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  "text": "AN INDEX TO THE Philosophical Transactions.\n\nFrom Number 215, to Number 235, inclusive.\n\nA\n\nAcceleration of the Moon's Motion. See Moon.\n\nÆra, observed by the Palmyrenes. N. 211. p. 268.\n\nÆtna. See Volcanos.\n\nAfricans Customs. See Customs. Their Materia Medica. See Physick.\n\nAge. See Old Persons.\n\nAgues. See Diseases.\n\nAir contained in Water, its use to Fish. N. 225. p. 420.\n\nAir, its Elasticity necessary for Life. N. 219. p. 216.\n\nMore subtile, tho' not so cold, in Africa as England. N. 232. p. 692. Rusts Iron in Guinea, sooner than England. ibid.\n\nAirs Weight. See Barometer.\n\nAleppo. See Voyages.\n\nAlgebra. See Mathematicks.\n\nAlum. See Mines.\n\nAmbergrice sometimes found in Lincolnshire. N. 223. p. 350. A very large Piece thrown upon Jamaica, with an Opinion of its Production. N. 232. p. 711. Found in Ireland. N. 227. p. 507.\n\nAns-\nAn INDEX.\n\nAnatomical Matters. Human Skeleton with the Vertebræ united. N. 215. p. 200. Leg and Thigh Bone united. N. 215. p. 26. Anatomy of the Brain. N. 215. p. 32. Large Excrecence of the Uterus 25 Years a growing. N. 219. p. 220. A very large diseased Kidney. N. 222. p. 301. Ureter Cartilaginous. N. 223. p. 330. Observations in a Dropsical Body. ib. A large Egg out of the Ovarium. ib. The Thoracick Ductus and Valves of the Heart described. N. 220. p. 237. Observations in dissecting a Boy dying suddenly. N. 224. p. 362. A General Idea of the internal parts of Fish. N. 225. p. 419. Anatomical Experiments on the Brain. See Brain. Observations on the opening Senior Malpighi's Body. N. 226. p. 467. A new Vessel in the Uterus of a Cow. N. 228. p. 548. Anatomy of a Scallop. N. 229. p. 567. Glands in the Melentery Petrif'd. N. 233. p. 717.\n\nWorms in an exulcerated Colon. N. 233. p. 718. See more in Diseases Child born without a Brain. N. 226. p. 457, and 467. Child without Part of the Skull. N. 233. p. 721. Girl without a Matrix. N. 233. p. 721. Anatomy of a Leech. N. 233. p. 722. Ancient Inscriptions. See Inscriptions. Ancient Languages. See Languages. Animal Spirits, what. N. 215. p. 35. How Species of Animals may be lost in some Countries. N. 227. p. 499. a sort of Monkey very like a Man. N. 229. p. 592.\n\nAntiquities. An Account of the Ruins of Tadmor. N. 217. p. 84. Exquisite carving there. p. 87. Noble Pillars of Marble there. ib. and 104. Sumptuous Sepulchres, p. 105. lively Paintings in them. p. 107. A Draught of Tadmor. N. 218. p. 133. A stately Aqueduct. p. ib. Usefulness of Coins to illustrate History, N. 218. p. 165. Deus Jaribolus Gr-\nAn INDEX.\n\nGruters Deus Lunus. N. 218. p. 171. Parochial Antiquities, of what use. N. 220. p. 261. Altars, See Inscriptions. A Roman Pottery near Leeds in Yorkshire. N. 222. p. 319. Roman Monuments at Tangier. N. 230. p. 603. Pavements of an Old City fourteen Foot deep, at Modena. N. 233. p. 734. A Roman Lachrymatory, and other Antiquities found in Yorkshire. N. 234. p. 738. A Roman Hypogæum, or Burying Place in Yorkshire. N. 234. p. 739. Roman Bricks and Pavements. ib. Several Impressions upon Clay, for counterfeiting Roman Coins found in Yorkshire. p. 740.\n\nAphaca, A Fountain formerly in Repute for Oracles. N. 223. p. 360.\n\nAppetite, greater immediately upon eating, than sometime after. N. 220. p. 233.\n\nA stately Aqueduct at Tadmor. N. 218. p. 433.\n\nAquavitæ good for the Worms. N. 233. p. 728.\n\nArabs, fancy the old Inscriptions at Tadmor, relate to hidden Treasure. N. 218. p. 155. Customs of the Arabs in pitching their Tents, their Entertainments, with their Kings Department. N. 218. p. 154, &c.\n\nArithmetick. See Mathematicks.\n\nAstronomy. See Mathematicks.\n\nAlteration of the Axis of the Earth. 218. p. 174.\n\nB\n\nBarometer, tryed on Snowdon. N. 229. p. 582. N. 231. p. 653. Observation of the Barometer at Jamaica. N. 220. p. 225.\n\nBaths. See Water.\n\nLarge Bell at Pekin. N. 229. p. 586.\n\nBile, its use. N. 220. p. 234.\n\nBirds tired in their Flight often fall into the Sea. N. 230. p. 599. Set Sentinels to watch. N. 233. p. 727 See Foul.\n\nBirths\nAn INDEX.\n\nBirths Monstrous. See Monsters.