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PRESENTS RECEIVED BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY, From November 1791 to June 1792. WITH THE NAMES OF THE DONORS. 1791 PRESENTS. Nov. 10. Transactions of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, Vol. IX. London, 1791. 8° Collections towards a Description of the County of Devon, by Sir William Pole, Knt. London, 1791. 4° Medical Commentaries for the Year 1790, collected by A. Duncan. Edinburgh, 1791 8° Observations on Scrophulous Affections, by R. Hamilton. London, 1791. 8° An impartial Inquiry into the present State of Parochial Registers, Charitable Funds, Taxation, and Parish Rates, by J. Lucas. Leeds, 1791 8° Memoire sur la Combustion du Gaz Hydrogene dans des vaisseaux clos, par M. M. Fourcroy, Vauguelin, et Seguin. 8° Abregé des principaux Phenomenes qui dependent de l'Action du Calorique, par M. Seguin. 8° Discorso che serve di Preliminare alla Storia Naturale di Sicilia, da F. P. Chiarelli. Palermo, 1789. 4° 17. An historical Report on Ramsgate Harbour, by J. Smeaton, London. 1791. 8° A Treatise on the Origin and component Parts of the Stone in the Urinary Bladder, by W. Austin, London, 1791. 8° DONORS. The Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Sir John William de la Pole, Bart. Andrew Duncan, M. D. Robert Hamilton, M.D. Mr. James Lucas. M. Seguin. Sig. Francesco Paolo Chiarelli. Alexander Aubert, Esq. F. R. S. William Austin, M. D. PRESENTS. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum, quae sub Itinere in Indiam Occidentalem digessit O. Swartz. Holmiæ 1788. 8° Memoire sur les Moyens de perfectionner l'Établissement public, formé à Lyon, en faveur des Personnes noyées, par M. des Granges. Lyon, 1790. 4° Supplement à ce Memoire. Lyon, 1790. 4° Denonciation de la mauvaise Connaissance des Temps, par M. Pellizer. Paris, 1790. 8° 24. Transactions of the Linnean Society, Vol. I. London, 1791. 4° Selenotopographische Fragmente zur genauern Kenntniss der Mondfläche, von J. H. Schröter. Lilienthal, 1791. 4° Dec. 8. An Eulogy on the Hon. James Bowdoin, Esq. by John Lowell. Boston, 1791. 4° Georgicorum Virgili Maronis Libri IV. Graeco carmine heroico expressi, studio Eugenii de Bulgaris. Petropoli, 1786. fol. The Jubilee Medal of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of Petersburg, in bronze. Exposé des Operations faites en France, en 1787, pour la Jonction des Observatoires de Paris et de Greenwich, par M. M. Cassini, Mechain, et Le Gendre. Paris. 4° 15. Scriptores Logarithmici, or a Collection of Tracts on the Nature and Construction of Logarithms. Vol. I. and II. London, 1791. 4° 22. Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae, Tom. VI. Petropoli, 1790. 4° Memoire sur la Nature des Fonctions Arbitraires qui entrent dans les Integrales des Equations, aux Differentielles partielles, par M. Arbogast. St. Petersbourg, 1791. 4° Commentarii de Rebus in Scientia Naturali et Medicina gestis. Volumen XXXII. Lipsiae, 1790. 8° 1792. Jan. 12. The Works of John Whitehurst, F.R.S. with Memoirs of his Life and Writings. London, 1792. 4° 19. Meteorological Journal kept at York Fort in Labrador, from October 16, 1766, to July 27, 1767, MSS. fol. Exemplification of the Altitude of the Mercury in Fahrenheit's Thermometer throughout the Year 1790, in the Town of St. George, in Bermuda. MSS. fol. Musei Leveriani explicatio, opera et studio Georgii Shaw, 1792. 4° DONORS. Olof Swartz, M.D. M. des Granges. M. Pellizer. The Linnean Society. Mr. Schröter, of Lilienthal. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The Princess Daschkaw. M. Cassini, F.R.S. Francis Maseres, Esq. F.R.S. The Imperial Academy of Sciences of Petersburg. Mr. Hurlock, F.R.S. Mr. W. Bent. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P.R.S. H. Hamilton, Esq. Governor of the Bermudas. Mr. James Parkinson. Feb. 2. Lettre de M. Van Marum à M. Berthollet, contenant la Description d'un Gazometre. Harlem, 1791. 9. C. Linnaei Flora Lapponica, editio altera, studio J. E. Smith. Londini, 1792. Principles of Government, by R. Nares. London, 1792. On Electricity, with occasional Observations on Magnetism, by E. Peart, Gainsbrough, 1791. 23. Astronomisches Jahrbuch für das Jahr 1794, von J. E. Bode. Berlin, 1791. March 1. Medical Facts and Observations, Vol. II. London, 1792. Medical Commentaries for the Year 1791, collected by A. Duncan. Edinburgh, 1792. Methode pour calculer les Longitudes Geographiques d'apres l'Observation d'Eclipses de Soleil, ou d'Occultation d'Etoiles. Verone, 1789. 8. Extrait des Observations Astronomiques et Physiques faites à l'Observatoire Royal en l'Annee 1790. De la Declinaison et des Variations de l'Aiguille Aimantee, par M. Cassini. Tableau de la Population de toutes les Provinces de France, par M. le Chev. des Pommelles. Paris, 1789. Introduction to Scientific and Philosophic Botany, by S. Saunders. London, 1792. 22. Observations on Reversionary Payments, by R. Price, fifth Edition, by Mr. Morgan, 2 vols. London, 1792. Indian Zoology. Second Edition. London, 1790. An Account of Experiments to determine the specific Gravities of Fluids, thereby to obtain the strength of Spirituous Liquors, by J. Ransden. London, 1792. Memoriae Populorum, olim ad Danubium, Pontum Euxinum, Paludem Maeotiden, &c. Incolumitum, e Scriptoribus Historiae Byzantinae erutae, a J. G. Strittero, Tomi IV. Petropoli, 1771—1779. 29. Chirurgical Observations relative to the Epiphora, &c. by J. Ware. London, 1792. An Inquiry into the Truth of the Tradition concerning the Discovery of America, by Prince Madog ab Owen Gwynedd, by J. Williams. London, 1791. Farther Observations on the Discovery of America by Prince Madog; by J. Williams. London, 1792. DONORS. Martinus Van Marum, M. D. of Harlem. James Edward Smith, M. D. F. R. S. The Rev. R. Nares, A.M. E. Peart, M. D. Mr. J. E. Bode, F. R. S. Samuel Foart Simmons, M. D. F. R. S. Andrew Duncan, M. D. Sign. Gagnoli. M. Cassini, F. R. S. Chev. des Pommelles. Mr. Saunders. Mr. Morgan, F. R. S. Thomas Pennant, Esq. F. R. S. Mr. Ramsden, F. R. S. Mr. Charles Hatchett. Mr. James Ware. John Williams, L. L. D. PRESENTS. April 26. Commentationes Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis ad a. 1789 et 90, Vol. X. Gottingae, 1790. May 3. Museum Leverianum, No. 2. 4° On the Properties of Matter, the Principles of Chemistry, and the Nature of Aeriform Fluids, by E. Peart, Gainsbrough, 1792. 8° 10. An Answer to a Pamphlet entitled a Narrative of Facts, lately published by Mr. Thomas Mudge; by N. Maskelyne. London, 1792. 8° The great Importance, and proper Method of cultivating and curing Rhubarb in Britain, by Sir W. Fordyce. London, 1792. 8° 17. The Christian Philosopher, by N. Robinson, 2 Vols. London, 1757. 8° June 7. Archaeologia, Vol. X. London, 1792. 4° Memoire sur les grandes Gelées et leurs Effets, par Mr. l'Abbé Mann. Gand, 1792. 8° The Fall of Man, a Sermon, by J. Watson. London, 1786. 8° An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of Sickness in Ships of War, by W. Renwick. London, 1792. 8° Memoire sur les Poids et les Mesures, par M. Carney. Montpellier, 1792. 8° 14. Archaeologia, Vol. IX. London, 1789. 4° 28. A Discourse concerning the Origin and Properties of Wind, by R. Bohun. Oxford, 1674. 8° Experimentos sobre los Sexos y Fecundacion de las Plantas, por D. A. de Marti. Barcelona, 1791. 