A Letter from Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. to the President, concerning an Extraordinary LargeFossil Tooth of an ElephantAuthor(s): Henry BakerSource: Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 43 (1744 - 1745), pp. 331-335Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/104475 .Accessed: 07/09/2014 11:56

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XXI. X Leer fiSom M#. Henry Baker, F. R. So to the Prefildent, concerring an enc- traordirozrvy large foEll Tooth of ag Ele- phant.

S I X, JReadMarch28.-l_ HE f6ffill Tooth r have now the 74;* I Honcour to lay before you, was Sent me lately, from Dlor=wich, by lMr. DVilliam Jrderon. It ficems to be a Grinder belonginS, to the Left Under- Jiu? of a very large Eiephane, as its own Size and \Alelght may lhew: For the Circumference, meaSured by a String drawn round the Edt,e? is 3 Fcet, want ing l l-nFh; in length it meafures I

[ 332 ] Irhe Place wlsere, and-the Man-ner honr, ehefe

Bones were difccnrered, are Particulars fO well dcServZ ing Confaderation, that I {hall make no Apoloz,y for relatIng them.

A little Town, -called h!axfZey,-is fituated cloSe to the Sea-Ihore, on the S7orth eaA CoaS of the County of XorJalk, where the Sea is bounded by exceeding luigh rocky ClifEs: Some whereof being gradually undermined by the continual DaffiinO of the WanFes nthen the Tide comes in, great Pieces frequently tumble down upon the Shore: And by the tum- bling down of one of thefe thc above mentioned Borwes apd Grinder were diScon?cred.

Hiere therefore can be little ReaSotl for lma^,ining (as I know Some hante done, nvhen fuch-like Bones have been foursd in more inland Counties), that the lZomans brought Elephants over hither; which, when dead, they buried deep in the Earth, tO prevent their becoming offenflve: For they could rleser think o burying fuch a CarcaSe in a rocky Cliff, clofe to, or perhaps over-hanging, the Sea. But, on the con- trary, this Diicovery feems a convincing DemonFra- tion, that the Earth has undergone Some rery extra- ordinary Alteratiorls: For the Remains of Animals, of quite differcnt Climates and Regionss and of Kinds, whlcll,-in the prefent Situation of the lVorld, could never poffi1bly come over hither, mufi cither imply their having been placed here by Providence, origi- ginally, or, that this Inand mu0, heretofore, have been contiguoals to the Continent: But, fsce we find thefe Creatures in very hot Countries only, it is highly probable they were never placed here by Provid

[ 333 ] of our Climate as to Heat and Cold, to have been greatly alter'd: And, without fuch a SuppolSttion, it would 6s no leSs utlreafonable tO tmagine they would wander llither from warmer Regions, though even all the quarters of the GIobe {hould have been conti- guous.

What Changes have happened to our Earth, and how they have been produced, no human WiSdom- san poflibly find out with arxy Certainty: But ruppofie only tlle Polar Poits, or Swxs thereof, to have been Eifted at any tisne but a few Degrees, and itS Cen- tre of Gravity tO haate been altex'd (which fome great lten have imagined not improbable)j what Consul- fions in Nature, what an univerfal Change in the Eace of Things, mu(t thereby have been occafioned ! What Inandations, or Del;uges of Vlater, beatin^, evety thing before them !- What Breaclles sn tlle Earth, svhat EIllrricanes and TempePrs mufi llave attendcd rll-ch an iEvent ! For the Waters muft have been roli'd alongX tHl, by them, an EquipoiSe was produced. - ltl fE-ort, all Parts of the World would thereby acquirc different Degrees of Heat and Cold than what they had bcfore. Seas would be fz3rmed wYhere Gontinent.s had been: Continents would be torn in funder, or perhaps fplit into Inands The antient Bed of tllt Sea would bt chant,ed into dry Land, and appear sovered at fir{t with Sluellsa and otlzer matille Bodtes, of which the Adion and nitrous Salts of thz Air would, in a few Years, motllder away and turn tes Dufc thoSe upon tlue SurEace; but fuch as were buricd decp would be preferved and remain for mas:txr AzWcso

Such would4 probably have beerl tlle Fate of inani mate Thtngs: Alld as to livsn CxeatNt) thcy muR

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[ 335 J Hoping Pardon for tIlis DigreSton, I ffiall juQ beg

