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PRESENTS RECEIVED BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY, From November 1798 to June 1799; WITH THE NAMES OF THE DONORS. 1798. PRESENTS. Nov. 8. Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres, 1792 et 1793. Berlin, 1798. 4° The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy. Vol. VI. Dublin, 1797. 4° Transactions of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. Vol. XVI. London, 1798. 8° Catalogus Bibliothecae Historico-Naturalis Josephi Banks, auctore J. Dryander. Tomus I. Londini, 1798. 8° Icones Stirpium rariorum descriptionibus illustratae. No. 2. fol. Bibliothèque Britannique. No. 1—21, 23—48, 55—62. Genève, 1796—1798. 8° A Voyage to the South Atlantic, and round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean, by Capt. J. Colnett. London, 1798. 4° The sacred Scripture Theory of the Earth. Newcastle, 1798. 8° A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. 17—21. Tagebuch einer reise durch Peru, von A. Z. Helms. Dresden, 1798. 8° 15. Ittiolitologia Veronese. Verona, 1796. fol. Cases of the Diabetes mellitus, by J. Rollo. 2d edition. London, 1798. 8° Dec. 6. Description de quelques appareils chimiques nouveaux ou perfectionnés de la fondation Teylerienne, et des expériences faites avec ces appareils, par M. Van Marum. Haarlem, 1798. 4° DONORS. The Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin. The Royal Irish Academy. The Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S. Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. F. R. S. Professor Pictet, F.R.S. Capt. James Colnett, of the Royal Navy. Mr. William Drysdale. Mr. William Nicholson. Mr. Anton Zacharias Helms. Societas Physicorum Veronensium. John Rollo, M. D. Mart. Van Marum, M.D. F. R. S. PRESENTS. Philosophie de l'Univers. Paris, an 4. 8° Remarks on Hydrophobia, by R. Hamilton. London, 1798. 2 Vols. 8° A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. 22. Dec. 20. A Sermon preached on the Fast Day, Feb. 28, 1794, by H. Fly. London, 1794. 8° A Sermon preached before the Military Association of the parish of Trinity, in the Minories, Oct. 7, 1798, by H. Fly. London, 1798. 8° Jan. 10. An Index, drawn up about the Year 1629, of many Records of Charters, granted by the Sovereigns of Scotland, between 1309 and 1413; published by W. Robertson. Edinburgh, 1798. 8° Declaratio Parlamenti, ubi Johannes, Primogenitus Roberti, habet succedere in regnum. 4° 17. A series of Engravings, to illustrate the Morbid Anatomy of the human Body, by M. Baillie. Fascic. I. London, 1799. 4° A Sermon, preached at the Yearly Meeting of the Children educated in the Charity Schools of London and Westminster, by H. Whitfeld; with an Account of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge. London, 1798. 4° 24. Memoirs, illustrating the History of Jacobinism, by the Abbé Barruel, translated by the Hon. R. Clifford. London, 1798. 4 Vols. 8° Meteorological Journal kept on board the Marine Society Ship, moored off Deptford Creek, from Jan. 1, 1792, to Dec. 31, 1797. MS. fol. A Meteorological Journal of the Year 1798, kept in London, by W. Bent. London. 8° A new System on Fire and planetary Life. London, 1796. 8° Some new Experiments, with Observations upon Heat, by R. Harrington. London, 1798. 8° 31. An Account of the Operations carried on for accomplishing a Trigonometrical Survey of England and Wales. Vol. I. London, 1799. 4° Tables for Meteorological Observations, by C. Kite. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. 23. Feb. 7. Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar, Tom. XVII. för år 1796, 3d and 4th Quarter; Tom. XVIII. för år 1797, and Tom. XIX. för år 1798, 1st, 2d, and 3d Quarter. Stockholm. 