CONTENTS OF VOLUME SIXTH. 



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J OHN KEILL, Solution of Kepler's Pro- 

 blem 1 



Dr. B. Taylor, on the Centre of Oscillation 7 



S. Valetta, Eruption of Vesuvius 12 



Dr. Taylor, Motion of a Tense String .... 14 



Ja. Petiver, on some Rare Plants 17 



Mr. Flamsteed, Celestial Observations .... ibid 



Dr. W. Musgrave, on the Roman Legions . ibid 



Edw. Tenison, Cultivation of Canary Seed . 18 



Edw. Llwyd, Nat. Hist, and Antiquities . . 19 



Dr. Gottevald, on the Plague in Dantzic . . 23 



Dr. Musgrave, on the Roman Eagles .... 39 



Hauksbee, Ascent of Water between Planes 40 



, ditto of Spirits of Wine 41 



Dr. Musgrave, Inscriptio Tarraconensis .... 42 



Leuwenhoeck, Animalcula on Duckweed . . ibid 



Rd. Richardson, Nat. Hist. Observations . . 45 



Nic. Facio, Solid of Least Resistance 48 



J a. Petiver, Botanicum Hortense 3 ibid 



. on some Swedish Minerals, &c. 49 



F. Papin, Arts and Physic of India 50 



F. Bourzes, Luminousness of Sea Water . . 53 

 Ja. Yonge, an Old Woman having her Menses 55 



F. Jartoux, on the Tartar Plant Ginseng . . 56 



Dr. Slare, on Chalybeate or Spa Waters . . 6l 



Fr. Nevill, Urns and Sepulchral Monum, . 63 



P. Le Neve, Ums at North Elmham .... 65 



Fr. Nevill, on Lough-Neagh in Ireland . . 6? 

 8. Bowdich, of a Woman long covered in 



Snow 69 



Bp. of Clogher, on a Hill Subsiding ibid 



Fr. Nevill, Ancient Trumpets, &c. in Ireland 71 



Dr. Slare, on Sugar, and Renewal of Teeth 72 



Edw. Lhwyd, New Plant, &c. in Wales . . 73 



Rd. Russel, Scirrhous Tumour, &c ibid 



Fr. Nevill, Quarry of Marble in Ireland . . 75 



J. Chamberlayne, Plague at Copenhagen . . ibid 



Wm. Cheselden, Anatomical Observations . 76 



Account of Julii Viialis Epitaphium, &c. ... 77 



Logometria, Auctore Rogero Cotes ibid 



Biographical Notice of Mr. Cotes ibid 



Ramazini, Distemper in the Venetian Cattle 78 



Medicine against the Distemper in Cattle . . 80 



J. Long, Making of Logarithms ibid 



Leuwenhoeck, Fibres of the Muscles .... 82 



M. Muys, Texture of the Muscles 84 



Dr. Mather, Observations in New England 85 

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Timoni, on Introducing Inoculation, &c. . . 88 

 Biogr. Notice of Dr. Emanuel Timoni .... ibid 

 John Keill, the Divisibility of Matter .... 9I 



Sig. Bianchini, Astron. Observations 92 



Jokn Keill, on Centripetal Forces 93 



Tho. Watkins, on Accounts of Interest ... Q7 



W. Derham, on Accounts of Rain ibid 



Nic. Bernoulli, Problems in Chances 98 



Abr. Demoivre, on the same ibid 



Biogr. Notice of M. Nic. Bernoulli ibid 



Dr. Hal ley, on extraordinary Meteors .... 99 



■ , Variation of the Compass .... 112 



G. Kirch, on the Comet of l6'80 114 



Sir I, Newton, on the Invention of Fluxions 1 16" 

 G. Kirch, a New Star in Collo Cygni .... 153 



Ja. Petiver, Botanicum Hortense, 4 155 



Dr. Halley, on a Solar Eclipse ibid 



Account of Dr. Ja. Douglas's Bibliog. Anat. 166 

 Scheuchzer, on Barometrical Experiments . ibid 



Ja. Petiver, Botanicum Hortense, 4 168 



Flamsteed, on Celestial Observations ibid 



Dr. Halley, Saltness of the Sea, and Age of 



the World 169 



Account of Dr. B, Taylor's Perspective .... 172 



of Thoresby's Topography of Leeds 174 



On the great Solar Eclipse in 1715 175 



J. Edens, on the Peak of Teneriff 177 



Dr. Douglas, Dilatation of a Ventricle, &c. 181 

 Abr. Demoivre, a Cui-ve of the Third Order 183 

 J. Perks, the Nautical Meridian Line .... 184 

 Account of B.Taylor's Methodus Increm. . . 189 



of Marsili de Generatione Fungorum 1 95 



Dr. Halley, History of several New Stars . 196 



Ja. Petiver, Botanicum Hortense, 4. 198 



Dr. Helvetius, on the Pareira Brava ibid 



Biogr. Notice of Dr. Helvetius ibid 



Fr. Nevill, Large Teeth found in Ireland . . 199 



Dr. T. Molyneux, on the same 200 



Account of Dr. Musgrave'sGeta Britainnicus 203 

 Dr. Halley, on the Nebulae or Lucid Spots 205 

 Pylarini, New Method of Inoculation .... 207 



Biographical Notice of J. Pylarini ibid 



Sir I. Newton, Problem concerning Curves 211 

 Ja. Pound, Astronomical Observations .... 212 



Dr. Halley, on the Aurora Borealis 213 



— , on similar Appearances .... 226 



J. T. Desaguliers, Experiments on Light . . 229 

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