CONTENTS. 
L. Obfervation of the \ Tranfit of Venus, June 6> 
1764, at St. John’s, Newfoundland : By John 
Winthrop, Pr fie for of Mathejnalicks and Philofo- 
phy at Cambridge, New England. p. 279. 
LI. An Account of the Effects of Lightning on three 
Ships in the Eaft Indies : By Mr. Robert Veicht. 
Communicated by William Lewis, M. D. and 
F.R.S. p.284. 
LII. A Demonjl ration of the Second Rule in the Effay 
towards the Solution of a Problem in the Do Brine of 
Chances , publifoed in the P hilofophical Lranfattions , 
Vol. LII I. Communicated by the Rev. Mr. Richard 
Price, in a Letter to Mr. John Canton, M. A. 
F. R. S. p. 296. 
LI II. An Account of a remarkable Meteor feen at Ox- 
ford, March 5, 1764. In a Letter to Thomas 
Birch, D. D. Secretary to the Royal Society, jrom 
the Rev. John Swinton, B. D. F. R. S. Member 
of the Academy degli Apatifti at Florence, d?id of 
the Etrufcan Academy of Cortona in Tufcany. 
p. 326. 
LIV. ExtraB of a Letter from Mr. John Horfley 
Fourth Mate on board the Glatton Eaft-India Ship , 
to the Rev. Mr. Nevil Mafkelyne, F. R. S. dated 
Batavia, Nov. 16, 1763, giving an Account of his 
Obfervations , at Sea , for finding out the Longitude 
by the Moon. p. 329. 
LV. An Account of a remarkable Meteor feen at 
Oxford, April 23, 1764. In a Letter to the Rev. 
Thomas Birch, D. I). Secretary to the Royal So- 
ciety , from the Rev. John Swinton, B. D. F. R. S„ 
Member of the Academi degli Apatifti at Florence, 
and of the Etrufcan Academy 0/" Cortona in Tufcany. 
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■2 LVI. Some 