8° Bibliotheque Britannique. No. 63—68. DONORS. M. Du Pont, de l'Instit. National de France. Robert Hamilton, M.D. Mr. William Nicholson. The Rev. Henry Fly, D. D. F. R. S. Lord Frederick Campbell, F. R. S. Matthew Baillie, M. D. F. R. S. The Rev. Henry Whitfeld, D. D. F. R. S. The Hon. Robert Clifford, F. R. S. The Rev. Samuel Glasse, D. D. F. R. S. Mr. William Bent. Robert Harrington, M. D. Mr. William Faden. Mr. Charles Kite. Mr. William Nicholson. The Royal Academy of Sciences of Stockholm. Professor Pictet, F. R. S. PRESENTS. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. 24. 21. Report on the Events and Circumstances which produced the Union of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland. 2 Vols. Mar. 7. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. 25. 14. Commentationes Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis ad a. 1795—98. Vol. XIII. Gottingæ, 1799. Collections for an Essay towards a Materia Medica of the United States, by B. S. Barton. Philadelphia, 1798. Meteorologie terrestre, par L. E. Pouchet. Rouen, 1797. April 4. A topographical Plan of the Settlements of New South Wales. The Life of Catherine II. Empress of Russia. The 3d edition. London, 1799. 3 Vols. The Journal of Mr. Samuel Holmes, during his attendance on Lord Macartney’s Embassy to China. London, 1798. The original Manuscript of this Journal. Astronomisches Jahrbuch für das Jahr 1801, von J. E. Bode. Berlin, 1798. Bibliotheque Britannique. No. 69—72. Nuovi sperimenti sopra l’effetto della caduta de gravi nelle materie cedevoli; del Ab. P. Zuliani. Padova, 1798. A Roll, containing the Bhagavat Gita, in the Sanscrita Language, with illuminations. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. 26. 11. The Effect of the nitrous Vapour, in preventing and destroying Contagion, by J. C. Smyth. London, 1799. 18. Reflexions sur la Mineralogie moderne, par le P. D. de Gallitzin. Brunswick, 1799. New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America, by B. S. Barton. Philadelphia, 1798. May 2. Plants of the Coast of Coromandel, by W. Roxburgh. Vol. II. No. 1. London, 1798. fol. Neuere beyträge zur erweiterung der sternkunde, von J. H. Schröter. Göttingen, 1798. An Account of the regular gradations in Man, and in different Animals and Vegetables, by C. White. London, 1799. DONORS. Mr. William Nicholson. His Grace the Duke of Portland, F. R. S. Mr. William Nicholson. The Royal Society of Sciences of Gottingen. Professor Barton, of Philadelphia. M. Pouchet. Lieut. Col. William Patterson, F. R. S. The Rev. William Tooke, F. R. S. Sir William Young, Bart. F. R. S. Mr. J. E. Bode, F. R. S. Professor Pictet, F. R. S. Professor Zuliani, of Padua. Capt. Symes. Mr. William Nicholson. Jas. Carmichael Smyth, M. D. F. R. S. Prince Demetri de Gallitzin, F. R. S. Professor Barton, of Philadelphia. Professor Pictet, F. R. S. John Anthony Heidmann, M. D. The Court of Directors of the East India Company. Dr. J. H. Schröter, F. R. S. Mr. Charles White, F. R. S. PRESENTS. R. Blake Disputatio inaug. de dentium Forma- tione et Structura in Homine, et in variis Ani- malibus. Edinburgi, 1798. 8° A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nichol- son. No. 27. May 9. Further Observations on the Variolæ Vaccinæ; or Cow Pox, by E. Jenner. London, 1799. 4° Experimental Inquiries concerning the principle of the lateral Communication of Motion in Fluids, by J. B. Venturi. London, 1799. 8° 23. Some Account of the Abbey Church of Bath. fol. Letters on the subject of Quarantine. London, 1799. 4° June 6. The Nautical Almanacks for the Years 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804. 4 Vols. London, 1796. 8° Bibliotheque Britannique. No. 77 et 78. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nichol- son. No. 28. Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philo- sophy, by the late G. Adams. The 2d edition, with Additions, by W. Jones. London, 1799. 