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Endorsed by Folkes 'March 19 1746/7'

Folkes, Martin (1690-1754)

Memoirs and Papers sent to the Royal Society of London

"Part of a letter from Mr Willm Arderon, FRS, to Mr Henry Baker, FRS, concerning the formation of pebbles."

"Abstract of a letter from Mr Wm Arderon ... to Mr Henry Baker ... containing some observations made on the prickleback, and also on fish in general."

"Abstract of a letter from Mr Wm Arderon to Mr Henry Baker concerning the perpendicular ascent of eels."

"A supposition how the white matter is produced, which floats about in the air in Autumn, in a letter from Mr Arderon to Mr Baker."

"The substance of a letter from Mr William Arderon ... to Mr Henry Baker", with illustrations of "a distempered roach".

"Some account of an ancient seal, in a letter from Mr Wm Arderon to Henry Baker ..."

"An account of large subterraneous caverns in the chalk hills near Norwich, by Mr Wm Arderon ... in a letter from Mr Henry Baker ... to the President [Martin Folkes]."

Letter from Henry Baker ... to the Society concerning the structure of wood.

"A letter from Mr Henry Baker to the President [Martin Folkes] concerning several medical experiments of electricity."

"A tophus or hair ball formed in the stomach of a sheep. Shewn by Mr Baker."

"Observation of an occultation of Cor Leonis by the moon on Thursday March 12th 1747 ... communicated to the Royal Society by J[ohn] Bevis MD".

Letter from John Bevis to Martin Folkes concerning a case of plica

Letter from John Bevis concerning "the present comet"

"A letter from Richard Brocklesby, MD and FRS, to the President concerning the Indian poison sent over from M. de La Condamine" [Charles Marie de La Condamine].

"Upon the sounds and hearing of fishes". A review by Richard Brocklesby of Jacob Theodor Klein, <i>Mantissa ichtyologica de sono et auditu piscium</i> (Leipzig, 1746).

"An account of the poisonous root lately found mixt among the gentian, by Dr [Richard] Brocklesby."

"Part of a letter from Mr John Browning, of Bristol, to Mr Henry Baker ... concerning the effect of electricity on vegetables."

"An account of the Naphtha Alba, by Mr Peter Collinson."

"Some observations on the Belluga stone, by P Collinson", with illustrations in pencil.

"A draft of the machine for sounding the depth of the sea invented by Major William Cook ... in his voyage to America in 1738."

"Extract of a letter from Mr Benjamin Cooke FRS to Peter Collinson FRS concerning the property of new flannel sparkling in the dark."

Letter from George Costard to Thomas Shaw concerning Chinese chronology and astronomy.

Letter from Arthur Dobbs to (Johann) Kaspar Wettstein, Secretary to Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, on the distances between Asia and America.

Letter from Richard Dunthorne to Charles Mason concerning the moon"s motion.

"Extract of a letter from Dr Balthazar Erhart to Dr [Cromwell] Mortimer."

"A letter from Mr William Fidge surgeon at Yarmouth to Cromwell Mortimer, MD, Secretary to the Royal Society, concerning a stone taken out of the bladder of a dog."

"The figure of the mustela fossilis communicated from Dr Gronovius [? Joannes Fridericus Gronovius] at Leyden to Mr Peter Collinson FRS."

"Mr Jonas Hanway to the Revd Mr Forster of the Naphtha and fire near Baku."

Letter from John Hill to Martin Folkes concerning Windsor loam.

Proposals for printing by subscription a general natural history ... by John Hill.

"A letter from John Huxham to C Mortimer concerning a child born with an extraordinary tumour."

"Extrait d"un memoire sur la communication de l"electricité [by Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier], lu a ... l"Academie Royale des Sciences le 12 nov. 1746".

"The figures of some ... calculous concretions formed in the kidney of a woman. Communicated by Mr Charles Lucas at Dublin."

"A letter from Mr Robert Lucas concerning the relief he found in the stone from the use of alicant soap and lime water, to his brother the Revd Mr Richard Lucas, FRS".

Note on microscopical investigation of the structure of wood, by B Martin [Benjamin Martin 1704-1782].

"A letter from the Rev. Mr [Charles] Mason ... FRS, to the President ... concerning spelter, melting iron with pig coal and a burning well at Broseley."

"Extract of a letter from the Revd Henry Miles, DD & FRS, to Mr Henry Baker, FRS, containing several electrical experiments."

Letter from Henry Miles to Henry Baker

Letter from Henry Miles to Martin Folkes concerning a collection of letters for a history of the Royal Society

"Further observations on the distemper now raging among the cow-kind" [by Cromwell Mortimer]

"A third account of the distemper among the cows", by Cromwell Mortimer.

"An account of a very learned Divine [Henry Wharton] who was born with two tongues. Communicated by C Mortimer MD."

"Extract of a letter from Dr James Mounsey ... to Henry Baker, FRS, concerning the everlasting fire in Persia."

"Extract of a letter from Mr Geo. [sic] Fred. Muller, FRS [Gerhard Friedrich Müller (1705-1783)], ... to C Mortimer."

Letter from John Turberville Needham to Dr [James] Parsons, FRS, concerning electricity.

The Revd Mr W[illiam] Parker to the President ... of the success of curing the cows with musk."

Letter from James Parsons, FRS, to Martin Folkes on burying cattle in lime. With a letter from John Milner on the same subject.

Review [by Dr James Parsons, FRS] of Albrecht von Haller, <i>De respiratione experimenta anatomica</i> (Göttingen, 1746).

"An account of Mr Klein"s letter to Mr Peter Collinson, concerning the Bobak, of Poland, by Dr Parsons."

Letter from James Parsons to the Revd Charles Lyttelton concerning fossils.

Differens moyens d"empêcher de se corrompre les oiseaux morts ..., by René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur.

"Copy of a letter to Mr Benjamin Robins, FRS, shewing that the electricity of glass disturbs the mariner"s compass."

"A letter from Mr Robert Roche to the President, of a fustian frock being set on fire by electricity."

"Of the preparation, sophistication, use and vertue of china ink. Communicated to Dr de Castro [Jacob de Castro Sarmento, d. 1762] by Dr Jn Mendes Saquet [João Sachetti Barbosa, 1714-1780] physician to the King of Portugal"s hospital in Elvas."

"An account of an extraordinary bird ... in a letter from Doctor João Mendes Saquet ... to Doctor de Castro."

Abstract of a letter from James Simon to Folkes concerning the use of electricity in treating nervous complaints.

[Spalding Gentlemen"s Society]: A note on recent proceedings.

Letter from Arthur Villettes to Folkes concerning a paper read by Signor Loteri at Turin.

"A brief account of the Roman tessera by Mr John Ward, FRS."

Observations on the nature of electricity, by Sir William Watson.

Letter to the Society from Sir William Watson, refuting the electrical experiments of [Johann Heinrich] Winckler of Leipzig.

Letter from Johann Heinrich Winckler to Mr Schrader of London concerning electrical experiments.

"Extract out of Dr Winckler"s Abstract of his oration ... in praise of electricity."

Summary of a work on caterpillars.

"An observation of an uncommon gleam of light proceeding from the sun by Mr Peter Collinson FRS".

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"An observation of an uncommon gleam of light proceeding from the sun by Mr Peter Collinson FRS".

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