\n\nBladder in Fish serves only for Swimming. N. 225. p. 422.\n\nA Person constantly Blind 2 Days before the New Moon. N. 233. p. 728.\n\nBlood's density and clamminess the Cause of Rheumatisms. N. 215. p. 19.\n\nBlood's Motion swifter in Fevers. N. 217. p. 123.\n\nBlood in the Bronchiae of Fish dissolved by the Air contained in the Water. N. 225. p. 420. A continual Circulation of the Blood from the Mother to the Fetus. N. 226. p. 465. Whether the Lungs or Liver the principal Actor in Sanguification. N. 228. p. 551. Of the Motion of the Blood in Eels. N. 221. p. 271. In Frogs. N. 228. p. 549.\n\nMoving Bog in Ireland, with the Cause of it. N. 233. p. 714.\n\nBones. The Vertebra and Ribs of a human Skeleton united into one solid Bone. N. 215. p. 21. Leg and Thigh Bone united at the Knee. N. 25. p. 26. Bone in the Lungs. N. 233. p. 718. Bones of a Fetus voided at the Navel by an Ulcer. N. 229. p. 580. Bones of another voided per Anum. N. 227. p. 486. and N. 233. p. 729. Skeleton of an Elephant found 24 Foot deep underGround. N. 234. p. 757.\n\nBooks. See the End of this Table.\n\nAnatomy of the Brain. N. 215. p. 32. the Rete Mirabile in the Brains of Men as well as Beasts. p. 34. Glandula Pituitaria, rather a Secretory than Excretory Gland. N. 215. p. 35. Glandula Pinealis, a conglomerate Gland. ib. A Polypus in the Brain. N. 224. p. 363. Brain and Cerebellum taken out of a Pigeon, which lives some time after. N. 226. p. 461. Child born without a Brain. N. 226. p. 457, and 467. Medulla Spinalis is never wanting. N. 226. p. 460. Brain taken out of Dogs, some live a while, others die immediately. N. 226. p. 461. 2 Ounces of extra-\nAn INDEX.\n\ntravasated Blood found in the Brain. N. 226. p.470.\nBrain depressed into the Hollow of the Vertebra of the Neck yet the Child alive at the Birth. N. 228 p. 535. Medulla Spinalis in that case does the Office of the Brain. p.534. One Hemisphere of the Brain sphacelated. N.228. p. 535: Stones in the Brain. N. 228. p. 536. Clotted Blood and Ulcers in the Brain. N. 233. p. 719.\n\nBuildings of Gysine Stone, or Rock Iisinglass. N. 218. p. 151. Cast Capitals (for Pillars) of Clay. N. 218. p. 152. Buildings of Tadmor. See Antiquities. Very fair Churches in Lincolnshire. N.223. p. 346. Tower of a Church at Boston. 285 Foot high. ib.\n\nBurning Mountains. See Volcanos.\nBurying Places. See Antiquities.\nBurials, Births, Marryages, &c. at Francfort. N. 229. p. 259.\n\nC\n\nCape Corse in Guinea. N. 232. p. 687.\nCapitals for Pillars of Cast Clay. N. 218. p. 152.\nChild 6 Years old as large as a grown Person. N.217. p.80. Child in Utero. See Fetus.\n\nChina Wall. N. 229. p. 186. An Account of Chylification. N. 220. p. 231. Whence its Whiteness. N. 220. p. 236.\n\nCoins, their usefulness to illustrate History. N. 218. p. 165.\n\nCaecum extraordinarily dilated. N. 225. p. 402.\nColours. Whence the Whiteness of the Chyle. N. 220. p. 236. Red Colour produced by a Mixture of a Sulphureous Spirit with a volatile Alcali. N. 228. p. 542. Whence the different Colours of the Sea Water. N. 230. p. 617.\n\nCure by a Seventh Son. N. 227. p. 486. Cures, or pretended ones, by a Person at Roterdam with the Sym-\nAn INDEX.\n\nSympathetic Powder. N. 228. p. 518.\n\nCustoms of the People of Guinea of putting Wives and Slaves to Death at the Funeral of Great Persons, with other strange Customs of Executions, &c. N. 232. p. 687. Customs in the North Islands of Scotland. N. 233. p. 727. Custom of mourning for Adonis still continued by the Arabs. N. 223. p. 358.\n\nCycloid. See Mathematicks.\n\nD\n\nAn Account of Damps, how they become Mortal. N. 219. p. 215. Observations on the Grotto Del Cane. N. 219. p. 218. Digging the Ground, tho' but the Depth of a Grave, dangerous in Guinea. N. 232. p. 691. Several Persons digging in a Cellar found dead in their working Postures. N. 219. p. 216.\n\nDeath may be caused for want of good Elastic Air. N. 218. p. 216. Death caused by Damps. See Damps. Death immediately upon cutting the Medulla Spinalis. N. 226. p. 460. See Experiments on the Brain. Observations on a Boy dying suddenly N. 224. p. 362. Mastiff Dog's sudden Death on the firing Small Shot. N. 235. p. 779.