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PRESENTS RECEIVED BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY, From November, 1807, to July, 1808; WITH THE NAMES OF THE DONORS. 1807. PRESENTS. Nov. 5. Testa de Nevill sive Liber Feodorum in Curia Scaccarii, 1807. fol. Nonarum Inquisitiones in Curia Scaccarii, 1807. fol. The Nautical Almanac for the Year 1812. London, 1807. 8° Mémoires de l'Institut National des Sciences et Arts. Tome 5me des trois Classes. Paris, An 12. Tomes III. 4° Mémoires de l'Institut des Sciences, Lettres, et Arts. Sciences Mathematiques et Physiques. Tome VI. Paris, 1806. 4° Mémoires de la Classe des Sciences Mathematiques et Physiques de l'Institut National de France. 1 et 2 Semestre, 1806. Paris, 1806. Tomes II. 4° Mémoires presentés à l'Institut des Sciences, Lettres, et Arts, par divers Savans. Sciences Mathematiques et Physiques, Tome I. Paris, 1806. 4° Memoria da Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa. Tome I. Lisboa, 1797. fol. Memorias de Mathematica e Phisica da Academia R. das Sciencias de Lisboa. Tomo II. Lisboa, 1799. fol. Memorias Economicas da Acad. R. das Scienc. de Lisboa. Tomo I—III. Lisboa, 1789—91. 4° Memorias de Agricultura premiadas pela Acad. Real das Sciencias de Lisboa. Tomo I. e II, Lisboa, 1788, 91. 8° DONORS. The Commissioners of the Public Records. The Commissioners of Longitude. The National Institute of France. The Royal Academy of Sciences of Lisbon. Nov. 5. Memorias de Litteratura Portugueza, publicadas de la Acad. R. das Sc. de Lisboa, Tomo I—VI. Lisboa, 1792—96. Diccionario de Lingoa Portugueza, publicado pela Acad. R. das Sc. de Lisboa. Tomo I. Lisboa, 1793. Collecção de Livros ineditos de Historia Portugueza, publicados de ordem da Acad. R. das Sciencias de Lisboa, por J. Correa de Serra. Tomo I—III. Lisboa, 1790—93. Collecção dos principaes Auctores da Historia Portugueza, publicada cum Notas pelo Director da Classe da Litteratura da Acad. R. das Sc. Tomo I—IV. Lisboa, 1806. Vida do Infante Dom Duarte, pelo A. de Rezende. Lisboa, 1789. Observações para servirem de Memorias ao Sistema da Diplomatica Portugueza, por J. P. Ribeiro. Parte I. Lisboa, 1798. Memorias para a Historia da Capitania de S. Vicente, do estado do Brazil, por Gasp. da Madre de Deos. Lisboa, 1797. Observações sobre as principaes Causas da Decadencia dos Portuguezes na Asia, por Diego do Couto. Lisboa, 1790. Documentos Arabicos para a Historia Portugueza, por J. de Sousa. Lisboa, 1790. Vestigios da Lingua Arabica em Portugal, por J. de Souza. Lisboa, 1789. J. de Loureiro Flora Cochinchinensis. Tomi II. Ulyssipone, 1790. J. H. Lambert Supplementa Tabularum logarithmicarum et trigonometricarum. Olisipone, 1798. Taboas dos Logarithmos, por J. M. Dantas Pereira. Lisboa, 1804. Principios de Tactica naval, por M. D. E. S. Limpo. Lisboa, 1797. Compendio da Theorica dos Limites, por F. de Borja Garçaõ Stockler. Lisboa, 1794. Synopsis chronologica de Subsidios para a Historia da Legislação Portugueza, por J. A. de Figueiredo. Tomos II. Lisboa, 1790. Fontes proximas da Compilação Filippina, por J. J. Ferreira Gordo. Lisboa, 1792. Indice chronologico remissivo da Legislação Portugueza posteriorà publicação do código Filipino, por J. P. Ribeiro. Lisboa, 1805. P. J. Mellii Freirii Institutiones Juris criminalis Lusitani. Olisipone, 1794. P. J. Mellii Freirii Institutiones Juris civilis Lusitani. Olisipone, 1797—1800. 4 Vols. PRESENTS. Nov. 5 P. J. Mellii Freirii Historia Juris civilis Lusitani. Olisipone, 1806. 4° Tratado da Educação física dos Meninos, por F. de Mello Franco. Lisboa, 1790. 4° Tratado da Educação física dos Meninos, por F. J. de Almeida. Lisboa, 1791. 4° Advertencias dos Meios que os particulares podem usar para preservar-se de Peste. Lisboa, 1801. 12° Compilação de Reflexões à cerca das Causas, Prevenções, e Remedios das Doenças dos Exercitos, por A. A. das Neves. Lisboa, 1797. 12° Advertencias sobre os Abusos e legitimo Uso das Águas mineraes das Caldas da Rainha, por F. Tavares. Lisboa, 1791. 