Supplement: A General Index to the Philosophical Transactions, from the First to the End of the Seventieth Volume

A GENERAL INDEX TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS, FROM THE FIRST TO THE END OF THE SEVENTIETH VOLUME. BY PAUL HENRY MATY, M.A. F.R.S. UNDER LIBRARIAN TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM. LONDON: PRINTED FOR LOCKYER DAVIS AND PETER ELMISLY, PRINTERS TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY. MDCCCLXXXVII AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF THE MATTER CONTAINED IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. A2 AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS The first column refers to the Transactions at large, and the other to the Abridgment. The Roman numbers denote the volume, and the Arabic figures the page. ABC ABD Abcess. Anatomical observations of an abcess in the liver; a great number of stones in the gall-bag and bilious vessels; an unusual conformation of the emulgents and pelvis; a strange conjunction of both kidneys and a great dilatation of the vena cava — Tyson XII 1035 III 81 Abdomen. An account of the dissection of a bitch whose cornua uteri, being filled with the bones and flesh of a former conception, had, after a second conception, the ova affixed to several parts of the abdomen — XIII 183 II 904 An account of a great quantity of hydatides found in the abdomen — Thorpe XXXI 17 An account of a dropfy in the left ovary of a woman aged 58, cured by a large incision made in the side of the abdomen — Houston XXXIII 8 VII 441 Extract of two uncommon cases of tumours in the abdomen, from a Latin tract published at Strafburg, anno 1728, and intitled Boecleri etc. ad Exteros Medicos Epistolae — Rutty XXXV 562 — 522 Case of a woman who had a foetus in her abdomen for nine years — Bromfield XLI 697 IX 191 A Case of a large quantity of matter or water contained in cystis's or bags adhering to the peritoneum, and not communicating with the cavity of the abdomen - Graham An improvement on the practice of tapping, whereby that operation, instead of a relief for symptoms, becomes an absolute cure for an ascites, exemplified in the case of Jane Roman - Warrick A Method of conveying liquors into the abdomen, during the operation of tapping - Hales Further accounts of the success of injecting medicated liquors into the abdomen, in the case of an ascites - Warrick Account of a child being taken out of the abdomen after having lain there upwards of 16 years - Myddleton A farther account of some experiments of injecting claret, &c., into the abdomen, after tapping - Warrick Account of an extraordinary steatomatous tumour in the abdomen of a woman - Hanley Aberration of the light of the fixed stars discovered - Bradley Of light refracted at spherical surfaces and lenses - Klingenskorne Theorem of the aberration of the rays of light refracted through a lens on account of the spherical figure - Maskelyne Phases of the transit of Venus, supposed to be retarded by the aberration of light - Winthorp On the effect of the aberration of light on the time of a transit of Venus over the sun - Price Absorbent (Earth's). An observation of the immoderate and fatal use of crab-stones, and such like absorbent earths, from whence have proceeded stones in the stomach and kidneys - Breynius Academy of Sciences. Part of a letter, giving an account of the new regulations of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris - Geoffrey Acceleration. A letter concerning the acceleration of the moon - Dunthorne Acemella. An account of the acemella and its stone-dissolving faculty - Hotton Acephalous. An account of a monstrous acephalous birth - Cooke Acid (Medical). A confirmation of the experiments made made by Sig. Fracassati in Italy, by injecting acid liquors into the blood — Boye The cure of a total suppression of urine, not caused by the stone, by the use of acids Baynard Experiments on the distillation of acids, volatile alkalies, &c. shewing how they may be condensed without loss, and how thereby we may avoid disagreeable and noxious fumes Woolf ACID (Animal). Account of an insect likely to yield an acid liquor — Lister Some experiments on a new animal acid Crellius ACID (Nitrous). Actual fire in detonation, produced by the contact of tin-foil, with the salt composed of copper and the nitrous acid Higgins ACIDULAE. Continuation of an experimental inquiry concerning the nature of the mineral elastic spirit or air contained in the Pouhon water, and other acidulae — Brownrigg ACOMACK. Relation of the effects of a violent storm at Acomack in America, Oct. 19, 1692, on the rivers of that country — Scarburgh ACORNS. A letter on the success of experiments for preserving acorns for a whole year, without planting them, so as to be in a state fit for vegetation, with a view to bring over some of the most valuable seeds from the East Indies, to plant for the benefit of our American Colonies — Ellis ACCOUNTS. Rules for correcting the usual methods of computing amounts and present values, by compound as well as simple interest; and of stating interest accounts — Watkins ACRES. A demonstration of the number of acres contained in England, or South Britain; and the use which may be made of it — Grew ACTINIA SOCIATA. An account of the actinia sociata, or clustered animal flower, lately found on the sea-coasts of the newly ceded islands — Ellis ADAMANT. On the particles and structure of adamant — Leeuwenhoek ADITS. An account how adits and mines are worked at Liege without air-shafts — Murray ÆTN. A chronological account of the several eruptions of Mount Ætna — Anon. An answer to some inquiries concerning the eruptions of Mount Ætna in 1669 A particular account of divers minerals, sent from the lately burning Mount Ætna - Anon. An extract of a letter concerning a late eruption of Mount Ætna, 1755 By the Magistrates of Mascali An account of a journey to Mount Ætna, 1769 Sir William Hamilton AFRICA. An account of a journey into, from the Cape of Good Hope Sparriar AGARIC OF OAK. Experiments concerning the use of the agaric of oak in stopping hemorrhages Sharp, Warner Some observations upon the agaric, lately applied after amputations, with regard to determining its species W. Watson Two letters concerning the use of agaric as a styptic Warner An account of a species of plant, from which the agaric, used as a styptic, is prepared W. Watson Extracts of two letters concerning the effects of the agaric of the oak, after some of the most capital operations in surgery Latterman An account of the success of agaric, and the fungus vinosus, in amputations Ford An account of the success of agaric in amputations Thornhill See Styptic and Lycoperdon. AGE. Part of a letter concerning a person who had a new set of teeth after 80 years of age; with some observations upon the virtues and properties of sugar Slare Two cases of persons cutting teeth in their old age Coleprese AGITATION. An account of an unusual agitation of the sea at Ilfracombe in Devonshire, Feb. 27, 1756 Prince AGNUS SCYTHICUS. An account of the Scythian vegetable Lamb, called Borametz Breynius AGRICULTURE. Enquiries proposed to be made concerning agriculture Committee of the Royal Society An account of a voyage to Chutan in China, with a description of the island, of the several sorts of tea, of the fishing, agriculture of the Chinese, &c., with several observations not hitherto taken notice of Cunningham A letter concerning the manuring of land with fossil-shells Pickering AGUE An account of the success of the bark of the willow in the cure of agues - Stone ANMELLA. Letter concerning Swammerdam's treatise de Apibus; the Anmella Ceylonensis, and the Faba S. Ignatii - Holton AIR (in general). Some trials about the air usually harboured and concealed in the pores of water - Boyle Some experiments shewing the difference of ice made without air, from that which is produced with air - Rinaldi An account of the increase of weight in oil of vitriol exposed to the air - Gauli An experiment, of a surprising change of colour from a pale transparent, or clear liquor, to a blue ceruleous-one, and that in an instant, by the admission of air only; applied to illustrate some changes of colour, and other effects on the blood of respiring animals - Stare Experiments concerning the effects of air passed through red-hot metals - Hauckbee An experiment concerning the nitrous particles in the air - Clayton A supposition how the white matter is produced which floats about in the air in autumn - Arderon A dissertation on the nature of evaporation, and several phenomena of air, water, and boiling liquors - Hamilton Observations on different kinds of air - Priestley A continuation of an experimental enquiry concerning the nature of the mineral elastic spirit, or air, contained in the Pouhon water, and other acidulae - Brownrigg An account of further discoveries in air - Priestley Experiments upon air, and the effects of different kinds of effluvia upon it - Whiz AIR (Appearances observed in the). An account of the appearance of several unusual parhelia, or mock suns; together with several circular arches lately seen in the air - Hall A letter from Annapolis in Maryland, containing an account of an explosion in the air - Lewis Two observations of explosions in the air, one heard at Halsted in Essex, the other at Springfield in the same county - Viewar and Shepheard An account of a meteor seen in the air in the daytime on Dec. 8, 1733 - Crocker An account of a fire-ball seen in the air, and of an explosion heard Dec. 11, 1741, near London Lord Beauchamp in Sussex - Fuller in Kent - Gofflin Account of a fiery meteor seen in the air July 14, 1745 - Caffard Dec. 16, 1742 - Meftines Letter concerning an explosion in the air, heard at Norwich in Jan. 7, 1750 - Arderon An account of a fire-ball seen in the air July 22, 1750 - Stukely Another account - Baker AIR (Damp).—An account of the damp air in a coal-pit of Sir James Lowther, Bart. sunk within 20 yards of the sea - Lowther An experiment to shew, that some damps in mines may be occasioned only by the burning of candles under ground, without the addition of any noxious vapours, even when the bottom of the pit has a communication with the outward air, unless the outward air be forcibly driven in at the said communication or pipe - Defaguliers A letter containing a short account of an explosion of air in a coal-pit at Middleton, near Leeds in Yorkshire - Bernard AIR (Density of the).—An account of an experiment touching the different densities of the air, from the greatest natural heat to the greatest natural cold in this climate - Hauksbee AIR (Effects of the, on animals) A comparison of the times, wherein animals may be killed by drowning in air, or withdrawing it - Boyle Of the accidents that happen to animals in air brought to a considerable degree, but not near the utmost one of rarefaction. - Boyle Of the observations produced in an animal in changes as to rarity and density made in the self-same air - Boyle Experiments on the necessity of air to the motion of ants and mites - Boyle A letter containing some considerations about the swimming bladders in fishes - Roy A conjecture concerning the bladders of air that are found in fishes, illustrated by an experiment suggested by the Hon. Robert Boyle - X 310 AIR The art of living under water; or a discourse concerning the means of furnishing air at the bottom of the sea, in any ordinary depths Halley Observations on a case published in the last volume of the Medical Essays, &c. of recovering a man dead in appearance, by distending the lungs with air Fothergill On the degree of salubrity of the common air at sea, compared with that of the sea-shore, and that of places far removed from the sea Ingen Houz AIR (Effects of the air when condensed or rarefied by the air-pump and condensing engine).—Proposals to try the effects of the pneumatick engine exhausted, on plants, seeds, eggs of fil-k-worms Beale Various experiments made in the exhausted receiver Boyle Some experiments made in the air pump at Paris by Papin, directed by Huygens Papin Some experiments made in the air pump upon plants, together with a way of taking exhausted receivers away from off the said engine. Papin and Huygens A continuation of the above experiments on the preservation of bodies Papin and Huygens Some experiments touching animals, made in the air pump Huygens and Papin Promiscuous experiments made in the air-pump Huygens and Papin An account of an experiment of shooting by the rarefaction of the air Papin A demonstration of the velocity wherewith the air rushes into an exhausted receiver Papin Concerning the application of an air-pump to cupping-glasses Luffkin Letter concerning the application of the pneumatick engine to cupping-glasses Luffkin Experiments on the infilling of bodies in common air in vacuo, and in air condensed Hawkbe AIR — An experiment on the descent of malt dust in an evacuated receiver — Hauksbee — An experiment shewing, that the seemingly spontaneous ascent of water in small tubes, open at both ends, is the same in vacuo as in the open air — Hauksbee — An account of an experiment, touching the difficulty of separating two hemispheres, upon the injecting of an atmosphere of air on their outward surfaces, without withdrawing the included air — Hauksbee — An account of the success of an attempt to continue several atmospheres of air condensed in the space of one, for a considerable time — Hauksbee — Experiments on animal fluids in the exhausted receiver — Darwin AIR (Elasticity and mechanical observations concerning) — An account how adits and mines are wrought at Liege without air-shafts — Moray — Experiments shewing that air, become unfit for respiration, may retain its wonted pressure — Boyle — Of its use to elevate the steams of bodies — Boyle — A table shewing to what degree air is compressible in sea water, from the depth of 1 foot to 1947 feet; useful to divers. Members of the Royal Society — Considerations touching the compresure of the air — Leeuwenhoek — Ten new experiments about the weakened spring, and some unobserved effects of the air — Boyle — A full description, with the use of a new contrivance for raising water — Papin — Answer to several objections made by Mr. Nevis against his engine for raising water by the rarefaction of the air — Papin — A discourse concerning the measure of the air's resistance to bodies moved in it — Wallis — An experiment shewing, that the springs or constituent parts of air are capable to suffer such disorder by a violent impulse, as to require time to recover their natural state — Hauksbee There are two pages of this No. in this vol. and this is the second. — Experiments concerning the time required in the descent of different bodies of different magnitudes tudes and weights in common air, from the same height Barometrical experiments for discovering the various elasticity of the air in different parts of Switzerland An account of some experiments made on the 27th of April, 1719, to find how much the resistance of the air retards falling bodies Further experiments An account of several experiments concerning the running of water in pipes, as it is retarded by friction and intermediate air, with a description of a new machine, whereby pipes may be cleared of air, as the water runs along, without hand-pipes, or the help of any hand An attempt made to shew how damps or foul air may be drawn out of any sort of mines, &c. by an engine An account of an instrument or machine for changing the air of the room of sick people in a little time, by either drawing out the foul air, or forcing in fresh air; or doing both successively, without opening doors or windows A calculation of the velocity of the air moved by a new-invented centrifugal bellows of 7 feet in diameter, and 1 foot thick within, which a man can keep in motion with very little labour, at the rate of two revolutions in one second The uses of the foregoing machine An account of an invention and method of changing the air in the hold, and other close parts of a ship Observations upon Mr. Sutton's invention to extract foul and stinking air out of ships, with critical remarks upon the use of windstalls An account of the great benefit of blowing showers of fresh air up through distilling liquors Thoughts on Dr. Hales's new method of distilling by the force of air and fire Air (Electricity of the). Observations upon the electricity of the air, made at the Chateau de AIR Maintenon in June, July, and October 1753 Air (Fixed). A Letter on the solubility of iron in simple water, by the intervention of fixed air The description of an apparatus for impregnating water with fixed air, and of the manner of conducting that process Air (Gravity and temperature of the). Letter containing particulars of a philosophical nature, viz. a narrative of the strange effects of thunder upon a magnetic card; some remarks concerning the gradual alteration of the temperature of the air in divers countries; a contrivance of an uncommon hygroscope; the musky scent of certain parts of the animal called the musk-quash A discourse concerning the air's gravity A letter giving an account of several observations in Virginia and in his voyage thither, more particularly concerning the air Second letter of farther observations on Virginia An account of an experiment, touching the proportion of the weight of air, to the weight of a like bulk of water, without knowing the quantity of either An observation of extraordinary warmth of the air in January 1741 On the correspondence of the barometer with the air and weather Remarks on the heat of the air in July 1757 Additional remarks An account of the extraordinary heat of the weather in July 1757, and of the effects of it Remarks on the different temperature of the air at Eddystone, from that observed at Plymouth, between the 7th and 14th of July 1757 An investigation of the difference between the present temperature of the air in Italy and some other countries, and what it was seventeen centuries ago An account of a most extraordinary degree of cold AIR cold at Glasgow in January 1780; together with some new experiments and observations on the comparative temperature of hoar-frost, and the air near to it, made at Glasgow - Wilson AIR (History of the). A physical history of the earth and air for the year 1732 - Cyrilus AIR (Inflammable). A chemical experiment, serving to illustrate the phenomenon of inflammable air, shewn to the Royal Society by Sir James Lowther, and described in the Transactions, No 429 - Mau Account of a new kind of inflammable air or gas, which can be made in a moment without apparatus, and is as fit for explosion as other inflammable gases in use for that purpose; together with a new theory of gunpowder - Ingen-Housz Experiments and observations on the inflammable air breathed by various animals - Fontana AIR (Nitrous). Easy methods of measuring the diminution of bulk taking place upon the mixture of common air and nitrous air; together with experiments on platina - Ingen-Housz AIR (Production of). An account of an experiment to try the quality of air produced from gunpowder, fired in vacuo Boyliano - Hauksbee An account of an experiment touching the quantity of air produced from a certain quantity of gunpowder fired in common air - Hauksbee Three papers containing experiments on factitious air - Cavendish Account of the airs extracted from different kinds of waters; with thoughts on the salubrity of the air at different places - Fontana AIR (Promiscuous properties of). Observations on several passages in the Transactions, relating to some unobserved qualities of the air; to the mixing fermenting liquors in vacuo; to the history of birds; the anatomy of the trunks of vegetables, baroscopes, &c. - Anon. An experiment touching the freezing of common water, and water purged of air - Hauksbee An experiment touching the weighing of bodies of the same species, but of very unequal sur- faces in common water, being of an equal weight in common air Air (Refraction of the). An experiment of the refraction of the air, made at the command of the Royal Society — Some allowances to be made in astronomical observations for the refraction of the air, with an accurate table of refractions Air-Pump. An account of some improvements in the air-pump — An account of some experiments made with an air-pump on Mr. Smeaton's principle; together with some experiments with a common air-pump Albatenius. Emendations and notes upon the ancient astronomical tables of Albatenius, with the restoration of his lunar tables Alcali. Two letters, giving an account of a red colour produced by mixture of a sulphureous spirit with a volatile alcali Alcaline Salts. A dissertation on fixed alcaline salts — Continued — A chemical experiment of the effect of quicklime upon volatile alcaline — Experiments on the distillation of acids, volatile alkalies, &c. shewing how they may be condensed without loss, and how thereby to avoid disagreeable and noxious fumes See Salt. Alcanna. Concerning rusina and alcanna Phil. Soc. Oxf. Aldebaran. An observation of the moon's transit by Aldebaran, Apr. 3, 1736 — An occultation of Aldebaran by the Moon, Dec. 12, 1738 Aleppo. A relation of a voyage from Aleppo to Palmyra in Syria Alga. Observations on the sea alga with broad leaves Algebra. Thoughts about some defects in algebra — A treatise of algebra, both historical and practical — A correction of the 109th chapter of Wallis's algebra — An instance of the excellence of the modern al- gebra in the resolution of the problem of finding the foci of optick-glasses universally Holley A second letter concerning the roots of equations, with the demonstration of other rules in algebra MacLaurin An algebraic problem, and of the evolution of a certain mechanic curve amongst infinite hyper-mechanical ones, which resolve a certain equation (Lat.) Fontoni Observations on the limits of algebraical equations; and a general demonstration of Des Cartes's rule for finding their number of affirmative and negative roots Milne On the general resolution of algebraical equations Waring See Equations. See Opticks. ALHAZEN. Letters between M. Slusius and M. Hugenius relative to an optic problem of Alhazen. ALICANT. See Snap. ALIMENT. An account of the bones of animals being changed to a red colour by aliment only Belchier A further account of the bones of animals being made red by aliment only Belchier ALLANTOIS. The humane allantois fully discovered; and the reasons assigned why it has not hitherto been found out, even by those who believed its existence; with an answer to their objections who deny it still Hall ALLIGATOR. An account of the fossil bones of an alligator, found on the sea-shore near Whitby in Yorkshire Chapman Another account of the same Woolley ALOE AMERICANA SERRATI-FOLIA. An experiment on Aloe Americana Serrati-folia weighed, seeming to import a circulation of the sap in plants ALUM. A description of a Swedish stone, which affords sulphur, vitriol, alum, and minium Tabst A continuation of the discourse concerning vitriol, shewing, that vitriol is usually produced by sulphur, acting on, and coagulating with, a metal; and then making cut, that alum is likewise the result of the said sulphur; as also evincing, that vitriol, sulphur, and alum, do agree in the saline principles: and, lastly, de- claring the nature of the salt in brimstone, and whence it is derived **Alum-Works.** An account of the English alum-works **Alphabet.** An essay towards a universal alphabet, and new primer — A letter containing some remarks on Mr. Lodwick's alphabet — Further remarks upon M. l'Abbé Barthelemy's Memoir on the Phoenician letters; containing his reflections on certain Phoenician monuments, and the alphabets resulting from them **Alpine Mouse.** The anatomy of the Alpine mouse — A short natural history of the Alpine mouse (Lat.) **Altar (Roman).** Account of a Roman altar found at Chester — An account of two Roman altars lately found in the North of England, with notes, by Tho. Gale — An attempt to explain two Roman inscriptions, cut upon two altars, which were dug up sometime since at Bath — The inscription upon a Roman altar found near Stanhope, in the bishoprick of Durham — An account of a Roman altar, with an inscription upon it, found in April last at York, and communicated to the Society of Antiquaries by F. Drake; as also a brief explication of the inscription by John Ward **Alternations.** The doctrine of combinations and alternations improved and compleated **Altitude.** Table of the barometrical altitudes at Zurich in Switzerland, in the year 1708, by Scheuchzer; and at Upminster in England, by Derham; as also the rain at Pisa in Italy, in 1707 and 1708, by Tilli; and at Zurich in 1708; and at Upminster in all that time: with remarks on the same tables; as also on the winds, heats, colds, and divers other matters occurring in those three parts of Europe **Altitudes.** The description of a new quadrant for taking altitudes, without an horizon, either at sea or land Account of a spirit-level to be fixed to a quadrant for taking a meridional altitude at sea, when the horizon is not visible - Hadley A description of a water-level to be fixed to Davis's quadrant for taking the sun's altitude at sea in thick and hazy weather without an horizon - Leigh The description and use of an apparatus, added as an improvement to Davis's quadrant, consisting of a mercurial level, for taking the co-altitude of sun or star at sea, without the usual assistance of the sensible horizon, which frequently is obscured - Leigh A new method of finding time by equal altitudes - Aubert An account of the apparatus applied to the equatorial instrument, for correcting the errors arising from the refraction in altitude - Dollond AMALGAM. On the use of an amalgam of zinc, for the purpose of electrical excitation - Higgins AMAND. (St.) MINERAL WATERS. Letter concerning the mineral waters of St. Amand, near Tournay and Valenciennes - Geoffry AMBE. The ambe of Hippocrates, for reducing luxations of the arm with the shoulder, rectified - M. le Cot AMBER. Account of a curious piece of Hevelius An observation about white amber - Kirkho A compendious history and demonstration of the Prussian amber - Hartmann An account of several curiosities relating to amber - Hartmann A Treatise on amber - Camell Experiments on the luminous qualities of amber, diamonds, and gumlac - Walli An observation of a piece of amber with a leaf of a plant impressed on it - Breynius An extract from a letter on the nature of amber - Beurer Extract from an essay on the origin of amber - Fothergill AMBERGREASE. Letter concerning ambergrace, and its being a vegetable production - Boyle An account of a great piece of ambergrace, thrown on the island of Jamaica - Fredway Found in whales - Boyston An essay upon the natural history of whales, with a particular account of the ambergrise found in the spermaceti whales Dudley XXXIII 256 VII 424 A treatise on ambergrise, Par. I Neumann XXXVIII 344 IX 339 Par. II Neumann — 371 — 346 Par. III Neumann — 417 — 358 A review of the experiments on ambergrise made by Messrs. Browne and Hanckewits, by Dr. Martine, with Mr. Neumann's vindication of his own experiment Neumann — 437 — 366 AMERICA. A narrative of some observations made upon several voyages to find a way for sailing about the North to the East Indies, and for returning the same way from thence hither; together with the instruction given by the Dutch East India Company for the discovery of Jeffo, near Japan. To which is added, a relation of sailing through the northern America to the East Indies Von Nieorp IX 197 Some observations concerning a possible passage to the East Indies by the Northern America, Westward Anon. — 207 An account of that part of America which is nearest to the land of Kamtchatka; extracted from the description of Kamtchatka, by professor Krafftencoff Dumaresque LI 477 A dissertation on the bones and teeth of elephants, and other beasts, found in North America, and other Northern regions; by which it appears they are the bones of indigenous beasts Rafse LIX 126 Observations of eclipses of Jupiter's first satellite at Greenwich, compared with observation of the same made by Samuel Holland in North America, and the longitudes of places thence deduced Muskelyne LXIV 184 Immersions and emersions of Jupiter's first satellites observed at Jupiter's inlet, on the island of Anticosti, North America, and the longitude of the place deduced from comparison with observations made at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, by the Astronomer Royal Wright AMIANTHUS. A curious relation, taken out of the third Venetian journal de Letterati, of a substance found in great quantities in some mines of Italy; out of which is made a kind of combustible substance, both skin, paper, and candle. candle-wick, together with some experiments made therewith AMIANTHUS. See Asbestos. AMLWCH WATERS. An account of the vitriolic waters of Amlwch, in the isle of Anglesey AMMONITÆ. A letter concerning some vertebrae of ammonitæ, or cornua ammonis AMNI LIQUOR. Some observations, proving that the fetus is in part nourished by the liquor Amnii AMOMUM. A description and figure of the true Amomum, or Tugus of the Philippines AMOUNTS. Rules for correcting the usual methods of computing amounts and present values by compound, as well as simple interest; and of stating interest-accounts AMPHIBIOUS ANIMALS. An account of an amphibious biped — — A supplement to the account of an amphibious biped, being the anatomical description of the said animal — Observations upon animals, commonly called amphibious by authors — An account of the lymphatic system in amphibious animals AMPUTATION. A letter concerning the use of Lycoperdon in stopping blood after amputation — An account of the success of Agaric, and Fungus Vinosus, upon amputations — Remarks and considerations relative to the performance of amputation above the knee, by the single circular incision — See Agaric, Fungus Vinosus, Lycoperdon and Styptic. ANALYSIS. Experiments by way of analysis upon the water of the dead sea, upon the hot springs near Tiberiades, and upon Hamman Pharoan water ANALYTICAL. Universal solution for quadratic and biquadratic equations, viz. analytical, geometrical, and mechanical — Analytical solution of certain infinitesimal equations ANASTOMOSES. An account of some uncommon anastomoses of the spermatic vessels in a woman ANATOMY. Observations of milk found in the veins instead of blood | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Anatomy. An account of some chemical, medical, and anatomical particulars | III 650 | 84 351 | | Some anatomical inventions and observations, particularly the origin of the injection into veins, the transfusion of blood, and the part of generation | III 672 | III 290 | | Anatomical observations made at Venice Grandi | V 1188 | 84 301 | | Account of two new anatomical discoveries made in France | | | | Account of some anatomical engagements Bellini | | I 366 | | Anatomical observations on the structure of the nose Vernay | XII 976| III 56 | | Anatomical observation on the body of a woman, about fifty years of age, who died hydroptic, in her left testicle Sampson | | | | The anatomy of a monstrous pig | XIII 183| II 904 | | The anatomy of the Mexico musk-hog Tyson | | 873 | | Observations of what did praternaturally occur in the opening of the body of Mr. Smith of Highgate Tyson | XVI 332| III 347 | | Observations made in the heads of fowls at several times Moulen | XVII 711| II 860 | | An anatomical account of some remarkable things found on the dissection of a woman who died of a dropy after the paracentesis was performed; with a small reflection on the causes of the dropy Prebou | XIX 330| III 141 | | A letter, giving an account of some anatomical observations made on a body dissected at Padua, by John Ray Dale | XXV 2282| V 184 | | An anatomical description of the heart of land tortoises from America Buffier | XXVII 170| 74 | | Some anatomical observations Cheseiden | XXVIII 281| 233 257| | The anatomy of a decrepid old man of 109 years old Scheuchzer | XXXII 313| VII 689 | | The anatomy of the poisonous apparatus of a rattle-snake, with an account of the quick effects of its poison Ranby | XXXV 377| 416 | | Two anatomico-practical observations; one of an infant born with a bag full of water hanging from the Os Sacrum to the ankles (Lat.) Baffier | XLII 277| IX 235 | | An account of glasses of a new contrivance; for preserving pieces of anatomy or natural history in spirituous liquors Le Cat | XLVI 6| XI 1349 | | Additions Le Cat | | | | Anatomico medical observations of a monstrous | | double- | double-bodied child, born Oct. 26, 1701, in Pannonia, and who died Feb. 23, 1723 (Lat.) Another account - Torkis L 311 Another account - Burnet - 315 Another account - Du Plessis - 317 Another account (Lat.) - Driefsbrus - 318 An uncommon anatomical observation of a defect in the right lobe of the lungs - Paton LV 79 Anatomical observations on the torpedo - John Hunter LXIII 481 See Dissection. ANATOMY OF VEGETABLES. Observations on several passages in the two last months Transactions relating to some unobserved qualities of the air; to mixing and fermenting liquors in vacuo; to the history of birds; the anatomy of the trunks of vegetables; baroscopes, &c. Anon. X 533 XXXVI 441 VI 2 338 The anatomical preparation of vegetables Seba ANCIENTS. Experiments concerning the encaustic paintings of the ancients - Colebrook Ll 40 A letter concerning the success of the former experiments - Colebrook - 53 Some observations concerning the lyncurium of the ancients - William Watson - 394 Some attempts to ascertain the utmost extent of the knowledge of the ancients in the East-Indies - Gaverhill LVII 155 ANDERIDA. An accurate account of a tessellated pavement, bath, and other Roman antiquities, lately discovered at East Bourne, in Sussex - Tabor XXX 549 V 2 63 The rest of the treatise concerning the site of the ancient city of Anderida, and other remains of antiquity in the county of Sussex - Tabor - 783 - 271 ANDRACHNE. A description of the andrachne and its botanical characters - Ehrcl LVII 114 ANEMONIES (SEA). An essay towards elucidating the history of the sea-anemonies - Dieguemare LXIII 361 A second essay on the natural sea-anemonies - Dieguemare LXXV 207 A third essay on - Dieguemare LXVII 156 ANEMOSCOPE. Description of the anemoscope - Pickering XLIII 9 ANEURISM. An account of an extraordinary aneurism of the arteria aorta near the basis of the heart, with the symptoms thereof An account of an aneurism of the aorta Some observations on aneurisms in general, and in particular on the foregoing A remarkable case of an aneurism, or disease of the principal artery of the thigh, occasioned by a fall. To which is prefixed, a short account of the uncertainty of the distinguishing symptoms. Concerning aneurisms in the thigh ANGLE. A direct and geometrical method by which the aphelia, eccentricities, and proportion of the orbs of the primary planets, may be investigated without supposing the equality of the angle of motion at the other focus of the planet's ellipsis An account of an experiment concerning the angle required to suspend a drop of oil of oranges, at certain stations, between two glass planes, placed in the form of a wedge A new universal method of describing all curves of every order mechanically, by the assistance of angles and right lines Solution of the problem relating to the invention of curves, which, disposed in a certain manner in an inverse situation, may cut each other in a given angle Of the section of an angle A description of a new instrument for taking angles An account of observations made on board the Chatham yacht August 30th, and September 1st, 1732, for the trial of an instrument for taking angles A description of a contrivance for measuring small angles An explanation of a new instrument made for measuring small angles Account of a new instrument for measuring small angles, called the Prismatic Micrometer See Micrometer. ANGLESEY. See Population. ANIMALS (in General). Description of a microscope, by the means whereof there has been seen an animal lesser than any of those hitherto seen Observations of some animals, and of a strange plant, made in a voyage into the kingdom of Congo. M. Ang. de Guattini, and Dionysius of Placenza. Microscopical observations about animals in the scurf of the teeth; the substance called worms in the nose; the cuticula consisting of scales Lumbricus Hydropicus; or an essay to prove that the hydatides, often met with in morbid animal bodies, are a species of worms, or imperfect animals Letters concerning the seeds of plants, with observations on the manner of the propagation of plants and animals An account of an animal resembling a whelp voided per anus by a male greyhound Remarks on some animals, plants, &c. sent from Maryland An account of some animals sent from the East Indies, with remarks by J. Petiver Account of more animals Account of more animals observed in the Philippine Islands A new division of terrestrial brute animals, particularly of those that have their feet formed like hands; where an account is given of some animals not yet described An account of animals and shells sent from Carolina An account of the animals in the Philippine Islands Observations on the mouths of the eels in vinegar, and also a strange aquatic animal A description of the female musk animal, by the Jesuits at skin An account of worm in animal bodies Observations on coralline, and the polypus, and other sea animals Remarks on the above observations Observations on noxious animals in England ANIMAL FLOWERS. An account of the urtica marina (animal flowers) | Trans. | Abridg. | |--------|---------| | III 842 | I 207 | | XII 977 | III 57 | | XIV 568 | — 684 | | XVII 506 | — 133 | | XVII 700 | III 685 | | XIX 316 | II 904 | | XX 393 | — 253 | | XXII 859 | — 1023 | | XXIII 1065 | V 183 | | XXIV 1565 | — 177,178 | | — 1952 | IV 2 325 | | XXVI 241 | V 183 | | XLII 416 | IX 38 | | XI.VII 321 | — 280 | | XLIX 246 | L 258 | | — 280 | LII 475 | | — 75 | — Lej- | ANIMALS (Parts of).—An observation about the epiploon, or the double membrane, which covers the entrails of animals, and is filled with fat. Malpighi and Fracossati An account of some animals that, having lungs, are yet found to be without the arterious vein; together with some other curious particulars. Swammerdam An abstract of a letter concerning the parts of brain of several animals, the chalk-stones of the gout, the leprosy, and the scales of eels. Leeuwenhoek An extract of a letter containing several observations on the texture of the bones of animals, compared with that of wood. Leeuwenhoek Observations on the muscular fibres of different animals. Leeuwenhoek Continued. Leeuwenhoek An essay upon the use of the bile in the animal economy, founded on an observation of a wound in the gall-bladder. Stuart Explanation of an essay on the use of the bile in the animal economy. Stuart ANIMALS (Experiments on).—An experiment of preserving animals alive, by blowing through their lungs with bellows. Hook Account of two animals included with large wounds in the abdomen in the pneumatical receiver. Boyle Of the motion of the separated heart of a cold animal in the exhausted receiver. Boyle A comparison of the times wherein animals may be killed by drowning, or withdrawing of the air. Boyle Of the accidents that happen to them in air brought to a considerable degree, but not near the utmost one, of rarefaction. Boyle Of the observations produced in an animal in changes, as to rarity and density made in the self-same air. Boyle Of an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the necessity of respiration by the production or growth of animals in our vacuum. Boyle Of the power of assuofaction to enable animals to hold out in air by rarefaction made unfit for respiration Boyle V 2045 Some experiments, touching animals, made in the air-pump Huygens and Papin X 542 II 250 Observations on the manner of propagation of animals and plants Leeuwenhoek XVII 700 III 685 Letter on the generation of animals Josephus de Aromatarii XVIII 150 Experiments and observations on the effects of several sorts of poisons upon animals, made at Montpellier in 1678 and 1679 Cowper XXVII 485 V 38 Letter on the generation of animals Leeuwenhoek XXXII 438 VII 473 An account of the bones of animals being changed to a red colour by aliment only Belchier XXXIX 287 IX 102 A further account Belchier — 299 — 105 Observations and experiments with madder roots, which has the faculty of tinging the bones of living animals of a red colour Du Monceau XLI 390 IX 103 Letter concerning the natural heat of animals Mortimer XLIII 473 XI 901 Part of two letters concerning the sparkling of flannel, and the hair of animals in the dark Cook XLV 394 X 343 Experiments made on a great number of animals with the poison of Lama's and of Ticunas Herissant XLVII 75 An account of some experiments on the sensibility and irritability of the several parts of animals Brocklesby XLIX 240 The effects of the opuntia, or prickly pear, and of the indigo plant, in colouring the juices of living animals Baker L. 296 Experiments on animal fluids in the exhausted receiver Darwin LXIV 344 Experiments on animals and vegetables, with respect to the power of producing heat John Hunter LXV 446 Of the heat of animals and vegetables John Hunter LXVIII 7 Experiments and observations on the inflammable air breathed by several animals Fontana LXIX 337 Animals (Ditord rs of).—Some observations on the motion of ctenates, and on the births and deaths of man, and other animals in different times of the Noxbriger Pasteur XVII 815 III 311 Of an obstruction of the biliary ducts, and an impostumation of the gall-bladder, discharging upwards of 18 quarts of bilious matter in 25 days, without any apparent defect in the animal functions. **Animal (Fossil).**—An account of the impression of the almost entire skeleton of a large animal in a very hard stone found at Elston, near Newark, Nottinghamshire. An account of a pair of very extraordinary large horns found in Wapping some years since; with a probable account whence they came, and to what animal they belonged. An account of a fossil thigh-bone of a large animal dug up at Stone's-field, near Woodstock, in Oxfordshire. See Fossil Generation. **Animal Juices.** See Juices. **Animalcula.** Observations concerning some little animals observed in rain, well, sea, and snow-water; as also in water where pepper had lain infused. Observed in Semine Humano. Concerning animalcula found in the teeth. Several observations and experiments on the animalcula in pepper-water. Some microscopical observations of vast numbers of animalcula seen in water. Answer to the objections made to Leeuwenhoek's opinions concerning the animalcula in semine in masculino. Concerning the animalcula in semine humano. Further observations on the animalcula in semine masculino. Several microscopical observations and experiments concerning the animalcula in semine masculino of cocks and spiders. Letter concerning green weeds growing in water, and animalcula found about them. ANIMALCULA. Two letters from a gentleman in the country relating to Observations on some animalcula in water A letter concerning animalcula, on the roots of duck weed Part of a letter concerning some microscopical observations upon the animalcula in seminal of young rams A letter containing some further microscopical observations on the animalcula found upon duck-weed Observations on a particular manner of increase in the animalcula of vegetable infusions, with the discovery of an indissoluble salt arising from hemp-seed put into water till it becomes putrid ANNUITIES. An estimate of the degrees of the mortality of mankind, drawn from curious tables of the births and funerals at the city of Breslaw; with an attempt to ascertain the price of annuities upon lives The easiest method of calculating the value of annuities upon lives from tables of observations A letter concerning the value of an annuity for life, and the probability of survivorship A letter concerning the method of constructing a table for the probabilities of life at London A letter with a table of the value of annuities on lives A letter concerning the term and period of human life: in which the inequalities in constructing, and the false conclusions drawn from Dr. Halley's Breslaw table, are fully proved; the supposed extraordinary healthfulness of that place is particularly examined, and confuted; and its real state shewn to be equalled by divers places in England; the imperfection of all the tables formed upon 1000 lives shewn; and a method proposed to obtain one much better Observations on the expectations of lives, the increase of mankind, the influence of great towns on population, and particularly the state of London with respect to healthfulness and number of inhabitants **Price** **ANNUITIES.