Leasre to obSer^e, that the prefent Grinder and Bonc} however tlley camc nthfithe, muR have lain irLl thiS CliS for many Ages; and tlzat the Grinder sn palti clllar is velFy ->zucll larger and heavicr tl1anl arly cllr late worthy\ Ptefdent Sile Iltans 5>loane has slelltioned in N. 4G3. and so+. c>f the PhilaJ^apkirvV Ervs*N vcSions} where he g;Ncs an Accolln. of all tlle fofI;l XTeeth of Elephnts that had cornc to his lknoxvlcdt,eO I may add, that nonc czf tl.olSc mentioncd hy =NIrb Molinew, in his Hillory of IreAand, corne near it in Weight or Size. Our Thigh-Bones of 6 Fcet long exceed alSo by 2 Feet arly I have ever yet heard of And, according to Mr. Blair's OReology of arl Ele- phant g Feet higll, which died at COtadee in Srot- laszd, in the Year I706, and whofe Thiglz-Bones nvere 3 Feet in Lel1gth (Vide (Phil. ErasJ: N. 3 27.), sre may IilppoSe, by the Rslles of Proporton, that the Elcpllant, to wllom our Boxles and Tos3th be lollged, xvas I 8 Feet in Height.

Permit me, Sir, tO affiure you, that I an1 ntit' the utmoLt Rerped and Sinceritv,

rosr moJ? obedieat h^n61e Sertant} Londox, March 25.

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Issue Table of ContentsPhilosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 43 (1744 - 1745), pp. 1-86Front Matter [pp. i-i]AdvertisementErrataNumber 472An Easy Method of Procuring the Volatile Acid of Sulphur, by Ephraim Rinhold Seehl; Addressed in a Letter to the President and Fellows of the Royal Society [pp. 1-9]An Observation of a Spina Bifida, Commonly So Termed; By Mr. George Aylett, Surgeon at Windsor [pp. 10-11]An Improvement on the Practice of Tapping; Whereby That Operation, Instead of a Relief for Symptoms, Becomes an Absolute Cure for an Ascites, Exemplified in the Case of Jane Roman; And Recommended to the Consideration of the Royal Society, by Christopher Warrick, of Truro, Surgeon [pp. 12-19]A Method of Conveying Liquors into the Abdomen during the Operation of Tapping; Proposed by the Reverend Stephen Hales, D. D. and F. R. S. on Occasion of the Preceding Paper; Communicated in a Letter to Cromwell Mortimer, M. D. Secr. R. S. [pp. 20-21]An Extract of John Fothergill, M. D. Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, London, His Essay upon the Origin of Amber [pp. 21-25]Remarks on Stones of a Regular Figure Found Near Bagneres in Gascony: With Other Observations, Communicated by Monsieur Secondat de Montesquieu, of the Academy of Sciences of Bordeaux, in a Letter to Martin Folkes, Esq; Pr. R. S. [pp. 26-34]A Letter from Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. to the President, concerning a New Discovered Sea-Insect, Which He Calls the Eye-Sucker [pp. 35-36]Some Observations on the Hardness of Shells, and on the Food of the Soal-Fish; By Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. [pp. 37-39]Historia Brevis Morbi, Quo Decessit Reverendissimus Pater Jos. Bolognini, Abbas SS. Bonifacii & Alexii de Urbe, Atque Congregationis Hieronymianae Procurator Generalis; Excerpta per C. M. R. S. Secr. ex Epistola ab Domino Johanne Francisco de Camillis, M. D. Scripta ad Virum Clarissimum Didacum de Revillas, Abbatem Hieronymianum, in Romano Sapientiae Archigymnasio Publico Matheseos Professorem, Regalis Londini Societatis Sodalem, &c. [pp. 40-46]A Letter from James Jurin, M. D. F. R. S. & Coll. Med. Lond. to Martin Folkes, Esq; President of the Royal Society, concerning the Action of Springs [pp. 46-71]D. Alberti Haller Concil. Aul. & Archiatri Regis Britann. & Electoris Brunsvic. Prof. Anat. & Bot. Gottingensis, S. R. Ang. & Suec. Soc. Observatio de Ovarii Steatomate, & de Pilis Ibidem Inventis [pp. 71-74]A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden, Presented to the Royal Society by the Company of Apothecaries, for the Year 1741. Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Reg. & Nuper Soc. Reg. Praes. By Joseph Miller, Apothecary, Hort. Chels. Praef. ac Praelec. Botan [pp. 75-77]An Easy Method of Procuring the True. Impression or Figure of Medals, Coins, & c. Humbly Addressed to the Royal Society: By Henry Baker, F. R. S. [pp. 77-85]Observations on the Manna Persicum: By John Fothergill, M. D. Licentiate of the College of Physicians, London [pp. 86-94]Cyanus Foliis Radicalibus Partim Integris, Partim Pinnatis, Bractea Calycis Ovali, Flore Sulphureo; per Albert. Haller, Prof. Anat. & Bot. Gottingens. R. S. Ang. & Suec. S. Descriptus [pp. 94-96]A Letter from the Reverend Mr. Roger Pickering, V. D. M. to C. Mortimer, M. D. Secr. R. S. concerning the Propagation and Culture of Mushrooms [pp. 96-101]

