Volume 19 (1695)

Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)

152 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (30 pages)
• The Preface
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• A Discourse concerning the Methods of Approximation in the Extraction of Surd Roots. By John Wallis, S. T. D. and Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford
  John Wallis (11 pages)
• A Discourse Concerning a Method of Discovering the True Moment of the Sun's Ingress into the Tropical Signs. By E. Halley
  E. Halley (8 pages)
• An Account of the Probable Causes of the Pain in Rheumatisms; as Also of the Cure of a Total Suppression of Urine, Not Caused by a Stone, by the Use of Acids; as Communicated by Dr. Edward Baynard, Fellow of the Colledge of Physicians, London
  Edward Baynard (3 pages)
• An Extract of a Letter from Bernard Connor, M. D. to Sir Charles Walgrave, Published in French at Paris: Giving an Account of an Extraordinary Humane Sceleton, Whose Vertebrae of the Back, the Ribs, and Several Bones Down to the Os Sacrum, Were All Firmly United into One Solid Bone,without Joynting or Cartilage
  Bernard Connor (10 pages)
• Mr. Zachary Mayne's Letter, 1694. concerning a Spout of Water That Happened at Topsham on the River between the Sea and Exeter
  Zachary Mayne (7 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Hen. Ridly (10 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• An Account of the Upper Part of the Burning Mountain in the Isle of Ternata According to the View Taken Thereof; Written to the Right Worshipful Nicholas Witzen, Burgermaster of Amsterdam etc. And by Him Communicated to Dr. Martin Lister, S. R. S.
  Anonymous (9 pages)
• An Account of the Sad Mischief Befallen the Inhabitants of the Isle of Sorea, Near unto the Molucco's, for Which They Have Been Forced to Leave Their Countrey. Contained in a Letter, Written in Those Parts, to the Right Worshipful, Nicholas Witzen, Burgermaster of Amsterdam, etc. in the Year 1693. And by Him Communicated to Dr. Martin Lister, S. R. S.
  Anonymous (4 pages)
• Specimina Quaedam Illustria Doctrinae Fluxionum Sive Exempla Quibus Methodi Istius Usus et Praestantia in Solvendis Problematis Geometricis Elucidatur, ex Epistola Peritissimi Mathematici D. Ab. de Moivre Desumpta
  D. Ab. de Moivre (8 pages)
• A Most Compendious and Facile Method for Constructing the Logarithms, Exemplified and Demonstrated from the Nature of Numbers, without any Regard to the Hyperbola, with a Speedy Method for Finding the Number from the Logarithm Given. By E. Halley
  E. Halley (11 pages)
• A Proposition of General Use in the Art of Gunnery, Shewing the Rule of Laying a Mortar to Pass, in Order to Strike any Object above or below the Horizon. By E. Halley
  E. Halley (6 pages)
• An Account of Books
  John Wallis, Nehemia Grew (7 pages)
• A Relation of One Hannah Taylor, a Very Extraordinary Child of about Six Years of Age, Who in Face, etc. Was as Large as a Full Grown Woman; and of What Appeared on the Dissection of Her Body: By Dr. Hen. Sampson, Fellow of the Colledge of Physicians, London
  Hen. Sampson (4 pages)
• A Relation of a Voyage from Aleppo to Palmyra in Syria; Sent by the Reverend Mr. William Halifax to Dr. Edw. Bernard (Late) Savilian Professor of Astronomy in Oxford, and by Him Communicated to Dr. Thomas Smith. Reg. Soc. S.
  William Halifax (30 pages)
• An Extract of a Letter from the Reverend Dr. John Wallis to Richard Waller, Esq; Secretary to the Royal Society, Concerning the Spaces in the Cycloid, which are Perfectly Quadrable
  John Wallis (5 pages)
• The Quadrature of a Portion of the Epicycloid. By Mr. Caswel
  Mr. Caswel (4 pages)
• An Account of Books
  John Woodward, Archibaldi Pitcarnii (11 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Propositio Generalis Arearum Dimensionem Exhibens in Universo Illo Curvarum Genere Quae Revolutione Aequabili Circuli Super Basin Quamuis Uel Rectilineam Uel Circularem Describi Possint, etc.
