Volume 44 (1746)

Front Matter

Anonymous (26 pages)

Part of a Letter from Mr. Wm. Arderon, F. R. S. to Mr. Baker, F. R. S. Containing a Description of a Water-Wheel for Mills Invented by Mr. Philip Williams. With an Extract of a Letter from the Rev. Dr. Samuel Salter to Mr. Arderon, concerning the Bark Preventing Catching Cold

Samuel Salter, Wm. Arderon (6 pages)

A Third Account of the Distemper among the Cows; By C. Mortimer, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and Secretary of the Royal Society, London

C. Mortimer (8 pages)

De Diaphragmate fisso, & Mutatis Quorundam Viscerum Sedibus, in Cadavere Puellae Decem Mensium Observatis, Epistola

Anonymous (14 pages)

A Letter from Mr. Wm. Arderon, F. R. S. to Mr. Baker, F. R. S. on Keeping of Small Fish in Glass Jars: And of an Easy Method of Catching Fish

Wm. Arderon (7 pages)

Extracts of Two Letters from the Rev. Henry Miles, D. D. & F. R. S. to Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. concerning the Effects of a Cane of Black Sealing-Wax, and a Cane of Brimstone, in Electrical Experiments

Henry Miles (7 pages)

A Remarkable Case of a Person Cut for the Stone in the New Way, Commonly Called the Lateral; by William Cheselden, Esq; Surgeon to Her Late Majesty; Communicated to Martin Folkes, Esq; Pr. R. S. by Mr. Reid, Surgeon at Chelsea, Who Attended the Cure

Mr. Reid, William Cheselden (4 pages)

The Effects of the Lixivium saponis, Taken Inwardly by a Man Aged 75 Years, Who Had the Stone, and in Whose Bladder, after His Decease, Were Found Two Hundred and Fourteen Stones: From William Cheselden, Esquire

William Cheselden (6 pages)

Further Experiments and Observations, Tending to Illustrate the Nature and Properties of Electricity: By Wm. Watson, Apothecary, F. R. S.

Wm. Watson (11 pages)

A Description of a Curious Sea-Plant; Frutex Marinus Flabelliformis Cortice Verrucoso Obductus. Doodii. Raii Hist. Tom. III. p. 7. et Synops. Edit. 3. p. 32. Coralloides Granulosa Alba. J. B. Tom. III. Pag. 809. Erica Marina Alba Frutescens. Mus. Pet. 50. Keratophyton Flabelliforme, Cortice Verrucoso Obductum. Raii Syn. Edit. 3 p. 32. By Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. M. D. Late President of the Royal Society, and of the College of Physicians, London, &c

Hans Sloane (5 pages)

Extracts of Two Letters from the Reverend Henry Miles, D. D. & F. R. S. to Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. Containing Several Electrical Experiments

Henry Miles (6 pages)

Part of a Letter from Mr. Trembley, F.R.S. to Martin Folkes, Esq; Pres. R. S. concerning the Light Caused by Quicksilver Shaken in a Glass Tube, Proceeding from Electricity

Mr. Trembley (4 pages)

A Letter from Mr. John Hill, Apothecary, to the President, concerning the Manner of the Seeding of Mosses; and in Particular of the Hypnum terrestre, Trichoides, Luteovirenus, Vulgare, Majus, Capitulis erectis. Raii Synops. Ed. 3. Pag. 84

John Hill (9 pages)

A Letter from Mr. James Sherwood, Surgeon, to Martin Folkes, Esq; President of the Royal Society, concerning the Minute Eels in Paste Being Viviparous

James Sherwood (4 pages)

Some Observations on the Cancer Major, by Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S.

Peter Collinson (6 pages)

A Remarkable Instance of the Happy Effect of Musk, in a Very Dangerous Case; By James Parsons, M. D. F. R. S.

James Parsons (5 pages)

Part of a Letter from the Rev. Dr. Miles, F. R. S. to Mr. Henry Baker, F.R.S. concerning Electrical Fire

Dr. Miles (5 pages)

An Account of a Book

W. Watson, Jac. Barthol. Beccario (12 pages)

A Letter from the Rev. Dr. Miles, F. R. S. to Mr. Baker, F. R. S. concerning the Electricity of Water

H. Miles (4 pages)

Erratum

Anonymous (2 pages)

Extract of a Letter from Mr. William Arderon F. R. S. to Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. with the Description of an Improved Hygroscope

William Arderon (5 pages)

A Letter from - to Mr. John Ellicot, F. R. S. of Weighing the Strength of Electrical Effluvia

Anonymous (5 pages)

Extracts of Two Letters from Mr. Tho. Knowlton to Mr. Mark Catesby, F. R. S. concerning the Situation of the Ancient Town Delgovicia; And of Two Men of an Extraordinary Bulk and Weight

Tho. Knowlton (4 pages)

Principia Dynamica, Sive Principia Mechanices Metaphysica; Auctore Jacobo Jurin, M. D. R. S. S.