** Short and easy theorems for finding, in all cases, the differences between the values of annuities payable yearly, and of the same annuities payable half-yearly, quarterly, or monthly **Price** **ANNULUS.** See Saturn. **ANOMALIES.** Considerations concerning Mercator's geometric and direct method for finding the apogees, excentricities, and anomalies of the planets **Mercator** **ANOMALY.** See Planet. **ANTHELIUM.** Observation on an anthelium seen at Witenberg Jan. 17-8, 1738 (Lat.) **Weidler** — An account of an anthelium observed near Oxford July 24, 1760 **Swinton** **ANTICOSTI.** Immersions and emersions of Jupiter's first satellite, observed at Jupiter's inlet on the island of Anticosti, North America, and the longitude of the place deduced from comparison, with observations made at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, by the Astronomer Royal **Wright** **ANTIENT SHRINE.** An account of an antient shrine formerly belonging to the abbey of Croyland **Stukeley** **ANTILLES.** See Currents. **ANTIMONY.** On the virtue of antimony **Anon.** — Experiments of refining gold with antimony **Godward** — Observations on the effects of the vitrum antimonii ceratum **Geoffrey** — Medical and chemical observations upon antimony **Huxham** **ANTIQUITIES.** An account of a Roman monument found in the bishoprick of Durham, and of some Roman antiquities at York **Lister** — Some observations upon the ruins of a piece of a Roman wall and Multangular tower at York **Lister** — An account of an antient mantle-tree in Northamptonshire, on which the date of it (for the year of our Lord 1133) is expressed by the num- | Title | Trans. | Abrldg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | meral figures, which shews the great antiquity of those figures in England | | | | An account of some antiquities found at Kirkbythorpe, in Westmoreland | XIV | II | | An account of an earthen vessel lately found near York | XV | III | | The figures of some antiquities explained | | | | An explanation of the figures of several antiquities | | | | A discovery of some antiquities made upon the inundation of the Tiber | XVI | | | Account of some Roman antiquities found in Yorkshire | XIX | | | Letter concerning some Roman antiquities lately found in Yorkshire | XX | | | Letter concerning a piece of antiquity lately found in Somersetshire | | | | Letter concerning the Saxon antiquity mentioned in Vol. XX, p. 441 | XXII | | | Letter concerning some Roman antiquities in Lincolnshire | | | | Letter concerning several Roman antiquities found near the Devizes in Wiltshire | | | | An account of some Roman, French, and Irish inscriptions and antiquities lately found in Scotland and Ireland | | | | Letter concerning several Roman inscriptions, and other antiquities, in Yorkshire | | | | Letter concerning a leaden coffin taken out of a Roman burying-place near York | | | | Part of a letter concerning some Roman antiquities found in Yorkshire | | | | A letter concerning some Roman antiquities observed in Yorkshire | | | | A letter concerning some ancient brass instruments found in Yorkshire | | | | A letter occasioned by some antiquities lately discovered near Bramham Moor, in Yorkshire | | | | A letter giving an account of antiquities lately found at Corbridge, in Northumberland | | | | A letter giving a further account of what Mr. Lhwyd met with remarkable, in natural history and antiquities, in his travels through Wales | | | D 2 Several observations relating to the antiquities and natural history of Ireland, in his travels through that kingdom Extracts of letters containing observations in natural history and antiquities, in his travels through Wales and Scotland Part of a letter containing a relation of several urns and sepulchral monuments lately found in Ireland An account of some ancient trumpets, and other pieces of antiquity, found in the county of Tyrone in Ireland An accurate account of a tessellated pavement bath, and other Roman antiquities lately discovered at East Bourne in Sussex The rest of the treatise concerning the site of the ancient city of Anderida, and other remains of antiquity in the county of Sussex Some amendments and additions to the account of things found under ground in Lincolnshire Ex veterum Prussorum re Antiquaria Schediasma An attempt to explain some remains of antiquity lately found in Hertfordshire Extract of a letter concerning an antique obelisk in Rudstone church-yard A letter concerning an antique-shoe found in the isle of Axholm, in Lincolnshire Letter concerning the antiquities dug up from the antient Herculaneum An account of some antiquities found in Cornwall Account of several antiquities lately discovered in Italy Account of several antiquities in Italy With remarks see Herculaneum, Coin, Inscription, Lamp, Rome. Antiseptic. Part of a letter on the antifeptical regimen of the natives of Russia | Ant. Observations concerning emmets, or ants; their eggs, production, progress, coming to maturity, use, &c. | King | II 425 | II 789 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Experiments on the necessity of air to the motion of ants | Boyle | V 2054 | | | Uncommon observations and experiments made with an acid juice; to be found in ants | Wray | — 2063 | — 791 | | An abstract of the Rev. Mr. Gould's account of English ants | Lister | — 2067 | — 792 | | Ant-Bear. An account of the ant-bear in the island of Ceylon | Miles | XLIV 357 | IX 833 | | Anus. An account of an animal resembling a whelp voided per anus by a male greyhound | Strachan | XXIII 1094 | V 2 179 | | Bones of a foetus voided by anus some years after conception | Halley | XIX 316 | II 904 | | The head and ribs of a foetus brought forth by the anus | Morley | — 486 | | | An account of a fork put up the anus, that was afterwards drawn out through the buttock | Lindelof | XXXIII 171 | VII 557 | | Account of the preternatural delivery of a foetus at the anus | Payne | — 408 | — 521 | | Cafe of the bones of a foetus coming away by the anus | Nourse | XXXVI 435 | — 559 | | A letter concerning a child born with an extraordinary tumour near the anus, containing some rudiments of an embryo in it | Winthorp | XLIII 304 | XI 1015 | | An account of a suppression of urine cured by a puncture made in the bladder through the anus | Simon | — 529 | — 1016 | | Aorta. An account of an extraordinary aneurisma of the arteria aorta near the basis of the heart, with the symptoms thereof | Huxham | XLV 525 | — 1020 | | An account of an aneurism of the heart | Robert Hamilton | LXVI 578 | | | Aper Mexicanus Moschiferus. The anatomy of the Mexico Musk Hog | Tyton | XXII 666 | | | Aphelia. A direct and geometrical method by which the aphelia excentricities, and proportion of the orbs of the principal planets, may be found without supposing the equality of the angle of motion at the other focus of the planet's ellipsis | Halley | XXXV 436 | — 566 | | Aphides. Observations on the aphides of Linnaeus | Richardson | XIII 359 | II 873 | | Observations on the aphides of Linnaeus | — | XI 683 | I 258 | | Observations on the aphides of Linnaeus | — | LXI 182 | | APHYLLON. An account of aphyllon and dentaria heptaphylos of Clusius, omitted by Mr. Ray APOGEE. Considerations concerning Mercator's geometric and direct method for finding the apogees, excentricities and anomalies of the planets —A letter concerning the mean motion of the moon's apogee APOGEE. See Planet. APONENSIAN. An account of the Aponensian baths near Padua APOPLEXY. Phenomenon observed in the body of a noble Woman who died of an apoplexy APOTHEM. Cure of one who swallowed a knife, which lay in his stomach a year and 7 months, and then worked out at an apothem on his breast APOTHEMATON. A letter concerning the cure of an apotemation of the lungs APPLEY. See Water. APPLES. Of an excellent liquor made with cyder-apples and mulberries —Observations on insects bred in rain-water, in apples, cheese, &c. —An account of a new sort of molasses made of apples —The effects which the farina of the blossoms of different sorts of apple-trees had on the fruit of a neighbouring tree —A letter concerning a mixed breed of apples from the mixture of the farina —Part of a letter concerning the effects of the mixture of the farina of apple-trees —Singular observations upon the Manchenille apple APPLES. See Cyder. APPROXIMATION. An attempt towards the improvement of the method of approximations, in the extraction of the roots of equations in numbers —Concise rules for computing the effects of refraction and parallax, in varying the apparent distance of the moon from the sun or a star; also an easy rule of approximation for computing the distance of the moon from a star, the longitudes and latitudes of both being given, with demonstrations of the same **APPULSES.** Appulses of the moon to Saturn, and the fixed stars observable in the year 1671 foretold, and reduced to the meridian and latitude of London Letters concerning the appulses of the moon for 1673, and the other planets to the fixed stars, together with an observation of the planet Mars The appulses of the moon, and other planets to the fixed stars, predicted for 1674 An advertisement to astronomers, of the advantages that may accrue from the observations of the moon's frequent appulses to the Hyades, during the course of the three next ensuing years On the method of determining the places of the planets, by observing their near appulses to the fixed stars A new method of calculating eclipses, particularly of the earth, and of any appulses of the moon to planets and fixed stars An account of an appulse of the moon to Jupiter, observed at Chelsea **AQUAFORTIS.** A letter containing some microscopic observations upon the crystallized particles of silver dissolved in aqua fortis Sequel to the case of Mr. Butler of Moscow, who was strangely affected by mixing verdigrase and false leaf-gold with aquafortis **AQUATIC ANIMAL.** Account of a strange aquatic animal as viewed in the microscope **AQUATIC INSECT.** A description of a very remarkable aquatic insect, found in a ditch of standing water near Norwich **AQUEDUCT.** An account of an aqueduct designed for carrying the river Eure to Versailles A farther account of the aqueduct near Versailles **ARABIAN FIGURES.** An account of an ancient date in Arabian figures upon the north front of the parish church of Rumney in Hampshire A brief inquiry into the reading of two dates in Arabian figures cut upon stones, which were found in Ireland — Ward A description of an antient date in Arabian figures at Walling, near Aldermanston, Berkshire — Ward See Dart. ARALIASTRUM. Account of a new genus of plants called Araliastrum, of which the famous Nin-Zin, or Gin-feng of the Chinese, is a species — Vaillant ARC. An investigation of a general theorem for finding the length of any arc of any conic hyperbola by means of two elliptic arcs, with some other new and useful theorems deduced therefrom — Landen ARCH. An account of the appearance of several unusual parhelia, or mock suns, together with several circular arches lately seen in the air — Haly Extracts of several letters concerning the appearance of several arches of colours contiguous to the inner edge of the common rainbow at Petworth — Langwith Another letter, with some reflections on the same subject — Pemberton Account of a luminous arch, Feb. 16, 1749 — Cooper ARCHIMEDES. Extract of a letter concerning Mr. de Buffon's re-invention of Archimedes's burning specula — Buffon Observations upon father Kircher's opinion concerning the burning of the fleet of Marcellus by Archimedes — Parsons ARCHIPELAGO. A relation of the raining of ashes in the Archipelago, upon the eruption of mount Vesuvius, some years ago — Robinson Observations in travels from Venice through Istria, Dalmatia, Greece, and the Archipelago, to Smyrna — Verno ARCTURUS. An enquiry into the quantity and direction of the proper motion of Arcturus with some remarks on the diminution of the obliquity of the ecliptic — Hornby ARCUTIO. Extract of a letter concerning the art of to lay children in, to preserve them from being overlaid — St. John AREA. A specimen of a new method of comparing curvilinear areas; by which many such areas may may be compared, as have not yet appeared to be comparable by any other method Landen Theorems concerning the greatest and least areas of polygons inscribing and circumscribing the circle Horley Some new theorems for computing the areas of certain curved lines Landen See Curve. AREOMETER. Description and use of a new areometer Fahrenheit XXXIII 140 VI 326 AREOMETRY. An essay on pyrometry, and areometry, and on physical measures in general De Luc LXVIII 419 ARITHMETICK. An extract of two essays in political arithmetick concerning the comparative magni de of London and Paris Petty XVI 152,237 An arithmetical paradox concerning the chances of lotteries Roberts XVII 677 III 679 An account of a person who can neither read nor write, yet will reckon sums with great exactness Locke XXII 893 V 2 219 A short account of negative-affirmative arithmetick Calson XXIV 161 VI 1 The description and use of an arithmetical machine invented by Gersten XXXIX 79 VIII 16 On the arithmetic of impossible quantities Playfair LXVIII 318 ARM. An account of the cure of two sinuous ulcers possessing the whole arm, with the extraordinary supply of a callus which fully answers the purposes of the Os Humeri lost in time of cure Fowler XXV 2466 V 388 An account of the man whose arm, with the shoulder-bone, was torn off by a mill, Aug. 15, 1737 Belchier XL 313 IX 266 The case of Mary Howell, who had a needle run into her arm and came out at her breast Anon. XLI 767 — 238 An extraordinary case of a fracture of the arm Freke XLVI 397 XI 1103 An account of a cure of a paralytic arm by electricity Hart XLIX 558 An account of a remarkable operation on a broken arm White I 637 An account of the extraction of three inches and ten lines of the bone of the upper arm, which was followed by a regeneration of the bony bony matter; with a description of a machine made use of to keep the upper and lower pieces of the bone at their proper distances, during the time that the regeneration was taking place; and which may also be of service in fractures happening near the head of that bone. Le Car Account of a woman enjoying the use of her right arm after the head of the Os Humeri was cut away. Armadilla. An account of an American armadillo. W. Watson Armenus. Of an Hungarian Bolus of the same effects with the Bolus Armenus. Anon. Aromatic. An account of an insect feeding upon henbane, the horrid smell of which is in that creature so qualified thereby, as to become in some measure aromatical; together with the colour yielded by the eggs of the same. Lister Arsenic. Letter concerning cobalt, and the preparations of smalt and arsenic. Kreig Arteries. An account of some animals that, having lungs, are yet found to be without the arterious vein; together with some other curious particulars. Swammerdam Some probable thoughts of the whiteness of the chyle, and what it is after it is conveyed within the arteries. Lister An account of divers schemes of arteries and veins, dissected from adult human bodies by J. Evelyn. To which are subjoined a description of the extremities of those vessels, and the manner the blood is seen by the microscope to pass from the arteries to the veins in quadrupeds when living: with some chirurgical observations and figures after the life. Cowper Of ossifications or petrefactions in the coats of arteries, particularly in the valves of the great artery. Cowper A letter concerning the ossification of the crural artery. Naish Two newly-discovered arteries in women going to the Ovaria. Ranby Extract of a letter concerning some remarkable experiments made upon the arteries of horses, with ART ASC with the powder of lycoperdon, or lupi-crepitus, by Monsieur La Folte Arteries of Leaves. See Leaves. Arteries. See particular ones in their places. Articulating Cartilages. Account of the structure and diseases of William Hunter Arts. A letter concerning some observations on the mechanic arts of the Indians Asbestus. An account of a sort of paper made of linum asbestinum, found in Wales — A letter concerning some incombustible cloth Another on the above Letter concerning the asbestus, and manner of spinning, and making an incombustible cloth thereof An account of the lapis amianthus, asbestus or linum incombustibile, lately found in Scotland Part of a letter giving an account of the asbestus, or lapis amiantus, found in the Highlands of Scotland An account of a late discovery of asbestos in France Ascension. Some remarks upon the method of observing the differences of right ascension and declination by cross hairs in a telescope Description of a method of measuring differences of right ascension and declination, with Dollond's micrometer, together with other new applications of the same Ascent. Several experiments touching the seeming spontaneous ascent of water Ascites. Remarks taken upon dissecting the body of a maid about 30 years of age, who died of an ascites — Cured by tapping — An improvement on the practice of tapping, whereby that operation, instead of a relief for symptoms, becomes an absolute cure for an ascites, exemplified in the case of Jane Roman A method of conveying liquors into the abdomen during the operation of tapping Trans. Abrig. XLIX 37 XLII 514 IX 267 XXVIII 225 V 2 182 XIV 823 II 529 XV 1049 II 549,550 XXII 911 IV 2 282 XXVII 434 - 285 LI 837 XXXI 113 VI 165 LXI 536 XXVI 258 - 2 181 — 265 XVIII 15 III 140 XLII 628 IX 151 XLIII 12 XI 1030 — 20 — 1034 Fur. Further accounts of the success of injecting medicated liquors into the abdomen in the case of an ascites — Warren Ashes. A relation of the raining of ashes in the Archipelago, upon the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, some years ago — Robinson A letter concerning tobacco-ashes — Leuvenhoek Ash Trees. An account of insects in the barks of decaying elms and ashes — Dudley Ashford. Vide Monument. Asia. Observations concerning some of the most considerable parts of Asia from Tavernier's voyages — Oldenburg More observations of M. Tavernier's voyages — Oldenburg Extract of a letter concerning the discoveries of the Russians on the north-east coast of Asia — Euler A letter concerning the distances between Asia and America — Debbis A short account of some new astronomical and physical observations made in Asia — Porter Asperiae Arteriae. An account of some particular advantages in the structure of the asperiae arteriae, or wind-pipes of several birds, and in the land tortoise — Fordyce Assaying. A new method of assaying copper ore — Fordyce Asterisms. See Sphere. Asthma. Observations on shortness of breath — Leuvenhoek Observations concerning shortness of breath — Leuvenhoek An account of what appeared on opening the body of St. Johns, Esq. who died of an asthma July 2, 1705, aged 72 years — Cowper A letter giving an account of a polypus, resembling a branch of the pulmonary vein coughed up by an asthmatic person — Nicholls An account of what appeared on opening the body of an asthmatic person — W. Watson Astronomy. An account of such of the more notable celestial phenomena of the year 1670 as will be conspicuous in the English horizon — Flamsteed | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Emendations and notes upon the ancient astronomical tables of Albatenius, with the restoration of his luni-solar tables | XVII | III | | An advertisement to astronomers, of the advantages that may accrue from the observation of the moon's frequent appulses to the Hyades, during the three next ensuing years | XXX | IV | | Of great and small things which occur in the motion of the heavenly bodies | - | 952 | | Some allowances to be made in astronomical observations for the refraction of the air, with an accurate table of refractions | XXXI | VI | | A letter concerning the Chinese chronology and astronomy | XLIV | XI | | Remarks upon the solar and lunar years, the cycle of 19 years, commonly called the Golden Number, the Epaet, and a method of finding the time of Easter, as it is now observed in most parts of Europe | XLVI | X | | Essay on the precession of the equinoxes and the nutation of the earth's axis | XLIX | | | A theory of the irregularities that may be occasioned in the annual motion of the earth by the actions of Jupiter and Saturn | - | 737 | | Introduction to two papers of Mr. John Smeaton | LVIII | | | A discourse concerning the menstrual parallax, arising from the mutual gravitation of the earth and moon: its influence on the observation of the sun and planets; with a method of observing it | - | 156 | | Description of a new method of observing the heavenly bodies out of the meridian | - | 170 | | Geometrical solutions of three celebrated astronomical problems | LXII | | | A proposal for measuring the attraction of some hills in this kingdom by astronomical observations | LXV | | | Astronomical Observations. An account of some observations made in Spain by the Earl of Sandwich | I | 562 | | Astronomical observations partly already made, partly to be made | I | 390 | | The use of telescopic sights in astronomical observations | VII | 5034 | | An astronomical dissertation on the visible con- | IX | 27 | junction | Junction of the inferior planets with the sun | Trans. | Abridg. | |---------------------------------------------|--------|--------| | Astronomical observations at China Jesuits | XVII 511 | I 427 | | Letter relating to some astronomical observations at China Cassini | XX 53 | — 371 — 427,569 | | Observations at Greenwich in 1711, 1712 Flamsteed | — | XXVIII 65 IV 281 | | British astronomical observations made at Greenwich in 1713 Flamsteed | — | XXIX 285 — 291 | | Some late curious astronomical observations made at Wansted Pound | — | — 401 — 303 | | Accurate astronomical observations made in the last and the current year Anon. | XXX 847 | — | | Astronomical observations communicated to the Royal Society Anon. | — | — 1109 — 336 | | Astronomical observations made at Southwick, Northamptonshire, with a 13 foot telescope, by apparent time Lynn | XXXIV 66 | VI 223, 240 | | Astronomical observations at Lisbon in 1725 and 1726 Carbone | — | — 90 VI 240 | | Astronomical observations made at Toulon Laval | — | — 100 — 241 | | Astronomical observations made at Vera Cruz by Mr. Harris; revised and communicated by Halley | XXXV 388 | VII 4 102 | | Astronomical observations made at Lisbon in 1726 Carbone | — | — 408 VI 241 | | Astronomical observations made at Lisbon Carbone | — | — 471 — 177 | | Astronomical observations made at Bologna Manfredi | — | — 534 — 244 | | Astronomical observations made at Pekin, 1724 Kogler | — | — 553 239, 251 VIII 4 101 VI 176, 242, 251, 252 | | Astronomical observations made at Ingolstadt, 1726 Jesuits | — | — 556 210, 218, 245 | | Astronomical observations made at Pekin from Nov. 1727 to Nov. 1728 Missionaries | XXXVI 366 | — 218, 245 | | Astronomical observations made at Pekin in 1728 and 1729 Missionaries | — | — 455 222, 246 | | Astronomical, physical, and meteorological observations in 1733 at Witemberg Weidler | XXXIX 238 | VIII 178 | | Astronomical observations made at Pekin by the Jesuits, from Nov. 1740 to Oct. 1741 Hodgson | XLII 306 | — 183, 186, 208 | | Astronomical observations made at Paraguay, in South America, from 1706 to 1730 De Castro Sarmento | XLV 667 | X 118 | — Astro- Astronomical observations made at Paraguay Suarez XLVI 8 X 123 Astronomical observations made at Pekin in China, 1747 and 1748 Hallerstein — 305 — 124 Astronomical observations at Pekin in 1746 and 1747 Jesuits XLVII 319 Extracts from the astronomical observations made at Pekin in 1744 and 1747, by the jesuits Bevis — 376 Astronomical observations in London Bevis and Short XLVIII 301 An account of some astronomical observations made at Lisbon, 1753 Chevalier — 548 A letter on the advantage of taking the mean of a number of observations in practical astronomy Simpson XLIX 82 A short account of new astronomical and physical observations made in Asia Porter — 251 Remarks on a passage of the editor of the Connoissance des Mouvements Célestes pour l'Année 1762 Roper LII 366 Astronomical observations at Swelzingen Mayer LIV 165 Astronomical observations made at the Island of St. Helena Maskelyne — 348 Astronomical observations made at the Island of Barbadoes; at Willoughby Fort, and at the Observatory on Constitution Hill, both adjoining to Bridge Town Maskelyne — 389 Astronomical observations made at Vienna Bevis LV 130 Astronomical observations made in several parts of the kingdom of Naples and Sicily Zannoni LVIII 196 Astronomical observations made in the forks of the river Brandiwine in Pennsylvania, for determining the going of a clock sent thither by the Royal Society, in order to find the difference of gravity between the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, and the place where the clock was set up in Pennsylvania Mason and Dixon — 329 Astronomical observations made at Swetzingen, 1767 and 1768 Mayer — 345 Astronomical observations made by Samuel Holland, Esq. and others, in North America LIX 247 Astronomical observations made at the North Cape for the Royal Society Bayley — 262 Astronomical observations made by order of the Royal Society, at Prince of Wales's Fort, on the north-west coast of Hudson's Bay Astronomical observations made at Cavan, near Strabane, in the county of Donegal, Ireland, by appointment of the Royal Society, 1769 Astronomical observations in America Astronomical observations at King George's Island, in the South Seas Several astronomical observations made at Portsmouth Astronomical observations made at Chislehurst in Kent, 1772 Astronomical observations by the missionaries at Pekin Astronomical observations for ascertaining the longitude of several places in the North district of North America Astronomical observations made at Chislehurst, in Kent, 1773 Astronomical observations made at Leicester for determining the latitude of the place Astronomical observations made in the Austrian Netherlands in 1772 and 1773 Astronomical observations made in the Austrian Netherlands in the years 1773, 1774, and 1775 Extracts of three letters containing some astronomical observations; together with the longitude of Cork deduced from the said observations Astronomical observations relating to the Mountains of the Moon ATMOSPHERE. A new experiment concerning an effect of the varying weight of the atmosphere upon some bodies in the water The barometrical method of measuring the heights of mountains, with two new tables shewing the height of the atmosphere at given altitudes of Mercury An astronomical dissertation on the lunar atmosphere Some observations of the planet Venus, on the disk of the sun, June 6, 1761; with a preceding account of the method taken for verifying the time of that phenomenon; and certain reasons for believing there is an atmosphere about Venus Dunn Certain reasons for a lunar atmosphere Dunn Theorems concerning the electrical atmosphere Baccaria A letter inclosing an account of some observations on atmospherical electricity; in regard to fog, mists, &c. with some remarks Ronayne Extraordinary electricity of the atmosphere observed at Islington in October 1775 Cavalli Observations on the annual evaporation at Liverpool, in Lancashire, and on evaporation considered as a test of the moisture or dryness of the atmosphere Dobson Observations made in Savoy in order to ascertain the height of mountains by means of the barometer; being an examination of Mr. de Luc's rules, delivered in his "Recherches sur les Modifications de l'Atmosphere" Shuckburgh See Air. Attraction. A letter in which the laws of attraction, and other principles of physic, are shewn Keill A vindication of Dr. Freind's chemical lectures, wherein the objections (in Actis Lipiensibus, Sept. 1710) brought against the attractive force of matter are removed Freind An account of an experiment in order to discover the law of the magnetical attraction Taylor and Hawkbee Experiments and observations upon the light that is produced by communicating electrical attraction to animal or inanimate bodies, together with some of its most surprising effects Gray Investigations to prove that the figure of the earth nearly approaches to an ellipsis, according to the laws of attraction, in an inverse ratio of the square of the distances Clairault A resolution of a general proposition for determining the horary alteration of the position of the terrestrial equator from the attraction of the sun and moon, with some remarks on the solutions given by other authors to that difficult and important problem Simpson Of the irregularities in the planetary motions, caused by the mutual attraction of the planets A proposal for measuring the attraction of some hills in this kingdom by astronomical observations An account of observations made on the mountain Schehallien for finding its attraction On the precession of the equinoxes produced by the sun's attraction Calculations to determine at what point in the side of a hill its attraction will be the greatest Attrition. Several experiments on the attrition of bodies in vacuo An account of an experiment touching the extraordinary electricity of glass produceable on a smart attrition of it; with a continuation of experiments on the same subject, and other phenomena Several experiments shewing the strange effects of the effluvia of glass, produceable on the motion and attrition of it An account of some experiments touching the electricity and light produceable in the attrition of several bodies An account of an experiment shewing, that an object may become visible through such an opake body as pitch in the dark, while it is under the circumstances of attrition and a vacuum Aurora Australis. An account of an Aurora Australis observed at Rome Jan. 27, 1740. An observation of the lights seen in the air, an Aurora Australis, March 18, 1738-9, at London Another account of Another observation of, at Peterborough Seen at Chelsea January 23, 1749-50 Aurora Borealis. An account of two late northern Aurora's, observed at Sutton, and Hone in Kent, on Feb. 5, 1716-7, and March 30, 1716 An account of that seen 30th of March at London An account of a very extraordinary Aurora Borealis seen at London Nov. 10, 1719, both morning and evening - Halley XXX 1099 IV 2 163 Another account of the above seen at Cruwys Morechard in Devonshire - Maunder - 1101 - 164 Seen at Dublin - Hearne - 1104 - 165 Another seen Dec. 11, at Streatham, Surrey - Hearne - 1107 - 167 An account of an Aurora Borealis, Feb. 6, 1720-1, observed at Dublin - J. W XXXI 180 VI - 86 Another seen the same day at Cruwys Morehard, in Devonshire; with an account of the weather both before and after it - Cruwys - 186 - 89 Observations on Aurora Boreales made for four years, at Lynn in Norfolk - Anon. XXXII 300 - 92 Observations on a northern light, seen Sept. 20, 1717, near Upsal - Burman XXXIII 175 - 84 An account of an Aurora Borealis seen Sept. 1725, in Ireland - Dobb XXXIV 128 - 93 Petworth, Sussex, Oct. 8, 1726 - Langwith - 132 - 95 Plymouth, Oct. 8, 1726 - Huxham - 137 - 97 Exon, Oct. 8, 1726 - Hallet - 143 - 100 Hadley - 146 - 102 Geneva, Oct. 8, 1726 - Calandrini - 150 - 104 Observations on the Lumen Boreale, or streaming, on Oct. 8, 1726 - Derham Southwick, in Northamptonshire, Oct. 8, 1726 - Lyon - 245 - 105 A register of observations of the northern lights for four years - Rastick - 255 - 113 An account of the Lumen Boreale, as seen at several times, Jan. 4, 1726-7 - Langwith XXXV 301 - 111 Another description of an Aurora Borealis, Jan. 4, 1726-7 - Anon. - 304 - 112 Extract of several letters, &c. from different parts of Europe relating to the Aurora Borealis seen Oct. 19, 1726, N. S. - 453 - 292 A letter containing a description of some uncommon appearances observed in an Aurora Borealis - Derham XXXVI 137 - 2 113 An account of an Aurora Borealis, attended with unusual appearances - Cramer - 279 - 114 An account of an Aurora Borealis seen in New England Oct. 22, 1730 - Greenwood XXXVII 55 - 115 | At Annapolis, in Maryland, Oct. 22, 1730 | XXXVII 69 | VI 2 122 | | --- | --- | --- | | A description of the Aurora Borealis seen at Wirtemberg 1732 | XXXVIII 291 | VIII 574 | | Observations on an Aurora Borealis at London, Sept. 13, 1735, and Oct. 4 | XXXIX 241 | — 548 | | Observations on several Auroræ Boreales | — 266 | — 550 | | Observations of one Dec. 11, 1735 | XL 52 | — 508,551 | | Letter from Edinburgh giving an account of an Aurora Borealis | XLI 368 | — 552 | | A collection of the observations of the remarkable red lights seen in the air Dec. 5, 1737, at Naples | Prince of Cäsino | — 583 | — 527 | | Padua | Marq. Poleni | — 587 | — 529 | | Bononia | Zanotti | — 593 | — 532 | | Rome | Revillas | — 601 | — 536 | | Edinburgh | Short | — 605 | — 538 | | Sussex | Fuller | — 606 | — 539 | | Observed at Chelsea Feb. 16, 1749-50 | Martyn | XLVI 345 | X 484 | | Observed at Tooting Jan. 23, 1750-1 | Miles | — 346 | — | | Observations on the northern lights seen Feb. 15 and 16, 1749-50 | Huxham | — 472 | — 485 | | Abstracts of several observations of Auroræ Boreales lately seen | Baker | — 499 | — | | An account of an Aurora Borealis observed at the Hague Feb. 27, 1750 | Gabrias | XLVII 39 | — | | An attempt to account for the regular diurnal variation of the horizontal magnetic needle, and also for its irregular variation at the time of an Aurora Borealis | Canton | LI 398 | — | | Extract of a letter relating to a remarkable Aurora Borealis at Philadelphia, and at London, Nov. 12, 1757 | Bartram | LII 474 | — | | Observations on an Aurora Borealis in Sweden | Bergman | — 479 | — | | An account of a remarkable Aurora Borealis observed at Paris Aug. 6, 1768 | M. Messier | LIX 86 | — | | An account of two Auroræ Boreales observed at Oxford Feb. 26, 1769, and Sept. 9, 1769 | Swinton | — 367 | — | | Observations of two Auroræ Boreales seen Aug. 6, and Dec. 5, 1768 | M. Messier | — 454 | — | | Remarks on the Aurora Borealis in Sept. 1769 | Winn | LXIV 128 | — | See *Lights in the Air*, Meteor. AURUM MOSAICUM. Experiments to shew the nature of Aurum Mosaicum - Woulfe AVERDUPOISE. An account of a comparison lately made by some gentlemen of the Royal Society of the standard of a yard, and the several weights lately made for their use, with the original standards of measures and weights in the Exchequer, and some others kept for public use, at Guildhall, Founders-hall, the Tower, &c. - Graham A state of the English weights and measures of capacity, as they appear from the laws, as well antient as modern, with some considerations thereon; being an attempt to prove that the present averdupoise weight is the legal and antient standard for the weights and measures of this kingdom - Reynardson Short and easy methods for finding the number of troy pounds, contained in any given number of averdupoise pounds, and vice versa - Ferguson AVERNI. En extract of an essay entitled, 'On the uses of a knowledge of mineral exhalations when applied to discover the principles and properties of mineral waters, the nature of burning fountains, and of those poisonous lakes which the antients called Averni' - Brownrigg AUSTRIA. Directions and enquiries, with their answers, concerning the mines, minerals, baths, &c. of Austria - Oldenburg and Brown AUTHORS. Letter on judging of the age of learned authors by the style - Wanley AXIS. Of a permanent spot in Jupiter: by which is manifested the conversion of Jupiter about his own axis - Hooke, Cassini, and Oldenburg Description and uses of an instrument for finding the distances of Jupiter's satellites from his axis, with the help of the table of parallaxes and catalogue of eclipses, printed in the preceding transactions - Flamsteed The dimensions of the solid generated by the conversion of Hippocrates Lunula, and its parts about several axes, with the surfaces generated by that conversion - Demoivre An examination of a new-invented axis in Pe- ritrochio, said to be void of friction; with an experiment to confirm the reasoning made upon an axis in Peritrochio, first used in M. Perrault's manner, then in the common way Desaguliers XXXVI 222 VI 317 — 228 — 320 A farther examination of the above Desaguliers An enquiry concerning the figure of such planets as revolve about an axis, supposing the density continually to vary from the center to the surface Clairault XL 277 VII 90 Two letters concerning the rotatory motion of glass tubes about their axes, when placed in a certain manner before the fire Wheeler XLIII 341 X 551 Essay on the precession of the equinoxes and the nutation of the earth's axis Walmeley XLIX 704 A theory of the irregularities that may be occasioned in the annual motion of the earth, by the actions of Jupiter and Saturn Walmeley AZIMUTH. The use of a new azimuth compass for finding the variation of the compass, or magnetic needle, at sea, with greater ease and exactness than by any yet calculated for that purpose Middleton XL 395 VIII 374 AZIMUTH COMPASS. See Compass. B. BACK. A case of an extraordinary exostosis on the back of a boy Freke XLI 369 IX 253 BACK-BONE. An account of a stone fastened to the back-bone of a horse Giornale de Letterati VII 4094 II 164 BAGFORD. An essay on the invention of printing by John Bagford; with an account of his collections for the same Wanley XXV 2397 V 2 18 BAHAMA. Account of a poisonous fish in one of the Bahama islands Locke X 312 II 842 BALANCES. An invention for estimating the weight of water in water, by ordinary balances and weights Boyle IV 1001 I 520 A proposition on the balance, not taken notice of by mechanical writers, explained and confirmed by an experiment Desaguliers XXXVI 128 An account of an experiment explaining a mechanical paradox, viz. that two bodies of equal weight, suspended on a certain sort of balance, do not lose their equilibrium, by being re- moved one farther from, the other nearer to the center A letter shewing, that the electricity of glass disturbs the mariner's compass, and also nice balances An account of a balance of a new construction, supposed to be of use in the woolen manufacture BALCARRAS. Observables in the body of the earl of Balcarra BALL. Account of a ball extracted from a person who had suffered by it 30 years, in which was a plumb-stone An extract of a letter concerning a ball voided by stool Account of a large ball voided by stool An account of balls of hair taken from the uterus and ovaria of several women An account of balls made at Liege Account of vegetable balls which grow in a lake near the Humber in Yorkshire; with remarks by W. Watson BALSAM. An observation and experiment concerning a mineral balsam found in a mine in Italy BARBADOES. Extract of a letter containing some observations made at Barbadoes BARBARY. An account of the Moorish way of dressing their meat (with some remarks) in West Barbary, from Cape Spartel to Cape de Geer BARK (MEDICINE). A letter concerning the Jesuits bark Microscopical observations on the Cortex Peruvianus An abstract of a book entitled, A short account of mortifications, and of the surprising effect of the bark, in putting a stop to its progress Of the use of the Peruvian bark to a gangrene An account of the Peruvian, or Jesuits bark, by Mr. John Gray; extracted from some papers given him by William Arrot, who had gathered it in Peru Extract of a letter concerning the bark preventing catching cold BAR — A letter concerning the use of the Peruvian bark in the small-pox — Wilms — Of the use of the bark in the small-pox Bayl — Case of the efficacy of bark in a mortification — Grindall — Case of the efficacy of the bark in the delirium of a fever — Muncley — An account of the success of the bark of the willow in the cure of agues — Stone — Experiments on the Peruvian bark — Lee — Experiments on the Peruvian bark — Percival — Description of the Jesuits bark-tree of Jamaica and the Caribbees — Wright BARK OF TREES. Observations concerning the uniting of barks of trees cut, to the tree itself — Merrett — A letter concerning the barks of trees — Leewenhoek — An account of insects in the barks of decaying elms and ashes — Dudley — Description and use of the cabbage-bark tree of Jamaica — Wright BARNACLES. A relation concerning barnacles — Morey — Some observations on the Scotch barnacle — Robinson — An account of several rare species of barnacles — Romilly BAROMETER (Construction of the). A new contrivance of a wheel-barometer much more easy to be prepared, than that which is described in the micrography — Hook — An account of a new kind of baroscope, which may be called statical; and of some advantages and conveniences it hath above the mercurial — Boyie — Observations on several passages in the two last months Transactions relating to baroscopes — Anon. — A description of an invention, whereby the divisions of the barometer may be enlarged in any given proportions — Hook — An account of some experiments about the height of the Mercury in the barometer at the top and bottom of the monument; and also about portable barometers — Derham — A letter about a contrivance to measure the height of the Mercury in the barometer, by a circle on one of the weather-plates, with BAR a register of the weather, &c. for 1697 Derham XX 45 II 12 A way of measuring the height of Mercury in the barometer more exactly Gray — 176 — An account of Dr. R. Hook's invention of the marine barometer, with its description and uses Halley XXII 791 IV 2 4 Part of a letter giving an account of a new ba- roscope invented by Cafwell XXIV 1597 — 2 6 A proposal for measuring heights of places, by help of the barometer of Mr. Patrick, in which the scale is greatly enlarged Halley XXXI 116 VI 2 28 A description of a new barometer Fahrenheit XXXIII 179 — A description of a barometer, wherein the scale of variation may be increased at pleasure Rowning XXXVIII 39 VIII 445 The imperfections of the common barometers, and the improvement made in them by Charles Orme, of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, with some ob- servations, remarks and rules for their use Beighton XL 248 — 455 A description of a new thermometer and baro- meter Fitzgerald LII 146 An account of a new improvement of the por- table barometer Spry LV 83 An account of some improvements made in a new wheel-barometer, invented by Fitzgerald LX 74 BAROMETER (General observations on the). Observa- tions continued upon the barometer, or ra- ther balance of the air Boyle I 163 II 4 Observations of the sealed weather-glass, and the barometer, both upon the phenomenon, and in general Wallis — 166 — 6 Some observations and directions about the ba- rometer Boyle — 181 — 5, 8 Some observations concerning the baroscope and thermoscope Wallis and Beale IV 1113 — 5 An attempt to render the cause of