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AN INDEX TO THE Philosophical Transactions. From Number 248, to Number 259. inclusive. A. Academy Royal of Sciences at Paris, its new Regulations, Numb.251. p.144. Ahmellis, a Ceylon Plant described, N. 257. p.365. Air Pump applied to Cupping-Glass, N. 255. p. 288. Air, an account of an Experiment of its Refraction, N. 257. p. 329. Algebra. See Arithmetick. Amomum legitimum, or Tugus described, N. 248. p. 2. Amber an Historical account of it, N. 248. p. 2. Found mostly in Germany and thereabout, ib. p. 7. Most in Prussia of any place, p. 8. Found in the Stomachs of several Creatures, p. 16. Several Curiosities of Amber sent to the Royal Society by Dr. Hartman, N. 249. p. 49. More Discourses of Amber, and its Original, N. 249, p. 53. Anatomical Matters. A Fetus extra uterum, N. 251. p. 121; An Account of several Muscles serving to move the Head, N. 251. p. 130. Anatomy of a Pigmy, which in several particulars agrees with a Man, N. 256. p. 339. adult. Two Glands and their Excretory Ducts near the Prostrate Glands discovered, N. 258. p. 364. Animalcula in semine masculino, defended by Leuwenhoek, N. 255. p. 270. That possibly they Generate, p.272. N. 255. p. 308. More concerning these Animalcules, N. 255. p. 301. That they are all much of a size, N. 255. p. 307. The best way of discovering them, N. 255. p. 308. The Figure of one like an Human Fetus sent, but the Reality questioned, No 55. p. 303. Annus Confusionis at the settling of the Julian Account, N. 257. p. 349. Arithme- An INDEX. Arithmetical Arabian Figures used in England Anno 1690. N.255. p.287. A new Method for solving Arithmetical Questions, N.257. p. 351. Concerning some Algebraic Questions, N. 255. p. 281. B. Barometers height for the Year 1698. N. 249. p. 45. Barometers height at Emay in China, N. 256. p. 323. Bees, a Treatise of them finisht by Swammerdam, supposed to be lost, N. 257. p. 365. Blisters, how they cure Fevers, N.152. p. 161. Books, Sieur Redi’s M. S. not like ever to be Printed, if he left any, N. 249. p. 42. Some of Swammerdams lost, N. 257. p. 365. Acta Conciliorum cum Epist. Decretat. in the Press now at Paris, N. 257, p. 406. A Catalogue of some Books lately printed beyond Sea, N. 249. p. 67. Books abstracted, Analysis Geometrica, five nova & vera Methodus resolvendi tam Problem. Geomet. quam Arithmat. Quæst. Auth. Anton. Hug. de Omerique, N.257. p. 351. The Celestial World discovered, &c. by Ch. Huygens, N. 256. p. 337. Geography Epitomized by Pat. Gordon, N. 256. p. 335. Natural History of Medicinal Waters in England, N. 251. p. 146. Museo di fisica & de Esperienze Aut. P. Boccone, N. 249. p. 53. Orang Outang, or the Anatomy of a Pygmy by Dr. Tyson, N. 256. p. 338. Paradisus Batavus, &c. Aut. Doctore Hermans, N. 249. p. 63. Dr. Wallis’s Mathematical Works, third Vol. N. 254. p. 259. Brain wanting in a Child new Born, N. 251. p. 141. C. Cantharides used inwardly for the Bite of a Mad Dog, and its use justified, N. 249. p. 59. More of the inward use of Cantharides, N. 252. p. 168. Two Chymical Propositions proposed to be solved, N. 252. p. 186. A Chymical Examination of Coffee, N. 258. p. 315. Chirurgical Cures of the great Tendon between the Heel and Calf of the Leg by stitching it together, N. 252. p. 153. Trachea, and several large Blood-Vessels of the Throat cut into two, cured, N.257. p. 398. New Method of cutting for the Stone, N. 250. p. 100. Coffee, a Discourse of its use, &c. N. 311. p. 256. Carnation Colour made by the mixture of two colourless Liquors, N. 249. p. 43. New Comet seen in Feb. 1692. N. 250, p. 79. A Discourse of Concoction, N. 254. p. 233. Cupping-Glasses by the Pneumatick Engine, N. 259. p. 408. Cure of the Bite of a Mad Dog by Cantharides, used inwardly, N.249. p. 59. Cures done by Greatrix the Stroaker, N. 156. p. 332. Cures of Wounds. See Chirurgical Cures. Curiosities in a Chinese Cabinet, N. 249. p. 44. N. 250. p. 70. D. A Discourse of Digestion, N.254. p. 242. Diseases, how Blisters cure Fevers, N. 252. p. 61. Disease caused by swallowing Stones, N. 253. p. 190. Diseases and their Remedies used by the Northern Nations, N. 256. p. 310. An Account of an Hydrocephalus, N. 256. p. 318. Opening the An INDEX. The Trachæa proposed in Squin- nancies, N. 257. p. 