PHILOSOPHICAL 
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TRANSACTIONS. 
The CONTENTS. 
Part II. VOL. XLVIII. 
LVIII. A Treat ife on the Precefpon of the Equi- 
noxes, and in general on the Motion of the 
Nodes , and the Alteration of the Inclination of 
the Orbit of a Planet to the Ecliptic. Infcribeit 
to the Gentlemen of the Royal Society, by M. De 
St. Jaques Silvabellc. Tranfated from the French 
M. S. by J. Bevis, M. D. Page 385V 
LIX. A Letter to the Right Honourable George 
Earl of Macclesfield, P. R. S. concerning the 
Ages of Homer and Hefiod. By George Coftard, 
M. A. p. 441. 
LX. An additional Remark to one of Mr. William 
Watfon, F. R. S. in his Account of the Abbe 
. Nollet’j Letter concerning Electricity. By Tho» 
Birch, D. H. Seer. R. S. p. 484. 
LXP. Extract of a Letter of the Reverend Mr.. 
jofeph Spence, Profejfor of Modern Hijlory in 
the TJniverfity of Oxford, to Dr. Mead, F. R. S . 
LXII. A Letter to the Right Honourable George 
Earl of Macclesfield, P. R. S. concerning the Va- 
lue of an Annuity for Life , and the Probability 
p. 486. 
p. 487. 
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