{ "id": "9566a874933cf973e36f98cd8dec02098dc3614f", "text": "The only official reprint\nauthorized by\nThe Royal Society of London\nPHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS,\nGIVING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, OF THE INGENIOUS, IN MANY Considerable Parts of the WORLD.\n\nVOL. XLV. For the Year 1748.\n\nLONDON:\nPrinted for C. DAVIS, PRINTER to the ROYAL SOCIETY; over-against Gray's-Inn-Gate in Holbourn M. DCC. L.\nGVL. CAR. HENR. FRISONI\nDEI GRATIA\nARAVSIONENSI ET NASSAVIO\nPRINCIPI\nETC. ETC. ETC.\nTOTIVS BELGII FOEDERATI\nIVRE HAEREDITARIO GUBERNATORI\nET\nARMORVM TERRA MARIQUE PRAEFECTO\nETC. ETC. ETC.\nNOBILISSIMI ORDINIS PERISCELIDIS\nEQVITI\nREGALIS SOCIETATIS LONDINI\nPRO SCIENTIA NATURALI PROMOVENDA\nSODALI\nQVOD PRAECLARISSIMO NOMINE FASTOS\nQVOD PRAESENTIA SVA SOCIETATIS COETVS\nHONESTARE DIGNATVS EST\nVOLUMEN HOCCE XLV.\nACTORVM PHILOSOPHICORVM\nOBSEQVII ET CVLTVS DOCUMENTVM\nD. D. D.\nLONGAEVITATEM CVNCTAQVE PROSPERA\nOPTIMO PRINCIPI PATRI PATRIAE\nEX ANIMO SINCERO PRECATVR\nCROMWELL MORTIMER M. D.\nREGALIS SOCIETATIS SECRETARIUS\nCOLLEG. MEDIC. LONDON. SOCIVS\nACADEMIAE REGIAE SCIENT. PARISIIS\nAD COMMERC. LITT. ADSCRIPTVS\nREG. Q. SCIENT. ET LITT. ACAD. BORVSS. SODALIS\nLONDINI CALEND. SEPTEMBR.\nMDCC.\nPHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS.\n\nFor the Month of January, 1747-8.\n\nThe CONTENTS.\n\nI. A Letter to the Right honourable George Earl of Macclesfield concerning an apparent Motion observed in some of the fixed Stars; by James Bradley D.D. Astronomer Royal, and F.R.S. Page 1\n\nII. A Letter to Martin Folkes Esq. LL.D. Pr. R.S. containing some Observations upon certain Shell-Fish, lodg'd in a large Stone brought from Mahon Harbour by Mr. Samuel More, Purser of the Sterling-Castle Man of War, by James Parsons M.D. F.R.S. p. 44\n\nIII. A Collection of Electrical Experiments communicated to the Royal Society by Wm. Watson, F.R.S. and read at several Meetings between October 29. 1747. and Jan. 21. following. p. 49\n\nI. An Account of the Experiments made by several Gentlemen of the Royal Society, in order\nThe CONTENTS.\n\norder to discover whether or no the electrical Power, when the Conductors thereof were not supported by Electrics per se, would be sensible at great Distances, with an Inquiry concerning the respective Velocities of Electricity and Sound. To which is added an Appendix, containing some further Inquiries into the Nature and Properties of Electricity. p. 49\n\n2. Some further Inquiries into the Nature and Properties of Electricity. p. 93\n\nIV. A Letter from Mr. Francis Drake, Surgeon, F. R. S. to Martin Folkes Esq; President of the Royal Society, &c. concerning the Bones of a Fœtus being discharged thro' an Ulcer near the Navel. p. 121\n\nV. An Account of the Giants Causeway in Ireland, in a Letter to the President from the Rev. Richard Pococke, LL.D. Archdeacon of Dublin, and F. R. S. p. 124\n\nVI. A Letter from Maurice Johnson Esq; President of the Gentlemens Society at Spalding, to James Jurin M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London, and F. R. S. concerning a Metalline Thermometer, in the Museum of that Society. p. 128\nI. An Abstract of the remarkable Case and Cure of a Woman, from whom a Fœtus was extracted, that had been lodged thirteen Years in one of the Fallopian Tubes; sent from Riga by Dr. James Mounsey, Physician to the Army of the Czarina, together with the Bones of the said Fœtus, as a Present to the Royal Society of London, and delivered accordingly in his Name, by H. Baker F. R. S.