398. Dropfic in the Ovary of a Woman, N. 252. p. 150. Eclipse. See Mathematicks. Earthquake in Sicilia, Anno 1693. p. 53. Hills rising and fal- ling successively, N. 249. p. 61. Earths Medicinal in Italy, N. 249. p. 54. Earths observed in Coal-borings in Yorkshire, N. 250. p. 73. Fœtus. See Generat. Faba Sancti Ignatii. See Plants. Fleas. See Insects. Fungus. See Plants. Generation of a Fœtus extra uterum, N. 251. p. 121. Observables about the Generation and increase of the Animalcules in utero, N. 255. p. 304. See more in Animalcula. Two New Glands discovered near the Prostratae, N. 258. p. 364. Glostopetrae of Malta, N. 249. p. 61. Heat its Efficacy in Vegetation, N. 253. p. 226. Herbs. See Plants. Organs of Hearing described, N. 258. p. 364. Heavens at a vast distance, N. 256. p. 337. An Hill rising and sinking again successively, N. 249. p. 61. An Hill two Miles high, N. 254. p. 231. History collected from the ancient Mythology, N. 255. p. 273. N. 275. p. 283. Hydrocephalus, See Diseases. Husky, See Plants. I. Insects. Cantharides, their use in- wardly, N. 249. p. 59. Tarantula, of its Bite, N. 249. p. 59. A Venemous Spider of Sardinia, N. 249. p. 58. Insects inclosed in Amber, N. 248. p. 42. Fleas, an account of their Generation, N. 249. p. 42. Swam- merdams History of Bees lofß, N. 257. p. 365. Several Insects not men- tioned by Mousett, N. 249. p. 50. Invention of an Engine to raise Water by the help of Fire, N. 253. p. 128. Of the first Inventors of some Mathematical disquisitions, N. 255. p. 280. Isthmus supposed once to join Eng- land to France, N. 255. p. 284. L. Aringotomy proposed in case of Suffocations, N. 257. p. 398. Lake Nesse, without bottom, never Freezes, N. 254. p. 230. Another bottomless Lake always full, but never runs over, N. 254. p. 231. Learning, the Reason of its being at a stand, N. 255. p. 273. 281. Lignum Fossil Chymically examined, N. 248. p. 32. What it is, and that it is the Matrix of Amber, p. 12. Lunula of Hippocrates-Chius. Qua- drature of its parts, N. 259. p. 41 M. Anna, N. 249. p. 56. Exudæa through the Plant, N. 253. p. 209. Maryland, Observables in it, N. 259. p. 436. An INDEX. Mathematical Discoveries. A New Comet in Feb. 9. N. 250. p. 79. An Account of the Parallax of the Earth's Annual Orb, N. 244. p. 264. Of the alteration of the Meridional Line, N. 255. p. 285. Eclipse of the Sun, Oct. 12. 1699. observed at Oxford, N. 256. p. 330. Of the alteration of the Julian Account, N. 257. p. 343. The Gregorian not better, but upon same Accounts worse, N. 257. p. 345. and 347. A new Method of resolving Geometrical and Arithmetical Problems, N. 256. p. 351. Concerning some Algebraick Quest, N. 255. p. 281. A Medicinal Fungus, N. 249. p. 53. Of Medicinal Manna, N. 249. p. 56. Medicinal use of Cantharides inwardly, N. 249. p. 59. Strange Preservatives from Poisoning, N. 250. p. 87. and 89. Medicines used by the Northern Nations, N. 256. p. 310. Of small Microscopes, and their Goodness, N. 255. p. 302. difficulty in using them, N. 255. p. 302. Microscopical Observations. See Animalcules. Sable Mice in great multitudes in Lapland, N. 251. p. 110. Moose way of dressing their Meat, and of their Food, N. 254. p. 248. Monstrous Pigs, Relation of them, &c., N. 259. p. 431. —Turkeys, ib. Monstrous human Scull, N. 251. p. 138. A Child born without a Brain, N. 251. p. 141. A Discovery of several Muscles serving to move the Head, N. 251. p. 139. Nitre and Salts mixt with Earth destroys Vegetation, N. 253. p. 206. and 212. Numeral Figures used in England as old as the year, 1090. N. 255. p. 287. O. Observables in Maryland, N. 259. p. 436. Oran Outang. See Pigmy. Original of Nations collected from the ancient Mythology, N. 255. p. 273, 275, 383. Oltracites its Vertues, N. 250. p. 81. Oyster-Shells, on the top of an high Mountain in Scotland, N. 254. p. 232. P. Parelia. One at Sudbury in Suffolk, N. 250. p. 107. Another at Canterbury, N. 251. p. 126. Petrifications, viz. Glossoptre, &c., N. 249. p. 61. Pigs monstrous, N. 259. p. 431. Pigmy Anatomized N. 256. p. 339. Planets inhabited as well as our Earth, N. 257. p. 339. Plants. Amomum Legitimum or Tugua, N. 248. p. 2. Faba Sancti Ignatii, its vertue against Poison, N. 250. p. 87, 88. and N. 257. p. 365. A Medicinal Fungus, N. 249. p. 53. Observations on some Plants to propagate their Kinds, N. 251. p. 113. Some thoughts concerning Vegetation, N. 253. p. 193. Water not only the nourishment of Plants, p. 194. That 'tis the Terrestrial parts in the Water that nourishes them, ib. p. 221. Nitre and Salt no Friend to Vegetation, N. 253. p. 206. 