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PRESENTS RECEIVED BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY, From November 1819 to July 1820. WITH THE NAMES OF THE DONORS. 1819. PRESENTS. Nov. 4. Philosophie Anatomique des Organes Respiratoires. Paris, 1818. 8° Additional Experiments on the Arteries of warm blooded Animals. London, 1819. 8° Observations made at Lauenberg with the Zenith Sector belonging to the Board of Ordnance in 1819. MS. Del Proteo Anguino di Laurenti. Monografia pubblicata da P. Configliachi e M. Rusconi. Pavia, 1819. Flora Batava. No. 54 Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin aus den Jahren 1816-1817. Berlin, 1819. Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de Turin, Tome 22, pour les Années 1813-1814. Turin, 1816. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Tomo 23°. Torino, 1818. Prospetto delle Letture della Sezione di Padova di Cesareo-Regio Instituto di Scienze Letture ed Arti nel Corso del Anno Accademico 1816-1817. Padova, 1817. Prospetti de' Risultamenti ottenuti nella Clinica Medica di I. R. Università di Padova nel Corso del' Anni Scolastici 1815-1817. Padova, 1817. 2 vols. Memorie Medico-Clinichi per servire d' Interpretazione ai Prospetti Clinici. Padova, 1816. 8° DONORS. Le Chev. Geoffroy St. Hilaire. Dr. C. H. Parry. Professor Schumacker. Professor Configliachi and Dr. Rusconi. H.M. the King of the Netherlands. The Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin. The Royal Academy of Sciences of Turin. The Royal Caesarian Institute of Sciences Literature and Arts at Padua. 1819. Nov. 4 Jordanii Ruffi Calabriensis Hippatria. Patavii, 1818. Adversaria Zoologica, Auctore Gotthelf Fischer. Fasciculus primus. 4° Essai sur la Pellegrina, ou la Perle incomparable des Frères Zozima, par G. Fischer. Moscow, 1818. Mémoire sur la Construction des Instrument à Cordes et à Archet, par Felix Savart, M. D. Paris, 1819. Rotuli Scotiae in Turri Londinensi et in Domo Capitulari Westmonasteriensis asservati. Vol. 2, 1819. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Vol. 12, Part 2. London, 1818. A Memoir on the Birds of Greenland, with Descriptions and Notes on the Species observed in the late Voyage of Discovery in Davis' Straits and Baffin's Bay, by Captain Edward Sabine, R. A. London, 1819. Observations Introductory to a Work on English Etymology, by John Thomson, M. A. S. &c. London, 1819. An Inquiry into the Nature and Properties of the Blood, as existent in Health and Disease, by C. Turner Thackrah. London, 1819. Lectures on the Blood and on the Anatomy, Physiology, and surgical Pathology of the vascular System of the human Body, by James Wilson, F.R.S. London, 1819. An Essay on Chemical Analysis, chiefly translated from the 4th Vol. of the last Edition of the Traité de Chimie Élémentaire of L. J. Thénard, with Additions, comprehending the latest Discoveries and Improvements in this Branch of the Science, by John George Children, F.R.S. London, 1819. A Treatise on the Nature and Cure of Gout and Rheumatism, including general Considerations on morbid states of the digestive Organs, some Remarks on Regimen, and practical Observations on Gravel, by Charles Scudamore, M. D. 3rd Edition. London, 1819. Medico-Chirurgical Transactions, Vol. 10, Part 1. London, 1819. Speech of Lieut. General William Thornton in the House of Commons, on Thursday, 7th May, on his Motion to Repeal the Declarations against the Belief of Transubstantiation, and asserting the worship of the Church of Rome to be Idolatrous, with Authorities and Illustrations, Deduction and Conclusion. London, 1818. Donors: Dr. Jerome Molin. Dr. G. Fischer. Mr. Felix Savart. The Commissioners of Public Records. The Linnean Society. Captain Edward Sabine. John Thomson, Esq. C. Turner Thackrah, Esq. James Wilson, Esq. John Geo. Children, Esq. Dr. Charles Scudamore. The Medical and Chirurgical Society of London. Lieut. General William Thornton. Nov. 4. A History of the high Operation for the Stone by Incision above the Pubis, with Observations on the Advantages attending it, and an Account of the various Methods of Lithotomy, from the earliest Periods to the present Time, by J. C. Carpue, Esq. London, 1819. The Quarterly Journal of Literature Science and the Arts, No. 15. Annals of Philosophy, No. 80-83. The Philosophical Magazine, No. 255 to 258. The Monthly Review for July, August, September, and October, and Appendix to Vol. 89. The European Magazine for July, August, September, and October. Surgical Essays by Astley Cooper, F.R.S. &c. and Benjamin Travers, F.R.S. &c. Part 2. London, 1819. The Statutes of the Realm, printed by Command of H.M. King George III. in pursuance of an Address of the House of Commons of Great Britain, Volumes 4, 5 and 6. 