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PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. 



[anno 1714. 



but with a currycomb and brush, with setons under their chin, made with a hot 

 iron run through the part, and kept open by a cord put through it. 



A Recipe: or the Ingredients of a Medicine for the spreading mortal Distemper 

 among Cows; lately sent over from Holland^ where a like Distemper raged 

 among the Black Cattle, W 338, p. 50. 



Recipe veronicas, pulmonariae, hyssopi, scordii, ana in. iv. rad. aristolochiae 

 rotundae, gentianae, angehcae, petasitidis, tormentillae, carlinae, ana unc. 12. 

 bac. lauri et juniperi, ana unc. 12. Misc. fiat pulvis. 



Bleed the cow, and give her every morning, for 3 or 4 mornings, an ounce 

 of this powder with a horn in warm beer. If the cow*s illness continues, after 

 an omission of 2 or 3 days, repeat the medicine for 3 or 4 days again. 



A new Method for making Logarithms, and vice versa, for finding the Number 

 corresponding to a Logarithm given, by help of the following Table. By Mr. 

 John Long, C. C. Coll. Oxon. N° 339, P- 52. 



Log. 



0,9 . 



0,8 . 

 0,7 . 

 0,6 . 

 0,5 . 

 0,4 . 

 0,3 . 

 0,2 . 

 0,1 . 

 0,09 . 

 0,08 . 

 0,07 . 

 0,06 . 

 0,05 . 

 0,04 . 

 0,03 . 

 0,02 . 

 0,01 . 

 0,009. 

 0,008. 

 0,007. 

 0,006. 

 0,005. 

 0,004. 



Nat. Niimb. 

 ...7.943282347 

 , . . 6.309573445 

 ...5.011872336 

 ...3.98IO71706 

 ...3.162277660 

 , ..2.511886432 

 , . . 1.995262315 

 . ..1.584893193 

 . . . 1.258925412 

 ...1.230268771 

 , . . 1.202264435 

 ...1.174897555 

 . .. 1.148153621 

 . .. 1.122018454 

 , ..1.096478 196 

 . ..1.071519305 

 , .. 1.047128548 

 . . . 1.023292992 

 . .. 1.020939484 

 ...1.018591388 

 . ..1.016248694 

 . .. 1.013911386 

 . ..1.011579*54 

 . . . 1.009252886 



Log. 

 0,003 

 0,002 

 0,001 

 0,0009 . 

 0,0008 . 

 0,0007 . 

 0,0006 . 

 0,0005 . 

 0.0004 . 

 0,0003 . 

 0,0002 . 

 0,0001 . 

 0,00009 . 

 0,00008 . 

 0,00007 . 

 0,00006 . 

 0,00005 . 

 0,00004 . 

 0,00003 . 

 0,()00{,2 . 

 0,00001 . 

 0,000009. 

 0,000008. 

 0,000007. 



Nat. Numb. 

 ..1.006931669 

 . . 1.004615794 

 . . 1.002305238 

 . . 1 .002074475 

 . . 1.001843766 

 . . 1.001613109 

 .. 1.001382506 

 . . 1.001151956 

 . . 1.000921459 

 . . 1.000691015 

 . . 1.000460623 

 .. 1.000230285 

 . . 1.000207254 

 . . 1.000184224 

 .. 1.000161194 

 .. 1.000138165 

 .. 1.000115136 

 .. 1.000092106 

 .. I.OOOO69O8O 

 . . 1.000046053 

 . . 1.000023026 

 .. l.f)00020724 

 .. 1.000018421 

 .. I.OOOOI6II8 



Log. 

 0.000006 . . 

 0,000005 . . 

 0,000004 . . 

 0,000003 . . 

 0,000002 . . 

 0,000001 .. 

 0.0000009 .. 

 0,0000008 .. 

 0,0000007 . . 

 0,0000006 . . 

 0,0000005 .. 

 0,0000004 .. 

 0,0000003 . . 

 0,0000002 .. 

 0,0000001 .. 



0,00000009. . 



0,00000008. . 



0,00000007. . 

 0,00000006. . 



0,00000005. . 

 0,00000004. . 

 0,00000003. . 

 0,00000002. . 

 0,60000001.. 



Nat. Numb. 

 .. 1.000013816 

 ..1.000011513 

 . . 1.000009210 

 . . I.OOOOO69O8 

 . . 1.000004605 

 . . 1.000002302 

 .. 1.000002072 

 .. 1.000001842 

 . . 1.000001611 

 . . 1.000001381 

 . . 1.000001151 

 . . 1.000000921 

 .. 1.000000690 

 . . 1 .000000460 

 . . 1 .000000230 

 . . 1.000000207 

 .. 1.000000184 

 . . 1.000000161 

 .. 1.00(X}00138 

 ..1.000000115 

 . . 1 .000000092 

 .. 1.000000069 

 . . 1.000000046 

 . . 1.000000023 



This table is what I sometimes make use of for finding the logarithm of any 

 number proposed, and vice vers^. For instance, suppose I had occasion to find 

 the logarithm of 2000. I look in the first class of my table, which consists of 

 8 classes, for the next less to 2, which is 1. 9952623 15, and against it is 3, 