5 Vols. 8° 13. Catalogus Bibliothecæ Historico-Naturalis Josephi Banks, auctore J. Dryander. Tomus IV. Lon- dini, 1799. 8° The Observations of Newton concerning the In- flexions of Light, accompanied by other Obser- vations differing from his. London, 1799. 8° Osservazioni sulle proprietà della China del Bra- sile, di A. Comparetti. Padova, 1794. 8° Riscontri medici dello Febbri larvate periodiche perniciose, di A. Comparetti. Padova, 1795. 8° A. Comparetti Observationes Dioptricæ et Ana- tomicae comparatae de coloribus apparentibus, visu et oculo. Patavii, 1798. 4° Grammatica Tatarico-Latina. MS. 4° Lexicon Tatarico-Latinum. MS. 8° DONORS. Robert Blake, M. D. Mr. William Nicholson. Edward Jenner, M. D. F. R. S. Mr. William Nicholson. The Society of Anti- quaries. The Levant Company. The Commissioners of Longitude. Professor Pictet, F. R. S. Mr. William Nicholson. Mr. William Jones. Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S. G. W. Jordan, Esq. Professor Comparetti, of Padua. M. Poirot, of Pekin. INDEX TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1799. A Acid of borax, on the decomposition of, 56 —— gallic, on the quantity contained in the bark of various trees, 259 Air, on an unusual horizontal refraction of it, 13 Algebraic equations, on the resolution of them, 265 ——— on the resolution of those of particular degrees, 281 Altitudes of the sun, method of finding the latitude of a place by two, 74 Apple, experiments on its fecundation, 201 Asterias, experiments on, 323 Atmosphere, on the variations to which its lower parts are subject, 13 Auriga, on the stars in, 121, 138 B Balance, method used to determine the accuracy of one, 183 Bark, on the quantity of tanning principle and gallic acid contained in that of various trees, 259 Barker, Thomas, Esq. Abstract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon, in Rutland, 1797. With some remarks on the recovery of injured trees, 24 Barometer, register of, at Lyndon, in Rutland, 24 Biggin, George, Esq. Experiments to determine the quantity of tanning principle and gallic acid contained in the bark of various trees, 259 | Topic | Page | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|------| | Bladder, experiments on | 333 | | Bohn, Professor, remarks on some experiments made by him | 2 | | Bone, experiments and observations on | 315 | | Bones of fish, experiments on | 326 | | —— of various animals, experiments on | 325 | | —— fossil, experiments on | 333 | | Borax, on the decomposition of its acid | 56 | | Bull, account of an hermaphrodite one | 170 | | **C** | | | Cambridge, latitude of | 115 | | Cartilaginous substances, remarks on | 331 | | Cat, on the luminous appearance observed in its eye | 2 | | Cheselden, remarks on the supposed hermaphrodites described by him | 160 | | Child, on one with a double head | 28 | | Clitoris, on the enlargement of that part | 162 | | Correa de Serra, Joseph, LL.D. On a submarine forest, on the east coast of England | 145 | | Corse, John, Esq. Observations on the manners, habits, and natural history, of the elephant | 31 | | —— Observations on the different species of Asiatic elephants, and their mode of dentition | 205 | | Cow, on its teeth | 251 | | Crabs, experiments on their covering substance | 324 | | Crell, Lawrence de, M.D. On the decomposition of the acid of borax or sedative salt | 56 | | Crustaceous marine animals, experiments on their covering substance | 321 | | Cuttle bone, experiments on | 321 | | **D** | | | Dentition, on that of the elephant | 205 | | —— on that of the Sus Æthiopicus | 248 | | Dog, account of an hermaphrodite one | 157, 168 | | Dolomite; on the kind of marble so called | 309, 313 | | Draco, on the stars in | 123, 138 | | Duck, account of one which acquired the feathers of a