CONTENTS. 



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Biographical Notice of J. T. Desaguliers . . 229 

 J. T. Desaguliers, Refrangibility of Light . . 239 



Dr. Hollings, of a big-bellied Woman 242 



Dr. Halley, on the Parallax of the Sun 243 



, Unusual Lustre of Venus 250 



Rev. J. Sackette, on a Sinking of the Earth 252 

 Dr. T. Robinson, Observations in Italy .... 253 

 W. Derham, on Swallowing Fruit Stones . . ibid 

 Rd, Bradley, Motion of Sap in Vegetables . ibid 



—, Quick Vegeta. of Mouldiness 257 



Dr. Halley, on the Diving-Bell 258 



Dr. Douglas, the Glands in the Spleen, &c. 262 

 Acco. of Musgrave's Dissert, de Dea Salute 264 

 Rev. Ja, Pound, on the Primarj' Planets, &c. ibid 

 Rd. Waller, the Wood-Pecker's Tongue . . ibid 



Dr. Douglas, on the Flamingo 268 



Dr. Halley, Occultations of Stars 271 



Dr. J. Tabor, on Roman Antiquities 273 



Dr. Slare, on the Pyrmont Waters 280 



Desaguliers, Variation of the Barometer . . 283 



M. St. Andre, an Effect of the Colic 288 



Rev. Edm. Barrell, Aurora Borealis 290 



Martin Folkes, on the same Subject 291 



Biographical Notice of M Folkes, Esq. . . . ibid 

 Dr. Musgrave, Britain formerly a Peninsula . 293 

 W. Derham, Gascoigne's & Crabtrie's Letters 295 

 Dr. B. Taylor, Numeral Roots of Equations 299 



, on Making Logarithms .... 304 



A. Demoivre, on Centripetal Forces 306 



Dr. Blair, on an Emaciated Child 307 



M. de Monmort, on Infinite Series 308 



Dr. B. Taylor, on the same ibid 



Biographical Notice of M. de Monmort . . ibid 

 Dr. Halley, Longitude by the Moon and Stars ibid 



Dr. Taylor, Solution of Leibnitz's Prob 309 



Dr. Chr, Hunter, a Roman In.scription .... 312 

 M. Vaillant, the Plants Araliastrum .... 314 

 Biograph. Notice of Dr. Sebastian Vaillant ibid 



of Dr. Wm. Sherard . . . ibid 



Edw. Berkeley, Eruptions of Vesuvius ... 3l6 



Dr. Tho. Bower, on a lai^e Wen 319 



J. T. Desaguliers, on a Vacuum 32 1 



Dr. Halley, on a Comet in 1717 322 



Account ( f Polini de Motu Aquae, &c 324 



of Halley's Apollonius 327 



Dr. Halley, Change of Stars' Latitudes 329 



Dr. Ja. Jurin, Suspension of Water, &c 330 



Biograpiiical Notice of Dr. Ja. Jurin ibid 



Dr. Jurin, Motion of Effluent Water 336 



P. Le Neve, Sinking of three Oaks 348 



J. Pound, Satellites of Saturn 349 



Dr. Halley, Tables of the same Satel 351 



Dr. Ja. Tabor, Antiquities in Sussex ibid 



Col. Maclaurin, Construe, of Curves 356 



Biographical Notice of Mr. Maclaurin .... ibid 



Dr. Jurin, Old Roman Inscription 362 



M. Kirch, on a Comet seen at Berlin 363 



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M. Kirch, an Eclipse of the Sun 563 



Wurtzelbaur, on the same at Norimberg . . ibid 



R. Gale, on a Roman Inscription 364 



Hen. Barham, a Fiery Meteor at Jamaica . . 368 

 Wm. Beckett, Antiq. of the Venereal Disease ibid 

 Astron. Observations by Pound, Derham, &c. 373 

 John Machin, Curve of Swiftest Descent . . 374 



Biographical Notice of M. Machin ibid 



Dr. Jurin, on the Power of the Heart .... 375 

 Tho. Bates, Distemper among the Cows near 



London ibid 



Dr. Pat. Blair, on the Elephant's Ears .... 382 

 J. Pound, Transit of Jupiter's Satellites . . . 386 



J. Conduit, on the ancient Carteia 387 



M. Conti, on the Invention of Fluxions . . 389 

 Dr. Jurin, on the Power of the Heart .... 392 



C. Maclaurin, Description of Curves ibid 



Wm. Rice, Roman Inscrip. at Caerleon . . 394 

 Dr. J. Harris, Conjectures on the same . . . ibid 

 Abr. Demoivre, Max. & Min. Celest. Mot. 395 

 Dr. B. Taylor, Apology against J. Bernoulli 397 

 Dr. Wm. Stukely, Animal impres. on Stone 398 

 Biographical Notice of Dr. Wm. Stukely . . ibid 

 J. Strachey, the Strata in Coal Mines .... 401 

 Dr. Desaguliers, Speedy Growth of Turnips 404 

 Dr. Harris, &c. on M. Villette's Burning 



Concave 405 



Dr. Halley, an Extraordinary Meteor .... 406 



Ja. Keill, on the Force of the Heart 415 



Dr. Jurin, Spec. Grav. of Blood ibid 



J. Chamberlayne, Sunk Island in theHumber 423 



Dr. Desaguliers, on Myopes, &c 424 



J. Pound, Tables of Jupiter's 1st Satellite . . 426 

 Henry Barham, on Silk and Silk- Worms . . ibid 



Dr. Jurin's Answer to Dr. Ja. Keill 427 



On Stirling's Metliodus DifFerentialis 428 



Biographical Notice of Mr. Ja. Stirling .... - ibid 

 Dr. Desaguliers, Resistance of the Air .... ibid 



•^— — — , on the same Subject 430 



Jos. Williamson, Clocks to go with the Sun 431 

 Dr. Jurin, Action of Glass Tubes on Fluids 432 



Dr. Richardson, on a Water Spout 440 



Dr. Halley, on the Aurora Borealis 441 



Several other Accounts of the same 442 



J. Pound, Astronomical Observations ibid 



Dr. Halley, Parallax of the Fixed Stars . . . 443 



Dr. Rd. Hale, Maxillary Glands, &c 445 



Dr. Timoni, Plague at Constantinople .... 450 

 Ph. Percival, Luminous Air at Dublin .... 455 



Dr. Halley, Infinity of the Stars 456 



— , Number, Order, and Light of 



them 457 



P. Dudley, Maple Sugar in America 458 



Dr. Blair, on a Boy living long without Food 459 



, on the Virtues of Plants, &c. . . ibid 



Account of Maclaurin's Geomelria Organica 464 

 Mr. Deverel, Fracture of the Patella 466 



