CONTENTS. vii 
Hi /lory, in the la ft Century , and Gardener to King 
Charles I. P* 79 
XIII. De intenfo Frigore Menfbus Januario 1767 ac 
1768, Novembri 1770, obfervato Franequerag, 
AuCtore J. H. Van Swinden, Philof. Profeff. in 
Academia Franeker. Societ. PXarlemo-Hollandicae 
Sock. r. P- 89 
XIV. An Inquiry into the Quantity and Direction of 
the proper Motion of Ardturus ; with fome Remarks 
on the Diminution of the Obliquity of the Ecliptic : 
By Thomas Hornfby, M. A. Savilian Prof ef or of 
Afronomy in the Univerfty of Oxford, and F. R. S. 
P- 93 
XV. New Obfervatiom upon Vegetation. By Mr. 
Muftel, of the Acad \ of Sciences at Rouen ; tranf 
lated from the French. p. 126 
XVI. Adlual Fire and Detonation produced by the 
ContaCl of Tin-foil, with the Salt compofed of Copper 
and the Nitrous Acid. By B. Fliggins, M. D. 
Communicated by R. Brocklefby, M. D. F. R. S. 
and of the Royal College of Phyficians in London. 
P* J 37 
XVII. Extracts of fome Betters , from Sir William 
Johnfon, Bart, to Arthur Lee, M. D. F. R.S. on 
the Cufloms, Manners , and Language of the Northern 
Indians of America. p. 142 
XVIII. An Account of fome curious Fifes, fait from 
Hudfon’s Bay ; by Mr. John Reinhold Forfter, 
F. R. S. in a Letter to Thomas Pennant, Efq- y 
F. R. S. .45. 149 
XIX. Experiments on the different Kinds of Marie 
found in Stafford (hire, by William Withering, M. D. 
Communicated by Charles Morton, M. D. Sec . 
R.S. p, 1 6 r 
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