that odd phæ- nomenon of the quicksilver's remaining sus- pended far above the usual height in the Torri- cellian experiment Hugens VII 5027 — 23 Concerning the suspension of quicksilver well purged of air, much higher than the ordinary standard of the Torricellian experiment Wallis — 5160 — 24 A discourse concerning the rising and falling of the quicksilver in the barometer; and what G 2 may may be gathered from its great rise in frosty weather, as to a healthy or sickly season. Letter concerning the Torricellian experiment, tried on the top of Snowdon Hill, and the success of it. An experiment to shew the cause of the descent of the Mercury in the barometer in a storm. Remarks on the second paper in the history of the Royal Academy of Sciences for 1711, concerning the cause of the variation of the barometer; to shew that the way of accounting for it in that paper is insufficient, and that the experiment made use of to prove what is there asserted, does no way prove it. Observation of an extraordinary height of the barometer, Dec. 21, 1721. The middle height of the barometer for a year. An experiment made in a silver mine at Sala about the ascent of Mercury in the barometer. Observations of the difference of the heights of barometers. (Lat.) Letters concerning the cause of the ascent of vapour and exhalation, and those of winds; and of the general phenomena of the weather and barometer. Barometer (Observations on it at different places). Observations on the barometer at Jamaica. Part of a letter accompanying his observations of the height of the Mercury in the barometer, rains, winds, &c. for the year 1698, at Upminster, in Essex. Some observations of the Mercury's altitude, with the changes of the weather at Emay in China. A prospect of the weather, winds, and height of the Mercury in the barometer on the first day of the month, and of the whole rain in every month in 1703 and beginning of 1704, at Townley in Lancashire, by R. Townley, and at Upminster by W. Derham. Tables of the barometrical altitudes at Zurich in Switzerland, in the year 1708, by Scheuchzer; and at Upminster, in England, by Derham; and also the rain at Pisa, in Italy, in BAR 1707 and 1708, by Tilli; and at Zurich in 1708; and at Upminster in that time; with remarks on the same tables; as also on the winds, heats and colds, and divers other matters occurring in those three different parts of Europe. Derham Experiments for discovering the various elasticity of the air, in different parts of Switzerland. Scheuchzerus A meteorological, barometrical, thermometrical epidemical diary kept at Utrecht, 1729, 1730, and 1731. Van Munchenbrock On the correspondence of the barometer with the air and weather. Holman An account of the barometer, and the state of the weather at Dublin, from Mar. 7, 1752, to Feb. 28, 1753. Simon Observations on the barometer, thermometer, and rain in 1767, at Plymouth. Farr Extract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon in Rutland, 1772. Barker Extract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon in Rutland, 1773. Barker Meteorological journal for 1774 at Bristol. Anon. Extract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon in Rutland, 1774. Barker Extract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon in Rutland, 1775. Barker Extract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon in Rutland, 1776. Barker An abstract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon in Rutland, 1777. Barker Abstract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon in Rutland, 1778. Barker Register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon in Rutland, 1779. Barker Barometer (Applied to the measurement of heights). Observations concerning the height of the barometer, at different elevations above the surface of the earth. Nettleton XXXIII 308|VI 2 44 M. de Luc's rule for measuring heights by the barometer, reduced to the English measure of length, and adapted to Fahrenheit's thermometer, and other scales of heat, and reduced to a more convenient expression M. de Luc's rules for measurement of heights by the barometer, compared with theory, and reduced to English measures of length, and adapted to Fahrenheit's scale of the thermometer; with tables and precepts for expediting the practical application of them Observations on the depth of the mines in the Hartz Observations made in Savoy, in order to ascertain the height of mountains by means of the barometer being an examination of Mr. De Luc's rules, delivered in his "Recherches sur les Modifications de l'Atmosphere" Experiments and observations made in Britain in order to obtain a rule for measuring heights with the barometer Comparison between Sir George Shuckburgh and colonel Roy's rules, for the measurement of heights with the barometer A second paper concerning some barometrical measures in the mines of the Hartz Barrenness. An abstract of a letter giving an instance of the bath curing the palsy and barrenness Barrows. An attempt to examine the barrows in Cornwall Basalt Hills. A letter containing a short account of some Basalt Hills in Hesse An account of two giants causeways, or groups of prismatic basaltine columns, and other curious volcanic concretions, in the Venetian state in Italy, with some remarks on the characters of these and other similar bodies, and of the physical geography of the countries in which they are found Bath. An accurate account of a tessellated pavement bath, and other Roman antiquities, lately discovered at East Bourne, in Sussex See Antiquities, Inscriptions. Baths (Aponensian). An account of the Aponensian baths near Padua BATHS (Of Bath). Observations concerning the Bath springs — Glanville An abstract of a letter giving an instance of the bath in curing the palsy and barrenness — Peirce Some observations on the heat of the waters at Bath — Howard Other observations on Bath waters — Canton (Of Carlsbad). Part of a letter concerning the baths at Carlsbad — Mounsey (Of Germany, &c.). Directions and enquiries, with their answers, concerning the mines, minerals, baths, &c. of Hungary, Transylvania, Austria, and other countries neighbouring to those — Oldenburgh and Brown (Of Jamaica). Observations of a hot-bath in the island of Jamaica — Beeston (Of Vinadio). An account of the hot-baths of Vinadio, in the province of Coni, in Piedmont — Bruni BAY TREE. The figure and characters of that elegant American evergreen, called by the gardeners Loblolly Bay, taken from blossoms blown near London — Ellis BAYLES (John). An account of the death and dissection of John Bayles, of Northampton, reputed to have been 130 years old — Keil BEANS. An account of four sorts of strange beans frequently cast on shore on the Orkney Islands, with some conjectures about the way of their being brought thither from Jamaica, where three sorts of them grow — Sloane BEASTS. A dissertation on the bones and teeth of elephants, and other beasts found in America, and other northern regions, by which it appears they are the bones of indigenous beasts — Raspe BEATIFICATION. Letter declaring that Dr. Watson, as well as many others, have not been able to make odours pass through glass by means of electricity; and giving a particular account of professor Bon's experiment or beatification, or causing a glory to appear round a man's head by electricity — W. Watson BEAUCASTLE. See Inscription. Trans. | Abridg. ---|--- IV 977 | II 336 XV 944 | — 339 LVII 201 | — 203 XLVI 217 | X 569 V 1189 | III 631 — 1044 | II 339 III 605 XIX 225 | II 344 LI 839 LX 518 XXV 2247 | V 351 XIX 298 | III 540 LIX 126 XLVI 348 | X 410 Beaver. The anatomy of a female beaver, and an account of castor found in her Mortimer XXXVIII 72 IX 78 Beech Tree. Account of letters found in the middle of a beech tree Klein XLI 231 VIII 845 Bees. Some communications about an early swarm of bees Rea VI 2128 — Some considerations on an apiary, or discipline of bees Beat — 2144 — An account of the hatching of a kind of bee lodged in old willows Willughby — 2221 II 174 — A description of a bee-house, useful for preventing the swarming of bees, used in Scotland Anon. VIII 6097 — Account of bees breeding in cases made of leaves Lister XIV 592 — An account of a strange sort of bees in the West Indies M. I. XV 1030 — 775 — Extract of a letter concerning the proboscis of bees Garden — 1148 — Letter concerning the late Swammerdam's treatise De Apibus Holton XXI 365 — An account of a method lately found out in New England, for discovering where the bees hive in the woods, in order to get their honey Dudley XXXI 148 VII 403 — Of the bases of the cells wherein the bees deposit their honey MacLaurin XLII 565 IX 2 — Letter concerning bees, and their method of gathering wax and honey Dobbs XLVI 536 XI 841 — An account of a specimen of the labour of a kind of bees, which lay up their young in cases of leaves, which they bury in rotten wood Styles LI 844 — Discoveries on the sex of bees, explaining the manner in which their species is propagated; with an account of the utility that may be derived from those discoveries by the actual application of them to practice Debray LXVI 15 — A letter on Mr. Debray's improvements in the culture of bees Pelhill LXVII 107 Beetle. Curious experiments and observations on a beetle that lived three years without food Baker XLI 441 IX 8 — An account of a C-pricorn beetle found alive in a cavity, within a sound piece of wood Mortimer — 861 — 11 | BEL | BEN | |-----|-----| | **Belemnites.** A dissertation on those fossil-figured stones called belemnites | Mendez da Costa | | XLIV 397 | X 628 | | —— A letter containing considerations on two extraordinary belemnites | David Erskin Baker | | XLV 598 | — 639 | | —— A dissertation on the belemnites | Brander | | XLVIII 803 | | | —— An attempt to account for the origin and formation of the extraneous fossil commonly called the belemnite | Plati | | LIV 38 | | | **Bell.** The art of living under water; or, a discourse concerning the means of furnishing air at the bottom of the sea, in any ordinary depth | Halle | | XXIX 492 | IV 2 188 | | —— A letter concerning an improvement of the diving-bell | Trieuvald | | XXXIX 377 | VIII 634 | | **Bella Donna.** A brief botanical and medical history of the solanum lethale, bella-donna, or deadly nightshade | W. Watson | | L 62 | | | **Bellows.** An experiment of preserving animals alive by blowing through their lungs with bellows | Hook | | II 539 | III 66 | | —— Letter concerning an improvement of the Hessian bellows | Papin | | XXIV 1990 | IV 447 | | —— A calculation of the velocity of the air moved by a new-invented centrifugal bellows of 7 feet in diameter, and 1 foot thick within, which a man can keep in motion with very little labour, at the rate of two revolutions in one second | Desaguliers | | XXXIX 44 | VIII 271 | | —— The uses of the foregoing machine | — 47 | — 23 | | —— A description of a new invention of bellows called water-bellows | Trieuvald | | XL 231 | — 272 | | **Belluga Stone.** Some observations on the Belluga stone | Collinson | | XLIV 451 | XI 266 | | **Belly.** Relation of a child that remained 26 years in the mother's belly | Bayl | | XII 979 | III 127 | | —— An account of a fetus lying without the uterus in the belly | Savard | | XIX 314 | — 214 | | —— The history of a tumor in the lower part of the belly | Giles | | —— A case concerning a child born with the bowels hanging out of its belly | Amyand | | XXXVII 258 | VII 516 | | **Belt.** See Jupiter and Saturn. | | | **Bengal.** An account of the heat of the climate at Bengal | Martin | | LVII 217 | | | —— Two letters of a voyage to Bengal, with observations made there | Rose | | LX 444 | | BERMUDAS. Inquiries for Virginia and the Bermudas Royal Society — An account of the course of the tides at Bermuda; of wells, both salt and sweet, dug near the sea; and of the whale-fishing there practised anew, and of such whales as have the spermaceti in them — Norwood — 565 — Letter concerning the tides at the Bermudas; as also whales, spermaceti, strange spider's webbs, and the longevity of the inhabitants — Stafford III 792 BERNOULLI. A solution of two mathematical problems proposed by John Bernoulli Anon. — A solution of the problem proposed in the French Diary by J. Bernoulli — Craig XXIV 1527 — Apology against J. Bernoulli's objections Taylor XXX 955 BERRIES. An account of a new die from the berries of a weed in South Carolina Linda LIII 238 BEZOAR. A letter concerning the Pietra de Mombazza, or the rhinoceros Bezoar Sloane XLVI 118 BIANCHINI. The phenomena of Venus represented in an orrery made by Mr. James Ferguson, agreeable to the observations of Signior Bianchini — XLIV 127 BILE. Anatomical observations of an abscess in the liver; a great number of stones in the gall-bag and bilious vessels; an unusual conformation of the emulgents and pelvis; a strange conjunction of both kidneys, and a great dilatation of the Vena Cava Tyton XII 1035 — Extract of a letter concerning an experiment made with the bile of persons dead of the plague Deider XXXII 105 — An essay upon the use of the bile in the animal economy, founded on an observation of a wound in the gall-bladder Stuart XXXVI 341 — 572 — Explanation of an essay on the use of the bile in the animal economy. — Stuart XXXVIII 5 IX 195 — Of an obstruction of the biliary ducts, and an impotumation of the gall-bladder, discharging upwards of 18 quarts of bilious matter in 25 days, without any apparent defect in the animal functions Amyand XL 317 VIII 503 — Observations on the case of Mr. Le Grange Stuart — 325 IX 146 BILLS OF MORTALITY. See Annuity, Mortality, and Population. Transf. Abridg. II 420 III 631 II 268, 298, 844 — 268, 845 III 561 IX 384 I 33, 463 IV 35 V 244 XI 910 X 95 III. 81 VII 600 IX 195 VIII 503 IX 146 BIQUADRATIC. Cubic and biquadratic equations constructed by one single parabola and a circle Halley Universal solution of quadratic and biquadratic equations, viz. analytical, geometrical, and mechanical Colson BIRCH. Ways of ordering birch-water Tonge BIRDS. A way of preserving birds taken out of the egg, and other small fetus's Boyle Observations on several passages in the two last months Transactions relating to the history of birds Anon. Letter to Mr. Ray, concerning some particulars that might be added to the ornithology Liftar Anatomical observations made on the heads of fowl at several times Moulen Observations on the birds of the Philippine islands Camelli Part of a letter concerning the migration of birds Derham A letter containing several observations in the natural history of birds, made in travels through Wales Lhwyd An account of birds of passage Catesby Divers means for preserving from corruption dead birds, intended to be sent to remote countries, so that they may arrive there in good condition. Some of the same means may be employed for preserving quadrupeds, reptiles, fishes, and insects Reaumur An account of a bird supposed to have been bred between a turkey and a pheasant Edwards An account of the different species of the birds called pinguins Pennant An account of the lymphatic system in birds Hewson Method of preparing birds for preservation Davies Four letters on the preservation of dead birds Kuckahn A description of a bird from the East Indies Edwards A letter containing a technical description of an uncommon bird from Malacca Badenach Trans. Abridg. XVI 335 IV 66 XXV 2353 V 2070 II 684 I 199 III 650 X 533 XV 1159 II 849,853 XVII 711 — 860 XXIII 1394 V 183 XXVI 123 — 33 XXVII 462 — 34 — 466 — 34 — 467 — 34 XLIV 435 V 2 118 XI 886 XLV 309 — 891 LI 833 LVIII 91 — 217 LX 184 — 302 LXI 55 LXII 1 — An An essay on the periodical appearing and disappearing of certain birds, at different times of the year — Barrington An account of birds sent from Hudson's Bay; with observations relative to their natural history; and Latin descriptions of some of the most uncommon — Forster Experiments and observations on the singing of birds — Barrington An account of certain receptacles of air in birds, which communicate with the lungs, and are lodged both among the fleshy parts and in the hollow bones of those animals — John Hunter See particular birds in their places. BIRTH. An account of an extraordinary birth in Staffordshire — Birch Some observations on the motion of diseases, and on the births and deaths of men and other animals, in different times of the year — Paschall An argument for Divine Providence; taken from the constant regularity observed in the births of both sexes — Arbuthnot An account of an extraordinary acephalous birth — Cooper See Child, Monster. BITCH. An account of the dissection of a bitch, whose cornua uteri, being filled with the bones and flesh of a former conception, had, after a second conception, the ova affixed to several parts of the abdomen — Anon. An account of the cutting out the cæcum of a bitch — Mulgrave BITE. Relation of a man, bitten with a mad dog, and dying of the disease, called hydrophobia — Lister Letter concerning the cure of the bitings of mad creatures, with a remark on the same by Hans Sloane — Dampier Letter concerning the bitings of mad dogs, &c., — De La Pryme Part of a letter concerning the viper-catchers, and their remedy for the bite of a viper — Burton A narration of the experiments made by the viper-catchers June 1734, before the Royal Society Society; and some remarks on the bite of a mad dog — Mortimer XXXIX 313 IX 221 The case of a lad bitten by a mad dog — Newt XL 5 — 222 The effects of Dampier's powder in curing the bite of a mad dog — Fuller — 272 — 224 Another case drawn up by Hartley and Sandys — 274 — — Letter concerning the virtues of the star of the earth, coronopus, or buck's horn plantain, in the cure of the bite of a mad dog — Steward — 449 VIII 83 Case of a person bit by a mad dog — Peters XLIII 257 A letter containing an account of what Mr. Breintal felt after being bit by a rattle-snake — Breintal XLIV 147 XI 856 An account of a horse bit by a mad dog — Starr XLVI 474 — 913 An account of the successful application of salt to wounds made by the bite of rattle-snakes — Gale LV 244 See Dog. Bivalve Insects. Observations on some bivalve insects found in common water — Muller LXI 230 Black. Experiments on dying back — Clegg LXIV 48 Black Assize. An account of the black assize at Oxford in 1577, from the register of Merton College — Ward L 699 — Birch — 702 Black Dust. An account of an extraordinary shower of black dust that fell in the island of Zeeland Oct. 20, 1755 — Mitchell — 297 Black Lead. Observations concerning the substance commonly called black lead — Plot XX 183 II 462 Black Vomit. An extract of so much of A. de Ulloa's account of his voyage to South America, as relates to the distemper called the Vomito Priero, or black vomit — William Watson XLVI 134 XI 1063 Blackness. An account of an unusual blackness of the face — Yonge XXVI 424 V 199 — Yonge — 432 Bladder. Account of a great number of stones found in the bladder — Goodrick II 482 II 382 An account of an human body opened at Danzig, and 38 stones found in the bladder thereof — Kirkby VIII 6155 III 149 Letter concerning a triple bladder — Buffiere XXII 752 V 289 A relation of the cutting an ivory bodkin out of the bladder of a young woman in Dublin — Proby — 455 III 162 — An An account of a pin taken out of the bladder of a child - Gregory Account of a shuttle-spire taken out of the bladder of a boy - Ardron A proposal to bring small passable stones with ease out of the bladder - Hales The case of a tumour growing on the inside of the bladder, successfully extirpated - Warner Observations on fungous excrescences of the bladder; a cutting forceps for extirpating these excrescences; a canula for treating these diseases - Le Cat A description of the lymphatics of the urethra and neck of the bladder - Henry Watson An account of a suppression of urine cured by a puncture made in the bladder through the anus - Robert Hamilton See Stone. BLADDERS (Natural History). A conjecture concerning the bladders of air that are found in fishes, by A. J. illustrated by an experiment suggested by the Hon. Robert Boyle Considerations on the swimming-bladders in fishes - Roy Blemish. An observation concerning a blemish in an horse's eye, not hitherto discovered by any author - Lower Blindness. Philosophic solution of the cure of a young man who grew blind in the evening - Brigg An account of some observations made by a young gentleman who was born blind, or lost his sight so early that he had no remembrance that he had ever seen, and was couched between 13 and 14 years of age - Cheselden Blister. A discourse of the operation of a blister when it cures a fever - Cockburne Cases of the remarkable effects of blisters in lessening the quickness of the pulse in coughs attended with an infarction of the lungs and fever - Whytt Blood. Anatomical observations of milk found in the veins instead of blood - Boyl A farther account of an observation about white blood - Boyl A farther account concerning the existence of veins in all kind of plants; together with a discovery discovery of the membraneous substance of those veins, and of some acts in plants resembling those of sense; and also of the agreement of the venal juice in vegetables with the blood of animals Notice of an admirable liquor, instantly stopping the blood of arteries pricked or cut, without any suppuration, or without leaving any scar or cicatrice Experiments made with the liquor at London At Paris An addition to the experiments Experiments in St. Thomas's Hospital Further success in the Fleet Microscopical observations concerning blood, &c. A relation concerning a strange kind of bleeding in a little child Microscopical observations concerning the texture of the blood An account of a periodical evacuation of blood at the end of one of the fingers Letter concerning the circulation of the blood as seen by the help of a microscope, in the lacerta aquatica A conjecture of the quantity of blood in men, together with an estimate of the celerity of its circulation An account of an experiment of the injection of mercury into the blood, and its ill effect on the lungs An experiment of a surprizing change of colour, from a pale transparent, or clear liquor, to a very blue ceruleus one, and that in an instant, by the admission of air only, applied to illustrate some changes of colour, and other effects on the blood of respiring animals Letter on the human blood Letter concerning the circulation and stagnation of the blood in tadpoles Answer of the College of Physicians at Rome to the letter of M. Vieussens, on the existence of acid salt in the blood, and its proportion | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | An account of divers schemes of arteries and veins dissected from adult human bodies, by J. Evelyn. To which is subjoined a description of the extremities of those vessels, and the manner the blood is seen by the microscope, to pass from the arteries to the veins in quadrupeds when living; with some chirurgical observations and figures after the life of Couper. | XXIII 1177 | V 334 | | An account of an eruption of blood from almost every part of the body | XXIV 2144 | | | Microscopical observations on the blood-vessels and membranes of the intestines | XXVI 53 | V 2 267 | | A letter concerning the circulation of the blood in fishes | Leewenhoek | - 250 | - - - | | Manner of observing the circulation of blood in an eel | Leewenhoek | - 444 | - 338 | | A letter containing observations upon the seminal vessels, muscular fibres, and blood of whales | Leewenhoek | XXVII 438 | - 267 | | An account of some experiments relating to the specific gravity of human blood | Iurin | XXX 1000 | - 326 | | Part of a letter concerning a new experiment made with the blood of a person dead of the plague | Couzier | XXXII 103 | VII 601 | | Of the magnitude of the globules of the blood | Leewenhoek | - 341 | - 562 | | An account of an extraordinary flux of the blood by the penis | Hevuman | - 418 | - 539 | | Of the globules in the blood, and in dregs of wine | Leewenhoek | - 436 | - 562 | | Observations on a treatise of Mr. Hevelius; designed to prove that the lungs do not divide and expand the blood, but on the contrary cool and condense it | Nicholls | XXXVI 163 | - 500 | | An account of a person vomiting blood, cured by drinking excessive cold liquors in water | Michelotti | XXXVII 129 | - 508 | | An observation of a white liquor resembling milk, which appeared instead of serum separated from the blood after it had stood some time | Stuart | XXXIX 289 | IX 193 | | Some remarks concerning the circulation of the blood, as seen in the tail of a water eft through a solar microscope | Mies | XLI 725 | - 69 | | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Microscopic observations on the human blood | LV 252 | | | Styles and Torre | | | | Experiments on the blood, with some remarks on its morbid appearances | LX 368 | | | Hewson | | | | On the degree of heat which coagulates the lymph and the serum of the blood, with an enquiry into the causes of the inflammatory crust or size, as it is called | | 384 | | Hewson | | | | Further remarks on the properties of the coagulable lymph, on the stopping of hemorrhages, and on the effects of cold upon the blood | | 398 | | Hewson | | | | On the figure and composition of the red particles of the blood, commonly called the Red Globules | | LXIII 303 | | Hewson | | | | Observations on respiration, and the uses of the blood | | LXVI 226 | | Priestley | | | | Blood (The transfusion of). Account of the rise and attempts of a way to convey liquors immediately into the mass of blood | | I 128 | | Oldenburgh | | III 364 | | The success of the experiment of transfusing the blood of one animal into another | | -- 352 | | Lewis | | -- 226 | | The method observed in transfusing the blood out of one animal into another | | -- 353 | | Boyle | | | | Trials proposed to be made for the improvement of the experiment of transfusing blood out of one live animal into another | | -- 385 | | Boyle | | | | An account of an easier and safer way of transfusing blood, viz. by the veins only | | II 441 | | King | | | | An experiment of bleeding a mangy into a sound dog | | -- 451 | | Coxe | | -- 229 | | Letter touching the transfusion of blood | | -- 453 | | Denis | | | | An account of some effects of the transfusion of blood at Paris | | -- 479 | | Anon. | | -- 229 | | An advertisement concerning the invention of the transfusion of blood | | -- 489 | | Oldenburgh | | | | Some experiments of injecting liquors into the veins of animals | | -- 490 | | Fracassati | | -- 232 | | An experiment upon blood grown cold | | -- 493 | | Fracassati | | -- 456 | | An account of more trials of transfusion, accompanied with some considerations thereon, chiefly in reference to its circumspect practice on man; together with a further vindication of this invention from usurpers | | -- 517 | | Oldenburgh | | -- 230 | | A confirmation of the experiments made by Sign. Fracassati in Italy, by injecting acid liquors into the blood | | -- 551 | | Byle | | -- 332 | | Au | | | | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | An account of an experiment of transfusion, practised upon a man in London | II 557 | III 231 | | Lower and King | | | | A relation of some trials of the same operation lately made in France | | | | Denis | | | | An account of the cure of an inveterate phrenzy, by the transfusion of blood at Paris Denis | | | | Some anatomical inquiries and observations, particularly on the origin of the injection into veins, the transfusion of blood, and the parts of generation | | | | Clarck | III 672| 292 | | An extract of a printed letter touching differences risen about the transfusion of blood Denis | | | | An account out of the Giornale de Letterati, about two considerable experiments of the transfusion of blood | | | | Of the antiquity of the transfusion of blood from one animal to another Oldenburg | | | | A letter from Paris concerning some transactions there, relating to the experiment of the transfusion of blood | | | | Anon. | IV 1075| | | Experiment concerning the expansion of blood, and other animal juices Boyle | V 2043 | | | Blossoms. The effects which the farina of the blossoms of different sorts of apple-trees had on the fruit of a neighbouring tree Cook | XLIII 525| X 751 | | Blow. An account of a blow upon the heart, and its effects Akenside | LIII 353| | | Blue. An experiment of a surprizing change of colour, from a pale transparent or clear liquor, to a very blue or ceruleous one, and that in an instant, by admission of air only applied to illustrate some changes of colour, and other effects on the blood of respiring animals Slare | XVII 898| | | Letter concerning powdered-blue passing the lacteal veins Lister | XXII 819| V 259 | | An experiment made for the transmitting a blue-coloured liquor into the lacteals Musgrave | | | | Account of the preparation of the Prussian blue Anon. | XXXIII 15| VII 748 | | Observations and experiments on the foregoing preparation Brown | | | | A letter concerning the blue well near Newcastle upon Tyne Durant | XLIV 221| X 588 | | Experiments and observations on a blue sub- | | | | Bodies (Human) | Observables in the body of the earl of Balcarres | Anon. | |---------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------| | | Some observables of odd constitutions of bodies | Oldenburg | | | Some considerations touching the parenchymous parts of the body | King | | | Observations on a human body, dead of odd diseases | Fairfax | | | A narrative of two petrifications in human bodies | Kirkby | | | A new way of orthographically delineating by parallel visual rays the postures and actions of an human body, exactly observing the symmetry and proportion of the parts | Saint-Clare | | | Anatomical observations in the body of a woman about 50 years of age, who died hydroptic in her left testicle | Sampson | | | An anatomical observation of four uteruses in an infant | Tyson | | | Account of a kidney of an unusual shape and texture taken out of the body of a man; with observations on horns and glandules in general | Malpighius | | | An account of a girl in Ireland, who had several horns growing on her body | Alb | | | Letter concerning worms found in the tongue, and other parts of the body | Dent | | | Letter concerning the same operation | Lewis | | | An account of the opening of the body of a boy who died suddenly, and what observables were found therein | Preston | | | A relation of a strange symptom attending a hydrops pectoris, and the reason of it, as it appeared on the dissection of the body | Doudy | | | Extract of a letter giving an account of Mr. Malpighi; the circumstances of his death, and what was found remarkable at the opening of his body | Lancisi | | | An account of a negro-boy that is dappled in several parts of his body with white spots | Byrd | | | Some uncommon observations on the dissection of morbid bodies | Vaughan | | | Observations concerning the worms of human bodies | Bonomo | | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | LVIII 181 | III 158 | | I 86 | III 158 | | — 138 | — 10 | | — 318 | — 17 | | II 546 | — 76 | | VI 2158 | — 150,158 | | VIII 6079 | 1599 | | XII 1000 | III 206, 218 | | — 1039 | — 146 | | XIV 601 | — 682 | | XV 1202 | — 12 | | XVIII 219 | — 137 | | — 222 | — 137 | | XIX 362 | — 62 | | — 390 | — 77 | | — 467 | — 31 | | — 781 | II 8 | | XXIII 1244 | V 272, 291 | | — 1296 | — 199 | A letter giving an account of some anatomical observations made on a body dissected at Padua by John Ray Account of several solid bodies voided by urine An account of what appeared on the dissection of the body of Mr. Dove Account of a fetus that continued 46 years in the mother's body Account of an extra-uterine fetus, taken out of a woman after death, that had continued five years and a half in the belly Part of a letter concerning the difference of the height of a human body, between morning and night Some remarks on the above An account of an human body found in a copper mine An account of what appeared most remarkable in opening the body of Anne Edwards, who died Jan. 1729-30, having a large umbilical rupture An account of the dead bodies of a man and woman, who were preserved 49 years in the Moors of Derbyshire An account of what was observed upon opening the corpse of a person who had taken several ounces of crude mercury internally; and of a plumb-stone lodged in the coats of the rectum Two observations of a diseased conformation in bodies A letter concerning the body of a woman found in a morass in the isle of Axholm, in Lincolnshire Extract of several letters concerning a body found in a vault in the church of Staverton, in Devonshire, entire, after having been buried upwards of 80 years An account of a very remarkable case of a boy, who, notwithstanding that a considerable part of his intestines were forced out by the fall of a cart upon him, and afterwards cut off, recovered, and continues well Anatomico-medical observations of a monstrous double-bodied child born Oct. 26, 1701, in Pannonia, BOD Pannonia, who died Feb. 23, 1723 (Lat.) - Trans. Another account - Burnet - L 311 Another account - Du Plessis - 315 Another account (Lat.) - Dieschius - 317 Observations concerning the body of his late majesty, Oct. 26, 1760 - Nicholl - 318 Case of a boy who died of a gun-shot wound - Woolcomb - 265 Some account of a body lately found in uncommon preservation, under the ruins of the abbey, at St. Edmund's Bury, Suffolk; with some reflections upon the subject - Collignon - LX 94 A short account of Dr. Maty's illness, and of the appearances in the dead body - Hunter and Henry Watson - LXII 465 See Death. BODIES (Animal). Lumbricus Hydropicus; or an essay to prove that hydatides, often met with in morbid animal bodies, are a species of worms, or imperfect animals - Tyson - XVII 506 An account of worms found in animal bodies - Nicholl - III 133 BODIES (Natural philosophy in general). Mr. Hock's treatise, entitled, an account of micrographia, or the physiological description of minute bodies made in magnifying glasses - Oldenburg - XLIX 246 Several experiments on the attrition of bodies in vacuo - Hawkbeek - I 27 An account of an experiment to shew by a new proof, that bodies of the same bulk do not contain equal quantities of matter, and therefore that there is an interspersed vacuum - Desaguliers - XXIV 2165 A course of experiments to ascertain the specific buoyancy of cork in different waters: the respective weight and buoyancy of salt water and fresh water: and for determining the exact weight of human and other bodies in fluids - Wilkin - XXXI 8 Experiments on ignited bodies - Rockbuck - I.V 95 Experiments on ignited substances - Whitehurst - LXVI 509 BODIES (Electrical). An account of some experiments touching the electricity and light producible on the attrition of several bodies - Hawkbeek - XXVI 87 Experiments and observations upon the light: that is produced by communicating electrical attraction to animal or inanimate bodies; together with some of its most surprising effects. Gray XXXIX 16 VIII 397 A letter concerning the revolutions which small pendulous bodies will, by electricity, make round larger ones from east to west, as the planets do round the sun. Gray — 220 Some electrical experiments chiefly regarding the repulsive force of electrical bodies. Wheel XLI 98 — 406 Observations of luminous emanations from human bodies and from brutes; with some remarks on electricity. Miles XLIII 441 X 278 BODIES (Natural history). Account of sundry experiments made upon a crystal-like body sent from Ireland. Bartholin V 2039 An account of some uncommon fossil bodies. Baker XLVIII 117 An account of some fossil fruits, and other bodies found in the island of Shepey. Parsons L 395 Case of an extraordinary body forced into the lungs. Martin LV 39 BODIES (In motion). A discourse concerning gravity, and its properties, wherein the descent of heavy bodies, and the motion of projects is briefly, but fully handled; together with the solution of a problem of great use in gunnery. Halley XVI 3 I472,473 Experiment concerning the time required in the descent of different bodies, of different magnitudes and weights, in common air from a certain height. Hauksbee XXVII 196 IV 2 182 A letter concerning an experiment, whereby it has been attempted to shew the fallacy of the common opinion, in relation to the force of bodies in motion. Pemberton XXXII 57 VI 276 An account of some experiments made to prove that the force of moving bodies is proportionable to their velocities. Defaguliers — 269 — 281 Animadversions upon some new experiments relating to the force of moving bodies; with two new experiments on the same subject. Defaguliers — 285 — 285 A remark upon the new opinion relating to the force of moving bodies, in the case of the collision of non-elastic bodies. Eames XXXIV 183 — 287 Remarks upon a supposed demonstration, that the moving forces of the same body are not as the velocities, but as the squares of the velocities Eames Remarks upon some experiments in hydraulics, which seem to prove, that the forces of equal moving bodies are as the squares of their velocities Eames A letter occasioned by the present controversy among mathematicians, concerning the proportion of velocity and force in bodies in motion Samuel Clarke An account of an experiment explaining a mechanical paradox, viz. that two bodies of equal weights, suspended on a certain sort of balances, do not lose their equilibrium, by being removed one farther from, the other nearer to the center Desaguliers An account of an experiment contrived by G. J. s'Gravesande, relating to the force of moving bodies; shewn to the Royal Society by Desaguliers An inquiry into the measure of the force of bodies in motion: with a proposal of an experimentum crucis, to decide the controversy about it Jurin A letter containing a demonstration of a law of motion in the case of a body deflected by two forces tending constantly to two fixed points Robertson An experimental examination of the quantity and proportion of mechanic power, necessary to be employed in giving different degrees of velocity to heavy bodies from a state of rest Smeaton A new theory of the rotatory motion of bodies affected by forces disturbing such motion Landen Bodies (Gravity of). Of the weight of a cubic foot of divers grains, &c. Anon. A further list of specific gravities of bodies Anon. A discourse on this problem; why bodies dissolved in menstrua specifically lighter than themselves swim therein W. Molyneux With some reflections T. Molyneux Observations on the comparative, intensive, or specific gravities of various bodies I. C. An experiment touching the weighing of bo- Bogs. Or the bogs and lochs of Ireland. An account of a moving bog in Ireland. A true description of the bog of Kapanihane in the county of Limerick; with an account of the motion thereof, June 7, 1697. Boiling Fountains. Some observations on boiling fountains and subterraneous streams. An account of boiling and other fountains. Boiling Water. Experiments about the degree of heat of some boiling liquors. A proposal for warming rooms by the steam of boiling water conveyed in pipes along the walls. A dissertation on the nature of evaporation, and several phenomena of air, water, and boiling liquors. The supposed effect of boiling upon water, in disposing it to freeze more readily, ascertained by experiment. On the variation of the temperature of boiling water. Bologna Bottles. An account of the Bologna bottles. Bolognian Stone. A relation of the loss of the way to prepare the Bolognian stone for shining. An account of a factitious stony matter or paste, shining in the dark like a glowing coal, after it hath been a little while exposed to the day or candle-light. An improvement of the Bolognian stone. An easy method of making a phosphorous, that will imbibe and emit light like the Bolognian stone; with experiments and observations. See Phosphorus. Bolognini. A short history of the disease of which Joseph Bolognini died. Bones. Microscopical observations concerning bones. Microscopical observations of the structure of teeth and other bones - Leeuwenhoek Part of two letters concerning a prodigious Os Frontis in the Medicine School at Leyden - Molyneux An extract of a letter containing several observations on the texture of the bones of animals compared with that of wood - Leeuwenhoek Osteographia Elephantina; or a full and exact description of all the bones of an elephant, with their several dimensions: to which are premised, an historical account of the natural endowments and several wonderful performances of elephants, with the manner of taking and taming them. An anatomical account of their parts, &c. - Blair Observations upon the bones and the periosteum - Leeuwenhoek An account of a praeter-natural bony substance found in the cavity of the thorax - Rutty An account of a large bony substance found in the womb, 1733 - Hody An account of the bones of animals being changed to a red colour by aliment only - Belchier A further account of the bones of animals being made red by aliment only - Belchier A picture of the size of a gigantic bone; with a problem for determining the size of the giant according to the rules of the art of drawing - Klein Observations and experiments with madder root, which has the faculty of tinging the bones of living animals of a red colour - Du-Monceau An account of tumours which rendered the bones soft - Pott An account of a large piece of the thigh-bone, which was taken out and its place supplied by a callus - Richardson An account of an extraordinary case of the bones of a woman growing soft and flexible - Bevan The case of a young child at Houghton, in Huntingdonshire, born with all its bones displaced - Davi Case of Anne-Elizabeth Queriot of Paris, whose bones were distorted and softened Holly XLVIII 26 A remarkable case of fragility, flexibility, and dissolution of the bones Pringle — 297 Case of William Carey, aged 19, whose tendons and muscles were turned into bones Henry LI 89 Further account Henry — 92 An account of a bone found in the pelvis of a man at Brussels Brady — 660 A further account of the case of William Carey, whose muscles began to be ossified Henry LII 143 A account of the extraction of three inches and ten lines of the bone of the upper arm, which was followed by a regeneration of the bony matter; with a description of a machine made use of to keep the upper and lower pieces of the bone at their proper distances, during the time that the regeneration was taking place; and which may also be of service in fractures happening near the head of that bone Le Cat LVI 370 Bones (Fossil). Chatham news: or a brief relation of some strange bones lately dug up in some grounds of Mr. John Somner's in Canterbury Wallis XXII 882 IV 2 222 Second letter relating to Mr. Somner's treatise of Chatham News Wallis — 1022 Account of some large bones lately found in a gravel-pit near Colchester Luffkin — 924 IV 2 1 The dimensions of some human bones of an extraordinary size, which were dug up near St. Alban's, in Hertfordshire Chefeiden XXVII 436 V 2 267 An account of elephants teeth and bones found under ground Sloane XXXV 457 VI 2 205 Part second Sloane — 497 — 211 An account of several bones of an elephant found at Leydown, in the isle of Shepey Jacob XLVIII 626 Observations on the bones, commonly supposed to be elephant's bones, which have been found near the river Ohio in America William Hunter LVIII 34 Account of some bones found in the rock of Gibraltar; with remarks by Dr. Hunter Boddington LX 414 Bones (Incrusted). An account of some human bones incrusted with stone, now in the Villa Ludovisi at Rome Stokes XLIII 557 X 598 Bones (Of foetus's). Account of the bones of a foetus voided | Topic | Transf. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | Voided by anus some years after conception | XIX 486 | | | Account of a woman who voided the bones of a fetus above the os-pubis | XX 292 | III 219 | | Bones of a human fetus voided through an impotheum in the groin | XXIV 2077 | V 306 | | Bones of a dead fetus taken out of the uterus of a cow | XXVI 450 | — 54 | | Case of the bones of a fetus coming away by the anus | XLIII 304 | XI 1015 | | Letter concerning the bones of a fetus being discharged through an ulcer near the navel | — 524 | | | Case of a woman from whom the bones of a fetus were extracted | XLV 121 | IX 1019 | | Books. Copy of a letter concerning the books and antient writings dug out of the ruins of an edifice near the site of the old city of Herculanum to Monsignor Cerati of Pila; with a translation by Locke | XLVII 92 | | | Borametz. A short account of the Scythian vegetable Lamb, called borametz | XXXIII 353 | VI 2 317 | | Bose. See Electricity. | | | | Botany. Account of the physic garden at Amsterdam | XXIII 1416 | V 2 11, 134 | | A letter attempting to ascertain the tree that yields the common varnish used in China and Japan; to promote its propagation in our American colonies, and to set right some mistakes which botanists appear to have entertained concerning it | XLIX 866 | | | A brief botanical and medical history of the solanum lethale, bella-donna, or deadly nightshade | L 62 | | | A letter upon the early cultivation of botany in England; and some particulars about John Tradescant, a great promoter of that science, as well as natural history, in the last century, and gardener to king Charles I. | LXIII 79 | | | Bottle. An extract of a letter given an account of an experiment made in the Bay of Biscay of sinking a bottle, close corked, under various depths of water | XVII 908 | I 521 | | Bovey Coal. Remarks on the Bovey coal | LI 534 | | A farther account of some experiments made on the Bov-y coal Bovillus. See Celsid. Boulimia. Letter concerning a boulimia Burrough An account of the surprizing quantities of food devoured by a boy 12 years old in six successive days Mortimer Another account Cookson Bow (Mariner's). An account of Mr. Thomas Godfrey's improvement of Davis's quadrant transferred to the mariner's baw Logan Bowels. An observation made of a man anatomised, whose bowels were found inverted Sampson A case concerning a child born with the bowels hanging out of its belly Amyand See Monstrous Birth. Box. Account of the number of pores on the leaves of box Leewenhoek Boy. An account of a negro-boy that is dappelled in several parts of his body with white spots Byrd An account of the Friesland boy with letters in his eye Ellis Account of a monstrous boy Cantwell Some account of the gigantic boy at Willingham, near Cambridge Anon. Another account Almond and Dawkes Observations on the history of the Norfolk boy L 836 Bradley. An account of the case of the late Rev. Mr. James Bradley Lyons Brahe. Letter concerning the remains of the observatory of the famous Tycho Brahe Gourdon Brain. Some discoveries concerning the brain Malpighi Microscopical observations concerning blood, milk, bones, the brain, spittle, and cuticula, &c. Leewenhoek Observations of the cortical and medular part of the brain Leewenhoek An abstract of a letter concerning the parts of the brain of several animals Leewenhoek A relation of a petrified glandula pinealis, lately found in the dissection of a brain King An account of a child born alive without a brain, and the observables in it on dissection Preston | Topic | Transl. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | An observation of an infant, where the brain was depressed into the hollow of the vertebrae of the neck | XIX 533 | III 26 | | An observation of one hemisphere of the brain, phaeclated, and of a stone found in the substance of the brain itself | — 535 | — 27 | | An anatomical account of a child's head, born without a brain, 1698 | XXI 141 | — 26 | | Observations of remarkable appearances in the brain of three persons who died of epilepsies | XXXV 315 | VII 486 | | History of a foetus born with a very imperfect brain; to which is subjoined a supplement of the essay on the use of ganglions | LVII 118 | | | See Dura Mater. | | | | Bramham Moor. See Antiquities. | | | | Bramines. An account of the religion, rites, notions, customs, manners of the heathen priests, commonly called bramines | XXII 729 | V 2 165 | | An account of the Bramins observatory at Benares | LXVII 598| | | Brandy. Dissertation on a false but common method of trying French spirit of wine | XXXIII 398 | VII 739 | | Brasil. Inquiries for Guaiana and Brasil | II 422 | III 632 | | Brass. The method, manner, and order of the transmutation of copper into bras | XVII 735 | II 565 | | Letters concerning several copper-mines, in answer to some queries of Dr. Lister | Davies 737 | — 563 | | A further account | Davies 741 | — | | The method, manner, and order of the transmuting of copper into bras | XXII 474 | — 565 | | An hitorico-physical observation on the bras waters of Neofolis, commonly called Cement-Watzer, changing iron to bras | Belius XL 351 | VIII 645 | | Extract of a letter on giving magnetism and polarity to bras | Arderon L 774 | | | See Antiquities. | | | | Brass Wire. Case of a young man who had lost the use of his hands by cleansing brass-wire | More LI 936 | | | Bread. An abstract of a letter concerning the making of turnep-bread in Essex | Dale XVII 971 | II 667 | | Bread Fruit. Account of the bread-fruit trees, and the fruits of them | Thunberg LXIX 462 | | | Breasts (Animal). An account of two young turkeys joined together by their breasts | Floyer XXI 434 | — 898 | Breasts (Human). An account of a very sudden and excessive swelling of a woman's breasts — A letter concerning the death of the big-breasted woman, together with what was observed on her body — Letter giving an account why the big-breasted woman was not opened after her death — Case of one who swallowed a knife, which lay in his stomach a year and 7 months, and then washed out at an apothecary on his breast — Account of a child born with a large wound in the breast, supposed to arise from the force of imagination — The case of Mary Howell, who had a needle run into her arm, which came out at her breast Breathing. Letter concerning the cause of the necessity of breathing Breeding. Part of a letter concerning a child born with the jaundice upon it, received from its father; and of the mother taking the same distemper from her husband the next time of being with child Breslaw. An estimate of the degrees of the mortality of mankind, drawn from curious tables of the births and funerals at the city of Breslaw, with an attempt to ascertain the price of annuities upon lives Brewing. See Sap. Briderkirk. See Inscription. Bridewell at Norwich. Extract of a letter concerning the antient bridewell at Norwich Bridge. Letter concerning the bridge of St. Esprit in France — A further account, with a parallel history of some other bridges at Rome — Description of a bridge that may be built 70 feet long, without any pillar under it — Problems concerning the fall of water under bridges; applied to the falls under London and Westminster bridges Bridgnorth. An extract of a topographical account of Bridgnorth, in the county of Salop BRIGHT. Letter concerning Mr. Bright, the extraordinary fat man at Malden, in Essex Anon. BRIMSTONE. Of the mineral of Liege, yielding both brimstone and vitriol, and the way of extracting them out of it, used at Liege Anon. — A continuation of the discourse concerning vitriol, shewing, that vitriol is usually produced by sulphur, acting on, and coagulating with, a metal; and then making out, that allum is likewise the result of the said sulphur; as also evincing, that vitriol, sulphur, and allum, do agree in the saline principles; and, lastly, declaring the nature of the salt in brimstone, and whence it is derived Anon. — Extract of two letters concerning the effects of a cane of black sealing-wax and a cane of brimstone in electrical experiment Miles — Observations made on the brimstone-hill in the island of Guadeloupe Peyssonel BRISTLE. An account of a bristle that was lodged in a gentleman's foot, and caused a violent inflammation Arderon BRISTOL WATER. Observations on the heat of Bristol waters Canton BRITAIN. A discourse tending to prove at what time and place Julius Caesar made his first descent upon Britain Halley — A dissertation on Britain being formerly a peninsula Mulgrave BRONCHOTOME. The postscript of a letter giving an account of the operation of bronchotome Greme BRONTIÆ. An account of certain transparent pebbles, mostly of the shape of the ombriae, or brontiæ Lister BRONZE. An attempt to explain an antient Greek inscription, engraven upon a curious bronze cup with two handles, and published with a draught of the cup by Dr. Pocock in his description of the East, vol. II. part II. pag. 207 Ward BROUGHTON. Letter concerning Broughton in Lincolnshire, with observations on the shell-fish observed in the quarries about that place De La Pryme BROWNEÆ. A description of a rare American plant of the brownææ kind; with some remarks on this genus Bergius BRUTES. Divers instances of peculiarities of nature, both in men and brutes — Observations of luminous emanations from human bodies and from brutes, with some remarks on electricity BUBONOCELE. Of a bubonocele, or rupture in the groin, and the operation made upon it BUCKS-HORN PLANTAIN. Letter concerning the virtues of the star of the earth, coronopus, or bucks-horn plantain, in the cure of the bite of a mad dog BUENOS AYRES. The longitude of Buenos Ayres determined from an observation made by BUFFON. A view of the relation between Dr. Halley's tables and the notions of Mr. de Buffon, for establishing a rule for the probable duration of the life of man BUILDING. Directions for inquiries concerning stones and other materials for the use of building; together with a suggestion for retrieving the art of hardening and tempering steel for cutting porphyry and other hard marbles — An account of the advantage of Virginia for building ships — Description of a most effectual method of securing buildings against fire BULBOUS ROOTS. A letter giving an account of tulips, and such bulbous plants, flowering much sooner when their bulbs are placed upon bottles filled with water, than when planted in the ground — An account of the same experiments tried the next year by — Experiments and observations on bulbous roots, plants, and seeds growing in water BULK. Specific gravity of several metalline cubes, in comparison with their like bulks of water — An account of an experiment to shew by a new proof, that bodies of the same bulk do not contain equal quantities of matter, and therefore that there is an interspersed vacuum BUL Bulk. Extract of a letter concerning two men of an extraordinary bulk and weight Knowlton Bullet. Account of a bullet voided by urine Fairfax — A brief narrative of the shot of Dr. Robert Fielding with a musket-bullet, and its strange manner of coming out of his head, where it had lain near 30 years; written by himself Fielding — An account of a wound which the late lord Carpenter received at Brihuega, whereby a bullet remained near his gullet for a year wanting a few days Carpenter Bullock. An account of a very extraordinary effect of lightening on a bullock at Swanborow, in the parish of Iford, near Lewes in Sussex Lambert and Green Buoyancy. A course of experiments to ascertain the specific buoyancy of Cork in different waters: the respective weights and buoyancies of salt water and fresh water; and for determining the exact weight of human and other bodies in fluids Wilkinson Burdet. See Serpent. Burning. An account of the burning of several hay-ricks by a fiery exhalation or damp: and of the infectious quality of the grass of several grounds Floyd — An account of a woman accidentally burnt to death at Coventry Wilmer Burning Fountains. An extract of an essay entitled, On the uses of a knowledge of mineral exhalations when applied to discover the principles and properties of mineral waters, the nature of burning fountains, and of those poisonous lakes which the antients called Averni Brownrigg Burning Glasses. An account of a not ordinary burning concave lately made at Lyons, and compared with several others made formerly Vilette — An account of the invention of grinding optick and burning glasses of a figure not spherical Smethwick — An account of the making an extraordinary burning glass at Milan Anon. — An account from Paris concerning a great L BUR Trans. | Abridg. ---|--- XLIV 160 | XI 1245 III 803 | III 160 XXVI 317 | V 205 XL 316 | LXVI 493 | LV 95 | XVIII 49 | II 181 LXIV 340 | LV 236 | I 95 | I 211 III 631 | — 194 — 795 | — — metalline burning concave, and some of the most considerable effects of it Two observations made by F. Lana concerning some of the effects of the burning concave made at Lions A relation of the great effects of a new sort of burning speculum lately made in Germany Experiments upon metals, made with the burning glass of the duke of Orleans An account of some experiments tried with Mons. Vilette's burning concave in June 1718 Part of a letter giving an account of a new mirror, which burns at 66 feet distance; invented by M. de Buffon Concerning the same mirror burning at 150 feet distance Extract of a letter concerning M. de Buffon's reinvention of Archimedes's burning specula Observations upon father Kircher's opinion concerning the burning of the fleet of Marcellus by Archimedes A short narrative of the structure and effect of parabolic burning glasses made by M. Hoefen of Dresden; and an account of experiments made with them on the fusion of different substances Burning Mountain. An account of the upper part of the burning mountain in the isle of Ternata, according to the view taken thereof A further relation of the horrible burning of some mountains of the Molucco islands See Volcano. Burning Rock. Extract of a letter from Calcutta concerning a burning rock and a burning well Burning Spring. A letter giving an account of the eruption of a burning spring at Broseley in Shropshire Burning Well. A letter concerning a burning well at Broseley Butler. Sequel to the case of Mr. Butler of Moscow, who was strangely affected by mixing verdigris and false leaf-gold with aquafortis. See Aquafortis BUTTER. Account of an extraordinary meteor, or kind of dew resembling butter, that fell in Ireland Bishop of Cloyne Butts. Letter concerning the circulation of the blood in butts Leuwenhoek BUXTON WATER. Experiments and observations on the water of Buxton and Matlock in Derbyshire Percival C. CABBAGES. An account of some trials to cure the ill taste of milk, which is occasioned by the food of cows, either from turnips, cabbages, or autumnal leaves, &c; also to sweeten stinking water Hales CABBAGE-BARK TREE. Description and use of the cabbage-bark tree in Jamaica Wright CACAO-TREE. An accurate description of the cacao-tree, and the way of its curing and husbandry, &c. Anon. CACHALOT. Description of the blunt-headed cachalot Robertson CACTUS OPUNTIA. An account of the male and female cochineal insects, that breed on the cactus opuntia, or Indian fig, in South Carolina and Georgia Ellis CAERLEON. See Inscription. CAESAR. A discourse tending to prove at what time and place Julius Caesar made his first descent upon Britain Halley CAESARIAN OPERATION. An account of the Caesarian operation performed by an ignorant butcher Copping CAIRO. An account of E. W. Montague's journey from Cairo in Egypt, to the Written Mountain in the Desert of Sinai Montague CALAIS. Letter relating to that isthmus, or neck of land, which is supposed to have joined England and France in former times, where now is the passage between Dover and Calais Wallis CALAMINARIS. An account of digging and preparing the lapis calaminaris Pooley CALCINATION. A retraction of the 7th and last paragraph of Mr. W. Molyneux's letter, vol. L 2 CAL XIX. p. 552, concerning Lough Neagh stone, and its non-application to the magnet upon calcination - Molyneux See Lake. CALCULUS. See Stone. CALEDONIA. Part of a journal kept from Scotland to New Caledonia in Darien; with a short account of that country - Wallace CALENDAR. Remarks upon the solar and lunar years, the cycle of 19 years, commonly called the Golden Number, the Easter, and a method of finding the time of Easter, as it is now observed in most parts of Europe - Earl of Macclesfield CALENTURE. A letter concerning a calenture Oliver CALESH. Part of a letter concerning a new sort of calesh - R. B. CALF. An account of a very odd monstrous calf - Boyle An observation touching some particulars further considerable in the monstrous calf Thomas Account of a monstrous calf with two heads Southwell Part of a letter concerning a monstrous calf Adams A description of the head of a monstrous calf Craig An account of double foetus's of calves Le Cat See Fetus. CALF (SEA). Some account of the phoca, vitulus marinus, or sea calf, shewn in London in 1743 Parsons CALIFORNIA. An extract of a memoir concerning the discovery of a passage by land to California; with a map and description of that country Picola CALLUS. An account of the cure of two sinuous ulcers possessing the space of the whole arm with the extraordinary supply of a callus, which fully answers the purposes of the Os Humeri, lost in time of cure Fowler Observations upon the callus of the hands and feet Leeuwenhoek An account of a large piece of the thigh-bone, which was taken out, and its place supplied by a callus Richardson Transf. Abridg. XIV 820 II 323 XXII 536 III 561 XLVI 417 X 131 XXIV 1562 V 364 XV 1028 I 504 I 10 II 899 XXV 2414 V 34 XXVII 429 — 35 XLV 497 XI 1216 XLII 383 IX 74 XXVI 232 V 2 191 XXV 2466 — 388 XXXII 156 VII 480 XLI 761 CAMDEN | CAMDEN | An account of some observables in Lincolnshire, not taken notice of by Camden, or any other author | |--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | Merret | | CAMELEON | Some observations on a cameleon | | | Goddard | | | An account of a particular species of cameleon | | | Parsons | | CAMELOPARDALIS | A letter on a camelopardalis about the Cape of Good Hope | | | Carteret | | CAMP | A letter concerning two ancient camps in Hampshire | | | Wright | | | A letter giving an account of the present condition of the Roman camp at Caistor in Norfolk, with a plan of it | | | Baker | | CAMPHIRE | An account of camphire | | | Neuman | | | Brown | | | A letter touching the efficacy of camphire in maniacal disorders | | | Kinnier | | | Dissertation on the camphire of Thyme | | | Neuman | | | Experiments with camphire | | | Alexander | | CANALS | Treatise on rivers and canals | | | Mann | | CANARY SEED | The husbandry of canary seed | | | Tenison | | CANCER | Letter concerning a strange cancer of which his father died | | | Kay | | | Two histories of internal cancers, and of what appeared upon dissection | | | Burton | | | A dissertation upon the cancer of the eye-lids, nose, great angle of the eye, and its neighbouring parts, commonly called the noli-me-tangere, deemed hitherto incurable by both ancients and moderns, but now shewn to be as curable as other distempers | | | David | | | An account of a case [swellings in the breasts or cancer] in which green hemlock was applied | | | Colebrook | | CANCER-MAJOR | Some observations on the cancer-major | | | Collinson | | | Further observations | | | Collinson | | | See Crab | | CANDLE | A ready way of lighting a candle by a very small electrical spark | | | Ingenboas | | CANELLA | A discourse on the cinnamon, catta, or canella | | | Hbite | | | Letter on cinnamon | | | Comyn | | CANKER WORM | A narrative of the destruction of the canker-worms and locusts which destroye... | | Trans. | Abridg. | |--------|---------| | II 267 | III 533 | | XIX 343 | XII 930 | | II 816 | LVIII 192 | | LX 27 | XLIII 273 | | XI 1295 | XLVI 196 | | — 1295 | XXXIII 321 | | VII 692 | — 361 | | — 697 | XXXV 347 | | — 632 | XXXVIII 302 | | IX 382 | LVII 65 | | LXIX 555 | XXVIII 91 | | IV 2 309 | XXIII 1069 | | V 217 | XLII 99 | | IX 225 | XLIX 186 | | LIII 346 | L.XIV 70 | | X 864 | XLVII 45 | | LXVII 1022 | L 860 | | — 873 | the fields near Witemberg for several years CANNARA. An explanation of the figures of a Pagan temple, and unknown characters, at Cannara in Salset CANNON BALLS. The force of fired gunpowder, and the initial velocities of cannon-balls, determined by experiments: from which is also deduced the relation of the initial velocity to the weight of the shot and the quantity of powder CANON. A question in musick lately proposed to Dr. Wallis concerning the division of the monochord or section of the musical canon, with his answer to it CANTHARIDES. Letter concerning the internal use of cantharides CANTON. New electrical experiments and observations, with an improvement of Mr. Canton's electrometer CANULA. Observations on fungous excrescences of the bladder; a cutting-forceps for extirpating these excrescences; and canulae for treating these diseases CAPE CORSE. Two letters giving an account of the customs of the inhabitants, the air, &c. of Cape Corse; with an account of the weather there from Nov. 24, 1686, to Nov. 24, 1687 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. An account of two plants lately brought from the Cape of Good Hope An account of the Cape of Good Hope An observation of the end of the total lunar eclipse Mar. 5, 1718, observed near the Cape of Good Hope, serving to determine the longitude thereof; with remarks thereon CAPE TOWN. An account of three journeys from the Cape Town into the southern parts of Africa; undertaken for the discovery of new plants, towards the improvement of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew CAPILLARY TUBES. See Water. CARD. A description of a mariner's compass, contrived by Trans. | Abridg. ---|--- XXXVIII 294 | V 260 XXVI 372 | I.XVIII 5c XX 80 | I 610 XXIII 1210 | V 405 LXVII 388 | — 292 XIX 687 | II 53 XVII 664 | II 672 XXV 2423 | XXX 992 LXVI 268 | IV 451 XLVI 505 | X 689 CAR An account of some improvements of the mariner's compass, in order to render the card and needle, proposed by Dr. Knight, of general use CARDAN. A method of extending Cardan's rule for resolving one case of a cubic equation $x^3 - qx = r$ to the other case of the same equation, which it is not naturally fitted to solve, and which is therefore called the irreducible case CARDIOIDE. Of a cardioide curve, and of the figure so called CAREY (WILLIAM). The case of William Carey, whose tendons and muscles were ossified Further account Further account CARIBBEE ISLANDS. Observations made by a curious and learned person sailing from England to the Caribbee Islands With an enlargement of the observations And other observations in the same voyage Enquiries and directions to be made in the Caribbee Islands CARGUEYA. Account of the anatomy of an opossum CARLSBAD (WATERS). An account of the Carlsbad mineral waters in Bohemia Observations on the lithontriptic virtues of Carlsbad water CARNATION. A way to make two clear spiritous inflammable liquors, which differ very little in taste and smell; and being mixed together, do give a fine carnation colour, without either sensible fermentation or alteration CAROLINA. An account of animals and shells sent from Carolina An account of Mr. Mark Catesby's essay towards the natural history of Carolina and the Bahama Islands, with some extracts out of the first three sets by Continued, with extracts out of the fourth set Continued, with extracts out of the fifth set CAR Continued, with extracts out of the sixth set - Mortimer XXXVIII 315 Continued, with extracts out of the seventh set - Mortimer XXXIX 112 Continued, with extracts out of the eighth set - Mortimer — 251 Continued, with extracts out of the ninth set - Mortimer XL 343 Continued, with extracts out of the tenth set - Mortimer XLIV 599 XI 925 Continued, with extracts out of the appendix - Mortimer XLV 157 — 926 CARP. Observations upon a pleasant way of catching carp - Templer VIII 6066 II 837 — A letter on the management of carp in Polish Prussia - Forster LXI 310 CARPENTER (LORD). See Wound. CARRIAGE. Experiments to be made relating to land-carriage - Petty XIV 666 I 514 CARTEIA. A discourse tending to shew the situation of the antient Carteia, and some other Roman towns near it - Conduitt XXX 903 V 83 CARTRAGES. Observations on cartrages lodging themselves in old willows - Willoughby V 2100 II 773 CASSIA. An extract of a letter containing microscopical observations on Cassia, &c. Leeuwenhoek XVII 949 III 685 — A discourse on the cinnamon, cassia, or canella - White L 860 — 873 Letter on cinnamon - Camber CASSINI. Considerations concerning his geometric and direct method for finding the apogees, eccentricities and anomalies of the planets - Mercator V 1168 I 253 Extract of two letters, the one concerning an instrument to shew the moon's true place to a minute or two; as also the writer's design of correcting the hitherto-assigned motions of the sun: the other touching the necessity of making new solar numbers; together with an expedient of making trial, whether the refractions in Signor Cassini's table be just - Flamsteed IX 219 The curve assigned by Cassini to planets as their orbit, considered and rejected - Gregory XXIV 1704 IV 206 CASTELLIONE. Remarks upon a paper in Castellione's life of Sir Isaac Newton - Whiston XLIV 153 CASTLE-LEOD (Waters.) An account of the sulphureous mineral waters of Castle-Leod and Fairburn, Fairburn, in the county of Ross; and of the salt purging water of Pitkeatly, in the county of Perth in Scotland **Castor.** A receipt for the curing of castorium, according to the custom used in Russia — Letter concerning the Russia castor — See Camp. **Castration.** An account of Mr. Tull's method of castrating fish **Cat.** A discourse on the dissection of a monstrous double cat — An account of an animal of the cat kind sent from the East Indies by general Clive to the duke of Cumberland **Catamombs.** Letter concerning the catacombs of Rome and Naples **Catadioptrical Telescopes.** An account of a new catadioptrical telescope invented by Mr. Newton — Further suggestions about Mr. Newton's reflecting telescopes; together with his table of apertures and charges for the several lengths of that instrument — Answer to some objections made by an ingenious French philosopher, to the new reflecting telescopes — Some considerations upon part of a letter of M. de Bercé concerning the catadioptrical telescope, pretended to be improved and refined by Mr. Cassgrain — An account of a catadioptrick telescope made by John Hadley, Esq. with the description of a machine contrived for applying it to use — A new method of improving and perfecting catadioptrical telescopes, by forming the speculums of glass instead of metal **Catalepsy.** Case of a cataleptic woman **Cataract (Of the eye).** An account of two observations upon the cataract of the eye — An account of the dissection of an eye with a cataract — History of the substance of a cataract — An explication of the instruments used in a new operation on the eyes Extract of two letters concerning M. David's method of couching a cataract Hope XLVII 530 A description of a new method of opening the cornea, in order to extract the crystalline humour Sharp XLVIII 161 A second account of a new method of opening the cornea for taking away the cataract Sharp — 322 An account of the success of Mons. David's method of extracting cataracts Cantwell LII 519 CATARACT (Fall of water.) Letter concerning a cataract near Gottenburg Gourdon XXII 691 II 325 CATARRHAL DISORDER. Extract of a letter containing some remarks upon the catarrhal disorder, which was very frequent in London and in its neighbourhood in May 1762; and upon the dysentery which prevailed in the following autumn Watson LII 646 CATENARIA. Account of the curve called catenaria Gregory XIX 637 I 39 Answer to the animadversions on Dr. Gregory's curva catenaria made in the Leipsick acts Gregory XXI 419 — 50 An easy mechanical way to divide the nautical meridian line in Mercator's projection; with an account of the relation of the same meridian line to the curva catenaria Perks XXIX 231 IV 456 CATERPILLARS. Letter concerning caterpillars that destroy fruit Garden XX 54 II 759 An account of the cornel caterpillar Skelton XLV 281 An abstract of Mr. Bonnet's memoirs concerning caterpillars; drawn up in French by Mr. Abraham Trembley, here translated into English Anon. — 300 IX 831 CATHARTICUM. Observations and experiments on the Sal Catharticum Amarum, commonly called the Epsom salt Brown XXXII 348 VII 729 Further observations Brown — 372 — 732 CATOPTRICS. An universal spherico-catoptrick theorem Dutton XXIV 1810 IV 184 Account of a catoptrick microscope Robert Barker XXXIX 259 VIII 120 CATTLE. Account of a pond in Somersetshire, to which pigeons resort, but cattle will not drink at Beale I 323 II 352 Further account of this pond, with some particulars touching water Beale — 359 — An CAT An account of a murrain in Switzerland, and the method of its cure - Wincler A dissertation concerning the dreadful contagious distemper seizing the black cattle in the Venetian territories, and especially about Padua - Ramazzini Recipe for the disorder amongst the cattle; sent from Holland - Anon. A brief account of the contagious disease which raged among the milch-cows near London in 1714; and of the methods that were taken for suppressing it - Bates An account of the distemper raging among the cow-kind in the neighbourhood of London; together with some remarks proposed for their recovery - Mortimer Further observations - Mortimer A third account of the distemper among the cows - Mortimer Concerning the burying of cows dead of the present reigning distemper, in lime or not - Milner A discourse of the usefulness of inoculation of the horned-cattle, to prevent the contagious distemper among them - Layard Letter relative to the distemper among the horned-cattle - Layard CAVERNS. A description of the cave of Killarny, in the barony of Burren in Ireland - Lucas A letter concerning a subterraneous cavern in Weredale - Durant An account of large subterraneous caverns in the Chalk Hills near Norwich - Arderon A letter containing an account of the cavern of Dunmore Park, near Kilkenny in Ireland - Walker CAUL. Observations on a large omentum - Huxham CAUMONT (MARQUIS). See Stone. CAUSWAY. See Giants Causeway. CAYLUS. Extract of a letter concerning an antient method of painting, revived by Count Caylus - Mazeas Observations on the Abbé Mazeas's letter on the Count de Caylus's method of imitating the antient painting in burnt ware - Parsons See Encyclopaedia M 2 CAY Tranl. Abridg. XIII 93 II 869 XXIX 46 V 183 XXX 872 — 48 XLIII 532 XI 916 XLIV 4 — 921 L 528 LXX 536 XLI 360 VIII 668 XLIV 221 X 588 XLV 244 — 593 L.XIII 16 XXXIII 60 VII 518 XLIX 652 — 655 CEILAN. CEILAN. Method of catching fowl and deer in the island of Ceilan, with an account of the cinnamon Some observations made in Ceilan CELANDINE. A letter concerning the tubes or canals that convey the yellow sap in the herb called Chelidonium Majus, or Celandine CEMENT WASZTER. An historico-physical observation of the brass waters of Neololis, commonly called Cement Waszter, changing iron to brass CENTER. On the finding of the center of oscillation An account of an experiment explaining a mechanical paradox, viz. that two bodies of equal weight, suspended on a certain sort of balances, do not lose their equilibrium, by being removed one farther from the other nearer to the center CENTRIFUGAL FORCE. A commentary of some new observations to discover whether pendulums are obstructed by any centrifugal force CENTRIFUGAL BELLOWS. See Bellows. CENTRIPETAL. On the laws of the centripetal forces Observations on the phylico-mathematical commentaries of J. Bernoulli on centripetal force CEPPHUS. A description of the cepphus CEREBELLUM. An observation on a schirrus of the cerebellum CEREUS. A description of the Cereus Peruvianus, which flowered at Norimberg in 1730 CERUSS. A relation of the making of ceruvs CHAFFE. A way of preserving ice and snow by chaffe CHALK. A letter containing certain chalky tubulous concretions called malm An account of large subterraneous caverns in the chalk-hills near Norwich Remarks upon a petrified echinus of a singular kind, found on Bunnan's land, in the parish of Bovingdon in Hertfordshire, which is clay, and supposed to have been brought with the chalk dug out of a pit in the field CHA **Chalk-Stones.** On the chalk-stones of the gout - Leewenhoek **Chalybeate.** A short account of the nature and virtues of the Pyrmont waters, with some observations on their chalybeate qualities - Sluze **Chance.** An arithmetical paradox concerning the chances of lotteries - Roberts The laws of chance in a set of problems - De Moivre A solution of the 15th general problem, proposed by De Moivre in his treatise de Mensura Sortis - Bernoulli Another general solution of the preceding problem, with the assistance of combined and infinite series - De Moivre An essay towards solving a problem in the doctrine of chances - Bayes A demonstration of the second rule in the essay towards the solution of a problem in the doctrine of chances, published in vol. LIII. **Channel.** An advertisement necessary for all navigators bound up the channel of England - Anon. **Characters.** A letter containing the exact draughts of several unknown characters, taken from the ruins at Persepolis - Flowers A paper containing some unknown antient characters, with remarks thereon, by Francis Aston, Esq. - Flowers An explanation of the figures of a Pagan temple, and unknown characters, at Cannara in Salset - Stuart An explanation of the Runic characters of Kel-singland - Celsius Extract of a letter concerning a supposed connection between the hieroglyphical writing of antient Egypt, and the characteristic writing which is in use at this day among the Chinese - Morton See China. **Charcoal.** Experiments and observations on charcoal - Priestley Extract of a letter on some electrical experiments made with charcoal - Kinnersley Account of the manner in which the Russians treat persons affected by the fumes of burning charcoal, and other effluvia of the same nature. **CHARM.** Conjectures on the charming or fascinating power attributed to the rattle-snake; grounded on credible accounts, experiments, and observations. **CHARR-FISH.** Some account of the charr-fish, as found in North Wales. **CHARTS.** Some remarks on the variation of the magnetic compass, published in the memoirs of the Academy of Sciences, with regard to the general chart of those variations made by E. Halley; as also concerning the true longitude of the Magellan Straights. — A short dissertation on maps and charts. — Remarks on the censure of Mercator's chart, in a posthumous work of Mr. West of Exeter. — A defence of Mercator's chart against the censure of Mr. West. — A letter concerning a new chart of the Red Sea, with two draughts of the roads of Mocha and Judda, and several observations made during a voyage on that sea. — Particulars of the country of Labrador; extracted from the papers of Lieut. Roger Clarke, of his majesty's sloop the Otter, with a plane chart of the coast. **CHARTHAM.** See Bones. **CHEEK.** An account of an extraordinary tumour or wen lately cut off the cheek of a person in Scotland. — Account of a rottenness of the cheek-bone, occasioned by a vast quantity of matter flowing from the mouth of a boy for three years. **CHEESE.** Observations on insects bred in cheese, &c., by **CHELIDONIUM MAJUS.** A letter concerning the tubes or canals that convey the yellow sap in the herb called Chelidonium Majus, or Celandine. **CHERRY TREES.** An experiment of making cherry-trees, that have withered fruit, to bear full and good fruit; and of recovering the almost-withered fruit Cheshire. Observations on the Roman colonies and stations in Cheshire and Lancashire Chestnut Trees. A letter concerning chestnut-trees Another letter on chestnut-trees Another Another Another Chester. Observations on the population and diseases of Chester in the year 1774 See Altar. Chichester. See Inscription. Chickens. Manner of hatching chickens at Cairo Child. An account of two monstrous births at Paris An account of two monstrous births in Devonshire An account of two odd births Anatomical observations on a monstrous birth at Plymouth Extract of a letter containing some relations concerning some odd worms vomited by children A relation of a monstrous birth Relation of a child that remained 26 years in the mother's belly An account of an extraordinary birth in Staffordshire With reflections thereon The description of a monstrous child born in South Jutland Relation of an extraordinary child of six years old, who in face, &c. was as large as a full-grown woman; and of what appeared on the dissection of the body An account of a child born with a large wound in the breast, supposed to proceed from the force of imagination Letter concerning a child who had its intestines, mesentery, &c. in the cavity of the thorax Part of a letter concerning a monstrous birth Account of some monstrous births in Ireland in 1708 | Title | Transl. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Account of a child crying in the womb Derham | XXVI | V 310 | | A short dissertation on a child's crying in the womb | | | | An account of a monstrous double birth in Lorraine | XXXII | VII 688 | | Two extraordinary cases of a large stone in the urethra, brought on by the venereal infection, and a child born with a remarkable tumour on the loins | XXXVI | 560 | | A case concerning a child born with the bowels hanging out of its belly | XXXVII | 516 | | Account of a monstrous boy | XLI | IX 314 | | Account of a monstrous child born of a woman under sentence of transportation Sheldrake | | | | An account of a monstrous foetus resembling an hooded monkey | | | | Case of the heart of a child turned upside down | | | | A remarkable conformation, or lusus naturae, in a child | XLII | 316 | | Part of a letter concerning a child of a monstrous size | | | | Account of a child's being taken out of the abdomen after having lain there upwards of 16 years | XLIV | XI 807 | | A letter concerning a child born with an extraordinary tumour near the anus, containing some rudiments of an embryo in it | XLV | 1020 | | An account of a preternatural conjunction of two female children | | | | Part of a letter concerning a child born with the jaundice upon it, received from its father; and of the mother taking the same distemper from her husband the next time of being with child | XLVI | 1063 | | An account of a monstrous foetus without any mark of sex | | | | An account of a double child born at Hebust, near Middleton in Lancashire | Percival | XLVII 360 | | An account of an extraordinary case of a child | | | | Anatomico-medical observations of a monstrous double child born Oct. 26, 1701, in Pannonia and died Feb. 23, 1723. (Lat.) | Torkz | L 311 | | Another account | | | | Another account | | | | Another account (Lat.) | | | An account of a monstrous human fetus, having neither head, heart, lungs, stomach, spleen, pancreas, liver nor kidneys — Le Cal. An account of a very small fetus brought into the world at the same time with a child in its full growth — Warner. An account of an extraordinary accephalous birth — Cooper. Child-Bed. Dissection of a woman who died in child-bed — S. Lovestre. Child-Birth. See Fetus, Monster, Parturition. Chiltenham (Mineral water of). An examination of the Chiltenham mineral water; which may serve as a method in general for examining mineral waters — Senckenberg. Chimney-Pieces. An account of two large stone chimney-pieces, with a peculiar sort of arch-work thereon — Wallis. China. A voyage of the emperor of China into the Eastern Tartary, 1682 — Anon. A voyage of the emperor of China into the Western Tartary, 1683 — Anon. An explanation necessary to justify the geography supposed in these letters — Anon. Observations and conjectures concerning the Chinese characters — R. H. An account of a voyage to Chufan in China; with a description of the island, of the several sorts of tea, of the fishing, agriculture, &c. of the Chinese, &c. with several observations not hitherto taken notice of — Cunningham. An account of some plants collected at Chufan in China, by — James Petiver. An explanation of the new chronological table of the Chinese history; translated into Latin from the original Chinese by father John Fr. Foucquet — Dereham and Foucquet. A letter concerning the Chinese chronology and astronomy — Costard. Account of the knowledge of geography amongst the Chinese — Goubil. Some account of the paper money current among the Chinese — Goubil. A letter giving an account of several of the natural and artificial productions of China — D'Incarville. Two letters concerning the Chinese chronology and astronomy - Gaubil On the supposed connection between the hieroglyphical writing of ancient Egypt, and the characteristic writing which is in use at this time among the Chinese - Morton China Cabinet. An account of a China cabinet filled with several instruments, fruits, &c. used in China - Buckley Further account - Sloane Further account - Sloane Further account - Sloane China Dishes. An intimation of a way found in Europe to make China dishes - Anon. China Stoves. A letter containing an account of the manner in which the Chinese heat their rooms - De Visme An account of the Kang, or Chinese stoves - Gramont China Varnish. The way of making several China varnishes; sent from the Jesuits in China to the great duke of Tuscany - Sbarra Chirurgery. An argument for the more frequent use of laryngotomy, urged from a remarkable case in chirurgery - Mufgrave A relation of a deaf and dumb person who recovered his hearing and speech after a violent fever: with some other medical and chirurgical observations - Martin Part of a letter concerning a case in chirurgery, which is commonly mistaken for a fracture of the patella - Devere Two medico-chirurgical observations on the hydatides and consequences of an incomplete hernia, and on the functions of the intestine exposed to sight - Le Coq Various medico-chirurgical observations (Lat.) - Seiblichling Chorolides. Answer to Mr. Pecquet about the opinion, that it is the principal organ of sight with other considerable experiments - Marrisi Chorography. A solution of a chorographical problem, proposed by Richard Townley Collin The solutions of three chorographical problems - Anon. Chronology. Remarks upon the observations made upon a chronological index of Sir Isaac New- ton; translated into French by the observator and published at Paris — Newton XXXIII 316 Remarks upon some dissertations lately publish ed at Paris by the Rev. P. Souciet, against Sir Isaac Newton's chronology — Halle XXXIV 205 VII 47 Some farther remarks on P. Souciet's disserta tions against Sir Isaac Newton's chronology — Halle XXXV 296 — 11 An explanation of the new chronological table of the Chinese history; translated into Latin from the original Chinese by father John Fr. Fouquet — Dereham and Fouquet XXXVI 397 — 13 A letter concerning the Chinese chronology and astronomy — Coßard XLIV 476 XI 1232 The application of Dr. Saunderson's theorem for solving unlimited equations to a curious question in chronology — Horsefall LVIII 100 Chrystalline Humour. Observations about the chrystalline humour of the eye — Leewenhoek XIV 790 Letter concerning the chrystalline humour in the eye of whales, fish, and other creatures and of the use of the eye-lids — Leewenhoek XXIV 1723 V 2 267 Chusan. An account of a voyage to Chufan in China, with a description of the island, of the several sorts of tea, of the fishing, agriculture of the Chinese, &c. with several observations not hitherto taken notice of — Cunningham XXIII 1201 — 171 An account of some plants collected at Chusan in China, by — James Petiver — 1419 IV - 286 Churchil River. Journal of a voyage