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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 327).

(1) An account by Dr. Thomas Stack of a tract entitled 'Johannis Matthaei Barthii ... de Culice Dissertatio'; 1737. ff. 1-2b.

(2) Accounts by Mark Catesby, F.R.S., of René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur's 'Memoires pour servir à l'histoire des Insectes'; 1737, 1738. ff. 3-32b, 315-322.

(3) Treatise 'de thoracis hydrope' by Pietro Antonio Michelotti; 1733. ff. 33-38b.

(4) The description and draught of a machine for reducing fractures of the thigh, by Henry Ettrick, Surgeon; 1737. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 562. ff. 41-42b.

(5) 'Mercurius a Venere sublatus Maii 17. 1737 ... per J[ohannem] Bevis, M.D.'. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 630. ff. 43-44b.

(6) 'An Account by David Hartley, M.B., F.R.S., of Dr. [Christopher Jacob] Trew's Dissertation of a Human Body before and after Birth'; 1736. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 436. ff. 45-46b.

(7) John Gray to Philip Miller, on the temperature at Cartagena; Cartagena, 29 July 1737. ff. 49-50b.

(8) Account of an ancient Prussian armilla brachialis aenea by Jacob Theodor Klein; 1737. ff. 51-56b.

(9) 'An Attempt to examine the Barrows in Cornwall, by Stephen Williams, M.D.'; 1737. ff. 57-62b.

(10) Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis to James Bradley, Savilian Professor of Astronomy, on the operations in Lapland and the figure of the earth; Paris, 27 Sept. 1737. French, with English translation. ff. 73-77b.

(11) Carl Linnaeus to Philip Miller giving an 'account of the insect which destroys the cattle in Lapland'; 20 June 1737. Latin. ff.78-82b.

(12) 'Of a Bubonocele or Rupture in the Groin' by Claude Amyand, Serjeant Surgeon to the King; 1737. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 361. ff. 83-86b.

(13) Samuel Jenkins to Sir Hans Sloane, with the figure of a machine for grinding lenses; Essex Court, 29 Nov. 1737. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 555. ff. 88-91b.

(14) Description of an engine for drawing water out of a Dock, Canal, Mine, Ship's Hold, etc. by Charles Leigh; 1737. ff. 92-97b.

(15) James Short to George Graham on an Aurora Borealis seen at Edinburgh; 6 Dec. 1737. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 605. Extract. f. 98.

(16) John Fuller, jun., F.R.S., to Sir H. Sloane, on the same subject; Rosehill, co. Sussex, 20 Dec. 1737. Cf. Phil. Trans. xli, p. 606. f. 99.

(17) Dr. Magnus Prince to Sir H. Sloane, on the Lychnis maritima repens; Newcastle, Ireland, 9 July 1737. Extract. f. 102.

(18) Granville Wheler, F.R.S., to Cromwell Mortimer giving some electrical experiments; Otterden Place, 17 Jan. 1737/8. Cf. Phil. Trans. xli, p. 98. ff. 103-107b.

(19) Accounts of a landslip at Scarborough; December 1737. ff. 108-113b.

(20) The improvement of the Sandglass for the true measuring of Time in order to find the Longitude', by John Morgan and James Short; 1738. ff. 114-115b.

(21) Account of an Aurora Borealis seen at Rome, by Didacus de Revillas, F.R.S., on 17 Dec. 1737. Latin, with English translation. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 601. ff. 116-122b, 188-189b.

(22) 'Some thoughts and Experiments concerning Electricity', by Jean Théophile Desaguliers; 26 Jan. 1737/8 . Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 193. ff. 123-130b, 153-156b.

(23) Description of an Aurora Borealis observed at Bologna by Eustachio Zanotti; 16 Dec. 1737. Partly printed. Italian, with English translation. ff. 132-142b.

(24) Nicolaas Struÿck to Edmund Halley, Astronomer Royal; Amsterdam, 17 Sept. 1737. ff. 145-146b.

(25) 'Trias Problematus Arithmeticorum', by Michael Gottlieb Hansch; 1737. ff. 151-152b.

(26) An account by James Theobald, F.R.S., of the Principia rerum naturalium, Leipzig, 1734, of Emmanuel Swedenborg; 1738. ff. 157- 164b.

(27) An account of a new machine to show the principal phenomena of the tides, by J. T. Desaguliers; 8 Dec. 1737. ff. 165-166b.

(28) Account of 'A Mania from the puncture of a Nerve' by Claude Amyand; 16 Mar. 173 7/8. ff. 167-168b.

