt conductors pre-
ferred by some, VIII. 227.

WILSON, Judge, his pamphlet on the
relation between the King and the
colonies alluded to, IV. 409.
WILSON, Professor, his theory respect-
ing spots in the sun, VI. 369.
Wind, generation of, by fermentation,
VI. 196. Blowing in contrary direc
tions, 196

WINTHROP, JOHN, Professor, his re
marks relative to colonial affairs, IV.
423. Account of, V. 363. His ob-
servation of electricity in the atmo-
sphere. 405. Is elected a member

His

of the Royal Society, VI 262.
observation of the transit of Mercury,
328. His death, VIII. 402.
Wire, experiment for burning, VI. 448.
Women, inexpediency of their engaging
in political concerns, VII. 168.
Wood, expense of, in the Northern col-
onies, VI. 35. Advantage of the
Franklin stove as respects the con-
sumption of, 59.

WOODWARD, his view of the causes of
earthquakes, VI. 4.

Words, improper use of certain, X.
413, 414.

Works, value of good, VII. 75. Their
superiority to faith, 76. Too much
undervalued, 185.

Wreckers, The, extract from the farce
of, VIII. 318.

WREN, THOMAS, his kindness to Amer-
ican prisoners in England, IX. 545.
WRIGHT, Governor, his views on the
subject of inland grants, IV. 319. His
objections examined, 363.

WRIGHT, PATIENCE, account of, VIII.

343.

WYNNE, his History of the British
Empire in America quoted, relative to
the increase of the colonists, IV. 360.
WYVILL, SIR CHARLES, his remarks
relative to the elective franchise of
small English boroughs, II. 492.

Y.

Yale College, of a portrait of Franklin
for, X. 421.

Yellow Fever in Philadelphia, VII. 41.
YORKE, SIR JOSEPH, supposed letter
from Paul Jones to, V. 131. His me
morial to the Dutch government on
the subject of a proposed treaty with
the United States, VIII. 523.

Z.

Z, petition of the letter, VI. 304.
ZENGER, account of his trial for libel,
II. 302. Argument on his case exam-
ined, 302.

ZINNER, JOHN CHARLES DE, his Notitia
Historica de Coloniis Federatis in
America, noticed, VIII. 303.
ZOROASTER, French translation of the
writings of, VII. 559.