\n\nDeer, why Yearly shed their Horns. N. 227. p. 493.\n\nDeglutition, how performed. N. 220. p. 232.\n\nA new Hypothesis of the universal Deluge. N. 217. p. 117.\n\nDendranatomy, useful in Physick. N. 228. p. 558.\n\nDiseases. Rheumatisms caused by the Bloods Density and Clamminess. N. 215. p. 19. Rheumatic Urine contains a small proportion of Salts. ib. a Discourse of Fevers. N. 217. p. 123. How Plagues become infectious. N. 219. p. 217. Regular Epileptic Fits. N. 220. p. 224. A large diseased Kidney. N. 222. p. 301. Polypuses in several Parts. See Polypus. Whence Blackish Urine proceeds. N. 222. p. 305. Obstructions commonly begin in the Capilla-\n\nDdddd\nAn INDEX.\n\nry Vessels. ib. Why loss of Appetite attends Nephritical Cases. N.222. p.306. Why Collick attends the Stone. ib. Morbid Kidney causes Pain in the Vagina Uteri. N. 222. p. 307. Nephritical Disorders not always owing to Stones in the Kidneys or Ureters.N. 222. p 208. Stones in the Kidneys and Bladder. See Stones. The Ureter Cartilaginous in a Dropsical Body, and Ovaium unusually large.N.223.p.330. Causes of the Dropsy. N. 223. p. 331. A Paracentesis dangerous, and in old and weak Persons usually fatal. N.223 P. 332. Antiquity and use of Nephrotomy. N. 223. p. 333. Agues frequent in Lincolnshire. N. 222. p. 351. Causes of a Dropsy.N.223. p. 331. An Account of an Hydrops Pectoris.N.224. p. 390. An extraordinary Tumour caused by the dilating of the Cæcum. N. 225. p. 402. Spearwort good for the Head-ach. N. 233. p. 729. Diseases cured by a Seventh Son. N. 227 p.486. Murrains destroying whole Herds of Cattle and wild Beasts.N. 227. p. 500. Great Sicknesses caused by Subterraneous Eruptions. N. 228. p. 530. No Stone or Gout observed in China. N.229. p.589.Extraordinary long Nails on the Fingers and Toes. N.230.p.594. Horse cured of the Farcy by eating Hemlock. N. 231. p. 636. Observations upon different Maladies,N.233. p.717. Glands of the Mesentery petrifyed in one dying of the King’s Evil.N. 233. p. 717. Worms and an Exulceration in the Colon. N. 233. p. 718. Matrix Schirrous. N.233. p. 721. Swelling on the Head cured. N.233.p.722. Worms in Children cured by drinking Aquavitæ. N. 233. p. 728. A Person constantly blind 2 Days before the New Moon. ib. Alterations in Sick Persons upon the turns of the Tide. N. 231. p. 665. The Fat in the Stomach of a Sea Foul good for a Cough.N. 233. p. 723. Polypus of the\nAn INDEX.\n\nthe Lungs. N. 235. p. 780.\nDivining boat for submarine Voyages. N. 226. p. 484.\n\nE\n\nA Boy erecting his Ears at pleasure. N. 233. p. 729.\nEarth, Observations of the several Strata thereof. N. 217. p. 115. N. 219. p. 191. N. 228. p. 528. N. 233. p. 734. State of the Antideluvian Earth. N. 217. p. 122. Earths Figure not Spherical. N. 233. p. 734. A Sort of Sope Earth near Smyrna rising out of the Ground in the Night, with the way of making Sope of it. N. 220. p. 228. Earth turned to Allum in Allum Mines. N. 219. p. 182. of the Soil of Guinea. N. 232. p. 690.\nEclipse of the Moon, Sept. 1697. N. 235. p. 784.\nSilver Eels all Females. N. 221. p. 270. Observations on the Motions of their Gills. N. 221. p. 272. Of their Generation, feed not in Winter, are viviparous, of different Sexes, &c. N. 231. p. 664.\nEgg, as large as the Tolk of an Hens Egg out of the O-\n\nvarium of a Woman. N. 223. p. 330. a small Egg within another larger. N. 230. p. 632. Eggs of Snails. N. 235. p. 790. &c.\nDifference of Elchs and Stags Horns. N. 237. p. 503.\nElephants Skeleton found 24 Foot under ground. N. 234. p. 757. Elephants of India the largest: some 27 Foot high. N. 234. p. 771, &c.\nEngland, Footsteps of its several Inhabitants. N. 220. p. 259.\nEpicycloid. See Mathematics.\nEuphrates, pleasant Traveling on its Banks. N. 818. p. 153.\n\nF\n\nÆtus may possibly have the Joints fixt and immoveable whilst in Utero. N. 215. p. 27. Why the Ætus breaths not in Utero. N. 215. p. 39. Observations of its Formition. N. 226. p. 463. See more in Generation.\nFeathers of Geese pluckt 4 or 5 times a Year. N. 223. p. 344.\n\nDdddd 2 Fens\nAn INDEX.\n\nFens in Lincolnshire dreined. N. 223. p. 345.\nFevers. See Diseases.\nFire may not necessarily want Nitre. N. 219. p. 219.