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Volume 64

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Volume 64

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Observations on the Solar Spots. By Alexander Wilson, M. D. Professor of Practical Astronomy in the University of Glasgow. Communicated by the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal

Wilson, A., Maskelyne, N.

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Astronomical Observations by the Missionaries at Pekin. Transmitted to the Supra-Cargoes at Canton, by the Rev. Father Louis Cipolla, of the Tribunal of Mathematics, and Communicated to the Royal Society by the Court of Directors of the East-India Company

Cipolla, L., Maskelyne, N.

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The Lunar Eclipse, Oct. 11, 1772, Observed at Canton. Communicated by John Blake, Esq. of Parliament-Street

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Experiments on Dying Black, by Mr. James Clegg, of Redivales, Near Bury. In a Letter to Dr. Percival

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Observations on the State of Population in Manchester, and Other Adjacent Places. By Dr. Percival. Communicated by the Rev. Dr. Price

Percival, Dr., Price, Dr.

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Observations on the Bill of Mortality, in Chester, for the Year 1772. By Doctor Haygarth

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Electrical Experiments by Mr. Edward Nairne, of London, Mathematical Instrument-Maker, Made with a Machine of His Own Workmanship, a Description of Which is Prefixed

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On the Noxious Quality of the Effluvia of Putrid Marshes. A Letter from the Rev. Dr. Priestley to Sir John Pringle

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Farther Proofs of the Insalubrity of Marshy Situations. In a Letter from the Rev. Dr. Price to the Rev. Dr. Horsley

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Of the Culture and Uses of the Son or Sun-Plant of Hindostan, with an Account of the Manner of Manufacturing the Hindostan Paper. By Lieutenant Colonel Ironside. Communicated by Dr. Heberden

Ironside, L. C., Heberden, Dr.

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An Improvement Proposed in the Cross Wires of Telescopes, by Dr. Wilson, of Glasgow. In a Letter to the Astronomer Royal

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The Case of a Patient Voiding Stones Through a Fistulous Sore in the Loins, without Any Concomitant Discharge of Urine by the Same Passage: In a Letter to Dr. Maty, from Mr. S. F. Simmons

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The Disparition of Saturn's Ring, Observed by Joseph Varelaz, Lieutenant of the Royal Navy of the King of Spain, and Professor of Mathematics, in the Academy of Guard-Marine at Cadiz. In a Letter to Dr. Morton

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Of the Gillaroo Trout. A Letter from the Hon. Daines Barrington, to the Rev. Dr. Horsley

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Account of the Stomach of the Gillaroo Trout. In a Letter from Mr. Henry Watson to Sir John Pringle

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A Description of a Petrified Stratum, Formed from the Waters of Matlock, in Derbyshire. By Mathew Dobson, M. D. Communicated by Dr. Fothergill

Dobson, M., Fothergill, Dr.

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Remarks on the Aurora Borealis. By Mr. Winn. In a Letter to Dr. Franklin

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Experiments concerning the Different Efficacy of Pointed and Blunted Rods, in Securing Buildings against the Stroke of Lightning. By William Henley, E. R. S.

Henley, W., Nairne, R.

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Remarks upon a Passage in Castillione's Life of Sir Isaac Newton. By John Winthrop, LL. D. Hollisian Professor of Mathematics, at Cambridge, in New England

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M. De Luc's Rule for Measuring Heights by the Barometer, Reduced to the English Measure of Length, and Adapted to Fahrenheit's Thermometer, and Other Scales of Heat, and Reduced to a More Convenient Expression. By the Astronomer Royal

Maskelyne, N., Royal, A.

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A Letter to the Astronomer Royal, from Samuel Holland, Esq. Surveyor General of Lands for the Northern District of America, Containing Some Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites, Observed Near Quebec

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Observations of the Immersions and Emersions of the Satellites of Jupiter, Taken in the Year 1768, by Ensign George Sproule, of His Majesty's 59th Regiment, on the South Point of the Entrance of Gaspee Bason, Which Bears from Cape Ferrilong, or the Cape Forming the Bay to the Northward, N. 68Formula W. by the True Meridian, Distant 12Formula Marine Miles. Communicated by the Astronomer Royal

Sproule, G., Royal, A.

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Astronomical Observations Made by Samuel Holland Esquire, His Majesty's Surveyor General of Lands for the Northern District of North America, for Ascertaining the Longitude of Several Places in the Said District. Communicated by the Astronomer Royal

Holland, S., Royal, A.

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Observations of Eclipses of Jupiter's First Satellite Made at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, Compared with Observations of the Same, Made by Samuel Holland Esquire, Surveyor General of Lands for the Northern District of America, and Others of His Party, in Several Parts of North America, and the Longitudes of the Places Thence Deduced, by the Astronomer Royal

Holland, S., Royal, A.

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Immersions and Emersions of Jupiter's First Satellite, Observed at Jupiter's Inlet, on the Island of Anticosti, North America, by Mr. Thomas Wright, Deputy Surveyor General of Lands for the Northern District of America; And the Longitude of the Place, Deduced from Comparison with Observations Made at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, by the Astronomer Royal

Wright, T., Royal, A.

