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of the Danifh Royal Mifjionaries in the Eaft Indies, 
of the Tear 1765, publifed at Hall, in Saxony, by 
Dr. Hampe, F. R. S. p. 36 
VI. An Account oj the Refult of feme Attempts made 
to afeertain the Temperature of the Sea in great 
Depths , near the Coajls oj Lapland and Norway; 
as afo fome Anecdotes , colleSled in the former : By 
Charles Douglas, Efquire , F. R. S. then Captain of 
his Majefy's Ship the Emerald, Anno 1769. p. 39 
VII. De modo marmoris albi producendi, Differtatio 
epiftolaris Domino Maty, Societatis Regiae Londi- 
nenfis Secret ario, inferipta ; auSlore R. E. Rafpe, 
Sereniff. Half. Landgravio d Confiliis , S. Reg. 
Sodali. p. 47 
VIII. Account of a very remarkable young Mufician. 
In a letter from the Honourable Daines Barrington, 
F. R. S. to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. p. 54 
IX. A Determination of the exalt Moments of Time 
when the Planet Venus was at external and internal 
Contact with the Suns Limb , in the Tranfits of 
June 6 th , 1761, and June 3^, 1769. By Samuel 
Dunn. p. 65 
X. An Account of fome Improvements made in a new 
Wheel Barometer , invented by Keane Fitz Gerald, 
Efquire , F. R. S. hi a Letter to Charles Morton, 
M. D. Sec. R. S. p. 74 
XI. Some Obfervations upon an inedit ed Greek Coin of 
Philiftis, Queen of Syracufe, Malta, and Gozo, 
who has been pajjed over in Silence by all the ancient 
Writers. In a Letter to Mathew Maty, M. D. 
Sec. R. S. from the Rev. John Swinton. B. D. 
F. R. S. Cuflos Archivorum of the Univerfity of 
Oxford, Member of the Academy degli Apatiili at 
7 Florence, 
