1*7 3 
without Pain : The Skin began to appear yellow, and 
Puftles appear’d, like Bladders, on his Finger s winch 
being prick’d, emitted a fanious Liquor, In two Days 
time all his Symptoms vanish'd, and he became per- 
fectly well. 
June jo, the Gentlemen of the Faculty met again, 
when we tried feVeral Experiments on ‘Puppies, Cats , 
and Pigeons ; wherein we found the Efficacy of Mr. 
Oliver’s Specifick, and gave the Company great Satis- 
faction. I therefore ..... recommend him tp 
Lovers of Natural Philafophy, and fuch who ftudy the 
Benefit of Mankind. I think h,e deferves Encourage- 
ment, that the Specifick may be more univerfally 
known. 
See. Williams, M. B. F. R. S. 
VII. A Propofal for the Meajurement of this 
Earth in Ruffia, read at a Meeting of the 
Academy of Sciences of St. Petersbourg s 
Jan. 21. 1 7^7. by M r Jof. Nic. de I/Ide* 
jirjl Frofejfor of Aftronomy , and F.R.S* 
‘Franjlated from the French printed at St. 
Petersbourgh, 1737. 4to. By T. S. M, Dl 
F.R.S. 
N Eceffity, or the Exigencies of Geography and 
Navigation, put Mankind very early upon the 
•Enterprize of meafuring the Earth. For how is it 
poffible to conftru£t the Charts of each Kingdom or 
Empire, without fating down all the Places in 
i> % their 