(29) Granville Wheler to Cromwell Mortimer describing Stephen Gray's electrical experiments; Otterden Place, 20 Feb. 1737/8. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 118. ff. 169-171b.

(30) John Copping, Dean of Clogher, to the President concerning the caesarian operation performed by a butcher; Dublin, 16 Mar. 1737/8, 2 June 1738. Extract. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 814. ff. 172-173b, 269- 270b.

(31) 'Observationes Martis Autumno Anni 1736 Berolini habitae', by Christfried Kirche. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 573. ff. 174-185.

(32) Catalogue of the fifty plants sent from Chelsea Garden to the Royal Society, 1737. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 1. f. 186.

(33) Observations of Aurora Borealis at Wittenberg, by Johann Friedrich Weidler, F.R.S.; 1738. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 221. ff. 198- 199b.

(34) José Ignacio de Torres to the Society asking for membership; Gandia, Valencia, 19 Mar. 1738. Latin, with English translation. With the Society's reply. ff. 201-207.

(35) A case of renal calculus, by Noah Sherwood, surgeon; 1737. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 610. f. 210.

(36) The Rev. Ebenezer Latham to Cromwell Mortimer forwarding two letters from William Willett on the speculum of reflecting telescopes; Oct. 1738. ff. 211-213b.

(37) Nicolo Michele d'Aragona, Principe di Cassano, F.R.S., to the President, on the eruption of Vesuvius in May, 1737. Italian, with English translation. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 237. ff. 214-227b.

(38) Account by John Eames, F.R.S., on Anders Celsius's 'De observationibus pro figura telluris determinanda ... disquisitio'; 1738. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 371. ff. 228-236.

(39) John Smart to George Heathcote on his tables of annuities; Guildhall, 25 Feb. 1737/8. ff. 237-241.

(40) Observatio Aurorae Borealis by Giovanni, Marchese Poleni, at Padua at 16 Dec. 1737. Printed, 1738; with translation by Dr. Thomas Stack. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 587. ff. 243-250b.

(41) An account of the Red Lights at Naples, by N. M. d'Aragona, Principe di Cassano; Dec. 1737. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 583. Italian, with English translation. ff. 257-261b.

(42) John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, to Sir Hans Sloane, enclosing a letter from Robert Clayton, Bishop of Cork, on a polypus fish; Charlton, near Greenwich, 23 May 1738. ff. 262-265b.

(43) 'Recherches sur la figure des Planetes qui tournent autour de leur axe' by Alexis Claude Clairaut; 1738. ff. 271-281b.

(44) John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, to Sir H. Sloane with a letter from Robert Clayton, Bishop of Cork, describing an extraordinary skeleton, etc., with drawings and engravings; 26 Aug. 1738. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 810. ff. 266-268, 282-288.

(45) Claude Joseph Geoffroy, F.R.S., to Sir H. Sloane on the calcination of tin; Paris, 26 Aug, 1738. ff. 290-291b.

(46) Extracts of various letters on the solar eclipse; 1738. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 91. ff. 292, 294, 298-300b.

(47) 'Du Trou oval ouvert dans L'adulte et de ses Especes' by Claude Nicolas Le Cat, M.D.; 1738. French, with English translation. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 681. ff. 301-312.

(48) Notes on the dissection of a monkey, by Claude Amyand, surgeon; 1738. ff. 313-314b.

(49) William Burtsal to the Society describing a machine for measuring a ship's way on the sea; Bungay, 1 Mar. 1735/6. ff. 324.

(50) 'Occultatio Palilicii [i.e. Aldebaran] observata' on 23 Dec. 1738 by Johann Friedrich Weidler at Wittenburg and by Christfried Kirche at Berlin. ff. 325-327.

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.

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

includes:

• ff. 1-2b Johann Matthaeus Barth, German naturalist: Account of his dissertation on gnats: 1737.
• ff. 1-2b, 246-250 Thomas Stack, MD, FRS: Accounts and translation of scientific works: 1737, 1738.
• ff. 3-32b, 315-322 Mark Catesby, FRS; naturalist: Accounts of Réaumur's 'Memoires pour servir a l'histoire des insectes': 1737-1740.
• ff.3-32b,315-322 René Antoine Ferehault de Réaumur, FRS; French naturalist: Account of his 'Mémoires pour servir a l'Histoire des Insectes': 1736-1740.
• ff. 33-38b Pietro Antonio Michelotti, FRS; Italian physician and mathematician: 'De thoracis hydrope': 1733.
• ff. 41-42b Henry Ettrick, surgeon: Description of a machine for reducing fractures of the thigh: 1737.
• ff. 43-44b John Bevis, MD; astronomer: Astronomical observations at Greenwich: 1737.
• ff. 45-46b David Hartley, FRS: Account of C. J. Trew's dissertation on the human foetus: 1737.
• ff. 45-46b Christoph Jacob Treu, MD, FRS; German naturalist: Account of his dissertation on the human foetus: 1737.
• f. 47 Captain John Morke: Proposals for conveyance of water in earthen pipes: 1737.
• f. 49 John Gray, FRS: Letter to P. Miller: 1737.
• ff. 49-50b Cartagena, S. America: Account of the temperature: 1737.
• f. 51 Jacob Theodor Klein, FRS; German naturalist: Letters, etc., to Sir H. Sloane: 1737, 1740.: Engl. transl.
• ff. 57-62b Stephen Williams, MD; FRS: Examination of barrows in Cornwall: 1737.
• f. 73 Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, FRS; French mathematician and astronomer: Letter to J. Bradley: 1737.: Fr., with Engl transl.
• f. 78 Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist: Letter to P. Miller: 1737.: Lat.
• ff. 83-86b Claude Amyand, surgeon; FRS: Account of a surgical operation, etc.: 1737.
• f. 88 Captain Samuel Jenkins: Letter, etc., to Sir H. Sloane: 1737.
• ff. 92-97b Charles Leigh: Description of a water engine: 1737.
• f. 98 James Short, FRS; optician: Letters to R. Graham: 1736, 1737.: Extracts.
• ff. 98-100b County of Edinburgh: Account of an aurora seen there: 1737.
• f. 99 John Fuller, the younger; FRS: Letter to Sir H. Sloane: 1737.
• f. 102 Magnus Prince, physician, of Belfast: Letter to Sir H. Sloane: 1737.: Extr.
• ff. 103,169 Granville Wheler, FRS; Rector of Leake: Letter, etc., to C. Mortimer: 1738.
• ff. 108-113b Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire: Accounts of a landslip at: 1737.
• ff. 114-115b James Short, FRS; optician: Improvements in the sandglass invented by: 1738.
• ff.114-115b John Morgan: Improvements with sandglass invented by: 1737.
• ff. 116-122b, 188-189b Didacus de Revillas, FRS; Abbot of St. Jerome, Rome: Accounts of astronomical observations: 1737, 1740.: Lat. with Engl. transl.
• ff. 116-122b, 188-189b Court of Rome: Accounts of auroras seen there: 1737, 1740.: Lat. with Engl. transl.
• ff. 123-130b, 153-156b John Theophilus Desaguliers, LLD, FRS (ob. 1744): Accounts of electrical and other experiments by: 1738-1741.
• ff. 131, 290 Claude Joseph Geoffroy, FRS; French chemist: Letters to Sir H. Sloane: 1736-1743.: Extracts and Engl. transl.
• ff. 132-142b Bologna, Li quaranta del reggimento di: Accounts of Northern Lights seen at: 1727, 1737.: Ital. and Engl. transl.: Partly printed.
• ff. 132-142b (Ital. Printed) Eustachio Zanotti, Professor of Astronomy at Bologna: Astronomical observations at Bologna: 1737, 1739.
• f. 143 T. Cox, surgeon, of Peterborough: Account of his fever, through performing an operation: 1738.
• f. 144 Market Bosworth, Leicestershire: Account of a child saved from drowning near: 1737.
• f. 145 Nicolaas Struÿck, FRS; of Amsterdam: Letter to E. Halley: 1737.
• ff. 147, 151 Michael Gottlieb Hansch, German mathematician and philosopher: Letters, etc., to the Royal Society: 1737, 1740.: Lat.
• f. 149 Michael Gottlieb Hansch, German mathematician and philosopher: Letter to P. H. Zollmann: 1738.: Lat.
• ff. 157-164b Emmanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher: Account of his 'Principia': 1738.
• ff.157-164b James Theobald, FRS: Account of E. Swedenborg's 'Principia': 1738.
