Volume 49 (1755)

Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)

120 articles

Articles

Front Matter

Anonymous (30 pages)
De Pressionibus Ponderum in Machinis Motis

Anonymous (5 pages)
An Investigation of a General Rule for the Resolution of Isoperimetrical Problems of All Orders. By Mr. Thomas Simpson, F. R. S.

Thomas Simpson (13 pages)
Part of a Letter from John Huxham, M. D. F. R. S. to W. Watson, F. R. S. in Relation to the Effects of Lightning at Plymouth

John Huxham (4 pages)
A Remarkable Case of a Morbid Eye: By Mr. Edward Spry, Surgeon, at Plymouth, in Devonshire

Edward Spry (5 pages)
A Supplement to the Account of a Distempered Skin, Published in the 424th Number of the Philosophical Transactions. By Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S.

Henry Baker (6 pages)
An Extract of the Substance of Three Letters from Isaac Jamineau, Esq; His Majesty's Consul at Naples, to Sir Francis Hoskins Eyles Stiles, Bart. and F. R. S. concerning the Late Eruption of Mount Vesuvius

Isaac Jamineau (6 pages)
An Account of the Species of Plant, from Which the Agaric, Used as a Styptic, is Prepared. By Mr. William Watson, F. R. S.

William Watson (3 pages)
An Account of a Mountain of Iron Ore, at Taberg in Sweden, in a Letter to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. By Peter Ascanius, M. D. Translated from the Latin by Mr. Emanuel Mendes de Costa, F. R. S.

Emanuel Mendes de Costa, Peter Ascanius (8 pages)
An Account of an Extraordinary Case of a Child. By Mr. Richard Guy, Surgeon

Richard Guy (4 pages)
Extracts of Two Letters from Mr. James Latterman, Student in Physic and Surgery, to Dr. Schlosser, Now Residing in London, concerning the Effects of the Agaric of the Oak, after Some of the Most Capital Operations in Surgery. To Which are Added, Some Remarkable Experiments Made upon the Arteries of Horses, with the Powder of the Lycoperdon, or Lupi Crepitus; By Monsieur La Fosse, Farrier to the King of France. Communicated by Mr. Joseph Warner, F. R. S. Surgeon of Guy's Hospital

Monsieur La Fosse, Joseph Warner, James Latterman (4 pages)
A Letter from James Parsons, M. D. F. R. S. to Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S. concerning the Use of Lycoperdon, in Stopping Blood after Amputations

James Parsons (7 pages)
An Account of the State of the Thermometer, on the 8th and 9th of February 1755, in a Letter to John Canton, M. A. F. R. S. from Henry Miles, D. D. F. R. S.

Henry Miles (4 pages)
An Account of Some Cases of Dropsies, Cured by Sweet Oil: In a Letter from William Oliver, M. D. F. R. S.

William Oliver (4 pages)
Observationes Eclipsium Satellitum Jovis Babitae Ulissipone in Regio Collegio Beatissimae Virginis à Necessitatibus Nuncupatae, à Joanne Chevalier Cong. Oratorii & Regalis Societ. Lond. Socio, Anno 1754

Joanne Chevalier (2 pages)
An Account of Those Malignant Fevers, That Raged at Rouen, at the End of the Year 1753, and the Beginning of 1754. By Mons. Le Cat, M. D. Professor of Anatomy and Chirurgery at Rouen, F. R. S. Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, and Perpetual Secretary of That at Rouen

Mons. Le Cat (14 pages)
An Account of the Death of Mr. George William Richman, Professor of Experimental Philosophy, a Member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences at Petersburg. Translated from the High-Dutch

Anonymous (10 pages)
An Account of a Roman Inscription Found at Malton in Yorkshire, in the Year 1753. By John Ward, LL. D. Rhet. Prof. Gresh. and V. P. R. S.

John Ward (11 pages)
A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden, Presented to the Royal Society, by the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, for the Year 1754, Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet, Med. Reg. & Soc. Reg. Nuper Praeses, by John Wilmer, M. D. Societat. Pharmaceut. Lond. Socius, Hort. Chels. Praefectus & Praelector Botan

John Wilmer (6 pages)
A Letter to the Right Honourable George Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society, on the Advantage of Taking the Mean of a Number of Observations, in Practical Astronomy: By T. Simpson, F. R. S.

