Part of a Letter from Mr Stephen Gray to the Publisher, containing His Observations on theFossils of Reculver Clisfe,and a New Way of Drawing the Meridian Line, With a Note on ThisLetter by the PublisherAuthor(s): Stephen GraySource: Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 22 (1700 - 1701), pp. 762-764Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/102799 .

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( 7-62 i wxrt-vlte prz¢-rantifElaias eSe a«erit) den-ique fubj1ngit tertilirllaam efTe lzanc plantamj quxqlle plufquam decetn rnillia fetnintlm gignit.

FluJils vlfurpantur folia, femen, quod prz czeeris partibus laudat prxiedrlls ille Ilo{ier nofoconlii Zeyla nentis) Radix) caules & rami.

Folia LtEta antequam fls3res -prodeunt in umbra Sic- cata &; in pulverem comminuta dantur in constenienti vehiculo alle aqux calidt inisndunEur bibiturqneea- infufio inttar infufionis herlDz Tlle. irlfundantur& Spir. vini & paratur per deftillationem Spritius ex Radice) cau- 1ibus & ramIs

Flores, Radices extraAllm & Sal lrl Pleuritide Colica & febribus feliciter fe ufurpaSe teftatur alius quidam Nofocomii Zeylonenfs prxieAus.

Atque 1zc funtX quz mil;wi innotuere ex litteris Co- lombo ad Societa-tem noftram Indicam & ad me datis de herbze hu jus faculeatibus utendique modo Ex duebus C:hirurgis primo memoratus, qui {atis accalratus mihi eridetur ob-EcrvatorX Ialldat quoque in ft2is litteris a-vi lithontri(ntica cortices Radicum ipfaSque &adices her -bx cujuffidana Margal Carratsda potttg Zcylanenfibals di&t atX quz illa St, nle latet.

Etiamli autem rtzodlls & lUltiO qlla agant lzxc aliave rere l-ithontriptica habita medicamenta non facilis St explicatu) durut2a tamen videtur nullam plane Sdetn laabere vitis fide dignis Ego vero hxc exporientiz debxte infiitutz f2epitiSque repetendx Ccommitto sZIIr. Partofa Letterfrom wHr Stephen Gray to tEe Peb-

Siyi?er, covtaizing bis ob4e>^satians va fAe Fof ls af Recu1° ver (:Wiffeard a rezgo 274y of detrwi?sg the Meridian Liates mxtha lEvte on thisletter by the PZZipJes^. S IR, Cvaterbary, Jan. t3. t701.

T Received tIze TranfaAivtl for tbe molzths £)f Se- IL te.}Bbrer and O>ottX 7cc2* mo(} gratefnllv r was

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( 7-62 i wxrt-vlte prz¢-rantifElaias eSe a«erit) den-ique fubj1ngit tertilirllaam efTe lzanc plantamj quxqlle plufquam decetn rnillia fetnintlm gignit.

FluJils vlfurpantur folia, femen, quod prz czeeris partibus laudat prxiedrlls ille Ilo{ier nofoconlii Zeyla nentis) Radix) caules & rami.

Folia LtEta antequam fls3res -prodeunt in umbra Sic- cata &; in pulverem comminuta dantur in constenienti vehiculo alle aqux calidt inisndunEur bibiturqneea- infufio inttar infufionis herlDz Tlle. irlfundantur& Spir. vini & paratur per deftillationem Spritius ex Radice) cau- 1ibus & ramIs

Flores, Radices extraAllm & Sal lrl Pleuritide Colica & febribus feliciter fe ufurpaSe teftatur alius quidam Nofocomii Zeylonenfs prxieAus.

Atque 1zc funtX quz mil;wi innotuere ex litteris Co- lombo ad Societa-tem noftram Indicam & ad me datis de herbze hu jus faculeatibus utendique modo Ex duebus C:hirurgis primo memoratus, qui {atis accalratus mihi eridetur ob-EcrvatorX Ialldat quoque in ft2is litteris a-vi lithontri(ntica cortices Radicum ipfaSque &adices her -bx cujuffidana Margal Carratsda potttg Zcylanenfibals di&t atX quz illa St, nle latet.

