i *°3 
VI. An Observation of extraordinary Warmth 
cf the Air in January 1741-2. communi- 
cated in a Letter from the Rev d Mr . H. 
Miles to Mr. John Eames, F. R. S. 
Tooting > Surry , Jan. 20. 1 741-2. 
Read jan. 21. TV /TY Mercurial Thermometer abroad, 
1 74 i-x. iVJL was j a ft- Night, at 10 o'Clock, 20 
Degrees above the freezing Point 5 which is higher than 
it was fixteen Mornings of the one-and-thirty in 
May lafl, and higher than in any Morning in April, 
one excepted. 
VII. The T)efcription and Ufes of the Steel- 
yard Balance Swing, invented and made by 
Mr. Timothy Sheldrake. 
Read jan. 21. A S a beautiful and regular Form of 
J 7+ 1 ' 2 - ,/V Body renders a Perfon agreeable; 
fo, on the contrary, Deformity of Body not only 
produces Weaknefs, but fometimes is the Caufe of 
Ridicule amongft fuch unthinking People as will not 
remember, That it is He that made ns , and not we 
ourfelves. 
For the foregoing Reafons, and to prevent fuch 
bad Confequences as the above-mentioned, it would 
be much to the Advantage of crooked Perfons, if any 
Method could be found for giving them any Help, 
by endeavouring to regain the original Symmetry of 
Parts, which, by its Commonnefs, is not fufficiently 
cheem’d. 
