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happen'd about the Time of the natural Birth, the 
Child then muft have continued alive fome confi- 
derable Time afterwards, during which thefe bony 
Excrefcences were formed ; there being a perfed 
Oilification, as performed by the Laws of Circula- 
tion, and not by any vegetative or petrifying Power, 
as in inanimate Bodies. 
Two or three of the lateral Proceffes of the Spine 
were what firft pafled thro' the little Ulcer ; the reft of 
the Bones (except a few that were loft in cleaning) were 
prefented by the Dodor to the Mufeum of the Royal 
Society. They retain a very ftrong and lingular 
Smell, though they were immediately sleanfed from 
the rotten Flefh, and well wafhed. 
The Woman came by Sea to Stockholm above a 
Year after this Cure, and was prefented to the Aca- 
demy in good Healths and the Dodor believes fhe 
is ftill alive and well. 
II. The Motion of Project lies near the Earth's ' 
Surface conjiderd , independent of the Pro ~ 
perties of the Conic Sections \ in a Letter 
to Martin Folkes Ef quire, Pr . R. S. by 
Mr . Tho. Simpfon F. R . S.. 
Head Feb. 4 . A PTERfomuch as has been already 
2 7 47* y \ Paid upon the Motion of Projediles 
in vacuo, it may feem needlefs to attempt any thing 
further on that Heads neverthelefs, as a thorough 
Knowledge in the Art of Gunnery is become more 
than 
