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PRESENTS RECEIVED BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY, From November, 1805, to June, 1806; WITH THE NAMES OF THE DONORS. 1805. PRESENTS. Nov. 7. Abstract of the Returns made relative to the Expence and Maintenance of the Poor in England. Ordered to be printed 10th July, 1804. fol. The nautical Almanac for the Year 1810. London, 1805. 8° Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin pour les Années X et XI. Turin, 1803. 2 Vols. 4° Fasciculus 6 of a Synopsis of the British Con- fervæ, by L. W. Dillwyn. Observations on the Diseases incident to Seamen, by R. Robertson. Vol. I. and II. London, 1804. Vol. III. 1805. 8° The Botanist's Guide through England and Wales, by D. Turner and L. W. Dillwyn. London, 1805. 2 Vols. 8° Traité de Mecanique celeste, par M. Laplace. Tome IV. Paris, 1805. 4° Bibliotheque Britannique. No. 205—228. Museum Anatomicum congestum a J.G. Walter Berolini, 1805. Tomi III. 4° The Philadelphia medical and physical Journal, by B.S. Barton. Vol. I. Part I. Philadelphia, 1804. Part II. 1805. 8° Journal de Chimie et de Physique, par J. B. van Mons. No. 17. A Prospect of exterminating the Small Pox. Part 2, by B. Waterhouse. Cambridge, 1802. 8° DONORS. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons. The Commissioners of Longitude. The Academy of Sciences of Turin. Lewis Weston Dillwyn, Esq. F. R. S. Robert Robertson, M.D. F. R. S. Dawson Turner, Esq. F. R. S. and Lewis Weston Dillwyn, Esq. F. R. S. M. Laplace, F. R. S. Professor Pictet, F. R. S. Professor Walter, F. R. S. Professor Barton, of Philadelphia. M. Van Mons, of Brussels. Professor Waterhouse, of Cambridge, New England. PRESENTS. The Philosophical Transactions abridged. Vol. VI. Part 4, and Vol. VII. Parts 1, 2, 3. The Doctrine and Application of Fluxions, by T. Simpson, revised by W. Davis. London. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. 44 to 47. The Philosophical Magazine, by A. Tilloch. No. 86 to 89. The Critical Review, July—October, 1805. Dec. 12. Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanæ. Tom. XIV. Petropoli, 1805. Exposition des Operations faites en Lapponie, pour la determination d'un Arc du Meridien, en 1801, 1802, et 1803, redigée par J. Svanberg. Stockholm, 1805. Bernardi de Montfaucon Palæographia Graeca. Parisiis, 1708. Fasciculus 7, of a Synopsis of British Convervæ, by L. W. Dillwyn. The Philosophical Transactions abridged. Vol. VII. Part 4. The new London Catalogue of Books. London, 1805. Observations on vaccine Inoculation, by H. Fraser. London, 1805. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. 48. The Philosophical Magazine, by A. Tilloch. No. 90. The Critical Review, November, 1805. 19. Transactions of the Dublin Society. Vol. II. Part 2. Dublin, 1802. An Essay on the Construction of the Sails of Ships and Vessels, by Capt. M. Cowan. London. Jan. 9. Collections for the History of the Town and Soke of Grantham, by E. Turnor. London, 1806. Astronomisches jahrbuch für das Jahr 1808, von J. E. Bode. Berlin, 1805. Histoire générale des Sciences et de la Literature, par J. Andres, traduite de l'Italian par J. E. Ortolani. Tome I. Paris, 1805. The Philosophical Transactions abridged. Vol. VIII. Part 1. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. 49 and 50. The Philosophical Magazine, by A. Tilloch. No. 91. DONORS. Messrs. C. and R. Baldwin. Mr. William Davis. Mr. William Nicholson. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. The Editor. The Imperial Academy of Sciences of Petersburg. The Royal Academy of Sciences of Stockholm. Charles Burney, junior, LL.D. F.R.S. Lewis Weston Dillwyn, Esq. F.R.S. Messrs. C. and R. Baldwin. Mr. William Bent. Henry Fraser, M.D. Mr. William Nicholson. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. The Editor. The Dublin Society. Capt. Malcolm Cowan. Edmund Turnor, Esq. F.R.S. Mr. J. E. Bode, F.R.S. M. Ortolani. Messrs. C. and R. Baldwin. Mr. William Nicholson. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. PRESENTS. The Critical Review, December, 1805. Transactions of the Dublin Society. Vol. IV. Dublin, 1804. Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester. Second Series. Vol. I. Manchester, 1805. Report on the Administration of the Government of Mysoor, by Major M. Wilks. Fort William, 1805. Precis de la Philosophie de Bacon, par J. A. De Luc. Paris, 1802. Tomes II. Introduction à la Physique terrestre par les Fluides expansibles, par J. A. De Luc. Paris, 1803. Tomes II. Traité elementaire sur le Fluide Electrico-Galvanique, par J. A. De Luc. Paris, 1804. Tomes II. Bibliotheque Britannique. No. 229—234. Liljenthalische beobachtungen der neu entdeckten Planeten, Ceres, Pallas, und Juno, von J. H. Schröter. Göttingen, 1805. A Meteorological Journal of the Year 1805, kept in London, by W. Bent. London, 1806. Meteorological Observations made at Nottingham House, Athapesco Lake, from May 20, 1804, to May 23, 1805, by P. Fidler. Mscr. An Account of Rain, which has fallen near Madras, from Oct. 19, 1791, to Jan. 1, 1804. Observations meteorologiques à Canton, pendant l'Année 1804. Mscr. Rotulorum originalium in curia Scaccarii Abbreviatio. Vol. I. 1805. Feb. 6. Meteorological Journal kept on board the Marine Society's Ship, in 1805. Mscr. Magna Britannia, by D. Lysons and S. Lysons. Vol. I. London, 1806. Dell' elettricisimo idro-metallico Opuscolo dell' Ab. S dal Negro. Padova, 1802. Opuscolo II. 1803. The Philosophical Transactions abridged. Vol. VIII. Part 2. The Literary Journal, January, 1806. A Meteorological Journal for the Year 1804, kept at Colindah in Bengal. Mscr. General Zoology, by G. Shaw. Vol. VI. London, 1806. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. 51. DONORS. The Editor. The Dublin Society. The Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester. Marquis Wellesley. M. De Luc, F. R. S. Professor Pictet, F. R. S. Dr. Schröter, F. R. S. Mr. William Bent. Joseph Colen, Esq. John Johnstone, Esq. David Lance, Esq. The Commissioners of the Public Records. The Marine Society. The Rev. Daniel Lysons, A. M. F. R. S. and Sam. Lysons, Esq. F. R. S. Abate Salvator dal Negro. Messrs. C. and R. Baldwin. George Harris, Esq. Mr. George Kearsley. Mr. William Nicholson. PRESENTS. The Philosophical Magazine, by A. Tilloch. No. 92. The Critical Review. January, 1806. 13. The Trident of Albion, by J. Thelwall. Liverpool, 1805. 8° Pharmacopoea Batava. Amstelodami, 1805. 4° 27. Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Hanlingar, Tom. XXV. för år 1804, 3d and 4th quarter; and Tom. XXVI. för år 1805, 1st and 2d quarter. Stockholm. 8° Mar. 6. The Philosophical Transactions abridged, Vol. VIII. Part 3. The Literary Journal, February, 1806. 8° A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. 82. The Philosophical Magazine, by A. Tilloch. No. 93. The Critical Review. February, 1806. 13. Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres, 1798 and 1802. Berlin, and 1804. 4° Fasciculus 8, of a Synopsis of the British Convervae, by L. W. Dillwyn. Catalogue de l'Ascension droite et de la Declinaison de 5505 étoiles, redigé par J. E. Bode. Berlin, 1805. 4° Fl. Caldani Tabulae anatomicae ligamentorum Corporis humani. Venetiis, 1803. fol. Fl. Caldani Opuscula Anatomica. Patavii, 1803. 4° A Treatise on Mechanics, by Ol. Gregory. London, 1806. 3 Vols. 8° 20. The Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal, by B. S. Barton, Vol. II. Part 1. Philadelphia, 1805. 8° 27. Memoirs, comprising the Navigation to and from China, by the China Sea, and through the various Straits and Channels in the Indian Archipelago; also the Navigation of Bombay Harbour. London, 1805, with 6 Charts. 4° A practical Treatise on various Diseases of the abdominal Viscera, by C. R. Pemberton. London, 1806. 8° Apr. 17. Bibliothèque Britannique. No. 235—240. The Philosophical Transactions abridged. Vol. VIII Part 4. The Literary Journal. March, 1806. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. 53. DONORS. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. The Editor. Mr. John Thelwall. The Secretary of State for the Home Department of the Batavian Republic. The Royal Academy of Sciences of Stockholm. Messrs. C. and R. Baldwin. Mr. William Nicholson. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. The Editor. The Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin. Lewis Weston Dillwyn, Esq. F. R. S. Mr. J. E. Bode, F. R. S. Sig. Floriano Caldani. Mr. George Kearsley. Professor Barton, of Philadelphia. James Horsburgh, Esq. F. R. S. Christopher Robt. Pemberton, M. D. F. R. S. Professor Pictet, F. R. S. Messrs. C. and R. Baldwin. Mr. William Nicholson. PRESENTS. The Philosophical Magazine, by A. Tilloch. No. 94. The Critical Review. March, 1806. Plate 10, of the IVth Volume of Vetusta Monumenta. Surgical Observations, Part the Second, by J. Abernethy. London, 1806. The vaccine Contest, by W. Blair. London, 1806. May 1. Plantarum Guianæ rariorum Icones et Descriptions hactenus ineditæ, Auctore E. Rudge. Fasciculus 4. Sermons from the German of G. J. Zollikofer, by W. Tooke. London, 1806. 2 Vols. 8° The Philosophical Transactions abridged. Vol. IX. Part 1. The Literary Journal. April, 1806. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. 54 and 55. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Stomach, by A. D. Stone. London, 1806. The Philosophical Magazine, by A. Tilloch. No. 95. The Critical Review. April, 1806. 15. Calendarium Iquisitionum post mortem sive Escætarum, 1806. fol. Obras de Franc. de Borja Garcaõ Sto-kier. Tomo I. Lisboa, 1805. June 5. The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy. Vol. X. Dublin, 1806. The Philosophical Transactions abridged. Vol. IX. Part 2. The Literary Journal. May, 1806. A new Theory of musical Harmony, by A. F. C. Kollmann. London, 1806. fol. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. 56. The Philosophical Magazine, by A. Tilloch. No. 96. The Critical Review. May, 1806. Bibliotheque Britannique. No. 241—244. Table des Articles contenus dans les dix premières années de la Bibliotheque Britannique. 12. Tables astronomiques publiées par le Bureau des Longitudes de France. I Partie. Paris, 1806. Histoire de l'Astronomie pour 1805, par J. de Lalande. The 25th, 26th, and 27th Report of the Society for bettering the Condition of the Poor. London, 1805, 1806. DONORS. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. The Editor. The Society of Antiquaries. Mr. John Abernethy. Mr. William Blair. Edward Rudge, Esq. F. R. S. The Reverend William Tooke, F. R. S. Messrs. C. and R Baldwin. Mr. William Nicholson. Arthur Daniel Stone, M. D. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. The Editor. The Commissioners of the Public Records. M. Stockler, Secretary of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Lisbon. The Royal Irish Academy. Messrs. C. and R Baldwin. Mr. Aug. Fred. Christ. Kollmann. Mr. William Nicholson. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. The Editor. Professor Picter, F. R. S. Le Bureau des Longitudes de France. M. de Lalande, F. R. S. The Committee of the Society for bettering the Condition of the Poor. PRESENTS. Maps of the Island of Jamaica, and of the Counties of Cornwall, Middlesex, and Surry, in that Island, in 15 sheets. 19. Memoirs of the Rise and Progress of the Royal Navy, by C. Derrick. London, 1806. 4° The British Flora, by J. Hull. Manchester, 1799. 8° Elements of Botany, by J. Hull. Manchester, 1800. 2 Vols. 8° DONORS. James Robertson, Esq. Charles Derrick, Esq. John Hull, M.D. INDEX TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1806. A Acetic acid, a solvent for resins, - 129 Adjustment of circular instruments, - 428, 429 -, by a new method, - 430 Alburnous vessels of trees, on the inverted action of, - 293 Appendices of conic sections, - 82 Armagh, astronomical observations at, - 453 Arteries, cylindrical to slow-moving muscles, - 10 Astronomical circle, description of, - 420 B Barks of trees, effects of incisions in, - 296 Barometer, marine, observations on, - 239 -, falls by land-wind, rises by sea-breeze, - 244 -, prognostications from, - 265 Bason, mineral, description of, - 342 Binomial theorem, a new demonstration of, - 305 Bitumen, not formed artificially, - 140 -, elastic, scarcely affected by sulphuric acid, - 115 Brande, Mr. William. Chemical experiments on guaiacum, - 89 -, Experiments on the urine of the camel and the cow, - 373 Bue'e, M. Mémoire sur les quantités imaginaires, - 23 ## INDEX | C | page | |---|------| | Camel's stomachs, observations on, | 357 | | ---, capacity, &c. of the first, | 360 | | ---, capacity and office of the second, | 366, 367 | | ---, capacity of third, | 368 | | ---, fourth, | 369 | | ---, teeth, observations on, | 371 | | ---, urine, analysis of, | 372 | | ---, contains uric acid, | 373 | | Carbonate of lime, in the urine of horses, | 380 | | Carlisle, Anthony, Esq. The Croonian lecture on the arrangement and mechanical action of the muscles of fishes, | 1 | | Cassini, M. Observations on the variation at the equinoxes and solstices, | 393 | | Centrifugal force, its effect on the growth of seeds, | 102 | | Circles of repetition of the French do not diminish errors of observation, | 432 | | Circular instruments, observations on, | 420 | | ---, description of one, | 424 | | ---, with revolving microscopes, | 425 | | Coal, fossil, conjectures respecting its origin | 135 | | ---, vegetable, obtained by sulphuric acid, | 130 | | ---, quantity afforded by different resins, &c. | 131 | | Conic sections, appendices of, | 82 | | Cortical vessels of plants, descend from the bases of the leaves, | 295 | | D | | |---|---| | Declinations of some of the principal fixed stars, | 454 | | Dip of the magnetic needle, observations on, | 385 | | ---, subject to no diurnal alteration, | 396 | | ---, tables of, | 419 | | E | | |---|---| | Extracto-resin, what, | 98 | | F | | |---|---| | Fish, motions of their fins, | 3 | | ---, arrangement of their muscles, | 6 | | ---, muscular power of short duration, | 9 | | Flinders, Matthew, Esq. Observations on the marine barometer, made during the examination of the coasts of | INDEX. New Holland and New South Wales, in the years 1801, 1802, and 1803, 239 Force of percussion, lecture on, 13 ——, mechanic, defined 16 —— of horses, various, 22 ——, centrifugal, its effect on the growth of seeds, 102 G Gilpin, Mr. George. Observations on the variation, and on the dip of the magnetic needle, made at the apartments of the Royal Society between the years 1786 and 1805, inclusive, 385 Gompertz, Mr. Benjamin. Application of a method of differences to the species of series whose sums are obtained by Mr. Landen by the help of impossible quantities, 147 Gravitation, its influence on the growth of plants, 100 Griffiths, J. Esq. Description of a rare species of worm-shells discovered at an island off the north-west coast of Sumatra, 269 Guaiacam, experiments on, 89 ——, yields extractive matter to water, 90 ——, powerfully acted on by nitric acid, 93 ——, yields oxalic acid, ib. ——, its oxides blue or green, 92 H Halley, Dr. his theory of variation referred to, 352 —— opinion of the importance 398 Hatchett, Charles, Esq. Third series of experiments on an artificial substance which possesses the characteristic properties of tannin, 109 —— observations on Mr. Brande's experiments on urine, 372 Herschel, William, LL.D. On the velocity of the solar motion, 205 —— Observations and remarks on the figure, the climate, and the atmosphere of Saturn and its ring, 455 Home, Everard, Esq. An account of a small lobe of the human prostate gland not before taken notice of by anatomists, 195 INDEX. HOME, EVERARD, Esq. Observations on the shell of the sea-worm found on the coast of Sumatra, proving it to belong to a species of Teredo; with an account of the anatomy of the Teredo Navalís, 276 Observations on the camel's stomach, respecting the water it contains, and the reservoirs in which that fluid is inclosed: with an account of some peculiarities in its urine, 357 I Imaginary Quantities, memoir on, 23 J Jamaica, variation of the compass at, 356 boundaries of land in, how marked, 349 how surveyed, 351 K KNIGHT, THO. ANDREW, Esq. On the direction of the radicle and germen during the vegetation of seeds, 99 On the inverted action of the alburnous vessels of trees, 293 L Latitudes, method of correcting, 423 Law of motion, third misunderstood, 17 Lecture, Bakerian, 13 Croonian, 1 Logarithms, new method of computing, 327 by subtraction, 328 by addition, 338 hyperbolic, 332—336 common log. 337 Logarithmic properties of $\sqrt{-1}$, 67 M MANNING, THOMAS, Esq. New method of computing logarithms, 327 MARTIN, MR. EDWARD. Description of the mineral basin in the counties of Monmouth, Glamorgan, Brecon, Caer-marthenshire, and Pembroke, 342 INDEX. Mastication of ruminating animals, how performed, 371 Mechanic force defined, 16 Medulla of plants, conveys no sap, 295 Microscopes, revolving, recommended for circular instruments, 425 Minium, native, 267 N Newton, Sir Isaac's, interpretation of the 3d law of motion, 17 Nitric acid, its action