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CONTENTS. 



(Jencial Fowke, the same in Barbary 



Dr. Tho. Heberden, the same at Madeira. . 



Cha. Chambers, the same at Madeira 



M. Trembley, Earthq. at Geneva, Dec. 9. 



J. Hyde, Earthq. at Boston, Nov. 18, 1755. 



C. Colden, the same at New York 



The same in Pennsylvania 



Dr. Alex. Russel, four Fishes at Aleppo. . . . 



Biographical Notice of Dr. Alex. Russel. . . 



Dr. J. A. Schlosser, Coral-like Substance. . 



J. Ellis, Remarks on the same 



Jos. Warner, Diseased Knee-joints 



Wm. Pye, Description of Manilla 



Dr. J. Wall, on the Malvern Waters 



Edw. Spry, on the Man who Swallowed 

 Melted Lead at the Burning of Eddystone 

 Lighthouse 



Dr. Huxham, on the same case 



Chr. Warwick, on Injecting Claret, &c. 

 while Tapping 



C. Pade'ni, Antiquities at Herculaneum. . . 



Dr. R. Watson, Remarks on the same. . . . 



C. Paderni, on the same subject 



Dr. Whytt, Earthquake at Glasgow, &c. . . 



M. Bonnet, Earthquake in Swisserland . . . 



M. AUemand, Earthquake in Holland 



Tho. Pennant, CoroUoid Fossil Bodies 



Biographical Notice of Tho. Pennant, Esq. 



Sir Hans Sloane, Account of Inoculation. . 



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663 Sir Tho. Kilpatrick, Extra. Agitation of the 



66+ Water in a Lake near Dumfries 692 



665 Lord Anson, Irregularities of the Tides in 



666 the Thames 695 



ibid Rob. Dingley, on the same 694' 



667 Dr. Brownrigg, on Dr. Hales's New Method 



ibid of Distillation ibid 



ibid Mrs. Belcher, Extra. Motion of the Waters 



ibid in the Lake Ontario 695 



670 M. Grovestius, Earthquake in Holland 696 



67 1 M. Allemand, on the same ibid 



ibid Dr. Pringle, Earthquakes at Brussels ibid 



673 Edw. Matthews, Sinking of a River ibid 



ibid Dr. Pringle, Agitation of Waters in Scotland 69? 



Edw. Wright, Microscopical Observations 698 



Dr. Hart, Paralytic Arm cured by Electr. . 700 



ibid Dr. Peyssonnel, Observations in Guadaloupe 701 



676 Sam. Warren, Earthquake at Dover, &c. . . 703 



Abr. Trembley, Basaltes in Germany. . . . ibid 



ibid , Donati's Essay on the Natural 



679 History of the Adriatic Sea 704 



685 J. Swinton, on a Parthian Coin ^ 706 



686 Apothecaries, Catalogue of .'^0 Plants ibid 



687 Dr. Donati, Earthquakes at Turin 707 



ibid Jesuits, Earthquakes at Brigue ibid 



ibid Condamine, Herculaneum Antiquities j 



688 Structure of the Earth 709 



ibid Dr. Peyssonnel, Currents of the Sea 710 



('90 Geo. Edwards, a kind of Crocodile 712 



'JHE CONTENTS CLASSED UNDER GENERAL HEADS. 



Class I. Mathematics. 

 1 . Arithmetic, Annuities, Political Arithmetic. 



Annuities and Survivorship, Dodson 443 



Population of London, Brakenridge 535 



Advantd'ge of taking Means, Simpson .... 579 



Probabilities of Life, Brakenridge 598 



Population of England, Brakenridge 621 



Bills of Mortality, Ja. Dodson 223 



Log. Lines on Scales, J. Robertson 338 



Population of Bristol, J. Browning 379 



Mortuary Tables, Wm. Kersseboora 383 



Infinite Series and Logarithms, Dodson . . 396 



Converging Fractions, Dr. Simson 430 



U. Algebra, Analysis, Fluxions. 

 Infinite Series, Tho. Simpson. 127 Isoperimetrical Problems, Simpson 560 



3. Geometry, Surveying, &c. 



Spherical Trigonometry reduced to Plane, Properties of the Circle, J. Landen 469 



Fra Blake 255 Isoperimetrical Problems, Simpson 360 



Class 11. Mechanical Philosophy. 



Dynamics. 



203 Equinoxes, Nodes, &c. Silvabelle ." 436 



305 Moving Machines, Chr. Hee 558 



328 



1. 



On the Moon's Apogee, L. Euler 



Figure of the Earth, J. Short 



On the same, by M. Clairaut 



2. Astronomy, 

 Astron. Observ. at Pekin, Fa. Hallerstein. . 



Observation of Eclipses, Chr. Maire 



A Solar Eclipse, M. Grischow 



Orbits of the Planets, L. Euler 



Solar and Lunar Cycles, Epact, Easter, &c. 



Ld. Macclesfield 



The Mariner's Compass, G. Knight 



On the same, by Mr. John Smeaton 



Chronology, Navigation. 



2 A Lunar Eclipse, Catlin and Short 72 



4 Log. Tang, and Merid. Line, Robertson . . 89 



9 A Lunar Eclipse, G. M. Bose 94 



16 Bevis and Short 95 



Moon's Apogee, P. Murdocke 138 



33 Occultation of Venus, Dr. Bevis 174 



64 Curious Appearance of the Moon, Short . . 175 



67 Occultation of Venus, J. Short 189 