  Anonymous (5 pages)
• An Extract of the Journals of Two Several Voyages of the English Merchants of the Factory of Aleppo, to Tadmor, Anciently Call'd Palmyra
  Anonymous (38 pages)
• Some Account of the Ancient State of the City of Palmyra, with Short Remarks upon the Inscriptions Found there. By E. Halley
  E. Halley (17 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• An Account of the Extraordinary Cure of a Horse That Was Staked into His Stomach; Communicated by the Reverend Dr. John Wallis, D. D. R. S. Soc.
  John Wallis (4 pages)
• On This Occasion It May Not Seem Improper to Subjoyn an Account We Have Not Long Since Received from Germany, of a Very Uncommon Case of This Kind, the Relation Whereof Follows
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• La Vana Speculatione Disingannata Dal Senso: Lettera Risponsiva Circa i Corpi Marini, che Petrificati Si Trovano in Varij Luoghi Terrestri
  Anonymous (25 pages)
• An Easie Demonstration of the Analogy of the Logarithmick Tangents to the Meridian Line or Sum of the Secants: With Various Methods for Computing the Same to the Utmost Exact Ness, by E. Halley
  E. Halley (14 pages)
• Accounts of Books
  Bernardo Connor, Davide Gregorio (8 pages)
• An Account of an Extraordinary Meteor, or Kind of Dew Resembling Butter, That Fell Last Winter and Spring, in the Provinces of Munster and Leinster, in Ireland; being Extracts of Two Letters, the One from Mr. Robert Vans to Mr. Henry Million, Dated November 15. 1695. The Other from the Right Reverend St. George, Lord Bishop of Cloyne, to Sir Robert Southwell, U. P. R. S. Dated April 2. 1696. Wherein Mention is Likewise Made of a Person Having a Regular Epileptick Fit Every Day at a Certain Hour
  Robert Vans, St. George (3 pages)
• A Letter from Sir William Beeston, Governour of Jamaica, to Mr. Charles Bernard, Containing Some Observations about the Barometer, and of a Hot Bath in That Island
  William Beeston (5 pages)
• An Account of a Strange Kind of Earth, Taken up Near Smyrna, of Which is Made Soap, together with the Way of Making It, Communicated by Dr. Edward Smith, F. R. S.
  Edward Smith (4 pages)
• An Account of Chylification, by Mr. William Cowper
  William Cowper (9 pages)
• A Catalogue of Plants Growing within the Fortifications of Tangier, Wrote in the Year 1673. by Mr. Spottswood (a Surgeon, Who Lived There, and Gathered Plants and Seeds for Mr. Balaam and Dr. Morison) which by the Author Was Given to Dr. Love Morley, Who Communicated It
  Love Morley, Mr. Spottswood (12 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Charles Bernard, Giving an Account of Two Large Stones, Were for Twenty Years Past Lodg'd in the Meatus Urinarius, and Thence Cut out by Him the 28th of September Last
  Charles Bernard (6 pages)
• Some Microscopical Observations of Vast Numbers of Animalcula Seen in Water by John Harris, M. A. Kector of Winchelsea in Sussex, and F. R. S.
  John Harris (7 pages)
• Account of a Book
  White Kennet (7 pages)
• A Letter Giving an Account of One Henry Jenkins a Yorkshire Man, Who Attained the Age of 169 Years, Communicated by Dr. Tancred Robinson F. of the Coll. of Physitians, et R. S. with His Remarks on It
  Tancred Robinson (4 pages)
• An Extract of a Letter from Mr. Leewenhoek, Dated the 10th of July, An. 1696. Containing Microscopical Observations on Eels, Mites, the Seeds of Figs, Strawberries, etc.
  Mr. Leewenhoek (15 pages)
• Several Microscopical Observations and Experiments, Made by Mr. Stephen Gray
  Stephen Gray (11 pages)
• Of the Use of Opium among the Turks: By Dr. Edward Smyth, F. R. S.
