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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. I. (ff. 392).

(1) 'Dr [William] Croon's account of the weight of a Carp'; 1663. f. 1.

(2) 'Remarks on the Journal of [Thomas] Batts and [Robert] Fallam, in their Discovery of the Western Parts of Virginia in 1671', by John Mitchell, M.D., F.R.S.; aft. 1755. The journal was actually kept by Robert Fallam (see below, art. 8). ff. 6-9b.

(3) Correspondence of Paolo Sylvio Boccone with Nicolaus Steno concerning the stone 'Astroites undulatus'; 1672, 1673. Copies. ff. 10-17b.

(4) Robert Wittie to Henry Oldenburg, Secretary to the Society; 1672. ff. 18-19b.

(5) John Wallis, D.D., to the same, on the cycloid; Oxford, 12 Jan.

1673/4. f. 20.

(6) Renatus Franciscus Slusius to the same, on the equilibrium of liquors; Liége, 8 Oct. 1675. Latin. ff. 23-24b.

(7) John Collins to the same; 25 May 1675. f. 25.

(8) 'A Journal [by Robert Fallam] from Virginia beyond the Apallachian Mountains in Sept. 1671 sent to the Royal Society by Mr [John] Clayton and read Aug. 1. 1688'. In Birch's autograph. Printed in C. W. Alvord and L. Bidgood, The first explorations of the Trans-Allegheny Region by the Virginians 1650-1674 (Cleveland, 1912), pp. 183-193. See also above, art. 2. ff. 27-33b.

(9) William Derham, Vicar of Upminster, to John Chamberlayne, on the planet Jupiter; Upminster, 22 Aug. 1713. ff. 34-35b.

(10) 'An account of the Solar Eclipse, April 22nd 1715 as it appear'd at Upminster .. . in Essex' by Samuel Molyneux, Secretary to George, Prince of Wales. ff. 37-43.

(11) John Rushworth, of Northampton, surgeon, to Sir Hans Sloane on the effect of bark on mortifications; 13 May 1721. Cf. Phil. Trans., xxxvi, p. 430. ff. 44-47b.

(12) William Stukeley, F.R.S., to the same; Tuxford, 7 Oct. 1721. ff. 48-49b.

(13). Richard Richardson to the same; 1722-1727. ff. 50, 59-60b, 62-63b.

(14) Thomas Shaw, D.D., Chaplain at Algiers, to Dr. John Woodward; Algiers, 8 June 1722. Copy. ff. 51-52.

(15) 'Account of a new invented Machine to extract the stone out of the Bladder, by John Henry Hess, Surgeon at Copenhagen'; 1725. ff. 66-67.

(16) 'Catalogue [by Isaac Rand, F.R.S.] of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea-Garden presented to the Royal Society, by the Company of Apothecaries, for the year 1726 pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane'. Cf. Phil. Trans., xxxv, p. 293. f. 68.

(17) 'Osservazione del Lune Boreale ueduto nell' Osservatorio di Bologna li 14 Marzo 1727 dal Dr Eustachio Manfredi'. Cf. Phil. Trans., xxxv, p. 456. ff. 69-70b.

(18) Marten Triewald, Director of Mechanics to the King of Sweden, to the Secretary of the Royal Society, on his electrical phenomena, with remarks by Jean Théophile Desaguliers; 1728, 1729. ff. 71-86b.

(19) 'Explication of the Properties of the Loadstone' by — Créquy. ff. 87-94b.

(20) Recipe of Joannes Sigismundus Augustus Frobenius for experiments with 'Spiritus vini aethereus'; 1730. Cf. Phil. Trans., xxxvi, p. 283. ff. 95-96.

(21) An account of letters found in the middle of a beechtree, by Jacob Theodor Klein, Secretary to the Senate at Danzig; 19 Oct. 1729. Translated from Latin. if. 97-100b.

