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Philosophical transactions, Vol. L. Part I. For the year 1757.: Giving some account of the present undertakings, studies, and labours, of the ingenious, in many considerable parts of the world. — John Shaqi

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Philosophical transactions, Vol. L. Part I. For the year 1757.: Giving some account of the present undertakings, studies, and labours, of the ingenious, in many considerable parts of the world.

Name: Philosophical transactions, Vol. L. Part I. For the year 1757.: Giving some account of the present undertakings, studies, and labours, of the ingenious, in many considerable parts of the world.
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L. _A Letter to the Rev._ Tho. Birch, _D.D. Secret. R.S. from_ John
  Pringle, _M.D. F.R.S. inclosing Two Papers communicated to him by_
  Robert Whytt, _M.D. F.R.S._                                   p. 383.

    1. _Some Observations on the lithontriptic Virtue of the_ Carlsbad
    _Waters, Lime-water, and Soap: In Letter to Dr._ John Pringle,
    _F.R.S. from Dr._ Robert Whytt, _F.R.S. and Professor of Medicine
    in the University of_ Edinburgh.                            p. 386.

    2. _An Instance of the Electrical Virtue in the Cure of a Palsy. By
    Mr._ Patrick Brydone.                                       p. 392.

  LI. _An Account of some fossil Fruits, and other Bodies, found in the
  Island of_ Shepey. _By_ James Parsons, _M.D. F.R.S._          p. 396.

  LII. _Observations on the Comet, that appeared in the Months of_
  September _and_ October 1757, _made at the Royal Observatory by_ Ja.
  Bradley, _D.D. Astronomer Royal, F.R.S. and Member of the Royal Academy
  of Sciences at_ Paris.                                        p. 408.

  LIII. _The Resolution of a General Proposition for determining
  the_ horary _Alteration of the Position of the Terrestrial
  Equator, from the Attraction of Sun and Moon: With some Remarks on
  the Solutions given by other Authors to that difficult and important
  Problem. By Mr._ Tho. Simpson, _F.R.S._                      p. 416.

  LIV. _Remarks upon the Heat of the Air in_ July 1757, _in an Extract
  of a Letter from_ John Huxham, _M.D. F.R.S. to_ William Watson, _M.D.
  F.R.S. dated at_ Plymouth _19th of the same Month. With additional
  Remarks by Dr._ Watson.                                       p. 428.

  LV. _Remarks upon the Letter of Mr._ John Ellis, _F.R.S. to_ Philip
  Carteret Webb, _Esq; F.R.S. printed in the_ Philosophical Transactions,
  _Vol._ xlix. _Part_ ii. _p._ 806. _By Mr._ Philip Miller, _F.R.S._
                                                                p. 430.

  LVI. _An Answer to the preceding Remarks. By Mr._ John Ellis, _F.R.S._
                                                                p. 441.

  LVII. _A Letter to the Rev._ Tho. Birch, _D.D. Secr. R.S. concerning
  the Number of the People of_ England; _by the Rev. Mr._ Richard
  Forster, _Rector of_ Great Shefford _in_ Berkshire.           p. 457.

  LVIII. _A Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of_ Macclesfield,
  _President of the_ Royal Society, _from the Rev._ William Brakenridge,
  _D.D. F.R.S. containing an Answer to the Account of the Numbers and
  Increase of the People of_ England, _by the Rev. Mr._ Forster.
                                                                p. 465.




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