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PHILOSOPHICAL 
TRANSACTIONS. 
For the Months of O&ober, November, and December, 1712. 
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The CONTENTS. 
I. O Ome Remarks upon the Difpofition of the Parts , and Microfcopical Obferva. 
tions upon the Contexture of the Skin of Elephants . In a Letter from 
Air. Anthony van Leeuwenhoek, F.R.S. 
II. Obfervations of the Eclipfe of the Moon, on Tan. 12. 1711-12. By the Rev cL. 
Mr. Wm. Derham, F.R.S. In a. Letter to Rich. Waller Efq\ R.S, Seer. 
III. Some farther Obfervations relating to the Antiquities and Natural Hiftory 
of Ireland. In a Letter from the late Mr.. Edw. Lhwyd, Keeper of the Afl> 
molean Mufeum in Oxford, to Nr. Tancred Robinlbn, F.R.S. 
IV. An Extraft of a Letter from the late Mr. Edw Lhwyd to Dr. Tancred 
Robiafon ; giving an Account of fome uncommon Plants growing about Pen- 
fans and St. Ives in Cornwal. 
V« A Relation of the Effetls of a Storm of Thunder and Lightning at Samp. 
ford-Courtney in Devonlhire, on October ihe 7 ih 171 1. Communicated by 
J hnChamberlayne Efq ; F. Rt & 
VI. Some Microftcpical Obfervalions upon Mufcles , and the manner of their 
Production. In a Letter from Mr. Anthony van Leeuwenhoek, F.R.S. 
VII. An Account of what appeared on opening the Body of — — St. Johns Efq t 
who' dyed of an Afthma, July the 2 d, 1705. Aged 72 Tears. By tbe late 
Mr. William Cowper, Surgeon t F. R. S. Communicated by Dr. Hans 
Si cane, Reg, Soc. Seer. 
VIII. A Letter from Mr. Ralph Thoresby, F. R. S. to Dr. Hans Sloane, 
R^S. Seer. Concerning large Stones voided per Urethram. 
IX. Part of a Letter from Mr Brook Taylor, F. R. S. to Dr. Hans Sloane, 
R. S. Seer. Concerning the A f cent of Water between two Glafs Planes. 
X. An Account of an Experiment touching the Afcent of Water between two 
Glafs Planes, in an nyperbolnk Figure. ' By ' Mr. Francis Hauksbee, 
F. R. S. 
XI. A Defcription of the feveral Strata of Earth, Stone, Coal, &c, found in 
a Coal-Pit at the Weft End of Dudley in Staffordlhire ; By Mr. Feta- 
place Bellersj F.R.S, To which is added a Table of the Specific!: Gra- 
vity of each Stratum .- By Mr. Fr» Hauksbee, F. R. S. Communicated by 
Dr. Hans Sloane, X. S. Seer. 
I. Some 