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ErratumAdvertisementErratumNumber 474An Account of a Dissertation Published in Latin by Dr. Weidler, F. R. S. in the Year 1727, concerning the Vulgar Numeral Figures: As Also Some Remarks upon an Inscription, Cut Formerly in a Window Belonging to the Parish Church of Rumsey in Hampshire: By John Ward, F. R. S. Rhet. Prof. Gresham [pp. 79-91]A Letter from the Rev. Mr. Joseph Betts, M. A. and Fellow of University College, Oxon to Martin Folkes, Esq; Pr. R. S. Containing Observations on the Late Comet, Made at Sherborn and Oxford; With the Elements for Computing Its Motions [pp. 91-100]Observatio de Scirrho Cerebelli, ab Alberto Hallero, R. S. S. Archiat. Reg. & Med. Prof. Gotting. ad Reg. Soc. Transmissa [pp. 100-101]An Essay upon the Causes of the Different Colours of People in Different Climates; By John Mitchell, M. D. Communicated to the Royal Society by Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. [pp. 102-150]A Letter from William Hallett, M. D. to Henry Pemberton, M. D. F. R. S. & Chem. Prof. Gresham; Containing the Case of a Lad, Who was Shot through the Lungs; Drawn up by Mr. Nich. Peters Junior, Surgeon [pp. 151-156]Extract of a Letter from Dr. John Bartram, to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. Containing Some Observations concerning the Salt-Marsh Muscle, the Oyster-Banks, and the Fresh-Water Muscle, of Pensylvania [pp. 157-159]A Letter from Mr. Christ. Hunter, to Dr. Mortimer, Secr. R. S. Serving to Accompany a Copy of an Antient Roman Inscription at Rochester in Northumberland, and Two Others at Risingham [pp. 159-160]An Account of Some Magnetical Experiments, Shewed before the Royal Society, by Mr. Gowan Knight, on Thursday the 15th of November, 1744 [pp. 161-166]Abstract of What is Contained in a Book concerning Electricity, Just Published at Leipzic, 1744. by John Henry Wintler, Greek and Latin Professor There; From Article 75 to Article 79 [pp. 166-169]Translation of a Letter from Mr. Abraham Trembley, F. R. S. to the President, with Observations upon Several Newly Discover'd Species of Fresh-Water Polypi [pp. 169-183]Some Observations Relating to Vegetable Seeds; By James Parsons, M. D. F. R. S. [pp. 184-188]A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea-Garden, Presented to the Royal Society by the Company of Apothecaries, for the Year 1742. Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Reg. & Soc. Reg. Nuper Praes. By Joseph Miller, Apothecary, Hort. Chels. Praes. ac Praelector Botan [pp. 189-191]A Letter from the Rev. Mr. Roger Pickering, F.R.S. to the President; Concerning the Manuring of Land with Fossil Shells [pp. 191-193]Abstract of a Letter from Mr. Wm. Arderon to Mr. Baker, F.R.S. of a Shuttle-Spire Taken out of the Bladder of a Boy [p. 194]An Account of a Remarkable Cure, Performed on the Eye of a Young Woman in Scotland, by Tho. Hope, M. D. Communicated from Dr. Mead [pp. 194-200]An Explication of a Roman Inscription Found Not Long since on a Stone at Silchester in Hamshire: By John Ward, Rhet. Prof. Gresh. and F. R. S. [pp. 200-206]A Letter from John Huxham, M. D. F. R. S. to Cromwell Mortimer, M. D. Secr. R. S. Serving to Accompany an Account of the Case of One Hannah Hitchcock, One of Whose Ureters was Grown Up; A Present of a Beautiful Stalactites, Now in the Museum of the Royal Society; And a Drawing of an Extraordinary Calculus Taken out of the Bladder of a Boy [pp. 207-211]A Letter from Edward Wilmot, M. D. F. R. S. and One of His Majesty's Physicians, &c. to the President of the Royal Society, Serving to Inclose the Two Following Papers: 1. Of the Extraordinary Effects of Musk in Convulsive Disorders; By J. Wall, M.D. 2. Of the Effects of the Tunquinese Medicine; by Alex. Reid, Esquire [pp. 212-234]De Planta Minus Cognita, & Hactenus non Descripta, Commentarius: Auctore Gulielmo Watson, Regiae Soietatis Sodale: Geaster Volvae Radiis & Operculo Elevatis [pp. 234-238]