T. Simpson (13 pages)
An Account of the Success of Agaric, and the Fungus Vinosus, in Amputations: By Mr. James Ford, Surgeon, of Bristol

James Ford (4 pages)
Queries Sent to a Friend in Constantinople; By Dr. Maty, F. R. S.; and Answered by His Excellency James Porter, Esq; His Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople, and F. R. S.

James Porter, Dr. Maty (15 pages)
Extracts of Two Letters to Thomas Hollis, Esq; Concerning the Late Discoveries at Herculaneum

Camillo Paderni (5 pages)
Copy of a Letter from a Learned Gentleman of Naples, Dated February 25, 1755, concerning the Books and Antient Writings Dug out of the Ruins of an Edifice Near the Site of the Old City of Herculaneum; To Monsignor Cerati, of Pisa, F. R. S. Sent to Mr. Baker, F. R. S. and by Him Communicated; with a Translation by John Locke, Esq; F. R. S.

Mr. Baker, John Locke (5 pages)
An Account of the Several Earthquakes of Late Felt at Constantinople; By His Excellency James Porter, Esq; His Majesty's Ambassador at That Place; in a Letter to the Reverend Mr. Wetstein, F. R. S. Dated February 15, 1755

James Porter (10 pages)
Letters of Henry Eeles, Esq; concerning the Cause of the Ascent of Vapour and Exhalation, and Those of Winds; And of the General Phaenomena of the Weather and Barometer

Henry Eeles (32 pages)
Remarks upon a Petrified Echinus of a Singular Kind, Shewn to the Royal Society, April 24, 1755, by the Reverend Richard Pococke, LL. D. Archdeacon of Dublin, and F. R. S. Found on Bunnan's-Land in the Parish of Bovingdon in Hertfordshire, Which is a Clay, and Supposed to Have Been Brought with the Chalk, Dug out of a Pit in the Field. By James Parsons, M. D. and F. R. S.

James Parsons (4 pages)
Two Letters concerning Toxicodendron

James Parsons, Abbé Mazeas, Philip Miller (11 pages)
A Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society, concerning the Method of Constructing a Table for the Probabilities of Life at London, from the Reverend William Brakenridge, D. D. and F. R. S.

William Brakenridge (20 pages)
Some Account of a Sheep, Shewed Alive to the Royal Society, in November 1754, Having a Monstrous Horn Growing from His Throat; The Stuffed Skin of Which, with the Horn in Situ, is Now in the Museum of the Society. By James Parsons M. D. and F. R. S.

James Parsons (7 pages)
A Dissertation upon the Cancer of the Eye-Lids, Nose, Great Angle of the Eye, and Its Neighbouring Parts, Commonly Called the Noli-Me-Tangere, Deemed Hitherto Incureable by Both Antients and Moderns, but Now Shewn to be as Curable as Other Distempers. Addressed to the Royal Society of London by Mons. Daviel, Consulting Surgeon in Ordinary, and Oculist to the King; Master of Arts, and of Surgery at Marseilles; Royal Professor and Demonstrator of Anatomy of the Same City; Member of the Academy of Sciences of Toulose, Bologne, and That of Surgery of Paris; And Translated from the French by James Parsons, M. D. and F. R. S.

Mons. Daviel, James Parsons (12 pages)
An Account of Four Roman Inscriptions, Cut upon Three Large Stones, Found in a Ploughed Feild Near Wroxeter in Shropshire, in the Year 1752: with Some Observations upon Them, by John Ward, LL. D. Rhet. Prof. Gresh. and V. P. R. S.

John Ward (13 pages)
Some Observations upon an American Wasps-Nest, Shewn to the Royal Society: By Mr. Israel Mauduit, F.R.S.

Israel Mauduit (5 pages)
An Extract of a Letter Written by the Magistrates of the City of Mascali, in Sicily, and Sent from Their Public Office to Naples, concerning a Late Eruption of Mount Aetna. Translated from the Italian

Anonymous (3 pages)
Some Account of the Charr-Fish, as Found in North-Wales. In a Letter from the Rev. Mr. Farrington, of Dinas, Near Caernarvon, to Mr. Thomas Collinson, of London. Communicated by Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S.

Mr. Farrington, Peter Collinson (4 pages)
A Method Proposed to Restore the Hearing, When Injured from an Obstruction of the Tuba Eustachiana. By Mr. Jonathan Wathen, Surgeon, in Devonshire-Square

Jonathan Wathen (13 pages)
Tentamen Chemicum de Calcis Vivae Actione in Salem Volatilem Alcalinum. Auctore Johanne Alberto Schlosser Ultrajectino, M. D.

