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CONTENTS. 



Rd. Dunthorne, Moon's Acceleration .... 6"6"9 



Biograph. Notice of R. Dunthorne ibid 



Alb. Haller, Morbid Struct, of Dead Bodies 675 

 N. le Cat, Lacrym* Batavicse, glass drops ibid 



G. M. Rose, Electricity of Glass, &c 681 



P. Daval, on an extraordinary Rainbow . . 682 

 W. Arderon, Roman Camp at Castor, and a 



Halo ibid 



L. Euler, the Earth's approach to the Sun. . 6"84 

 B. Cooke, Mixture of Apple Farina, also on 



Mayze, and a Child born with Jaundice. . 685 

 Dr. Miles, Agreement of Thermomct. &c. 686 

 F. Drake, Basrelief of Mithras 687 



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Dr. Mounsey, Russ. Castor, Baths, Salt Mi. 688 

 Dr. Mortimer, Small-pox 2 days after Birth 692 

 W. Watson, Small-p. on the Fetus in Utero ibid 

 \V. Milner, a Boy's Feet, turned in when 



born, turned out by sitting cross-legged. . 695 

 Ja. Short, on his Equatorial Telescope .... ibid 



Dr. Bevis, F^clipse of the Moon 698 



Tho. Barker, Extraordinary Meteor ibid 



Wm. Borlace, Spars aud Cornish Diamonds 699 



John Bartram, Greal Black Wasp ibid 



Wm. Elstobb, a Lunai- Eclipse ibid 



Ja. Hodgson, Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites ibid 

 Mrs. Senex, on Senex's large Globes 700 



'I'HE CONTENTS CLASSED UNDER GENERAL HEADS. 



Class I. Mathematics. 

 ]. Arithmetic, Annuities, Political Arithmetic. 



A Page Page 



s N uiTiEs on Lives, Demoivre 45 Bills of Mortality, J. Clark 516 



The Numeral Characters, J. Ward 46 New Shwan-pan, G. Smethurst 522 



Dates in Arabian Figures, J. Ward 107 Weights and Measures, S. Reynardson. . . . 637 



2. Algebra, Analysis, Fluxions. 



Fluents of Multinonnials, T. Simpson .... 513 



3. Geometry, Surveying, &c. 



Equations of Goniometrical Lines, Wm. Jones 357 



Class II. Mechanical Philosophy. 

 1 . Dynamics. 



Action of Springs, Dr. Jurin 18 Dynamical Principles,. Dr. Jurin 217 



Force of Momentum, Dr. Jurin 1£8 Essay on Quantity, Dr. Miles 559 



2. Statics. 



Statical Experiments, Dr. Lining 110 



3. Astronomy, Chronology, Navigation. 



Eclipses and Occultations, Gersten 40 



The Planet Mercury, Dr. Bevis 41 



Occultation of Jupiter, Dr. Bevis 45 



Of a late Comet, J. Belts 47 



Phenomena of Venus James Ferguson .... 226 



A Comet observed at Pekin, Ja. Hodgson 267 



Transit of Mercury, Gersten ._ 307 



On the Moon's Motion, R. Dunthorne 318 



Occultation of Cor Leonis, Dr. Bevis .... 336 

 Chinese Chronol. and Astronomy, G. Costard 243 



New Mural Quadrant, Gersten 347 



The Celestial Globe, Jfames Ferguson.... 351 



Motion of the fixed Stars, Dr. Bradley 417 



A solar and a lunar Eclipse, Dr. Bevis 567, 698 



Lunar Circle, &c. Grischow ibid 



A Solar Eclipse, Mr. Short 591 



Astronom. Observ. De Castro Sarm. 6l5, 619 



Solar and Lunar Eclipses, De UUoa 620 



Parabolic Orbits of Comets, Struyck 648 



Hour by the Southern Cross, Condaniine . . 66^ 



lldes in the Orkneys, Mackenzie 667 



The Moon's Acceleration, Dunthorne .... 669 



Earth's Approach to the Sun, Euler 684 



Equatorial Telescope, James Short 695 



A Lunar Eclipse, Wm. Elstobb ^gQ 



Eclipses of Jupiter's Satel. Hodgson ibid 



Senex's large Globes, Mrs. Senex 700 



Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites, Ja. Hodgson 527 



4. Projectiles, Gunnery. 



Motion of Projectiles, T. Simpson 464 Ascent of Rockets, B. Robins 660 



5. Mechanics. 

 To blow Fire by the Fall of Water, Stirling 109 Rotation of Glass Tubes, G. Wheelei 1 14 