drake | 174 | | **E** | | | Echini, experiments on | 322 | | Elephant, African, on its teeth | 252 | ### INDEX **Elephant, Asiatic**, on its manners, habits, and natural history, - 31 on its size, - 32 on its sagacity, - 37 on the procreation of tame ones, - 41 on the manner of tying them, - 42 on the period of their gestation, - 49 on their manner of sucking, - 50 on the different species of them, - 205 on their mode of dentition, - 205, 237 on their tusks, - 208 on their grinders, - 213, 239 **Enamel of the teeth**, experiments on, - 243, 328 **Equations, algebraic**, on the resolution of them, - 265 on the resolution of those of particular degrees, - 281 **Eye**, on the luminous appearance observed in that of some animals. - 2 --- **F** **Fecundation of vegetables**, experiments on, - 195 **Fish**, experiments on their bones, - 326 **Fontana**, remarks on his idea of the retina, - 4 **Fordyce, Dr.** remarks on an experiment made by him, - 180 **Forest**, on a submarine one, on the east coast of England, - 145 **Fossil bones**, experiments on, - 333 vegetables, remarks on, - 150 --- **G** **Gallic acid**, on the quantity contained in the bark of various trees, - 259 **Glue**, on its use as a test for the tanning principle, - 260 **Grape**, experiments on its fecundation, - 201 --- **H** **Haller**, remarks on his idea of the retina, - 4 **Hatchett, Charles, Esq.** Experiments on the enamel of the teeth, - 243, 328 Experiments on the synovia, - 246 Experiments and observations on shell and bone, - 315 **Head**, on a child with a double one, - 28 **Heat**, on the weight ascribed to it, - 179 **Hellins, Mr.** remarks on an assertion of his, - 278 **Hermaprodites**, observations on, - 157 INDEX. Herschel, William, LL.D. A fourth catalogue of the comparative brightness of the stars, - 121 Hippopotamus, on its teeth, - 253 Home, Everard, Esq. The Croonian lecture. Experiments and observations upon the structure of nerves, - 1 Some additions to a paper, read in 1790, on the subject of a child with a double head - 28 An account of the dissection of an hermaphrodite dog. To which are prefixed, some observations on hermaphrodites in general, - 157 Some observations on the structure of the teeth of graminivorous quadrupeds; particularly those of the elephant and Sus Æthiopicus, - 237 Horns, remarks on, - 332 Horse, experiments on its optic nerve, - 8 on its teeth, - 251 Hunter, Mr. remarks on his idea of the lucid tapetum, - 5 singular experiment proposed by him, - 162 remarks on some of his opinions respecting the teeth, - 242 J Jones, Sir William, and Lady. A catalogue of Oriental manuscripts presented to the Royal Society by them, - 335 K Kid, account of an hermaphrodite one, - 169 Knight, Thomas Andrew, Esq. An account of some experiments on the fecundation of vegetables, - 195 L Latitude, method of finding, by two altitudes of the sun, - 74 of Ravensworth, in Yorkshire, - 109 of Cambridge, - 115 Lax, the Rev. William, A.M. A method of finding the latitude of a place, by means of two altitudes of the sun and the time elapsed betwixt the observations, - 74 Lecture, Croonian, - 1 Bakerian, - 13 Lime, on different sorts used in agriculture, - 305 Lynx, on the stars in, - 126, 139 Lyra, on the stars in, - 127, 140 INDEX. M Magnesia, on its effects on the growth of vegetables, - 307 Manuscripts, Oriental, catalogue of, - 335 Margueron, M. remarks on his analysis of synovia, - 247 Monoceros, on the stars in, - 128 Monsters, remarks on those which have superfluous parts, - 174 Mother of pearl, experiments on shells composed of it, - 318 Mules, remarks on vegetable ones, - 203 Muriate of tin, on its use as a test for the tanning principle, - 262 N Nacre, experiments on shells composed of it, - 318 Nerves, experiments and observations on their structure, - 1 Neuters, remarks on