Memoirs for a natural history of animals, containing the anatomical description of several creatures dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris : Wherein the constructive fabrick and genuine use of the parts, are exactly and finely delineated in copper plates, and the whole enriched with many curious physical and no less usefull anatomical remarks, being one of the most considerable productions of that academy. Done into English by a fellow of the R.S. To which is added, an account of the measure of a degree of a great circle of the Earth, publish'd by the members of the same academy: English'd by R.W. SRS. With an alphabetical table of the names of the several animals mention'd in this volume. And likewise an alphabetical index to make the work compleat. Publish'd by an order of council of the Royal Society.