  Edward Smyth (4 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Dr. Cyprianus to Dr. Sylvestre, Giving an Account of a Child Born with a Large Wound in the Breast, Supposed to Proceed from the Force of Imagination
  Dr. Cyprianus (3 pages)
• Account of a Book
  Hans Sloane (5 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• An Account of Four Sorts of Strange Beans, Frequently Cast on Shoar on the Orkney Isles, with Some Conjectures about the Way of Their Being Brought Thither from Jamaica, where Three Sorts of Them Grow. By Hans Sloane, Coll. Med. Lond. & S. R. S.
  Hans Sloane (4 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. William Cowper, Giving an Account of a Very Large Diseased Kidney, Found on the Dissection of a Lady, with the Symptoms of the Disease before Her Death, and an Explanation of Their Phaenomena
  William Cowper (14 pages)
• An Account of a Stone of the Bladder, which Weighed 51 Ounces, or Three Pounds Three Ounces, and a Stone out of the Bladder Successfully, which Adhered to It. By Dr. Charles Preston
  Charles Preston (3 pages)
• Part of a Letter to Dr. George Garden, Giving an Account of the Effects of a Very Extraordinary Thunder Near Aberden in Scotland
  Anonymous (4 pages)
• An Extract of a Letter Written by Mr. Savard, Sworn Surgeon at Paris, Giving an Account of a Foetus Lying without the Uterus in the Belly; Taken from the Journal Des Scavans, of the 26th of Nov. 1696
  Mr. Savard (3 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr. Halley at Chester, October 26th, 1696. Giving an Account of an Animal Resembling a Whelp Voided per Anum, by a Male Greyhound, and of a Roman Altar Found There, etc.
  Mr. Halley (4 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Ralph Thoresby, to Dr. Martin Lister, Coll. Med. Lond. & S.R.S. Giving an Account of a Roman Pottery, Near Leeds in Yorkshire
  Ralph Thoresby (3 pages)
• A Letter from Sir Robert Sibbald to Dr. Martin Lister Coll. Med. Lond. & S. R. S. Containing an Account of Several Shells Observed by Him in Scotland
  Robert Sibbald (6 pages)
• Account of Books
  Julius Celsus, Dr. Lister (4 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• An Anatomical Account of Some Remarkable Things, Found on the Dissection of a Woman, Who Dyed of the Dropsie, after the Paracentesis Was Performed, with a Small Reflection on the Causes of the Dropsie. By Dr. Charles Preston
  Charles Preston (4 pages)
• An Account of a Gentleman's Being Cut for the Stone in the Kidney, with a Brief Enquiry into the Antiquity and Practice of Nephrotomy
  Anonymous (11 pages)
• An Account of Several Observables in Lincolnshire, Not Taken Notice of in Camden, or Any Other Author, by Mr. Christopher Merret, Surveyor of the Port of Boston
  Christopher Merret (12 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Stephen Gray, Giving a Further Account of His Water Microscope
  Stephen Gray (7 pages)
• An Account of the Quantities of Rain Fallen in One Year in Gresham Colledge, Lond. per Month, begun August 12. 1695
  Anonymous (4 pages)
• Account of a Book
  Ab. Seller (4 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• An Account of the Opening of the Body of a Boy, Who Dyed Suddenly, and What Observable Was Found Therein. By Dr. Charles Preston
  Charles Preston (4 pages)
• An Account of the Nature and Differences of the Juices, More Particularly, of Our English Vegetables. By Dr. Martin Lister, Fell. of Coll. of Phys. and R. S.
  Martin Lister (20 pages)
• Epistola Missa ad Praenobilem Virum D.Carolum Mountague Armigerum, Scaccarii Regii apud Anglos Cancellarium, et Societatis Regiae Praesidem, in qua Solvuntur duo Problemata Mathematica à Johanne Barnoullo Mathematico Celeberrimo Proposita
  Johanne Barnoullo (7 pages)
• A Relation of a Strange Symptom Attended an Hydrops Pectoris, and the Reason of It, as It Appeared on Dissection of the Body. By Mr. Samuel Doudy, F. R. S.
