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J. Swinton, on a Samnite Denarius 521 



Sir F. H.Eyles Stiles, Erupt. ofVesuvius521, 522 



R. Mackinlay, on the same, and a Statue. . ibid 



T. W. on Halley's Tables of Lives 523 



K. Fitzgerald, to make Trees bear Fruit. . 524 



Dr. Gaertner, on the Urtica Marina 525 



Apothecaries, Catalogue of 50 Plants. . . . 530 



Dr. Watson, on Hemlock, by Dr. Storke, . ibid 



J, Swinton, on an Anthelion 532 



Bp. of Ossory, Causeway at Dunbar 533 



J. Swinton, Meteor seen £t Oxford SS^ 



E. M. Da Costa, Causeways in Scotland. . 535 



R, Dunthorne, Tables of Jupiter's Satellites ibid 



Dr. Raster, Dissertation on Zoophytes. . . . 537 



J. Stephens, an uncommon Phenomenon. . 537 



J. Nixon, U.se of Glass in Windows, &c.. . 539 



Dr. Lysons, on the Cepphus 541 



R.More, Population of Holy Cross ibid 



Mr. Malloy, &c. Earthquake at Lisbon. . . . i bid 



Dr. Henry, Case of Ossified Muscles 542 



K. Fitzgerald, New Barom. and Thermom. 543 



Dr. T. Heberden, Earthquake at Madeira. . ibid 



Dr. Watson, great Artif. Cold at Petersburg 54+ 



N. Bliss, Transit of Venus at Greenwich. . 552 



Ja. Short, on the same, London 553 



John Canton and Samuel Dunn, London. . 555 



Nevil Maskelyne, St. Helena 557 



Richard Haydon, l^eskeard 559 



Peter Wargentin, Sweden 560 



Jerome Lalande, Paris 562 



Benedict Ferner, France ibid 



J.' Porter, Constantinople 563 



T. Bergman, Upsal 564- 



M. Plauman, Cajaneburg in Sweden ibid 



Nath Bliss, a general Account ibid 



Ant. Ximenes, at Madrid 571 



M. Chappe, Tobolsk in Siberia. . * ' ibid 



J. Lulofs, at Leyden ibid 



Dr. Frewen, a Stone from the Perineum. . ibid 



Ph. Mordant, Bones of the Ears dropped out 574 



Dr. Nichols. Observ. on the Body of Geo.IL ibid 



Ch. Walmesley, the Planetary Motions. . . . 579 



Dr. Watson, on Nollet's Electricity 580 



Rd. Pulteney, on a very large heart 585 



Edw. Delaval, Experiments in Electricity. . 589 



J. Ellis, of an Encrinus or Star-fish 590 



Mat. Raper, on Norwood's Measure 593 



M. Delalande, on the same 594 



M. Pingre, Transit of Venus at Rodrigues. . 595 



Cha. Mason, the same at the C. of G. Hope ibid 



Latitude of the C. of Good Hope 596 



Wm. Hirst, Transit of Venus at Madras. . ibid 



Sig. Zanotti, the same at Bologna 597 



J. Wood, Burning Rock and Flaming Well 600 



W. Borlase, Earthquake & Motion of Waters 601 



N. Maskelyne, going of a Clock at St. Helena 604 



B. Wilson, Gems similar to the Tourmalin 606 



H. More, Tides in the Gibraltar Straits 607 



Dr. Frewen, a Man Stupified by Smoke. . 60S 



B. Franklin, Electrical Experiments 609 



J. Canton, on Delaval's Electrical Exper.. . ibid 



S. Dunn, the Horizontal Sun and Moon. . 61 L 



J. Bartram, on an Aurora Borealis 6l4 



B. Franklin, on the same ibid 



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Rd. Forster, on Noxious Animals , 614. 



A. Mason, Agitation of the Sea, and Epide- 

 mic disorder at Barbadoes ibid 



T. Bergman, Aurorae Boreales in Sweden. . 6l5 



J. Beccaria, Double Refraction in Crystals. . ibid 



Apothecaries. Catalogue of 50 Plants ibid 



W. Hudson, Schaeffer on Fungi ibid 



Biographical Notice of Mr. Wm. Hudson. . ibid 



Wm. Borlase, Agitation of the Sea 621 



Dr. Huxham, Two Cases in Surgery 623 



Dr. Cantwell, Extracting the Cataract. . . . 625 



Dr. Wollaston, Mortification of Limbs. . . . 626 



James Bones, on the same Case 628 



C, Mason, the going of a Clock at St. Helena 630 



J Short, on the same subject 631 



Observation of a Lunar Eclipse. . 6'32 



Dr. Bevis, on the Eclipse ibid 



Mr. Evatt, onaMountain near Ashford. . , . ibid 



Dr. Wolfe, a Hiero Fountain in Hungary. . 633 



Dr. A Russell, on a Marine Production 635 



N. Maskelyne, Lunar Method of Longitude 636 



S. Dunn, on the Lunar Atmosphere 644 



M. Delalande, Comet observed at Paris. . . . 645 



Wm. Magee, Transit of Venus at Calcutta ibid 



Dr. Wollaston, Mortification of Limbs 646 



N. Maskelyne, on the Tides at St. Helena. '. 6^7 



M. Delalande, Lunar Method, &c 648 



Ja. Short, Sun's Parallax determined 649 



Biographical Notice of Mr, James Short,, ibid 



Dr. Watson, on Conductors of Lightning. . 660 



Dr. Lysons, the Case of Dr. Ja. Bradly 663 



J. Canton, Compressibility of Water 665 



S. Dunn, on a Solar Eclipse 6"57 



Dr. Watson, Catarrh and Dysentery ibid 



J. Lulofs, Solar and Lunar Eclipses 669 



Dr. Solander, on the Gardenia Plant . . ibid 



Biograph. Notice of Dr. Dan. Cha Solander ibid 



J. Ellis, on the Cochineal Insects 674 



P. Daval, on the Sun's Distance 677 



P. Gabry, Observation of a Comet ibid 



on a Fiery Meteor ibid 



Wm. Milbourne, Decrease of a River 678 



Wm. Arderon, Quantity of Rain ibid 



Dr. Watson, Use of Electricity in a Tetanus 679 



Wm. Borlase, Mild Weather and Rain 684 



Ja. Ferguson, Transit of Venus 685 



S. Dunn, Occultation of Jupiter * ibid 



Apothecaries, Catalogue of 50 Plants .... ibid 



J. Bartram, on a Species of Wasps ibid 



Tho. Dawes, on the Plague at Aleppo 686 



Henry Home, Observations on Sand Iron. . 689 



Dr. Pallas, on the Degree of Cold at Berlin 694 



J. Stirling, a great Darkness in America . . ibid 



P. A. Du Pont, Remarkable Marine Insect 695 



M. Wargentin, on the Transit of Venus . . ibid 



S.Dunn, on West's Cens. of Mercat. Chart 696 



Biographical Notice of Mr, Samuel Dunn. . ibid 



W.Mountaine, Censure of Mercator's Chart 697 



G. D. Ehret, on a Species of Ophrys 701 



E, Kinnersley, Experiments in Electricity , . 702 



T. Bergman, on Electricity and Thunder . . 705 



Mr. Achard, Remarks on Swallows, &c. . . ibid 



Peter CoUinson, on the same 706 



Dr. Hamilton, on the Mechanical Powers ibid 

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