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Nam, 191 
PHILOSOPHICAL 
TRANSACTIONS. 
For the Months of January and February. 1 6yi . 
The CONTENTS. 
1. A N Advert ifement. (i.) An Account of anOhfervaticn 
±\ of an Eclipfe of the Moon obferved at Mofcua in Ruf- 
fia 00 April 5. ft. v. 1688. and compared with the fame ob- 
ferved at Lipfick, whereby the Longitude of the former place 
is afcertained. Together with the Latitudes of fever al prin- 
cipal Places in the Empire of Ruflia. A Difcourfe con^ 
cerning the mofl feafonable time of Felling Timber, written by 
the advice of the Honourable Sam.Pepys Efq; Secretary of the 
Admiralty, and prefented to his late Majefly. By Rob. Plott 
LL, D. and R. S. Soc* (4.) A Defcnption of the Pimienta or 
Jamaica-Pepper Tree, and of the Tree that bears the Cortex 
Winteranus, communicated by Hans Sloane M. D. and Reg. 
Soc . S. ( J .) An account of the Circulation of the Watry Vapors 
of the Sea; and of the Caufe of Springs: prefented to the R* 
Society, By E. Halle}% (6.) A Difcourfe concerning the Mo- 
dern Theory of Generation, by Dr. George Garden of A- 
berdeen ; being part of a Letter to Dr. Will. Mufgrave 
LL. D. and R . S. Soc. and by him communicated to the 
Royal Society. (7.) Obfervatio Mercurii fub fole Vifi, ul- 
timo Oftobris. 1690. ft. vet. habita Noribergce ab Aftro- 
nomo accuraciffimo. J. P. Wurtzelbaur, atque ab eodern 
cum Regia Societate communicata. An Account of 
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