8° DONORS. The Royal Society of Sciences of Gottingen. Mr. James Parkinson. E. Peart, M. D. The Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. F. R. S. Sir William Fordyce, Knt. F. R. S. Jonathan Watson, Esq. F. R. S. The Society of Antiquaries. Abbé Mann, F. R. S. Jonathan Watson, Esq. F. R. S. Mr. William Renwick, M. Carney. The Society of Antiquaries. William Seward, Esq. F. R. S. Don Antonio de Marti. INDEX TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1792 A ABBES, the Rev. Cooper. Observations on the remarkable failure of Haddocks, on the coasts of Northumberland, Durham, and Yorkshire, - 367 Acid, Carbonic. Experiments made with the view of decomposing it, - 289 Observations on Mr. Tennant's Analysis of it, - 290 Air. Manner in which it conducts heat, - 70 Air, fixed, experiments made with the view of decomposing it, - 289 Air, inflammable, experiment on the magnetism of, - 95 Almanacs of the Hindoos, account of, - 383 Areometers of glass, description of two, - 435 Astronomers, remarks on an error some have fallen into, - 390 Atmosphere of Venus, observations on, - 309 of the Moon, observations on, - 337 Attrition, on the production of light by it, - 28 list of bodies which become luminous by it, - 37 MDCCXCII. | B | |---| | Barker, Thomas, Esq. Abstract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon, in Rutland; with the rain in Surrey and Hampshire, for the year 1791, | 362 | | Barometer, journal of, at Knightsbridge, | 230 | | —— at Lyndon, in Rutland, | 362 | | Base line, measurement of, on the coast of Coromandel, | 100 | | Beddoes, Thomas, M.D. Further observations on the process for converting cast, into malleable, iron, | 257 | | Bees, observations on, | 128 | | —— on their heat, | 136 | | —— on their swarming, | 141 | | —— on their wax, | 143 | | —— on the royal cell, | 149 | | —— on their eggs, | 152 | | —— on the food of the maggot, or bee bread, | 155 | | —— on the excrement of the maggot, | 158 | | —— on the chrysalis, | 158 | | —— on the seasons of their operations, | 160 | | —— on the queen bee, | 164 | | —— on the male bee, | 173 | | —— on the labouring bee, | 174 | | —— on the parts concerned in their nourishment, | 176 | | —— on their senses, | 181 | | —— on their voice, | 182 | | —— on the female parts, | 183 | | —— on the male parts, | 184 | | —— on their sting, | 189 | | —— on the duration of their lives, | 192 | | Bennet, Rev. A. A new suspension of the magnetic needle, intended for the discovery of minute quantities of magnetic attraction: also an air vane of great sensibility; with new experiments on the magnetism of iron filings, and brass, | 81 | | Bird, on the conversion of the substance of one into a hardfattymatter, | 197 | | Bladder with hot water, applied to the pit of the stomach, its effects, | 206 | | Blagden, Charles, M.D. Supplementary report on the best method of proportioning the excise upon spirituous liquors, | 425 | | Brass, experiments on the magnetism of, | 96 | | C | |---| | Calcination, on the cause of the additional weight which metals acquire by it, | 374 | INDEX. Cassini, M. remarks on his observations on the ring of Saturn, 10 Cavallo, Mr. An experiment of his repeated, 92 ——— remarks on an opinion of his, 96 Cavendish, Henry, Esq. On the civil year of the Hindoos, and its divisions; with an account of three Hindoo almanacs belonging to Charles Wilkins, Esq. 383 Ceti, o. On the periodical appearance of the star so called, 24 Chronology of the Hindoos, correction of an error respecting it, 195 Clothing, conducting power of substances commonly used for it, 53 Comet, account of one, 23 Currie, James, M.D. An account of the remarkable effects of a shipwreck on the mariners; with experiments and observations on the influence of immersion in fresh and salt water, hot and cold, on the powers of the living body, 199 D Day, astronomical, remarks upon; 390 Durham, on the remarkable failure of haddock on the coast of, 367 E Earthquake account of one felt in Lincolnshire, and the neighbouring counties, 