\n\nII. The Motion of Projectiles near the Earth's Surface consider'd, independent of the Properties of the Conic Sections; in a Letter to Martin Folkes Esquire, Pr. R. S. by Mr. Tho. Simpson, F. R. S.\n\nIII. The Case of Henry Axford, who recover'd the Use of his Tongue, after having been four Years dumb, by means of a frightful Dream; communicated by the Rev. Mr. Archdeacon Squire, F. R. S.\nThe CONTENTS.\n\nIV. Extract of a Letter from Mr. William Arderon, F. R. S. to Mr. H. Baker F. R.S. concerning the Hearing of Fish. 149\n\nV. The Substance of some Experiments of planting Seeds in Moss, lately made by Mr. Charles Bonnet, of Geneva, F. R. S. 156\n\nVI. 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 Appendix, by C. Mortimer, Secr. R. S. 157\n\nVII. The Inscription upon a Roman Altar found near Stanhope in the Bishoprick of Durham; communicated to the Royal Society by the Reverend Mr. Thomas Birch, F. R. S. 173\n\nVIII. A Letter from Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. to the President, concerning an extraordinary Fish, called in Russia Quab; and concerning the Stones call'd Crabs-Eyes. 174\n\nXI. Brevis historia naturalis, sive de Vita, Genere, Moribusque Muris Alpini: Auctore Jacobo Theodoro Klein, Reipubl. Gedanens. à Secretis, et R. S. Lond. S. communicata per Petrum Collinsonum, ejusd. Soc. S. 180\nThe CONTENTS.\n\nX. Part of a Letter from Abbé Nollet, of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, and F.R.S. to M. Folkes Esq; President of the same, concerning Electricity. 187\n\nXI. Several Essays towards discovering the Laws of Electricity, communicated to the Royal Society by Mr. John Ellicott F.R.S.\n\n1. A Letter to M. Folkes Esq; Pr. R.S. ibid.\n\n2. An Essay towards discovering the Laws of Electricity, addressed to the Royal Society. 203\n\n3. A Continuation of the foregoing Essay. 213\n\nXII. A brief account of a Roman Tesser, by Mr. John Ward F.R.S. & Prof. Rhetor. Greshamens. 224\n\nXIII. An Account of a learned Divine, who was born with two Tongues; communicated to the Royal Society by Cr. Mortimer M.D. & Secr. R.S. 232\n\nXIV. Upon the Sounds and Hearing of Fishes, by J.T. Klein R.P. Gedan. Secr. F.R.S. or Some Account of a Treatise, intitled, \"An Inquiry into the Reasons why the Author of an Epistle concerning the Hearing of Fishes endeavours to prove they are\nThe CONTENTS.\n\n\"are all mute and deaf;\" by Richard Brocklesby M.D. F.R.S. 233\n\nXV. An Account of the poisonous Root lately found mixed among the Gentian; by the same. 240\n\nXVI. An Account of large subterraneous Caverns in the Chalk Hills near Norwich; by Mr. Wm. Arderon, F.R.S. comprised in a Letter from Mr. Henry Baker F.R.S. to the President. 244\n\nXVII. An Account of some Observations and Experiments made in Sibiria, extracted from the Preface to the Flora Sibirica, sive Historia Plantarum Sibiriae cum tabulis æri incisis. Auct. D. Gmelin. Chem. & Hist. Nat. Prof. Petropoli 1747. 4to. Vol. I. by John Fothergill, M.D. Lic. Colleg. Med. Londin. 248\n\nXVIII. Novum reique medicæ utile Electricitatis inventum exponit Joannes Henricus Winkler, Professor Lipsiensis, et Societatis Regalis Londinensis Sodalis. 262\n\nXIX. A Letter from Mr. Henry Baker F.R.S. to the President, concerning several Medical Experiments of Electricity. 