Errata [p. 238]ErrataNumber 475Sam. Christiani Hollmanni, Philosoph. in Reg. Georgia Augusta [Gottingens.] Prof. Pub. Ord. ad Cromwellum Mortimerum, M. D. R. S. Secret. Epistola de Subitanea Congelatione, de Igne Electrico, de Micrometro Microscopio Applicando [pp. 239-249]Some Account of the Gigantic Boy at Willingham Near Cambridge. 1. From the Rev. Mr. Almond to Mr. P. Miller, F.R.S. 2. A Letter from Mr. Tho. Dawkes, Surgeon at Huntington, to Dr. Mead, F. R. S. &c. concerning the Same Child [pp. 249-254]A Letter from Mr. Browne Langrish, Licent. Coll. Med. Lond. & F. R. S. to the Rev. Dr. Hales, F. R. S. concerning a New Contrivance of Applying Receivers to Retorts in Distillation [pp. 254-257]The Case of a Person Bit by a Mad Dog: Communicated to the President by Mr. Ranby, F. R. S. Serjeant-Surgeon to His Majesty: From Charles Peters, M. D. F. Coll. Med. Lond. [pp. 257-262]An Account of a New Species of Fungus, by John Martyn, F. R. S. Prof. Bot. Cantab. Communicated in a Letter to the President [pp. 263-264]Extracts of Two Letters from the Late Roger Gale, Esquire, F. R. S. to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. concerning the Vegetation of Melon Seeds 33 Years Old; And of a Fossil Skeleton of a Man [pp. 265-267]A Letter from W. Watson, F. R. S. to Francis Wollaston, Esquire, F.R.S. concerning a Large Stone Found in the Stomach of a Horse [pp. 268-271]Extract of a Letter from Bombay, Dated January 23. 1743-4. Communicated by Francis Woolaston, Esquire, F. R. S. of a Porcupine Swallowed by a Snake [p. 271]Extract of a Letter from Dr. Josephus Laurentius Bruni, of Turin, F. R. S. to Mr. Henry Baker, F.R.S. concerning the Bologna Bottles [pp. 272-273]A Letter from Mr. Tho. Wright to James Theobald, Esq; F. R. S. concerning Two Ancient Camps in Hampshire [pp. 273-275]Observations on a Case Published in the Last Volume of the Medical Essays, &c. of Recovering a Man Dead in Appearance, by Distending the Lungs with Air. Printed at Edinburgh, 1744; by John Fothergill, Licent. Coll. Med. Lond. [pp. 275-281]A Copy of a Letter from the Reverend Mr. Richmond, to - Leigh, Esq; Of Adlington in the County of Chester, concerning a Moving Moss in the Neighbourhood of Church-Town in Lancashire: Communicated by Edward Milward, M. D. F.R.S. [pp. 282-283]A Brief Inquiry, by John Ward, F.R.S. & Rhet. Prof. Gresh. into the Reading of Two Dates in Arabian Figures, Cut upon Stones Which Were Found in Ireland; Communicated to the Royal Society, on November 10. 1743. and December 6. 1744 [pp. 283-290]A Letter from the Reverend Henry Miles, D. D. F. R. S. to Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. of Firing Phosphorus by Electricity [pp. 290-293]An Observation of a Fracture of the Os Humeri by the Power of the Muscles Only; By the Late Claudius Amyand, Esq; Serjeant Surgeon to His Majesty [pp. 293-304]An Account of an Extraordinary Case of the Bones of a Foetus Coming Away by the Anus; Communicated by John Still Winthrop, Esq; [pp. 304-305]A Letter from Charles Jernegan, M. D. Lic. Coll. Med. Londin. to Cromwell Mortimer, M. D. Secr. R. S. concerning an Extraordinary Cystis in the Liver, Full of Water [pp. 305-307]Regiae Societati Anglicanae Scientiarum Quaedam Electricitatis Recens Observata Exhibet Jo. Henricus Winkler, Gr. & Lat. Literarum Prof. Publ. Ordin. & Academiae Lipsiensis h. t. Rector [pp. 307-315]A Description of a Machine to Blow Fire by the Fall of Water; By James Stirling, F. R. S. [pp. 315-317]A Letter from Dr. John Lining, at Charles-Town in South Carolina, to James Jurin, M. D. Coll. Med. & Reg. Soc. Sodal. Serving to Accompany Some Additions to His Statical Experiments Printed in No. 470. of These Transactions [pp. 318-330]A Letter from Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. to the President, concerning an Extraordinary Large Fossil Tooth of an Elephant [pp. 331-335]An Account of an Extra-Uterine Conception; By Starkey Myddelton, M. D. [pp. 336-340]

