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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. IX (ff. 302).

(1) An answer by John Ellis, F.R.S., to remarks by Philip Miller, F.R.S., on the toxicodendron or varnish tree of Carolina; 19 Jan. 1758. Cf. Phil. Trans., 1, pp. 430, 44 1. ff. 1-11.

(2) Henry Eeles to T. Birch on electricity and magnetism; Lismore, 9 Aug. 1757, 14 Feb. 1758. ff. 12-19b, 20-29b.

(3) Account of the effects of electricity in the cure of some diseases, in a letter from Patrick Brydone to Dr. Robert Whytt; Coldingham, 9 Jan. 1758. Cf. Phil. Trans. 1, p. 695. ff. 30-32b.

(4) 'Some observations upon the Sleep of Plants', by Richard Pultney of Leicester; 26 Jan. 1758. Cf. Phil. Trans., 1, p. 506. ff. 33-37b.

(5) 'Trigonometry abridged' by the Rev. Patrick Murdoch, F.R.S.; 2 Feb. 1758. Cf. Phil. Trans., 1, p. 538. ff. 38-41b.

(6) 'Of the Best Form of a Geographical Map', by the same. Cf. Phil. Trans., 1, p. 553. ff. 42-49b.

(7) 'Cases of the remarkable effects of Blisters in lessening the frequency of the Pulse in Coughs', by Dr. Robert Whytt; 16 Feb. 1758. Cf. Phil. Trans., 1, p. 569. ff. 50-57b.

(8) 'New Observations upon the Worms that form Spunges', by Jean André Peyssonel, M.D.; 23 Feb. 1758. Cf. Phil Trans., 1, p. 590. f. 58.

(9) 'Account of the efficacy of Bark in the Delirium of a Fever', by Nicholas Munckley, M.D.; 6 Apr. 1758. Cf. Phil. Trans., 1, p. 609. ff. 61-62b.

(10) 'A farther Attempt to Facilitate the Resolution of Isoperimetrical Problems', by Thomas Simpson, F.R.S.; 13 Apr. 1758. Cf. Phil Trans., 1, p. 623. ff. 63-65b.

(11) Catalogue of the fifty plants presented to the Royal Society by the Apothecaries' Company in 1757, by John Wilmer, M.D. Cf. Phil. Trans., 1, p. 648. ff. 66-67b.

(12) 'An historical Memoir concerning a Genus of Plants called Lichen', by William Watson, M.D.; 1758. Cf. Phil. Trans., 1, p. 652. ff. 70-79b.

(13) Account of orthoceratite found in Sweden, by Nicholas de Himsel, M.D.; 11 May 1758. Latin. Cf. Phil. Trans., l, p. 692. f. 80.

(14) Keane FitzGerald, F.R.S., to T. Birch giving an attempt to improve the manner of ventilators in mines; Poland Street, 7 June 1758. Cf. Phil. Trans., l, p. 727. ff. 81-84b.

(15) 'Case of a heart preternaturally enlarged', by Richard Pulteney; 1758. With observations by Dr. William Watson. Cf. Phil. Trans., lii p. 344. ff. 85-87b.

(16) Giuseppe Benvenuti to T. Birch; Lucca, 23 Jan. 1759. Latin. ff. 88-90b.

(17) The Rev. George Costard to T. Birch on the 'Sphaera Barbarica'; Oxford, 29 Mar. 1761. ff. 91-96b.

(18) Jeremiah Milles, D.D., to George Parker, Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society, with remarks on the coal at Bovey, co. Devon; Grow Street, 28 Feb. 1760. Cf. Phil. Trans., li, p. 534. ff. 97-104b.

(19) William Hillary, M.D., to the Royal Society on the nature of fire; Fleet Street, 29 Feb. 1760. ff. 105-106b.

(20) A discourse on the transit of Venus to be observed in 1769. Imperfect. ff. 109-110b.

(21) William Henry, D.D., to Charles Cadogan, 2nd Earl Cadogan, relative to the copper works in the county of Wicklow; Dublin, 18 Apr. 1752, Strabane, 31 May 1752. Copies. Cf. Phil. Trans., xlvii, p. 500, xlviii p. 94. ff. 123-124b, 125-126b.

(22) Ismael Boulliau to Henry Oldenburg, Secretary to the Society, concerning the 'Prodromus Cometicus', and 'Mantissa' of Joannes Hevelius, and other literary matters; Paris, 4 May 1672, 25 Sept. 1674. French. Copies. ff. 134, 135.