Jacobo Jurin (23 pages)

An Account of Two Extraordinary Deers Horns, Found Under-Ground in Different Parts of Yorkshire; In a Letter from Mr. Tho. Knowlton, to Mr. Mark Catesby, F. R. S.

Tho. Knowlton (7 pages)

The Phaenomena of Venus, Represented in an Orrery Made by Mr. James Ferguson, Agreeable to the Observations of Seignior Bianchini

James Ferguson (22 pages)

A Machine for Sounding the Sea at Any Depth, or in Any Part, Invented by Major Wm. Cock in the Year 1738. In a Voyage to Georgia

Wm. Cock (5 pages)

A Letter from Mr. J. Breintal to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. Containing an Account of What He Felt after Being Bit by a Rattle-Snake

J. Breintal (6 pages)

A Letter from R. Badcock, Esq; to Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. Containing Some Microscopical Observations on the Farina Faecundans of the Holyoak and the Passion-Flower

R. Badcock (12 pages)

Part of Two Letters from the Rev. Henry Miles, D. D. & F. R. S. to Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. Containing Some Electrical Observations

Henry Miles (6 pages)

An Extract, by Philip Henry Zollman, Esq; F. R. S. of a Philosophical Account of a New Opinion concerning the Origin of Petrifactions Found in the Earth, Which Has Been Hitherto Ascribed to the Universal Deluge; As Contained in an Italian Book, Intitled, De Crostacei ed Altri Marini Corpi che se trovano su' Monti, di Anton. Lazzaro Moro, Venice 1740. Communicated together with Several Remarks, by Dr. Balthasar Ehrhart, Physician in Ordinary at Memmingen, and Member of the Acad. Nat.Curios. in High-Dutch at Memmingen, 1745. 4to

Philip Henry Zollman, Balthasar Ehrhart (5 pages)

Further Observations and Experiments on the Passion-Flower, and Its Farina, by Mr. Badcock, Communicated by Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S.

Mr. Badcock, Henry Baker (8 pages)

Part of a Letter from Mr. Wm. Arderon, F. R. S. to Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. concerning an Improvement of the Weather-Cord

Wm. Arderon (5 pages)

A Description of a Clepsydra or Water-Clock, by the Hon. Charles Hamilton, Esq

Charles Hamilton (8 pages)

An Observation of an Operation Made by the High Apparatus, According to M. le Cat's Method, in the Year 1743; by Claud. Nic. le Cat, M. D. F. R. S. Surgeon to the Hotel Dieu at Rouen, and Royal Demonstrator in Anatomy and Surgery; Translated from the French by Philip Henry Zollman, F. R. S.

Philip Henry Zollman, Claud. Nic. le Cat (12 pages)

The Description of an Hygrometer Made of a Deal Rod: Being Part of Two Letters from Mr. William Arderon, F.R.S. to Mr. Henry Baker, Fellow of the Said Society

William Arderon (8 pages)

A Letter from R. Badcock, Esq; to Mr. Henry Baker, F.R.S. concerning the Farina Foecundans of the Yew-Tree

R. Badcock (5 pages)

An Account of a Bristle That Was Lodged in a Gentleman's Foot, and Caused a Violent Inflammation: In a Letter from Mr. Arderon. F.R.S. to Mr. Baker, F.R.S.

Mr. Arderon (3 pages)

Some Observations on the Spina, Ventosa; By the Late Claudius Amyand, Esq; F.R.S. and Serjeant-Surgeon to His Majesty

Claudius Amyand (21 pages)

An Extract of a Letter from Mr. John Henry Winkler, Graec. & Lat. Litt. Prof. publ. Ordin. at Leipsick, to a Friend in London; Concerning the Effects of Electricity upon Himself and His Wife

John Henry Winkler (3 pages)

A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden, Presented to the Royal Society by the Company of Apothecaries for the Year 1744, Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Reg. & Soc. Reg. Nuper Praes. by Joseph Miller, Apothecary, Hort. Chels. Praefectus ac Praelector Botan

Joseph Miller (4 pages)

Part of a Letter from Mr. George Howell, Surgeon, at Haverfordwest, to Mr. W. Watson, F. R. S. concerning the Extracting a Large Stone by an Aperture in the Urethra

George Howell (5 pages)

A Letter from Robert Southwell, Esq; to Mr. Henry Oldenburg, concerning Some Extraordinary Ecchoes, Lately Communicated to the Royal Society by the Reverend Henry Miles, D. D. & F. R. S.