270\nI. A Proposal for Checking in some Degree the Progress of Fires; by the Rev. Stephen Hales, D.D. & Page 277\n\nII. Some Observations, made during the last three Years, of the Quantity of the Variation of the Magnetic Horizontal Needle to the Westward; by Mr. Geo. Graham, F.R.S. at his House in Fleetstreet, London. p. 279\n\nIII. A Letter from the Right Hon. John Earl of Orrery to Martin Folkes Esquire, Pr. R.S. inclosing an Account of the Cornel-Caterpillar, contained in a Letter from the Reverend Mr. Philip Skelton to His Lordship. p. 281\n\nThe Rev. Mr. Skelton's Letter to the Earl of Orrery. p. 282\n\nIV. The Extract of a Letter from Dr. James Mounsey, Physician of the Czarina's Army,\nThe CONTENTS,\n\nto Henry Baker F. R. S. concerning the Everlasting Fire in Persia. p. 296\n\nV. An Abstract of Mr. Bonnet, F. R. S. his Memoir concerning Caterpillars: drawn up in French by Mr. Abraham Trembley, F.R.S. here translated into English. p. 300\n\nVI. Divers Means for preserving from Corruption dead Birds, intended to be sent to remote Countries, so that they may arrive there in a good Condition. Some of the same Means may be employed for preserving Quadrupeds, Reptiles, Fishes, and Insects, by M. de Reaumur, F. R. S. and Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris translated from the French by Phil. Hen. Zollman, Esq; F. R. S. p. 309\n\nVII. A beautiful Nautilites, shewn to the Royal Society by the Rev. Charles Lyttleton LL.D. F. R. S. and Archdeacon of Exeter. p. 320\n\nVIII. The Substance of a Letter from Mr. William Arderon F. R. S. to Mr. Henry Baker F. R. S. p. 321\n\nIX. A Letter from Mr. Robert Roche to the President, of a Fustian Frock being set on Fire by Electricity. p. 323\nThe CONTENTS.\n\nX. A Letter from John Huxham M.D. F.R.S. to C. Mortimer Secr. R.S. concerning a Child born with an extraordinary Tumour near the Anus, containing some Rudiments of an Embryo in it. p. 325\n\nXI. Of the Fluents of Multinomials, and Series affected by radical Signs, which do not begin to converge till after the second Term; in a Letter from T. Simpson F.R.S. to W. Jones Esq; V.P.R.S. p. 328\n\nXII. A Letter from Dr. John Lining to C. Mortimer M.D. Sec. R.S. concerning the Weather in South-Carolina; with Abstracts of the Tables of his Meteorological Observations in Charles-Town. p. 336\n\nXIII. An Abstract of the Bills of Mortality in Bridge-Town in Barbados for the Years 1737 —— 1744. communicated by the Rev. Mr. John Clark. p. 345\n\nXIV. The Elements of a Short Hand, by Samuel Jeake Esq;. ibid.\n\nXV. An Account of a Treatise by Wm. Brownrigg M.D. F.R.S. intituled, \"The Art of making common Salt, as now practised in most Parts of the World;\"\nThe CONTENTS.\n\n\"with several Improvements proposed in\n\"that Art, for the Use of the British Do-\n\"minions;\" abstracted by W. Watson\nF. R. S. p. 351\n\nXVI. A Catalogue of the Immersions and\nEmerisions of the Satellites of Jupiter, that\nwill happen in the Year 1750, of which\nthere are 173 of the First, 85 of the\nSecond, 94 of the Third, and none of the\nFourth, by reason of its great Latitude;\nin all 322. Computed to the Meridian of\nLondon from the Flamsteedian Tables:\nCorrected by James Hodgson F. R. S.\nMaster of the Royal Mathematical School\nin Christ's Hospital. p. 373\nI. A Letter from the Rev. Henry Miles D.D. F.R.S. to the President, concerning the Storm of Thunder, which happen'd June 1. 1748. p. 383\n\nII. A Letter from John Byrom M.A. F.R.S. to the President, containing some Remarks on Mr. Jeake's Plan for Short-Hand. p. 388\n\nIII. Part of two Letters from Mr. B. Cooke F.R.S. to Mr. Peter Collinson F.R.S. concerning the Sparkling of Flanel, and the Hair of Animals in the dark. p. 394\n\nIV. A Letter from the Reverend Mr. John Forster to Mr. Henry Baker F.R.S. concerning an Earthquake at Taunton.\n\nV. A Letter from John Byrom M.A. and F.R.S. to the President, containing some Remarks on Mr. Lodwick's Alphabet. p. 401\nThe CONTENTS.