698 PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. |^ANNO 1712. 



This load-stone weighed exactly 61b. 1^ oz. avoirdupois. Its breadth at the 

 north pole was 4 inches; at the south pole 5 inches. The length of the short- 

 est side was 6^ inches, of the longest side 74- inches. Its thickness at the north 

 pole was one inch and a half, and at the south pole one inch. ;'? 



J^he Specific Gravities of several Metalline Cubes,' in comparison with their 

 "" like Bulks of Water. By Mr, Fr. Haukshee, F.R.S, N° 335, p. 511. 



These cubes were supposed to be extraordinary in their several kinds, except 

 the gold. Their workmanship was very accurate ; and they were exactly of a 

 size, though they differed a little from our measure. Six of them being laid on 

 a rule, side by side, measured about a tenth more than 6 inches; and if their 

 sides were changed, they still made the same measure. And it further ap- 

 peared that they were exact, by their agreeableness in the weight of their re- 

 spective bulks of water, as may be observed by comparing them in the following 

 table. 



g| Troy Weight, 



Weight of the several "Weight of the several In proportion to tlieir 



Cubes in Air. Cubes in Water. like bulk of Water. 



Oz. dwts. gr. Oz. dwts. gr. 



Gold 9 11 8 9 6^1^ flZ.S 1 



Silver 5 14 10 5 3 10^^ 



1 10.421 1 

 J 8.841 ! 

 i 7.81 > 



Copper 4 l6 8 4 5 10^ . ...... 



Brass 4 5 7 3 14 9 f i 7-81 M« ^• 



Lead 6 2 12 5 1117 ! 11.35 I 



Iron 4 4 17 3 13 20 J \_ 7.711} 



An Account of what appeared on dissecting the Body of Mr. Dove. By the 

 late Mr. William Cowper, F.R.S. N° 335, p. 512. 



Mr. D6ve's body in divers parts appeared of a black, blue, livid, and various 

 colours, before I made any incision into it ; particularly the back, where the 

 blood was settled, had a cadaverous blackness; where the cuticula was here 

 and there vesicated, or distended with serum. Of this there was no appearance 

 before death. The muscles of the abdomen had a mortified appearance, being 

 of a blackish green colour. The liver was entirely sphacelated. The spleen 

 had large mortified spots on its surface: both these parts were specifically lighter 

 than in the natural state; insomuch, that portions of each of them swam on 

 the surface of water, and seemed to have more air in them, than we commonly 

 find in the lungs in their natural state. The rest of the viscera, in this lower 

 cavity, were not in so bad a state ; though the guts had here and there blackish 

 spots on them. 



