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An INDEX to this Nine and Twentieth Volume of the Philosophical Transactions. n. denotes the Number of the Tract, p. the Page. AIR, how to be convey'd under the Water, N. 349, p. 497. Anatomy. Dissection of the Bigbelly'd Woman of Haman in Shropshire, n. 348. p. 452. Ventriculus Cordis stupendæ magnitudinis, n. 345. p. 326. Microscopical Description of the Fibres of the Muscles, n. 339. p. 55-59. Morbid Glands in the Humane Spleen, n. 349. p. 500. A Fracture of the Head of the Os Femoris, n. 349. p. 501. Anatomy of the Wood-Pecker's Tongue, &c. n. 350. p. 509. Arithmetick. Rules for Correcting the usual Computus by Compound and Simple Interest, n. 340. p. 111. Methods for making Logarithms, n. 338. p. 14. and n. 339. p. 52. Problematis Generalis ad Ludum Gallis La Poule dictum Solutio, n. 341. p. 133. Solutio altera, n. 341. p. 145. Astronomy. Observatio Occultat. Stella τ Tauri Romæ Novemb. 21° 1713. & Eclipse Lunaæ statim insecutæ, n. 340. p. 88. Eclipse primi Satel. Jovis ibid. p. 89. Eclipse of the Moon, Octob. 30. 1715. observ'd n. 347. p. 402. Eclipse of Jupiter by the Moon, Juli 14° 1715. n. 347. p. 401. Total Eclipse of the Sun, April 22° 1715. observ'd, n. 343. p. 245. and n. 345. p. 314. Observationes primæ Cometae anni 1680. n. 342. p. 170. Narratio de Stella Nova in Collo Cygni, n. 343. p. 226. A short History of New Stars, n. 346. p. 354. Of Nebulae or lucid Clouds among the fixt Stars, n. 347. p. 390. Observationes Coelestes Britannicæ, anno 1713. Grenovici habitæ, n. 344. p. 285. Observationes Planetarum Primærorum annis 1715 and 1716. n. 350. p. 506. Methodus Singularis pro Solis Parallaxi, n. 348. p. 454. Cause of the Appearance of Venus by Day, n. 349. p. 466. Aurora Borealis, vide Meteors. Barometrica B. Barometrica Experimenta in Montibus Helvetiae, n. 344. p. 266. Accounts of Books: Commerciun Epistolicum Cellinii, &c. n. 342. p. 173. & seq. Bibliographia Anatomica Specimen per J. Douglas, M.D. n. 343. p. 263; L. Ferd. Marsili de Generatione Fungorum, n. 345. p. 350. Guil. Musgrave, Geta Britannicus, n. 346. p. 385. Guil. Musgrave, G. Fil. de Dea Salute. J. Petiver Botanicum Hortense IV. n. 347. p. 229. n. 344 p. 269. n. 346. p. 353. Linear Perspective by Dr. Brook Taylor, n. 344. p. 300. Methodus Incrementorum per D.B. Taylor, n. 345. p. 339. Ducatus Leodiensis Topog. by M. Ralph Thoresby, 344. p. 304. C. Colours, see Light. D. Diving, or the Art to live under Water, n. 349. p. 492. E. Eclipses, see Astronomy. Elephants Teeth found in Ireland, n. 346. p. 367. Experiments. Barometrica in Helvetiae montibus, n. 344. p. 266. Of Light and Colours repeated, n. 348. & 435. p. 448 Of the Law of the Encrease of the Magnetical Attraction, n. 344. p. 294. Of the Motion of the Sap in Vegetables, n. 349. p. 486. F. Flamingo or Phoenicopterus, its Natural History, n. 350. p. 523. Account of Falkstone Cliff sinking, n. 349. p. 469. Fruit-Stones dangerous to swallow, n. 349; p. 484. G. Geometry. Vera densitatis Aeris regula, n. 338. p. 41. Description and Quadrature of a kind of Foliate Curve, n. 345. p. 329. Logometria sive de Mensura Rationis, n. 338. p. 5. De divisibilitate Materiae, n. 339. p. 82. To find the Center of Percussion in Bodies, n. 345. p. 349. Problematis, de Motu Corporum, urgente Vi Centripeta qua fit reciproce ut Cubi distantiarum a Centro, Solutio, n. 338. p. 35. Solutio altera ejusdem, p. 99. Problematis inversi Virium Centripetarum Solutio, n. 340. p. 91. Problematis olim in Actis Lipsiae propositi Solutio generalis, n. 347. p. 399. I A Correction of the Computation of Interest, see Arithmetic. Inoculation of the Small Pox, n. 339. p. 72. and n. 347. p. 393. K. A Recipe for the late pestilential Distemper among Kine, n. 348. p. 50. Lakes why Salt, n. 344. p. 296. Of Light and Colours, see Experiments. Globes of Light seen in the Sky: see Meteors. Logarithms: see Arithmetic. Logometria: see Geometry. Magellan-Straight, its Longitude, n. 341. p. 167. Magnetical Attraction tried, n. 344. p. 294. Meteors. Accounts of several Luminous Globes seen in the Sky, n. 341. p. 159. Of the wonderful Aurora Borealis seen March 6th, 1716, n. 347. p. 406. and n. 348. p. 430. Of the like March 31st, April 1st and 2d, following, n. 348. p. 431. Miscellaneous Observations on the Plants, &c. found about Rome and Naples, n. 349. p. 473. Moldinensis, it's exceeding quick Vegetation, n. 349. p. 490. Nautical Meridian Line divided Mechanically, n. 345. p. 331. P. Root of Pareira Brava from Brazil, it's Use in Medicine, n. 346. p. 365. Phanicopter see Flamingo. Plants growing about Rome and Naples, vid. Miscellanies. Microtropical Observations on the Motion of the Sap and of the growth Plants, n. 349. p. 487. Rare plants growing about London, n. 343. p. 229. n. 344. p. 269. and 346. 353. Rain its Quantity at Paris and Upminster, n. 341. p. 130. Saltness of the Sea consider'd, n. 344. p. 296. Sinking of Falmouth-Cliff, n. 349. p. 469. Small-Pox, how inoculated, n. 347. p. 393. & seq. T. Teeth of an Elephant found in Ireland, n. 346. p. 367. Reflections thereon, ibid. p. 370. Pike of Tenetif curiously describ'd, n. 345. p. 317. Tongue of the Wood-Fecker, its Mechanism, n. 350. p. 509. Tongue of the Flamingo figured, n. 350. Tab. II. V. Variation of the Compass consider'd, n. 341. p. 165. Vegetation of Moldinensis how quick, n. 349. p. 490. Venus, when and why seen by day, n. 349. p. 466. W. The Art of Living under Water, n. 349. p. 492. Wood-Fecker curiously describe'd, n. 350. p. 509. FINIS.