(23) Henry Eeles to the Royal Society on electrical phenomena; Lismore, 26 Feb. 1760-20 Mar. 1761. ff. 152-167.

(24) Samuel Klingenstierna to John Dolland, enclosed in a letter to Birch, on a criticism on his article 'De aberratione luminis in superficiebus ... refractorum'; Stockholm, 9 June 1761. Imperfect. Cf. Phil. Trans., li, p. 944. ff. 174-175b, 186-188b.

(25) Richard Forster to Thomas Birch on the subject of population etc.; Shelford, 2 Dec. 1760-1 Apr. 1762. ff. 176-185b, 189, 233-234b.

(26) - Rochard, Surgeon Major of the Military Hospital at Belleisle to the Royal Society, with certificate by General J. Hodgson; Vannes, 14 July 1761. French. ff. 190-191b.

(27) 'A Solution of Johann Kepler's Problem' by John Laurie, teacher of mathematics at Leith; Leith, 1761. ff. 192-203b.

(28) Matthew Raper to George Parker, Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society, on an article by the editor of the 'Connoisance des mouvements celestes pour l'année 1762'; 19 Nov. 1761. ff. 206- 207b.

(29) Giuseppe Benvenuti to Lord Macclesfield, on diseases of the heart; Lucca, 22 Nov. 1761. Latin. ff. 208-216b.

(30) Observation of the transit of Venus from the roof of the British Museum on 6 June, 1761. f. 217.

(31) 'Remarques sur une quatrième observation du Satellite de Venus, Faite a Limoges le 11 Mai 1761'; by - Baudouin de Guémadeuc, conseiller au Grand Conseil, etc. Printed. ff. 218-225b.

(32) An Account of the double refractions in crystals by Giovanni Battista Beccaria, translated from the Latin by James Parsons, M.D. F.R.S.; 1762. Cf. Phil. Trans., lii, p. 486. ff. 237-240b.

(33) Samuel Bamfield to Thomas Birch on astronomical subjects; Honiton, 20 Mar.- 12 May 1762. ff. 241-246.

(34) Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande of the Academy of Sciences, Paris, to Dr. John Bevis; 26 Mar. 1762. French. Cf. Phil. Trans., lii, p. 369. f. 249.

(35) 'A Description of Hiero's fountain erected in the mines at Chemnitz in Hungary in 1756' by Nathanael Matthaeus von Wolf, M.D., translated from the Latin by James Parsons, M.D.; 1762. Cf. Phil. Trans., lii, p. 547. ff. 250-257b.

(36) Harry Verelst, Governor of Chittagong, and Thomas Rumbold, Governor of Madras 1777, to Henry Vansittart, Governor of Fort William, sending an account of the observation on the transit of Venus in 1761 by Bartholomew Plaisted and John Knott; Islamabad, 20 June 1761. Copies. ff. 258-262b.

(37) Robert Finlay to the Royal Society, on Jesuits' bark; Glasgow, June 1763. ff. 263-264b.

(38) 'Heads of Regulations relating to the Royal Astronomer'; Sept. 1764. ff. 265-266b.

(39) - Dubois, mathematician, to the Royal Society on perpetual motion; Le Mans, 26 July 1764. French. ff. 267-268.

(40) Walter Johnson to Dr. William Stukeley on an eclipse of the sun; Spalding, 16 Apr. 1764. f. 269.

(41) James Arden to C. Lawton, with a drawing of an electrical orrery, etc.; Beverley, 10 Mar. 1764. ff. 270-274b.

(42) William Hester to the Royal Society on his invention to discover longitude, etc.; Marsh Mills, 9 Apr. 1765. ff. 275-276.

(43) Robert Harding to the Rev. Dr. Swinney; Scarborough, 17 Oct. 1765. ff. 277-278.

(44) Description of a fossil found in a Hungarian mine, by Giovanni Battista Carburi, Professor of Medicine at Turin; London, 27 May 1765. Latin with English translation. ff. 279-281.

(45) Experiments to be made on may dew, by Thomas Henshaw; Gresham College, 18 May 1664. f. 282.

(46) Copies of letters, etc., relating to a dispute concerning the invention of fluxions, and the calculus, as follows:-(a) Abbate Antonio Conti to Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz; London, Mar. 1716. French. ff. 283-285;- (b) Sir Isaac Newton to Abbate Conti; 1716. French. ff. 286-288b;- (c) Baron von Leibnitz to Abbate Conti; Hanover, 9 Apr. 1716. French. ff. 289-296;- (d) Remarks by Sir I. Newton on letters of Baron von Leibnitz; 18 May 1716. French. ff. 297-301b. Printed in Recueil de diverses pièces sur la philosophie ... par Mrs. Leibnitz, Clark, Newton et autres Autheurs célèbres, Amsterdam, 1720, ii, pp. 3-75.