4° A chemical Analysis of the Water at Caldas da Rainha, by W. Withering, in English and Portugueze. Lisbon, 1795. 4° Memorias sobre o Modo de aperfeiçoar a Manufactura do Azeite de Oliviera em Portugal, por J. A. dalla Bella. Lisboa, 1804. 4° Ensaio economico sobre o Comercio de Portugal e suas Colonias, por J.J. da Cunha de Azeredo Coutinho. Lisboa, 1794. 4° D. Vandelli Viridarium Grisley Lusitanicum Linnaeanis Nominibus illustratum. Olisipone, 1789. 8° Obras de F. de Borja Garçaõ Stockler. Tomo I. Lisboa, 1801. 8° Obras poeticao de F. Dias Gomes. Lisboa, 1799. 4° Poezias de Pedro de Andrade. Lisboa, 1781. 8° Hippolyto de Eurípides, vertido do Grego em Portuguez. Lisboa, 1803. 4° Osmia tragedia. Lisboa, 1795. 4° Royal Humane Society, Annual Report, 1807. London. 8° Meteorological Journal kept on board the Marine Society’s Ship at Deptford, in 1806. Mscr. fol. R. Bentleii et doctorum Virorum Epistolæ, partim mutuæ. Londini, 1807. 4° A Portrait of Lady Anne Sophia Egerton, engraved by W. Evans. The experienced Officer, by General F. Wimpffen. London, 1804. 8° An Essay on the Principle and Origin of Sovereign Power, translated from the French. London, 1805. 8° Instructions for the Conduct of Infantry on actual Service, translated from the French, by J. Macdonald. London, 1807. 2 Vols. 8° DONORS. The Royal Academy of Sciences of Lisbon. The Royal Humane Society. The Marine Society. Charles Burney, junior, LL.D. F.R.S. The Hon. and Rev. Francis Henry Egerton, M.A. F.R.S. Lieut. Col. John Macdonald, F. R. S. PRESENTS. Observations on the Diseases incident to Seamen retired from actual Service, by R. Robertson. Vol. IV. London, 1807. 8° A Sketch of a Tour on the Continent, by J. E. Smith. 2d Edition. London, 1807. 3 Vol. 8° Théorie de l'Action capillaire, par M. Laplace. Paris, 1806. 4° Mémoire sur les Affinités des Corps pour la Lumière, par M. M. Biot et Amgo. Paris, 1806. 4° Prodromo de l'Aethisgamie, les Mousses, les Lycopodes, par A. M. F. I. Palisot-Beauvois. Páris, 1805. 8° The Philosophical Transactions abridged. Vol. XII. Parts III. IV. and Vol. XIII. Parts I. II. III. A new Theory of the Atmosphere, by R. L. Denston. Birmingham, 1807. 8° G. Henry Diss. inaugs. de Acido Urico. Edinburgh, 1807. 8° Summary of the Sheeve Pouran. London, 1807. 4° A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. LXX. to LXXVIII. The Philosophical Magazine, by A. Tilloch. No. CIX. to CXIII. The Critical Review. June—October, 1807. 26. Thoughts on the Expediency of disclosing the Processes of Manufactories, by J. Clennell. Newcastle, 1807. 8° Dec. 10. An Introduction to physiological and systematical Botany, by J. E. Smith. London, 1807. 8° The Philosophical Transactions abridged. Vol. XIII. Part IV. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. LXXIX. The Philosophical Magazine, by A. Tilloch. No. CXIV. The Critical Review. November, 1807. 17. Observations on Military Construction, by J. Glenie. London, 1807. 8° 1808 Jan. 14. The Philosophical Transactions abridged. Vol. XIV. Part I. A Meteorological Journal of the Year 1807, kept in London, by W. Bent. London, 1808. 8° A topographical Dictionary of England, by N. Carlisle. London, 1808. 2 Vols. 4° The Gardener's and Botanist's Dictionary, by the late Ph. Miller, corrected and newly arranged, by T. Martyn. London, 1807. 4 Vols. fol. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. LXXX. and LXXXI. DONORS. Robert Robertson, M.D. F. R. S. James Edward Smith, M. D. F. R. S. M. Laplace, F. R. S. M. Biot, de l'Institut de France. M. Palisot-Beauvois, de l'Institut de France. Messrs. C. and R. Baldwin. Mr. R. L. Denston. William Henry, M. D. The Rev. John Haddon Hindley. Mr. William Nicholson. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. The Proprietor. Mr. John Clennell. James Edward Smith, M. D. F. R. S. Messrs. C. and R. Baldwin. Mr. William Nicholson. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. The Proprietor. James Glenie, Esq. F. R. S. Messrs. C. and R. Baldwin. Mr. William Bent. Nicholas Carlisle, Esq. The Rev. Thomas Martyn, B. D. F. R. S. Mr. William Nicholson. PRESENTS. The Philosophical Magazine, by A. Tilloch. No. CXV. The Critical Review. December, 1807. 28. A practical Inquiry into disordered Respiration, by R. Bree. London, 1807. Thermometrical Observations made at Cumberland House, Hudson's Bay, from Oct. 9, 1806 to May 31, 1807, by P. Fidler. Mscr. fol. Feb. 4. A Reply to a Monthly and Critical Reviewer, by A. Robertson. Oxford, 1808. The Philosophical Transactions abridged. Vol. XIV. Part II. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. LXXXII. The Philosophical Magazine, by A. Tilloch. No. CXVI. The Critical Review. January, 1808. 11. Address to the Public respecting the Establishment of a Lunatic Asylum at Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1807. 25. Essays of the London Architectural Society. London, 1808. Mar. 3. Remarks on the purulent Opthalmy, which has lately been epidemical in this Country, by J. Ware. London, 1808. The Philosophical Transactions abridged. Vol. XIV. Part III. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. LXXXIII. The Philosophical Magazine, by A. Tilloch. No. CXVII. The Critical Review. February, 1808. 17. A general View of the natural History of the Atmosphere, by Henry Robertson. Edinburgh, 1808. 2 Vols. April 7. The Topography of Troy, and its Vicinity, by W. Gell. London, 1804. fol. The Geography and Antiquities of Ithaca, by W. Gell. London, 1807. The Philosophical Transactions abridged. Vol. XIV. Part IV. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. LXXXIV. The Philosophical Magazine, by A. Tilloch. No. CXVIII. The Critical Review. March, 1808. 28. Human Laws best supported by the Gospel, a Sermon, by the Rev. F. Wrangham. York, 1808. May 5. Mémoires de Physique et de Chimie de la Société d'Arcueil. Tome I. Paris, 1807. The Philosophical Transactions abridged, Vol. XV. Part I. DONORS. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. The Proprietor. Robert Bree, M. D. Joseph Colen, Esq. The Rev. Abram Robertson, D.D. F. R. S. Messrs. C. and R. Baldwin. Mr. William Nicholson. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. The Proprietor. Andrew Duncan, senior, M. D. The London Architectural Society. James Ware, Esq. F.R.S. Messrs. C. and R. Baldwin. Mr. William Nicholson. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. The Proprietor. Henry Robertson, M. D. William Gell, Esq. F. R. S. Messrs. C. and R. Baldwin. Mr. William Nicholson. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. The Proprietor. The Rev. Fran. Wrangham, M. A. F. R. S. The Society of Arcueil. Messrs. C. and R. Baldwin. PRESENTS. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. LXXXV. and LXXXVI. The Philosophical Magazine, by A. Tilloch. No. CXIX. The Critical Review. April, 1806. 19. Elementi di Trigonometria sferoidica di Barnaba Oriani. Bologna, 1806. 4° Opusculi astronomici di B. Oriani. Milano, 1806. June 2. The Philosophical Transactions abridged. Vol. XV. Part II. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. LXXXVII. The Philosophical Magazine, by A. Tilloch. No. CXX. An Essay on national and sepulchral Monuments, by W. Wood. London, 1808. 4° The Critical Review. May, 1808. 16 Magna Britannia, by D. Lysons, and S. Lysons. Vol. II. Part I. London, 1808. 4° The Doctrine of Interest and Annuities analytically investigated, by F. Baily. London, 1808. A new System of Chemical Philosophy, by J. Dalton. Part I. Manchester, 1808. 8° 30. The Philosophical Magazine, by A Tilloch. No. CXXI. July 7. Fasciculus XIV. of a Synopsis of the British Conservae, by L. W. Dillwyn. The Philosophical Transactions abridged. Vol. XV. Part III. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, by W. Nicholson. No. LXXXVIII. The Critical Review. June, 1808. DONORS. Mr. William Nicholson. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. The Proprietor. James Edward Smith, M. D. F. R. S. Messrs. C. and R. Baldwin. Mr. William Nicholson. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. William Wood, Esq. The Proprietor. The Rev. Daniel Lysons, A. M. F. R. S. and S. Lysons, Esq. F. R. S. Mr. Francis Baily. Mr. John Dalton. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. Lewis Weston Dillwyn, Esq. F. R. S. Messrs. C. and R. Baldwin. Mr. William Nicholson. The Proprietor. INDEX TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS, FOR THE YEAR 1808. A Alburnum, on its origin and office, 313 Alkalies, fixed, methods used for their decomposition, 2 ——— theory of their decomposition and composition, 6 ——— their bases metallic, 31 ——— some general observations on the relations of their bases to other bodies, 31 Allen, William, Esq. His experiments made in conjunction with W. H. Pepys, Esq. on the changes produced in atmospherical air and oxygene gas by respiration, 249 Alumine, experiments on its decomposition, 350 Ammonia, its composition, 35 ——— contains oxygene, 40 ——— its decomposition, 40 ——— amalgam obtained from it, 353 Apparatus for the analysis of the compound inflammable gases described, 282 Ass, experiments on the spleen of, 134 Azote, whether absorbed in respiration, 264 B Bark, on its inconvertibility into alburnum, 103 Barytes, experiments on its decomposition, 42 ——— its decomposition, 339 Bell, Mr. His description of the female organs of the wombat, 308 Bengore, promontory of, described, 189 ——— consists of sixteen strata, 193 Berthollet, M. His experiments on ammonia examined, 37 MDCCCVIII. INDEX. Berzelius, Professor. His experiments on ammonia mentioned, 353 Boracic acid, experiments on its decomposition, 343 Boulton, Watt, and Co. Coal gas applied to the lighting of their manufactory, 131 Brande, Mr. William. His letter on the differences in the structure of calculi, and on the effects that are produced upon them, by the internal use of solvent medicines, 223 Brodie, Mr. His dissection of the wombat, 306 C Calculi, differences in their structure, and on the effects that are produced upon them by the internal use of solvent medicines, 223 ——— on those formed in the kidneys, 224 ——— which have been retained in the kidney, 226 ——— of the urinary bladder, 227 ——— practical observations on the effects of solvents on, 245 Carbonic acid, experiments on the quantity emitted in respiration, 265 Circle, the circumference of, on a new property of three arches trisecting it, 120 Coal, gas from, an account of its application to economical purposes, 126 Comet, its nucleus. 147 ——— its head, 150 ——— its coma, 151 ——— its tail, 151 ——— its nebulous appearance, 153 Compound inflammable gases from different species of Coal, table illustrating their composition, 297 Compound sulphuret of antimony, tin and copper, on its composition, 55 ——— on the form of its crystals, 60 Crab-tree, experiments on its bark, 104 Cretinism, some account of, 111 D Davy, Humphry, Esq. His Bakerian lecture, upon some new phenomena of chemical changes produced by electricity, particularly the decomposition of the fixed alkalies, 1 INDEX. DAVY, HUMPHRY, Esq. His electrochemical researches on the decomposition of the earths, 338 DUBUAT, CHEVALIER. His calculations on hydraulics examined, 165 E Earth, inequalities of its surface, how produced, 208 Earths, alkaline, experiments on their decomposition, 337 their metallic bases, 341 Earths, experiments on their decomposition, 346 Elements of matter, speculations concerning their arrangement, 102 G GARRARD, MR. WILLIAM, on a new property of the tangents of a plane triangle, 120 Gas from coal, its expense as an artificial light, compared with that of candles, 129 experiments on its composition, 294 Gas, muriatic acid, experiments upon, 343 Gas, fluoric acid, experiments upon, 343 Geological questions, facts applicable to, 201 GERSTNER. His calculations on hydraulics, 166 Glucine, experiments