(22) William Borlase, Vicar of Ludgvan, to William Oliver, M.D., F.R.S., giving an account of Trematon Castle, co. Cornw.; Ludgvan, 28 Oct. 1730. f. 102.

(23) 'An Essay towards finding the Longitude and by the way is discover'd a cheape engine of great use for raising water'; 1730. ff. 104-115b.

(24) 'A Description of the Bandura a very extraordinary plant in the Island Ceylon, by John Amman', M.D., F.R.S. Translated from Latin. 1730. ff. 116-119b.

(25) T. Sympson to Philip Miller on discoveries of sepulchres at Lincoln; Lincoln, 17 May 1731. ff. 120-121b.

(26) Essay on thunder and lightning; June 1731. Latin. ff. 122- 132.

(27) John Derby to Henry Sheppard giving an account of a whirlwind at Cerne Abbas; Minterne Magna, 13 Nov. 1731. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 229. ff. 136-137b.

(28) Report by Ambrose Godfrey-Hanckwitz, F.R.S., on experiments on 'some China Indien Blew Stones'; 11 Nov. 1731. ff. 138-140.

(29) Francis Welles, Rector of Prestbury, co. Glouc. to —, describing a storm there; 1731. Imperfect. ff. 143-144.

(30) Description of mineral waters at West Ashton, co. Wilts, and cures from its use, by Thomas Beach; 1732. ff. 154-160.

(31) John Machin to Cromwell Mortimer, M.D., Secretary to the Royal Society; circ. 1732. ff. 165-166b.

(32) Charles Alston to Philip Miller, Director of the Botanical Gardens, Chelsea, on the poisonous qualities of the laurel; Edinburgh, 22 Feb. 1731/2. ff. 169-170.

(33) Account of the discovery of the remains of the city of Herculaneum, by William Hammond; Naples, 7 Mar. 1731/2. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 345. ff. 171-172b.

(34) Account of an earthquake at Peking in 1730 by Jean Baptiste Du Halde, Jesuit. ff. 175-178.

(35) Observations by Henry Beighton: (a) on sound, June 1725 and (b) on a 'Method of making a Large Quadrant or Arch capable of taking the longitude of a place'; 1727. ff. 180-183b.

(36) Dr. John Rutty to Dr. Cromwell Mortimer, on the poisonous qualities of laurel water; 1732. Extract. f. 184.

(37) Account of inscribed rocks in Taunton River in New England, by Isaac Greenwood; 18 Dec. 1730. ff. 185-190.

(38) Alexander Stuart, M.D. to Dr. Cromwell Mortimer; concerning locust-destroying birds; Bloomsbury, 20 June 1732. ff. 191-192b.

(39) 'An Account of the Teredo marina Belgica', the pile-worm, in a letter to Sir H. Sloane from Gottfried Sellius, LL. D., author of Historia Naturalis Teredinis, 1733; Utrecht, 22 July 1732. Latin and English translation. ff. 202-226b.

(40) Account by John Eames, F.R.S., of Dr. James Jurin's' 9th and last Dissertation de vi motrice'; 14 Dec. 1732. ff. 227-232b.

(41) Observation on an explosion in the air at Halstead, co. Essex; 1732. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 288. ff. 237-238b.

(42) Account by Philip Henry Zollman of De Bononiensi Scientiarum et artium Instituto atque Academiâ, edited by Eustachio Zanotti, Bologna, 1731; 1732. ff. 241-254b.

(43) 'A new scheme for keeping of an account of Time in order to find the Longitude at Sea', by John Wall; London, 14 Dec. 1732. ff. 255-262b.

(44) Letters on diseases in Bengal from (a) Dr. Oliver Coult to-; Fort William, 25 Nov. 1718 - circa 1720. ff. 262-268b;- (b) Robert Coult to Dr. O. Coult; Calcutta, 10 Feb. 1731/2. ff. 269-272.

(45) 'An Account of a Treatise intitled Stereography', etc., by John Hamilton; 1733. ff. 273-282b.