made by order of the Royal Society to Churchil River, on the north-west coast of Hudson's Bay; of thirteen months residence in that country; and of the voyage back to England in 1768, 1769 — Wale LX 100 Chyle. Some anatomical observations and experiments concerning the unalterable character of the whiteness of the chyle within the lacteou veins; together with divers particulars ob served in the guts, especially some sorts of worms found in them — Lister VIII 6c60 III 101 An account of an experiment made for altering the colour of the chyle in the lacteal veins — Lister XII 6 — 102 Some probable thoughts of the whiteness of the chyle, chyle, and what it is after it is conveyed within the arteries An account of chylification Chymistry. An account of some chymical, medical, and anatomical particulars Some reflections made on the enlarged account of Dr. Wittie's answer to hydrologia chymica, chiefly concerning the cause of the sudden loss of the virtues of mineral waters Observations on these three chymical operations, digestion, fermentation, and trituration or grinding (hitherto in the author's opinion not sufficiently regarded) by which many things of admirable use may be performed The chymical touch-stone of Mr. John Kuncle, De acido & urinolo sale calido & frigido, contra Doctor Voight's spiriti vini vinacatum Two propositions in chymistry desired to be answered in a year and a half by any person; if they are not in that time, the proposer promises he will do it himself Observations on the class of sweet tastes, made by comparing the tastes of sweet plants with Mr. L'Emery's chymical analysis of them in his treatise of drugs A vindication of Dr. Freind's chymical lectures, wherein the objections (in the Leipzic Transactions, Sept. 1710) brought against the attractive force of matter are removed A discourse concerning the usefulness of thermometers in chymical experiments, and concerning the principles on which the thermometers now in use have been constructed; together with the description and uses of a metallic thermometer newly invented by A chymical experiment of the effect of quicklime on alkaline sal volatile Experiments and observations on lead-ore Observations on the cicada or locusts of North America See Locust. Cicindela Volans. Observations on the cicindella volans, or flying glow-worm with the figure CICUTA. See Hemlock. CINNABAR. Extract of a letter containing several observations on cinnabar and gunpowder CINNAMON. A description of the cortex Winteranus, or wild cinnamon tree An account of the cinnamon in the island of Ceylon An account of the cinnamon-tree in Ceylon, and its several sorts; communicated by the chief inspector of the cinnamon trade and manufacture in that island to Albertus Seba Some additions to the foregoing account An account of the cinnamon-tree A discourse on the cinnamon, cassia, or canella Letter on the cinnamon CIRCLE (ASTRONOMY). An observation of an extraordinary lunar circle, and of two parallaxes made at Paris Oct. 20, 1747 CIRCLE (GEOMETRY). Answer to the animadversions of Mr Hugenius upon Dr. Gregory's book, De vera Circuli & Hyperbolae Quadratura, as published in the Journal des savans Some considerations on Mr Huygens's letter, printed in vindication of his Examen of the book intitled, De vera Circuli & Hyperbolae Quadratura The quantity of a degree of a great circle in English measures Cubic and biquadratic equations constructed by a parabola and circle The construction of a quadratrix to the circle, being the curve described by its equable evolution An investigation of some theorems which suggest some remarkable properties of the circle, and are of use in resolving tractions whose denominators are certain multinomials, into more simple ones Of triangles described in circles and about them Theorems concerning polygons of greatest and least areas and perimeters inscribing and circumscribing the circle A new and general method of finding simple and quickly converging series; by which the proportion of a diameter of a circle to its circumference may easily be computed to a great number of places of figures Hutton Citron. Some hortulan communications about the curious engrafting of oranges and lemons, or citrons, upon one another's trees; and of one individual fruit, half orange and half lemon, growing on such trees, &c. Civita Turchino. An account of some subterraneous apartments with Etruscan inscriptions and paintings, discovered at Civita Turchino in Italy Wilcox Claret. A further account of some experiments of injecting claret, &c. into the abdomen, after cupping Warrick Clays. An ingenious proposal for a new sort of maps of countries; together with tables of sands and clays, such chiefly as are found in the north parts of England Lister An account of curious wasps nests made of clay in Pennsylvania Bartram Remarks on a petrified echinus of a singular kind, found at Bunnan's Land, in the parish of Bovingdon in Hertfordshire, which is a clay, and supposed to have been brought with the chalk dug out of a pit in the field Parsons Clepsydra. A description of a clepsydra, or water-clock Hamilton Cliffs. Extract of a letter containing observations on the precipices and cliffs on the north-east coast of Norfolk Arden Climate. An essay upon the causes of the different colours of people in different climates Mitchell Clifton. See Coins. Circulation of the Blood. See Blood. Clock. A new invention of a clock ascendant on a plane inclined De Gennes A letter wherein Mr. Williamson asserts his right to the curious and useful invention of making clocks to keep time with the sun's apparent motion Williamson A contrivance to avoid the irregularities in a clock's motion, occasioned by the action of heat and cold upon the rod of the pendulum Graham An account of some observations made in London by Mr. Graham, and at Black River, in Jamaica, Jamaica, by Colin Campbell, concerning the going of a clock, in order to determine the difference between the lengths of isochronal pendulums in those places Bradley XXXVII 302 VII 238 An account of the influence which two pendulum-clocks were observed to have upon each other Ellicott XLI 126 VIII 246 Subject continued Ellicott — 128 A description of a clepsydra, or water-clock Hamilton XLIV 171 X 428 Two methods by which the irregularity of the motion of a clock, arising from the influence of heat and cold upon the rod of the pendulum, may be prevented Ellicott XLVII 479 Letter concerning the inventor of the contrivance in the pendulum of a clock to prevent the irregularities of its motion by heat and cold Short — 517 Observations on a clock of Mr. John Sheiton, made at St. Helena Maskelyne LII 434 Observations for proving the going of Mr. Ellicott's clock at St. Helena Mason — 534 An account of Mr. Mason's paper concerning the going of Mr. Ellicott's clock at St. Helena Short — 540 Remarks on the foregoing account Maskelyne LIV 380 Astronomical observations made in the Forks of the river Brandivine in Pennsylvania, for determining the going of a clock sent thither by the Royal Society, in order to find the difference of gravity between the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, and the place where the clock was set up in Pennsylvania Mason and Dixon LVIII 329 An account of the going of an astronomical clock Wollaston LXI 559 See Pendulum, Watch. Clogher. An account of the subsiding or sinking down of a hill near Clogher in Ireland Bishop of Clogher XXVIII 267 IV 2 250 Cloth. A new engine to make linen-cloth without the help of an artificer De Gennes XII 1007 I 501 Clouds. An attempt to solve the phenomenon of the rise of vapours, formation of clouds, and descent of rain Defaguliers XXXVI 6 VI 2 61 Extracts of two letters relating to the extracting electricity from the clouds Nollet XLVII 553 Clouds. Another letter relating to the extracting electricity from the clouds - Mylius Cloves. An extract of a letter containing microscopic observations on cloves - Leeuwenhoek Clustered Animal-Flower. An account of the actinia sociata, or clustered animal flower, lately found on the sea-coasts of the new-ceded islands - Ellis Cluster Polype. Letter concerning a cluster polype, found in the sea near the coast of Greenland - Ellis Coal. Observations and trials about the difference between a burning coal and mining wood Boyle An account of two uncommon mineral substances found in some coal and iron mines in England - Jeffreys Observations on a subterranean fire in a coal mine near Newcastle - Hodgson A relation of some strange phenomena, accompanied with mischievous effects, in a coal-work in Flintshire - Mosyn The different strata observed in boring for coals in several parts of Yorkshire, with the expense of the same - Malaverer A letter concerning a colliery that took fire, and was blown up near Newcastle, killing 69 persons, on August 18, 1708 - Charleton A description of the several strata of earth, stone, coal, &c. found in a coal pit at the west end of Dudley, Staffordshire. To which is added, a table of the specific gravity of each stratum - Fettipace and Hauksbee A curious description of the strata observed in the coal-mines of Mendip in Somersetshire - Sirachey An account of the strata in coal-mines - Strachey An account of the damp air in a coal pit of Sir James Lowther, Bart., sunk within 20 yards of the sea - Lowther An experiment concerning the spirit of coals - Clayton An account of coal-balls made at Liège - Hanbury A letter concerning a coal-mine taking fire near Newcastle-upon-Tyne - Durand A letter concerning spelter melting iron with pit-coal - Majol An account of the impressions of plants on the slates of coals - Da Costa COA Remarks on the Bovey coal An account of a case of a young man stupified by the smoke of sea-coal A letter containing a short account of an explosion of air in a coal-pit at Middleton, near Leeds in Yorkshire See Bovey, Damp. COATI MONDI. A letter concerning the Coati Mondi of Brazil Cobalt. Part of a letter concerning cobalt, and the preparations of saltnit and arsenic Commentary on cobalt Coccus Radicum. Some corrections and amendments concerning the generation of the insect called coccus radicum Cocherel. See Sepulchre. Cochineal. Observations concerning cochineal, accompanied with some suggestions for finding out and preparing such like substances out of other vegetables Letter enlarging and correcting his former notes upon Kermes; and withal infusing his conjectures of cochineal's being a sort of Kermes Observations on the making of cochineal, according to the relation had from an old Spaniard at Jamaica A letter concerning cochineal The natural history of cochineal An account of the male and female cochineal insects, that breed on the cactus opuntia, or Indian fig, in South Carolina and Georgia An account of the Polish cochineal Further account A further account of the Polish cochineal Cochlea. A description of the organ of hearing in the elephant, with the figures and situation of the offices, labyrinth, and cochlea, in the ear of that animal Cocks. Microscopical observations and experiments concerning the animalcula in feminine-masculino of cocks and spiders, shortness of breath, &c. Cod Fish. Letter concerning the spawn of cod-fish Cod (Of the seed of plants). Instances shewing the COD Transf. LI 534 LII 454 LXIII 217 XXXII 317 XXIV 1754 XXXIV 192 XXXVII 444 III 796 Anon. Anon. XXIV 1614 XXXVI 264 LII 661 LiV 91 LVI 184 XXX 885 XXIII 1137 XXII 821 Abridg. VII 449 V 420 VI 2 236 VII 466 II 784 — 785 V 2 266 VII 478 — 95 V 82 — 2 264 — 266 | Topic | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | correspondence of the pith and timber with the seed of the plant; as also of the bark or sap in the bark with the pulp of the fruit, or some encompassing coat or cod containing the seed. | B at | | | COECUM. An account of the cutting out of the cecum of a bitch | IV 919 | II 710 | | —— A letter in answer to Mr. Oldenburgh, wherein he desired an explanation of a paragraph, touching the use of the intestinum cecum Lytton | XIII 324 | III 112 | | —— Of an inguinal rupture, with a pin in the appendix cæli incrusted with a stone, and some observations on wounds in the guts Amyand | XIV 457 | — 425 | | COFFEE. An account of the coffee-shrub Sloane | XXXIX 329 | IX 153 | | —— A discourse of coffee Houghton | XVIII 61 | II 659 | | —— Cohesion. Some experiments concerning the cohesion of lead Desaguliers | XXI 311 | — 660 | | —— Queries concerning the cause of cohesion of the parts of matter Trieuvald | XXXIII 345 | VI 325 | | —— A remarkable case of cohesion of all the intestines in a man about 34 years of age Jenyns | XXXVI 39 | — 25 | | —— New experiments and observations concerning electricity Symmer | L 550 | | | —— Experiments on electricity; with a letter concerning the force of electrical cohesion Mitchell | LI 340 | | | COINS. A letter giving a further account of some coins found at Honedon in Suffolk Dale | — 393 | | | —— Letter concerning pewter money coined in Ireland by the late king James Thoresby | XVII 874 | III 441 | | —— An easy method of procuring the true impression or figure of medals, coins, &c. Baker | XXIV 1875 | V 231 | | —— Explication of an inedited coin with two legends, in different languages, on the reverse Swinton | XLIII 77 | XI 1339 | | COINS (ETRUSCAN). Explication of a most remarkable monogram on the reverse of a very antient quinarius, never before published or explained Swinton | LXI 78 | | | —— Observations upon two antient Etruscan coins never before illustrated or explained Swinton | LXIV 318 | | | —— Elucidation of an Etruscan coin of Paestum in Lucania, emitted from the mint there about the time of the social war Swinton | LIV 99 | | | —— Remarks upon two Etruscan weights or coins never before published Swinton | LVIII 246 | | | COINS (NORMAN). Letter concerning some Norman coins found at York Thoresby | LXI 82 | | | —— XXIV 2127 | V 230 | COINS. | COINS (PARTHIAN). A dissertation upon a Parthian coin, with characters on the reverse resembling those of the Palmyrenes Swinton — Remarks on a Parthian coin with a Greek and Parthian legend Swinton — Conjectures upon an inedited Parthian coin Swinton — Description of two Parthian coins never hitherto published Swinton COIN (PERSIAN). Observations upon five ancient Persian coins struck in Palestine, or Phœnicia, before the dissolution of the Persian empire Swinton COIN (PHOENICIAN). An attempt to interpret the legend and inscription of a very curious Phœnician medal never hitherto explained Swinton COIN (PUNIC). Interpretation of the inscription of a Punic coin struck in the Isle of Gozo Swinton — Description of a Punic coin appertaining to the Isle of Gozo, hitherto attributed to that of Malta by the learned Swinton — Observations on an inedited coin, adorned with two Punic characters on the reverse Swinton — Interpretation of two Punic inscriptions on the reverses of two Siculo-Punic coins, published by the prince de Torremuzza, and never hitherto explained Swinton COINS (ROMAN). Letter concerning some Roman coins, and other matters lately observed in Lincolnshire Anon. Further account Thoresby — An account of some Roman coins found at Clifton, near Edlington, Yorkshire Thoresby — Part of a letter concerning some Roman coins found in Yorkshire Thoresby — A description of some clay-mould, or concaves of antient Roman coins found in Shropshire Baker — An abstract of a discourse intituled, Reflections on the medals of Pescennius Niger, and some circumstances in the history of his life, written in French by M. Claude Gros de Bois — An account of an inedited coin of the empreis Grifpina Swinton — Remarks upon a Denarius of the Vetu- rian family, with an Etruscan inscription on the reverse An account of a subterrated Denarius of the Platorian family; adorned with an Etruscan inscription on the reverse, never before published or explained Further remarks upon a Denarius of the Veturian family; with an Etruscan inscription on the reverse, formerly considered COIN (SAMNITE). Some observations upon a Samnite Etruscan coin, never before fully explained A dissertation upon a Samnite Denarius An attempt to elucidate two Samnite coins, never before fully explained COINS (SAXON). An account of some Saxon coins lately found in Suffolk; communicated by Sir P. S. Remarks by W. W. COINS (SWEDISH). Letter concerning some Swedish coins COINS (SYRACUSAN). Some observations on an incited Greek coin of Philistis queen of Syracuse, Malta, and Gozo, who had been passed over in silence by all the ancient writers COLD ANIMAL. See Animal. COLD (CHEMISTRY). A new frigorific experiment, shewing how a considerable degree of cold may be produced without the help of snow, ice, hail, wind, or nitre, and that at any time of the year An account of some experiments relating to the production of fire and flame; together with an explosion made by a mixture of two liquors actually cold Observations upon the dissolutions and fermentations, which we may call cold, because they are accompanied with a coolness of the liquors into which they pass COLD (DISEASE). Some suggestions for remedies against cold Historical account of the late general coughs and colds, with some observations on other epidemical distempers Extract of a letter concerning the bark preventing catching cold Remarks upon its effects upon the blood Hewson Cold (Natural philosophy). Account of the experimental history of cold Boyle. A further account of Mr. Boyle's experimental history of cold Oldenburg. Promiscuous inquiries chiefly about cold; with answers to some of them by Hevelius. Tables of the barometrical altitudes at Zurich in Switzerland, in the year 1708, by Scheuchzer; and at Upminster in England, by Derham; as also the rain at Pifa in Italy, in 1707 and 1708, by Tilli; and at Zurich in 1708; and at Upminster in all that time; with remarks on the same tables; as also on the winds, heats and colds, and divers other matters occurring in those three different parts of Europe Derham. A contrivance to avoid the irregularities in a clock's motion, occasioned by the action of heat and cold upon the rod of a pendulum Graham. An observation of the magnetic needle being so affected by great cold, that it could not traverse Middleton. The effects of cold; together with observations of the longitude, latitude, and declination of the magnetic needle at Prince of Wales's Fort, upon Churchill River in Hudson's Bay, North America Middleton. A letter concerning a very cold day, and another concerning a very hot day, in June and July 1749 Miles. A letter concerning the difference of the degrees of cold, marked by a thermometer kept within doors, or without in the open air Miles. Two methods by which the irregularity of the motion of a clock, arising from the influence of heat and cold upon the rod of the pendulum, may be prevented Ellicott. Letter concerning the inventor of the contrivance in the pendulum of a clock, to prevent the irregularities of its motion by heat and cold Short. Observations on the late severe and cold weather Arderon. An account of artificial cold produced at Petersburg Himself. State of the cold at Berlin in the winter of 1762-3 — Pallas Account of the degree of cold observed in Bedfordshire, Nov. 22, 1763 — Howard Some account of the late cold weather, Jan. and Feb. 1767, at London — W. Watson At Plymouth — Anon. A note concerning the cold of 1740 and 1768 — Browne Observations on the same subject — Short Some remarks on the effects of cold in February 1771 — Richard Watson An account of the remarkable cold observed at Glasgow in January 1768 — Wilson Observations on the intense cold in the months of Jan. 1767 and 1768, and Nov. 1770, at Franeker — Van Swinden An account of a most extraordinary degree of cold at Glasgow in January 1780; together with some new experiments and observations on the comparative temperature of hoar-frost and the air near to it, made at Glasgow — Wilson See Heat and Thermometer. Colic. Letter concerning an unusual colic — Davies An account of an extraordinary effect of the colic — St. André An account of an extraordinary colic — Huxham Collision. A remark upon the new opinion relating to the forces of moving bodies, in the case of the collision of non-elastic bodies — Bamei Cologne. Remarks on the stones in the county of Naflau, and the territories of Treves and Cologne, resembling those of the Giant's Causeway in Ireland — Trembley Colon. An account of part of the colon hanging out of a wound for 14 years — Vater Colonies. Observations on the Roman colonies and stations in Cheshire and Lancashire — Percival Colour. An essay upon the causes of the different colours of people in different climates — Mitchell Colours (Chemistry). An experiment of a way of preparing a liquor that shall sink into and colour the whole body of marble, causing a picture drawn on a surface to appear also in the inner parts of the stone — Kircher and others An account of the use of the grain kermes for colouration — Verny A way of colouring fruit - Tonge A way of colouring leaves - Tonge Some observations touching colours, in order to the increase of dies, and the fixation of colours - Lister An account of an insect feeding upon hentane; the horrid smell of which is in that creature so qualified, as to become in some measure aromatic; together with the colour yeilded by the eggs of the same - Lister An account of an extraordinary tincture given to a stone - Reisell A Latin and English catalogue of simple and mixed colours, with a specimen of each colour fixed to its proper name - Waller An experiment in which a surprising change of colour, from a pale transparent or clear liquor, to a very blue ceruleous one, and that in an instant, by the admission of air only: was applied to illustrate some changes of colour, and other effects on the blood of respiring animals - Sare Two letters giving an account of a red colour produced by the mixture of a sulphureous spirit with a volatile alcali - Gibbons To give iron the colour and tincture of copper - Southwell A way to make two clear spirituous inflammable liquors, which differ very little in taste and smell; and being mixed together, do give a fine carnation colour, without either sensible fermentation or alteration - Geoffroy Method of colouring marbles - Anon. An account of two observations in gardening, upon the change of colour in grapes and jasmine - Cane An account of the bones of animals being changed to a red colour by aliment only - Betchin Observations and experiments with madder root, which has the faculty of tinging the bones of living animals of a red colour - Du Monceau Observations of the effects which the farina of peas of different colours have on each other - Henchman An account of a new die from the berries of a weed in South Carolina — Lindo Experiments and observations on the agreement between the specific gravities of the several metals and their colours, when united to glass, as well as those of their other proportions — Delaval An account of rings consisting of all the prismatic colours made by electrical explosions on the surfaces of pieces of metal — Priestley A letter on his new phosphorus receiving several colours, and only emitting the same Beccaria A letter giving some account of the roots used by the Indians in the neighbourhood of Hudson's Bay, to dye porcupine quills — Foster Experiments on dying black — Clegg Experiments on a new colouring substance from the island of Amsterdam, in the South Seas — Woulfe Colour (Natural philosophy). Letter containing his new theory of light and colours — Newton Extracts of several letters concerning the appearance of several arches of colours contiguous to the inner edge of the common rainbow at Petworth — Langwith Another letter, with some reflections on the same subject — Pemberton An account of persons who could not distinguish colours — Huddart See Light. Colt. Observations upon a monstrous head of a colt — Boyle Cobra de Cabelas Pietra de. See Serpent-stone. Coluber Cerastes. A letter on the coluber cerastes, or horned viper of Egypt — Ellis Columns. An account of two giants causeways, or groups of prismatic basaltine columns, and other curious volcanic concretions, in the Venetian state in Italy; with some remarks on the characters of those and other similar bodies, and of the physical geography of the countries in which they are found — Strange An account of a curious Giants Causeway, or group of angular columns, newly discovered in the Euganean Hills, near Padua in Italy — Strange Combinations. The doctrine of combinations and alternations | Comet | Trans. | Abridg. | |-------|--------|---------| | Alternations improved and compleated | XXIV 1961 | IV 60 | | Comet. The motion of the late comet predicted | I 3 | I 436 | | Letter from Rome touching the late comet, and a new one | Anon. | — 17 | | Letter from Paris, containing reflections on part of the letter from Rome | Anon. | — 18 | | The motion of the second comet predicted, by the same gentleman who predicted the former | Auzout | — 36 | | An account of Hevelius's prodromus cometicus, together with some observations upon it, by a French philosopher | Oldenburg | — 104 | | Of the judgment of some of the English astronomers touching the difference between two learned men, about an observation made of the first of the late two comets | English Astronomers | — 150 | | Observations concerning the comet of 1668, which lately appeared in foreign parts, from Italy | Cassini | III 683 | | From Portugal | Anon. | — 684 | | An account of a new comet seen at Dantzick, March 1672 | Hevelius | VII 4017 | | Observations of a new comet, made at Paris | Cassini | — 4042 | | Reflections on the foregoing observations | Cassini | — 4048 | | Observations concerning the comet that was seen in Brasil, 1668 | Eftancel | IX 91 | | Observations of the comet of April and May 1677, made at Paris | Cassini | XII 868 | | At Dantzick | Hevelius | — 869 | | At Greenwich | Flamstead | — 873 | | An account of the comet of Aug. 1682, at Dantzick | Hevelius | XIII 16 | | Short history of the comet of 1683, at Dantzick | Hevelius | — 416 | | An extract of a letter concerning a late comet seen at Rome, June 30, 1684 | Ciampini | XV 920 | | An account of a comet seen at Leipsick in Sept. 1686 | Acta Eruditorum | XVI 256 | | Observations of the situation of the new comet of Feb. 1699, at Paris | Anon. | XXI 79 | | A synopsis of cometic astronomy | Halley | XXIV 1882 | | Observations made at Rome of the comet which appeared anno 1664 | Roy | XXV 2350 | | Accurate observations of the remarkable comet seen | P | seen at the end of the year 1680, at Coburg in Saxony, 13 days before anywhere else Kirch An account of a small telescopical comet seen at London on the 10th of June 1717 Halley Account of the comet seen at Berlin in Jan. 1718 Kirch Observations on the comet seen at Berlin Jan. 18, 1718 Kirch Observations upon the comet that appeared in the months of October, November, and December 1723 Bradley With some curious figures Lord Paisley Observed at Albano Bianchini At Lisbon Carboni Observations upon the comet that appeared in October 1723, made at Bombay Saunderson A letter containing an account of a comet seen on February 29, 1731-2, from on board the Monmouth, in Table Bay Dove A collection of observations relating to the comet that appeared in January, February, and March 1736-7, at Oxford Bradley At Rome Revillas At Philadelphia Kearsley At Jamaica Fuller At Madras Sartorius At Lisbon Vanbrugh The parabolic orbit for the comet of 1739, observed at Bologna Zanotti Observations on the comet of 1743, made at Vienna (Lat.) Carnabe Observations on the late comet made at Sherborn and Oxford; with the elements for computing its motions Betts Observations on the comet of March 1742, by the Jesuits at Pekin Hedgeon Paths of 19, according to the hypothesis which makes them, describe a parabola about the sun Struyck Observations on the comet seen at Pekin, 1748 Hallerstein Thoughts on comets Dunthorne Extract of a letter concerning the return of the comet expected 1757 or 1758 Barker Observations on the comet of September and October 1757, at Greenwich Bradley Observations on the comet of Sept. and Oct. 1757, at the Hague - Klinkenberg An account of the comet of May 1759 - Bevis Another account - Munkley Observations on the comet of Jan. 1760, at London - Short At Cambridge - Michell At London - Munkley At Lowick, near Thropston, Northamptonshire - Day Observations of the comet seen at Paris, Feb. 1760 - De la Caille An account of the comet seen at Paris in June 1762 - De la Lande Observations of the comet of May 1759, made at the Hague - Gabry A table of the places of the comet discovered at the Observatory of the Marine at Paris, Jan. 3, 1764, about 8 o'clock in the evening, in the constellation of the Dragon, concluded from its situation with regard to the stars - Messier A memoir, containing the history of the return of the famous comet of 1682; with observations of the same made at Paris from January to June 1759 - Messier A discovery; with observations of two new comets in the Marine Observatory at Paris, March 1766 - Messier A letter giving an account of a comet seen April 9, 1766 - Brice Thoughts concerning comets - Winthorp Extract of two letters on a new comet observed Jan. 10, 1771, at Paris - Messier A disquisition of the periodical time of the comet of 1770 - Lexell Compass. Undertakings concerning the variation of the magnetical compass, and the inclination of the inclinatory needle, as the result and conclusion of 38 years magnetical study - Bond A theory of the variation of the magnetical compass - Halley Letter concerning a new sort of a magnetical compass; with several curious magnetical experiments - De la Hire The variation of the compass, or magneticall needle, needle, in the Atlantick and Ethiopick Oceans, 1766 Some remarks on the variations of the magnetical compass, published in the Memoirs of the Academy of Sciences, with regard to the general chart of those variations made by E. Halley; as also concerning the longitude of the Magellan Straights. The variation of the magnetical compass observed in a passage from Cape St. Lucar, in California, to the Isle of Guan, or Guana, one of the Ladrones; with some remarks thereon. A new and exact table, collected from several observations taken in four voyages to Hudson's Bay from London: shewing the variation of the magnetical needle, or sea compass, in the pathway to the said bay, according to the several longitudes and latitudes, from 1721 to 1725. A new and exact table collected from several observations taken from the year 1721 to 1729, in nine voyages to Hudson's Bay, in North America: shewing the variation of the compass, according to the latitudes and longitudes, accounting the longitude from the meridian of London. The use of a new azimuth-compass for finding the variation of the compasses, or magnetic needle, at sea, with greater ease and exactness than by any yet contrived for that purpose. A letter shewing, that the electricity of glass disturbs the mariner's compass, and also nice balances. On the effects of lightening in destroying the polarity of the mariner's compass; to which are subjoined, some remarks by Gowin Knight. A description of a mariner's compass contrived by Gowin Knight. An account of some improvements of the mariner's compass, in order to render the card and needle proposed by Dr. Knight of general use. The variation of the compass; containing 1719 observations to, in, and from, the East Indies. Guinea, West Indies, and Mediterranean, with the latitudes and longitudes at the time of observations — Douglas Tract of his majesty's armed brig Lion, from England to Davis's Streights and Labrador; with observations for determining the longitudes by sun and moon, and errors of common reckoning: also the variation of the compass and dip of the needle, as observed during the said voyage in 1776 — Pickersgill See Needle. Conception. An account of the dissection of a bitch whose cornua uteri being filled with the bones and flesh of a former conception, had, after a second conception, the ova affixed to several parts of the abdomen — Anon. A letter on a false conception — Cole Account of the bones of a foetus voided per anum, some years after conception — Morley An account of an extra-uterine conception — Myddelton Concoction. A short discourse concerning concoction — Haver. Concretions (Anatomy). The figures of some very extraordinary calculous concretions found in the kidney of a woman — Lucas Concretions (Natural history). A letter concerning certain chalky tubulous concretions, called malm — Needham An account of two giants causeways, or groups of prismatic basaltine columns, and other volcanic concretions, in the Venetian state in Italy; with some remarks on the characters of these and other similar bodies, and on the physical geography of the countries in which they are found — Strange Conductor. An account of the appearance of lightening on a conductor, fixed from the summit of the main-mast of a ship down to the water — Winn An account of the effects of lightening on a house which was furnished with a pointed conductor, at Tenterden in Kent; to which are added, some remarks by Mr. Henley Haffenden New experiments and observations on the nature and use of conductors — Wilson Experiments in electricity; being an attempt to shew the advantage of elevated conductors New experiments upon the Leyden phial, respecting the termination of conductors See Lightening. Cones. An investigation of a general theorem for finding the length of any arc of any conic hyperbola by means of two elliptic arcs, with some other new and useful theorems deduced therefrom Conformation. A remarkable conformation or latus naturae in a child Two observations of a diseased conformation in bodies Diseased conformations found in bodies Congelation. Account of a sudden congelation Congelation. See Frost. Conglaciation. See Frost. Conic Sections. Some simple properties of conic sections, deduced from the nature of focus's, &c. The motion of projectiles near the earth's surface, considered independent of the properties of the conic sections Some new properties in conic sections, discovered by Edward Waring A disquisition concerning certain fluents which are assignable to the arc of conic sections; wherein are investigated some new and useful theorems for computing such fluents Properties of the conic sections; deduced by a compendious method Conjunction. A short account of the three great conjunctions of Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, at Dantick, in 1682 and 1683 An astronomical disputation on the visible conjunction of the inferior planets with the sun Connough Worm. See Worm. Conservatories. Instances, hints, and applications, relating to a main point, solicited in the preface to this fourth volume; concerning the use may be made of vaults, deep wells, and cold conservatories, to find out the cause, or to promote promote the generation of salt, minerals, metals, crystal; gems, stones of divers kinds; and helps to conserve long, or to have nutrification, fertility of any kind of land, &c. **Constantinople.** Historical observations relating to Constantinople — A continuation of the historical observations relating to Constantinople — Journal of a voyage from London to Constantinople — See Population. **Contagion.** A discourse of the usefulness of inoculation of the horned cattle, to prevent the contagious distemper among them **Constitutions.** Some observations of odd constitutions of bodies **Contraction.** A cure of muscular contraction by electricity **Contrayerva.** An account of the contrayerva **Contusion.** Account of a rupture of the ilium from an internal contusion, unattended with any external wound **Convulsions.** The history of periodical convulsions — The history of a convulsive disease returning every eight years — An account of an unusual medicinal case of an hemorrhage of bloody tears in convulsion fits — Of the extraordinary effects of musk in convulsive disorders — Case of a boy troubled with convulsive fits cured by the discharge of worms — An account of some extraordinary effects arising from convulsions **Cookery.** An account of the Moorish way of dressing their meat (with some remarks) in West Barbary, from Cape Spartel to Cape de Geer **Copernicus.** An account of a portrait of Copernicus, presented to the Royal Society by Dr. Wolf of Dantziek **Copper.** Account of the copper-mine at Herrn Ground in Hungary | Topic | Transf. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | The method, manner, and order of the transmutation of copper into bras, &c. | XVII 735 | II 565 | | Letters concerning several copper-mines, in answer to some queries of Dr. Lister | — 737 | — 563 | | The method, manner, and order of transmuting of copper into bras, &c. | XXII 474 | — 565 | | An account of an human body found in a copper-mine | XXXIII 136 | VI 2 204 | | Letter concerning the copper-springs in the county of Wicklow, in Ireland | XLVII 500 | | | Second letter concerning the copper-springs in the county of Wicklow, in Ireland | XLVIII 94 | | | A letter containing experiments on the copper-springs in Wicklow, in Ireland, and observations thereon | — 181 | | | An account of the copper-springs lately discovered in Pennsylvania | XLIX 648 | | | Actual fire in detonation, produced by the contact of tinfoil, with the salt composed of copper and the nitrous acid | LXIII 137 | | | A new method of assaying copper-ore | LXX 30 | | | Copperas. An account of the way of making English green copperas | XII 1058 | | | Coral. Some observations, on coral, large oysters, rubies, the growing of a sort of Ficus Indica, the gods of the Ceylanese, &c. made in Ceilan | Strachan XXIII 1248 | V 2 181 | | A description of some corals, and other curious submarines, lately sent from the Philippine Isles by G J. Cameli | Petiver — 1419 | IV 2 286 | | Microscopical observations on the pumice stone, coral, sponges, &c. | Leeuwenhoek XXIV 2158 | VI 2 267 | | Microscopical observations on red coral | Leeuwenhoek XXVI 126 | V — | | New discoveries relating to the history of coral | Donati XLVII 95 | | | An account of a MS treatise sent to the Royal Society, intituled, "A treatise upon coral, and several other productions of the sea, in order to illustrate the natural history thereof," by the Sieur de Peyssoncl | W. Watson — 445 | | | Letter concerning the formation of corals and corallines | Parsons — 505 | | | An account of a curious fleshy coral-like substance, with some observations on it by Mr. John Ellis | Schloesser XLIX 449 | | COR — Extract of a letter giving an account of coral, and that it is a mass of animals of the polypus kind — Trembley — An account of a red coral from the East Indies of a very singular kind — Ellis — See Polypus. Coralline. Observations on a remarkable coralline — Ellis XLVIII 115 — A letter concerning the animal life of those corallines that look like minute trees, and grow upon oysters and fucus's all around the sea-coast of this kingdom — Ellis — Letter concerning a species of corallines — Ellis — An account of some fungitæ, and other curious coralloid fossil bodies — Pennant — Observations on corallines, and the polypus's and other sea animals living on them — Baster — Remarks on the above observations — Ellis — An hitorical memoir concerning a genus of plants, called Lichen by Micheli, Haller, and Linnæus, and comprehended by Dillenius under the terms, utinea, coralloides, and lichnoides; tending principally to illustrate their several uses — W. Watson — Letter on the animal nature of the genus of zoophytes called corallina — Ellis — An account of the actinia sociata, or clustered animal-flower, lately found on the sea-coasts of the new-ceded islands — Ellis Corbridge. See Antiquities. Cord. Part of a letter concerning the improvement of the weather-cord — Arderon Cork. A course of experiments to ascertain the specific buoyancy of cork in different waters; the respective weights and buoyancy of salt water and fresh water; and for determining the exact weight of human and other bodies in fluids — Wilkinson Cor Leonis. An observation on an occultation of cor leonis by the moon, on Thursday, March 12, 1747, in Surrey Street in the Street, London, with a reflecting telescope, made by Mr. Short, which magnified about 100 times Bevis Corn. Letter concerning the smut of corn; translated from the French by T. S. Pluche — A letter with some microscopical observations on the farina of the red lily, and of worms discovered in smutty corn Needham An account of the maize, or Indian corn Cooke Cornea. Observations upon incisions of the cornea Gandolph The case of a wound in the cornea of the eye, cured by Thomas Baker Extract of a letter concerning the particulars of the cure of a wound in the cornea, and of a laceration of the uvea in the eye of a woman Avery A description of a new method of opening the cornea, in order to extract the crystalline humour Sharp A second account of a new method of opening the cornea for taking away the cataract Sharp See Cataract, Couching, Eye. Cornua Uteri. An account of the dissection of a bitch, whose cornua uteri being filled with the bones and flesh of a former conception, had, after a second conception, the ova affixed to several parts of the abdomen Anon. Cornel An account of the cornel caterpillar Skelton Cornish Diamonds. An enquiry into the original state and properties of spar and sparry productions, particularly the spars or crystals found in the Cornish mines, called the Cornish diamonds Borlace Cornua Ammonis. A letter concerning some vertebrae of ammonites, or cornua ammonis Miles Cornwall. An account of some mineral observations touching the mines of Cornwall and Devon; wherein is described the art of training a load; the art and manner of digging the ore, and the way of dressing and blowing tin Anon. The improvement of Cornwall by sea sand Anon. See Antiquities, Barrow. Corona Solis Marina Americana. Observations upon the corona solis marina Americana; the American sea sun-crown Peyssonel Coronopus. Letter concerning the use of the star of the earth, coronopus, or buck's-horn-plantain in the cure of the bite of a mad dog Steward Corruption. Divers means for preserving from corruption dead birds, intended to be sent to remote countries, so that they may arrive there in good condition. Some of the same means may be employed for preserving quadrupeds, reptiles, fishes, and insects Cortex Eleutheriæ. An account of the quantity of resin in the cortex eleutheriæ Cortex Peruvianus. See Bark. Cortex Winteranus. An account of the true cortex winteranus, and the tree that bears it — — See Cinnamon Tree. Costerus. See Printing. Costive. An extraordinary case of a costive person, with a note, by W. Cowper Cotton. Microscopical observations on the cornous fibres of a muscle, and the cortical and medullar part of the brain; as also of moxa and cotton — An extract of a letter containing microscopical observations on the seeds of cotton Couching. An account of some observations made by a young gentleman who was born blind, or lost his sight so early, that he had no remembrance that he had ever seen, and was couched between 13 and 14 years of age — See Cataraæ, Cornea, Eye. Coughs. Historical account of the late general coughs and colds, with some observations on other epidemical distempers — Letter concerning a substance coughed up resembling the vessels of the lungs — An account of a polypus coughed up by the wind-pipe — A case wherein part of the lungs were coughed up — Cases of the remarkable effects of blisters in lessening the quickness of the pulse in coughs, attended with infarction of the lungs and fever Cow. Letter concerning the bones of a dead foetus taken out of the uterus of a cow — An account of some trials to cure the ill taste of milk, which is occasioned by the food of cows, either from turnips, cabbages, or autumnal leaves, &c; also