\nFiery Eruptions. See Volcanos. A Mixture taking Fire of itself. N. 231. p. 657. and N. 233. p. 729.\nA general Idea of the Structure of Fish. N. 225. p. 419. Anatomy of a Scallop. N. 229. p. 567.\nGreat Plenty of Wild Fowl and Fish in Lincolnshire. N. 223. p. 244, and 349.\nBurials, Births, &c. at Frankfort. N. 229. p. 559.\nOf Friezing Showers. N. 231. p. 654.\n\nGALL Bladder. See Stones.\nOf the Generation of Microscopical Insects. N. 220. p. 258. An Egg out of the Ovarium. N. 223. p. 330. Fætus extra Uterum. N. 222. p. 314. N. 227. p. 486. N. 229. p. 508. N. 333. p. 729. False Conception 2 Tears in Utero. N. 233. p. 720. Of the manner of Impregnation of Eggs in Women. N. 228. p. 549. Animal resembling a Whelp voided by a male Greyhound per Anum. N. 222. p. 316. Manner of Generation of Eels. N. 231. p. 664.\nGeography and Geometry. See Mathematicks.\nGiants Causeway, a Draught of it. N. 235.\nGibraltar Straits, how wide. N. 230. p. 605.\nGlands of the Brain described. N. 215. p. 35.\nGlands of the Mesentery petrified. N. 233. p. 717.\nGlases. See Microscopes and Opticks.\nGreyhound Dog voiding a Whelp per Anum. N. 222. p. 316.\nGrotto del Cane. N. 219. p. 218.\nCustoms of the Inhabitants of Guinea, the Nature of the Air, Soil, &c. N. 232. p. 687.\nOf the Gums of Plants. N. 224. p. 372, &c.\nA Proposition of general use in Gunnery. N. 216.\nGunpowder, Printing, and the Sea Compass known long\nAn INDEX.\n\nlong ago by the Chinese. N. 229. p. 590.\n\nH\n\nExtraordinary Hail Stones in several places. N. 229. p. 570, 573, 577, 579. Hail Stones 13 or 14 Inches about, weighing ¼ of a Pound. N. 229. p. 578. Extraordinary Power of Vapours in coagulating a very large Hail. N. 229. p. 572. N. 231. p. 653. Of the Hairs of Animals. N. 228. p. 549. Haugh, or Haw, the Saxon Word for Hill. N. 222. p. 328. Hearts of Fish have but one Ventricle. N. 225. p. 421. Hemlock possibly not poisonous, cures the Farcy, &c. N. 231. p. 635, &c. A long Ridge of Hills near Tadmor, of Marble and rich Veins of Minerals. N. 218. p. 147. Horse staked into the Stomach cured. N. 219. p. 278. Cured of the Farcy by Hemlock. N. 231. p. 636.\n\nHorns of the Stag Kind very large found in Ireland. N. 227. p. 489. Sprouting of Horns has great Affinity with the growth of Plants. N. 227. p. 494. Hunger, how caused. N. 220. 234. Husbandry. Manuring sandy Grounds by mixing Clay with them. N. 225. p. 413. Liming good for Asparagus, &c. N. 225. p. 416. Several Plants that may be usefully cultivated for Grass or Hay. N. 225. p. 412. Of the nutritious Humours. N. 228. p. 552.\n\nI\n\nJamaica, Observations of the Water, &c. there. N. 220. p. 225, &c. Plants of Jamaica. N. 221. p. 293. Impression on the Child by the Mothers Fright. N. 221. p. 291. and 226. p. 467. Inscriptions in Greek at Palmyra N. 217. p. 88, &c. N. 218. p. 160. Inscriptions in an unknown Character.\nAn INDEX.\n\nrather at Palmyra N. 217. p. 88, and 107. A Copy of one in the same Character from Rome. N. 223. p. 537. Latin Inscriptions at Palmyra. N. 217. p. 101. the ancientest Greek Inscription there, about 10 Years before Christ's time. N. 217. p. 108. Arabs fancy they discover hidden Treasure. N. 218. p. 155. A Greek Inscription to be read from the Right Hand to the Left. N. 218. p. 152. Inscription of an Altar found at Chester. N. 222. p. 317. of others found in the North of England. N. 231. p. 661. Roman and Arabick Inscriptions at Tangier. N. 230. p. 603, 604. An Etruscan Inscription. N. 228. p. 539.\n\nSmall Microscopical Insects of several Sorts in Water. N. 220. p. 254. Spittle kills these small Insects. N. 220. p. 257. Greatest Numbers in Wheat and Barley Water. ib. Mites of several Sorts in Figs. N. 221. p. 272. Hairs on the Feet of Flies described. N. 221. p. 278. Insects in most Fluids. N. 221. p. 284. Moth in Rain and Dew Water. ib. Sometimes revive after boiling. N. 221. 284. Insect call'd Papilio Leucomelanus described. N. 224. p. 392. Vast Swarms of Insects lately infesting Ireland. N. 234. p. 746. Worms of Insects more hardy than the Flying ones. N. 234. p. 745. Why the Jews permitted to eat several Insects. N. 234. p. 753. Why the Egyptians worshipp'd the Beetle. N. 234. p. 754. A Nondescript Scolopendra Marina. N. 225. p. 405.