(i^i) Num. 14, 
PHILOSOPHICAL 
TRANSACTIONS. 
Munday 5 July 2. v666. 
The Contents. 
jtn Acceunt of m New %W Gf^zxo^co^t^whuh may be caU'd Stati- ^ 
cal J and of [me Advantages and Comenieneies it hath above the 
Mercurial j communieated by Mr. Boyle, The Particular Obferva^ 
tiom of the Planet M^in^ formerly intimated to have been made by 
Mr.Hook in February and March laji. Some Qbfervatims^made 
in Xt-dXy ^confirming the former land withall fixingthe Period of the 
fai^ Planet's l^evolution^ Obfervations^ lately made at London, 
of the Planet Jupkcr : as alfo of Saturn. A Relation of a fad Ef 
feSl of Thunder and Lightning, An Account of fome Boo}s^ lately 
publt/h'tyvidcl. The 'Eolations of divers Curious Vey ages, by Monf, 
Thevenot : A Difcourfe about the Caufe of the Inundation of the 
Nilcj by Monf de la Chambre* both French: DePrincipiis 
C# JR^tiocinatione Geometrarum^ Contra F aftum Profe^orum Geo»' 
metrice^ by Mr ,Yiohhti:King Salomons Pourtraiture of Old Ags^ 
4y J. Smiths M.D. 
An Account 
Of a New Und of ^zvo^co^gc^which ma) he called Statical ; 
and of fome Advantages and Conveniencies it bath above 
Mercurial : Communicated^ fome while fince^ hythe 
Honourable Robert Boyle. 
|S for the ISlevp kind o£ Barofcopes ,^ which , not long 
j agoe, "^I intimate-d to yoa, that my *SeeiV/^?>^,ii.p. 
I hafte would not permit me to give 1B5. Phil, Tranf 
you an account off yfince your Let- ^^^^^J"- , 
ters acquaint me,^ tkit you ftill defiga a Cornmunicating to the 
ii Curious 