  Samuel Doudy (3 pages)
• A Table of the Washes in Lincolnshire, Mentioned in the Fourth Paper of the Last Transaction, P. 352. by Mr. Christopher Merret, Purveyor of the Port of Boston
  Christopher Merret (2 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  S. Smith, B. Walford, James Petiver (9 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• The History of a Tumor in the Lower Part of the Belly, Related by Mr. Giles, Sworn Surgeon at St. Come; being the Second Art. of the Second Journal of Brunet's Progress de la Medicine
  Mr. Giles (4 pages)
• Account of a Not Yet Described Scolopendra Marina, by Thomas Molyneux, M. D. S. R. S. Communicated by Mr. Locke
  Mr. Locke, Thomas Molyneux (10 pages)
• Part of Two Letters Wrote Some Time Since to Oxford, by Dr. Martin Lister, Fell. of Coll. of Phys. et R. S. Concerning Several Plants May be Usefully Cultivated for Producing Grass or Hay
  Martin Lister (7 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Fort St. George, in the East-Indies, Giving an Account of the Long Worm which is Troublesome to the Inhabitants of Those Parts, Communicated by Dr. Martin Lister, Fell. of Coll. of Phys. et R. S.
  Martin Lister (3 pages)
• A General Idea of the Structure of the Internal Parts of Fish. Communicated by Dr. Charles Preston
  Charles Preston (7 pages)
• De Ratione Temporis quo Grave Labitur per Rectam Data Duo Puncta Conjungentem, ad Tempus Brevissimum quo, Vi gravitatis, Transit ab Horum Uno ad Alterum per Arcum Cycloidis
  Anonymous (3 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  William Dampier (16 pages)
• An Account of the Map of France, According to the Observations of M M. Picard, and de la Hire; Taken from the Recueil d'Observations Faites en Plusieurs Voyages, etc. Paris, 1693. in Fol.
  De la Hire, M M. Picard (9 pages)
• The True Theory of the Tides, Extracted from That Admired Treatise of Mr. Isaac Newton, Intituled, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica; being a Discourse Presented with That Book to the Late King James, by Mr. Edmund Halley
  Edmund Halley, Isaac Newton (14 pages)
• An Account of a Child Born Alive without a Brain, and the Observables in It on Dissection, by Dr. Charles Preston
  Charles Preston (12 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Jean Marie Lancisi, Prof. Anat. Rom. To Mr. Bourdelot, Giving an Account of Mr. Malpighi, the Circumstances of His Death, and What Was Found Remarkable at the Opening of His Body. Being Art. I. of the 3d. Journal of Brunets Progres de la Medecine
  Jean Marie Lancisi (6 pages)
• The Original of a Polypus Discover'd, by Mr. Giles, Sworn Surgeon at St. Come, being Translated from the Progres de la Medecine of Monsieur Brunet, Art. III. Journal. III
  Monsieur Brunet, Mr. Giles (4 pages)
• Account of Books
  D. Papin, William Cockburn (11 pages)
• A Letter from Dr. Charles Morley to Dr. Bernard Conner, F. R. S. Giving an Account of the Bones of a Faetus Voided per Anum, Some Years after Conception
  Charles Morley (4 pages)
• A Discourse Concerning the Large Horns Frequently Found under Ground in Ireland, Concluding from Them That the Great American Deer, Call'd a Moose, Was Formerly Common in That Island: With Remarks on Some Other Things Natural to That Country. By Thomas Molyneux, M. D. Fellow of the King and Queens Colledge of Physicians inIreland, and of the Royal Society in England
  Thomas Molyneux (27 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr. Antony van Leuwenhoeck, Dated Apr. 5. 1697. Giving an Account of Several Magnetical Experiments; and of One Who Pretended to Cure or Cause Diseases at a Distance, by Applying a Sympathetick Powder to the Urine
  Antony van Leuwenhoeck (13 pages)
• Account of a Book
  Isaac Tzetzes, Lycophron (4 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Dr. Richardson, Containing a Relation of Subterraneous Trees, Dug up at Youle in Yorkshire
  Dr. Richardson (4 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr. Nicolas Witsen, Burgermaster of Amsterdam; Giving a Farther Relation of the Horrible Burning of Some Mountains of the Molucco Islands
  Nicolas Witsen (5 pages)
• An Observation of an Infant, Where the Brain Was Depressed into the Hollow of the Vertebrae of the Neck: By Dr. Edward Tyson, Fellow of the College of Physitians, and R. S.