\n\nInstruments and Inventions.\n\nDescription of the Hessian Pump. N. 226. p. 481. Invention to spare Fuel. N. 226. p. 482. Inventions to draw Water from Mines. ib. Instruments to conserve Flame under Water. N. 226. p. 483. Diving Boat for Submarine Navigations. N. 226. p. 484. Gunpowder, Printing, and the Sea-Compass.\nAn INDEX.\n\npass known long ago in China. N. 229. p. 590.\nMicroscopes. See Microscopes.\nIreland and the West Indies agree in several Particulars. N. 227. p. 507.\nObservations in the North Islands of Scotland. N. 233. p. 727.\nIron rusts sooner in Guinea than England. N. 232. p. 692.\nQueries and Observations about the several Juices of Plants. N. 224. p. 365, &c.\nUse of the Bile and Pancreatic Juice. N. 220. p. 234.\n\nK\n\nMorbid Kidney very large. N. 222. p. 301. A Morbid Kidney causes Pains in the Vagina Uteri, and why. N. 222. p. 307. See Nephrotomy and Stones.\nKnife swallowed come forth at a Tumour below the Pit of the Stomach. N. 219. p. 180.\n\nL\n\nLanguage of the Palmyreni unknown, with some Inscriptions in it. N. 217. p. 88, and 107. N. 228. p. 537. Language of the Chinese. N. 229. p. 588. Etruscan Language. N. 228. p. 539. An Explication of obsolete Words. N. 220. p. 260.\nLatitudes. See Mathemactics.\nAnatomy of the Leech. N. 233. p. 722.\nLife of a Tortois a long time without breathing. N. 226. p. 466.\nCause of Light in the Flying Glow worm. N. 228. p. 548.\nObservables in Lincolnshire not taken Notice of by Camden. N. 223. p. 343.\nLogwood, what. N. 221. p. 296.\nBone in the Lungs. N. 233. p. 718. Ulcers in the Lungs. N. 233. p. 720.\nLycophrons Cassandra, an Excellent Poem. N. 227. p. 523.\nAn INDEX.\n\nLymph, its use in mixing with the Chyle. N. 220. p. 237.\n\nM\n\nMadness, supposed from eating the Root of Hemlock. N. 231. p. 634.\n\nMagnetical Experiments. N. 227. p. 512.\n\nMalt. See Manufactures.\n\nMalta made long since the Creation. N. 219 p. 183.\n\nAn Account of Senior Malpighi's Life and Studies. N. 228. p. 545. Observables in his Body upon Dissection. N. 226. p. 467.\n\nMap of France, according to the Observations of Messeurs Picard and de la Hire. N. 226. p. 443.\n\nManufacture. Of Sope made of an Earth. N. 220. p. 228. Manufacture of Rape Oyl. N. 223. p. 345. Oyl made of a small Fish call'd Stickle-back, in great Quantities. N. 223. p. 348. Oyl, Pitch and Tar made of a Stone. N. 228. p. 544.\n\nMalt dried with Coal char'd. N. 223. p. 351.\n\nCloath made of Nettles. N. 229. p. 586.\n\nManuring. See Husbandry.\n\nMarble. See Stones.\n\nMathematical Matters. Astronomical. A Method of discovering the true Moment of the Sun's Ingress into the Tropical Signs. N. 215. p. 12. touching the Alteration of the Axis. N. 218. p. 174. Acceleration of the Moons Motion. ib. a Theory of the Tides. N. 226. p. 445. Astronomical Observations in China. N. 229. p. 592. Observations of the Sun by Refraction. N. 233. p. 731.\n\nAlgebraical and Geometrical. Concerning the Methods of Approximation in the extraction of Surd Roots. N. 215. p. 2. Specimina quædam illustria doctrinæ Fluxionum. N. 216. p. 52. A New Method for constructing Logarithmes. N. 216. p. 58. A Mistake in Gregory's vera Quadratura circuli & Hyperbolæ rectified, N. 216. p. 65. A Rule for laying a Mortar\nAn Index.\n\nto pass in order to strike any object above or below the Horizon. N. 216. p. 68. Concerning the Spaces in the Cycloid, which are perfectly Quadrable. N. 217. p. 111. Quadrature of a Portion of the Epicycloid. N. 217. p. 113. A general Proposition for the Dimension of the Areas generated by all Cycloids and Epycloids. N. 218. p. 125. A Demonstration of the Analogy of the Logarithmic Tangents to the Meridian Line or Sum of the Secants, N. 219. p. 202. Problem touching the curve Line of the Descent of Bodies. N. 224. p. 386. N. 225. p. 424. Cycloid considered by Cardinal Cusanus, about the Year 1450. N. 229. p. 561. A Method of raising an infinite Multinomial to any given Power or extracting any given Root of the same. N. 230. p. 614. Concerning the Curva Catenaria. N. 231. p. 637. De Figurarum Geometrice irrationalium