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PRESENTS RECEIVED BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY, From November 1801 to July 1802; WITH THE NAMES OF THE DONORS. 1801. PRESENTS. Nov. 5. Some Account of the Cathedral Church of Durham. London, 1801. Royal Humane Society. Annual Report, 1801. London. The Anniversary Sermon of the Royal Humane Society, by W. Langford, D.D. London, 1801. Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae. Tom. XII. Petropoli, 1801. Tables trigonometriques decimales, calculées par Ch. Borda, revues et publiées par J.B. Delambre. Paris, An 9. Bibliotheca quam Daniel Williams bono publico legavit Catalogus. Londini, 1801. A Series of Engravings to illustrate the Morbid Anatomy of the Human Body. Fascic. VII. London, 1801. Histoire Celeste Francaise, publiée par J. Delalande. Tome I. Paris, An 9. (1801.) Annuaire de la Republique Francaise pour l'Annee X. Paris, An 9. Bibliotheque Britannique. No. 113—120. Supplement to a Memoir concerning the fascinating Faculty which has been ascribed to the Rattlesnake. 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A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. 58. The Philosophical Magazine, by A. Tilloch, No. 42. Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres, 1797. Berlin, 1800. J. E. Bode Uranographia. Berlin, 1801. Description et Connaissance générale des Constellations, par J. E. Bode. Berlin, 1801. Astronomisches Jahrbuch für das Jahr 1804, von J. E. Bode. Berlin, 1801. Cases of Phthisis pulmonalis, successfully treated, upon the Tonic Plan. C. Pears. London, 1801. A Series of Engravings to illustrate the Morbid Anatomy of the Human Body. Fascic. VIII. London, 1801. Professor Petit-Radel, of Paris. M. Prony, of the Institute of France. Professor Winterl. Mr. James Dickson. Joshua Dixon, M. D. Mr William Nicholson. Mr Alexander Tilloch. The Dublin Society. M. Pugh. M. François de Neufchateau, Senateur de France. Mr. William Davis. The Committee of Warehouses of the East India Company. The Earl of Malmesbury. Mr. William Nicholson. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. 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Palisot Beauvois, de l'Institut de France. L. Valentin, M. D. Le Conseil des Mines de la Republique Française. INDEX TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1802. A Acid, muriatic, on the metallic combinations of, - 152 ——— oxygenized and hyperoxygenized, observations on, 126 Adularia, remarks on, - 280, 287 Alumina, hyperoxygenized muriate of, remarks on, - 149 Amethyst, oriental, remarks on, - 244 Ammonia, hyperoxygenized muriate of, remarks on, - 148 Analytical and geometrical methods of investigation, on their independence, - 85 Asteroids, name proposed to be given to certain celestial bodies, - 228 ——— definition of that name, - 229 B Bachelay, Abbé, account of a stone said to have fallen on the earth, - 170 Baribold, M. account of a stone called Pierre de Tonnerre, - 171 Barytes, hyperoxygenized muriate of, remarks on, - 145 Blackness, remarks on, - 42 Bournon, the Count de. Mineralogical description of the various stones said to have fallen upon the earth, - 180 ——— Description of various kinds of native iron - 203 ——— Description of the corundum stone, and its varieties, commonly known by the names of oriental ruby, sapphire, &c.; with observations on some other mineral substances - 233 Butters of the Metals, remarks on, - 164 C Calomel, remarks on, - 154 ——— on Scheele's method of preparing it, - 159 Celestial Bodies, on two lately discovered ones, - 213 | Topic | Page | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|------| | Ceres, observations on a star so called | 214, 231 | | Ceylanite, remarks on | 318 | | Chatoyance, remarks on that property | 271 | | **Chenevix, Richard**, Esq. Observations and Experiments upon oxygenized and hyperoxygenized muriatic acid; and upon some combinations of the muriatic acid in its three states | 126 | | Analysis of corundum, and of some of the substances which accompany it; with observations on the affinities which the earths have been supposed to have for each other, in the humid way | 327 | | **Chromate of Iron, Siberian**, remarks on | 50 | | **Chrysolite, oriental**, remarks on | 244 | | **Colours**, on the theory of light and colours | 12 | | —— on those of striated surfaces | 35 | | —— on those of thin plates | 37 | | —— on those of thick plates | 41 | | —— on those by inflection | 42 | | —— account of some cases of their production | 387 | | —— on their dispersion by refraction | 393 | | **Columbium**, account of a metal so called | 65 | | **Comets**, definition of them | 225 | | —— observations on them | 226 | | **Conic Sections**, on