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. 1-11 John Ellis, FRS; naturalist: Reply to P. Miller's remarks on his paper respecting the Toxicodendron: 1758.
• ff. 12-20b Henry Eeles, of Lismore: Letters to T. Birch: 1757, 1758.
• ff. 30-32b Patrick Brydone, traveller and author: Letter, etc., to R. Whytt: 1758.: Extr.
• ff. 33-37b Richard Pulteney, botanist: Observations upon the sleep of plants: 1758.
• ff. 38-41b Patrick Murdoch, FRS; Rector of Stradishall: 'Trigonometry abridged': 1758.: Autogr.
• ff. 42-49b Patrick Murdoch, FRS; Rector of Stradishall: 'On Geographical Maps': 1758.: Autogr.
• ff. 50-57b Robert Whytt, MD; FRS: On the treatment of coughs by blisters: 1758.
• f. 57 Robert Whytt, MD; FRS: Letters to J. Pringle: 1757.: Extracts.
• f. 58 Jean André Peyssonnel, FRS; French physician and naturalist: Observations on sponges: 1758.
• f. 59 Pieter Gabrij, FRS; of The Hague: Observations of a meteor at The Hague: 1758.: Lat.
• f. 59 The Hague, the Netherlands: Account of a Meteor seen there: 1758.
• f. 60 Botany: Notes on a jessamine plant: 18th cent.: Ital.
• ff. 61-62b Nicolas Munckley, MD, FRS: Treatise on the use of bark in fever: 1758.
• ff. 63-65b Thomas Simpson, FRS; mathematician: Treatise on isoperimetrical problems: 1758.
• f. 66 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. 66 Chelsea, Middlesex: Catalogues of the plants presented annually to the Royal Society by the Apothecaries Company from their garden at: 1726-1757.
• f. 66 Botany: Catalogues of the fifty plants presented annually to the Royal Society by the Apothecaries Company: 1726-1757.
• f. 66 John Wilmer, MD: Catalogue of 50 plants presented annually to the Royal Society: 1757.
• f. 67 Captain William Chapman: Letter to Dr. Fothergill: 1758.
• ff. 70-79b William Watson, FRS; physician and naturalist; Knight 1786: Treatise on lichens: 1758.
• f. 80 Nicholas de Himsel, MD, FRS: Account of orthoceratite found in Sweden: 1758.: Lat.
• ff. 81-84b Keane Fitzgerald, FRS: Letters, etc., to T. Birch: 1758-1763.
• ff.85-87b Richard Pulteney, botanist: Account of a case of an abnormally enlarged heart: 1758.
• f. 87 William Watson, FRS; physician and naturalist; Knight 1786: Observations on a case of an enlarged heart: 1758.
• f. 88 Giuseppe Benvenuti, Italian physician: Letter to T. Birch: 1759.: Lat.
• f. 91 Reverend George Costard, astronomical writer: Letters to T. Birch: 1753-1761.
• f. 97 Jeremiah Milles, Dean of Exeter: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1760.
• ff. 105-106b William Hillary, MD: Remarks on the nature of fire: 1760.
• f. 107 John Wood, of Calcutta: Letter to --: 1761.: Extr.
• f. 111 Henry Oldenburg, Secretary of the Royal Society: Letters to, from N. Fairfax: 1669.: Lat.: Copies.
• f. 111 Nathaniel Fairfax, MD: Letters to H. Oldenburg: 1669.: Lat.: Copies.
• f. 114 Dr Messenger Monsey: Letter to T. Birch: 1758.
• ff.115-122,127-133 Cromwell Mortimer, MD, FRS; Secretary to the Royal Society: Letters of thanks for communications to the Royal Society: 1738.: Engl., Lat. and Fr.: Copies.
• ff. 123, 125 William Henry, DD; FRS: Letters to Lord Cadogan: 1752.: Copies.
• ff. 134, 135 (copies) Ismael Boulliau, French astronomer: Letters to H. Oldenburg: 1672-1677.: Fr.
• ff. 134, 135 (copies) Henry Oldenburg, Secretary of the Royal Society: Letters to, from I. Boulliau: 1672-1677.: Fr.
• ff. 136-149 Edward Spry, surgeon, of Plymouth: Accounts of scientific observations by: 1756-circ. 1760.
• f. 144 Meteorology: Description of an anemometer: 18th cent.
• f. 150 Sir James Burrow, Master of the Crown Office: Letters to T. Birch: circ. 1760-1765, n.d.
• ff.152-167 Henry Eeles, of Lismore: Letters to the Royal Society: 1760, 1761.