Quadraturis. N. 232. p. 708. De Quadraturis Additio. N. 235. p. 785. A Correction in Dr. Wallis's Treatise of Algebra. N. 233. p. 730. Geographical. The Geographical Sight of Palmyra. N. 218. p. 167. An Error in Ptolomy of ½ a Degree corrected. N. 218. p. 173. Latitude of Arecca proposed to be taken to decide the Controversy of the Alteration of the Axis. N. 218. p. 174. A Chart of the Sea Coast of Lincolnshire, making. N. 223. p. 352. Geographical Faults in placing China, with an Account of its Extent. N. 229. p. 585, 592. An Error committed by common Surveyors. N. 230. p. 625. Best way to make Maps of Countries. N. 230. p. 628. Concerning the Frigid Zone Periscii at Torneo, &c. N. 233. p. 733. Latitudes of several Northern Places. N. 233. p. 734.\n\nMedicines, See Physick. Metals, See Minerals.\nAn INDEX.\n\nMicroscopes, a Description of Small Microscopes. N. 221. p. 280. A Water Microscope of a new contrivance. N. 221. p. 280. A farther Account of them. N. 223. p. 353. N. 228. p. 539. Microscopes of Fish Glew. N. 228. p. 539. Reflecting Microscopes made of Mercury. N. 228. p. 541.\n\nMicroscopical Observations, Of vast Numbers of Small Insects in Water. N. 220. p. 254. N. 221. p. 283. Of Mites in Figs. N. 221. p. 275. The Reason of the Numerousness of the Animalcula in Semine Masculo. N. 221. p. 276. Of the Seeds of Strawberries p. 277. Hairs on the Feet of Flies and Lobsters 278, 279. Of the Generation of Snails, Oysters, &c. N. 235. p. 790, &c.\n\nMines of Alum turn Gravel thrown into them to Alum, The same of Fossil Salt. N. 219. p. 182. Mines how drein'd. N. 226. p. 482. Minerals and Metals how generated. N. 217. p. 120. N. 219. p. 182.\n\nSort of Monkey very like a Man. N. 229. p. 592. Monstrous Births, Child without a Brain N. 226. P. 457, 467. With a Wound in the Breast. N. 221. p. 291. Without part of the Scull. N. 233. p. 721.\n\nMoons Eclipse, Sept. 1697. N. 235. p. 784. Moose Deer described. N. 227. p. 504.\n\nMountains burning. See Volcanos.\n\nMotion Peristaltic, its use. N. 220. p. 235.\n\nStrata of the Mountains near Messina, shew them to have once been under Water. N. 219. p. 191. Rent in a vast Mountain each side answering its opposite. N. 218. p. 145. Long Ridge of Mountains stored with Marble and Minerals near Palmyra. N. 218. p. 147.\n\nOf Muscular Motion. N. 215. p. 35.\n\nNails of a great length on the Fingers and Toes. N. 230. p. 594.\nAn INDEX.\n\nWright's Treatise of Navigation recommended to Seamen N. 219. p. 202.\nNegro Boy dappel'd with white Spots. N. 235. p. 781.\nA Discourse of Nephrotomy. N. 223. p. 333. A dangerous Operation. N. 223 P. 337.\nStructure of a Nerve. N. 215. p. 38. Optick Nerve. See Opticks.\nNitre thought not so necessary to Fire. N. 219. p. 219.\nNumbers. See Algebra in Mathematicks.\nNumeral Letters inverted in Greek Inscriptions. N. 217. p. 96.\nNymphæa Glandifera. N. 225. p. 438.\n\nO\n\nOil. See Manufactures.\nOily Juices. See Juices.\nOld Man in Yorkshire, 169 Years of Age. N. 221. p. 266. A farther Confirmation of his Age. N. 228 p. 543. A Maid married at 51. has a Child at 52.\n\nTears old, born with Teeth. N. 233. p. 728.\nOpium, its use among the Turks, taken in a large Quantity by a Person with its enlivening Effects, its ill Consequences. N. 221. p. 288, &c. How it eases Pain. N. 222. p. 307.\nOpticks, a Plano Convex Water glass. N. 219. p. 228. p. 540. An Attempt to make a large concave Speculum. N. 228. p. 242. Optick Nerve of the Sword Fish. N. 228. p. 551. How Objects come to be seen within a Sphere of Water. N. 221. p. 285. An Aerial Concave Speculum. N. 221. p. 286. See more in Microscopes.\n\nOrkney Isles, strange Beans cast up by the Sea upon them, and how they may come thither from Jamaica. N. 222. p. 298.\nOvarium of a Woman unusually large. N. 223. p. 330. See Generation.\nOysters, their Slime Young ones. N. 235. p. 798, 799.\n\nEeeeeee 2 P. Pal-\nAn INDEX.\n\nP\n\nPalmyra. Three Voyages thither. N. 217. p. 84. N. 212. p. 129. Want of Water a great Inconvenience in the Voyage. N. 218. p. 144, 147. Miserable Poverty of the People. N. 218. p. 148. An Account of the ancient State and Government thereof. N. 217. p. 93. N. 218. p. 160, 166. Inscriptions there. See Inscriptions. Language, See Language.