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PHILOSOPHICAL 
TRANSACTIO NS. 
For the Month of December, 1698. 
The CONTENTS. 
hPart of a Letter /r{?^«Mr.GeofE:oy,^(?Z>r.SIoane, 
from Paris, 2 i Dec. i5p8. U.S. cottcernwg the 
Mineral Waters at St. Amand tiear Tournay 
and Valencicnnes.il SomeExperiments and Ob" 
fern/ations concerning Sounds. J5y Mr. Walker, 
late (^/BrafenNofe-CoIIege.Oxon Commmica- 
ted by Dr,W. Mufgrave, FellXoU. Fhyf. and 
K,5. III. Further Experiments about Free^ing^ 
By Mr. Defmafters Communicated by Dr,M^a{^ 
grave. IV. An Account of a Stone bred at the Root 
of the Tongue J and caufing a Quinfh. Communis- 
cated by Mr. Bonavert. V.Part of a Letter from 
Dr.Mufgrave, Fell. Coll. fhyf and R. S. to Dr. 
Sloane ^ concerning a Piece of Antiquity lately, 
found in Somerfetfliire. VI. A Letter ivherein. 
is gi'venan Account of the Catalogues of Mamif 
fcripts lately Printed at Oxford. Vll A further 
Account of the Contents of the China Cabinet ^ 
mentioned laft franfaSiion^ p. 390. By Han^^ 
Sloane,M.D. WlW.An Account of a Book^Mu^ 
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