their rectification | 448 | | **Corundum stone**, description of, and its varieties, the oriental ruby, sapphire, &c. | 233 | | —— on its different appearances | 240 | | —— distinguished into perfect and imperfect | 241 | | —— on its colour | 242 | | —— on its transparency | 244 | | —— on its hardness | 247 | | —— on its phosphorescence | 248 | | —— on its gravity | 249 | | —— on its crystalline forms | 250 | | —— on its fracture and texture | 264 | | —— phenomena with respect to light | 271 | | —— character afforded by analysis | 275 | | —— on the kind called compact | 281 | | —— on the matrix of imperfect corundum from India | 282 | | —— on the substances which accompany the imperfect corundum from India | 285 | | —— on the matrix of imperfect corundum from China | 301 | | —— on the matrix of imperfect corundum from Ava | 304 | | —— on the matrix of perfect corundum from Ceylon | 304 | | Topic | Page | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|------| | Corundum stone, on that supposed to be found in America | 322 | | Corundum stone, on that supposed to be found in France | 323 | | Corundum stone, analysis of | 327 | | Corundum stone, analysis of its matrix | 333 | | Corundum stone, analysis of some substances contained in its matrix | 334 | | Cotes, remarks on a theorem of his | 107 | | Crystal, Iceland, on its oblique refraction | 381 | | Crystalline lens, on the power of the eye, when deprived of it | 1 | | D | | | D'Alembert, remarks on a paradox mentioned by him | 100 | | Darracq, remarks on some experiments of his | 340 | | Dispersive powers, method of examining | 365, 372 | | Dispersive powers, on those of the eye | 396 | | Drake, remarks on its organs of generation | 361 | | E | | | Earths, on the affinity they have been supposed to have for each other| 327, 339 | | Emerald, oriental, remarks on | 244 | | Emeralds, on some found in France | 325 | | Emery, on its composition | 398 | | Eslinger, Mr. remarks on his description of the spinelle | 308 | | Ether, remarks on that of Sir Isaac Newton | 14 | | Eye, on its power to adjust itself to different distances | 1 | | Eye, on its dispersive powers | 396 | | F | | | Felspar, remarks on | 285, 301 | | Felspar, analysis of | 334, 336 | | Fibrolite, remarks on | 289, 302 | | Fibrolite, analysis of | 335, 336 | | G | | | Garnets, remarks on | 297 | | Guyton de Morveau, remarks on some experiments of his | 339 | | H | | | Hatchett, Charles, Esq. An analysis of a mineral substance from North America containing a metal hitherto unknown | 49 | | Hauy, Abbé. Remarks on some opinions of his respecting the corundum stone and the sapphire | 239, 276 | | Heat, remarks on | 32 | | Heat, some remarks on, and on the action of bodies which intercept it | 403 | INDEX. HELLINS, THE REV. JOHN. Of the rectification of the conic sections, 448 HERSCHEL, WILLIAM, LL.D. Observations on the two lately discovered celestial bodies, 213 Catalogue of 500 new nebulae, nebulous stars, planetary nebulae, and clusters of stars; with remarks on the construction of the heavens, 477 Remarks on some experiments of his, 493 HOME, EVERARD, Esq. The Croonian lecture. On the power of the eye to adjust itself to different distances, when deprived of the crystalline lens, 1 A description of the anatomy of the Ornithorhynchus paradoxus, 67 Description of the anatomy of the Ornithorhynchus Hystrix, 348 Hornblende, remarks on, 295 HOWARD, EDWARD, Esq. Experiments and observations on certain stony and metallic substances, which at different times are said to have fallen on the earth; also on various kinds of native iron, 168 Huygens, remarks on his theory of light, 381 I Investigation, on the independence of the analytical and geometrical methods of, 85 Iron, Siberian Chromate of, remarks on, 50 Native, observations on, 168, 203 Attractable oxide of, remarks on, 300, 302 K KLAPROTH, MR. Remarks on his analysis of the corundum stone and the sapphire, 234 KRAFT and RICHMANN, MESS. Their law of the increase of heat, 407 L Lecture, Bakerian, 12 Croonian, 1 Light, on the theory of light and colours, 12 On its refraction, 365 On its dispersion, 365, 372 On the colours into which it is separable, 378 On the effects of its invisible rays, 379 Radiant, remarks on, 44 Lime, hyperoxygenized muriate of, remarks on, 147 ## INDEX ### M **Magnesia, hyperoxygenized muriate of**, remarks on, - 149 **Manis**, remarks on, - 358 **Mercury**, on its combination with muriatic acid, - 153 **Metal**, analysis of a substance containing one hitherto unknown, - 49 **Meteor**, account of the explosion of one near Benares, - 175 ——— account of one seen in America, - 202 **Mica**, remarks on, - 296, 301 ——— mistake respecting it, - 309 **Milky-way**, remarks