(46) 'Experiments with the Lauro-Cerasus in order to investigate its Properties ... in Animal Bodies', by Browne Langrish, M.D.; 1732. ff. 285-303b.

(47) 'An account of Dr. [William] Stukeley's book now in the press, on the cause and cure of the Gout'; 23 Jan. 1733/4. ff. 306-307b.

(48) 'De Ischuria e Renibus observatio ... a Petro Antonio Michelotti' of Venice; 1733. ff. 308-315b.

(49) 'Of the figure of the Earth and the variation of gravity on the surface' by James Stirling, F.R.S. Cf. Phil Trans., xxxix, p. 98. ff.316-318.

(50) Beaupré Bell, Jun., to Dr. Robert Nesbitt on a 'Haystack vitrified by Lightning'; Beaupré Hall, co. Norf., 10 Sept. 1733. ff. 319-320.

(51) Dissertation on natural and artificial strength, with drawings, by John Theophilus Desaguliers, LL.D.; 1733. ff. 321-364.

(52) 'De fatis operum Manuscriptorum Ioannis Keppleri ... paraenesis Michaelis Gottlieb Hanschii'; 1734. ff. 365-372b.

(53) An account of a landslip at Pardines in Auvergne by 'M. Tradaine, Intendant of Auvergne'; 1733. French, with English translation by Philip Henry Zollman, F.R.S. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 272. ff. 373-377b.

(54) Browne Langrish, M.D., to the Society on his theories of a falling barometer; Petersfield, 16 Mar. 1732/3. ff. 380-385b.

(55) Philip Miller, F.R.S., to the same, on espalier fruit trees; 26 Apr. 1733. ff. 386-387.

(56) Andrew Cantwell to Dr. Thomas Stack on experiments with laurel water; Montpellier, 13 July 1732. f. 390.

Navigation: Papers rel. to methods of finding longitude: 17th cent - 1765.: Engl and Fr.

Natural Science: Papers on, communicated to the Royal Society: 1663-1765.

Natural History: Papers on, communicated to the Royal Society: 1663-1765.

Medicine and Surgery: Papers on, communicated to the Royal Society: 1721-1765.

Mathematics: Papers on, communicated to the Royal Society: 1674-1765.

Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Correspondence of: 1726-1766, n.d.

Astronomy: Accounts of astronomical phenomena communicated to the Royal Society: 1715-1765.

includes:

