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fiiographical Notice of Sir Wm. Petty. . . . 172 

 Account of Books, viz. 



1 . Uses of Duplicate Proportion ; by Petty ibid 



2. Hooke against the Machina Coelestis, . IZ-t 



Linus against Newton on Colours 175 



Newton's Answer to the same 176 



Mr. Flamsteed on Street's Moon-wiser .... 177 



. New Solar Numbers .... 178 



Nat. Hist. Experiments; by Mr. Lister .. 179 

 Account of Books, viz. 



1. Tracts; by Mr. Boyle 183 



2. De Chales, Cursus Mathematicus .... 184 



3. Manilius's Sphere; by Sherburne. ... 185 



4. Avona, or Navigable Rivers; by R. S. 186 



5. Education of Youth ; by Mr. Lewis . . 1 87 

 Biographical Notice of De Chales 184 



'. of Ed. Sherburne, Esq. 185 



Lunar Eclipse; by Hooke, Flamsteed, &c. 187 



Account of Iceland; by B. D. P. Biernon . . ibid 



Rural and Economical Inquiries 189 



Diagonal Divisions ; by Dr. Wallis ibid 



Account of Books, viz. 



1. Mr. Boyle on the Resurrection 192 



2. Munting, Waare OefFening der Planten ibid 



3. Prevention of Poverty ; by Rd. Haynes 193 

 Lunar Eclipse; by Cassini, Picard, &c. . . . ibid 



The Earth's Meridian ; by Picard ibid 



Huygens's Portable Watches 199 



Rupture of tlie Mesentery ; by Swammerdam ibid 



Astroites, or Star-stones; by M. Lister 200 



Biographical Notice of Perrault 202 



Account of Books, viz. 



1. Architecture de Vitruve; par Perrault ibid 



2. Le Grand, de Carentia Sensus, &c . . 203 



Leibnitz's Portable Watches ibid 



Lunar Eclipse and Occultation; by Hevelius 205 



Culture by Sea- weed; by Dr. Dan. Coxe. . 206 



Biographical Notice of H. Conringius .... ibid 



■ of Paracelsus 209 



Account of Books, viz. 



1. Borrichius, Hermetis Egyptiorum, Sec. ibid 



2. The Garden of Eden; by Sir H. Piatt 210 

 A Storm and some Lakes; by Sir G. Mac- 

 kenzie ibid 



The Air-Bladders in Fishes; by A. 1 211 



Poisonous Fish in the Bahamas; by J, L. . . 213 

 Extraor. Oranges and Lemons; by P. Natus ibid 

 Account of Books, viz. 



1. Archimedes, Apollonius, &c. a Barrow 214 



2. T. Bartholini Acta Medica, &c ibid 



3. Epitome of Husbandry; by J. B ibid 



Morison's New Universal Herbal 214 



New Essay Instrument; by Mr. Boyle ibid 



Swimming Bladders in Fishes; by Ray 218 



Plants, Trees, &c. to a great Size 219 



Frosts, Tempests, &c. in Scotland; by Dr. 



Beale 220 



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Horrox's Lunar System ; by Flamsteed .... 220 



Lunar Eclipse observed; by Flamsteed 221 



Account of the Planter's Manual ; by Char. . 



Cotton 222 



Microscopical Observat. ; by Leuwenliocck ibid 

 On the Rainbow; by M. Fr. Linus ...... ibid 



Lunar Eclipse observed at Paris 223 



Mine-damps, and on Worms; by Mr. Jessop 224 

 Observat. in Scotland; by Sir G. Mackenzie 2'26 

 Observations at Barbadoes; by Dr. Towns 228 

 Account of Books ; viz. 



1. Malpighii Anatome Plantarum 229 



2. Bohn, de Alcali and Acidi Insuffic . . 232 



3. Zymologia Chymica; by Dr. Sympson ibid 



On the North-east Passage 233 



On the First Meridian; by Flamsteed .... 236 



Biographical Notice of Sennert 237 



Account of Books, viz. 



1. Jac. Barneri Prodromus Sennerti .... ibid 



2. Hooke, on Helioscopes, &c ibid 



Pneumat. Exper. by Huygens and Papin . . 239 



Biographical Notice of Nic. Papin ibid 



Origin of Fountains ; by Denys Papin .... 242 



On Damps in Mines; by Mr. Jessop 244 



Account of Books, viz. 



1. Discourse on Earths; by Mr. Evelyn 245 



2. On the Isles of Feroe; by L. J. Debes ibid 



3. The Gentleman's Recreation in 4 parts 245 



Experiments on Air ; by Mr. Boyle ibid 



Pneumat. Exper. ; by Huygens and Papin . . 250 

 Account of Books, viz. 



1. Fr. Willughbeii Omithologia 252 



2. Grew's Anat. of the Trunks of Trees 253 



3. Stevenson's Royal Almanac 257 



Pneumat. Exper. ; by Huygens and Papin . . ibid 

 Lunar Eclipse observed by Flamsteed .... 259 

 Fr. Linus against Newton on Light, &c. . . 260 



Newton's Reply to the same 261 



another on the same 263 



Biographical Notice of J. Chr. Sturm .... 265 

 Account of Books, viz. 



1. Willis, Pharmaceutice Rationalis .... ibid 



2. J. C. Sturm, Collegium Experimentale ibid 



3. England's Improvements; by R. Cook 266 



4. College of Physicians vindicated; bj 



Goodall 267 



Incalescence of Quicksilver, &c. ; by B. R. ibid 

 Observat. on former Transactions; Anon. . . 270 

 Pneumat. Exper.; by Huygens and Papin 271 



The same continued 272 



Biographical Notice of M. Blondel 274 



Account of Books, viz. 



1. Blondel, Cours d' Architecture ibid 



2. Dr. Mores Remarks on some Treatises 275 

 Another Answer to Linus ; by Newton . . 276 



Cassini on a Lunar Eclipse 280 



Transit of tlie Moon and Jupiter 3 by Flamst. 281 



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