on, - 495 **Muriate of potash, hyperoxygenized**, remarks on, - 139 ——— of soda, hyperoxygenized, remarks on, - 144 ——— of barytes, hyperoxygenized, remarks on, - 145 ——— of strontia, hyperoxygenized, remarks on, - 147 ——— of lime, hyperoxygenized, remarks on, - 147 ——— of ammonia, hyperoxygenized, remarks on, - 148 ——— of magnesia, hyperoxygenized, remarks on, - 149 ——— of alumina, hyperoxygenized, remarks on, - 149 ——— of silica, hyperoxygenized, remarks on, - 150 **Muriates, oxygenized**, remarks on, - 134 ——— alkaline and earthy hyperoxygenized, remarks on, - 138 ——— metallic, remarks on, - 152 **Myrmecophaga**, remarks on various species of, - 359 ### N **Nebulae**, Catalogue of 500 new ones, - 477, 503 ——— remarks on, - 497 ——— on stellar ones, - 499 ——— on planetary ones, - 501 **Nebulosity, milky**, remarks on, - 499 **Newton**, remarks on various passages in his works, - 14 ### O **Olbers, Dr.** Observations on a moving star discovered by him, - 213 **Optometer**, remarks on that instrument, - 6 **Oriental**, remarks on that term, - 235 **Ornithorhynchus paradoxus**, description of, - 67 ——— correction of an error concerning it, - 356 ——— *Hystrix*, description of, - 348 ——— account of a new species, - 357 **Oxygenated**, remarks on that word, - 126 MDCCCII. ### INDEX **P** | Topic | Page | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|------| | Pallas, observations on a star so called | 216, 232 | | Piazzi, Mr. Observations on a moving star discovered by him | 213 | | Pictet, M. Remarks on some experiments of his | 430, 440 | | Account of a phenomenon observed by him | 432 | | Planets, definition of them | 224 | | Platina, on the action of potash upon it | 337 | | method used to detect it in gold | 337 | | most sensible test for | 338 | | Potash, on its action upon platina | 337 | | on its volatility | 338 | | hyperoxygenized muriate of, remarks on | 139 | | Presents received by the Royal Society, from November 1801 to July 1802 | 529 | | Prevost, P. Quelques remarques sur la chaleur, et sur l'action des corps qui l'interceptent | 403 | | His theory of heat | 442 | | Prismatic reflection, method of examining refractive and dispersive powers by | 365 | **Q** | Topic | Page | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|------| | Quartz, remarks on | 295 | **S** | Topic | Page | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|------| | Sapphire, description of | 233 | | analysis of | 332 | | See Corundum | | | Scheele, on his method of preparing calomel | 159 | | Sidereal systems, of binary ones | 480 | | of complicated ones | 486 | | Silica, hyperoxygenized muriate of, remarks on | 150 | | Soda, on its volatility | 338 | | hyperoxygenized muriate of, remarks on | 144 | | Spar, calcareous, remarks on | 260 | | Spinelle, remarks on | 305 | | on its matrix | 308 | | Stars, catalogue of clusters of | 477, 503 | | of insulated ones | 478 | | of double ones | 480 | | of treble ones, &c. | 486 | | of clustering ones | 495 | | of groups of them | 496 | | Topic | Page | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|------| | Stars, of clusters of them | 497 | | —— of those with burs | 499 | | —— of nebulous ones | 500 | | Star-stones, remarks on | 273 | | Stone, account of one which fell in Yorkshire | 174 | | Stones, account of some which fell in Italy | 173 | | —— account of some which fell near Benares | 175 | | —— mineralogical description of some, said to have fallen on the earth| 180 | | Stony and metalline substances, account of some, said to have fallen on the earth | 168 | | Strontia, hyperoxygenized muriate of, remarks on | 147 | | Sublimate, corrosive, remarks on | 154 | | T | | | Talc, remarks on | 296 | | Tennant, Smithson, Esq. On the composition of emery | 398 | | Thallite, remarks on | 291 | | —— analysis of | 335 | | Tiree, remarks on a stone found there | 321 | | Tourmalin, remarks on | 313 | | —— red, remarkable specimen of | 317 | | V | | | Vauquelin, Mr. Remarks on his analyses of felspar | 287 | | W | | | Waring, Dr. Remarks on two series given by him | 475 | | Williams, John Lloyd, Esq. Account of the explosion of a meteor, near Benares, in the East Indies; and of the falling of some stones, at the same time, about 14 miles from that city | 175 | | Wolfram, remarks on | 50 | | Wollaston, William Hyde, M.D. A method of examining refractive and dispersive powers, by prismatic reflection, On the oblique refraction of Iceland crystal | 365 | | Woodhouse, Robert, A.M. On the independence of the analytical and geometrical methods of investigation; and on the advantages to be derived from their separation | 85 | INDEX. Y Young, Thomas, M.D. The Bakerian Lecture. 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