• f. 1 William Croone, MD, Registrar of Gresham College: Account of the specific gravity of fish: 1663.
• f. 2 Henry Oldenburg, Secretary of the Royal Society: Letters to, from N. Fairfax: 1669.: Lat.: Copies.
• f. 2 Nathaniel Fairfax, MD: Letters to H. Oldenburg: 1669.: Lat.: Copies.
• ff. 6-9b John Mitchell, MD; FRS; botanist and cartographer: Remarks on the discovery of Western Virginia: in 1671, aft. 1755.
• ff. 6-9b Virginia: Remarks on the discovery of the western parts in 1671: aft. 1755.
• ff. 6-9b Captain Thomas Batts, settler in Virginia: Remarks on his expedition to western Virginia in 1671: aft. 1755.
• ff.6-9b Robert Fallam, settler in Virginia: Remarks on his expedition to western Virginia in 167 1: aft. 1755.
• ff. 10-17b Paolo Sylvio Boccone, Italian naturalist: Correspondence with N. Steno: 1672, 1673.: Copies.
• ff. 10-17b Nicolaus Steno, Danish theologian and anatomist: Correspondence with P. S. Boccone: 1672, 1673.: Copies.
• f. 18 Robert Wittie, MD; of York: Letter to H. Oldenburg: 1672.
• f. 20 John Wallis, DD, FRS; mathematician: Letter to the Royal Society: 1674.
• f. 21 Henry Oldenburg, Secretary of the Royal Society: Correspondence with R. F. Slusius: 1670-1675.: Lat.
• f. 21 Renatus Franciscus Slusius, Canon of Liége; mathematician and orientalist: Correspondence with H. Oldenburg: 1670-1675.: Lat.
• f. 25 John Collins, d 1683 FRS; mathematician: Letter to H. Oldenburg: 1675.
• f. 25 Henry Oldenburg, Secretary of the Royal Society: Letter to, from J. Collins: 1675.
• ff. 27-33b Virginia: Journal of an expedition to the western parts: 1671.: Copy 18th cent.
• ff. 27-33b John Clayton, FRS; Rector of Jamestown: R. Failam's journal of an expedition to western Virginia in 1671, sent to the Royal Society by,: 1688: Copy, 18th cent.
• ff. 27-33b Robert Fallam, settler in Virginia: Journal of an expedition to western Virginia in 1671.: 1671: Copy, 18th cent.
• f. 34 William Derham, FRS; Vicar of Upminster: Letters to J. Chamberlayne: 1713.
• f. 36 Chichester, Sussex: Account of the town cross: 18th cent.
• ff. 37-43 Samuel Molyneux, FRS; astronomer and politician; son of William Molyneux: Account of an eclipse of the sun: 1715.: Copy.
• f. 44 John Rushworth, surgeon, of Northampton: Letter to Sir H. Sloane: 1721.
• f. 48 William Stukeley, antiquary: Letter to Sir H. Sloane: 1721.
• ff. 50, 59, 62 Richard Richardson, MD, FRS; botanist and antiquary: Letters to Sir H. Sloane: 1722-1727.
• f. 51 Thomas Shaw, d 1751 DD, FRS; African traveller: Letter to J Woodward.: 1722.: Copy.
• f. 55 Siena, Italy: Case of a monstrous birth at: 1724.
• ff. 66-67 Johann Heinrich Hess, surgeon, of Copenhagen: Account of a surgical instrument for extracting stone: 1727.: Engl. transl.
• f. 68 Chelsea, Middlesex: Catalogues of the plants presented annually to the Royal Society by the Apothecaries Company from their garden at: 1726-1757.
• f. 68 Isaac Rand, Botanist: Catalogues of the 50 plants presented annually to the Royal Society by the Apothecaries' Company: 1725, 1737-1739.
• f. 68 Botany: Catalogues of the fifty plants presented annually to the Royal Society by the Apothecaries Company: 1726-1757.
• f. 68 London; Secular Institutions. City Companies. Society of Apothecaries: Catalogues of the fifty plants presented annually by, to the Royal Society: 1726, 1737-1739, 1757.
• ff. 69-70b Eustachio Manfredi, FRS; Italian astronomer: Account of northern lights seen at Bologna: 1727.: Ital.
• ff. 69-70b Bologna, Li quaranta del reggimento di: Accounts of Northern Lights seen at: 1727, 1737.: Ital. and Engl. transl.: Partly printed.