  Edward Tyson (4 pages)
• An Observation of One Hemisphere of the Brain Sphacelated, and of a Stone Found in the Substance of the Brain Its Self: By Edward Tyson, Fellow of the College of Physitians and R. S.
  Edward Tyson (4 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr. Octavian Pulleyn, Dated, Rome March 16 1696, Giving an Account of an Inscription There Found in the Language of the Palmereni; and Another in the Etruscan Language Found on an Old Vine
  Octavian Pulleyn (10 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Stephen Gray, from Canterbury, May the 12th 1697, concerning Making Water Subservient to the Viewing Both Near and Distant Objects, with the Description of a Natural Reflecting Microscope
  Stephen Gray (11 pages)
• Extract of Two Letters, the One to Dr. William Gibbons, Fellow of the College of Physitians London; the Other to Mr. Nicholas Staphorst, Operator in Chymistry at Apothecaries.Hall, from Mr. Edward Coles, Giving an Account of a Red Colour Produced by Mixture of a Sulphureous Spirit with a Volatile Alcali
  Edward Coles (3 pages)
• A Note Communicated by Mr. Hill, Confirming the Great Age of Henry Jenkins, Mentioned No 221. p. 265. of These Transactions
  Mr. Hill (2 pages)
• An Account of the Making Pitch, Tar, and Oil out of a Blackish Stone in Shropshire, Communicated by Mr. Martin Ele the Inventor of It
  Mr. Martin (8 pages)
• Account of a Book
  J. Churchill (18 pages)
• An Extract of All Persons, That Did, in 1695, in Franckfort On the Maine, Consummate Matrimony, Receive Baptism, and Were Buried. Communicated by Dr. Fred. Slare, Fellow of the Colledge of Physicians, and R. S.
  Fred. Slare (3 pages)
• An Extract of a Letter from Dr. Wallis, of May 4. 1697, Concerning the Cycloeid Known to Cardinal Cusanus, about the Year 1450; and to Carolus Bovillus about the Year 1500
  Dr. Wallis (8 pages)
• The Anatomy of the Scallop by Dr. Martin Lister, Fellow of the Coll. of Physitians and R. S.
  Martin Lister (5 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Halley at Chester, Giving an Account of an Extraordinary Hail in These Parts, on the 29th of April Last
  Mr. Halley (4 pages)
• Part of Another Letter, Dated May 1. Giing a Larger Account of the Same Hail-Storm
  Mr. Halley (6 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr. Robert Tailor, Apothecary at Hitchin in Hartfordshire, to Hans Sloan, Giving Account of a Great Hail Storm There, May 4th, 1697
  Robert Tailor (3 pages)
• Part of a Letter, Dated June the 9th, 1697. from Herefordshire, Giving a Relation of the Effects of a Great Hail-Storm There, June 1697
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• A Note Concerning an Extraordinary Hail in Monmouthshire, Extracted out of a Letter Sent from Mr. Edward Lhwyd to Dr. Tancred Robinson, Fell. of Coll. of Phys. et R. S. Dat. Usk in Monmouthshire, June 15. 1697
  Edward Lhwyd (3 pages)
• An Account of a Faetus, Voided by the Ulcered Navil of a Negro in Nevis, by Mr. James Brodie; Communicated by Dr. Preston
  James Brodie, Dr. Preston (3 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Halley of June the 7th. 97. Concerning the Torricellian Experiment Tryed on the Top of Snowdon-Hill and the Success of It
  Mr. Halley (4 pages)
• Account of a Book
  R. P. Louis le Comte (9 pages)
• An Account of One Who Had Horny Excrescencies or Extraordinary Large Nails on His Fingers and Toes, by Mr. Locke
  Mr. Locke (6 pages)
• A Journal of a Voyage from England to Constantinople, Made in the Year 1668. by T. Smith D. D. et F. R. S.