Johanne Alberto Schlosser (17 pages)
An Account of a Very Remarkable Case of a Boy, Who, Notwithstanding That a Considerable Part of His Intestines Were Forced out by the Fall of a Cart upon Him, and Afterwards Cut off, Recovered, and Continues Well

John Nedham (3 pages)
An Account of Some Experiments on the Sensibility and Irritability of the Several Parts of Animals; In a Letter from Richard Brocklesby, M. D. F. R. S. to the Reverend Thomas Birch, D. D. Secr. R. S.

Richard Brocklesby (7 pages)
An Account of Worms in Animal Bodies. In a Letter to Tho. Birch, D. D. Secr. R. S. from Frank Nicholls, M. D. Med. Reg. and F. R. S.

Frank Nicholls (6 pages)
An Account of Some Remarkable Insects of the Polype Kind, Found in the Waters Near Brussels in Flanders. In a Letter to Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S. from T. Brady, M. D. Physician to His Highness Prince Charles of Lorraine

T. Brady (7 pages)
A Short Account of Some New Astronomical and Physical Observations Made in Asia; And Communicated to Matthew Maty, M. D. F. R. S. by His Excellency Mr. Porter, His Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople, and F. R. S.

James Porter (5 pages)
Some Observations Proving, That the Foetus is in Part Nourished by the Liquor Amnii. By Malcolm Fleming, M. D.

Malcolm Fleming (12 pages)
An Account of the Success of Agaric in Amputations, &c. in a Letter from Mr. William Thornhill Late Surgeon to the Infirmary at Bristol, to Robert Dingley, Esq; F. R. S.

William Thornhill (3 pages)
Lunae Defectus Elbis à Doctore Joanne Mendesio Sachetto Barbosa, Philosophiae & Medicinae Professore, Regiae Societatis Londinensis Socio, & Medicae Academiae Matritensis, Regalis Elbensis Nosocomii Medico, Observatus Die 27--28 Martii, Anno 1755. Communicated by J. De Castro Sarmento, M. D. F. R. S.

J. de Castro Sarmento (5 pages)
A Letter to George Lewis Scot, Esq; F. R. S. concerning the Number of People in England; From the Reverend William Brakenridge, D. D. Rector of St. Michael Bassishaw, London, and F. R. S.

William Brakenridge (19 pages)
An Attempt to Explain Two Roman Inscriptions, Cut upon Two Altars, Which Were Dug up Some Time since at Bath. By John Ward, LL. D. Rhet. Prof. Gresh. and V. P. R. S.

John Ward (12 pages)
An Account of a Remarkable Echinus: By Gustavus Brander, Esq; F. R. S.

Gustavus Brander (3 pages)
An Account of the Impression on a Stone Dug up in the Island of Antigua, and the Quantity of Rain Fallen There for Four Years: In a Letter from the Reverend Mr. Francis Byam to William Fauquier, Esq; F. R. S.

Francis Byam (5 pages)
A Letter to the Right Hononrable George Earl of Macclessied, President of the Royal Society, concerning the Stones Mentioned in the Preceding Article. By Mr. Arthur Pond, F. R. S.

Arthur Pond (5 pages)
An Account of the Effects of Lightning in the Danish Church, in Wellclose-Square. By Gustavus Brander, Esq; F. R. S.

Gustavus Brander (3 pages)
Electrical Experiments, Made in Pursuance of Those by Mr. Canton, Dated Decem. 3, 1753; With Explanations by Mr. Benjamin Franklin, Communicated Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S.

Peter Collinson, Benjamin Franklin (7 pages)
Extract of a Letter concerning Electricity, from Mr. B. Franklin to Mons. Delibard, Inclosed in a Letter to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S.

B. Franklin (6 pages)
A Letter concerning the Effects of Lightning at Darking in Surrey, from Mr. William Child to Mr. James Pitfold. Communicated by Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S.

Peter Collinson, William Child (4 pages)
An Account of the Great Benefit of Blowing Showers of Fresh Air up through Distilling Liquors. By Stephen Hales, D. D. F. R. S.

