VOL. I.J PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. HQ 



What are the odours, colours a^d tastes observable in sea water ? 



What is the depth of the sea in several places, and the order of its in- 

 crease and decrease ; and whether the bottom of the sea always rises towards 

 the shore, unless accidentally interrupted ? 



Of the bottom of the sea, and how it differs from the surface of the earth, 

 in reference to the soil, and evenness or roughness of the superficies ; also the 

 stones, minerals and vegetables to be found there ? 



What the figuration of the seas from north to south, and from east to west, 

 and in the several hemispheres and climates ? 



What communication there is of seas by straits and subterraneous con- 

 veyances ? 



Of the motion of the sea by winds, and how far storms reach downwards ? 



Of the grand motions of the body of the sea, especially of the tides, their 

 nature and differences? 



What power the sea has to produce or hasten putrefaction in some bodies, 

 and to preserve others ; as wood, cables, &c. ? 



Of the power ascribed to the sea to eject dead bodies, succinum, ambergris ? 



Of the shining of the sea in the night ? 



What are the medical virtues of the sea, especially against hydrophobia ? 



What is its virtue to manure land ? And what are the plants that thrive best 

 with sea water ? 



Some Considerations concerning the parenchymatous Parts of the Body, 

 By Dr. Edmund King. N' 18, p. 316. 



The parenchymatous parts of the body are (this writer observes) generally sup- 

 posed by anatomists to be in very many places wholly void of vessels, and to be 

 designed chiefly to fill up cavities and interstices between the vessels, to bolster 

 up the same, and to convey them through the parts ; whereas on examination 

 he has found the parenchyma of the liver, lungs, spleen, kidneys, &c. full of 

 vessels.* 



Observatio?is on Petrifications. By Dr. Beale. N° 18, p. 320. 



A good history of petrifaction, and of the manner in which nature proceeds 

 in that operation, would be very satisfactory. For if we could attain to the 

 mode of causing petrifactions by art, directing the process at pleasure, such 

 an art might be very useful, being applied to prevent the generation of the 



* This is the substance of Dr. King's communication, rather prolix, and containing some observa- 

 tions not altogether relevant to the subject. 