1819. A Sketch (analytical) of the History and Cure of Contagious Fever, by Robert Jackson, M.D. London, 1819. Medical Topography of Upper Canada, by John Douglas, Assistant Surgeon, 8th Regiment. 8° A Commentary on the Systems which have been advanced for explaining the Planetary Motions, by James Burney, Esq. R.N. and F.R.S. London, 1819. De l'Ausculation mediate, ou Traité du Diagnostic des Maladies des Poumons et du Coeur, fondée principalement sur ce nouveau Moyen d'Exploration, par R.T.H. Laennec. Paris, 1819. Dec. 9. The Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, Part 1 to 7, comprising Essex, Devonshire, Cornwall, Dorsetshire, Sussex, Surry, and Wiltshire. Esprit, Origine, et Progrès des Institutions des principaux Pays de l'Europe, par J.D. Meyer. Londres, 1819. 2 Vols. Elements of a Plan for the Liquidation of the public Debt of the United Kingdom, by Richard Heathfield, Gent. London, 1819. Annals of Philosophy. No. 84. The Philosophical Magazine. No. 259. The Monthly Review for November. The European Magazine for November. Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences de l'Institut de France, année 1817, Tome 2. Paris, 1819. J. C. Carpue, Esq. The Managers of the Royal Institution. Dr. Thomas Thomson. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. Mr. George Edward Griffiths. The Editor. Astley Cooper and Benjamin Travers, Esq. The Commissioners of Public Records. Dr. Robert Jackson. John Douglas, Esq. Captain James Burney. M. R. T. H. Laennec. Major General Mudge. Chev. J. D. Meyer. Richard Heathfield, Esq. Dr. Thomas Thomson. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. Mr. George Edward Griffiths. The Editor. The Royal Institute of France. Dec. 23. Ensaio Historico sobre a Origem e Progressos das Mathematicas em Portugal, por Francisco de Borja Garçao Stockler. Paris, 1819. Leção XII. dos Elementos de Geometria Philosophica escritos por Francisco de Borja Stockler, a qual tem por título das Correlações que existem entre as Operações elementares da Technia Geometrica e da Technia Algebraica. Lisboa, 1819. Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea and the Great Loo Choo Island, with an Appendix, &c. by Captain Basil Hall, R. N. London, 1818. Voyage to Corea and the Island of Loo Choo, by Captain Basil Hall, R. N. a New Edition. London, 1820. Jan. 13. Traité complete de Mécanique appliquée aux Arts, &c. Vol. 6 des Machines employées dans divers Fabrications, par M. J. A. Borgnis. Paris, 1819. Medico-Chirurgical Transactions published by the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, Vol. 10, Part 2. London, 1820. Nine Charts, viz. of Gaspar Straits, Carimata Passage, West part of Kilo Leet, Lucepar Channel, Romania Channel, Singapore New Settlement, Samangca Bay, Coloombyan Harbour, and Survey of the entrance of Hoogley River, by James Horsburgh, Esq. Mémoire sur l'Utilité des Pièces d'Anatomie artificielle chirurgicale, par J. F. Ameline. Paris, 1819. The Quarterly Journal of Literature Science and the Arts, No. 16. Annals of Philosophy, No. 85. The Philosophical Magazine, No. 260. The Monthly Review for December. The European Magazine for December. The London Magazine, No. 1. A Treatise on Nervous Diseases, by John Cooke, M. D. Vol. 1. London, 1820. A Dissertation on the Disorder of Death, or that State of the Frame under the Signs of Death called suspended Animation, &c. by the Rev. Walter Whiter. Norwich, 1819. 20. Esperienze ed Osservazione sul Galvanismo, Memoria del Sig. Carlo Francesco Bellingeri, M.D. D. Francis de Borja Garçao Stockler. Captain Basil Hall, R.N. M. J. A. Borgnis. The Medical and Chirurgical Society of London. James Horsburgh, Esq. M. J. F. Ameline. The Managers of the Royal Institution. Dr. Thomas Thomson. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. Mr. George Edward Griffiths. The Editor. The Editors. Dr. John Cooke. The Rev. Walter Whiter. Dr. Carlo Francesco Bellingeri. 1820. Jan. 20. Caroli Francisci Josephi Bellingeri Dissertatio Chemica Inauguralis quam publicè defendebat in Regio Atheneo 9 Maii, 1818. Augustae Taurinorum, 1818. 8° Règlement de la Société d'Instruction Medicale, par Le Chev. J. J. Leroux. Paris, 1818. 4° Travels in Nubia by the late John Lewis Burckhardt; published by the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior parts of Africa London, 1819. 4° Feb. 17. Flora Batava, No. 55. 4° Zoogrosia Tabulis Synopticis illustrata in usum Praelectionum Academiae Imper Med Chirurg. Mosquensis edita. Auct. Gotthelf Fischer. Mosquiae, 1813 et 1814. 3 vols. 4° and 8° Notizen über die Mineralien Sammlung S. Excellenz des Herren Drs. Alexanders von Crichton, von Joseph Frederick Wagner. Moskwa, 1818. 4° An Account of the varioloid Epidemic which has lately prevailed in Edinburgh and other Parts of Scotland, with Observations on the Identity of Chicken Pox with modified Small Pox; in a Letter to Sir James McGrigor, by John Thomson, M. D. London, 1820. 8° Annals of Philosophy, No. 86. 8° The Philosophical Magazine, No. 261. 8° The Monthly Review for January, and Appendix to Vol. 90. 8° The European Magazine for January. 8° The London Magazine, No. 2. 8° An Introduction to Solid Geometry, and to the Study of Crystallography, containing an Investigation of some of the Properties belonging to the Platonic Bodies independent of the Sphere, by N. J. Larkin, M. G. S. London, 1820. 8° A View of the Lead Mines of the Missouri, including some Observations on the Mineralogy, Geology, Geography, Antiquities, Soil, Climate, Population, and Productions of Missouri and Arkansaw, and other Sections of the Western Country, by Henry R. Schoolcraft. New York, 1819. 8° A Biographical Memoir of Hugh Williamson, M. D. LL. D., by David Hosac, M. D. New York, 1820. 8° Bibliotheca MS. Stowensis. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Stow Library, by the Rev. Charles O'Connor, D. D. Buckingham, 1818. 2 Vols. 4° Donors. Dr. Carlo Francesco Bellingeri. M. Leroux, Doyen de la Faculté de Médecine à Paris. The Committee of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa. H. M. The King of the Netherlands. Dr. Gotthelf Fischer. Mr. Joseph Frederick Wagner. Dr. John Thomson. Dr. Thomas Thomson. Mr. Alexander Tillock. Mr. George Edward Griffiths. The Editor. The Editors. Mr. N. J. Larkin. Dr. David Hosac. The Marquis of Buckingham. Mar. 2. The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for 1822. A Catalogue of the Lansdown Manuscripts in the British Museum, with Indexes of Persons, Places, and Matters, printed by command of H. M. King George III. Parts 1 and 2. 1812, 1819. Annals of Philosophy, No. 87. The Philosophical Magazine, No. 262. The Monthly Review for February. The European Magazine for February. The London Magazine. No. 3. Meteorological Journal kept on board the Marine Society's Ship off Deptford Creek in the years 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819. MS. Transactions of the Society instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts Manufactures and Commerce, Vol. 37. London, 1820. 9. Annales des Mines ou Recueil de Mémoires sur l'Exploitation des Mines et sur les Sciences qui s'y rapportent. Année 1818, Liv. 2, 3, et 4; et Année 1819, Liv. 1, 2, 3. Paris. De' Contagi e de la cura di loro Effetti, Lezione Medica Practiche del Cav. Valeriano Luigi Brera, M.D. Padova, 1819. 2 Vols. Prospecti de' Risultamente ottenuti nella Clinica Medica dell' I. R. Università di Padova nel Anni Scolasticè, 1809—1816 del Sig. V. L. Brera, M.D. Padova, 1816 e 1817. 2 Vols. 8° Prospecto della Letture della Sezione di Padova del Caesareo Reg. Instituto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti nel corso del' Anno Accademico 1816-1817. Padova, 1817. Statuta della I. R. Accademia di Scienze Lettere ed Arti di Padova, e Catalogo degli Accademici. Padova, 1816. April 13. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 1, part 2. Philadelphia, 1818. A Journal of Science Literature and the Arts, No. 17. Annals of Philosophy, No. 88. The Philosophical Magazine, No. 263. The Monthly Review for March. The European Magazine for March. The London Magazine, No. 4. Notice sur l'Archipel de Jean Potocki situé dans la Partie septentrionale de la Mer Jaune, par Jules Klaproth, avec une Carte. Paris, 1820. 