\n\nPancreatick Juice, its use. N. 220. p. 234.\n\nParacentesis, dangerous. N. 223. p. 332.\n\nPekin, its large Extent. N. 229. p. 586.\n\nPeristaltick Motion, its use. N. 220. p. 235, 236.\n\nPelceVacca's Head drawn by the Life. N. 219. p. 199.\n\nPetrifications, of Shells. N. 219. p. 181. N. 217. p. 120. Toadstones and Glosopetræ the Teeth of Fish. N. 219. p. 184. Shells petrifyed with the Parts of the Animal in them visible. N. 219. p. 185.\n\nWhy Petrifyed Shells of the same Species found unmixt. N. 219. p. 186.\n\nPart of the Jaw bone of the Dog-fish Petrify'd. N. 219. p. 190. Petrifications differently hard, according to the different Places in which they are found. N. 219. p. 192.\n\nCoral and Shells petrifyed together. N. 219. p. 193. Several curious Figures of Sea Petrifications. N. 219. p. 199. A Petrifying Water in Scotland. N. 222. p. 321. Petrifications from Maryland. N. 232. p. 674.\n\nPhysick, the African Materia Medica. N. 232. p. 677.\n\nPitch, Tar, and Oyl made of a Stone. N. 228. p. 544.\n\nPlants. Great Plenty of Turpentine Trees near Palmyra, bears a Nut like a Pistache. N. 218. p. 143.\n\nCatalogue of Plants growing at Tangier. N. 220. p. 239. Plants of Jamaica. N. 221. p. 293. Plants reduced to fewer Species. N. 221. p. 294. Water-plants\nAn INDEX.\n\nPlants of Jamaica, many the same with ours; not so of Land Plants. N. 221. p. 296. Plants of Lincolnshire. N. 223. p. 350. Of the Nature and Difference of the Juices of Plants. N. 224. p. 365. Of the Gums of Plants. N. 224. p. 372. Queries about the Juices of Plants. N. 224. p. 368, &c. Plant bearing Fruit as well above as below Ground. N. 224. p. 396. Several Plants propofed to be cultivated for Grass and Hay. N. 225. p. 412. An Account of several curious Plants in Dr. Plucknet's Almagestum. N. 225. p. 435. Fruits of China. N. 229. p. 587. A Tree bearing Tallow. ib. Roots causing Madness. N. 231. p. 635. Catalogue of Guinea Plants. N. 232. p. 677. Quick Ripening of Plants in the Frigid Zone. N. 233. p. 733. Plays acted usually on Sundays in Spain. N. 230. p. 603. Poisonous Scratch with the Tooth of a Dead Porpoise. N. 233. P. 726.\n\nPortland Peer, Damage done there. N. 231. p. 659. Polypus, the largest in the right Ventricle of the Heart and Veins. N. 222. p. 304. A Polypus in the Brain. N. 224. p. 363. The Original of a Polypus in the Nose. N. 226. p. 472. Polypus in the Vena Basilica of the Arm. N. 233. p. 718. Polypus in the Heart and Brain. N. 233. p. 719. Porphyry Pillars at Tadmor. N. 217. p. 102.\n\nDE Quadraturis Additio. N. 235. p. 785.\n\nRain, sudden Showers in the dry Desarts near Tadmor. N. 218. p. 144. A strange Rain or Dew like Butter in Ireland. N. 220. p. 223. A Table of the Quantity of Rain fal'n in a Year at Gresham Colledge. N. 223. p. 357. No Rain for a considerable time at Malaga. N. 230. p. 605.\nAn INDEX.\n\nConcerning Refractions. N. 233. p. 733.\nState of the Christian Religion in China. N. 239. p. 591.\nRheumatisms. See Diseases.\nRoots of Vegetables. N. 235. p. 795, &c.\n\nS\n\nA Valley of Salt near Tadmor. N. 217. p. 85.\nSkeleton. See Bones.\nScolopendra. See Insects.\nSea-water, whence its different Colours proceed. N. 230. p. 617. Gains in some Places, loses in others, in Lincolnshire. N. 223. p. 348.\nSepulchres. See Antiquities.\nSheep with very large Fleeces. N. 223. p. 343. Sheep without Marrow. N. 233. p. 729.\nShells found upon Coasts far distant from their Native Place. N. 219. p. 184.\nShells found in Scotland. N. 222. p. 321. Shells petrified. See Petrifications\nDifference between Cru-\n\nStaceous and Testaceous. N. 219. p. 196.\nSnails, their Eggs. N. 235. p. 790.\nConcave Specula, how to make them of a Parabolick Figure. N. 235. p. 787.\nSperma Ceti whole, found in Ireland. N. 227. p. 508.\nAnimal Spirits, what. N. 215. p. 35. A Sulphureous Spirit mixt with an Alcali, producing a Red Colour. N. 228. p. 542.\nWhite Spots in a Negro Boy. N. 235. p. 781.\nExtraordinary Spout of Water at Topsham River. N. 215. p. 28.\nSprings. See Water.\nCurious Statue of Duke Ferdinand at Leghorn. N. 230. p. 611.