CONTENTS. 
Collinfon, F. R. S. concerning a Clufter-Polype, 
found in the Sea , near the Coajl of Greenland. 
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XL VII. Extracts of Two Letters from Father 
Gaubil, of the Society of Jefus, at Peking in 
China. Tranflated from the French. p. 30 9. 
XLVIII. A Letter of Mr. William (Shervington to 
Benjamin Franklin, Efq- } of Philadelphia, con- 
cerning the Tranfit of Mercury over the Sun, on 
the 6 of May 1753, as obferved in the If and of 
Antigua : Communicated by Mr. Peter Collinlon, 
F.R.S. p. 318. 
XLIX. An Account of the Barometer, and the State 
of the Weather, at Dublin, from the 7 0/March. 
175-2, to the 28 of February 1773, by James Si- 
mon, Efq i F. R. S . and Secretary of the Incor- 
porated Society at Dublin : Communicated by Mr . 
Henry Baker, F. R. S. p. 320. 
L. Afecond Account of the new Method of opening 
the Cornea, for taking away the Cataract ; by 
Mr. Samuel Sharp, Surgeon to Guy’s Hofpitai, 
and F.R.S. P- 3 22 ' 
LI. An attempt to explain an antient Roman in- 
fcription , cut upon a flone lately found at Bath. 
By John Ward, LLSD. Rhet. Frof. Gref, and 
V. F. R. S. P : 33 2 - 
LII. A Letter to the Right Hon. the Earl ^/Mac- 
clesfield, Frefident of the Royal Society, from 
Air. Benjamin Wilfon, F.R.S. concerning fome 
electrical Experiments, made at Paris. p. 347- 
LI II. Elettrical Experiments , with an attempt to 
account for their fe ver al Fhrenomena ; together 
with fome ObJ'ervations on Thunder-Clouds ; by 
John Canton, M. A. and I. R. S. p. 3fo. 
J LIV. 