the persons so called, - 165 O Organs of generation, on imperfections in the male ones, - 160, 165 - on imperfections in the female ones, - 162 - on the mixture of those of both sexes, - 167 P Patella, experiments on, - 317 Pea, experiments on its fecundation, - 196 Pearls, experiments on, - 320 Perseus, on the stars in, - 129, 140 Presents received by the Royal Society, from November 1798 to June 1799, - 345 Q Quadrupeds, graminivorous, observations on their teeth, - 237 R Rain, register of, at Lyndon, in Rutland, - 24 Ravensworth, in Yorkshire, latitude of, - 109 Refraction of the air, on an unusual horizontal one, - 13 Retina, remarks on, - 3 Rhinoceros, on its teeth, - 253 Rumford, Benjamin Count of. An inquiry concerning the weight ascribed to heat, - 179 ### INDEX | Topic | Page | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|------| | **S** | | | Sedative salt, on the decomposition of, | 56 | | Sextans, on the stars in, | 131, 141 | | Sheep, on its teeth, | 252 | | Shell, experiments and observations on, | 315 | | Shells, experiments on porcellaneous ones, | 317 | | —— experiments on those composed of Nacre or mother of pearl, | 318 | | Sinuses, frontal, on tumors sometimes found in them, | 239 | | Starfish, experiments on, | 323 | | Stars, fourth catalogue of their comparative brightness, | 121 | | —— on those in Auriga, | 121, 138 | | —— Draco, | 123, 138 | | —— Lynx, | 126, 139 | | —— Lyra, | 127, 140 | | —— Monoceros | 128 | | —— Perseus | 129, 140 | | —— Sextans | 131, 141 | | —— Taurus | 132, 142 | | —— Triangulum | 137, 144 | | Subsidence of the ground, remarks on, | 153 | | Sulphate of iron, on its use as a test for the gallic acid, | 261 | | Superfætation of vegetables, remarks on, | 197 | | Sus Æthiopicus, on its teeth, | 237, 248 | | Sutton, in Lincolnshire, strata of a well dug there, | 148 | | Synovia, experiments on, | 246 | | **T** | | | Tanning principle, on the quantity contained in the bark of different trees, | 259 | | Tapetum, lucid, remarks on, | 3 | | Taurus, on the stars in, | 132, 142 | | Teeth, on those of the Asiatic elephant, | 205, 237 | | —— African elephant, | 252 | | —— Sus Æthiopicus, | 237, 248 | | —— horse, | 251 | | —— cow | 251 | | —— sheep | 252 | | —— hippopotamus | 253 | | —— rhinoceros | 253 | | Tennant, Smithson, Esq. On different sorts of lime used in agriculture, | 305 | | Testicles, on imperfections of them, | 165 | INDEX. Testicles, on their influence upon the constitution, - 173 Thermometer, register of, at Lyndon, in Rutland, - 24 Thigh bone, account of an uncommon one, - 245 Trees, on the recovery of injured ones, - 26 — account of some submarine ones, - 145 Triangulum, on the stars in, - 137, 144 Tumors, on those sometimes found in the frontal sinuses, - 239 U Uteri, prolapsus, singular cases of, - 164 V Vegetables, experiments on their fecundation, - 195 — fossil, remarks on, - 150 Vince, The Rev. Samuel, A. M. The Bakerian lecture. Observations upon an unusual horizontal refraction of the air; with remarks on the variations to which the lower parts of the atmosphere are sometimes subject, - 13 W Water, on the weight it was supposed to acquire by being frozen, - 180 — on the quantity of heat it loses by being frozen, - 192 Weather of the year 1797, remarks on, - 25 Weight, on that ascribed to heat, - 179 Well, strata of one dug at Sutton, in Lincolnshire, - 148 Wheat, experiments on its fecundation, - 200 Wilkins, Charles, Esq. A catalogue of Oriental manuscripts presented to the Royal Society by Sir William and Lady Jones, - 335 Wilson, Giffin, Esq. Essay on the resolution of algebraic equations: attempting to distinguish particularly, the real principle of every method, and the true causes of the limitations to which it is subject, - 265 From the Press of W. BULMER & Co. Cleveland-Row, St. James's.