• ff. 71-86b Marten Triewald, FRS; Director of Mechanics to the King of Sweden: Letters to the Royal Society: 1728, 1729.
• f. 75 John Theophilus Desaguliers, LLD, FRS (ob. 1744): Remarks on electrical experiments of M. Triewald: 1729.
• ff. 87-94b Créquy: Account of the properties of the loadstone: 1729.
• ff. 90, 148 (extr.) Andrew Cantwell, of Paris; physician: Letters to T. Stack: 1731-1740.
• ff. 95-96 Johannes Sigismundus Augustus Frobenius, MD, FRS: Papers on experiments with ether,: 1730, 1740.: Lat. and Engl. transl.
• ff. 97-100b Jacob Theodor Klein, FRS; German naturalist: Account of characters found in a beech tree: 1729.: Engl. transl.
• f. 101 Captain Hammond, of Ipswich: Hypothesis on magnetism: 1730.
• f. 102 William Borlase, FRS; Vicar of Ludgvan and St Just; antiquary: Letter to W. Oliver: 1730.
• f. 103 Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire: Account of inscription found in the churchyard: 1729.
• f. 103 Richard Le Paumer: Copy of an inscription on his tombstone, found in Haverfordwest churchyard: 1729.
• f. 103 Antiquities: Inscription in Haverfordwest churchyard, copied: 1729.
• ff. 116-119b Johann Amman, MD, FRS; Swiss physician and botanist: Description of the Bandura plant of Ceylon: 1730.: Engl. transl.
• f. 120 T. Sympson, antiquary; of Lincoln: Letter to P. Miller: 1731.
• ff. 122-132 Meteorology: Essay on thunder and lightning: 1731.: Lat.
• f. 134 Alexandria, Egypt: Copy of an inscription on a pillar at: 1730.
• f. 134 Joseph Ames, d 1759 FRS; Secretary, Society of Antiquaries: Inscription on a pillar from Alexandria copied by: 1730.
• f. 134 Antiquities: Inscription on a marble pillar from Alexandria, copied: 1730.
• f. 135 Thomas Henchman, Prebendary of Salisbury: Account of the cultivation of peas: 1731.
• f. 136 John Derby, Rector of Minterne Magna: Letter to H. Sheppard: 1731.
• ff. 138-140 Ambrose Godfrey, alias Godfrey-Hanckwitz; FRS; chemist: Experments on china bluestones: 1731.
• f. 141 John Martyn, FRS; botanist: Account of the 'Gardeners Calendar': 1731.
• ff. 143, 144 Francis Welles, Rector of Prestbury: Letters to --: 1731.
• f. 145 Sir John Clark, Baron of the Exchequer in Scotland: Letter to R. Gale: 1731.: Extr.
• f. 147 Charles Banks, merchant at Hamburg: Account of his insomnia: 1731.
• f. 149 Louis-Léger de Gouey: Extract from his 'La véritable Chirurgie': 1716.
• ff. 154-160 Thomas Beach, of West Ashton, county Wiltshire: Account of the mineral waters at West Ashton: 1732.
• ff.154-160 West Ashton, Wiltshire: Account of its mineral waters and cures: 1732.
• f. 161 Giovanni Batista Felice, of Florence: Letter to P. Gianetti: 1717.: Extr.
• f. 165 John Machin, FRS; mathematician and astronomer: Letter to C. Mortimer: circ. 1732.
• f. 169 Charles Alston, botanist, of Edinburgh: Letter to P. Miller: 1732.
• f. 171 John Green: Letter to W. Sloane: 1732.
• ff. 171-172b Herculaneum: Accounts of discoveries at: 1732, 1740.
• ff.171-172b William Hammond: Account of an underground city near Naples: 1732.
• f. 173 William Stukeley, antiquary: Account of a shower of seeds: 1732.
• ff. 175-178 Jean Baptiste Du Halde, S J; French geographer: Account of an earthquake at Peking: in 1730.
• ff. 175-178 City of Peking: Account of an earthquake at: 1730.
• f. 179 William of Rubruck, alias Rubruquis; OFM: Account of an earthquake in 1253: 18th cent.: Lat.: Copy.
• ff. 180-183b,198-201b Henry Beighton, FRS; surveyor and engineer: Scientific observations by: 1712-1733.
• f. 184 John Rutly, MD: Letter to C. Mortimer: 1732.: Extr.
• ff. 185-190 Taunton River, New England: Account of inscribed rocks in: 1730.