283 Eclipse of the moon, remarkable phenomena in one, 27 Eggs of silk worms, experiments on the impregnation of them, 186 Electricity, atmospherical, apparatus for collecting, described, 225 ——— journal principally relating to, 230 Evaporation, observations on, 400 ——— experiments on, in air, and in vacuo, 416 Ewes, on milking them, 364 Excise upon spirituous liquors, on the best method of proportioning it, 425 Expansion of fluids, two instruments for trying it described, 433 ——— experiments on, 439 F Fatty matter, on the conversion of the substance of a bird into it, 197 Fordyce, George, M.D. On the cause of the additional weight which metals acquire by being calcined, 374 INDEX. G Gilpin, Mr. George. Appendix to Dr. Blagden's report on the best method of proportioning the excise upon spirituous liquors, - 439 two areometers of glass, constructed by him, described, - 435 H Haddock, on the remarkable failure of them, on the coasts of Northumberland, Durham, and Yorkshire, - 367 Hadley, Mr. remarks on his observations on the ring of Saturn, - 10 Hampshire, register of rain in that county, - 362 Heat, on the production of light by it, - 28 list of bodies which become luminous by it, - 31 experiments upon, - 48 manner in which it is conducted by air, - 70 Hepar, fulminating, of phosphorus, - 304 Herculis, 55th, on the disappearance of the star so called, - 26 Herschel, William, L. L. D. On the ring of Saturn, and the rotation of the fifth satellite upon its axis, - 1 miscellaneous observations, - 23 Hindoos, correction of an error respecting their chronology - 195 observations on their civil year, - 383 Hives, remarks on such as best expose the operations of bees, - 131 Hunter, John, Esq. Observations on bees, - 128 Hydrometers, remarks upon, - 435 Hygrology, on the laws of, - 491 Hygrometry, on the laws of, - 497 Hygroscopic substances, observations on, - 498 I Immersion in water, experiments and observations on the influence of, - 199 Iron, further observations on the process for converting cast, into malleable, - 257 Iron filings, experiments on the magnetism of, - 92 Journal, meteorological, principally relating to atmospherical electricity, - 230 Jupiter, occultation of, by the moon, - 355 | K | Kilburn wells, description of, and analysis of their water, | |---|----------------------------------------------------------| | L | Lacerta, account of a comet in the breast of, | | | Light, on the production of, by heat and attrition, | | | —— and heat, on the production of them from different bodies, | | | Lincolnshire, account of an earthquake felt in that and the neighbouring counties, | | | Lobsters, how affected by ballast being cast into the sea, | | | Luc, John Andrew de, Esq. On evaporation, | | | Lycopodii semen, extraordinary properties of, | | | Lyndon in Rutland, register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain there, | | M | Magnetic needle, new suspension of, | | | Magnetism of iron filings, experiments on, | | | —— of inflammable air, experiment on, | | | —— of brass, experiments on | | | Marsden, William, Esq. Correction of an error respecting the chronology of the Hindoos, | | | Metals, on the cause of the additional weight which they acquire by being calcined, | | | Moisture, observations on, | | | Moon, on the atmosphere of, | | N | Needle, magnetic, new suspension of, | | | Northumberland, on the remarkable failure of haddock on the coast of, | | O | Occultation of Jupiter, by the moon, | | | —— of a telescopic star, | | P | Passage thermometer, description of an instrument so called, | | | Patras, or Hindoo almanacs, account of, | | | Pear-gage, remarks on Mr. Smeaton's, | INDEX. Pearson, George, M. D. Experiments made with the view of decompounding fixed air, or carbonic acid, - 289 Phosphoric bodies, compendious