Stephen Hales (22 pages)
An Account of the Great Benefit of Ventilators in Many Instances, in Preserving the Health and Lives of People, in Slave and Other Transport Ships. By Stephen Hales, D. D. F. R. S.

Stephen Hales (9 pages)
An Account of Some Trials to Cure the Ill Taste of Milk, Which is Occasioned by the Food of Cows, Either from Turnips, Cabbages, or Autumnal Leaves, &c. Also to Sweeten Stinking Water, &c. By Stephen Hales, D. D. F. R. S.

Stephen Hales (11 pages)
Extract of a Letter of Thomas Barker, Esq; To the Reverend James Bradley, D. D. Astronomer Royal, and F. R. S. concerning the Return of the Comet, Expected in 1757, or 1758

Thomas Barker (7 pages)
An Extraordinary and Surprising Agitation of the Waters, though without Any Perceptible Motion of the Earth, Having Been Observed in Various Parts of This Island, Both Maritime and Inland, on the Same Day, and Chiefly about the Time, That the More Violent Commotions of Both Earth and Waters so Extensively Affected Many Very Distant Parts of the Globe; The Following Accounts, Relating to the Former, Have Been Transmitted to the Society; In Which are Specified the Times and Places When and Where They Happened

John Hodgson, Richard Philips, Richard Brocklesby, Spencer Cowper, Swithin Adee, Joseph Steplin, Cranbrook, John Pringle, Lewis Crusius, Hen. Tom., Mons. Allamond, John Huxham, John Harrison, William Arderon, Mr. Thomlinson, Philip Carteret Webb, Thomas Birch, <prefix>Mr.</prefix> De Hondt, Robert Gardener, Thomas Barber, James Colquhoun, L. Nicola, <prefix>Lord</prefix> Viscount Parker, John Blair, John Robertson, Swanzey, William Borlase, Henry Mills (51 pages)
An Account of the Earthquake, Novem. 1, 1755, as Felt in the Lead Mines in Derbyshire; In a Letter from the Reverend Mr. Bullock to Lewis Crusius, D. D. F. R. S.

Mr. Stoqueler, Charles Chambers, Peter Collinson, Mons. Muysson, John Mendes Saccheti, Tho. Heberden, Benjamin Bewick, Captain Knowler, John Hyde, Theodore Jacobson, Philip Lord Viscount Royston, General Fowke, Mons. Trembley, Mons. De Vautravers, Antonio d'Ulloa, Wm. Bullock, Lewis Crusius, John Ellicot, Richard Wolfall, J. Latham, Henry Baker, Cadwallader Colden, M. Maty, Peter Daval (48 pages)
An Account of Four Undescribed Fishes of Aleppo; In a Letter to Mr. Peter Collinson, F.R.S. by Alexander Russel, M.D.

Alexander Russel (9 pages)
An Account of a Curious, Fleshy, Coral-Like Substance; In a Letter to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. from Dr. John Albert Schlosser, M. D. F. R. S. with Some Observations on It Communicated to Mr. Collinson by Mr. John Ellis, F. R. S.

John Ellis, John Albert Schlosser (6 pages)
Two Singular Cases of Diseased Knee-Joints Successfully Treated. The First by Topical Applications; The Second by Operation. By Mr. Joseph Warner, F. R. S. Surgeon to Guy's-Hospital

Joseph Warner (8 pages)
Extract of a Letter from Mr. William Pye, Dated Manilla, Oct. 1st, 1754, to His Brother in London. Communicated to Mr. Benj. Wilson, F. R. S. by the Hon. Mr. Barrington

Mr. Barrington, William Pye (3 pages)
An Essay on the Waters of the Holy Well at Malvern, Worcestershire. By J. Wall, M. D. Communicated by the Rev. Charles Lyttleton, L. L. D. Dean of Exeter

Charles Lyttleton, J. Wall (11 pages)
An Account of the Case of a Man Who Died of the Effects of the Fire at Eddy-Stone Light-House. By Mr. Edward Spry, Surgeon at Plymouth

Edward Spry, John Huxham (9 pages)
A Farther Account of the Success of Some Experiments of Injecting Claret, &c. into the Abdomen, after Cupping. By Mr. Christopher Warrick

Christopher Warrick (6 pages)
An Account of the Late Discovories of Antiquities at Herculaneum, &c. in Two Letters from Camillo Paderni, Keeper of the Musaeum Herculanei, to Thomas Hollis, Esq; Translated from the Italian by Robert Watson, M. D. F. R. S.

