324 FHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. [aNNO IJOf). 



intercostal plexuses; aa the kidneys; bb the uterus cut off; c the cava cut 

 off; D its division into the rami iliaci ; ee the internal branches into which the 

 hypogastrics open; pf the emulgent veins; g the aorta cut off; h its division 

 into the iliacs ; 1 1 its internal branches, which are spread upon the uterus ; 

 K.K the external iliacs of both vessels; ll the emulgent arteries; mm the sper- 

 matic veins; knnn the spermatic arteries, very much contorted in iheir pro- 

 gress, that on the right side being cut off"; o the union of the branches of the 

 spermatic vein on the right side; p the right ovarium, with blood vessels rami- 

 fied on its outer membrane; a the right tube; q its fimbriae; r the tube on 

 the left side, its fimbriae adhering to the large bag ; sss the membrane of the 

 left ovarium, distended to a vast bigness, with the blood vessels ramified upon 

 it; T some of the ovula grown large ; w some hydatidal tumors on the inside 

 of the great bag ; vvv the ligamenta lata ; u the fundus uteri ; xx the liga- 

 menta rotunda ; the membrane that covers them, being laid open, that the 

 vessels of which they are composed may be viewed ; y the vagina cut off; z the 

 vesica urinaria ; ** a small artery and vein on each side, the first going off" from 

 the spermatic, is spread upon the membrana adiposa and peritonaeum, under 

 the kidney ; the latter bringing back the blood from these parts, opens into the 

 spermatic vein. 



Fig. 13, shows the vagina and uterus cut open, aaa the fundus uteri laid 

 Of)en, and its sides folded back; 2 2 the glands appearing on the inner membrane 

 of the uterus ; 3 3 the small vessels, by which the lochia, &c. are separated ; 

 4 a soft substance, depending from the upper part of the uterus, into which 

 the aforesaid vessels terminate ; 5 two tubercles, seated near the beginnings of 

 the tubae, to which the placenta adhered ; bb the vagina laid open ; 6 6 the 

 two labia of the collum minus; 7 7 several small glands placed on the upper 

 labium; 8 the course of the rugae on the upper side of the vagina ; Q Q their 

 direction on the under side of that part ; 10 10 two orbicular substances, near 

 the orifice of the meatus arinarius. 



An Experiment made before the Royal Society at Gresham- Col lege f showing the 

 extraordinary Electricity of Glass, producible by a smart Attrition ; with 

 a Continuation of Experiments on the same Subject, and other Phcenomena, 

 By Mr. Era. Hauksbee, F. R. S. N° 308, p. 2327. 



I took a hollow tube of fine flint glass, about an inch in diameter, and 30 

 inches long, and after rubbing it pretty smartly with paper, till it had acquired 

 some degree of heat ; it was then held towards some pieces of leaf-brass, and 

 as soon as its effluvium liad reached them, they were suddenly put in motion. 