\nStomach its Juices of what use in order to Chylification. N. 220. p. 233. Stomach wounded cured. N. 219. p. 178, 180.\nStones. Gypseine-stone used in Buildings near Tadmor. N. 218. p. 151.\nToadstones. N. 219. p. 184.\nStone yielding Pitch. N. 228. p. 544. Stone at Chester soft, but full of Flints\nAn INDEX.\n\nFlints and Pebbles. N. 222. p. 318. White Marble in Wales. N. 233. p. 727. Marble Pillars. See Antiquities of Palmyra. Stone in the Bladder, weighing 3 Pound and 3 Ounces. N. 222. p. 310 A Stone adhering to the Bottom of the Bladder. ib. Stones, how produced in the Bladder. N. 222. p. 321. Stone cut out of the Kidney with good Success. N. 223. p. 349. Of the Antiquity and Practice of Nephrotomy. N. 223. p. 333. Two large Stones in the Meatus Urinarius cut out. N. 220. p. 254. Stones have wrought themselves out of the Kidneys without any preceding Abscess. 223. p. 325. Nephrotomy not practised by the Ancients and dangerous. N. 223. p. 336, 337. Stones in the Brain. N. 228. p. 536. Stones in the Kidneys and Ureters. N. 233. 718. Stone as big as an Hens Egg in the Gall-Bladder. N. 233. p. 719. 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Mountain Kemas blown up with a great Noise. N. 228. p. 529. Sea fill'd up with Stones for a great way, thrown from a Volcano. N. 228. p. 530. Fire from the Bottom of the Sea. ib. The uppermost Part of Ætna covered with Snow. N. 230. p. 613. Description of Stromboli. N. 230. p. 612. The Reason of Burning Mountains. N. 233. p. 729.\nAn INDEX.\n\nThree Voyages from Aleppo to Tadmor. N. 217. p. 83. Great Danger they were in. N. 218. p. 134.\n\nVoyage from England to Constantinople. N. 230. p. 597.\n\nUreter Cartilaginous. N. 223. p. 330.\n\nUrine stopp'd, but not by the Stone, cured by Acids. N. 215. p. 20.\n\nUvula cut off. N. 233. p. 728.\n\nW\n\nWater. An Extraordinary Water-spout at Topsham River. N. 215. p. 28. Water rising up with impetuosity upon digging a Well. N. 233. p. 735. Of purging Water and the Nature of its Salt. N. 216. p. 76.\n\nHot Sulphureous Springs at Tadmor, and the way thither. N. 217. p. 103. N. 218. p. 148. All the Springs thereabout mineral. N. 218. p. 150. Hot Springs in Jamaica curing the Pox and other Diseas-\n\nses. N. 220. p. 225. and 232. p. 712. River in Jamaica turning Green with Galls. N. 220. p. 227. Most of the Water in Jamaica mineral. N. 220. p. 228. A Petrifying Water in Scotland. N. 222. p. 321. A Medicinal Spring in Glamorganshire. N. 233. p. 727. Waters at Cape Corso. N. 232. p. 687. Green and Reddish Colours of Puddle Water proceeds from vast numbers of small Insects. N. 220. p. 225, 227. Water Insects. See Insects and Microscopical Observations.\n\nA Years Account of the Weather at Cape Corse in Guinea. N. 232. p. 693.\n\nWorm 6 or 7 Yards long in the Legs and other parts of Men in the East Indies. N. 225. p. 417. Worms and Exulceration in the Colon. N. 233. p. 718.\n\nX\n\nXiphia Viviparous. N. 231. p. 665.\nAn INDEX.\n\nZ\n\nEnobia, Queen of Tadmor. N. 217. p. 93.\nQuick ripening of Grains in the Frigid Zone. N. 233. p. 73. 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Exercitatio Anatomicca de Chochleis, &c. de Bucchinis Fluviatilibus & Marinis, &c. Conchyliorum Bivalvium, &c. Odo exercitationes Medicinales, &c. N. 222. p. 326.\nNouveaux Memoires sur l'Etat present de la Chine par le P. Louis. N. 229. p. 585.\nLycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra, &c. N. 227. p. 522.\nMarcelli Malpighii, Opera Posthuma. N. 228. p. 545.\nCatalogue of Books lately publish'd at Oxford. N. 231. p. 668. Recueil de di-\nAn INDEX.\n\ndiverses Pieces touchant quelques Machines. par. D. Papin. N. 226. p. 481. Archibaldi Pitcarnii. M.D. Dissertatio de Febribus. N. 217. p. 123. Musæi Pettiveriani Centuria prima, &c. N. 224. p. 393. Almagestum Botanicum, Sc. Phytographiæ Pluconetianæ Onomasticon. N. 225. p. 434. De Fontium Mutinensium admiranda Scaturigine. Auth. Ramazzini. N. 233. p. 734. Anatomy of the Brain. By Dr. Ridley. N. 215. p. 32.\n\nLettera Rispostiva circa i corpi Marini, &c. di Agost. Scilla. N. 219. p. 181. Antiquities of Palmyra. By Ab. Seller. N. 223. p. 358. 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