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Extract of a Letter from Mr. Humphry Marshall, of West Bradford, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, to Dr. Franklin, Sent with Sketches of the Solar Spots, Dated May 3, 1773

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Account of the House-Martin, or Martlet. In a Letter from the Rev. Gilbert White to the Hon. Daines Barrington

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Extract of a Register of the Barometer, Thermometer, and Rain, at Lyndon in Rutland, 1773, by T. Barker, Esq; Communicated by Sir John Pringle, Bart. P. R. S.

Barker, T., Pringle, J.

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An Account of Certain Receptacles of Air, in Birds, Which Communicate with the Lungs, and are Lodged Both among the Fleshy Parts and in the Hollow Bones of Those Animals. By John Hunter, F. R. S.

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M. DE Luc's Rules, for the Measurement of Heights by the Barometer, Compared with Theory, and Reduced to English Measures of Length, and Adapted to Fahrenheit's Scale of the Thermometer: With Tables and Precepts, for Expediting the Practical Application of Them. By Samuel Horsley, LL.D. Addressed to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P. R. S.

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A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants, from Chelsea Garden, Presented to the Royal Society, by the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, for the Year 1773, Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Reg. et Soc. Reg. Nuper Praeses. By William Curtis, Clariss. Soc. Pharmaceut. Lond. Soc. Hort. Chelsean. Praefect. et Praelector Botan

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Observations on the Gillaroe Trout, Commonly Called in Ireland the Gizzard Trout, by John Hunter, F. R. S.

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Explication of a Most Remarkable Monogram on the Reverse of a Very Antient Quinarius, Never before Published or Explained. In a Letter to M. Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. from the Rev. John Swinton, B. D. F. R. S. Custos Archivorum of the University of Oxford, Member of the Academy Degli Apatisti at Florence, and of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona in Tuscany

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Astronomical Observations Made at Chislehurst, in Kent, in the Course of the Year 1773. By the Rev. Francis Wollaston, LL.B. F. R. S.

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An Account of a Woman Accidentally Burnt to Death at Coventry. By B. Wilmer, Surgeon, at Coventry. In a Letter to Mr. William Sharpe

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Experiments on Animal Fluids in the Exhausted Receiver. By D. Darwin, M. D. of Litchfield. Communicated by Dr. Franklin

Darwin, D., Franklin, Dr.

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An Account of a Storm of Lightning Observed on the 1st of March, 1774, Near Wakefield, in Yorkshire, by Mr. Nicholson, Teacher of Mathematics in Wakefield. Communicated by Dr. Priestley

Nicholson, Mr., Priestley, J.

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Account of a Woman Enjoying the Use of Her Right Arm after the Head of the Os Humeri Was Cut Away. By James Bent, Surgeon, at Newcastle. Communicated by Dr. Hunter

Bent, J., Hunter, Dr.

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Continuation of an Experimental Inquiry concerning the Nature of the Mineral Elastic Spirit, or Air, Contained in the Pouhon Water, and Other Acidulae. By W. Brownrigg, M. D. F. R. S. Addressed to Sir John Pringle, Bart. F. R. S.

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Particulars of the Country of Labradore, Extracted from the Papers of Lieutenant Roger Curtis, of His Majesty's Sloop the Otter, with a Plane-Chart of the Coast. Communicated by the Honourable Daines Barrington

Curtis, R., Barrington, D.

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An Account of Some New Experiments in Electricity, Containing, 1. An Enquiry Whether Vapour be a Conductor of Electricity. 2. Some Experiments, to Ascertain the Direction of the Electric Matter, in the Discharge of the Leyden Bottle: With a New Analysis of the Leyden Bottle. 3. Experiments on the Lateral Explosion, in the Discharge of the Leyden Bottle. 4. The Description, and Use, of a New Prime-Conductor. 5. Miscellaneous Experiments, Made Principally in the Years 1771 and 1772. 6. Experiments and Observations on the Electricity of Fogs, &c. in Pursuance of Those Made by Thomas Ronayne, Esq; With a Plan of an Electrical Journal, &c. By William Henly, F. R. S.

Henly, W., Ronayne, T.

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A Letter from David Macbride, M. D. to John Walsh, Esq; F. R. S. Accompanying Two Letters from Mr. Simon to Dr. Macbride, concerning the Reviviscence of Some Snails Preserved Many Years in Mr. Simon's Cabinet

Macbride, D., Simon, S.

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The Bill of Mortality of the Town of Warrington, for the Year 1773. By the Rev. J. Aikin. Communicated by Dr. Percival

Percival, Dr., Aikin, J.

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Of the Stilling of Waves by means of Oil. Extracted from Sundry Letters between Benjamin Franklin, LL. D. F. R. S. William Brownrigg, M. D. F. R. S. and the Reverend Mr. Farish

Franklin, B., Brownrigg, W., Farish, Mr.

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Translation of a Letter from M. de Stehlin, Counsellor of State to Her Imperial Majesty of Russia, to Dr. Maty, with a Specimen of Native Iron

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Of Torpedos Found on the Coast of England. In a Letter from John Walsh, Esq; F. R. S. to Thomas Pennant, Esq; F. R. S.

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Description of a Double Uterus and Vagina. By John Purcell, M. D. Professor of Anatomy in the College of Dublin. Communicated by Dr. Morton

Purcell, J., Morton, Dr.

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A Letter from William Brownrigg, M. D. F. R. S. to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P. R. S. Relating to Some Specimens of Native Salts, Collected by Dr. Brownrigg, and Shewn at a Meeting of the Royal Society, June 23, 1774

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Fig. 1 to 4 of Tab. IV

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