Robert Watson, Camillo Paderni (20 pages)
An Account of the Earthquake Felt at Glasgow and Dumbarton; Also of a Shower of Dust Falling on a Ship between Shetland and Iceland; in a Letter from Dr. Robert Whytt, Professor of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh, to John Pringle, M. D. F. R. S.

Robert Whytt (4 pages)
Extract of a Letter from Mons. Bonnet, F. R. S. to Mr. Trembley, F.R.S. Dated at Geneva, 30 January 1756, concerning the Earthquake on the 14th of November, 1755, in Valais in Swisserland. Translated from the French

Mons. Bonnet (3 pages)
Extract of a Letter from Mons. Allemond, Professor of Natural Philosophy at Leyden, and F. R. S. to Mr. Trembley, F. R. S. Translated from the French

Mons. Allemond (3 pages)
An Account of Some Fungitae and Other Curious Coralloid Fossil Bodies; by Thomas Pennant, Esq; Communicated by Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S.

Thomas Pennant, Henry Baker (6 pages)
An Account of Inoculation by Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Given to Mr. Ranby, to be Published, Anno 1736. Communicated by Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S.

Hans Sloane, Thomas Birch (6 pages)
Extract of a Letter from Dr. John Stevenson, Physician at Edinburgh, to John Pringle, M. D. F. R. S. Dated Edinburgh, 17 Feb. 1756, with an Account of an Extraordinary Agitation of the Water in a Small Lake at Closeburn, in the Shire of Dumfries; By Sir Thomas Kilpatrick, of Closeburn, Bart

Thomas Kilpatrick, John Stevenson (4 pages)
Accounts of the Irregularities of the Tides at Chatham, Sheerness, Woolwich and Deptford, in Feb. 1756. Communicated by the Rt. Hon. George Lord Anson, F. R. S.

Michael Godden, Michael Monarty, Walter Taylor, George Anson (8 pages)
Accounts of the Irregularities of the Tides in the River Thames, on the 12th and 13th of February, 1756. Communicated by Robert Dingley, Esq; F. R. S.

Robert Dingley, William Mitchel (6 pages)
Thoughts on the Reverend Dr. Hales's New Method of Distillation by the United Force of Air and Fire. By William Brownrigg, M. D. F. R. S.

William Brownrigg (12 pages)
Extract of a Letter to the Rev. Dr. Hales, F. R. S. from Governor Belcher's Lady; Dated Elizabeth Town, New-Jersey, Oct. 22, 1755; concerning an Extraordinary Motion in the Waters in the Lake Ontario in North-America

Governor Belcher (2 pages)
An Extract of a Letter from Mons. Grovestins, Master of the Horse to His R. H. the Prince of Orange, Lieutenant-General, Commandant of the Forces, concerning an Earthquake Felt by Himself at the Hague, on Wednesday the 18th of Feb. 1756. Translated from the French, and Communicated by the Rev. William Parker, D. D. F. R. S.

Mons. Grovestins, William Parker (3 pages)
An Account of an Earthquake Felt in Holland, Feb. 18, 1756; In a Letter from Mons. Allemand, Professor of Natural Philosophy at Leyden, and F. R. S. to Mr. Trembley, F. R. S. Dated at Leyden, Feb. 27, 1756. Translated from the French

Mons. Allemand (3 pages)
An Account of the Earthquakes Felt at Brussels; in a Letter from John Pringle, M. D. F. R. S. to Thomas Birch, D. D. F. R. S.

John Pringle (3 pages)
An Account of the Sinking of a River Near Pontypool in Monmouthshire; in a Letter from Mr. Edward Matthews, to the Commissioners of the Excise

Edward Matthews (6 pages)
An Account of the Agitation of the Waters, on the 1st of November 1756, in Scotland and at Hamburgh. Communicated by John Pringle, M. D. F. R. S. in a Letter to the Rev. Tho. Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S.

John Pringle, Mark M'Callum (4 pages)
Microscopical Observations: In a Letter from Edward Wright, Esq; To Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. Dated at Paris, Decemb. 26, 1755

Edward Wright (10 pages)
An Account of a Cure of a Paralytic Arm, by Electricity: In a Letter from Cheney Hart, M. D. to Mr. William Watson, F. R. S.