Robert Southwell, Henry Miles (4 pages)

A Letter from Mr. J. Durant to the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq; F.R.S. concerning a Coal-Mine Taking Fire Near New-Castle upon Tyne; Of the Blue Well; And of a Subterraneous Cavern in Weredale; Lately Communicated by the Same Hand

J. Durant (5 pages)

A Letter from James Parsons, M. D. F. R. S. to the President; Serving to Introduce a Remark from John Milner, Esq; Concerning the Burying of the Cows, Dead of the Present Reigning Distemper, in Lime or Not

James Parsons, John Milner (4 pages)

Critical Observations concerning the Oenan-The Aquatica, Succo Viroso Crocante of Lobel; By Mr. W. Watson, Apothecary, F.R.S.; Occasion'd by an Extract of a Letter from Mr. George Howell, Surgeon, at Haverford-west, to the Author, Giving an Account of the Poisonous Effects of This Plant to Some French Prisoners at Pembroke

W. Watson, George Howell (23 pages)

A Letter to Mr. Benj. Robins, F.R.S. Shewing That the Electricity of Glass Disturbs the Mariners Compass, and Also Nice Balances

Benj. Robins (5 pages)

Addenda

Anonymous (2 pages)

Errata

Anonymous (2 pages)

Extract of a Letter from Mr. Turbervill Needham to Martin Folkes, Esq; Pr. R. S. concerning Some New Electrical Experiments Lately Made at Paris

Turbervill Needham (18 pages)

Via Cometae, qui ab Initio Martii 1742. Usque ad Initium Aprilis Apparuit, ex Observationibus in Observatorio et Collegio Patrum Societatis Jesu Pekini Sinarum Habitis Deducta, et Secundum Aequatorem ac Eclipticam, uti et ad Propriam Ejus Orbitam Supputata. Cum Societate Regali Communicavit Jacobus Hodgson, R. S. S. & School Reg. Mathemat. Praeceptor in Aedibus Christi, Londini

Jacobus Hodgson (4 pages)

Of the Various Genera and Species of Music among the Ancients, with Some Observations concerning Their Scale; In a Letter from John Christoph. Pepusch, Music. D. & F.R.S. to Mr. Abraham de Moivre, F. R. S.

John Christoph (10 pages)

Extract of a Letter from Mr. William Anderon, F. R. S. to Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. Containing Observations on the Precipices or Cliffs on the North-East Sea-Coast of the County of Norsolk

William Anderon (11 pages)

A Letter from Peter Templeman, M.D. to Wm. Battie, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London, and F.R.S. concerning a Polypus at the Heart, and a Scirrhous Tumour of the Uterus

Peter Templeman (9 pages)

Extract of a Memoir concerning the Communication of Electricity; Read at the Public Meeting of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, Nov. 12. 1746. By Monsieur le Monnier the Younger, M.D. of That Academy, and F.R.S. Communicated by the Author to the President of the Royal Society

Monsieur le Monnier (7 pages)

An Account of a Very Large Stone, Found in the Colon of a Horse; And of Several Stones, Which Were Taken from the Intestines of a Mare; With Some Experiments and Observations Thereupon, by Edward Bailey, M.D. of Havant in Hampshire

Edward Bailey (12 pages)

A Letter from Mr. James Simon, of Dublin, to Martin Folkes, Esq; Pr. R. S. concerning the Petrifactions of Lough-Neagh in Ireland: To Which is Annexed a Letter from the Right Rev. Dr. George Berkeley Lord Bishop of Cloyne to Tho. Prior, Esq

James Simon, George Berkeley (25 pages)

Some Observations on a Sort of Libella or Ephemeron, by Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S.