\n\nVI. A Roman Inscription found at Bath, communicated to the Royal Society by the Rev. William Stukely M.D. Fellow of the Coll. of Phys. F.R.S. and Rector of St. George the Martyr, London. p. 409\n\nVII. Extract of a Letter from the Rev. Dr. Stephen Hales F.R.S. to the Rev. Mr. Westly Hall, concerning some Electrical Experiments. ibid.\n\nVIII. Extract of a Letter from Tho. Aery M.D. to Cromwell Mortimer M.D. Secret. R.S. containing the Particulars of the Cure of a Wound in the Cornea, and a Laceration of the Uvea in the Eye of a Woman. p. 411\n\nIX. Tables of specific Gravities, extracted from various Authors, with some Observations upon the same; communicated in a Letter to Martin Folkes Esq; President of the Royal Society, by Richard Davies M.D. p. 416\nI. An Account of the Experiments made by some Gentlemen of the Royal Society, in order to measure the absolute Velocity of Electricity; communicated to the Royal Society by Mr. W. Watson F.R.S. p.491\n\nII. An Account of double Foetus's of Calves, by Mons. le Cat, M.D. F.R.S. &c. dated at Rouen, August 20. 1748. N. S. Translated from the French by T.S. M.D. F.R.S. p. 497\n\nIII. Extract of a Letter from the Rev. Dr. Doddridge to Henry Baker F.R.S. concerning\ncerning a Wether giving Suck to a Lamb; and of a monstrous Lamb. p. 502\n\nIV. Abstract from a Letter sent by Monsieur Buffon, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, &c. to Martin Folkes Esquire, Pr. R. S. concerning his Re-invention of Archimedes's Burning Specula. p. 504\n\nV. An Essay on Quantity; occasioned by reading a Treatise, in which Simple and Compound Ratio's are applied to Virtue and Merit, by the Rev. Mr. Reid; communicated in a Letter from the Rev. Henry Miles D.D. & F.R.S. to Martin Folkes Esq; Pr. R.S. p. 505\n\nVI. A Letter from Rich. Hassel Esq; F.R.S. to Peter Daval Esq; Secr. R. S. concerning a large Picce of a Lath being thrust into a Man's Eye, who recover'd of it. p. 520\n\nVII. The Sun's Eclipse of July 14, 1748. observed at Marlborough House, with the\nThe CONTENTS.\n\nthe twelve Foot refracting Telescope, fix'd as a Finder to the Tube of the great twelve Foot Reflector; by John Bevis M.D. p. 521\n\nVIII. An Observation of an extraordinary Lunar Circle, and of two Paraselenes, made at Paris, October 20. 1747. N.S. and of the Eclipse of the Sun, July 14. 1748. O.S. by Augustine Nathaniel Greschow, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin, &c. p. 524\n\nIX. A Letter from James Parsons M.D. F.R.S. to the President, containing an Account of a preternatural Conjunction of two Female Children. p. 526\n\nX. An Account of the Preparation and Uses of the various Kinds of Pot-ash; by John Mitchell M.D. & F.R.S. p. 541\nThe CONTENTS.\n\nXI. A Letter from Dr. Laurence Garcin, of Neuchatel, F. R. S. to Sir Hans Sloane Bart. late P. R. S. concerning the Cyprus of the Ancients: Done from the French by W. Watson, F. R. S. p. 564\n\nPrinted for C. Davis. over-against Gray's Inn Gate in Holbourn, Printer to the Royal Society, M.DCC.XLIX.\nPHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS.\n\nFor the Month of December, 1748.\n\nI. An Account of an antient Shrine, formerly belonging to the Abbey of Croyland; by Wm. Stukely M.D. Coll. Med. Lond. Soc. & Eccles. D. Georgii Martyr. Lond. Rector. p. 579\n\nII. An Eclipse of the Sun, July 14. 1748. observed by the Right Honourable James Earl of Morton, Mr. le Monnier, Royal Astronomer and Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, and Mr. Ja. Short, Fellows of the Royal Society. p. 582\n\nIII. A Letter from Mr. David Erskin Baker to Martin Folkes Esq; Pr. R. S. containing Considerations on two extraordinary Belemnitæ. p. 598\n\nIV. A Letter from Benj. 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