4° The Commissioners of Longitude. The Commissioners of Public Records. Dr. Thomas Thomson. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. Mr. George Edward Griffiths. The Editor. The Editors. The Committee of Governors of the Marine Society. The Society for Encouragement of Arts, &c. Conseil Général des Mines de France. Il Cav. Valeriano Luigi Brera. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. The Managers of the Royal Institution. Dr. Thomas Thomson. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. Mr. George Edward Griffiths. The Editor. The Editors. M. Jules Klaproth. April 13. General Views of the Application of Galvanism to Medical Purposes, principally in Cases of Suspended Animation, by John Aldini. London, 1819. 27. Commentationes Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis Recentiores, Volumen 4 ad A. 1816-1818. Gottingae, 1820. Jo. Frid. Blumenbachii decas sexta Collectionis suae Craniorum diversarum Gentium illustrata. Gottingae, 1820. May 4. A Dictionary of the Chinese Language, containing all the Characters which occur in the original Chinese Dictionary, in 32 Volumes, compiled in 1716, by order of H. M. Kang-He, Emperor of China, by the Rev. R. Morrison, Vol. 1, part 3. Macao, 1818. Annals of Philosophy, No. 79. The Philosophical Magazine, No. 264. The Monthly Review for April. The European Magazine for April. The London Magazine, No. 5. 11. Transactions of the Horticultural Society, Vol. 4, Part 1. London, 1820. Geological Map of England in 6 Sheets and Memoir of a Geological Map of England, to which are added an Alphabetical Index to the Hills, and a List of the Hills arranged according to Counties, by G. B. Greenough, Pres. Geol. Soc. &c. London, 1820. The Modern London Catalogue of Books, with their Sizes, Prices, and Publishers. London, 1818. Vindicæ Geologicae, or the Connection of Geology with Religion explained, in an Inaugural Lecture delivered before the University of Oxford, May 15, 1819, on the Endowment of a Readership in Geology, by H. R. H. the Prince Regent; by the Rev. W. Buckland, B.D. &c. Oxford, 1820. 18. Mémoire sur la Digue de Cherbourg comparée au Breakwater ou Jetée de Plymouth, par J. M. F. Cachin. Paris, 1820. Su la Falsità dell’ Origine Scandinava data ai Popoli detti Barbari che distrussero l’ Impero di Roma, Dissertazione Istorica di Jacopo Gråberg di Hemsö. Pisa, 1815. Appellation au Parlement de la Grande Bretagne, by Hoëne Wronski. London, 1820. A Journey in Carniola, Italy, and France, in the years 1817 and 1818, containing remarks relating to Language, Geography, History, An- Mr. John Aldini. The Royal Society of Sciences of Gottingen. Professor J. F. Blumenbach. The Court of Directors of the Hon. East India Company. Dr. Thomas Thomson. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. Mr. George Edward Griffith. The Editor. The Editors. The Horticultural Society. G. B. Greenough, Esq. Mr. William Bent. Rev. William Buckland. M. J. M. F. Cachin. Sig. Jacopo Gråberg di Hemsö. M. Hoëne Wronsky. W. A. Cadell, Esq. tiquities, Natural History, Science, Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Agriculture, the Mechanical Arts and Manufactures, by W. A. Cadell, Esq. with Engravings. Edinburgh, 1820. 2 Vols. A Circumstantial and Explanatory Account of Experiments lately made with a View of ascertaining the comparative Accuracy of the relative Times of Burning of Fuzees, &c. with an Appendix on the present state of Telegraphic Communication in this Country, by John Macdonald, Esq. London, 1819. ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΗΣ ΚΟΙΝΗΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗΣ ΔΙΑΛΕΚΤΟΥ, or Study of the Modern Greek Language, by P. Codrika, Vol. i. Paris, 1818. June 1. Astronomical Observations made at the Radcliffe Observatory at Oxford, from May 1, 1819, to May 1, 1820, by and under the direction of the Rev. Abram Robertson, D.D., F.R.S. Sav. Prof. of Astron. and Radcliffian Observer. MS. Transactions of the Geological Society, established Nov. 13, 1807, Vol. 5, Part 1. London, 1819. Traité complet de Mécanique appliquée aux Arts, par M. J. A. Borgnis, Vol. 7, Des Machines qui servent à confectioner les Etoffes. Paris, 1820. Essays on the Combinatorial Analysis, showing its Application to some of the most useful and interesting Problems of Algebra, by Peter Nicholson. London, 1818. Essay on Involution and Evolution, containing a new general and accurate Method of ascertaining the numerical Value of any Functions of an unknown Quantity, by P. Nicholson. London, 1820. The Rudiments of Algebra, by P. Nicholson. London, 1819. Annals of Philosophy, No. 90. The Philosophical Magazine, No. 265. The Monthly Review for May, and Appendix to Vol. 91. The London Magazine, No. 6. The European Magazine for May. 3. Flora Batava, No. 56. The Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, part 8. Report of the Lords Committees appointed to search the Journals of the House Rolls of Parliament and other Records and Documents for all Matters touching the Dignity of a Peer of the Realm, &c. May 25, 1820. Lieut. Col. John Macdonald. Mr. P. Codrika. The Trustees under the Will of the late Dr. Radcliffe. The Geological Society. M. J. A. Borgnis. Mr. Peter Nicholson. Dr. Thomas Thomson. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. Mr. George Edward Griffiths. The Editors. The Editor. H.M. The King of the Netherlands. Captain Thomas Colby. Lord Redesdale. June 29. The Hunterian Oration delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons in London, on Monday, February 21, 1820, by Anthony Carlisle, Esq. F.R.S. London, 1820. Lettera di Francesco Gianpietri intorno alle Monete Aragone e ultimamente trovati nella Cupra di St. Efrem, all’ Excellentissimo Cavaliere Luigi de’ Medici. Naples, 1819. Annals of Oriental Literature, Part I. For June 1820. Annals of Philosophy, No. 91. The London Magazine, No. 7. On Circular Polarisation, as exhibited in the Optical Structure of the Amethyst, with Remarks on the Distribution of the Colouring Matter in that Mineral, by David Brewster, LL.D. Edinburgh, 1820. July 7. ΔΙΟΝΤΣΙΟΥ ΑΛΙΚΑΡΝΑΣΣΕΩΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΚΗΣ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ ΤΑ ΜΕΧΡΙ ΤΟΥΔΕ ΕΛΛΕΙΠΟΝΤΑ. Dionysii Halcarnassei Romanarum Antiquitatum Pars hactenus desiderata nunc denique ope Codicum Ambrosionarum ab Angelo Maio, Ambrosiani Collegii Doctore, quantum licuit restituta. Opus Francisco I. Augusto sacrum. Mediolani, 1816. Eusebii Panphilii Chronicorum Canonum Libri Duo. Opus ex Haicano Codice a Doctore Johanne Zohrabo Collegii Armeniaci Venetiarum Alumno diligentiter expressum et castigatum, Angelus Maius et Johannes Zohrabus nunc primum conjunctis Curis Latinitate donatum Notisque illustratum, additis Graecis Reliquiis, ediderunt Mediolani, 1818. M. Tullii Ciceronis sex Orationum Partes ante nostram Actatem ineditæ cum antiquo interprete ante nostram item Aeratem inedito qui videtur Asconius Pedianus ad Tullianas septem Orationes. Accedunt Scholia minora vetera. Editio altera quam ad Codices Ambrosianos recensuit emendavit et uexit ac Descriptione Codicum CXLIX Vita Ciceronis aliisque Additamentis instruxit Angelus Maius, Amb. Colleg. Doct. Mediolani, 1817. Isocratis Oratio de Permutatione, cujus Pars ingens primum Graece edita ab Andrea Mussoxido, nunc primum Latina exhibetur ab Anonymo interprete, qui et Notas et Appendices adjunxit Mediolani, 1813. M. Cornelii Frontonis Opera inedita, cum Epistolis item ineditis Antonini Pii, M. Aurelii, L. Veri, et Appiani, nec non Aliorum Veterum MDCCCXX. Fragmentis invenit et Commentario praevio Notisque illustravit Angelus Maius Bibliotheca Ambrosianae a Linguis Orientalibus. Cui adduntur seu edita seu cognita ejusdem Frontonis Opera. Mediolani, 1815. 2 Vols. Philonis Judaei de Copheni Festo et de Colendis Parentibus, cum brevi Scripto de Iona, Editore et Interprete Angelo Maio, A.C.D. Reg. Belg. Inst. Sod. ad Leopoldum Principem Etruriae Heredem. Mediolani, 1818. Virgilli Maronis Interpretes veteres Asper Cornutus, Hasterianus Longus, Nisus Probus, Scaurus Sulpicius, et Anonymus, edente notisque illustrante Angelo Maio, A.C.D. Reg. Belg. Inst. Sod. ad Leopoldum Principem Etruriae Heredem. Mediolani, 1818. ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΟΥ ΠΡΟΣ ΜΑΡΚΕΔΔΑΝ. Porphyrii Philosophi ad Marcellanam, invenit Interpretatione Notisque declaravit Angelus Maius, A.C.D. Acad. R. Monœ Sod. Accedit ejusdem Porphyrii Poeticum Fragmentum, Mediolani, 1816. De Philonis Judæi et Eusebii Pamphili Scriptis ineditis Aliorumque Libris ex Armeniaca Lingua convertendis Dissertatio, cum ipsorum Operum Philonis ac praesertim Eusebii Specimenibus, scribente Angelo Maio, A.C.D. ex Notitia sibi ab Armeniacorum Codicum Dominis impertita. Mediolani, 1816. Q. Aurelii Summachi, V.C. Octo Orationum ineditarum Partes, invenit Notisque declaravit Angelus Maius, Bibliothecæ Ambrosianæ a Linguis Orientalibus. Accedunt Additamenta quaedam. Mediolani, 1815. Itinerarium Alexandri ad Constantium Augustum, Constantini M. Filium, edente nunc primum cum Notis Angelo Maio, Amb. Coll. Doct. Mediolani, 1817. ΣΙΒΥΛΛΑΗΣ ΔΟΓΩΣ ΙΔ. Sibyllæ Liber XIV. Editore et Interprete Angelo Maio, Amb. Coll. Doct. Additur Sextus Liber et Pars Octavi, cum multa Vocum et Versuum Varietate. Mediolani, 1817. M. Acci Plauti Fragmenta inedita, item ad P. Terentium Commentationes et Picturae ineditae, Inventore Angelo Maio, Bib. Ambros A. LL. Or. Mediolani, 1815. ΙΣΑΙΟΥ ΔΟΓΩΣ ΠΕΡΙ ΤΩΝ ΚΛΕΩΝΤΥΜΟΥ ΚΛΗΡΟΥ. Isai Oratio de Hereditate Cleonymi nunc primum duplo Auctor Inventore et Interprete Angelo Maio, Bib. Amb. A. LL. OR. Mediolani, 1815. July 7. Julii Valerii Res Gestae Alexandri Macedonis translatæ ex Aesopo Graeco, prodeunt nunc primum, edente Notisque illustrante Angelo Maio, A C D. Mediolani, 1817. ΘΕΜΙΣΤΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΟΤ ΛΟΓΟΣ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΑΙΤΙΑΣΑΜΕΝΟΥΣ ΕΠΙ ΤΩΙ ΔΕΞΑΣΘΑΙ ΘΗΝ ΑΡΧΗΝ. Themistii Philosophi Oratio in eos a quibus ob Præfecturam susceptam fuerat viruperatus, Inventore et Interpretè Angelo Maio, Bib. Amb. A. LI. OR. Mediolani, 1816. Lettera di Pietro Giordani al chiarissimo Abate Giambatista Canova, sopra il Dionigi trovato dall' Abate Mai. Milano, 1817. Théorie Analytique des Probabilités, par M. Le Marquis de Laplace, 3ème Edition. Paris, 1820. A Treatise on the Anchor, shewing how the component Parts should be combined to obtain the greatest Power and most perfect Holding, with a Table of Dimensions, &c. Also some Observations on the Chain Cable, by Richard Pering, Esq. Plymouth Dock, 1819. A Brief Inquiry into the Causes of Premature Decay in our Wooden Bulwarks, with an Examination of the Means best calculated to prolong their Duration, by Richard Pering, Esq. Plymouth Dock, 1812. On the Preservation of the British Navy when in a State of Ordinary, by R. Pering, Esq. 1813. A Reply to the Strictures in the Quarterly Review on Indian built Ships, to which are annexed economical Recommendations for effectually preserving the British Navy on the return of Peace, &c. By Richard Pering, Esq. Plymouth Dock, 1814. A Journal of Science, Literature, and the Arts, No. 18. Annals of Philosophy, No. 91. The Philosophical Magazine, No. 266. The Monthly Review for June The European Magazine for June. The London Magazine, No. 7. H. R. H. The Archduke Maximilian. The Marquis de Laplace. Richard Pering, Esq. The Managers of the Royal Institution. Dr. Thomas Thomson. Mr. Alexander Tilloch. Mr. George Edward Griffiths. The Editor. The Editors. INDEX TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1820. A Alburnum, upon the different qualities of the alburnum of spring and winter-felled oak-trees - 156 Aneurismal tumor, a description of a deposit of crystals found in one, - 3 Apophyllite, of its anomalous tints, - 76 ——— the only crystal with one axis, whose tints exhibit a sensible deviation from the scale of Newton, 91 ——— its tints commence at the centre of the rings and increase in regular progression outwards, 91 Astronomical observations, - 330 B Bakerian Lecture, by William Thomas Brande, Esq. Sec. R. S. - 11 Barometer, thermometrical, a description of some improvements made in this instrument, - 303 Bauer, Francis, Esq. Some experiments on the fungi which constitute the colouring matter of the red snow discovered in Baffin's Bay, - 165 Blood, a farther investigation of its component parts, - 1 ——— an experiment to ascertain whether the proportion of aeriform matter in the blood is liable to vary, - 6 ——— coagula of; examination of those formed in aneurismal tumors, - 2 INDEX Brande, William Thomas, Esq. The Bakerian Lecture. On the composition and analysis of the