Peter Collinson (8 pages)

Errata

Anonymous (2 pages)

Human Physiognomy Explain'd in the Crounian Lectures on Muscular Motion for the Year 1746

James Parsons (116 pages)

Errata

Anonymous (2 pages)

A Letter from Mr. Wm. Fidge, Surgeon, at Portsmouth, to Cromwell Mortimer, M. D. Secret. R. S. concerning a Stone Taken out of the Bladder of a Dog; Which Being Cut Asunder Had a Piece of Dog-Grass in Its Center

William Fidge (3 pages)

An Uncommon Dropsy from the Want of a Kidney; And a Description of a Large Saccus That Contain'd the Water, by Samuel Glass, Surgeon, at Oxford; Sent to Dr. Mead

Samuel Glass (10 pages)

An Explanation of an Ancient Inscription Discovered at Rutchester, the Last Station in England, upon the Roman Wall, 1744; By John Taylor, LL D. Chancellor of Lincoln, and Register of the University of Cambridge

John Taylor (16 pages)

An Abstract of the Rev. Mr. Gould's Account of English Ants; In a Letter from the Rev. Henry Miles, D. D. and F. R. S. to Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S.

Henry Miles (17 pages)

A Remark on Father Hardouin's Amendment of a Passage in Pliny's Natural History, Lib. II. Section LXXIV. Edit. Paris. Folio, 1723. By Martin Folkes, Esquire, Pr. R. S.

Martin Folkes (7 pages)

A Letter from the Rev. Mr. Mason, Woodwardian Professor at Cambridge, and F. R. S. to the Pr. R. S. concerning Spelter, Melting Iron with Pit-Coal, and a Burning Well at Broseley

Mr. Mason (5 pages)

Part of a Letter from Mr. John Browning, of Bristol, to Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. Dated Dec. 11. 1746. Concerning the Effect of Electricity on Vegetables

John Browning (4 pages)

Mercurius Sub Sole Visus in Specula Astronomica Academiae Giesensis, Anno 1743. die 5 Nov. a Christiano Ludovico Gersten, Math. Prof. et R. S. Lond. Sod

Christiano Ludovico Gersten (14 pages)

Observations upon So Much of Monsieur Le Monnier the Younger's Memoir, Lately Presented to the Royal Society, as Relates to the Communicating the Electric Virtue to Non-Electrics; By Wm. Watson, F. R. S

Wm. Watson (9 pages)

Abstract of a Letter from Mr. William Arderon, F. R. S. to Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. concerning the Perpendicular Ascent of Eels

William Arderon (3 pages)

A Dissertation on Those Fossil Fgured Stones Called Belemnites; Communicated in a Letter from Mr. Emanuel Mendez Da Costa to Martin Folkes, Esq; Pr. R. S.

Emanuel Mendez Da Costa (12 pages)

A Letter from Richard Brocklesby M. D. and F. R. S. to the President, concerning the Indian Poison, Sent Over from M. de la Condamine, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris

M. de la Condamine, Richard Brocklesby (6 pages)

A Letter from Mr. Richard Dunthorne, to the Rev. Mr. Cha. Mason, F. R. S. and Woodwardian Professor of Nat. Hist. at Cambridge, concerning the Moon's Motion

Richard Dunthorne (10 pages)

Extract of a Letter from Mr. Leonard Euler, Prof. Mathem. and Member of the Imperial Society at Petersburgh, to the Rev. Mr. Cha. Wetstein, Chaplain and Secretary to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, concerning the Discoveries of the Russians on the North-East Coast of Asia

Leonard Euler (4 pages)

Abstract of a Letter from Mr. Wm. Arderon, F. R. S. to Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. Containing Some Observations Made on the Bansticle, or Pricklebag, Alias Prickle-Back, and Also on Fish in General

Wm. Arderon (6 pages)

A Supposition How the White Matter is Produced, Which Floats About in the Air in Autumn; In a Letter from the Same to Mr. Baker

Wm. Arderon (3 pages)

Some Remarks on the Precious Stone Called the Turquoise; By Cromwel Mortimer, Sec. R. S. &c.

Cromwel Mortimer (5 pages)

A Description of a Curious Echinites; By Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S.

Henry Baker (6 pages)

Of Birds of Passage, by Mr. Mark Catesby, F. R. S.

Mark Catesby (11 pages)

A Letter from Mr. John Freke F. R. S. Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, to the President of the Royal Society, Inclosing a Paper of the Late Rev. Mr. Creed, concerning a Machine to Write Down Extempore Voluntaries, or Other Pieces of Music

John Freke (9 pages)

The Figure of the Mustela Fossilis; Communicated from Dr. Gronovius at Leyden to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S.

Dr. Gronovius (4 pages)

Some Observations on the Belluga-Stone, by Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S.