• ff. 185-190 Antiquities: Account of inscriptions on a rock in Taunton River, New England: 1730.
• f. 190 Isaac Greenwood, American mathematician: Letter to J. Eames: 1732.
• f. 191 Alexander Stuart, MD, FRS: Letter to C. Mortimer: 1732.
• f. 193 John Geekie, in charge of the E India Co.'s factory in Isfahan: Account of locust-destroying birds: 1731.
• f. 194 John Drummond, merchant, of Amsterdam: Letter to A. Stuart: 1732.
• f. 195 Abraham Chovet, American surgeon: Proposal for anatomical models: 1732.
• f. 197 Navigation: Inventions for improving navigation: 1732.
• ff. 200b-201b Nuneaton, Warwickshire: Note of a hurricane in 1712 at,: 1733.
• ff. 202-226b Gottfried Sellius, LL.D: Account of the Teredo marina Belgica or pile-worm: 1732.: Lat., with Engl. transl.
• ff. 227-232b John Eames, FRS: Account of J. Jurin's dissertation 'De Vi Motrice': 1732.
• ff. 227-232b James Jurin, the elder; MD; FRS: Account of 'De vi motrice' by: 1732.
• f. 233 Richard Christopher: Report on a hydrographical machine: 1732.
• f. 233 William Banks: Report on a hydrographical machine: 1732.
• f. 233 George Reynoldson: Report on his hydrographical machine: 1732.
• f. 233 A. Hammond: Report on a hydrographical machine: 1732.
• f. 235 Hon Henry Temple: Letter to his father, Lord Palmerston: 1732.: Extr.
• ff. 237-238b Alexander Vievar, Vicar of Halstead, county Essex: Account of an explosion in the air at Halstead: 1732.
• ff. 241-254b Philip Henry Zollmann, FRS: Account of E. Zanotti's 'De Bononiensi Scientiarum et Artium Instituto': 1732.
• ff. 241-254b Eustachio Zanotti, Professor of Astronomy at Bologna: Account of his 'De Bononiensi Scientiarum et artium Instituto': 1732.
• ff. 255-262b John Wall: Scheme for finding longitude: 1732.
• ff. 263, 265, 267 Oliver Coult, MD; of Bengal: Letters to -: 1718-circ. 1720.
• f. 269 Robert Coult, of Bengal: Letter to O. Coult: 1732.
• ff. 273-282b John Hamilton, FRS 1734: Account of his treatise on stereography: 1733.
• ff. 285-303b Browne Langrish, physician: Experiments with the properties of the lauro cerasus: 1732.
• f. 305 Fleet, Dorset: Description of a meteor at: 1733.
• f. 305 Crocker: Description of a meteor at Fleet: 1733.
• ff. 306-307b William Stukeley, antiquary: Account of his book on the gout: 1734.
• ff. 308-315b Pietro Antonio Michelotti, FRS; Italian physician and mathematician: 'Observatio de Ischuria e Renibus': 1733.
• ff. 316-318 James Stirling, FRS: On the figure and gravity of the earth: 1733.: Autogr.
• f. 319 Beaupré Bell, the younger; antiquary: Letter to Dr. Nesbitt: 1733.
• ff. 321-364 John Theophilus Desaguliers, LLD, FRS (ob. 1744): Dissertation on natural and artificial strength: 1733.
• f. 326 Felstead, Essex: Copy of court roll: 1653.
• ff. 365-372b Johann Kepler, d 1630 astronomer: Account of his MSS. by M. G. Hansch: 1734.: Lat.
• ff.365-372b Michael Gottlieb Hansch, German mathematician and philosopher: Account of the MS. works of J. Kepler: 1734.: Lat.
• ff. 373-377b Tradaine, Intendant of Auvergne: Account of landslip at Pardines in Auvergne: 1733.: Fr., with Engl. transl.
• ff. 373-377b Pardines, Auvergne: Account of a landslip at: 1733.: Fr., with Engl. transl.
• f. 378 Augsburg: Statistical account of births, marriages, and deaths: 1501-1720.: Germ.: Printed.
• ff.380-385b Browne Langrish, physician: Barometrical observations: 1733.
• ff. 386-387 Philip Miller, FRS; Curator of the Botanic Garden, Chelsea: Note on espalier fruit trees: 1733.: Autogr.
• f. 392 Josephus? Simonius Assemanus, Syrian orientalist: Explanation of an inscription at Florence: 1733.
• f. 392 Florence, Italy: Explanation of an inscription on a chimaera at: 1733.