The CONTENTS. 
VIT. A Propofal for the Meafurement of the Earth in Ruflia, 
read at a Meeting of the Academy of Sciences at St. Peters- 
bourg, Jan.21, 1 737. by M • Jof. Nic.de L’lfie, frfiProf. 
of Aftron. and F. R. S. Tranflated from the French printed 
at St. Petersbourg, 1737. 4to. By T. S. M. D. F. R. S . 
VIII. Extract of a Letter from Monf r de L’lfie to Mr . Net- 
tleton, containing the actual Menfuration of the Bafis pro* 
pofed jp. 42. Tranfated from the French by T. S. M. D< 
F. R.S. ‘ 
IX. ^Letter from the Rev * Mr. Timothy Neve, Secretary 
of the Gentlemens Society at Peterborough, to C. Morti- 
mer, Seer . R . S. containing his Obfervations of two Par- 
- helia, or Mock-Suns, feen Dec. 30, 1735. and of an Au- 
rora Borealis, Dec. 11, 1735. 
X. An Obfervation of two Parhelia, or Mock- Suns, feen at 
Wittemberg £« Saxony, on Dec. 31, 1735. O. S. Jan. 
11, 1736. N.S. by John-Frid. Weidler, F.R.S. &c. 
Fran fated from the Latin by T. S. M. D. F. R. S. 
XI. An Obfervation of three Mock-Suns, feen in London, 
Friday, Sept. 17, 1736. by Martin Folkes, Ef- t V. Pr . 
R. S. 
XII. De Ruptura Inteflini Ilei ex contufione externa fine mi- 
xer e exterm inflifio ex Literis a Chriftiano Wolfio, Prof 
Mathem . Marpurg. Reg . Soc. Lond. & Acad. Reg. Scient. 
Parif. Socio ^SGulielmum Rutty, M. D. Soc. Reg. Lond. 
jolim Secret, confcripth excerpta Obfervatio . 
XIII. An Account offome new Statical Experiments, by J.T* 
Defaguliers, EL. M. F. R. S. 
XIV. The Apparent Times of the Immerfions and Emer- 
fions of Jupiter * j Satellites, for the Tear 1739, computed 
to the Meridian of the Royal Obfervatory at Greenwich, 
by James Hodgfon, F. R. S. and Mafler of the Royal Ma- 
thematical School in ChriftV Hofpital, London. 
XV. The Apparent Times of fuch of the Immerfions and 
Emerfions of Jupiter’j Satellites, as are viftble at London, 
in the Tear 1 739. By James Hodgfon, F. R* S , 