212. Why Lime good for Plants, ib. Each Vegetable requires its proper nourishment, N. 253. p. 214. River water best, N. 253. p. 220. Why hot Summers cause best Fruit, N. 253. p. 227. All heat alike for Vege- An INDEX. Vegetation. N. 253. p. 227. Herbs of the same Class have the like virtues, N. 255. p. 289. The Husks of the Verticillate Plants have more virtue than the Flowers, N. 255. p. 291. Some parts of some Tribes, others of other most Efficacious, N. 251. p. 291. Sophia Chirurgorum, good for the Stone, ib. p. 293. Fraxinella destroys the smell of other Plants, N. 152. p. 168. A Catalogue of some Plants observed at the Island of Ascension, N. 255. p. 298. Of the Signatures of Plants, N. 249. p. 59. Pneumatic Engine applied to Cupping-Glasses, N. 259. p. 408. Poisons. See Venoms. Prussia, most fruitful of Amber, N. 248. p. 8. Prussian Vitriol examined, N. 248. p. 34. Q. Quadrature of the Parts of the Lunula of Hippocrates Chius, N. 259. p. 411. R. Rain an Account of what falls, N. 249. p. 45 and 47. Why Rain Water good for Plants, N. 253. p. 211. Redi's M.S. supposed lost, N. 249. p. 42. Refraction of the Air Experimented, N. 257. p. 339. Responio ad animadversionem ad Davidis Gregorii Catenariam, &c. N. 259. p. 419. S. Sable Mice in great multitudes in Lapland, N. 251. p. 110. Saliva compounded of two distinct juices, N. 254. p. 240. Salt. See Nitre and Vitriol. Seeds used in the East-Indies to clarify Water, N. 249. p. 44. Seed of Flixwort good for the Stone, N. 255. p. 293. Scopodendra marina, an addition to its former Description, N. 251. p. 127. Sicilian Earthquake. See Earthquake. Silk, a Discourse of it as it is made in Piedmont, N. 252. p. 183. Shells on the tops of Hills, N. 25 p. 232. Shells gathered on the Island of Ascension, N. 255. p. 298. Of the Physical and Mechanical formation of Speech, N. 254. p. 264. Spiders, a Venomous kind in Sardinia, N. 249. p. 58. Stones found in the Stomach Kidney, and Gall-Bladder, N. 250. p. 95. New Method of cutting for the Stone, N. 250. p. 100. A new sort of Marble or figured Stone found in Wales, N. 252. p. 187. Strata of Earths in Coal-boring, N. 250. p. 73. Concerning Swammerdam and his Treatises, N. 257. p. 365. Half-Crown Swallowed without any great inconvenience, N. 250. p. 97. Swallowing Stones very dangerous, N. 253. p. 190. T. Of the Tarantola, and the strange Effects of its Bite, N. 249. p. 57. Temples of the Heathens or Burying places of two Circular Orders of Stones in Scotland, N. 254. p. 232. Testimony Human, a calculation of its validity, N. 257. p. 359. Thunder, an account of a Man killed by it, N. 249. p. 50. An INDEX. Trachza, and several Vessels cut, cured, N. 257. p. 400. Tradition, written and oral, of what validity, N. 257. p. 363. Treatises. See Redi and Swammerdam. Turchoises of the new Rock, artificial Stones, N. 249. p. 63. Turkeys monstrous, N. 259. p. 431. V. Vegetation. See Plants. Venoms and their Antidotes, N. 249. p. 58. Vitriol Prussian, its examination, N. 248. p. 34. White Vitriol its Origine, and Figure of its Crystals, N. 256. p. 331. Under-Ground Observations. Great Beams of Timber found under Ground, N. 254. p. 231. An Urn containing Ashes, and a Balsamick Liquor found, N. 249. p. 55. W. Water not the nourishment of Plants, only the Vehicle, N. 253. p. 194. Rises up the Vessels of Plants in the same manner as upon a Filter, N. 253. p. 208. No Water absolutely clear, N. 253. p. 195. Rain Water. See Rain. Engine to raise Water. See Inventions. Weather, an account of it for the Year, 1693. N. 249. p. 45. An account of that, and of the Barometer at Emuy in China, N. 256. p. 323. Y. Year Julian of its alteration for the Gregorian, N. 257. p. 343. Annus Confusionis, at the Settling the Julian Account, N. 257. p. 349. ERRATA Number 252. Pag. 118. Line 4. read Boedt. Ibid. l. 10. Dele and not to be found in these parts. London: Printed for Sam. Smith, and Benj. Walford, Printers to the Royal Society, at the Prince's Arms in St. Paul's Church Yard. 1700.