history of, - 28 Phosphorus, experiments with, applied to mild fossil alkali, - 293 applied to various other substances, - 302 Phosphur of lime, - 304 Plumbago, how affected by exposure to a strong heat, - 262 Porto Novo, measurement of a base line near it, - 100 Presents made to the Royal Society, from November 1791, to June 1792, - 457 Puddling of iron, observations on the process so called, - 257 R Rain in Rutland, Surrey, and Hampshire, register of, - 362 Ramsden, Mr. J. remarks on a pamphlet published by him, - 429 experiments on the expansion of fluids, with instruments proposed by him, - 439 Razoumowski, Count de, remarks on his investigation of the luminous properties of bodies, - 41 Read, Mr. John. A meteorological journal, principally relating to atmospherical electricity; kept at Knightsbridge, from the 9th of May, 1790, to the 8th of May, 1791, - 225 Ring of Saturn, observations on, - 1 measures of, - 11 S Satellite, fifth of Saturn, on its rotation upon its axis, - 13 on its distance, - 17 Saturn, on the ring of, - 1 Schbirach, Mr. remarks on his experiments respecting queen bees, - 164 Schmeisser, Mr. John Godfrey. Description of Kilburn wells, and analysis of their water, - 115 Schroeter, John Jerome, Esq. Observations on the atmospheres of Venus, and the Moon, their respective densities, perpendicular heights, and the twilight occasioned by them, - 309 Scrobiculus cordis, effects of a bladder with hot water, applied to it, - 206 Seas, conjecture respecting their use, - 77 Shipwreck, remarkable effects of one on the mariners, - 199 Short, Mr. remarks on his observations on the ring of Saturn, - 10 Silk worms, experiments on the impregnation of their eggs, - 186 INDEX. Smeaton, Mr. remarks on his pear-gage, - 416 Sneyd, Thomas, Esq. On the conversion of the substance of a bird into a hard fatty matter, - 197 Snow, opinion respecting its use, - 76 Spider's thread, experiments with, - 82 Spiritucus liquors, on the best method of proportioning the exercise upon them, - 425 Steam, observations on, - 401 Sugar, its effect in reducing the apparent strength of spirit, - 438 Sulphur, experiments with, - 307 Surrey, register of rain in that county, - 362 T Tennant, Mr. remarks on his analysis of carbonic acid, - 290 Thermometer. Description of an instrument called a passage thermometer, - 51 journal of, at Knightsbridge, - 230 at Lyndon, in Rutland, - 362 for taking the heat of the body, remarks on - 223 Thompson, Sir Benjamin. Experiments upon heat, - 48 Topping, Mr. Michael. An account of the measurement of a base line upon the sea beach, near Porto Novo, on the coast of Coromandel, in May, 1788, - 100 Torch, lighted, its use in collecting atmospherical electricity, - 228 Turnor, Edmund, Esq. A narrative of the earthquake felt in Lincolnshire, and the neighbouring counties, on the 25th of February, 1792, - 283 Tusser's Husbandry, extracts from, with remarks, - 365 Twilight of Venus, observations on, - 309 of the moon, observations on, - 337 V Venus, on the atmosphere of, - 309 W Water, immersion in, experiments and observations on the influence of it, - 199 cold, poured on the head, its effects, - 218 of Kilburn wells, analysis of, - 115 INDEX. Wedgwood, Mr. Thomas. Experiments and observations on the production of light from different bodies, by heat and by attrition, - 28 Continuation of a paper on the production of light and heat from different bodies, - 270 Wilbelmi, remarks on his experiments respecting queen bees, - 166 Wind, journal of, at Knightsbridge, - 230 Witch-meal, extraordinary properties of, - 66 Y Year, civil, of the Hindoos, observations on, - 383 Yorkshire, on the remarkable failure of haddock on the coast of, - 367 Z Zinc, experiments with, - 375 From the Press of W. BULMER & Co. Cleveland-Row, St. James's.