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CONTENTS. 



Page 

 Account of Books, viz. 



1. Archimedes's Arenarius; by Wallis . . 282 



2. Sydenham, Observationes Medicae . . 283 



3. Du Hamel, De Consensu Vet. et Novae ibid 



4. Of Education j Anonymous ibid 



5. Bathoniensium et Aquisgr. a R. P. . , 284 



6. Vinetum Britannicumj by J. W ibid 



Fr. Vernon's Travels in Dalmatia, &c ibid 



Dr. Beal, on the Vinetum Britannicum. , . . 288 

 A Lunar Eclipse observed 3 by Hevelius . . ibid 

 Account of Booksj viz. 



1 and 2. Memoires pour servir a I'Hist. 289 

 3. A Sammes, Britannia Antiq. lUust. . . 292 



On Shining Flesh; by Dr. J. Beal 294 



Structure of the Intestines j by Dr. Cole . . 295 

 Account of Books, viz. 



1. N. Mercatoris Instit, Astron 299 



2. Du Clos, sur les Eaux Minerales .... 300 



3. Curiosities of Scurvy Grass J Dr.Sherley ibid 



4. Two Medical Treatises; Busschof, &-c. ibid 



5. De Blegny, on the Venereal Disease 301 

 Account of Virginia ; by Tho. Glover .... ibid 



A Degree of a Great Circle, &c 305 



Solar Eclipse observed; by Smethwick, &c. 306 

 Biographical Notice of M. J. Prestet .... 307 

 Account of Books, viz. 



1. Elemens des Mathematiques; par J. P. ibid 



2. De lArt de Parler 308 



3. M. Cooke on Forest Trees, &c ibid 



4 and 5. The French Gardener 309 



Effects of Thunder on Sea Compasses, &c. ibid 

 Leuwenhoeck on the Texture of Trees, &c. 3 1 2 

 Solar Eclipse observed by M. Hevelius .... 3l6 



Mr. Flamsteed on a Solar Eclipse ibid 



The same Eclipse; by Mr. Townly 3l8 



— — by M. M. Immanuel, Cassini, Hevelius 319 



Math. Hist. Table; by Dr. Mangold 320 



Account of Books, viz. 



1. Experiments, Notes, &c.; by Mr. Boyle ibid 



2. Th. Bartholin, de Peregrin. Medica,&c. 321 



3. G. H. V. Hecatoste, Observ. Phys, 



Med ibid 



4. J. N. Pechlin, de Aeris et Aliment, ibid 



Biographical Notice of Pechlin ibid 



On an Hydraulic Engine, from Paris 323 



Cassini, on Jupiter's SatelUtes 324 



Halley, on the Aphelia, &c. of Planets 326 



Biographical Notice of Mr. Halley ibid 



Flamsteed on the Solar Spots 331 



Cassini, on a Solar Spot and Saturn 332 



Borelli, on large Telescopic Glasses 333 



Lucas against Newton's Experiments .... 334 



Newton's Answer to Lucas 338 



Account of Books, viz. 



1 . Glisson, de Ventriculo et Intestinis . . 343 



2. M. Charas, Pharmacopee Royale .... ibid 

 Observations on Asiaj by Tavernier ibid 



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A New Hygroscope; by Mr. J. Coniers . . 346 



Mars occulted by the Moon ; Hevelius .... 349 



The same; by Flamsteed and Halley 350 



On Rock-plants ; by Mr. J. Beaumont .... 351 

 Biographical Notice of Ph. de la Hire .... 353 

 Account of Books, viz. 



1. Ephemer. Med. Phys. German ibid 



2. LaHire, NouvelleMeth.enGeom. &c. ibid 



3. W. Briggs's Ophthalmographia .... 354 



Tavernier's Voyages continued 355 



Lake of Mexico ; and strange Rye 357 



On Fire in a Coal Pit; by Dr. L. Hodgson 358 

 Account of Books, viz. 



1. Roberti Boyle Opera Varia 36O 



2. Travels in Germany; by Dr. Brown. . ibid 



3. C. Bartholini Diaphragmatis Struct. . . ibid 



4. Longitude found by Henry Bond .... 361 



5. The Royal Almanac; by N.Stephenson ibid 



Biographical Notice of Henry Bond ibid 



Boyle, on the Figures of Contig. Fluids .... 362 



On Phosphorus ; by Chr. Ad. Baldwin .... 368 



Biographical Notice of C. A. Baldwin .... ibid 

 Account of Books, viz. 



1. J. De Rae, Clavis Philos. Naturalis . . 369 



2. Menard, Nouvelle Science des Tems ibid 



3. England's Improvement, &c. by A. 



Yarrailton ibid 



Boyle's Fig. of Fluids continued 370 



Account of Books, viz. 



1. Gary's Palseologia Chronica 373^ 



2. Touchstone for Gold and Silver Wares; 



by W. B 374 



Agrestic Observations ; by Dr. Beale ibid 



Leuwenhoeck, on Animalcules in Waters . . ibid 



Two Satellites of Saturn; by Cassini 377 



Account of Books, viz. 



1. Pharmacopoeia Col. Regal. Lond 378 



2. Ray, Catalogus Plantarum Angliae . . ibid 



3. Aero Chalinos; by N. Henshaw .... 379 



4. Philos. Essay on Music ibid 



Trembling of Consonant Strings; Dr. Wallis 380 



On Bononian Stone ; by Malpighi ... .... 382 



Imitating Man, and Human Calculi; G. 



Garden ibid 



Leuwenhoeck, on Animalcules in Waters . . 383 



Hortulan Observations ; by Dr. Beale .... 384 



On New Stars; by M. Hevelius ibid 



Account of two Books, viz. 



1. Mariotte, Traite de la Percussion . . . 388 



2. W. E. Heidel, Trithemii Steganog. 



Vind ibid 



An uncommon Meteor; by Dr. Wallis .... 389 



Four kinds of Shining Substances 390 



Cassini, on the late Comet ibid 



The same observed, by Hevelius 39 1 



The same observed, by Flamsteed 393 



Biographical Notice of Dr. R. Plott 394 