Etiamli autem rtzodlls & lUltiO qlla agant lzxc aliave rere l-ithontriptica habita medicamenta non facilis St explicatu) durut2a tamen videtur nullam plane Sdetn laabere vitis fide dignis Ego vero hxc exporientiz debxte infiitutz f2epitiSque repetendx Ccommitto sZIIr. Partofa Letterfrom wHr Stephen Gray to tEe Peb-

Siyi?er, covtaizing bis ob4e>^satians va fAe Fof ls af Recu1° ver (:Wiffeard a rezgo 274y of detrwi?sg the Meridian Liates mxtha lEvte on thisletter by the PZZipJes^. S IR, Cvaterbary, Jan. t3. t701.

T Received tIze TranfaAivtl for tbe molzths £)f Se- IL te.}Bbrer and O>ottX 7cc2* mo(} gratefnllv r was

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r,g39 ) extreme-l-y fatisSetl trth the account Mr De La hi- gives us of his O5fierovatlons oh tIld Sh@ils-> in the Bar- ries 1lear BroxghtonX efipecially svith the agreeable nott ons he has conceived of the Delugc of Noah.

To the many inftances the-Eartll glve-s als of the great and vplent mutat:ons--fhe;has fuffer'd, be pleafed to take a remarkable ont of diofe I have olArved in Nnt.

About half a mile fiom ResxlzaerX towards Herxn, tllere appears in the Cl;ffa Strataof Sllells srl a green{h Sand; they Seem to be firm, and rome of tlzem are en- tire) but wherl yotl go to take tlleit;fro :their beds they ctumble to Powcler between your fingers; but thai whicll is moR remarkable is, that in tlle lower p^re of tlae Strata, avlzere tlze -Slaells are more ellicklat difperfed, tllere lies fcatter'd wlp and down portions of Trunks RQOCS and Branclles of-Tr@es; tlle Woocl is l)ecome as black as Coal, and fo rorten that large pieces of it are caEly broken with- ones fingers. I know not svhat 6lepr1z thtSe may lyeX the Gtr's furfacenot appearing above 2 toot from tllt Beacl btxt I jlldge it from elle fuperEcies or top of the CJ>liS a5QUt t > ts0()t. I faw the fttlmp of one Tree (t-anding tlpriglat ltroken off about a foot from tlle ^,re-tEnd 1 {llolald have givaen a more particular account, IDut cannot at preSclt Snd the note I took upon the place. I- *-all only add, that the Slleils r;vere of the Wl:wite Conchit>.

Give me leanre to conclude tlze-remaining part of tlzis Paper orl anotller ibj.- I have lately; t-hougllt of a new contrived Tnfirlltnent fE3r I)rawin¢> a MerIdian lines w:!lichX f8r any thlng l know to the contrarys s my <3wn ; stiS eaWe xrl itS nfeX and Iufficiently exad:: I be- lieve you wtill underftand itS firuetllre witheut-a Fgure. Take tlle Gnomon of an EJor>ntal Oial fir the Lati-

tude of t!ze place) and to elze vtter Sx two S>htst WlAGT CUX14RrS S)-< 1)4 I53r311C1 X-9 t11 tan]$) 5 1tt rlle Eye- figElt be 3 01zal1 t101t7 but t5e otl<ers diit.t5gAter luutt be

t2l ne agf8 <h,; [1z 2<>tll+A+wz di.ntn.fa tvt trlt t^s}8Art*.

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( 7s4.) Nor Sfar, Rftrom tlle Pole tlle diRnce of the Sigbts besng anade &adills, let the Stile be; rivetted t£> tilC; Cnd

of a ftraigIlt Ruler ; then when you wcould make uSe of it, lay the Ruleron a-11 Horizontal Planev fo that tlzc end to subicll tlle Stile-is Ssecl may oWf Izant,) then look tlre3;lgl: elze Eye-llght, tnving; the ln-firaLme2lt tiLl you fw tize Nortls Star appears to t£sch tlit circumfe- r-nce of the hole in -tlle otiwr Sight) 0£] th-e flnae lland vvt1] tlle Girdle of Ci11ioeaX or on tIle oppc.¢ i 5 fde tO

tlast ssllereool tlle Star x-tl tIze Great Bears Rump isn at thattimethQ draw a lJne by an^N-- edCe of tbFa Ruler) alKI it will be a true Meridxan lintS -as tib rery eaIIe to detzKsnSJrate.