made to decompose it, 353 GOLDINGHAM, JOHN, Esq. His observations on the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites, 322 H HATCHETT, CHARLES, Esq. Some observations on his experiments on the compound sulphuret of lead, antimony, and copper, 55 HENRY, DR. WILLIAM. His description of an apparatus for the analysis of the compound inflammable gases by slow combustion, with experiments on the gas from coal, explaining its application, 282 HERSCHEL, DR. His observations of a comet, made with a view to investigate its magnitude, and the nature of its illumination. To which is added, an account of a new irregularity lately perceived in the apparent figure of the planet Saturn, 145 HOME, EVERARD, Esq. On the structure and uses of the spleen, 45 his farther experiments on the spleen, 133 INDEX. HOME, EVERARD, Esq. His observations on Mr. Brande's paper on calculi, 244 ——— on the anatomical structure of the wombat, 304 Hummocks, basaltic, 218 I Investigations, hydraulic, 164 J Jupiter, observations on the eclipses of his satellites, 322 K KNIGHT, THOMAS ANDREW, Esq. On the inconvertibility of bark into alburnum, 103 ——— On the origin and office of the alburnum in trees, 313 L Lime, its decomposition, 340 M Magnesia, its decomposition, 341 MASKELYNE, Dr. On a new property of the three arches trisecting the circumference of a circle, 122 MURDOCH, MR. WILLIAM. On the application of the gas from coal to economic purposes, 124 O Oxalic acid, on its composition, 85 Oxalates, on their composition, 72 ——— on their decomposition, 74 Oxygene, experiments on the quantity which disappears in respiration, 265 ——— is a constituent of ammonia, 40 ——— forms a part of the alkalies, 41 ——— enters into the composition of alkaline earths, 346 P PHILLIPS AND LEE. An account of the expense of the coal gas used for lighting their manufactory, 126 Potash, properties of its basis, 10 ——— its composition, 25 ## INDEX **Potash**, on its sub-carbonate, — on its super-sulphate, — on its super-oxalate, — on its quadroxalate, **Potassium**, the name given to the metal existing in potash, **Presents**, list of those made to the Royal Society, from November, 1807, to July, 1808, | **page** | |----------| | 91 | | 98 | | 99 | | 99 | | 32 | | 530 | **R** **Reeve, Dr. Henry.** His account of cretinism, **Respiration**, on the changes produced in atmospherical air and oxygene gas by it, — conclusions concerning its nature, **Richardson, Dr.** His letter on the basaltic surface of Derry and Antrim, **Rocks, basaltic,** on the alterations they have undergone, | **page** | |----------| | 111 | | 249 | | 281 | | 187 | | 187 | **S** **Salts**, on superacid and subacid, **Satellites, Jupiter's**, tables of their eclipses, **Saturn**, an account of a new irregularity lately observed in its apparent figure, **Silix**, experiments made with a view to its decomposition, **Smithson, James, Esq.** On the composition of the compound sulphuret from Huel Boys, **Soda**, properties of its basis, — its composition, — on its subcarbonate, **Sodium**, the name given to the metal existing in soda, **Spleen**, on its structure and uses, — farther experiments on, **Strontites**, experiments on its decomposition, — its decomposition, **Sugar**, on its composition, and the formation of oxalic acid, **Sulphuret of lead, antimony, and copper,** on its composition, | **page** | |----------| | 96 | | 326 | | 159 | | 349 | | 55 | | 21 | | 28 | | 98 | | 32 | | 45 | | 133 | | 42 | | 339 | | 90 | | 55 | **T** **Theory**, chemical views respecting it, — atomic, speculations upon, — phlogistic, capable of being defended, **Thomson, Dr.** On oxalic acid, **Triangle plane**, on a new property of the tangents of its angles, | **page** | |----------| | 395 | | 102 | | 33 | | 63 | | 120 | INDEX, W Wollaston, Dr. on superacid and subacid salts, 96 Wombat, its anatomical structure, 306 Y Young, Dr. His hydraulic investigations, 164 Z Zircone, experiments on its decomposition, 352