on elastic bitumen, 115 Kilkenny coal, 116 Cannel coal, ib. Newcastle coal, ib. roasted vegetables, 118 walnut peels, 120 galls, 122 oak bark, 123 guaiacum, 93 O Observations of some principal fixed stars, 434 γ Pegasi, ib. α Arietis, ib. α Ceti, Aldebaran, 435 Capella, Rigel, 436 β Tauri, α Orionis, 437 Sirius, Castor, 438 Procyon, Pollux, Regulus, 439 θ Leonis, Spica Virginis, Arcturus, 440 α Coronæ, α Serpentis, 441 α Ophiuchi, α Lyrae, α Capricorni, 442 α Cygni, 444 MDCCCVI. ### INDEX | Topic | Page | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|------| | Observations of α Aquarii, α Pegasi, α Andromeda, Polaris, β Ursæ, γ Draconis | 446 | | Perpendicularity, expressed by $\sqrt{-1}$ | 28 | | Piazzi M. his observations of principal fixed stars | 453, 454 | | Plumb-line, observations on the methods of employing | 428 | | Pond, John, Esq. On the declinations of some of the principal fixed stars; with a description of an astronomical circle, and some remarks on the construction of circular instruments | 420 | | Potatoes, early made to blossom, tubers formed from descending sap | 297 | | made to form on branches above ground | ib. | | Prostate gland, a small lobe newly discovered | 195 | | Quadrants, not likely again to be substituted for circles | 423 | | Quantities, imaginary | 23 | | , impossible, not necessary for summation of certain series | 147 | | Radicles and germen, on the direction of their growth | 99 | | Robertson, Rev. Abram. New demonstration of the binomial theorem | 305 | | Robertson, Mr. James. Observations on the permanency of the variation of the compass at Jamaica | 348 | | Saturn, its figure, atmosphere, and ring | 455 | | proportion of its diameters | 456 | | figure not seen but by a distinct power of 500 | 458 | | subject to periodical changes of colour | 464 | | Seeds, made to grow revolving | 102 | | Series, summed by a method of differences | 147 | | Topic | Page | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|------| | Signs, + and —, their signification | 23 | | Sign √—1, its signification | 27 | | ——— description of position, geometric | 29 | | Signs, expressive of inclination | 73 | | Smeaton, experiments on mechanic force referred to | 18 | | Smithson, James, Esq. Account of a discovery of native minium | 267 | | Solar motion, investigation of its velocity | 205 | | ——— confirmed by observations on 36 stars | 219 | | ——— effects of its increase and decrease | 208 | | ——— calculations for delineating | 222 | | Stars, declination of some principal | 454 | | ——— proportional distances of | 207 | | ——— proportional velocities | 209 | | ——— direction of their motions | 215 | | ——— causes of their motions examined | 294 | | ——— calculations of the attractive power | 227 | | ——— calculations of figures to represent their motions | 213 | | ——— remarks on their motions | 217 | | ——— proper motions probably not constant | 433 | | Stomachs of bullocks | 362 | | ——— first | 362 | | ——— second | 363 | | ——— third | 364 | | ——— fourth | 365 | | ——— of camel | 365 | | Sulphuric acid, its action on resins | 109 | | ——— on linseed oil | 111 | | ——— on wax | 111 | | ——— on animal fat | 112 | | Sumatra worm-shell | 269 | | Sun, velocity of its motion examined | 205 | | ——— determined | 232 | | Suppression of urine, from an enlargement of the prostate gland | 203 | | T | | | Tannin, substance resembling | 109 | | ——— produced from pit-coal | 116 | | ——— from roasted vegetables | 118–123 | | ——— from peat | 128 | | ——— from submerged woods | 127 | INDEX. *Teredo Gigantea,* - 269—271 *Navalis,* anatomy of, - 278 *Troughton,* Mr. adjustment of circular instruments, - 427 U *Uric acid* in the urine of camels, - 373 *Urine* of graminivorous animals contains phosphate of lime, - 374—379 Variation of compass at Jamaica, - 348 observations at Somerset House, - 385 solstitial alteration of, - 392 diurnal alteration of, - 393 influenced by various causes, - 393 monthly - 415 monthly diurnal alteration, - 416 rate of annual increase, - 395 W *Wollaston, William Hyde,* M.D. Bakerian lecture on the force of percussion, - 13 Wood increases in density above a decorticated space, - 302 *Worm-shells* (Teredo) on the coast of Sumatra, - 269 From the Press of W. 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