• ff. 173, 176, 189, 233, 234 Reverend Richard Forster, of Sheffield: Letters to T. Birch: 1757-1762.
• ff. 174, 186 Samuel Klingenstierna, FRS; Swedish mathematician: Letter to J. Dollond: 1761.
• f. 188 Samuel Klingenstierna, FRS; Swedish mathematician: Letter to T. Birch: 1761.
• f. 190 Rochard, Surgeon Major at Belle Isle: Letters to the Royal Society: 1761.: Fr.
• ff. 192-203b John Laurie, schoolmaster, of Leith: Solution of Kepler's problem: 1761.
• f. 205 John Laurie, schoolmaster, of Leith: Letter to the Royal Society: 1761.: Imperf.
• f. 206 Matthew Raper, FRS: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1761.
• f. 208 Giuseppe Benvenuti, Italian physician: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1761.: Lat.
• ff. 218 - 215 b Baudouin de Guémadeuc, French writer: 'Remarques sur une quatrième observation du satellite de Venus': 1761: Printed. Two copies.
• f. 235 Peter Collinson, FRS, Botanist: Remarks on a dissertation by Rev. R. Forster on swallows: 1762.
• ff. 237-240b Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist: Account of his experiments on crystals: 1762.: Engl. transl.
• ff. 237-240b James Parsons, MD, FRS: Translation of an account of G. B. Beccaria's experiments on crystals: 1762.
• ff. 241-246 Samuel Bamfield, of Honiton; teacher of mathematics: Letters to T. Birch: 1761-1764.
• f. 247 David Main: Letter to the Royal Society: 1762.
• f. 249 Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande, French astronomer: Letter to J. Bevis: 1762.: Fr., with Engl. transl.
• ff. 250-257b James Parsons, MD, FRS: Translation of a description of Hiero's fountain erected at Chemnitz in 1756: 1762.
• ff. 250-257b Nathanael Matthaeus von Wolf, MD: Account of Hiero's fountain erected at Chemnitz in 1756,: 1762: Engl. transl.
• ff. 250-257b Chemnitz, Germany: Accounts of a fountain erected at: in 1756, 1762, n.d.: Engl. and Lat.
• f. 256 Sir Thomas Runbold, 1st Baronet: 1779. Letter to H. Vansittart: 1761.: Copy.
• f. 258 Henry Verelst, Governor of Bengal: Letter to H. Vansittart: 1761.: Copy.
• f. 258 Bartholomew Plaisted, of the E India Co: Account of observations on the transit of Venus in India: 1761.
• f. 259b John Knott: Account of observations on the transit of Venus in India: 1761.
• f. 263 Robert Finlay, tanner, of Glasgow: Letter to the Royal Society: 1763.
• ff. 265-266b Astronomy: Regulations rel. to the Astronomer Royal: 1764.
• f. 267 Dubois, mathematician; of Le Mans: Letter to the Royal Society: 1764.
• f. 269 Walter Johnson, of the Spalding Society: Letter to Dr. Stukeley: 1764.
• f. 270 James Arden, lecturer in physics; of Beverley: Letter, etc., to C. Lawton: 1764.
• f. 276 William Hester, of Henley: Letter to the Royal Society: 1765.
• f. 277 Robert Harding, of Scarborough: Letter to S. Swinney: 1765.
• ff. 279-281 Count Giovanni Battista Carburi,; Professor of Medicine at Turin: Account of a fossil: 1765.: Lat. and Engl. transl.
• f. 282 Thomas Henshaw, FRS; French Secretary to Charles II: Description of experiments proposed to be made on dew: 1664.
• ff. 283, 285, 289 Abbate Antonio Conti, Italian writer and dramatist: Correspondence with Baron G. W. von Leibnitz: 1716.: Fr.: Copies.
• ff. 283,285,289 Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz, d 1716, German philosopher and mathematician: Correspondence with A. Conti: 1716.: Fr.: Copies.
• f. 286 Sir Isaac Newton: Letter to A. Conti: 1716.: Fr.: Copy.
• ff. 297-301b Sir Isaac Newton: Remarks on Leibnitz's letters: 1716.: Fr. transl.
• ff. 297-301b Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz, d 1716, German philosopher and mathematician: Remarks on his letters by Sir Isaac Newton: 1716.: Fr. transl.