Number 476Two Letters from the Rev. Mr. Granville Wheler, F. R. S. to the President, concerning a Rotatory Motion of Glass Tubes about Their Axes, When Placed in a Certain Manner before the Fire [pp. 341-348]An Attempt by John Ward, Rhet. Prof. Gresh. & F. R. S. to Explain Some Remains of Antiquity Lately Found in Hertfordshire; And Communicated to the Royal Society by William Freeman Esquire, One of Their Members, February the 14, 1745 [pp. 349-361]A Letter from Gowin Knight, M. B. to the President; Concerning the Poles of Magnets Being Variously Placed [pp. 361-363]An Account of Some Very Curious Wasps Nests Made of Clay in Pensilvania; By Mr. John Bartram: Communicated by Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. [pp. 363-366]Extract of a Letter from Mr. B_ B_ r, Containing an Account, in Pounds and Ounces, of the Surprising Quantities of Food Devoured by a Boy, 12 Years Old, in 6 Successive Days, Who Labour'd under a Canine Appetite, at Black Barnsley in Yorkshire. Communicated by Dr. Mortimer, Secret. R. S. [pp. 366-368]Of an Iliac Passion, Occasioned by an Appendix in the Ilion: By the Late Claudius Amyand Esq; Serjeant-Surgeon to His Majesty, and F. R. S. [pp. 369-370]A Proposal for Warming Rooms by the Steam of Boiling Water Conveyed in Pipes along the Walls: And a Method of Preventing Ships from Leaking, Whose Bottoms are Eaten by the Worms: By Colonel Wm. Cook [pp. 370-372]De Lapide Osteocolla Inquisitio, Auctore Ambrosio Beurero Neurembergensi; Communicata per Dominum Petrum Collinsonum, R. S. S. [pp. 373-379]A Letter from J. Cookson, M. D. to Mr. Latouche at Little Chelsea, concerning the Boy Who Has an Extraordinary Boulimia, or Craving Appetite: Communicated to the Royal Society by John Martyn, F. R. S. & Prof. Botan. Cantab [pp. 380-381]Philippi Frederici Gmelin. Med. Licent. Wurterbergensis ad Martinum Folkes Reg. Soc. Praesid. Epistola de Radice Ipecacuanhae Observationes Quasdam Medico-Physicas, & de Fallaci Visione per Microscopia Composita Notata Nonnulla Continens [pp. 382-391]Remarks on the Operation of Cutting for the Stone; By Claud. Nic. Le Cat, M. D. F. R. S. Surgeon to the Hotel Dieu at Rouen, and Royal Demonstrator in Anatomy and Surgery. Translated from the French by T. S. M. D. F. R. S. [pp. 391-419]Abstract of a Letter from Monsieur De Bozes, Professor of Experimental Philosophy, at the Academy of Wirtemberg, to Monsieur De Maizau. Communicated by Mr. Baker from Mr. Ellis, and Translated out of the Latin by Mr. Baker [pp. 419-421]A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden, Presented to the Royal Society by the Company of Apothecaries, for the Year 1743. Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Reg. & Soc. Reg. Nuper Praes. By Joseph Miller, Apothecary, Hort. Chels. Praes. & Praelector Botan [pp. 421-423]An Inquiry into the Measure of the Force of Bodies in Motion: With a Proposal of an Experimentum Crucis, to Decide the Controversy about It. By James Jurin, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London, and of the Royal Society [pp. 423-440]A Letter from the Reverend Henry Miles D. D. and F. R. S. to the President; Containing Observations of Luminous Emanations from Human Bodies, and from Brutes; With Some Remarks on Electricity [pp. 441-446]An Extract, by Mr. Paul Rolli, F. R. S. of an Italian Treatise, Written by the Reverend Joseph Bianchini, a Prebend in the City of Verona; Upon the Death of the Countess Cornelia Zangari & Bandi, of Cesena. To Which are Subjoined Accounts of the Death of Jo. Hitchell, Who was Burned to Death by Lightning; And of Grace Pett at Ipswich, Whose Body was Consumed to a Coal [pp. 447-465]An Account of a Quadruped Brought from Bengal, and Now to Be Seen in London: Presented by James Parsons, M. D. & F. R. S. [pp. 465-467]An Account of Certain Perfect Minute Crystal Stones, by J. Parsons, M. D. & F. R. S. [pp. 468]A Letter from Mr. John Ellicot, F. R. S. to the President, concerning the Specific Gravity of Diamonds [pp. 468-472]A Letter to Martin Folkes, Esq; President of the Royal Society, from Cromwell Mortimer, M. D. Secr. of the Same, concerning the Natural Heat of Animals [pp. 473-480]