I do not hear tilat any of elle Occultatons of Al;!eba- raa lJy tlle Moon were alJrerved lafi- yeal4. I expe&ed feveral) bt was always hindred by the weatller from obSerlring any. I llope to llave better fuccefs tlzis ycarX ifore t1Ac Nloons vifible wa:y leaxres t}zat Star.

X Note OfB t13iS Letter by; the PxAliBJet. It iS XrOry likely- tlat the B}ack Wood mentioned in

this Letter is Oak, svhicb has lain fo long as to be turn d of tIzat colov}r lzy the Vitralick juices of tIe eartIl in sYhicll it has lain as galls and a folution of Vitrol turn of rlatcolollr. I never faw any Oak that llad lain any time m any kind of eartll, wllere water came to Xakintoits thatwastlotturnedof tllat Ylour: andI Isare feen many Trees of Black Wood of great ltignefs, taken u} , as well as leI7er pieces) and all of it was Oak. It looks at hrR taking up like Ebony is very ponderousv butas it driesX it Eplitss grows friable) lightD and-Cot:ncS to be goodi for little.

E R R-XTS inNo. ^67.

];)Ag. t ) . {.3 3. Iege -deEnire: pag. 7 to . 1. t 3 + pro (:orpuRults leSe quaw

t fi corpufculis.

t>t :inted for Sam Sa3ith & Benj. Wdlford 4 Ptinters to the Royal Socic Xtn at ;heErin¢sSrrarin.StPwI; thurctl-yard. X 700.

( 7s4.) Nor Sfar, Rftrom tlle Pole tlle diRnce of the Sigbts besng anade &adills, let the Stile be; rivetted t£> tilC; Cnd

of a ftraigIlt Ruler ; then when you wcould make uSe of it, lay the Ruleron a-11 Horizontal Planev fo that tlzc end to subicll tlle Stile-is Ssecl may oWf Izant,) then look tlre3;lgl: elze Eye-llght, tnving; the ln-firaLme2lt tiLl you fw tize Nortls Star appears to t£sch tlit circumfe- r-nce of the hole in -tlle otiwr Sight) 0£] th-e flnae lland vvt1] tlle Girdle of Ci11ioeaX or on tIle oppc.¢ i 5 fde tO

tlast ssllereool tlle Star x-tl tIze Great Bears Rump isn at thattimethQ draw a lJne by an^N-- edCe of tbFa Ruler) alKI it will be a true Meridxan lintS -as tib rery eaIIe to detzKsnSJrate.

I do not hear tilat any of elle Occultatons of Al;!eba- raa lJy tlle Moon were alJrerved lafi- yeal4. I expe&ed feveral) bt was always hindred by the weatller from obSerlring any. I llope to llave better fuccefs tlzis ycarX ifore t1Ac Nloons vifible wa:y leaxres t}zat Star.

X Note OfB t13iS Letter by; the PxAliBJet. It iS XrOry likely- tlat the B}ack Wood mentioned in

this Letter is Oak, svhicb has lain fo long as to be turn d of tIzat colov}r lzy the Vitralick juices of tIe eartIl in sYhicll it has lain as galls and a folution of Vitrol turn of rlatcolollr. I never faw any Oak that llad lain any time m any kind of eartll, wllere water came to Xakintoits thatwastlotturnedof tllat Ylour: andI Isare feen many Trees of Black Wood of great ltignefs, taken u} , as well as leI7er pieces) and all of it was Oak. It looks at hrR taking up like Ebony is very ponderousv butas it driesX it Eplitss grows friable) lightD and-Cot:ncS to be goodi for little.

E R R-XTS inNo. ^67.

];)Ag. t ) . {.3 3. Iege -deEnire: pag. 7 to . 1. t 3 + pro (:orpuRults leSe quaw

t fi corpufculis.

t>t :inted for Sam Sa3ith & Benj. Wdlford 4 Ptinters to the Royal Socic Xtn at ;heErin¢sSrrarin.StPwI; thurctl-yard. X 700.

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