Cheney Hart (7 pages)
Observations Made upon the Brimstone-Hill (in French La Souffriere) in the Island of Guadelupa; By John Andrew Peyssonel, M. D. Member of the Royal Academies of Sciences of Paris and Montpelier, and of Marseilles and Rouen; The King of France's Physician and Botanist Heretofore on the Coast of Barbary, and Now in the Island of Guadelupa, F. R. S. Translated from the French by M. Maty, M. D. and F. R. S.

John Andrew Peyssonel, M. Maty (17 pages)
Account of the Earthquake, Felt February 18, along the Coast of England, between Margate and Dover, in a Letter from Mr. Samuel Warren, Supervisor of Excise, to John Windham Bowyer, Esq; One of His Majesty's Commissioners of Excise. Communicated by John Pringle, M. D. F. R. S.

Samuel Warren, John Pringle (4 pages)
Remarks on the Stones, in the Country of Nassau, and the Territories of Treves and Colen, Resembling Those of the Giants-Causey, in Ireland. In a Letter to Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S. from Mr. Abraham Trembly, F. R. S. Translated from the French

Abraham Trembly (6 pages)
An Account of a Work Published in Italian by Vitaliano Donati, M. D. Containing, An Essay towards a Natural History of the Adriatic Sea: By Mr. Abraham Trembley, F. R. S. Translated from the French, by Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S.

Abraham Trembley, Thomas Birch (9 pages)
A Dissertation upon a Parthian Coin, with Characters on the Reverse Resembling Those of the Palmyrenes. In a Letter from the Rev. John Swinton, M. A. of Christ-Church, Oxon. F. R. S. to the Rev. Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S.

John Swinton (26 pages)
A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden, Presented to the Royal Society, by the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, for the Year 1755, Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet, Med. Reg. & Soc. Reg. Nuper Praeses, by John Wilmer, M. D. Clariss. Societatis, Pharmaceut. Lond. Socius, Hort. Chels. Praefectus & Praelector Botan.

John Wilmer (7 pages)
Extract of a Letter from Dr. Vitaliano Donati, Professor of Botany at Turin, to Mr. Abraham Trembley, F. R. S. concerning the Earthquakes Felt at Turin, December 9, 1755, and March 8, 1756. Translated from the Italian

Vitaliano Donati (6 pages)
An Account of a Continued Succession of Earthquakes at Brigue in Valais. Written by the Rector of the College of Jesuits at Brigue, and Addressed to Mons. Jalabert, Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics at Geneva, and F. R. S. and Communicated by Mr. Abraham Trembley, F. R. S. Translated from the Latin

Abraham Trembley (8 pages)
Extract of a Letter of Mons. La Condamine, F. R. S. to Dr. Maty, F. R. S. Translated from the French

Mons. La Condamine (4 pages)
Observations upon the Currents of the Sea, at the Antisles of America: By Dr. Peyssonnel, F. R. S.

Dr. Peyssonnel (17 pages)
An Account of Lacerta (Crocodilus) Ventre Marsupio Donato, Faucibus Merganseris Rostrum Aemulantibus. By Mr. George Edwards, Librarian to the College of Physicians

George Edwards (7 pages)
An Account of an Unusual Agitation of the Sea, at Ildfarcombe, in Devonshire, Feb. 27, 1756. By the Rev. Mr. Prince, of Barnstable: Communicated by the Rev. Jeremiah Miles, D. D. F. R. S.

Jeremiah Milles, Mr. Prince (3 pages)
Extract of a Letter from the Rev. Mr. Holdsworth, at Dartmouth, Relating to the Agitation of the Waters Observed There on the 1st of November, 1755. Communicated by the Rev. Jeremiah Milles, D. D. F. R. S.

Henry Holdsworth, Jeremiah Milles (3 pages)
An Account of a Method of Observing the Wonderful Configurations of the Smallest Shining Particles of Snow, with Several Figures of Them: By John Nettis, Doctor of Physic, and Oculist to the Republic of Middleburg, &c. Translated from the Latin

John Nettis (8 pages)
An Account of the Copper-Springs Lately Discovered in Pennsylvania: By John Rutty, M. D. of Dublin. Communicated by Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S.

John Rutty, Peter Collinson (5 pages)
Extract of a Letter from the Abbé Mazeas, F. R. S. concerning an Ancient Method of Painting, Revived by Count Caylus. Translated from the French by James Parsons, M. D. F. R. S.