  T. Smith (24 pages)
• A Method of Raising an Infinite Multinomial to Any Given Power, or Extracting Any Given Root of the Same. By Mr. Ab. de Moivre
  Ab. De Moivre (10 pages)
• A Demonstration of an Error Committed by Common Surueyors in Comparing of Surueys Taken at Long Interuals of Time Arising from the Variation of the Magnetick Needle, by William Molyneux Esq; F. R. S.
  William Molyneux (10 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Mr. de Vallemont, etc. Concerning a Small Egg Being Found within an Ordinary One, Taken from the Journal des Savans of the 7th of Jan. 1696
  De Vallemont (2 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr. John Ray, F.R S. to Dr. Sloane, Dated June 30 1697. Communicating Two Observations, the One Concerning the Effects of a Poysonous Root, the Other concerning the Vertues of the Leaves of Hemlock
  John Ray (4 pages)
• Davidis Gregorii M. D. Astronomiae Professoris Sauiliani & S. R. S. Catenaria, Ad Reverendum Virum D. Henricum Aldrich S. T. T. Decanum Aedis Christi Oxoniae
  Davidis Gregorii (18 pages)
• A Letter of Dr. Wallis to Dr. Sloane, Concerning the Generation of Hail, and of Thunder and Lightning, and the Effects Thereof
  Dr. Wallis (7 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Mr. Scarburgh, Dated Acomack, July 14. 1694. Giving a Relation of the Effects of a Uiolent Storm of the 19th of October, on the Rivers of That Country. Communicated by the Honourable Sir Robert Southwell, F. R. S.
  Robert Southwell, Mr. Scarburgh (2 pages)
• An Account of the Damage That Hapned in the Isle of Portland the Third of February, 1695/6 Communicated by the Honourable Sir Robert Southwell, F. R. S.
  Robert Southwell (5 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr. Thorseby, Dated Leeds, July 10. 1697. to Dr. Martin Lister, Fellow of the Colledge of Physicians and Royal Society; concerning Two Roman Altars Lately Found in the North of England: With Notes on the Same, by Tho Gale, D.D. and F. R. S.
  Tho Gale, Mr. Thorseby (3 pages)
• Of the Manner of the Generation of Eels. By Mr. Benjamin Allen
  Benjamin Allen (4 pages)
• Account of a Book
  Joanne Bunone (3 pages)
• An Account of Books Lately Printed, or Now Printing at the Theater in Oxford
  Anonymous (6 pages)
• Advertisement
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• An Account of the Tongue of a Pastinaca Marina, Frequent in the Seas about Jamaica, and Lately Dug up in Mary-Land, and England. By Hans Sloane. M. D.
  Hans Sloane (5 pages)
• A Catalogue of Some Guinea-Plants, with Their Native Names and Virtues; Sent to James Petiver, Apothecary, and Fellow of the Royal Society; with His Remarks on Them. Communicated in a Letter to Dr. Hans Sloane. Secret. Reg. Soc.
  James Petiver (11 pages)
• Part of Two Letters from Mr. J. Hillier, Dated Cape Corse, Jan. 3. 1687/8 and Apr. 25. 1688. Wrote to the Reverend Dr. Bathurst, President of Trinity Colledge, Oxon; Giving an Account of the Customs of the Inhabitants, the Air, etc. of That Place, together with an Account of the Weather There from Nov. 24. 1686. to the Same Day 1687
  J. Hillier (22 pages)
• De Figurarum Geometricè Irrationalium Quadraturis. Autore Johanne Craig
  Johanne Craig (5 pages)
• Part of a Letter of Mr. Robert Tredwey, to Dr. Leonard Plukenet, Dated Jamaica, Feb. 12. 1697/6 Giving an Account of a Great Piece of Ambergriese Thrown on That Island; with the Opinion of Some There about the Way of Its Production
  Robert Tredwey (3 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Part of a Letter Dated June 7. 1697 Giving an Account of a Moving Bog in Ireland. A Description of This Bog, and Account of the Motion Thereof. By Mr. John Honohane. Communicated by William Molyneux, Esq
  William Molyneux, John Honohane (4 pages)
• Particular Observations upon Different Maladies; Gathered by Monsieur Gaillard the Son, Doctor of Physick, of the Faculty of Tolouse. Taken from the Journal de Savans of the 29th of July, and of the 5th of August, 1697
  Monsieur Gaillard (7 pages)
• The Anatomical History of the Leech. By Sieur Francois Poupart. Taken from the Journal des Savans, of the 22th of July, 1697
  Francois Poupart (6 pages)
• Of a Venomous Scratch with the Tooth of a Porpos, Its Symptoms and Cure. By Dr. Martin Lister, Fellow of the College of Physicians and R. S.