Errata [p. 480]Number 477Experiments and Observations, Tending to Illustrate the Nature and Properties of Electricity: By William Watson, Apothecary, F. R. S. [pp. 481-501]A Proposal to Bring Small Passable Stones Soon and with Ease out of the Bladder: By the Reverend Stephen Hales, D. D. [pp. 502-505]An Account of Some Experiments, Lately Made in Holland, upon the Fragility of Unannealed Glass Vessels; Communicated to the President [pp. 505-516]Extract of a Letter from the Reverend Henry Miles, D. D. & F. R. S. to the President, Relating to Some Improvements Which May Be Made in Cyder and Perry [pp. 516-520]Extract of a Letter from Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. to Martin Folkes, Esq; President of the Royal Society, concerning the Ancient Bridewell at Norwich [pp. 520-522]Part of a Letter from the Reverend Mr. Geo. Costard to Mr. John Catlin, concerning a Fiery Meteor Seen in the Air on July 14. 1745 [pp. 522-524]Extract of a Letter from Mr. Benj. Cook, F. R. S. to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. concerning the Effect Which the Farina of the Blossoms of Different Sorts of Apple-Trees Had on the Fruit of a Neighbouring Tree [pp. 525-526]Some Account of the Sinking down of a Piece of Ground, at Horseford, in Norfolk; Communicated by Mr. Arderon, of Norwich, to Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. [pp. 527-528]A Letter from Mr. James Simon to the President, concerning the Bones of a Foetus Voided per Anum; And of Some Fossils Found in Ireland [pp. 529-531]Some Account of the Distemper Raging among the Cow-Kind in the Neighbourhood of London, Together with Some Remedies Proposed for Their Recovery by Cromwell Mortimer, M. D. Secr. R. S. and Fellow of the College of Physicians, London [pp. 532-537]A Letter from Mr. D. P. Layard, Surgeon, to C. Mortimer, M. D. Secr. R. S. Inclosing an Account of a Fracture of the Os Ilium, and Its Cure [pp. 537-539]Some Account of a Curious Tripos and Inscription Found Near Turin, Serving to Discover the True Situation of the Ancient City Industria. By David Erskine Baker [pp. 540-549]Further Observations on the Distemper Now Raging among the Cow-Kind, by the Publisher of These Transactions [pp. 549-555]Extract of a Letter from Mr. Arderon to Mr. Baker, F. R. S. Giving an Account of the Weaver's Alarm, Vulgo Larum [pp. 555-557]An Account of Some Human Bones Incrusted with Stone, Now in the Villa Ludovifia at Rome: Communicated to the Royal Society by the President, with a Drawing of the Same [pp. 557-560]

The Crounian Lectures on Muscular Motion for the Years 1744 and 1745. Read before the Royal Society [pp. iii-viii+1-86]Back Matter