( 1 71 ) 
Tenth of an Inch anfwering to a Foot of Height. NB. I 
have not made any Allowance for the Decreafe of Den- 
fity in the Air, becaufe I don’t propofe this Machine 
for meafuring Mountains (tho’ with proper Allowance 
for the decreasing Denfity of the Air, it will do very 
well) but for Heights to be known in Gardens, Plan- 
tations, and the Conduft of Water, where an Experi- 
ment, that anfwers to two or three Foot in a Diftance o£ 
twenty Miles, will render this a very ufeful Inftrument*. 
IV' Inteftinum Tarturiens y feu Cafus oppido rams de. 
cranio <(sr coftis Fatus per anum ejeHis, defer ip tus 
a Johanne Lindeftolpe, M.- T>. & (Reg. Col- 
leg. Medic. Stockholmenjis Affeffore. Ex Atlis * 
Liter arits Sueci& y An. 1 7 * 3 • Trimeftr . 1 . 
J Ohannes Hejelius, M. D. dC Weftro-Gothiae Medi- 
cus provincialis, Vir fane dodtiflimus, &C Hiflorias 
Natural is, ut Pliniana utar phrafi, peculiariter curiofus, 
fcripfit ad me Scaris d. 20 Sept, praterlapfi anni, tranf- 
militque literas T>. Bernhardt Sbiever , Chirurgi mu- 
nerefungentis in Legione Rofenftierniana, ad Magihrum 
Equitum Nobiliflimum T>. Cederberg perferiptas, in 
quibus refert cafum, in hifee fane terris rariflimum,, 
quod mulier quaedam, poftquam per feptem menfes gra, 
vida fuiffet, evanefeente tumore omni abdominis, per a- 
num peperit cranii hurnani particulam, duafque coftas. 
Sed cum multa defiderari viderentur, quas lucem feene- 
rari poilent tarn miro pha 5 nomeno, dignum putavi, a- 
miciflimum Hejfelium per literas denuo compellare, vel- 
Ict ulterius in earn rem inqnirere, mihique cotnmuni-- 
care, quo poffem tam mirandam rem ceteris meis infe- 
rere * 