  Martin Lister (2 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr. Aubry, F. R. S. Dated Feb 24. 1695/6. to Sir John Hoskyns, V. P. of the R. S. concerning a Medicated Spring in Glamorganshire
  Mr. Aubry (2 pages)
• Several Observations in the North Islands of Scotland. Communicated to the Royal Society by Mr. Martin Martin
  Martin Martin (4 pages)
• A Letter of Dr. Wallis, Dated Oxford, Sept. 6. 1697. Containing Some Additions to His Letter about Thunder and Lightning, and a Correction of His 109th Cap. of His Algebra
  Dr. Wallis (4 pages)
• Account of Books
  Rob. St. Clair (7 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Part of Two Letters of Mr. Thoresby, one to Dr. Martin Lister, Fellow of the Colledge of Physicians, and Royal Society; Dated Leeds, Oct. 30. 1697. the Other to the Reverend Dr. Tho. Gale, Dean of York, and F. R. S. Dated Leeds, Nov. 6. 1697. about Some Roman Antiquities Found in Yorkshire
  Mr. Thoresby (4 pages)
• A Letter from Dr. Thomas Molyneux, Fellow of the Royal Society, to the Right Reverend St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher; Concerning Swarms of Insects, That of Late Years Have Much Infested Some Parts of the Province of Connought in Ireland
  Thomas Molyneux (18 pages)
• Wilhelmi Ernesti Tentzelii Historiographi Ducalis Saxonici Epistola de Sceleto Elephantino Tonnae Nuper Effosso, ad Virum toto orbe Celeberrimum Antonium Magliabechium, Serenissimi Magni Hetruriae Ducis Bibliothecarium et Consiliarium
  Anonymous (21 pages)
• Two Observations, One about the Death of a Dog on Firing a Volley of Small Shot: The Other about the Polypus of the Lungs, Communicated in a Letter of Mr. Robert Clarke, to Dr. Martin Lister, Fellow of the Colledge of Physicians and R. S. Dated Nov. 8. 1697. With the Doctor's Opinion of the Last of Them
  Robert Clarke (4 pages)
• An Account of a Negro-Boy That is Dappel'd in Several Places of His Body with White Spots. By Will. Byrd, Esq, F. R. S.
  Will. Byrd (3 pages)
• A True and Exact Relation of the Dismal and Surprising Effects of a Terrible and Unusual Clap of Thunder with Lightning, That Fell upon the Trumbull-Galley, on Thursday the 26th Day of November, 1696. Communicated in a Letter unto Mr. W. Griffith, M. A. by Mr. Robert Mawgridge, Kettle-Drummer unto His Majesty, and then Chirurgeon of the Said Galley
  Robert Mawgridge (3 pages)
• Part of a Letter of Mr. Halley, Dated Chester, Octob. 25. 1697. Giving an Account of His Observations There of the Eclipse of the Moon on the 19th of the Last Month
  Mr. Halley (2 pages)
• Additio ad Schedulam de Quadraturis. Autore Johanne Craig
  Johanne Craig (4 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Stephen Gray, Dated Canterbury, Dec. 8. 1697. Relating Some Experiments about Making Concave Specula Nearly of a Parabolick Figure
  Stephen Gray (6 pages)
• Part of a Letter of Mr. Anthony van Leeuwenhoeck, Dated Delst, Sept. 10. 1697. concerning the Eggs of Snails, Roots of Vegetables, Teeth, and Young Oysters
  Anthony van Leeuwenhoeck (11 pages)
• A True Prospect of the Giants Cawsway near Pengore-head in the County of Antrim
  William Molyneux (7 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (25 pages)