Peter Collinson (7 pages)

An Observation on an Occultation of Cor Leonis by the Moon, on Thursday, March 12. 1747, in Surrey-Street in the Strand, London, with a Reflecting Telescope, Made by Mr. Short, F. R. S. Which Magnified about 100 Times; Communicated to the Royal Society by J. Bevis, M. D.

J. Bevis, Mr. Short (3 pages)

An Observation of an Uncommon Gleam of Light Proceeding from the Sun, by Mr. Peter Collinson F. R. S.

Peter Collinson (5 pages)

Extract of a Letter from Mr. Benjamin Cooke F.R.S. to Mr. Peter Collinson F.R.S. concerning the Property of New Flanel Sparkling in the Dark

Benjamin Cooke (2 pages)

A Letter from Mr. John Hill, Apothecary, to the President, concerning Windsor Loam

John Hill (7 pages)

A Letter from Mr. Rob. Lucas, concerning the Relief He Found in the Stone from the Use of Alicant Soap and Lime-Water, to His Brother the Rev. Mr. Richard Lucas F.R.S.

Robert Lucas (4 pages)

The Figures of Some Very Extraordinary Calculous Concretions Formed in the Kidney of a Woman; Communicated by Mr. Charles Lucas at Dublin

Charles Lucas (5 pages)

Part of a Letter from Mr. William Arderon F. R. S. to Mr. Henry Baker F. R. S. concerning the Formation of Pebbles

William Arderon (5 pages)

A Letter from Arthur Dobbs Esq; of Castle-Dobbs in Ireland, to the Rev. Mr. Charles Wetstein, Chaplain and Secretary to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, concerning the Distances between Asia and America

Arthur Dobbs (7 pages)

A Letter from the Rev. Mr. G. Costard, to the Rev. Thomas Shaw, D. D. F. R. S. and Principal of St. Edmund-Hall, concerning the Chinese Chronology and Astronomy

G. Costard (19 pages)

Part of a Letter from Mr. Turberville Needham to James Parsons M. D. F. R. S. of a New Mirror, Which Burns at 66 Feet Distance, Invented by M. de Buffon F. R. S. and Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris

Turberville Needham, M. de Buffon (4 pages)

Extract of a Letter from the Marquis Nicolini F. R. S. to the President, concerning the Same Mirror Burning at 150 Feet Distance

Marquis Nicolini (3 pages)

Epistola Jo. Henrici Winkleri, Prof. Lips. & R. S. Lond. S. ad Societatem Regalem Londinensem Data, Quae Continet Descriptionem & Figuras Pyrorgani Sui Electrici

Jo. Henrici Winkleri (9 pages)

Some Observations upon Gems or Precious Stones; More Particularly Such as the Ancients Used to Engrave upon, by Robert Dingley, Esq

Robert Dingley (6 pages)

Quadrantis Astronomici Muralis Idea nova et Peculiaris, Multis Incommodis Quibus Hucusque Usitati Laborant Liberati, Autore Christiano Ludovic. Gersten, R.S.L.S.

Christiano Ludovic. Gersten (30 pages)

Observationes duae Alberti Haller, Prof. Med. Gotting. R. S. S. Lond. S. Fabricae Morbosae in Cadaveribus Repertae

Alberti Haller (4 pages)

A Letter from Mr. David-Erskine Baker to the President, concerning the Property of Water Ests in Slipping Off Their Skins as Serpents Do

David-Erskine Baker (10 pages)

An Improvement of the Celestial Globe, by Mr. James Ferguson

James Ferguson (7 pages)

The Case of a Young Child, at Houghton in Huntingdonshire, Born with All Its Bones Displaced: Communicated Febr. 8, 1746. by Mr. Edward Davis, Surgeon at Huntingdon, to Dr. Herman Heincken in London

Edward Davis (4 pages)

A Dissertation on the Situation of the Ancient Roman Station of Delgovitia in Yorkshire; by John Burton, of York, M. D.

John Burton (21 pages)

A Letter from Mr. Joseph Ames F. R. S. and Secr. of the Soc. Antiquar. to C. Mortimer M. D. Secr. R. S. concerning a Plica Polonica

Joseph Ames (3 pages)

A Description of Some Clay Moulds or Concaves of Ancient Roman Coins Found in Shropshire; By Mr. Henry Baker F.R.S.

