ents , ▁at ▁least ▁on ▁scientific ▁matters , ▁and ▁as ▁such ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁as ▁a ▁labour - s aving ▁device . ▁Old enburg ▁also ▁described ▁his ▁journal ▁as ▁" one ▁of ▁these ▁philosoph ical ▁common place ▁books ", ▁indicating ▁his ▁intention ▁to ▁produce ▁a ▁collect ive ▁not ebook ▁between ▁scient ists . ▁ ▁Issue ▁ 1 ▁contained ▁such ▁articles ▁as : ▁an ▁account ▁of ▁the ▁improvement ▁of ▁opt ic ▁glass es ; ▁the ▁first ▁report ▁on ▁the ▁Great ▁Red ▁Sp ot ▁of ▁Jup iter ; ▁a ▁prediction ▁on ▁the ▁motion ▁of ▁a ▁recent ▁com et ▁( pro bably ▁an ▁O ort ▁cloud ▁object ); ▁a ▁review ▁of ▁Robert ▁Bo yle ' s ▁Ex perimental ▁History ▁of ▁Cold ; ▁Robert ▁Bo yle ' s ▁own ▁report ▁of ▁a ▁de formed ▁cal f ; ▁" A ▁report ▁of ▁a ▁peculiar ▁lead - ore ▁from ▁Germany , ▁and ▁the ▁use ▁there of "; ▁" Of ▁an ▁Hung arian ▁Bol us , ▁of ▁the ▁Same ▁Effect ▁with ▁the ▁Bol us ▁Armen us "; ▁" Of ▁the ▁New ▁American ▁Wh ale - F ishing ▁about ▁the ▁B erm ud as ", ▁and ▁" A ▁N arr ative ▁Conc ern ing ▁the ▁Success ▁of ▁P end ul um - Watch es ▁at ▁Sea ▁for ▁the ▁Long itudes ". ▁The ▁final ▁article ▁of ▁the ▁issue ▁concerned ▁" The ▁Character , ▁L ately ▁Pub lished ▁beyond ▁the ▁Se as , ▁of ▁an ▁E min ent ▁Person , ▁not ▁Long ▁Since ▁Dead ▁at ▁Th ol ouse , ▁Where ▁He ▁Was ▁a