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PHILOSOPHICAL 
For the Month of GEiober and part of November , 
1742. 
* I. ^ Copy of a Taper found, in the Hand 
Writing of Sir Ifaac Newton, among the 
Tapers of th e\ late Z& Halley, containing, a 
Tdefcription of an Inftrument for obferving 
. the MftQliilM LixrStars at. 
Sea. Page 1 5*5. 
II. The Effects of Cold 5 together with Ob-, 
fervations of the Longitude, Latitude, and 
Declination of the Magnetic Needle, at 
Prince of Wales’s Fort, upon Churchill* 
River in Hudfon’j Bay, North America 5 
by Capt. Chriftopher Middleton, F. R. S. 
Commander of His Majesty’s Ship 
Furnace, 1741-2. 157. 
III. The Report of the Committee of the 
RoyalSociety appointed to examine 
fome ghtejlions in Gunnery. 
172. 
IV. An 