Henry Baker (7 pages)

An Extract of a Letter from William Jones Esq; F. R. S. to Martin Folkes Esq; President of the Royal Society; Containing a Commodious Disposition of Equations for Exhibiting the Relations of Goniometrical Lines

William Jones (8 pages)

Anonymous (2 pages)

Errata

Anonymous (2 pages)

Extract of a Letter Dated at Rome, Aug. 5. 1747. from Mr. Hoare, a Young Statuary, Now Pursuing His Studies There, to His Brother Mr. Hoare, an Eminent Painter at Bath, Giving a Short Account of Some of the Principal Antique Pictures Found in the Ruins of Herculaneum at Portici, Near Naples: Communicated by the Rev. Mr. Birch

Mr. Birch, Mr. Hoare (6 pages)

A Letter from Mr. G. Stovin to His Son, concerning the Body of a Woman, and an Antique Shoe, Found in a Morass in the Isle of Axholm in Lincolnshire

G. Stovin (7 pages)

A Letter from Mr. Henry Baker F.R.S. to the President, concerning the Grubbs Destroying the Grass in Norfolk

Henry Baker (8 pages)

A Letter from J. Wall M. D. to Edward Wilmot M. D. F. R. S. and Physician to His Majesty, concerning the Use of the Peruvian Bark in the Small Pox

J. Wall (14 pages)

Postscript of a Letter from the Rev. Dr. Doddridge at Northampton, to Mr. Henry Baker F. R. S. of One, Who Had No Ear to Music Naturally, Singing Several Tunes When in a Delirium

Dr. Doddridge (2 pages)

A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea-Garden, Presented to the Royal Society by the Company of Apothecaries for the Year 1745. Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane Bart. Med. Reg. et Soc. Reg. Nuper Praes. by Joseph Miller Apothecary. Hort. Chels. Praef. et Praelect. Bot.

Joseph Miller (4 pages)

A Continuation of an Account of an Essay Towards a Natural History of Carolina and the Bahama Islands; By Mark Catesby F. R. S. with Some Extracts out of the Tenth Set, by Cromwell Mortimer Secr. R. S.

Mark Catesby, Cromwell Mortimer (11 pages)

An Account of the Death of the Reverend Dr. Greene, Late Rector of St. George the Martyr in Queen's Square London, and One of the Prebendaries of Worcester, Where He Died of an Hurt Received, as He Was Riding out in the Neighbourhood of That City, Contain'd in a Letter from Tho. Cameron M. D. to the Reverend Charles Lyttelton LL. D. and F. R. S.

Tho. Cameron (5 pages)

A Letter from the Reverend Henry Miles D. D. to Mr. Henry Baker F. R. S. concerning the Difference of the Degrees of Cold Marked by a Thermometer Kept within Doors, or without in the Open Air

Henry Miles (5 pages)

An Account of a Child Being Taken out of the Abdomen, after Having Lain There Upwards of 16 Years, during Which Time the Woman Had 4 Children, All Born Alive; By Starkey Myddleton M. D.

Starkey Myddleton (6 pages)

A Physiological Account of the Case of Margaret Cutting, Who Speaks Distinctly, Tho' She Has Lost the Apex and Body of Her Tongue: Addressed to the Royal Society, by James Parsons M. D. F. R. S.

James Parsons (7 pages)

Observations upon Several Species of Small Water Insects of the Polypus Kind, Communicated in a Letter to the President, from Mr. Abraham Trembley F. R. S.

Abraham Trembley (31 pages)

A Collection of the Magnetical Experiments Communicated to the Royal Society by Gowin Knight M. B. & F. R. S. in the Years 1746 and 1747

Gowin Knight (18 pages)

A Discourse concerning the Usefulness of Thermometers in Chemical Experiments; And concerning the Principles on Which the Thermometers Now in Use Have Been Constructed; Together with the Description and Uses of a Metalline Thermometer, Newly Invented by Cromwell Mortimer M. D. Sec. R. S. &c.

Cromwell Mortimer (27 pages)

A Continuation of a Paper concerning Electricity, by William Watson F. R. S. Printed in These Trans. N. 477, Article I. Ending p. 501

William Watson (11 pages)

A Sequel to the Experiments and Observations Tending to Illustrate the Nature and Properties of Electricity; In a Letter to the Royal Society from the Same

William Watson (50 pages)

Errata

Anonymous (2 pages)

The Crounean Lectures on Muscular Motion, Read before the Royal Society in the Year 1747

Browne Langrish (70 pages)

Back Matter

Anonymous (27 pages)

Articles