to sweeten stinking water — See Cattle, Distemper. Cow (Sea). Account of the sea cow, and the use made of it - Shuldham Crab. Some observations on the cancer major - Collinson Further observations - Collinson Letter concerning the shells of crabs - Parson Crab Eyes. Letter concerning crabs eyes - Kirg A letter concerning an extraordinary fish called in Rusia quab, and concerning the stones called crabs eyes - Baker Crab Stones. An observation of the immoderate and fatal use of crab stones, and such like absorbent earths; and from whence have proceeded stones in the stomach and reins - Breynius Crab Trees. How to multiply crab-stocks, and propagate trees by layers - Tonge Cramp. An account of an extraordinary cramp - Freund Crane. Some observations on the crane, with improvements on that machine - Defagulier The description of a new and safe crane which has four different powers, invented by Ferguson Credibility. A calculation upon the credibility of human testimony - Anon. Crispina. See Coin. Crocus Autumalis Sativus. See Saffron. Crocodiles. An account of lacerta (crocodilus) ventre marsupio donato, saucibus merganseris rostrum æmulantibus - Edwards Croton Spicatum. A description and figure of the croton spicatum, a new species of plant from America - Bergius Crounian Lectures. See Muscles. Croyland. See Shrine. Crural Artery. See Artery. Crust. Of hydatides inclosed with a stony crust in the kidney of a sheep - Cowper Crystal. An observation of optick glasses made of rock-crystal - Divini Account of sundry experiments made upon crystal-like body sent from Island - Bartholin Reflections concerning the formation of crystals - Lanz Of the origin of white vitriol, and the figures of its crystals, not yet accounted for - Lister A letter containing some microscopical observa- CRY tions upon the crystallized particles of silver dissolved in aquafortis - Leeuwenhoek A description of some rare crystals lately discovered - Schreuzer An account of perfect minute crystal stones - Parsons An enquiry into the original state and properties of spar and sparry productions, particularly the spars or crystals found in the Cornish mines, called the Cornish diamonds - Borlace An account of the double refractions in crystals - Breccaria An attempt to account for the formation of spars and crystals - King On the crystallizations observed on glass - Keir CRYSTALLINE. Letter concerning the icy and crystalline mountain of Helvetia, called the Gletscher - Muralitus A farther description and representation of the icy mountain called the Gletscher, in the canton of Berne, in Helvetia - Jusel CRYSTALLINE HUMOURS. An extract of a letter containing microscopical observations on crystalline humours - Leeuwenhoek A description of a new method of opening the cornea, in order to extract the crystalline humour - Sharp CUBE. Of the weight of a cubic foot of divers grain - Phil. Soc. at Oxford Further list of specific gravities of bodies ibid. Cubic and biquadratic equation constructed by a parabola and circle - Halle The specific gravity of several metalline cubes, in comparison with their like bulks of water - Hauksbee A method of extending Cardan's rule for resolving one case of a cubick equation $x^3 - qx = r$ to the other case of the same equation, which it is not naturally fitted to solve, and which is therefore called the irreducible case - Maiores Of cubic equations and infinite series - Hutton Cuckow. A description of a new species of cuckow - Sparrowman p. 1. fol. 38. Trans. Abrig. XXVII 20 V 2 267 XXXIV 260 VI 2 226 XLIII 468 X 612 XLVI 250 — 642 LII 486 LVII 58 LXVI 530 IV 982 II 465 VIII 6191 — — XVII 949 III 685 XLVIII 161 XV 926 I 522 — 927 — 523 XVI 235 — 63 XXVII 521 LXVIII 902 LXX 85 — 387 LXVII A description of the cuculus laevis ceruleo flavescens cui in suprema Branchiarum opercula; or the yellow gurnard Cuntur. An account of a prodigious large feather of the bird cuntur, brought from Chiti, and supposed to be a kind of vultur Cup. An attempt to explain an antient Greek inscription engraven upon a curious bronze cup with two handles, and published with a draught of the cup by Dr. Pocock, in his description of the Salt, vol. II. part II. page 207 Cupping. A farther account of some experiments of injecting claret, &c. into the abdomen after cupping Cupping-Glasses. On the application of an air-pump to cupping-glasses Letter concerning the application of the pneumatick engine to cupping-glasses Cure. An extraordinary cure of a horse that was staked into his stomach An abstract of a remarkable case and cure of a woman from whom a foetus was extracted, which had been lodged in one of the fallopian tubes thirteen years Curiosities. Account of some natural ones from New England Extract of two letters from Rome, concerning some statues, pictures, and other curiosities, found in a subterraneous town lately discovered near Naples Extract of another letter on the same subject Extract of another letter on the same subject Currants. An extract of a letter containing microscopical observations on currants Some observations concerning the virtue of the jelly of black currants in curing inflammations in the throat Current. An account of the current of the tides about the Orcades A conjecture about an under-current at the Streights mouth Of the currents at the Streights mouth Observations upon the currents of the sea at the Antilles of America Mediterranean Trans. | Abridg. ---|--- XXIV 1749 | IV 2 181 XVIII 61 | II 860 XLVI 488 | XI 1278 XLIX 485 | — XXI 287 | III 265 — 408 | — XIX 118 | — XLV 131 | XI 1202 V 1151 | III 564 XLI 484 | IX 440 — 489 | — 442 — 493 | — 444 XVII 949 | — 685 XLI 655 | VIII 838 VIII 6139 | II 290 XIV 564 | — 288 XXXIII 191 | VI 2 171 XLIX 624 | — 634 Bizerty | CURVE | Transf. | Abridg. | |-------|--------|---------| | Bizerty in Barbary, 1724 | XLIX 635 | I 18 | | Marseilles | — 637 | — | | Bonne (called also Hipone) in Barbary | — 638 | — | | Short and easy method of drawing tangents to all geometrical curves, without any labour of calculation | VII 5143 | — | | Easy way of demonstrating his method of drawing tangents to all sorts of curves, without any labour of calculation | VIII 6059 | — 21 | | Analytic investigation of the curve of quickest descent | XX 425 | — 463 | | Some easy methods for the measuring of curved-lined figures, plain and solid | XXII 547 | — 58 | | The method of squaring any kind of curves, or reducing them to more simple curves | XXIII 1113 | IV 15 | | Of the tangents of curves deduced immediately from the theory of Maxima and Minima | — 1333 | — 7 | | The curve assigned by Cassini to the planets as their orbit, considered and rejected | XXIV 1704 | — 206 | | On the length of curve lines | XXVI 64 | — 43 | | A ready description and quadrature of a curve of the third order, resembling that commonly called the foliate | XXIX 329 | — 24 | | Treatise on the construction and measure of curves | XXX 803 | — 51 | | A new universal method of describing all curves of every order, by the help only of given angles and right lines | — 939 | — 57 | | The general quadrature of trinomial hyperbolic curves contained in two theorems | XXXVII 45 | VI 82 | | A general method of describing curves by the intersection of right lines; moving about points in a given plane | XXXIX 25 | VIII 58 | | A letter concerning the description of curve lines | — 143 | — | | An abstract of what has been printed since the year 1721, as a supplement to a treatise concerning the description of curve lines published in 1719, and of what the author proposes to add to that supplement | — 148 | — | | Of the cardoide curve, so called from its figure | XLI 778 | — 108 | | A general investigation of the nature of the curve, formed by the shadow of a prolate spheroid, upon a plane standing at right angles to the axis of the shadow | LVII 28 | — A | A specimen of a new method of comparing curvilinear areas; by which many such areas may be compared, as have not yet appeared to be comparable by any other method — Landen Some new theorems for computing the areas of certain curved lines — Landen Directions for making the best composition for the metals of reflecting telescopes; together with a description of the process for grinding, polishing, and giving the great speculum the true parabolic curve — Mudge Cusanus. See Cycloid. Customs. Extracts of some letters on the customs, manners and language of the northern Indians of America — Johnsin Cuticula. Microscopical observations concerning the cuticula — Leeuwenhoek Microscopical observations about the cuticula — Leeuwenhoek Cuticular Glove. See Skin. Cutting, Margaret. See Speech, Tongue. Cyanus. Account of the Cyanus folis radicalibus partim integris, partim pinnatis, bracteae calycis ovali, flore sulphureo — Haller Cycle. A method for finding the number of the Julian period for any year assigned; the number of the cycle of the sun; the cycle of the moon, and of the indications for the same year being given; together with a demonstration of that method — Collins Cycloid. A demonstration of the synchronism of the vibrations made in a cycloid — Anon. Letter asserting the first invention and demonstration of the equality of the curve line of a paraboloid to a straight line to Mr. Wm. Neil; and next the finding a straight line equal to that of a cycloid, and of the parts thereof to Sir Christopher Wren — Wallis Another letter to the same purpose Lord Brounker — Wallis Another — Wren Letter concerning the spaces in the cycloid, which are perfectly quadrable — Wallis Letter concerning the cycloid known to cardinal Cusanus about the year 1450, and to Carolus Bovillus about 1500 — Wallis Cyder. Of an excellent liquor made with cyder-apples and mulberries — Coleprest CYG DAM Some communications concerning cyder Reed Some considerations of what choice of apples for the delicacy of the liquor in peculiar seasons; and for easy and speedy propagation: pears for some lands proper; their choice for manifold uses, especially for pleasant, or for lasting liquor; and how to be planted or ordered to the best advantage Bedl An account of some improvements which may be made in cyder and perry Miles Cygnus. A figure of the stars in the constellation of Cygnus; together with the new star in it, discovered some years since, and very lately seen by M. Hevelius again Hevelius See Swan. Cylinders. The best proportions for steam-engine cylinders of a given content considered Blake Cylindroid. The generation of an hyperbolical cylindroid demonstrated, and the application thereof for grinding hyperbolical glasses, hinted at Wren Cyprus. A letter concerning the Cyprus of the ancients Garcin Cystis. Case of a large quantity of matter or water contained in cystis's or bags adhering to the peritoneum, and not communicating with the cavity of the abdomen Graham An account of an extraordinary cystis in the liver, full of water Jernegan D. DALMATIA. Observations on travels from Venice, through Istria, Dalmatia, Greece, and the Archipelago to Smyrna Vernon Dampier's Powder. The effects of Dampier's powder in curing the bite of a mad dog Fuller Another case drawn up by Hartley and Sandys Damps (In mines, pits, &c.) A relation of persons killed with subterraneous damps Moray Letter concerning the damps in the mines of Hungary, and their effects Browne Extract of a letter containing some observations about damps Lister A letter containing a farther account of damp in mines — Jeffery Observations on a subterranean fire in a coal mine near Newcastle — Hodgson A relation of some strange phenomena, accompanied with mischievous effects in a colliery-work in Flintshire — Molyneux An account of the burning of several hay-ricks by a fiery exhalation or damp; and of the infectious quality of the grass of several grounds — Floyd Farther account of the fiery exhalation in Merionethshire — Llwyd An attempt made to shew how damps or foul air may be drawn out of any sort of mines, &c., by an engine — Desaguliers A brief account of some of the effects and properties of damps, from observations of the effects of opening an old well at Boston in New England, July 19, 1729 — Greenwood An account of the damp air in a coal-pit of Sir James Lowther, Bart., sunk within 20 yards of the sea — Lowther An experiment to shew that some damps in mines may be occasioned only by the burning of candles under ground; without the addition of any noxious vapour, even when the bottom of the pit has a communication with the outward air, unless the outward air be forcibly driven in at the said communication or pipe — Desaguliers An observation of an extraordinary damp in a well in the Isle of Wight — Cooke See Flame. Dantzig. A relation of an inland sea near Dantzig, yielding at a certain season of the year a green substance, which causeth certain death — Kirkby Darien. Part of a journal kept from Scotland to New Caledonia in Darien, with a short account of that country — Wallace Darkness. An account of a remarkable darkness at Detroit in America, Oct. 19, 1762 — Stirling Date. An account of an ancient mantle-tree in Northamptonshire, on which the date of it (for the year 1133) is expressed by the nume- ral figures, which shews the great antiquity of those figures in England Extract of a letter concerning an antient date found at Widge Hall in Hertfordshire Remarks on the above date Further account of it Remarks upon an antient date, over a gateway near the cathedral at Worcester An account of an antient date in Arabian figures, upon the north front of the parish church of Rumsey in Hampshire A brief inquiry into the reading of two dates in Arabian figures cut upon stones, which were found in Ireland A description of an antient date in Arabian figures at Walling, near Aldermanston, Berkshire Date-Stones. An extract of a letter containing microscopical observations on date stones Davenport (Ann). The case of Ann Davenport Davis's Quadrant. A description of a water-level to be fixed to Davis's quadrant, whereby an observation may be taken at sea in thick and hazy weather without seeing the horizon Davis's Straights. Track of his majesty's armed brig Lion, from England to Davis's Straights and Labrador; with observations for determining the longitude by sun and moon, and error of common reckoning: also the variation of the compass and dip of the needle, as observed during the said voyage in 1776 Day. Letter proposing a new place for the first meridian, and pretending to evince the equality of all natural days; as also to shew a way of knowing the true place of the moon Answered by A letter concerning a very cold day, and another a very hot day, in June and July 1749 Dead Bodies. A letter concerning the body of a woman found in a morass in the Isle of Axholm in Lincolnshire DEA An account of the dead bodies of a man and woman who were preserved 49 years in the Moors in Derbyshire - Balguy Extract of several letters concerning a body found in a vault in the church of Staver- ton in Devonshire, entire, after being buried upwards of 80 years - Huxham and Tripe Some account of a body lately found in uncommon preservation under the ruins of the abbey at St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk; with some reflections upon the subject - Collignon Dead Sea. Experiments by way of analysis upon the water of the dead sea, upon the hot springs near Tiberiades, and upon Hammon Pharoan water - Perry Deafness. An account of an experiment concerning deafness - Holder Method of instructing persons deaf and dumb - Wallis An account of a young lady born deaf and dumb taught to speak - Ellis An account of two deaf persons who can speak and understand one another by the motion of the lips - Waller A relation of a deaf and dumb person who recovered his hearing and speech after a violent fever: with some other medical and chirurgical observations - Martin A method proposed to restore the hearing, when injured from an obstruction of the tuba eustachiana - Wothen Upon the sound and hearing of fishes by Jac. Theod. Klein; or some account of a treatise intitled, An enquiry into the reasons why the author of an epistle concerning the hearing of fishes, endeavours to prove they are all mute and deaf - Brocklesby See Speech. Deal Rod. The description of an hygrometer made of a deal rod - Arden Dean. An account of the iron works in the forest of Dean - Powle Deaths. Some observations on the motion of diseases, and on the births and deaths of men, and other animals, in different times of the year - Paschall An account of the opening of the body of all boy who died suddenly, and what observable was found therein — Prellon Observations on the death of a dog, on firing a volley of small shot — Clarke Observations on a case published in the last volume of the Medical Essays, &c. of recovering a man dead in appearance, by distending the lungs with air — Fothergill An extract of an Italian treatise written by Jof. Bianchini, upon the death of the countess Cornelia Zangari and Bandi of Cesena. To which are subjoined, an account of the death of lo Hitchell, who was burned to death by lightening; and of Grace Pett at Ipswich, whose body was consumed to a coal — Rolli On the digestion of the stomach after death — John Hunter See Diffusion. Death Watch. An account of the death-watch — Allen Letter concerning the insect which is commonly called the death-watch — Derham A supplement to the account of the pediculus pulinatorius, or death-watch; serving to the more perfect natural history of that insect — Derham An account of the scarabaeus galeatus pulsator, or the death-watch — Stackhouse Decimal. See Fractions. Declination. Some remarks upon the method of observing the differences of right ascension and declination by cross hairs in a telescope — Halley Description of a method of measuring differences of right ascension and declination with Dollond's micrometer; together with other new applications of the same — Maskeleyne Deer. A discourse concerning the large horns frequently found under ground in Ireland; concluding from them, that the great American deer, called a moose, was formerly common in that island — Molyneux Method of catching fowl and deer in the island of Ceylon — Strachan A description of the moose deer of New England — Dudley Dale | Topic | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Account of the horn of a large deer found in the heart of an oak | XLII | VIII | | An account of two extraordinary deers horns, found under ground in different parts of Yorkshire | XLIV | X | | DEGREE. Letter concerning a place in New York for measuring a degree of latitude | XLI | LVI | | Proposal of a method for measuring degrees of longitude upon parallels of the equator | XLI | LVIII | | Letter containing a short account of the measurement of three degrees of latitude under the meridian of Vienna | LVI | LVIII | | Introduction to the following observations made by Ch. Mason and Jer. Dixon, for determining the length of a degree of latitude in the provinces of Maryland and Pennsylvania, in North America | LVI | LVIII | | Observations, &c. Mason and Dixon | LVI | LVIII | | Length of a degree of latitude in the provinces of Maryland and Pennsylvania, deduced from the observations of Messrs. Mason and Dixon | LVI | LVIII | | Kepler's method of computing the moon's parallaxes in solar eclipses, demonstrated and extended to all degrees of the moon's latitude; as also to the assigning the moon's correspondent apparent diameter: together with a concise application of this form of calculation to those eclipses | LVI | LVIII | | DELGOVICIA. Extract of a letter concerning the situation of the antient town Delgovitia | XLIV | XI | | A dissertation on the situation of the antient Roman station of Delgovitia in Yorkshire | XLIV | XI | | DELIRIUM. Account of one who had no ear to music naturally, singing several tunes when in a delirium | L | X | | Case of the efficacy of bark in the delirium of a fever | L | X | | DELUGE. Some considerations about the cause of the universal deluge | XXXIII | VI | | Some further thoughts on the same | XXXIII | VI | | An extract of a philosophical account of a new opinion concerning the origin of petrefactions found in the earth, which has hitherto been ascribed | XXXIII | VI | ascribed to the universal deluge, by Lazzaro Moro Antonio Ehrhart An attempt to account for the universal deluge Denarius. See Coin. Denmark. Remarks in a late journey into Denmark and Holland Oliver Density. An account of an experiment touching the different densities of common water from the greatest degrees of heat in our climate, to the freezing point observed by a thermometer Hauksbee An enquiry concerning the figure of such planets as revolve about an axis, supposing the density continually to vary from the center to the surface Clairaut An essay on the connection between the parallaxes of the sun and moon; their densities, and their disturbing motions on the ocean Murdoch An account of the calculations made from the survey and measures taken at Schehallien, in order to ascertain the mean density of the earth Hutton See Air. Dentaria Heptaphylos. An account of aphylion and dentaria heptaphylos of Clusius, omitted by Mr. Ray W. Watson Descartes. See Equations. Detonation. Actual fire and detonation produced by the contact of tin-foil with the salt composed of copper and the nitrous acid Higgins Detroit. An account of a remarkable darkness at Detroit in America, Oct. 19, 1762 Stirling Devizes. See Antiquities. Devon. An account of some mineral observations touching the mines of Cornwall and Devon; whereby is described the art of training a load, the art and manner of digging the ore, and the way of dressing and blowing the tin Anon. Dew. Account of an extraordinary meteor, or kind of dew like butter, that fell in Ireland Van Bp. of Cloyne A relation of observations concerning the falling dew, made at Medioburg in Zeland by Leonard Stocke, upon an open lead plain of the astronomical turret of John Munk, in the night night between the 25th and 26th of July 1741; with figures of the flocks of snow observed at the same place, Jan. 1742 (Lat.) Stocke **Diagonals.** A letter gratulatory to M. Hevelius for his organographia, and particularly concerning divisions by diagonals — Wallis **Diameters.** A way for taking the diameters of planets — Auzout — A way for knowing the parallax of the moon; as also why, in the solar eclipse of July 2, 1666, the diameter of the moon did increase about the end — Auzout — A letter touching the invention of dividing a foot into many thousand parts, for mathematical purposes — Townley More ways for the same purpose — Hock A description of the instrument for dividing a foot into many thousand parts, and thereby measuring the diameters of planets to great exactness — Townley — Kepler's method of computing the moon's parallaxes in solar eclipses, demonstrated and extended to all degrees of the moon's latitude, as also to the assigning the moon's correspondent diameter; together with a concise application of this form of calculation to those eclipses — Pemberton — A new and general method of finding simple and quickly-converging series; by which the proportion of the diameter of a circle to its circumference may easily be computed to a great number of places of figures — Hutton **Diamonds.** A note about some unusual diamonds Anon. — A description of the diamond mines — Earl Marshal of England — Experiments of the luminous qualities of amber, diamonds, and gum-lac — Wallis — Microscopical observations on the configuration of diamonds — Leuvenboek — A letter concerning diamonds lately found in Brazil — Sarmento — A letter concerning the specific gravity of diamonds — Ellicott — An enquiry into the original state and properties of spar and sparry productions, particularly the spars or crystals found in the Cornish mines, called the Cornish diamonds — Berleau DIAPHRAGM. Of the structure of the midriff — A letter concerning two posthumous letters of Ant. à Leeuwenhoek, relating to the diaphragm — On the palpitation of the diaphragm — History of a split one in a child of ten months old, accompanied with part of the intestines being thrown into the thorax DIARIES. See Meteorologica! DIFFERENTIAL. A letter concerning the dispute about the invention of the method of fluxions, or differential method; with M. Leibnitz, his answer — The Newtonian differential method illustrated DIGESTION. Observations on these three chemical operations, digestion, fermentation, and trituration or grinding (hitherto in the author's opinion not sufficiently regarded) by which many things of admirable use may be performed — Observations about digestion, and the motion of the blood in a fever — A discourse concerning digestion — Experiments relating to digestion — On the digestion of the stomach after death DIOPTICK PROBLEM. Why four convex glasses in a telescope shew objects erect DIPPING NEEDLE. See Needle. DISEASES. Observation on a human body dead of odd diseases — An account of the diseases of dogs, and several receipts for the cure of their madness, and of those bitten by them: extracted from the papers of Sir T. Mayerne, by — Some observations on the motion of diseases, and on the births and deaths of men and other animals, in the different times of the year — An account of a very large diseased kidney found on the dissection of a body; with the symptoms of the disease before death, and an explanation of the phenomena Part of a letter giving an account of several magnetical experiments; and of one who pretended to cure or cause diseases, by applying a sympathetick powder to the urine Levenhout XIX 512 III 685 Particular observations upon different maladies Gailhard — 717 — 288 Of the diseases and remedies incident to northern countries Lloyd XXI 311 — 606 An attempt to prove the antiquity of the venereal disease long before the discovery of the West Indies Beckett XXX 839 IV 329 A letter concerning the antiquity of the venereal disease Beckett XXXI 47 VII 652 A letter to Dr. Halley in answer to some objections made to the history and antiquity of the venereal disease Beckett — 108 — 663 An extract from the books of the town council of Edinburgh, relating to a disease there, supposed to be venereal, in the year 1497 Macky XLII 420 IX 213 A short account of the disease of which Joseph Bolognini died (Lat.) De Camillis XLIII 40 XI 1059 Two observations of a diseased conformation in bodies Haller XLIV 527 — 1062 Diseased conformation found in dead bodies Haller XLVI 172 Two singular cases of diseased knee-joints successfully treated; the first by topical applications, the second by operation Warner XLIX 452 A further account of the effects of electricity in the cure of some diseases Brydone L 695 An account of a cure of a diseased eye Layard — 747 Extract of a letter relating to an extraordinary agitation of the sea at Barbadoes, Mar. 31, 1761, and an epidemical disorder in that island Mason LII 477 An account of an extraordinary disease among the Indians in the island of Nantucket, and Martha's vineyard in New England Oliver LIV 386 An account of the disease called Ergot in French, from its supposed cause, viz. vitiated rye Tissot LV 106 Observations on the population and diseases of Chester, in the year 1774 Haygarth LXVIII 131 See Distemper and Epidemy. Diseased Cattle. See Cattle, Distemper. Dissection of Animals. An account of the dif- | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Dissection of a porpus; with some observation omitted by Rondeletius | VI 2274| II 839 | | Observations on the dissection of a rat | XVII 594| | | Observations on the dissection of a paroquet | XVIII 153| 855 | | An account of the dissection of a dog who had mercury injected into one of the jugulars | XX 184| III 234 | | Some observations made on an ostrich dissected by order of Sir Hans Sloane | XXXIII 223| VII 435 | | Observations upon the dissection of an ostrich | XXXIV 113| 437 | | Some material observations upon dissecting an ostrich | XXXVI 275| | | A letter concerning a cluster of small teeth observed at the root of each fang, or great tooth, in the head of a rattlesnake, upon dissecting it | XLI 358| IX 60 | | Dissection (Of human bodies). An account of an egg found in the tuba fallopiana of a woman lately dissected; with several remarks touching generation | XVIII 11| III 211 | | Relation of an extraordinary child of six years old, who in face, &c. was as large as a full-grown woman; and of what appeared on the dissection of the body | XIX 80| 20 | | An account of a very large diseased kidney found on the dissection of a lady; with the symptoms of the disease before her death, and an explanation of their phenomena | 301| 143 | | An anatomical account of some remarkable things found on the dissection of a woman who died of a dropsy, after the paracentesis was performed; with a small reflection on the causes of dropsies | 330| 141 | | A relation of a strange symptom attending a hydrops pectoris, and the reason of it, as it appeared on the dissection of the body | 390| 77 | | Dissection of a woman who died in child-bed | XXII 787| V 303 | | Some uncommon observations on the dissection of morbid bodies | XXIII 1244| 261 | | An account of a dropsical body dissected by | XXIV 1977| 291 | | A letter giving an account of some anatomical observations made on a body dissected at Padua, by Mr. John Kay | XXV 2282| 181 | S 2 An account of the dissection of a person who died of an ulcer in the right kidney Douglas An account of what appeared on the dissection of Mr. Dove Cowper An account of the dissection of a child Blair Some observations made in the dissection of three subjects Ranby Dissolution. Observations upon the dissolutions and fermentations which we may call cold, because they are accompanied with a coolness of the liquors into which they pass Geoffrey Distances. Instance to Mr. Hook, for communicating a contrivance of making, with a glass of a sphere of 20 or 40 foot diameter, a telescope drawing several hundred feet: and his offer of recompensing that secret with another, teaching to measure with a telescope the distances of objects upon the earth Auzout Of the correspondence to be procured for the finding out the true distance of the sun and moon from the earth by the parallax, observed under or near the same meridian Oldenburg A true copy of a paper found in the hand-writing of Sir Isaac Newton among the papers of Dr. Halley, describing an instrument for observing the moon's distance from the fixed stars at sea Some experiments in order to discover the height to which rockets may be made to ascend, and to what distance their light may be seen Ellicott A letter containing the results of observations of the distance of the moon from the sun and fixed stars, made in a voyage from England to the island of St. Helena, in order to determine the longitude of the ship from time to time; together with the whole process of computation used on this occasion Maskelyne Of the moon's distance and parallax Murdock Concise rules for computing the effects of refraction and parallax, in varying the apparent distance of the moon from the sun or a star: also an easy rule of approximation for computing the distance of the moon from a star; the longitudes and latitudes of both being given, with demonstrations of the same Maskelyne A method by which a glass of a small plano-convex sphere, may be made to refract the ray of light to a focus of a far greater distance than is usual — Hook Distempers. Historical account of the late general coughs and colds; with some observations on other epidemic distempers — Molyneux Distempers (Amongst cattle). An account of a murrain in Switzerland, and the method of its cure — Windler Further confirmation — Slave A dissertation concerning the dreadful contagious distempers seizing the black cattle in the Venetian territories, and especially about Padua — Ramazzini A receipt for the above distemper A brief account of the contagious disease which raged among the milch cows near London, 1714, and of the methods that were taken for suppressing it — Bates An account of the distemper raging among the cow-kind in the neighbourhood of London; together with some remarks proposed for their recovery — Mortimer Further observations — Mortimer A third account of the distemper among the cows — Mortimer Concerning the burying of cows, dead of the distemper, in lime or not — Milner A discourse of the usefulness of inoculation of the horned-cattle to prevent the contagious distemper among them — Layard Letters relative to the distemper among the horned-cattle — Layard Distilling. A letter concerning a new contrivance of applying receivers to retorts in distillation — Langrisb An account of the great benefit of blowing showers of fresh air up through distilling liquors — Hales Experiments on applying the Rev. Dr. Hales' method of distilling salt-water to the steam-engine — Fitzgerald Experiments on the distillation of acids, volatile alkalies, &c. shewing how they may be condensed without loss, and how thereby we may avoid noxious and disagreeable fumes — Woulfe See Water. Dividing. A letter touching the invention of divid- ing a foot into many thousand parts, for mathematical purposes Townley II 457 I 218 More ways for the same purpose Hask — 459 — 220 A description of an instrument for dividing a foot into many thousand parts, and thereby measuring the diameters of planets to great exactness — 541 — 219 DIVING. A table shewing to what degree air is compressible in sea-water from the depth of one foot to 1947 feet; useful to divers Aron VI 2192 II 201 A supplement — Anon. — 2239 — 202 The art of living under water: or, a discourse concerning the means of furnishing air at the bottom of the sea, in any ordinary depths Halley XXIX 492 IV 2 188 A letter concerning an improvement of the diving bell Trieuvald XXXIX 377 VIII 634 DIVISIBILITY. Some theorems respecting the infinite divisibility of matter Keill XXIX 82 IV 423 DIVISION. A letter gratulatory to M. Hevelius for his organographia, and particularly concerning divisions by diagonals Wallis IX 243 Propositions selected from a paper on the division of right lines, surfaces and solids Glenie LXVI 73 DOG IN GENERAL. An account of an easier and safer way of transfusing blood, viz. by the veins only King II 441 An experiment of bleeding a mangy into a sound dog Cox — 451 III 229 Letter touching the transfusion of blood Denis — 453 — Of making a dog draw his breath like a broken-winded horse; with observations Lower — 544 — 65 Observations on the death of a dog on firing a volley of small shot Clarke XIX 779 — 650 An account of what happened on syringing warm water into the thorax of a bitch Musgrave XX 181 — 78 An account of the dissection of a dog who had mercury injected into one of the jugulars Pitt — 184 — 234 Letter concerning a polypus found in a dog Musgrave XXII 690 — 85 Observations on part of the intestine of a dog successfully cut away Shipton XXII 1299 V 275 A letter giving an account of two women being poisoned by the simple-distilled water of laurel-leaves, and of several experiments upon dogs; DOG by which it appears that this laurel-water is the most dangerous poison hitherto known Madden XXXVII 85 VI 2 374 Some experiments concerning the poisonous quality of the simple-distilled water from the Lauro-cerasus, or common laurel, made upon dogs at Topping Hall, Essex, 1731; and others made before the Royal Society in their repository Mortimer — 163 — DOG (Mad). Relation of a man bitten with a mad dog, and dying of the disease called hydrophobia Lifter XIII 162 II 276 A receipt to cure mad dogs, or men or beasts, bitten by mad dogs Gourdon XVI 298 III 283 An account of the diseases of dogs, and several receipts for the cure of their madness, and of those bitten by them; extracted from the papers of Sir T. Mayerne, by Sir Theodore de Vaux — 408 III 283 On the venomous bite of a mad dog Anon. XVIII 24 — 281 Letter concerning the cure of the bitings of mad creatures; with a remark on the same by Hans Sloane Dampier XX 49 — 284 An observation of two boys bit by a mad dog Lifter — 247 — Letter concerning the bitings of mad dogs, &c. De la Pryme XXIII 1073 IV 2 218 A letter containing some experiments made upon mad dogs with mercury James XXXIX 244 IX 218 Remarks on the cure of the bite of a mad dog Mortimer — 313 — 221 The case of a lad bitten by a mad dog Nourse XL 5 — 222 The effects of Dampier's powder in cur- ing the bite of a mad dog Fuller — 272 — 224 Another case drawn up by Hartley and Sandys — 274 — Letter concerning the virtues of the star of the earth, coronopus, or buck's-horn plantain, in the cure of the bite of a mad dog Steward — 449 VIII 83 Case of a person bit by a mad dog Peters XLIII 257 An account of a horse bit by a mad dog Starr XLVI 474 XI 913 An account of an hydrophobia Wilbraham DOG MERCURY. Part of a letter concerning the strange effects from the eating dog-mercury; with remarks thereon by Hans Sloane Baxter Dove (Mr.) An account of what appeared on the dissection of the body of Mr. Dove Cowper Dover. Letter relating to that isthmus, or neck of land, which is supposed to have joined England and France in former times, where now is the passage between Dover and Calais Wallis Dragon-Fly. Some observations on the dragon-fly, or libella of Pennsylvania Eartram Drawing. A new way of orthographically delineating by parallel visual rays the postures and actions of an human body, exactly observing the symmetry and proportion of the parts Saint-Clare The principal properties of the engine for turning ovals in wood or metal, and of the instrument for drawing ovals upon paper demonstrated Ludlam Dream. The case of Henry Axford, who recovered the use of his tongue, after having been four years dumb, by means of a frightful dream Squire Drills. Concerning the magnetism of drills Ballard Drink. An account of a woman in the shire of Ross, living without food or drink Mackenzie Dropsy. An account of a notable case of a dropsy, mistaken for gravidation in a young woman; enlarging the observations of the same case by Dr. Tulpius Anon. Anatomical observations in the body of a woman about 50 years of age, who died hydroptic in her left testicle Sampson An account of an uncommon case of a dropsy between the coats of the womb Anon. An anatomical account of some remarkable things found on the dissection of a woman, who died of a dropsy, after the paracentesis was performed; with a small reflection on the causes of the dropsy Preston A relation of a strange symptom attending a hydrops pectoris, and the reason of it, as it appeared on the dissection of the body Doudy An observation concerning a very odd kind of dropsy, or swelling in one of the ovaries of a woman Sloane An account of a dropsical body dissected by Lagage XXIV 1977 V 291 An account of an hydrops ovarii, with a new and exact figure of the glandulae renales, and of the uterus in a puerpera Douglas XXV 2317 — 294 A relation of an hydropical case, in which the gall-bladder was distended to an unusual degree Tonge XXVII 426 — 292 An account of a dropsy in the left ovary of a woman, aged 58, cured by a large incision made in the side of the abdomen Houltoun XXXIII 8 VII 541 A remarkable case of a gentlewoman who died of an hydrops ovarii in the 33rd year of her age, after having been tapped 57 times Belchier XXXVII 279 — 544 The case of Mr. Cox, surgeon, of Peterborough, who fell into a pestilential fever, upon tapping a corpse lately dead of an hydropsy Cox XLI 168 IX 212 The case of an extraordinary dropsy Short XLII 223 — 150 An improvement on the practice of tapping, whereby that operation, instead of a relief for symptoms, becomes an absolute cure for an ascites; exemplified in the case of Jane Roman Warrick XLIII 12 XI 1030 A method of conveying liquors into the abdomen during the operation of tapping Hales — 20 Further accounts of the success of injecting medicated liquors into the abdomen, in the case of an ascites Warren — 47 Account of an uncommon dropsy from the want of a kidney; and a large saccus that contained the water Glafis XLIV 337 — 1027 An account of some cases of dropsies cured by sweet oil Oliver XLIX 46 An account of a successful operation for the hydrops pectoris Moreland LVI 302 An account of an extraordinary dropsical case Latham LXIX 54 Dropsy. See Hydrocephalus. See Injections. Drowning. A comparison of the times wherein animals may be killed by drowning, or with drawing the air Boyle V 2028 II 490 Relation of a girl three years old, who remained a quarter of an hour under water without drowning Green XLI 166 IX 241 Proposals for the recovery of people apparently drowned John Hunter LXVI 412 Drugs. DRUGS. An account of part of a collection of curious plants and drugs lately given to the Royal Society by the East India Company; with their names, virtues, and descriptions. First book of East India plants by S. Brown; with some remarks by J. Petiver. Second book, with remarks, by J. Petiver. Third book, with remarks, by J. Petiver. Fourth book, with remarks, by J. Petiver. Fifth book, with remarks, by J. Petiver. Sixth book, with remarks, by J. Petiver. Seventh book, with remarks, by J. Petiver. Eighth book, with remarks, by J. Petiver. Observations on the clats of sweet tasses, made by comparing the tasses of sweet plants with Mr. L'Emery's chymical analysis of them in his treatise of drugs. DRIENESS. Observations on the annual evaporation at Liverpool, in Lancashire, and on evaporation, considered as a test of the moisture or dryness of the atmosphere. DUBLIN. An account of the houes and hearths in Dublin, in 1695 and 1696. DUCKS. Observations made about the lasting of ducks, included in the exhausted receiver. DUCKWEED. A letter concerning animalcula on the roots of duckweed, &c. A letter concerning some further microscopical observations on the animalcula found upon duckweed. DUCTS. A new discovery of the communication of the ductus thoracicus with the emulgent vein. A letter concerning the jaundice; occasioned by a stone obstructing the ductus communis bilarius, which was afterwards voided by stool. Annotations upon a discovery pretended to have been made by M. Pecquet, of a communication between the ductus thoracicus and the inferior vena cava. Observations on the salival duct. An account of two glands, and their excretory ducts, lately discovered in human bodies. XXXII 759 II 752 — 581 — — — 699 — — — 843 IV 2 325 — 92 V 183 — 1007 IV 2 325 XXIII 1055 — — — 1251 — — — 1450 — — — 1160 V 406 LXVII 244 XXII 518 III 665 V 2011 II 215 XXIV 1784 V 2 267 XXVIII 160 — — II 463 III 258 XXV 2233 V 279 VII 5007 III 259 XLIV 749 — 58 XXI 364 — 194 An | Title | Tran | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|------|---------| | An account of an excretory duct from the glandula renalis | XXXIII 190 | VII 540 | | An enquiry into a discovery said to have been made by Signor Valsalva, of an excretory duct from the glandula renalis to the epididymis | | | | Account of an ossification of the thoracic duct | LXX 323 | | | Continuation of the case of James Jones | | | | Dudley Fossil. Letter concerning a non-descript petrified insect | XLVI 598 | X 656 | | Further account of the before-mentioned Dudley fossil | | | | A letter concerning the fossil found at Dudley in Staffordshire | XLVIII 286 | | | Dulwich. An account of a new purging spring discovered at Dulwich in Surrey | XLI 835 | VIII 653 | | Dumb. See Deaf. | | | | Dunbar. An account of a production of nature at Dunbar in Scotland, like that of the Giants Causeway in Ireland | Bishop of Offory | LII 98 | | Dunmore Park. A letter containing an account of the cavern in Dunmore Park, near Kilkenny in Ireland | | | | Dura Mater. An anatomical experiment made to discover the true cause of the motion of the dura mater | Ridley | XXIII 1480 | V 201 | | Durham. See Antiquities, Inscription. | | | | Dust. An account of an earthquake felt at Glasgow and Dumbarton Dec. 30, 1755; also of a shower of dust falling on a ship between Shetland and Iceland | Woyt | XLIX 509 | | Dwarf. An account of a dwarf; together with a comparison of its dimensions with those of a child under four years of age | Baker | XLVI 467 | XI 1207 | | Letter concerning a dwarf | Browning | XLVII 278 | | | Dyal. Account of F. Lynus's dyals at Liege | Ellis | XXIII 1416 | V 2 134 | | An instrument for seeing the sun, moon, and stars, past the meridian of any place: useful for setting watches in all parts of the world with the greatest exactness; to correct sun-dyals, and to assist in the discovery of the longitude of places | Derham | XXIV 1578 | IV 464 | | A new method of constructing sun-dyals for any given latitude, without the assistance of dialing-scales or logarithmic calculations | Ferguson | LVII 389 | | | Dying. See Colours. | | | DYNAMICS. Principia dynamica five principia mechanices metaphysica - Jurin DYSENTERY. Extract of a letter containing some remarks upon the dysentery in 1762 W. Watson EAGLES. Letter on the Roman eagles Musgrave EAR. Letter concerning the organ of hearing Vieussens — Part of a letter concerning some things observable in the anatomy of a human ear Adams — A description of the organ of hearing in the elephant, with the figures and situation of the osicles, labyrinth, and cochlea, in the ear of that animal Blair — A description of some instruments for the ears Cleland — Account of one who had no ear to music naturally, singing several tunes when in a delirium Dedridge — An account of the case of a boy who had the malleus of each ear, and one of the incus's, dropt out Morant EARTH (AGRICULTURE). Advertisements occasioned by the remarks printed in No. XIV. upon frosts in some parts of Scotland, differing in their anniversary reasons and force from our ordinary frosts in England: of black winds and tempests, of the warm and fertilizing temperature and streams of the earth, stones, rocks, springs, waters (some in some places more than others in other places), of petrifying and metallizing waters; with some hints for the horticulture of Scotland Beal EARTH. Speculations of the changes likely to be discovered in the earth and moon by their respective inhabitants Auzout — Instance to Mr. Hook for communicating a contrivance of making, with a glass of a sphere of 20 or 40 feet diameter, a telescope drawing several hundred feet; and his offer of recompensing that secret with another, teaching to measure with a telescope the distances of objects from the earth Auzout — Of the correspondence to be procured for the finding out the true distance of the sun and moon from the earth, by the parallax observed under or near the same meridian Oldenburg EAR An account of a controversy between Stephano de Angelis of Padua and J. B. Riccioli, concerning the motion of the earth — Gregory Extract of a letter touching Hugens' thoughts of Mr. Hooke's observations for proving the motion of the earth — Hugens Extract of a letter on the said subject — Cassini A breviate of Mr. Picart's account of the measure of the earth — Oldenburg An account of the cause of the change of the variation of the magnetical needle; with an hypothesis of the structure of the internal parts of the earth — Halley A dissertation concerning the figure of the earth — Defaguliers The dissertation concerning the figure of the earth continued — Defaguliers A dissertation concerning the figure of the earth, part II. — Defaguliers An experiment to illustrate what has been said concerning the figure of the earth — Defaguliers A physical history of the earth and air for the year 1732 — Cyrilus Of the figure of the earth, and the variation of gravity on the surface — Stirling Observations on an eclipse of the earth, May 3rd, 1734 — De Revillas Investigations to prove, that the figure of the earth nearly approaches to an ellipse, according to the laws of attraction in an inverse ratio of the square of the distances — Clairaut A proposal for the measurement of the earth in Russia; read at a meeting of the Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg, Jan. 21, 1737, by Mr. jof. Nic. de l'Isle Letter containing the actual mensuration of the basis — De Plaf An account of a machine to represent eclipses of the earth — Segner A new and particular method of calculating eclipses of the earth; and of any appulses of the moon to planets and fixed stars — Gerfion The motion of projectiles near the earth's surface, considered independent of the properties of the conic sections — Simson Some observations on Norwood's measure of the figure of the earth — De la Lande | Title | Transl. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------| | An account of the calculations made from the survey and measures taken at Schehallien, in order to ascertain the mean density of the earth | LXVIII | 689 | | Earth (Natural philosophy). The description of a well and earth in Lancashire taking fire by a candle approached to it | II | 482 | | An account of a strange kind of earth taken up near Smyrna, of which is made soap; together with the way of making it | XIX | 228 | | An account of a very odd eruption of fire out of a spot of earth near Fierenzola in Italy | XX | 378 | | A description of the several strata of earths, stone, coals, &c. found in a coal-pit at the west end of Dudley, Staffordshire: to which is added, a table of the specific gravity of each stratum | XXVII | 541 | | A letter giving an account of a very uncommon sinking of the earth, near Folkestone in Kent | XXIX | 469 | | An account of the several strata of earths and fossils found in sinking the mineral wells at Holt | XXXV | 489 | | An extract of a philosophical account of a new opinion concerning the origin of petrifications found in the earth, which has hitherto been ascribed to the universal deluge | XLIV | 163 | | An account of an uncommon phenomenon in Dorsetshire, of flame arising out of the earth | LII | 119 | | Earth (Medicine). An observation of the immoderate and fatal use of crab-stones, and such like absorbent earths, from whence have proceeded stones in the stomach and kidneys | XLI | 557 | | Earthen-Ware. A method of making a gold-coloured glazing for earthen-ware | XLII | 188 | | Earthquakes (Nature and causes). Of the nature of earthquakes; more particularly of the origin of the matter of them, from the pyrites-alone | XIV | 512 | | On the causes of earthquakes | XLVI | 641 | | Some considerations on the causes of earthquakes | - | 657 | | Conjectures concerning the cause and observations upon the phenomena of earthquakes | L | 566 | The philosophy of earthquakes Earthquake (Particular). A relation concerning the earthquake near Oxford, Jan. 19, 1665 A confirmation of the former account, and the concomitants thereof An account of the earthquake at Oxford, and the parts adjacent, Sept. 17, 1683 A letter with an account of the late earthquake in Sicily Another account from an Italian paper of An account of the earthquakes in Sicilia on Jan. 9 and 11, 1692-3 A letter with an account of the earthquakes in Peru, Oct. 20, 1687; and at Jamaica, Feb. 19, 1687-8, and June 7, 1692 An account of the earthquake at Lima, Oct. 20, 1687 A relation of the bad condition of the mountains about the Tungaroufe, and Batavian Rivers having their source from thence, occasioned by the earthquake between the 4th and 5th of Jan. 1699: drawn up from the account given by Tommagon Porbo Nata (who hath been there) Part of two letters concerning an earthquake, which happened in some places of the north of England Dec. 28, 1703 A letter concerning a shock of an earthquake felt in the neighbourhood of Sutton, near Dartford in Kent, August 1727 Part of a letter giving an account of the late earthquake at Boston in New England, Oct. 29, 1727 The history of the earthquake felt at Apulia, and almost all the kingdom of Naples, 1731 A letter containing an account of an earthquake at Annapolis in Maryland, Sept. 5, 1725 An account of the several earthquakes which have happened in New England since the first settlement of the English in that country, especially of the last, which happened in Oct. 29, 1727 An account of a shock of an earthquake felt in Sussex Oct. 25, 1734 Another account at Havant Account of an earthquake in Northamptonshire, October 1731 - Waffe Account of an earthquake at Naples - Temple An account of an earthquake at Scarborough - Johnson A journal of the shocks of earthquakes felt in New England, from the year 1727 to the year 1741 - Plant Account of the earthquakes felt at Leghorn Jan. 1742; with some observations - Pedini A letter concerning the earthquake at Taunton - Foster Account of an earthquake Feb. 8, 1749-50, felt at London - Baker At Eltham - Knight Tooting - Freeman Chelsea - Miles Harwich - Martyn Danbury in Essex - Trembley Plymouth - Letheuillier Barlow Vanbrugh Slade An account of an earthquake March 8, 1749-50, at London - Folkes Birch Baker Miles Kensington Gravel Pitts - Clare London - Layard London - Pickering As seen in the Inner Temple garden by Robert Shaw - Burrow A more full account from Tooting - Miles Chelsea - Martyn London - Russell London - Parsons Southwark - Burrow London - Mortimer Addition to his former accounts from Tooting - Miles London - Cooper Kensington; given by Tho. Burrat - Folkes Account of the roof of a pot-house at Lambeth being thrown down by the earthquake - Jackson | Event Description | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Account of an earthquake March 18 and 19, 1749-50, at Portsmouth | XLVI | X | | Another account from Portsmouth | 647 | 507 | | Portsmouth | 649 | 507 | | Isle of Wight | 651 | 508 | | Southampton | 652 | 508 | | Hackney | 653 | | | East Sheen | 655 | 509 | | Bridgeport | 688 | | | Account of an earthquake felt at Chester April 2, 1750 | Anon. | 510 | | Flintshire | 687 | 511 | | Warrington, Lancashire | 695 | | | Account of an earthquake felt Mar. 14, 1749-50, at East Molesey | Bowman | 509 | | An account of an earthquake felt May 4, 1749, at Wenbourn in Dorsetshire | Baker | 512 | | An account of an earthquake felt July 1, 1747, at Taunton in Somersetshire | Baker | | | An account of an earthquake felt Oct. 11, 1749, in France | Reaumur| 526 | | Letter concerning earthquakes at Smyrna | Mackenzie | | | Letter concerning the shock of an earthquake felt at Newton in Northamptonshire Sept. 30, 1750 | Folkes | 514 | | St. Edmund's Bury, Suffolk | Burrow | | | Narborough, Leicestershire | Burrow | | | Northamptonshire | Nixon and Cave | 515 | | Further particulars | Nixon | 516 | | Dean | Dodderidge | 517 | | Tooting | Anon. | 523 | | Peterborough | Miles | | | An account of an earthquake felt Aug. 23, 1750, at Spalding in Lincolnshire | Johnson| | | Ditto | Green | | | An account of an earthquake felt at York April 19, 1754 | Baker | XLVIII 564 | | Account of an earthquake at Constantinople Sept. 16, 1754 | Mackenzie | 819 | | An account of several earthquakes lately felt at Constantinople May 15, 1755 | Porter | XLIX 115 | | An account of an earthquake Nov. 1, 1755 as felt in the lead-mines in Derbyshire | Bullock| 398 | An account of the earthquake at Lisbon Nov. 1, 1755 | Location | Author | Trans. | Abridg. | |---------------------------------|--------------|--------|---------| | Zufusqueira | Sacchetti | XLIX | 409 | | Colares (20 miles from Lisbon) | Stoqueler | | 413 | | Oporto | Henkel | | 418 | | Ditto | Plummer | | 419 | | Ditto | Knowles | | 421 | | Ditto | Muyssen | | 422 | | Madrid | Anon. | | 423 | | Cadiz | Berwick | | 424 | | Ditto | Ulloa | | 427 | | Barbary | Fowke | | 428 | | Madeira | Heberden | | 432 | | Ditto | Chambers | | 435 | | Neufchâtel in Switzerland | De Valtravers| | 436 | | Geneva, Nov. 9 | Trembley | | 438 | | Boston in New England, Nov. 18 | Anon. | | 439 | | New York, Nov. 18 | Colden | | 433 | | Pennsylvania, Nov. 18 | Anon. | | 444 | An extraordinary and surprising agitation of the waters, though without any perceptible motion of the earth, having been observed in various parts of this island, both maritime and inland, on the same day, and chiefly about the time that the more violent commotions of both earth and waters so very extensively affected many very distant parts of the globe, the following accounts relating to the former have been transmitted to the Society; in which are specified the times and places when and where they happened. | Location | Author | Trans. | Abridg. | |---------------------------------|--------------|--------|---------| | Portsmouth | Robertson | | 351 | | Sussex and Surrey | Webb | | 353 | | Guildford | Adee | | 357 | | Petworth | Hodgson | | 358 | | Cranbrook | Tempest | | 360 | | Chevening | Pringle | | | | Rotherhith | Mills | | 361 | | Peerless Pool, London | Birch | | 362 | | Rochford in Essex | Thomlinson | | 364 | | Reading | Philips | | 365 | | Ditto | Blair | | 367 | | Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire | Lord Parker | | 368 | | Devonshire, Cornwall, Plymouth, Mountbay, Penzance, &c. | Huxham | | 371 | | Mountbay | Borlace | | 373 | Swanzey Extract of a letter concerning the earthquakes at Manilla, 1750 An account of the earthquake felt at Glasgow Dec. 30, 1755, and Dumbarton; also of a shower of dust falling on a ship between Shetland and Iceland Extract of a letter concerning the earthquake on the 14th of November 1755, in Valais in Switzerland Extract of a letter concerning the earthquake felt at Leyden, Leige, Maestricht, Nimeguen, Arnheim, &c. Dec. 26, 1755 An extract of a letter concerning an earthquake at the Hague, on Wednesday the 18th of February 1756 An account of an earthquake felt in Holland Feb. 18, 1756 An account of the earthquakes felt at Brufels Dec. 26, 27, and Feb. 18, 1756 An account of the agitation of the waters on the 1st of November 1756, in Scotland and Hamburgh Account of the earthquake felt Feb. 18, along the coast of England, between Margate and Dover Extract of a letter concerning the earthquakes felt at Turin Dec. 9, 1755, and March 8, 1756 An account of a continued succession of earthquakes at Brigue in Valais Extract of a letter relating to the agitation of the waters observed at Dartmouth Nov. 1, 1755 An account of the late earthquakes felt at Mac- An account of the agitation of the sea at Antigua Nov. 1, 1755 An account of the extraordinary agitation of the waters in several ponds in Hertfordshire Nov. 1, 1755 An account of an earthquake felt at Colen, Leige, Maestricht, &c. on the 19th of Nov. 1756 An account of the earthquake felt in New England, and the neighbouring parts of America Nov. 18, 1755 Extract of a letter mentioning a slight shock of an earthquake Aug. 13, 1756, at Turin, and another Nov. 9, 1756, at Genoa An account of an earthquake in Cornwall July 15, 1757 An account of an earthquake felt in the island of Sumatra in the East Indies, in Nov. and Dec. 1756 An account of the earthquake in the west parts of Cornwall July 15, 1757 An account of an earthquake felt at Lingfield in Surrey, and Eden Bridge in Kent, Jan. 24, 1758 Observations upon a slight earthquake, though very particular, which may lead to the knowledge of the cause of great and violent ones An account of the late earthquakes in Syria Conjectures concerning the cause, and observations upon the phenomena of earthquakes, particularly that of Nov. 1, 1755 An account of an earthquake at Lisbon May 31, 1761 Another account of the earthquake at Lisbon May 31, 1761 An account of the earthquake felt in the island of Madeira Mar. 31, 1761 An account of an earthquake in Siberia Nov. 28, 1761 An account of an earthquake Apr. 2, 1762, at Chattigong: translated from the Persian Gulston Another account from Calcutta Another account from Chattigong Another account of several from Apr. 2 to 19, 1762, in the province of Islamabad, with the damages attending them: translated from the Persian An account of an earthquake felt at Lisbon Dec. 26, 1764 Abstract of a letter containing an account of an earthquake at Macao Nov. 23, 1767 De Visme An account of the earthquake which was felt at Manchester and other places, on Sept. 14, 1777 Henry EAST BURNE. See Antiquities. EASTER. Letter concerning the observation of Easter on April 24, 1698 Wallis A calculation for finding Easter Thoresby An explanation of the rule for finding Easter Jackman EAST INDIES. A narrative of some observations made upon several voyages, to find a way for sailing about the North to the East Indies, and for returning the same way from hence hither; together with instructions given by the Dutch East India Company for the discovery of Jesso, near Japan: to which is added, a relation of sailing through the Northern America to the East Indies Van Nierop Part of a letter from Fort St. George in the East Indies, giving an account of the long worm, which is troublesome to the inhabitants of those parts Lister Account of some animals sent from the East Indies, with remarks by J. Petiver Brown A description of a bird from the East Indies Edwards The process of making ice in the East Indies Sir Robert Barker Journal of a voyage to the East Indies, in the ship Grenville, in the year 1775, captain Burnet Abercrombie Dalrymple EATON. See Stiptick. ECCHOES. A letter concerning some extraordinary ecchoes Southwell ECHINITES. A description of a curious echinites Baker A letter concerning two beautiful echinites Da Costa ECHINUS. Remarks upon a petrified echinus of a singular singular kind, found on Bunnan's Land, in the parish of Bovingdon in Hertfordshire, which is a clay, and supposed to have been brought with the chalk dug out of a pit in the field. Parfons An account of a remarkable echinus Brander Eclipses. A method for observing the eclipses of the moon free from the common inconveniencies. Rook Observations on an eclipse of the earth May 3, 1734 De Revillae An account of a machine to represent eclipses of the earth (Lat.) Segner A new and particular method of calculating eclipses of the earth; and of any appulses of the moon to planets and fixed stars Gersten Letter concerning the year of the eclipse foretold by Thales Coxford Letter concerning the eclipse mentioned by Xenophon Coxford An account of the eclipse predicted by Thales Stukeley Kepler's method of computing the moon's parallaxes in solar eclipses, demonstrated and extended to all degrees of the moon's latitude; as also to the assigning the moon's correspondent apparent diameter; together with a concise application of this form of calculation to those eclipses Pemberton Eclipses of the Sun and Moon. See Sun, Moon. Ecliptic. Some more accurate observations about Jupiter's transits near fixed stars; useful for determining the inclination of that planet to the ecliptique Flamstead An account shewing, that the latitude of Nurenburg has continued without sensible alteration for 200 years last past; as likewise the obliquity of the ecliptick, by comparing them with what was observed by B. Walther in 1487 Wuritz Ibaur A proposal to make the poles of a globe of the heavens move in a circle round the poles of the ecliptic Latham A contrivance to make the poles of the diurnal motion, in a celestial globe, pass round the poles of the ecliptic Senex A treatise on the precession of the equinoxes, and in general on the motion of the nodes, and the alteration of the inclination of the orbit of a planet to the ecliptic. An enquiry into the quantity and direction of the proper motion of Arcturus; with some remarks on the diminution of the obliquity of the ecliptic. Eden. An account of a remarkable decrease of the river Eden in Cumberland Dec. 28, 1762. Edinburgh. A comparison of the heat of London and Edinburgh. Edwards. An account of what appeared most remarkable on opening the body of Anne Edwards, who died Jan. 5, 1729-30, having a large umbilical rupture. Eels. Method of taking eels in frosty weather. An abstract of a letter concerning the scales of eels. Microscopical observations on eels, mites, the seeds of figs, strawberries, &c. Of the manner of generation of eels. An account of a very large eel lately caught at Malden in Essex; with some considerations about the generation of eels. Manner of observing the circulation of blood in an eel. Observations on the mouths of the eels in vinegar, and also a strange aquatic animal. A letter concerning the minute cells in paste being viviparous. Abstract of a letter concerning the peculiar affec't of eels. Effervescence. A memoir on the lacryma batavice, or glass drops, the tempering of steel, and effervescence, accounted for by the same principle. The strange effects of some effervescent mixtures. Effluvia. Several experiments shewing the strange effects of the effluvia of glass, producible on the motion and attrition of it. An account of the repetition of an experiment touching motion given bodies, included in a glass by the approach of a finger. near its outside; with other experiments on the effluvia of glass - Haukbee A letter of weighing the strength of electrical effluvia - Ellicot Experiments upon air, and the effects of different kinds of effluvia upon it - White Account of the manner in which the Russians treat persons affected with the fumes of burning charcoal, and other effluvia of the same nature - Guthrie EFT. Some remarks concerning the circulation of the blood, as seen in the tail of a water-eft through a solar microscope - Miles A letter concerning the property of water-efts, in slipping off their skins as serpents do Baker EGGS. An account of an insect feeding upon herbane, the horrid smell of which is in that creature so qualified thereby as to become in some measure aromatical; together with the colour yielded by the eggs of the same - Lister An account of what hath been of late observed of eggs to be found in all sorts of females - Kirkringius Account of a small egg found within an ordinary one - De Vallemont EGYPT. Inquiries to be made in Egypt - Henßhow A narrative of some observations lately made by certain missionaries in the Upper Egypt - Anon. An explanation of the cuts of two porphyry pillars in Egypt - Huntington Extract of a letter concerning a supposed connection between the hieroglyphical writing of ancient Egypt, and the characteristic writing which is in use at this day among the Chinese - Morton ELASTICITY. A remark upon the new opinion relating to the forces of moving bodies, in the case of the collision of non-elastic bodies - Eams An experiment to prove that water, when agitated by fire, is infinitely more elastic than air in the same circumstances - Clayton A narrative of a new invention of expanding fluids, by their being conveyed into certain ignited vessels, where they are immediately rarified into an elastic impelling force, sufficient to give motion to hydraulopneumatical and other engines, for raising water, and other uses, &c. An attempt to explain some of the principal phenomena of electricity by means of an elastic fluid Continuation of an experimental enquiry concerning the nature of the mineral elastic spirit or air contained in the Pouhon water, and other acidulæ Experiments for discovering the various elasticity of the air in different parts of Switzerland Some thoughts and conjectures concerning the cause of elasticity See Air. ELDEN HOLE. An account of Elden Hole in Derbyshire, with some observations upon it ELDER. A letter on the effects of elder, in preserving growing plants from insects and flies ELECTRICITY. A catalogue of electrical bodies An account of an experiment touching the extraordinary electricity of glass, produceable on a smart attrition of it; with a continuation of experiments on the same subject, and other phenomena A continuation An account of some experiments touching the electricity and light produceable on the attrition of several bodies An account of some new electrical experiments A letter containing several experiments concerning electricity A letter concerning the electricity of water A letter containing a further account of his experiments concerning electricity Two letters containing farther accounts of his experiments concerning electricity A letter concerning electricity Experiments and observations upon the light that is produced by communicating electrical attraction to animal or inanimate bodies; together with some of its most surprising effects A letter containing some experiments relating to electricity | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | A letter concerning the revolutions which small pendulous bodies will, by electricity, make round larger ones, from east to west, as the planets do round the sun | XXXIX | 220 | | An account of some electrical experiments intended to be communicated to the Royal Society | XXXIX | 400 | | Some electrical experiments chiefly regarding the repulsive force of electrical bodies | XLI | 98 | | Account of some of the electrical experiments made by Granville Wheeler at the Royal Society's house May 11, 1731 | XLI | 112 | | Letter of remarks on the late Stephen Gray; his electrical circular experiment | XLI | 118 | | Some thoughts and experiments concerning electricity | XLI | 186 | | Experiments made before the Royal Society Feb. 2, 9, and 16, 1737-8 | XLI | 193 | | Some electrical experiments made at the prince of Wales's at Cliefden Apr. 15, 1738, where the electricity was conveyed 420 feet in a direct line | XLI | 209 | | Something concerning electricity | XLI | 634 | | An account of some electrical experiments made before the Royal Society Jan. 22 and Mar. 15, 1741 | XLI | 637 | | Several electrical experiments made at various times before the Royal Society | XLI | 661 | | Further observations concerning electricity | XLII | 14 | | Some conjectures concerning electricity, and the rise of vapours | XLII | 140 | | An account of the electrical fire | XLIII | 239 | | Letter on firing phosphorus by electricity | XLIII | 290 | | Some new observations in electricity | XLIII | 307 | | Observations of luminous emanations from human bodies and from brutes: with some remarks on electricity | XLIII | 441 | | Abstract of a letter on electricity | XLIV | 27 | | Experiments and observations tending to illustrate the nature and properties of electricity | XLIV | 419 | | Extracts of two letters concerning the effects of a cane of black sealing-wax, and a cane of brimstone, in electrical experiments | XLIV | 481 | | Further experiments and observations tending to illustrate | XLIV | 27 | | Illustrate the nature and properties of electricity | W. Watson | XLIV 41 | X 290 | | Extracts of two letters containing several electrical experiments | Miles | — 53 | — 319 | | Part of a letter concerning the light caused by quicksilver shaken in a glass tube proceeding from electricity | Trembley | — 58 | — 321 | | Part of a letter concerning electrical fire | Miles | — 78 | — 322 | | A letter on weighing the strength of electrical effluvia | Ellicott | — 96 | — 324 | | Part of two letters containing some electrical observations | Miles | — 158 | — 325 | | An extract of a letter concerning the effects of electricity upon himself and his wife | Winkler | — 211 | — 327 | | A letter shewing, that the electricity of glass disturbs the mariner's compass, and also nice balances | Robins | — 242 | — 328 | | Extract of a letter concerning some new electrical experiments lately made at Paris | Needham | — 247 | — 329 | | Extract of a memoir concerning the communication of electricity; read at the meeting of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris Nov. 12, 1746 | Le Monnier | — 290 | — 336 | | Part of a letter concerning the effect of electricity on vegetables | Browning | — 373 | — 342 | | Observations upon so much of M. le Monnier, jun. memoir, lately presented to the Royal Society, as relates to the communicating the electric virtue to non-electrics | W. Watson | — 388 | — 339 | | A letter which gives a description and the figures of his electrical pyrorganum | Winkler | — 497 | — 345 | | A continuation of a paper concerning electricity, from vol. XLIII. pag. 501 | W. Watson | — 695 | | | A sequel to the experiments and observations tending to illustrate the nature and properties of electricity | W. Watson | — 704 | — 290 | | A collection of electrical experiments | W. Watson | XLV 49 | — 347 | | Some further inquiries into the nature and properties of electricity | W. Watson | — 93 | — 368 | | Part of a letter concerning electricity | Nollet | — 187 | — 332 | | Several essays towards discovering the laws of electricity | Ellicott | — 195 | — 386 | | A letter concerning a fustian-frock being set on fire by electricity | Roche | — 203, 213 | — 389, 39 | X 2 Extract of a letter concerning some electrical experiments — Hales An account of the experiments made by some gentlemen of the Royal Society, in order to measure the absolute velocity of electricity — W. Watson Extract of a letter on the electricity of glass that has been exposed to strong fires — Bofe Letter declaring that he, as well as many others, have not been able to make odours pass through glass by means of electricity; and giving a particular account of professor Bofe at Wittenberg, his experiment of beatification, or causing a glory to appear round a man's head by electricity — W. Watson Extract of a letter accompanying an examination of certain phenomena in electricity — Nollet An account of B. Franklin's treatise of experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia — W. Watson An account of experiments relating to odours passing through electrified globes and tubes — Winkler An account of the result of some experiments made here with globes and tubes, transmitted by Mr. Winkler, in order to verify the facts above-mentioned — W. Watson An account of the phenomena of electricity in vacuo — W. Watson Letter concerning the success of the late experiments in France — Mazeas Extracts of two letters relating to the extracting electricity from the clouds — Nollet Another letter on the same — Molière Letter concerning an electrical kite — Franklin Letter concerning the electrical experiments in England upon thunder-clouds — W. Watson Letter concerning some electrical experiments made at Paris — Wilson Electrical experiments, with an attempt to account for their several phenomena; together with some observations on thunder-clouds — Canton Observations upon the electricity of the air made — | Title | Author | Page | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|------| | An additional remark to one of W. Watson, in his account of the Abbe Nollet's letter concerning electricity | Birch | 484 | | Answer to several queries concerning his experiment of electricity with a kite | Linning | 757 | | Answer to Dr. Linning's query relating to the death of professor Richman | W. Watson | 765 | | Account of two electrical experiments | Winkler | 772 | | Letter concerning some new electrical experiments | Canton | 780 | | An account of the death of Mr. George-William Richman, occasioned by an electrical shock collected from thunder; translated from the High Dutch | Anon. | XLIX 61 | | Electrical experiments made in pursuance of those of Mr. Canton, dated Dec. 3, 1753; with an explanation by Franklin | Franklin | XLIX 300 | | Extract of a letter concerning electricity | Franklin | 305 | | A retraction of his former opinion concerning the explication of the Leyden experiment | Wilson | 682 | | An account of some electrical experiments | Wilson | LI 83 | | Experiments on the tourmalin | Wilson | 308 | | New experiments and observations concerning electricity | Symmer | 340 | | A letter concerning the force of electrical cohesion | Mitchell | 390 | | Experiments in electricity | Beccaria | 514 | | With remarks | Franklin | 525 | | Further experiments in electricity | Wilson | 896 | | A letter to Mr. B. Wilson concerning electricity | Bergman | 907 | | An account of several experiments in electricity | Delaval | LII 353 | | A letter concerning Mr. Canton's experiment | Franklin | 456 | | A letter containing some remarks on Mr. Delaval's electrical experiments | Canton | 457 | | New experiments in electricity | Kinnersley | LIII 84 | | Observations in electricity, and on a thunderstorm | Bergman | 97 | Experiments on the tourmalin - Wilson A letter containing some experiments in electricity - Bergman New experiments in electricity - Beccaria On the nature of the tourmalin - Bergman A description of an approved apparatus for performing electrical experiments, in which the electrical power is increased, the operation entirely secured from receiving any accidental shocks, and the whole rendered more convenient - L'Epinaffe A specimen of some new experiments in electricity - Beccaria An account of rings consisting of all the prismatic colours, made by electrical explosions on the surface of pieces of metal - Priestley Experiments on the lateral force of electrical explosions - Priestley Various experiments on the force of electrical explosions - Priestley An investigation of the lateral explosion, and of the electricity communicated to the electrical circuit, in a discharge - Priestley Theorems concerning the electrical atmosphere - Beccaria An attempt to explain some of the principal phenomena of electricity by means of an elastic fluid - Cavendish A letter inclosing an account of some observations on atmospheric electricity, in regard of frogs, mites, &c., with some remarks - Ronayne An account of several electrical experiments made by Mr. W. Henley - Priestley Extract of a letter on some electrical experiments made with charcoal - Kinnersley A letter containing some new electrical experiments, July 7, 1772 - Brydone An extract of a letter on some improvements in the electrical machine - North Of the electric property of the torpedo - Walsh Electrical experiments made with a machine of his own workmanship; a description of which is prefixed - Nairne An account of some new experiments in electricity, containing, 1. An enquiry whether vapour be a conductor of electricity. 2. Some | Title | Author | Page | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|------| | Experiments to ascertain the direction of the electric matter in the discharge of the Leyden bottle. | | | | 3. Experiments on the lateral explosion in the discharge of the Leyden bottle. | | | | 4. The description and use of a new prime conductor. | | | | 5. Miscellaneous experiments made principally in 1771 and 1772. | | | | 6. Experiments and observations on the electricity of frogs, in pursuance of those made by Thomas Ronayne, Esq.; with a plan of an electrical journal | | | | An account of some attempts to imitate the effects of the torpedo by electricity | Cavendish | 389 | | Extraordinary electricity of the atmosphere, observed at Lilington in the month of October 1775 | Cavallo | 196 | | Experiments and observations on a new apparatus, called, a machine for exhibiting perpetual electricity | Henly | | | An account of some new experiments in electricity | Cavallo | 407 | | Experiments and observations in electricity | Henly | 513 | | New electrical experiments and observations | Cavallo | 185 | | An account of some electrical experiments | Swift | 388 | | Reasons for dissenting from the report of the committee appointed to consider of Mr. Wilson's experiments; including remarks on some experiments exhibited by Mr. Nairne | Musgrave | 155 | | Experiments on electricity; being an attempt to shew the advantage of elevated pointed conductors | Nairne | 801 | | On the use of an amalgam of zinc for the purpose of electrical excitation | Higgins | 823 | | New experiments upon the Leyden phial, respecting the termination of conductors | Wilson | 861 | | A ready way of lighting a candle by a very moderate electrical spark | Ingenhousz | 999 | | Observations and experiments tending to confirm Dr. Ingenhousz's theory of the electrophorus; and to shew the impermeability of glass to the electric fluid | Henly | 1022 | | Account of some experiments in electricity | Swift | 1049 | | Improvements in electricity by | Ingenhousz | 454 | | | | 661 | An account of some new experiments in electricity, with the description and use of two new electrical instruments - Cavalli An account of the effect of electricity in shortening of wires - Nairne ELECTRICITY (Medicine). A discovery in electricity useful to medicine (Lat.) - Winkler A letter concerning several medical experiments of electricity - Baker Accounts of the effects of electricity in the county hospital at Shrewsbury - Hart An account of a cure of a paralytic arm by electricity - Hart An instance of the electrical virtue in the cure of a palsy - Brydone An account of the effects of electricity in paralytic cases - Franklin A further account of the effects of electricity in the cure of some diseases - Brydone Case of a paralytic patient cured by an electrical application - Himsel Observations upon the effects of electricity applied to a tetanus, or muscular rigidity of four months continuance - W. Watson Account of a locked jaw and paralysis cured by electricity - Spry A cure of a muscular contraction by electricity - Partington An account of the cure of St. Vitus's Dance by electricity - A. Fothergill ELECTRICAL EEL. See Gymnotus Electricus. ELECTROMETER. Description of an electrometer invented by Mr. Lane; with an account of some experiments made by him with it - Lane An account of a new electrometer contrived by Mr. William Henly, and of several electrical experiments made by him - Priestley New electrical experiments and observations, with an improvement of Mr. Canton's electrometer - Cavalli ELECTROPHORUS. Electrical experiments to explain how far the phenomena of the electrophorus may be accounted for by Dr. Franklin's theory of positive and negative electricity - Ingenhouz Observations and experiments tending to confirm Dr. Ingenhouz's theory of electropho- rus; and to shew the impermeability of glass to electric fluid. **Elephant.** An account of the skeleton of an elephant lately dug up at Tonna — Tentzelius — An account of the taking and training of elephants in Zeylan — Strachan — A full and exact description of all the bones of an elephant, with their several dimensions. To which are premised, an historical account of the natural endowments and several wonderful performances of elephants, with the manner of taking and training them; an anatomical account of its parts, &c. — Blair A continuation — Blair — Some remarks upon the disposition of the parts; and microscopical observations upon the contexture of the skin of elephants — Leeuwenhoek — A description of the organ of hearing in the elephant, with the figures and situation of the osificles, labyrinth and cochlea, in the ear of that animal — Blair — An account of elephants teeth and bones found under ground, Part I. — Sloane Part II. — Sloane — Observations, and a description of some mammoth's bones dug up in Siberia, proving them to have belonged to elephants — Breyn — Letter concerning an extraordinary large fossil tooth of an elephant — Baker — An account of several bones of an elephant found at Leydown in the Isle of Sheppey — Jacob — Observations on the bones commonly supposed to be elephants bones, which have been found near the river Ohio in America — William Hunter — A dissertation on the bones and teeth of elephants, and other beasts, found in North America, and other northern regions, by which it appears they are the bones of indigenous beasts — Rapse **Ellicott.** Observations for proving the going of Mr. Ellicott's clock at St. Helena — Mason — See Clock. **Ellipse.