James Parsons, Abbé Mazeas (4 pages)
Observations on the Abbé Mazeas's Letter on the Count De Caylus's Method of Imitating the Antient Painting in Burnt Wax: By James Parsons, M. D. F. R. S.

James Parsons, Abbé Mazeas (10 pages)
An Account of the Late Earthquakes Felt at Maestricht, in a Letter from Mons. Vernede, Pastor of the Wallon Church There, to Mons. Allemand, Professor of Philosophy at Leyden, F. R. S. Communicated by Mr. Abraham Trembley, F. R. S. Translated from the French

Mons. Vernede, Abraham Trembley (7 pages)
An Account of the Agitation of the Sea at Antigua, Nov. 1, 1755. By Capt. Affleck of the Advice Man of War. Communicated by Charles Gray, Esq; F. R. S. in a Letter to William Watson, F. R. S.

Capt. Affleck, Charles Gray (4 pages)
An Account of a Remarkable Fossil, in a Letter from Edward Wright, M. D. to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S.

Edward Wright (4 pages)
An Account of the Orthoceratites: In a Letter from Edward Wright, M. D. to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S.

Edward Wright (12 pages)
A Retractation, by Mr. Benjamin Wilson, F. R. S. of His Former Opinion, concerning the Explication of the Leyden Experiment

Benjamin Wilson (3 pages)
An Account of the Extraordinary Agitation of the Waters in Several Ponds in Hertfordshire: In a Letter from the Rev. Thomas Rutherforth, D. D. F. R. S. to the Rev. Samuel Squire, D. D. F. R. S.

Thomas Rutherforth (4 pages)
Some Considerations on a Draught of Two Large Peices of Lead, with Roman Inscriptions upon Them, Found Several Years since in Yorkshire. By John Ward, LL.D. Rhet. Prof. Gresh. and V. P. R. S.

John Ward (18 pages)
Two Essays Addressed to the Rev. James Bradley, D. D. and Astrom. Reg. by Mr. Charles Walmesley, F. R. S.

Charles Walmesley (62 pages)
A Journal of the Weather in Dublin for the Year 1753; By James Simon, F. R. S. and S. A.

James Simon (38 pages)
An Account of What Happened at Bergemoletto, by the Tumbling down of Vast Heaps of Snow from the Mountains There, on March 19, 1755: As Taken by the Intendant of the Town and Province of Cuneo. Received from Dr. Joseph Bruni, Professor of Philosophy at Turin, and F. R. S. Communicated by Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. Translated from the Italian

Joseph Bruni, Henry Baker (9 pages)
An Account of. Some of the More Rare English Plants Observed in Leicestershire

W. Watson (65 pages)
A Letter from Mr. John Ellis, F. R. S. to Philip Carteret Webb, Esq; F. R. S. Attempting to Ascertain the Tree That Yields the Common Varnish Used in China and Japan; to Promote Its Propagation in Our American Colonies; And to Set Right Some Mistakes Botanists Appear to Have Entertained concerning It

John Ellis (16 pages)
A Letter to George Lewis Scot, Esquire, concerning the Present Increase of the People in Britain and Ireland: From William Brakenridge, D. D. Rector of St. Michael Bassishaw, London, and F. R. S.

William Brakenridge (15 pages)
A Letter to the Reverend William Brakenridge, D. D. Rector of St. Mich. Bassishaw, and F. R. S. with a Table of the Value of Annuities on Lives, by Mr. James Dodson, Master of the Royal Mathematical School in Christ's-Hospital, and F. R. S.

James Dodson (3 pages)
An Account of an Earthquake Felt at Colen, Leige, Maestricht, &c. on the 19th of November, 1756: In a Letter from Mr. Abraham Trembley, F. R. S. to Thomas Birch, D. D. Secretary to the Royal Society. Translated from the French

Abraham Trembley (3 pages)
An Account of a Treatise, in Latin, Presented and Dedicated to the Royal Society, Intituled, " Gottlob Caroli Springsfeld, M. D. &c. &c. Commentatio de Prerogativa Thermarum Carolinarum in Dissolvendo Calculo Vesicae Prae Aqua Calcis Vivae," by William Watson, Member of the Royal Academy of Physicians at Madrid, and F. R. S.

William Watson (13 pages)
Errata

Anonymous (2 pages)
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Anonymous (51 pages)