CONTENTS. 



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Wm. Watson, Electrical Experiments 195 



Sir Hans Sloane, a Curious Sea-plant 198 



Rev. Dr. Miles, Klectrical Experiments. . . . ibid 

 Mr. Trembiey, Quicksilv. luminous in a tube 199 



John Hill, Seeding of Mosses 200 



Biographical Notice of Mr. John Hill .... ibid 



Ja. Sherwood, Paste Eels Viviparous 202 



Peter CoUinson, on the Cancer Major .... 203 



Dr, Parsons, on Musk as a Medicine 206 



Rev. Dr. Miles, on Electrical Fire 207 



Electricity of Water . . 213 



Wm. Arderon, improved Hygroscope .... 214; 

 Anonymous, Strength of Electric. Effluvia 215 

 Tho. Knowlton, the Ancient Delgovicia, 



and two very large Men 2l6 



Dr. Jurin, Dynamical Principles 217 



Tho. Knowlton, l,arge Deer's Horns 225 



Ja. Ferguson, Phenomena of Venus 226" 



Biographical Notice of Mr. James Ferguson ibid 

 Wm. Cock, Machine for Sounding the Sea 228 



J. Breintal, Bite of a Rattle-snake 229 



R. Badcock, Farina Foecundans of Plants. . 230 

 Rev. Ur. Miles, Electrical Observations . . 232 

 P. H. Zollmann, on A. L. Moro, on Petrifac. 233 

 Mr. Badcock, Farina of the Passion Flower 234 



Wm. Arderon, on the Weather-cord 235 



Cha. Hamilton, Clepsydra or Water Clock 236 

 Dr. Le Cat, the High Operation in the Stone 238 

 Wm. Arderon, Deal-wood Hygrometer. . . . 242 

 R. Badcock, Farina Foecundans of Yew . . 243 

 Wm. Arderon, a Bristle in a Man's Foot . . 244 



CI. Amyand, on the Spina Ventosa 245 



J. H. Winkler, Effects of Electricity on him 251 



Jos. Miller, Catalogue of 50 Plants ibid 



Geo. Howell, a Large Stone by the Urethra 252 



Rob. Southwell, Extraordinary Echos 253 



J. Durant, a Coal Mine on Fire; also on the 



Blue Well, and Subterraneous Cavern . . 254 

 Dr. Parsons, on Burning the Cows dead of 



the Distemper 255 



W. Watson, poison of the Oenanthe aquatica 256 

 Ben. Robins. Electricity of Glass disturbs 



the Mariner's Compass and Nice Balances 262 

 T. Needham, Electrical Exper. at Paris. . . . 263 

 Ja. Hodgson, Path of a Comet Obs. at Pekin 267 

 J. C. Pepusch, Music of the Ancients .... 268 



Biographical Notice of Dr. Pepusch ibid 



Wm. Arderon, Cliffs on the Norfolk Coast 272 

 Dr. P. Templeman, Polypus at the Heart, 



and a Tumour of the Uterus 274 



Dr. Monnier, Communicat. of Electricity . . 275 

 Dr. Bailey, Stones in Intestines of Horses. . 278 



Ja. Simon, Lough-neagh Petrifactions 282 



Bp. Berkeley, on the same Subject 288 



Biographical Notice of Bp. Berkeley 288 



P. Collinson, Libella or Ephemera May-fly 290 

 Wra. Fidge, Stone from a Dog's Bladder. . 292 

 Sam. Glass, Dropsy from wanting a Kidney ibid 



Dr. J. Taylor, Ancient Inscription 295 



Rev. Dr. Miles, on Gould's Acct. of Ants 298 

 M. Folkes, Esq. on a Passage in Pliny 303 



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 Rev. Mr. Mason, on Spelter, and Melting 



Iron with Pit-coal, and a Burning Well. . 305 

 J. Browning, Effect of Electric, on Veget . . 306 



C. L. Gersten, Transit of Mercury 307 



Wm. Watson, Observ. on Dr. le Monnier on 



Electricity 308 



Wm. Arderon, Perpendicular Ascent of Eels 3 1 1 



E. M. Da Costa, on Belemnites ibid 



Dr. Brocklesby, on the Indian Poison .... 3l6 

 Biographical Notice of Dr. Rd. Brocklesby ibid 

 Rd. Dunthorne, on the Moon's Motion. . . 318 

 Leonard Euler, Discoveries of the Russians 



on the N. E. Coast of Asia 320 



Biographical Notice of L. Euler ibid 



Wm. Arderon, on the Prickleback, &c. . . . 322 



, on the Gossamer 324 



Dr. Mortimer, on the Turquoise Stone. . . . ibid 



Henry Baker, on a Curious Echinites 326 



Mark Catesby, on Birds of Passage 327 



Rev. Mr. Creed, Machine to Write Music 332 

 Dr. Gronovius, on the Mustela Fossilis .... 335 



Dr. Bevis, Occultation of Cor Leon is 336 



P. Collinson, Uncommon Gleam of Light 337 



Ben. Cook, New Flannel Sparkling ibid 



John Hill, on Windsor Loam ibid 



Rob. Lucas, Use of Alicant Soap and Lime- 

 water in the Stone 340 



C. Lucas, Calculous concretions in a kidney ibid 



Wm. Arderon, Formation of Pebbles 341 



Arth. Dobbs, Distance between Asia and 



America ibid 



G. Costard, Chinese Chron. and Astronomy 343 

 Turb. Needham, on Buffon's Burning Mirror 344 



Marquis Nicolini, on the same ibid 



Winkler, Pirorganon, or Electrical Machine 345 

 Rob. Dingley, Gems or Precious Stones. . . ibid 



C. L. Gersten, New Mural Quadrant 347 



Alb. Haller, on Morbid Anatomy 348 



Da. Er. Baker, Water Efts casting their Skin 349 

 J. Ferguson, Improv. of the Celestial Globe 351 

 Edw. Davis, a Child's Bones Displaced. . . . ibid 

 Dr. J. Burton, on the Ancient Delgovitia. . 352 



Fr. Drakii, on the same 354 



Jos. Amos, on a Plica Polonica 356 



Henry Baker, Clay Moulds of Roman Coins ibid 

 W. Jones, Equations of Goniometrical lines 357 

 Biographical Notice of Wm. Jones, Esq.. . ibid 

 Mr. Hoare, Antique Pictures at Herculaneum 363 

 G. Stovin, Body of a Woman and an Antique 



Shoe found in a Morass 364 



H. Baker, Grubs Destroying the Grass 367 



Dr. Wall, Use of Bark in the Small Pox. . 369 



Biographical Notice of Dr. John Wall ibid 



Dr. Doddridge, of a person, having no Ear 



for Music, Singing well in a Delirium. . 370 

 Jos. Miller, Catalogue of 50 Plants, &c. . . ibid 



Mortimer, on Catesby 's Carolina 370, 469 



Dr. Cameron, Death of Dr. Green, by a 



Fracture of the Os Pubis ibid 



Dr. Miles, Difference of Cold and Thermo- 

 meters Within Doors and Without 372 