inflammable gaseous compounds resulting from the destructive distillation of coal and oil, with some remarks on their relative heating and illuminating powers, 11 Breathing, the effect of an interminable contest between the elasticity of the lungs and the irritability of the diaphragm, 43 Brewster, David, LL.D. Extracts of two letters from him, on the deviation of the tints from Newton's scale, 94 C Carson, James, M.D. On the elasticity of the lungs, 29 Chocks, or wedge pieces, first introduced in naval architecture, about the year 1744, 135 reason of their introduction, 135 the substitution of coaks or dowels for them recommended, 137 Chronometers used at sea, their rates affected by the iron in the ships, 196 Coal and oil, experiments on the inflammable gases afforded by their destructive distillation, 11 Coleman, George, Esq. His communication of some tables showing the rates of chronometers, 208 Corpora cavernosa, their cellular structure explained, 188 Corpus spongiosum, the particulars in which its structure differs from that of the corpora cavernosa, 190 Croonian Lecture. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. 1 Crystals, of the general phenomena of those which develope tints deviating from Newton's scale, by exposure to polarised light, 52 on the causes which produce the above phenomena in crystals, 62 on the tints developed by those with two axes out of the principal section, 73 of a secondary cause of the deviation of tints subsisting in certain crystals, and of the anomalous tints of the apophyllite, 76 Crystallized bodies, on their action upon homogeneous light, and on the causes of the deviation from Newton's scale, in the tints which many of them develope on exposure to a polarised ray, 45 INDEX. D DAVY, EDMUND, Esq. On some combinations of platinum, 108 Deafness, instances of a particular species of partial deaf- ness, or insensibility of very acute sounds, 310 Dugong, some account of that animal, 174 —a description of its external appearance, 175 —dissection of it, 177 —its food, 179 —never found on land, or in fresh water, but ge- nerally in the shallows and inlets of the sea, 180 —its dimensions, 181 —the ventricles of the heart of this animal com- pletely detached, 319 —particulars respecting the anatomy of this animal, intended as a supplement to Sir T. S. RAFFLES' account, 315 —on the milk tusks, and organ of hearing of this animal, 144 —a section of the milk tusk of the narwhal and of the elephant, compared with a similar section of that of the dugong, 147 Dugong Ikan, considered by the Malays as a royal fish, 180 —the Malays distinguish two varieties, the du- gong bumban, and the dugong buntal, 180 E Eustachian tube, is closed by suddenly checking the effort of inspiration, 309 —is opened by swallowing or incipient yawning, 309 F FISHER, GEORGE, Esq. On the errors in longitude as deter- mined by chronometers at sea, arising from the action of the iron in the ships upon the chronometers, 196 Fœtus, human, a case of one found in the ovarium, of the size it usually acquires at the end of the fourth month, 101 Frames, or ribs of ships, a new principle of uniting them recommended, 134 INDEX. G Gases, inflammable, experiments on those afforded by the destructive distillation of pit coal and of oil, - 11 Gas, olefiant, coal, and oil, comparative experiments on their illuminating and heating powers, and on some general properties of radiant matters, - 21 Gompertz, Benjamin, Esq. A sketch of an analysis and notation applicable to the estimation of the value of life contingencies, - 214 Granville, Augustus Bozzi, M.D. A case of the human foetus found in the ovarium, of the size it usually acquires at the end of the fourth month, - 101 Groombridge, Stephen, Esq. Astronomical observations, - 330 H Hearing, human, its range, - 313 Herschel, J. F. W. Esq. On the action of crystallized bodies on homogeneous light, and on the causes of the deviation from Newton's scale, in the tints which many of them develop on exposure to a polarised ray, - 45 Home, Sir Everard, Bart. Croonian Lecture. A farther investigation of the component parts of the blood, - 1 On the milk tusks, and organ of hearing of the dugong, - 144 On the mode of formation of the canal for containing the spinal marrow, and on the form of the fins (if they deserve that name) of the proteosaurus, - 159 Observations on the human urethra, showing its internal structure, as it appeared in the microscope of Francis Bauer, Esq. - 183 An account of a new mode of performing the high operation for the stone, - 209 Particulars respecting the anatomy of the dugong, intended as a supplement to Sir T.S. Raffles' account, - 315 K Knight, Thomas Andrew, Esq. Upon the different qualities of the alburnum of spring and winter-felled oaks, - 156 INDEX. L Leguat, Mr. His account of the habits of the dugong, 150 Life contingencies, a sketch of an analysis and notation applicable to the estimation of their value, 214 Light, homogeneous, on the action of crystallized bodies on it, 46 Lizard tribe, the structure of their vertebrae, 160 Longitude, on the errors in longitude as determined by chronometers at sea, arising from the action of the iron in the ships upon the chronometers, 196 Lungs, on the elasticity of them, 29 —— experiments to ascertain the extent of the power to distend them to the dimensions which they occupy in the sound system, 35 Lyme, fossil organic remains discovered in the cliffs at that place, 159 M Malabar, 74 guns, extract from the survey made by the officers of Plymouth Yard on that ship, 142 Mesenteric glands, examination of their contents, in the case of a man who died in a fit an hour after having eaten his dinner, 7 Micrometers, on the method of cutting rock crystal for them, 126 Moel Eilio, its measurement by the thermometrical barometer, 302 N Narwhal, a section of the milk tusk of this animal compared with a similar section of that of the dugong, 147 Nitre, crystal of, mode of examining its rings, by projecting them on a large sheet of paper, stretched, while moist, on a drawing board, 80 P Perkins, Jacob, Esq. on the compressibility of water, 324 Planets, new, their oppositions, 331 Platinum, on some combinations of it, 108 —— on a peculiar compound of it obtained from sulphate of platinum by the agency of alcohol, 108 MDCCXX. Z z INDEX. Platinum, properties of this peculiar compound of platinum, composition of this peculiar compound of platinum, observations on this peculiar compound of platinum, Platinum, grey oxide of, observations on it, properties and composition of it, Platinum, sulphate of, its effects upon gelatine, on the efficacy of this substance as a test for gelatine, Polarised rings, description of an instrument employed in experiments upon them, Presents, a list of those made to the Royal Society, from November 1819 to July 1820, Proteosaurus, on the mode of formation of the canal for containing the spinal marrow, and on the form of the fins (if they deserve that name) of this animal, the structure of its vertebrae, R RAFFLES, SIR THOMAS STAMFORD. Some account of the dugong, ROCHON, M. Extract of a paper of his in the Journal de Physique, relative to the construction of micrometers, Rock crystal, on the method of cutting it for micrometers, S SEPPINGS, SIR ROBERT On a new principle of constructing ships in the mercantile navy, Ships, on a new method of constructing them in the mercantile navy, Snow, red, some experiments on the fungi which constitute the colouring matter in that discovered in Baffin's Bay, Snowdon, on the measurement of that mountain by the thermometrical barometer, Solstices, observations of those in the years 1818 and 1819, observations of those in the years 1818 and 1819, computed by Mr. Groombridge's table of refraction, Sounds, on those inaudible by certain ears, Stone, an account of a new mode of performing the high operation for that disease, INDEX. T Thunderer, now Talavera, report of the officers of his Majesty's yard at Woolwich to the Navy Board, establishing the superior strength of the construction of this ship, 138 U Urethra, human, observations upon it, showing its internal structure, as it appeared in the microscope of Francis Bauer, Esq. 183 Vertebræ, the structure of those of the Proteosaurus, 160 ——— the structure of those of the lizard tribe, 160 W Water, on the compressibility of it, 324 Wollaston, F. J. H., B.D. On the measurement of Snowdon, by the thermometrical barometer, 295 Wollaston, William Hyde, M.D. On the methods of cutting rock crystal for micrometers, 126 ——— On sounds inaudible by certain ears, 306