• ff. 165-166b John Theophilus Desaguliers, LLD, FRS (ob. 1744): Description of a machine invented by, to show tidal phenomena: 1737.
• ff.167-168b Claude Amyand, surgeon; FRS: Account of a case of mania: 1738.
• ff. 172, 269 (extracts) John Copping, DD; Dean of Clogher: Letters to Sir H. Sloane: 1738-1740.
• ff. 174-185 Christfried Kirche, German astronomer: Observations of Mars: 1736.: Lat.
• f. 186 Botany: Catalogues of the fifty plants presented annually to the Royal Society by the Apothecaries Company: 1726-1757.
• f. 186 Isaac Rand, Botanist: Catalogues of the 50 plants presented annually to the Royal Society by the Apothecaries' Company: 1725, 1737-1739.
• f. 186 London; Secular Institutions. City Companies. Society of Apothecaries: Catalogues of the fifty plants presented annually by, to the Royal Society: 1726, 1737-1739, 1757.
• f. 186 Chelsea, Middlesex: Catalogues of the plants presented annually to the Royal Society by the Apothecaries Company from their garden at: 1726-1757.
• ff. 190-197b Peru: Tract on earthquakes in: 1737.: Span.: Printed. Two copies.
• ff. 190-197b Juan de Barrenechea, Accountant General of Peru: Tract on earthquakes in Peru: 1737.: Span.: Printed. Two copies.
• ff. 198-199b Wittenberg: Astronomical observations there: 1738, circa 1750.
• ff. 198-199b, 292, 325 Johann Friedrich Weidler, German mathematician and astronomer: Astronomical observations: 1738.: Lat. and Engl.
• ff. 201-207 José Ignacio de Torres, Spanish physician: Correspondence with the Royal Society: 1738.: Lat., with Engl. transl.
• f. 210 Noah Sherwood, FRS; surgeon: Account of a case of renal cal-culus: 1737.
• ff. 211, 213 William Willets, of Newcastle-under-Lyme: Letters to C. Mortimer: 1738.
• f. 212 Reverend Ebenezer Latham, MD: Letters, etc., to C. Mortimer: 1738, 1740.
• ff. 214-227b Niccolo Michele d' Aragona, Principe di Cassano: Letter to Sir H. Sloane: 1737.: Ital., with Engl. transl.
• ff. 228-236 Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer: Account of his 'De observationibus pro figura telluris determinanda': 1738.
• ff.228-236 John Eames, FRS: Account of a work by A. Celsius on the shape of the earth: 1738.
• f. 232 J. Alexander, of New York: Letter to - Collinson: 1738.
• f. 237 John Smart: Letter, etc., to G. Heathcote: 1738.
• ff. 243-245b Marchese Giovanni Poleni, Italian mathematician: 'Observatio Aurorae Borealis': 1738.: Printed.
• ff. 243-250b Padua, Italy: Account of an aurora there: 1737.: Lat. with Engl. transl.: Partly printed.
• f. 251 Charles Perry, MD; Fellow of Caius College, Cambridge: Letter to C. Mortimer: 1738.
• ff. 257-261b City of Naples: Observations on the aurora there: 1737.: Ital., with Engl. transl.
• ff.257-261b Niccolo Michele d' Aragona, Principe di Cassano: On the Aurora at Naples,: 1737.: Ital., with Engl transl.
• ff. 262, 282 John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont: Letters to Sir H. Sloane: 1738.
• ff.263,284 Robert Clayton, Bishop of Cork and Ross; Bishop of Clogher 1745: Letters, etc. to Lord Egmont: 1738-1743.
• ff. 271-281b Alexis Claude Clairaut, French mathematician: 'Recherches sur la figure des planetes qui tournent autour de leur axe': 1738.
• f. 289 Francisco Xavier de Menezes, Conde de Ericeira: Letter to - de Castro: 1738.: Engl. transl.: Extr.
• f. 293 T. Cox, (?) surgeon, of Peterborough: Note on cuckoos: 1738.
• f. 294b Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer: Letter to C. Mortimer: 1738.: Engl. transl.
• f. 298 George Graham, FRS; clock and instrument maker: Observation of a solar eclipse: 1738.
• f. 298 James Short, FRS; optician: Astronomical observations: 1738-1750.
• ff. 299-300b Eustachio Manfredi, FRS; Italian astronomer: Account of a solar eclipse: 1738.: Lat., with Engl transl.: Partly printed.
• ff. 301-312 Claude Nicolas Le Cat, MD, FRS; French surgeon: Anatomical notes and drawings: 1738.: Fr. with Engl. transl.
• ff. 313-314b Claude Amyand, surgeon; FRS: Notes on the dissection of a monkey: 1738.
• f. 324 William Burtsal: Letter to the Royal Society: 1736.
• f. 326 Christfried Kirche, German astronomer: Account of the occultation of Palilicium [i.e. Aldebaran] observed at Berlin: 1738.: Lat.