** A direct and geometrical method by which the aphelia, eccentricities, and proportions of the orbs of the primary planets may be determined, without supposing the equality of the angle of motion. motion at the other focus of the planet's ellipsis Halley Investigation to prove, that the figure of the earth approaches nearly to an ellipsis, according to the laws of attraction in an inverse ratio of the square of the distances Clairaut Elliptic. An investigation of a general theorem for finding the length of any arc of any conic hyperbola by means of two elliptic arcs; with some other new and useful theorems deduced therefrom Landen Elms. An extract of a letter concerning the propagation of elms by seed Buckley Embalming. An abstract of Necromantia; or the art of embalming Greenhill Embryo. Historia et explicatio figurarum embryon septimanarum & placentam cotiledoformen exhibentium Hortmann A letter concerning a child born with an extraordinary tumour near the anus, containing some rudiments of an embryo in it Huxham Emery. Some observations on the formation of emery-stone Brice Emetic. A solution of the problem for determining the doses of purging and emetic medicines, to be given according to the different ages and constitutions of the patient Cockburn Empiricism. Postscript against empiricism Banyer Empyema. Case of the operation of the empyema Warner The case of the operation for the empyema successfully performed Warner A remarkable case of an empyema Warner Emulgent Vein. A new discovery of the communication of the ductus thoracicus with the emulgent vein Pecquet Emulgents. Anatomical observations of an abscess in the liver; a great number of stones in the gall-bag and bilious vessels; an unusual conformation of the emulgents and pelvis; a strange conjunction of both kidneys, and a great dilatation of the vena cava Tyson Encaustic. Experiments concerning the encaustic painting of the ancients Colebrooke A letter concerning the success of the former experiments Colebrooke See Painting. Transl. | Abridg. ---|--- XI 683 | I 258 XL 19 | VIII 329 LXV 283 | XVII 971 | II 667 XXIV 1101 | XX 66 | III 208 XLV 325 | XI 1020 LVI 229 | XXIV 2119 | V 273 XLII 633 | XLVII 407 | XLVIII 270 | LI 194 II 461 | III 258 XII 1035 | — 31 LI 40 | — 53 Encrinus. Engrinus. See Star Fish. Engine. A description of Dr. Charles Wren's engine designed for grinding hyperbolical glasses, as it was in a manner promised, vol. II. p. 962 A new engine to make linen cloth without the help of an artificer Letter concerning Dr. Papin's way of raising water Letter concerning Dr. Papin's new water engine A full description, with the use, of the new contrivance for raising water An account of an engine that consumes smoke, shewn lately at St. German's fair in Paris Answer to several objections made by Mr. Nui against his engine for raising water by the rarefaction of the air A description of an engine to raise water by the help of quicksilver, invented by Mr. Hawkins and improved by An account of several experiments concerning the running of water in pipes, as it is retarded by friction and intermediate air; with a description of a new machine, whereby pipes may be cleared of air as the water runs along without stand pipes, or the help of any hand An account of a new engine for raising water by horses, or other animals drawing, without any loss of power; with the strokes of the piston made of any length, to prevent the loss of water by the too frequent opening of valves A narrative of a new invention of expanding fluids, by their being conveyed into certain dignified vessels, where they are immediately rarified into an elastic impelling force sufficient to give motion to hydraulopneumatical and other engines, for raising water, and other uses, &c. The greatest effect of engines with uniformly accelerated motions considered A method of lessening the quantity of friction in engines Short and easy methods for finding the quantity and weight of water contained in a full pipe of any given height and diameter of bore; and consequently, to find what degree of power would would be required to work a common pump, or any other hydraulic engine, when the diameter of the pump bore, and the height to which the water is to be raised therein are given Ferguson. An account of a machine for raising water, executed at Oulton in Cheshire in 1772 Hitchins. A new theory of the engine for driving piles Luggie. The principal properties of the engine for turning ovals in wood or metal, and of the instrument for drawing ovals upon paper, demonstrated Ludlam. See Cloth, Fire, Hydraulic Machine. England. A discourse tending to prove at what time and place Julius Caesar made his first descent upon Britain Halle. An advertisement necessary for all navigators bound up the Channel of England Anon. Letter relating to that isthmus, or neck of land, which is supposed to have joined England and France in former times, where now is the passage between Dover and Calais Wallis. A demonstration of the numbers of acres contained in England, or South Britain, and the use which may be made of it Grew. Engrafting. Some Hortulan communications about the curious engrafting of oranges and lemons, or citrons, upon one another's trees; and of one individual fruit, half orange and half lemon, growing on such trees, &c. Engraving. Some observations upon gems, or precious stones; more particularly such as the ancients used to engrave upon Dingley. Entrails. An observation about the epiploon, or the double membrane, which covers the entrails of animals, and is filled with fat Malpighi and Fracassati. Ephemeron. Some observations on a sort of libella, or ephemeron Collinson. Epicycloid. The quadrature of a portion of the epicycloid Cawse. Epidemical Diary. A meteorological, barometrical, thermometrical, epidemical and magnetical diary kept at Utrecht 1729 Van Muydenbroek 1730 and 1731. Epidemick Diseases. Historical account of the late general coughs and colds; with some observations on other epidemick distempers Anon. Extract of a letter relating to an extraordinary agitation of the sea at Barbadoes Mar. 31, 1761, and an epidemical disorder in that island. Epileptic Fits. An account of a polypus found in the heart of a person who died epileptical Gould An account of strange epileptic fits Leigh Observation of remarkable appearances in the brain of three persons who died of epilepsies Rhusius Epiploon. An observation about the epiploon, or the double membrane, which covers the entrails of animals, and is filled with fat Malpighi and Fracassati Epsom Salt. Observations and experiments on the sal catharticum amarum, commonly called the Epsom salt Brown Further observations Brown Equations. An account concerning the resolution of equations in numbers Collin Cubic and biquadratic equations constructed by a parabola and circle Halley Of the number of roots in cubic and biquadratic equations, and their limits Halley A new, accurate and easy method of finding the roots of equations of every kind, without previous reduction Halley A method of extracting the root of an infinite equation De Moivre Universal solution of cubic and biquadratic equations, viz. analytical, geometrical, and mechanical Colson Analytical solution of certain equations of the third, fifth, seventh, ninth, and higher dimensions to infinity in finite terms, like that by Cardan's rules for cubics De Moivre An attempt towards the improvement of the method of approximating, in the extraction of the roots of equations in numbers Taylor A letter concerning equations with impossible roots Maclaurin A method of determining the number of impossible roots in affected equations Campbell A second letter concerning the roots of equations, with the demonstration of other rules in algebra Maclaurin Of the reduction of radical expressions (or of the extraction of any root of a possible or impossible binomial) to more simple terms (Lat.) De Moivre Extract of a letter containing a commodious disposition of equations so exhibiting the relations of goniometrical lines — Jones The application of Dr. Saunderson's theorem for solving unlimited equations to a curious question in chronology — Horsfall Directions for making a machine for finding the roots of equations universally; with the manner of using it — Rowning A method of extending Cardan's rule for resolving one case of a cubic equation $x^3 - qx = r$ to the other case of the same equation, which it is not naturally fitted to solve, and which is therefore called the irreducible case — Maiores Appendix — Maiores A conjecture concerning the method by which Cardan's rules for resolving the cubic equation $x^3 + qx = r$ in all cases (or in all magnitudes of the known quantities $q$ and $r$) and the cubic equation $x^3 - qx = r$ in the first case of it (or when $r$ is greater than $\frac{27}{3\sqrt{3}}$, or $\frac{rr}{4}$ is greater than $\frac{q^2}{27}$) were probably discovered by Scipio Ferreus of Bononia, or whoever else was the first inventor of them — Maiores Of cubic equations and infinite series — Hutton Equation of Time. Some remarks upon the equation of time, and the true manner of computing it — Maseleyne Equator. A resolution of a general proposition for determining the horary alteration of the position of the terrestrial equator from the attraction of the sun and moon; with some remarks on the solutions given by other authors to that difficult and important problem — Simpson Proposal of a method for measuring degrees of longitude upon parallels of the equator — Michell Equatorial Telescope. The description and uses of an equatorial telescope — Short Description and use of a new-constructed equatorial telescope, or portable observatory — Nairne An account of an apparatus applied to the equatorial instrument for correcting the errors arising from the refraction in altitude Dollond Equilibrium. An account of an experiment explaining a mechanical paradox, viz. that two bodies of equal weight, suspended on a certain sort of balances, do not lose their equilibrium by being removed one farther from, the other nearer to, the center Desaguliers Equinoxes. A treatise on the precession of the equinoxes, and in general on the motion of the nodes, and the alteration of the inclination of the orbit of a planet to the ecliptic Situabelle Essay on the precession of the equinoxes, and the nutation of the earth's axis Walmsley A theory of the irregularities that may be occasioned in the annual motion of the earth by the actions of Jupiter and Saturn Walmsley On the precession of the equinoxes produced by the sun's attraction Milner Equuleus. An account of the equuleus Ward Eratosthenes. Koστος Ερατοσθένους, or the sieve of Eratosthenes; being an account of his method of finding out the prime numbers Horblay Ergot. An account of the disease called Ergot in French, from its supposed cause, viz. vitiated rye Tiffet Eriocaulon. A letter on a rare plant found in the Isle of Skye, supposed to be the eriocaulon decangulare Hope Essay Instrument. A new-invented essay-instrument described, with its uses Boyle Extract of a letter relating to the essay-instrument — 353 — 520 Etruscan. See Coin, Inscription. Evacuation. A new trocart for the puncture in the hydrocephalus, and for other evacuations which are necessary to be made at different times Le Cat Evaporation. A dissertation on the nature of evaporation, and several phenomena of air, water, and boiling liquors Hamilton Observations on the annual evaporation at Liverpool in Lancashire; and on evaporation considered as a test of the moisture or dryness of the atmosphere Dolfin | Title | Transl. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Euclid. A new and easy way of demonstrating some propositions in Euclid | XIV 672| I 7 | | Pappus of Alexandria's two general propositions taking in a great part of Euclid's porisms, restored by Simpson | XXXII 330| VI 76 | | Euganean Hills. An account of a curious giants causeway, or group of angular columns, newly discovered in the Euganean Hills, near Padua in Italy | LXV 418| | | Euphorbium. An account of a lady who swallowed euphorbium | LI 662 | | | Eure. An account of an aqueduct designed for carrying the River Eure to Versailles | XV 1016| I 594 | | Euripus. A letter concerning the flux of the Euripus | VI 2153| II 289 | | Excentricities. Considerations concerning M. Cassini's geometrical and direct method for finding the apogees, excentricities and anomalies of the planets | V 1168 | I 253 | | A direct and geometrical method by which the aphelia, excentricities, and proportions of the orbs of the primary planets may be determined, without supposing the equality of the angle of motion at the other focus of the planets ellipsis | XI 683 | — 25? | | Excentricity. See Planet. | | | | Excrements. Letter on animalcula in the excrements of frogs | XXII 509| IIi 688 | | Excrescences. A considerable account touching vegetable excrescences | VI 2254| II 768 | | Another letter enlarging his communication on vegetable excrescences | — 2284 | — 768,770 | | With some additions | — 3002 | — 768 | | An account of one who had horny excrescences, or extraordinary large nails on his fingers and toes | XIX 694| | | Two letters concerning horn-like excrescences growing on the fingers, &c. | XXIV 1899| V 387 | | Letter concerning the extirpation of an excrescence from the womb | XLVI 520| X 1022 | | Observations on fungous excrescences of the bladder; a cutting forceps for extirpating these excrencencies; and canulas for treating these diseases | XLVII 292| | | Excretory Ducts. An account of two glands, | | | and their excretory ducts, lately discovered in human bodies — Cowper An account of an excretory duct from the glandula renalis — Valsalva An enquiry into a discovery, said to have been made by Sig. Valsalva, of an excretory duct, from the glandula renalis to the epididymis — Ranby Exhalation. Letters concerning the causes of the ascent of vapour and exhalation, and those of winds; and of the general phenomena of the weather and barometer — Eales An extract of an essay entitled, On the uses of a knowledge of mineral exhalations, when applied to discover the principles and properties of mineral waters, and the nature of burning fountains, and of those poisonous lakes which the antients called averni — Brownrigg Exocetus Volitans. A description of the exocetus volitans, or flying fish — Brown Exostoses. A case of extraordinary exostoses on the back of a boy — Frete See Bone. Exotic. An account of the bishop of London's garden at Fulham, with a catalogue of the exotic trees remaining in it June 25, 1751 W. Watson Expansion. Experiments concerning the expansion of animal juices — Boyle An account of an experiment made to ascertain the proportion of the expansion of the liquor in the thermometer, with regard to the degrees of heat — Taylor Experiments. Some observations and experiments made, and in a letter communicated to the publisher for the Royal Society, by the learned and inquisitive Martin Lister An account of some experiments made before the Royal Society by F. Slare, with short applications of them to physical matters. 1. A parallel between lightening and a phosphorus. 2. By mixing two liquors actually cold, to produce such sparkling and fiery bodies as are not only visible in the dark, but at noon day in the enlightened air. 3. By the addition of an oil to the foregoing mixture to produce a flame. 4. A refutation of Borrichius's experiment that pretends to accension 5. A new experiment with ebullition and incalcescence. 6. Of cold produced without ebullition; giving some account of hysterical paroxysms. 7. Of cold produced by a very great ebullition, wherein the cold and hot fits of an ague are resembled by a mixture of liquors. A miscellaneous catalogue of mean, vulgar, cheap and simple experiments — Petty Explosion. An account of some experiments relating to the production of fire and flame, together with an explosion, made by the mixture of two liquors actually cold — Slare An account of a fire-ball seen in the air, and of an explosion heard Dec. 11, 1741, near London — Lord Beauchamp In Sussex — Fuller In Kent — Goflin Letter concerning an explosion in the air, heard at Norwich June 7, 1750 — Arderon An account of rings, consisting of all the prismatic colours made by electrical explosions on the surface of pieces of metal — Priestley Experiments on the lateral force of electrical explosions — Priestley Various experiments on the force of electrical explosions — Priestley An investigation of the lateral explosion, and of the electricity communicated to the electrical circuit in a discharge — Priestley A letter containing a short account of an explosion of air in a coal-pit at Middleton, near Leeds in Yorkshire — Bernard Eye. An observation containing a blemish in a horse's eye, not hitherto discovered by any author — Lover Several cases relating chiefly to the eyes — Turberville Observations about the crystalline humour of the eye — Leeuwenhoek An account of an extraordinary hemorrhage at the glandula lacrimalis — Havens Letter concerning the eyes of beetles — Leeuwenhoek Letter concerning crabs eyes — King An account of the Friesland boy with letters in his eye — Ellis Letter concerning the crystalline humour in the EYE FAB eye of whales, fish, and other creatures, and of the use of the eye-lids - Leuvenboek XXIV 1723 V 2 267 An extraordinary case of a partial sight of objects - Vater XXXIII 147 VII 490 An explication of the instruments used in a new operation of the eyes - Chefselden XXXV 451 — 493 A letter concerning a very large tumour of the eye - Klein XXXVII 427 The case of a wound in the cornea of the eye cured by - Thomas Baker XLI 135 IX 121 A description of needles made for operations on the eyes - Clelanda — 847 — 124 A remarkable cure performed on the eye of a young woman in Scotland - Hope XLIII 194 XI 951 A letter concerning the stones called crabs eyes - Baker XLV 174 — 876 Extract of a letter containing the particulars of the cure of a wound in the cornea, and of a laceration of the uvea in the eye of a woman - Aery — 411 — 954 A letter concerning a large piece of lath being thrust into a man's eye, who recovered of it - Hassel — 520 — 955 A description of a new method of opening the cornea, in order to extract the crystalline humour - Sharp LXVIII 161 A second account of a new method of opening the cornea for taking away the cataract - Sharp — 322 A remarkable case of a morbid eye - Spry XLIX 18 An account of a case of a diseased eye - Layard L 747 Case of a man wounded in the left eye by a small sword - Geach LIII 234 EYE LIDS. Letter concerning the crystalline humour in the eye of whales, fish, and other creatures, and of the use of the eye-lids - Leuvenboek XXIV 1723 V 2 267 Letter concerning an uncommon palsey in the eye-lids - Cantwell XL 311 IX 121 F. FABA S. IGNATII. An account of the virtues of Faba S. Ignatii - Anon. XXI 87 II 648 Further account of the same - Camelli — 88 — 649 Letter on Swammerdam's treatise, De Faba S. Ignatii - Hutton — 365 — Face. | Topic | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | **FACE.** A relation of two monstrous pigs with the resemblance of human faces | XXI 431 | II 900 | | An account of an unusual blackness of the face | XXVI 424 | V 199 | | Further account | | | | **FAIRBURN.** An account of the sulphureous mineral waters of Cattle Leod and Fairburn in the county of Rois, and of the salt purging water of Pitkeathly in the county of Perth, Scotland | LXII 15 | | | **FALKLAND ISLANDS.** An account of Falkland Islands | LXVI 99 | | | **FALL OF WATER.** Part of a letter giving a relation of a wonderful fall of water from a spout upon the Moors in Lancashire | XXX 1097 | IV 2 108 | | **FALLS.** An account of the falls of the river Niagara, taken at Albany Oct. 10, 1721 | XXXII 69 | VI 2 173 | | **FALLOPIAN TUBE.** An account of an egg found in the tuba fallopiana of a woman lately dissected; with several remarks touching generation | XVIII 11 | III 211 | | **FALLOPIAN TUBES.** An abstract of a remarkable case and cure of a woman, from whom a foetus was extracted that had been lodged in one of the fallopian tubes thirteen years | XLV 131 | XI 1012 | | **FARINA.** Some experiments concerning the impregnation of the seeds of plants | XXXIX 192 | VIII 804 | | A letter with some microscopical observations on the farina of the red lily, and of worms discovered in smutty corn | XLII 634 | — 816 | | Observations of the effects which the farina of peas of different colours have on each other | XLIII 477 | | | The effects which the farina of blossoms of different sorts of apple-trees had on the fruit of a neighbouring tree | — 525 | X 751 | | A letter containing some microscopical observations on the farina fecundans of the holyoak and the passion flower | XLIV 150 | — 753 | | Further observations and experiments on the passion flower and its farina | — 166 | — 756 | | A letter concerning the farina fecundans of the yew tree | — 189 | — 757 | | A letter concerning a mixed breed of apples from the mixture of farina | XLV 602 | — 752 | | Part of a letter concerning the effects of the mixture of the farina of apple-trees | XLVI 205 | — | FAR Farthings. An account of what happened to a child who swallowed two copper farthings Baynard Fascination. Conjectures on the charming or fascinating power attributed to the rattle-snake; grounded on credible accounts, experiments, and observations Sloan Fat. An observation about the epiploon, or the double membrane, which covers the entrails of animals, and is filled with fat Malpighi and Fracassati Microscopical observations concerning fat Leeuwenhoek A letter concerning the particles of fat Leeuwenhoek Extract of a letter concerning two men of an extraordinary bulk and weight Knowlton Letter concerning Mr. Bright, the fat man, at Malden in Essex Coz Fecundity. Remarks on the very different accounts that have been given of the fecundity of fish, with fresh observations on that subject Harmer Feet. The description and use of the pores in the skin of the hands and feet Grew Case of Nicholas Reeks, who was born with his feet turned inwards, which came to rights after being some time used to sit cross-legged Hütter Females. An account of what has been of late observed of eggs to be found in all sorts of females Kerkringius Fermat (M. De). Character of M. de Fermat Oldenburg Fermentation. Observations on these three chemical operations, digestion, fermentation, and triture, or grinding (hitherto, in the author's opinion, not sufficiently regarded), by which many things of admirable use may be performed Langelot A way to make two clear spirituous inflammable liquors, which differ very little in taste and smell; and being mixed together, do give a fine carnation colour, without either sensible fermentation or alteration Geoffroy Observations upon the dissolutions and fermentations which we may call cold, because they are accompanied with a coolness of the liquors into which they pass Geoffroy FERN. A letter concerning the seed of fern FERREUS SCIPIO. See Equation. FERTILITY. Instances, hints, and regulations relating to a main point, solicited in the preface to this fourth volume, concerning the use to be made of vaults, deep wells, and cold conservatories, to find out the cause or to promote the generation of salt, minerals, metals, crystals, gems, stones of divers kinds; and helps to conserve long or to hasten putrefaction, fertility of any kind of land, &c. FEVER. Observations on dissection, and the motion of the blood in a fever — A discourse of the operation of a blister when it cures a fever — A letter concerning the whiteness on the tongue in fevers — A relation of a deaf and dumb person who recovered his hearing and speech after a violent fever; with some other medical and chirurgical observations — A letter containing his observations upon the white matter on the tongues of feverish persons — Of the use of cold water in fevers — A letter relating to the cure of intermitting fevers at Tunis — The case of Mr. Cox, surgeon, of Peterborough, who fell into a pestilential fever upon tapping a corpse late dead of an hydropfy — An account of several persons seized with the gaol-fever working in Newgate, and of the manner in which the infection was communicated to one entire family — An account of those malignant fevers that raged at Rouen at the end of the year 1753, and the beginning of 1754 — Case of the efficacy of bark in the delirium of a fever — Letter on the good effects of the quassia roots in fevers at Antigua — Observations of a sick man surprizingly recovered from a fever — Case of a man seized with a fever from the effects of meal-dust FIBRES. A discourse concerning the spiral, instead of the supposed annular structure of the fibres of the intestines — Cole Extract of a letter concerning the fibres of the muscles — Leeuwenhoek Observations upon the membranes enclosing the fasciculi of fibres, into which a muscle is divided — Leeuwenhoek Observations on the muscular fibres of different animals — Leeuwenhoek An observation on the double fibres observable in the skeletons prepared from green leaves — Hollman Conjectures on the use of double fibres in some leaves, &c. — Hollman FIELDING. A brief narrative of the shot of Dr. Robert Fielding with a musket bullet, and its strange manner of coming out of his head, where it had laid near 30 years: written by himself — Fielding FIGURES. An account of an antient mantle-tree in Northamptonshire, on which the date of it (for the year 1133) is expressed by the numeral figures, which shews the great antiquity of those figures in England — Luffkin On the use of numeral figures in England, as old as 1090 — Wallis Letter concerning the use of the numeral figures in England in 1090 — Wallis Extract of a letter concerning an antient date found at Widge Hall in Hertfordshire — Cope Remarks on the above date — Ward Further accounts of it — Gulston Some considerations on the antiquity and use of the Indian characters or figures — Cope Remarks upon an antient date over a gateway, near the cathedral at Worcester — Ward An account of an antient date in Arabian figures, upon the north front of the parish church of Rumsey in Hampshire — Barlow A brief inquiry into the reading of two dates in Arabian figures cut upon stones, which were found in Ireland — Ward A description of an antient date in Arabian figures at Walling, near Aldermaryton, Berkshire — Ward Concerning the various figures of the salts contained in several substances — Leeuwenhoek Transf. Abrig. XI 603 III 88 XXIX 55 V 390 XXXI 129 VII 464 — 134 XXXII 72 — 468 XLI 789 VIII 818 — 796 — 820 XXVI 317 V 205 XIII 399 I 107 XXI 287 — 108 XXII 677 — — XXXIX 119 IX 420 — 120 — 421 — 122 — 131 — 426 — 136 XLI 652 — 254 XLIII 283 XI 1260 XLV 603 — 1267 XV 1073 III 685 Some FIL Some easy methods for the measuring of curved lined figures, plain and solid Walis A specimen of the general method of determin- ing the quadratures of figures Craig An inquiry concerning the figure of such pla- nets as revolve about an axis, supposing the density continually to vary from the center to the surface Clairaut FILE. Account of a file rendered magnetic by lightening Bremond FILTRING STONE. An account of the filtering stone of Mexico, and compared with other stones; by which it is shewn, that it is of little or no use in purifying the waters which have passed through it Water FINGER. An account of a periodical evacuation of blood at the end of one of the fingers Dublin Society An account of one who had horny excrescences or extraordinary large nails on his fingers and toes Locke Two letters on horn-like excrescences growing on the fingers, &c. Wroe FINLANDERS. A letter giving an account of the Nor- wegian Fins, or Finlanders Kinct FIRE. An experiment to prove that water, when agi- tated by fire, is infinitely more elastic than air in the same circumstance Clayton A proposal for checking in some degree the pro- gress of fires Hales Additions Mortimer Extract of a letter concerning the everlasting fire in Persia Meunisy An account of the case of a man who died of the effects of the fire at Eddyston Lighthouse, by melted lead running down his throat Spry Another account Huxham An account of a woman accidentally burnt to death at Coventry Wilmer Description of a most effectual method of se- curing buildings against fire Lord Mabon FIRE BALL. A letter giving an account of a fiery meteor seen in Jamaica to strike into the earth, with remarks on the weather, earthquakes, &c. of that island Barham An account of a fire-ball seen in the air, FIR Transl. Abrig. XXII 547 I 58 XXIII 1346 IV 26 XL 277 VIII 90 XLI 614 — 506 XXXIX 106 — 728 XV 989 III 252 XIX 694 — 13 XXIV 1899 V 378 XXXV 357 VII 4 44 XLI 162 VII 466 XLV 277 XI 1391 — 382 — 1392 — 296 X 267 XLIX 477 — 483 LXIV 340 LXVIII 884 XXX 837 IV 2 31 | FIR | Transf. | Abridg. | |-----|---------|---------| | and of the explosion heard Dec. 11, 1741, near London | Lord Beauchamp | XLII 870 | VIII 523 | | In Sussex | Fuller | — 871 | — | | In Kent | Goffin | — 872 | — 524 | | — Account of a fire-ball seen in the air Dec. 11, 1741 | Mason | XLII 1 | — | | — An account of a fire-ball seen Dec. 11, 1741 | Cooke | — 25 | — 525 | | — An account of the fire-ball seen Dec. 11, 1741 | Gordon | — 58 | — | | — Collinson | — 60 | — | | The appearance of a fiery meteor as seen by Graddock | XLIII 78 | — | | Account of a fiery meteor seen in the air July 14, 1745 | Cestard | — 522 | — | | Account of a fiery meteor seen Dec. 16, 1742 | Mortimer | — 524 | — | | — An account of an extraordinary fire-ball bursting at sea | Chalmers | XLVI 366 | X 480 | | — An account of a fire-ball seen in the air July 22, 1750 | Smith | XLVII 1 | — | | Another account of the same | Baker | — 3 | — | | — Account of a fire-ball seen at Hornsey Hill | XLVIII 773 | — | | — Several accounts of a fiery meteor which appeared Nov. 26, 1758; collected by Pringle | LI 218 | — | | Remarks on the several accounts of the fiery meteor which appeared Nov. 26, 1758, and on other such bodies | Pringle | — 259 | — | | — Account of a fiery meteor seen at the Hague | Gabry | LIII 5 | — | | — An account of several fiery meteors seen in North America | Winthrop | LIV 185 | — | | Account of a fiery meteor seen on the 10th of February in the shire of Berwick | Brydone | LXIII 163 | — | | FIRE (Chemistry). An account of some experiments relating to the production of fire and flame; together with an explosion made by the mixture of two liquors actually cold | Slade | XVIII 201 | III 359 | | — Thoughts on Dr. Hales new method of distillation by the united force of air and fire | Brunrigg | XLIX 534 | — | | — Actual fire in detonation, produced by the contact of tinfoil, with the salt composed of copper and the nitrous acid | Higgins | LXIII 137 | — | | — Experiments on ignited bodies | Roebeck | LXVI 509 | — | FIRE (Electricity). Two letters concerning the ro- tatory motion of glass tubes about their axes, when placed in a certain manner before the fire. — Letter concerning electrical fire — Wheeler — A letter concerning a fustian-frock being set on fire by electricity — Blake — Extract of a letter concerning the electricity of glass that has been exposed to strong fires — Boyle **FIRE ENGINE.** An account of Mr. T. Savery's engine for raising water by the help of fire — Savery — The best proportions for steam-engine cylinders of a given content considered — Blake — An engine for raising water by fire: being an improvement of Savery's construction to render it capable of working itself; invented by M. de Moura of Portugal; described by — J. Smeaton — Experiments on applying the Rev. Dr. Hales method of distilling salt water to the steam-engine — Fitzgerald — Farther experiments for increasing the quantity of steam in a fire engine — Fitzgerald — An attempt to improve the manner of working the ventilators by the help of fire-engines — Fitzgerald **FIRE (Natural history).** A letter rectifying the relation of salamanders living in fire — Steno — The description of a well and earth in Lancashire taking fire by a candle approached to it — Shirley — Observations on a subterranean fire in a coal mine near Newcastle — Hodgson — An account of a very odd eruption of fire out of a spot of earth near Fiorenzola in Italy — St. Clair — See Distillation. **FISH.** Account of a strange and curiously-contrived fish from New England — Winthrop — Thoughts about the stellar fish described vol. V. p. 1151 — Willoughby — Phenomena afforded by shell-fishes in an exhausted receiver — Boyle — Of the phenomena of a scale-fish in an exhausted receiver — Boyle — A conjecture concerning the bladders of air that are found in fishes by A. L. and illustrated by an experiment suggested by the Hon. Robert Boyle Account of a poisonous fish in one of the Bahama Islands Considerations on the swimming-bladders in fishes Observations on the purple-fish A general idea of the structure of the internal parts of fish Letter concerning a shower of fishes Letter concerning the crystalline humour in the eye of whales, fish, and other creatures, and of the use of the eye-lids A letter concerning the circulation of the blood in fishes An account of some experiments touching the keeping of fishes in water under different circumstances Observations on the muscular fibres of fish An account of a narhual, or unicorn fish, lately taken in the river Oft, in the Duchy of Bremen, 1736 A description of the same fish A method of preparing specimens of fish by drying their skins A letter on keeping of small fish in glass jars; and of an easy way of catching fish Abstract of a letter concerning some observations made on the banficle, or prickleback, and also on fish in general Extract of a letter concerning the hearing of fish A letter concerning an extraordinary fish, called in Russia, Quab; and concerning the stones called crabs-eyes Upon the sounds and hearing of fishes by Jac. Theod. Klein; or some account of a treatise intituled, "An enquiry into the reasons why the author of an epistle concerning the hearing of fishes endeavours to prove they are all mute, and deaf Divers means for preserving from corruption dead birds intended to be sent to remote countries, so that they may arrive there in good condition. Some of the same means may be employed | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | employed for preserving quadrupeds, reptiles, fishes, and insects | XLV 309| XI 871 | | Observations on keeping fish in glasses | — 321 | | | The description of a fish showed to the Royal Society by Ralph Bigland| XLVI 518| — 879 | | Experiments of fish and flesh preserved in lime-water | XLVIII 163| | | An account of some trials to keep water and fish sweet with lime-water| — 826 | | | An account of Mr. Tull's method of castrating fish | — 870 | | | An account of four undescribed fishes of Aleppo | XLIX 445| | | An account of a remarkable fish taken in the King's Road near Bristol | LIII 170| | | Account of a fish from Batavia, called Jaculator | LIV 89 | | | Some farther account of the Jaculator fish, from Mr. Hommel of Batavia; together with the description of another species by Dr. Pallas | LVI 186| | | A letter on some particular fish found in Wales | LVII 204| | | Remarks on the very different accounts that have been given of the fecundity of fish, with fresh observations on that subject | — 280 | | | An account of the lymphatic system in fish | LIX 204| | | A letter containing an account of a singular fish from the South Seas | LXI 247 | | | An account of some curious fishes sent from Hudson's Bay | LXIII 149| | | An account of some poisonous fish in the South Seas | LXVI 544| | | A description of the exocætus volitans, or flying-fish | LXVIII 791| | | Fishery. A letter concerning pearl-fishing in the north of Ireland | XVII 659| II 828 | | An account of a voyage to Chusan in China; with a description of the island, of the several sorts of teas, of the fishing and agriculture of the Chinese, &c. with several observations not hitherto taken notice of | XXIII 120; V 2 171| | | An account of the discovery of the manner of making glass in Russia; with a particular description of its manufacture in England, from the produce of British fisheries | Jackson| LXIII 1 | FISTULA LACRYMALIS. Some thoughts on the operation of the fistula lachrymalis Hunaud XXXIX 54 IX 122 A new method of treating the fistula lachrymalis Blizard LXX 239 FITS. An account of strange epileptic fits Leigh XXIII 1174 V 366 Case of a boy troubled with convulsive fits cured by a discharge of worms Oram L 518 Another account Gaze — 521 More observations Wall — 836 FIXED AIR. See Air. FLAME. An account of some observations relating to the production of fire and flame; together with an explosion made by a mixture of two liquors actually cold Slare XVIII 201 III 259 An account of an uncommon phenomenon in Dorsetshire, of flame arising out of the earth Stephens LII 119 FLAMINGO. The natural history and description of the phænicopterus, or flamingo; with two views of the head and three of the tongue Douglas XXIX 523 V 63 FLANEL. Extract of a letter concerning the property of new flanel sparkling in the dark Cocks XLIV 457 X 343 FLEAS. Letter concerning the generation of fleas Ceyton XXI 42 II 789 Microscopical observations on the proboscis of fleas Leeuwenhoek XXV 2305 V 2 267 FLESH. Experiments on fish and flesh preserved in lime water Hume XLVIII 163 An account of a curious fleshy coral-like substance, with some observations on it by Mr. John Ellis Schloesser XLIX 449 FLIES. A letter on the effects of elder, in preserving growing plants from insects and flies Gullet LXII 348 FLOOD. Letter giving an account of a viscous slime left after a flood in the territory of the Landgrave of Thuringue; with observations Boe XLVIII 358 FLORENTINE PHILOSOPHERS. See Frost. FLOWERS. Several experiments concerning the preserving of flowers, fruit, &c. Southwell XX 42 H623,75c A letter giving an account of tulips, and of such bulbous plants, flowering much sooner when their bulbs are placed upon bottles filled with water, than when planted in the ground Trieuwold XXXVII 79 VI 2 54 An account of the same experiments tried the next year by Miller — 81 — 355 Experiments and observations on bulbous roots, plants, and seeds, growing in water — Curtis XXXVIII 267 VIII 825 A letter concerning a zoophyton somewhat resembling the flower of marigold — Hughes XLII 590 IX 111 Observations upon the sex of flowers, occasioned by a letter upon the same subject by Mr. Mylius of Berlin — W. Watson XLVII 169 Fluents. Of the fluents of multinomials and series affected by radical signs, which do not begin to converge till after the second term — Simpson XLV 328 X 1 A disquisition concerning certain fluents which are assignable by the arcs of the conic sections; wherein are investigated some new and useful theorems for computing such fluents — Landen LXI 298 Fluid (Animal). Experiments to prove the existence of a fluid in the nerves — Stuart XXXVII 327 VI 2 22 Experiments on animal fluids in the exhausted receiver — Darwin LXIV 344 Fluids (Natural philosophy). New experiments made about the superficial figures of fluids, especially of liquors contiguous to other liquors — Boyle XI 775 I 526 A description of the apparatus for making experiments on the refractions of fluids; with a table of the specific gravities, angles of observations, and ratio of refractions of several fluids — Hauksbee XXVII 204 IV 2 182 Experiments relating to the resistance of fluids made before the Royal Society — Desaguliers XXXI 142 VI 299 A narrative of a new invention of expanding fluids, by their being conveyed into certain ignited vessels, where they are immediately rarified into an elastic impelling force sufficient to give motion to hydraulopneumatical, and other engines, for raising water, and other uses, &c. — Payne XLI 821 VIII 638 Experiments and observations on the compressibility of water, and some other fluids — Canton LIV 261 A course of experiments to ascertain the specific buoyancy of cork in different waters; the respective weights and buoyancy of salt water and fresh water; and for determining the exact weight of human and other bodies in fluids — Wilkinson LV 95 An attempt to explain some of the principal phænomena nomena of electricity by means of an elastic fluid Observations and experiments tending to confirm Dr. Ingenhouz's theory of the electrophorus, and to shew the impermeability of glass to electric fluid See Water. Flux. An account of an extraordinary flux of the blood by the penis A discourse concerning the difficulty of curing fluxes Fluxions. Some remarkable specimens of the doctrine of fluxions, or examples wherein the use and excellence of that method in solving geometrical problems is shewn A letter concerning the dispute about the invention of the method of fluxions, or differential method; with M. Leibnitz's answer Fly. An account of a kind of fly that is viviparous Account of a viviparous fly An account of the insect called the vegetable fly Focus. A method by which a glass of a small plano-convex sphere may be made to refract the rays of light to a focus of a far greater distance than is usual A direct and geometrical method by which the aphelia, excentricities, and proportion of the orbs of the primary planets may be determined, without supposing the equality of the angle of motion at the other focus of the planet's ellipsis An instance of the excellence of the modern algebra, in the resolution of the problem of finding the foci of optick glasses universally Some simple properties of conic sections, deduced from the nature of focus's Foetus. A way of preserving birds taken out of the shells, and other small foetus's Extract out of the third and seventh Venetian Giornale de Letterati, concerning the formation of foetus's An account of an odd foetus lately born at Paris An account concerning the formation of a foetus in the testicle | Description | Trans. | Abridg. | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | An account of a foetus lying without the uterus in the belly | XIX 314| III 214 | | A letter giving an account of the bones of a foetus voided per anus, some years after conception | Morley | 486 | | An account of a foetus voided by the ulcerated navel of a negro | Brodie | 580 | | Account of a woman who voided the bones of a foetus above the os pubis, and by other extraordinary ways | Philosophical Society at Oxford | XX 292 | | An extract of a relation containing a remarkable history of a foetus without the womb | Fern | XXI 121 | | An account of a woman who voided the greatest part of a foetus by the navel | Birbeck | XXII 1000 | | Letter concerning the bones of a human foetus voided through an impostume in the groin | Skippon | XXIV 2077 | | An account of a puppy in the womb, that received no nourishment by the mouth | Brady | XXVI 424 | | An account of several extra-uterine foetus's Yonge Further account | Yonge | 432 | | Letter concerning the bones of a dead foetus taken out of the uterus of a cow | Sherman | 450 | | Account of a child's crying in the womb | Derham | 485 | | A short dissertation on the child's crying in the womb | Derham | 487 | | An account of a foetus that continued 46 years in the mother's body | Steigertabl | XXXI 126 | | An account of an extra-uterine foetus taken out of a woman after death, that had continued five years and a half in the body | Houston | XXXII 387 | | Case of the head and ribs of a foetus brought forth by the anus | Lindholp | XXXIII 171 | | An account of the praternatural delivery of a foetus at the anus | Nourse | XXXVI 435 | | Case of a woman who had a foetus in her abdomen for nine years | Bromfeild | XLI 697 | | An account of a monstrous foetus resembling a hooded monkey | Gregory | 764 | | Case of the bones of a foetus coming away by the anus | Winthrop | XLIII 304 | | A letter concerning the bones of a foetus voided per anus | Simon | 529 | | An account of a child being taken out of the abdomen, after having lain there upwards of 16 years | Myddleton | XLIV 617 | A letter concerning the bones of a foetus being discharged through an ulcer near the navel An abstract of the remarkable case and cure of a woman, from whom a foetus was extracted that had been lodged in one of the fallopian tubes thirteen years An account of double foetus's of calves Some accounts of the foetus in utero, being differently affected by the small-pox An account of a monstrous foetus without any mark of sex Case of a woman from whom the bones of a foetus were extracted Some observations proving, that the foetus is in part nourished by the liquor amnii An account of a monstrous human foetus having neither head, heart, lungs, stomach, spleen, pancreas, liver nor kidneys History of a foetus born with a very imperfect brain; to which is subjoined, a supplement of the essay on the use of ganglions An account of a very small foetus brought into the world, at the same time with a child at its full growth Fogs. A letter inclosing an account of some observations on atmospherical electricity, in regard of fogs, mists, &c. with some remarks An account of some new experiments in electricity, containing, 1. An enquiry whether vapour be a conductor of electricity. 2. Some experiments to ascertain the direction of the electric matter in the discharge of the Leyden bottle. 3. Experiments on the lateral explosion in the discharge of the Leyden bottle. 4. The description and use of a new prime conductor. 5. Miscellaneous experiments made principally in 1771 and 1772. 6. Experiments and observations on the electricity of fogs, in pursuance of those made by Thomas Ronayne, Esq. with a plan of an electrical journal, &c. Foliate. A ready description and quadrature of a curve of the third order, resembling that commonly called foliate Folkestone. Account of a very uncommon sinking of the earth near Folkestone in Kent FOOD. An abstract concerning a strange preservation of four men in a mine 24 days without food | Title | Author | Transl. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------|---------| | A query concerning the food of the humming bird | Crew | XVII 815 | II 854 | | Letter concerning men's feeding on flesh | Wallis | XXII 769 | V i | | Answer | Tyson | | | | Second letter | Wallis | | | | Copy of an affidavit made in Scotland of a boy's living a considerable time without food | Blair | XXXI 28 | VII 668 | | An account of some trials to cure the ill taste of milk, which is occasioned by the food of cows, either from turnips, cabbages, or autumnal leaves, &c: also to sweeten stinking water | Hales | XLIV 339 | | | An account of a woman in the shire of Ross living without food or drink | Mackenzie | LXVII 1 | | | See Bouliaria. | | | | FOOT (Mathematics). A letter touching the invention of dividing a foot into many thousand parts for mathematical purposes | Title | Author | Transl. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------|---------| | More ways for the same purposes | Townley| II 457 | I 218 | | A description of the instrument for dividing a foot into many thousand parts, and thereby measuring the diameters of planets to great exactness | | | | | An enquiry into the measure of the Roman foot | Raper | LI 774 | | FOOT (Physic). Account of a brittle that was lodged in a gentleman's foot, and caused a violent inflammation | Title | Author | Transl. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------|---------| | Foramen Ovale. An extraordinary case of the foramen ovale of the heart being open in an adult | Amya d | XXXIX 172 | IX 134 | | A letter concerning the foramen ovale being found open in the hearts of adults, and of the figure of the canal of the urethra | Le Cat | XLI 681 | | FORCE. An account of some experiments for trying the force of great guns | Title | Author | Transl. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------|---------| | Some experiments and observations on the force of the pressure of the water at great depths | Greaves| XV 1090 | I 495 | | On the laws of centripetal force | Keils | XVII 504 | | | A letter concerning an experiment, whereby it has been attempted to shew the falsity of the common opinion in relation to the force of bodies in motion | Pemberton | XXXII 57 | VI 276 | An account of some experiments made to prove, that the force of moving bodies is proportionable to their velocities — Desaguliers Animadversions upon some experiments relating to the force of moving bodies; with two new experiments on the same subject — Desaguliers A remark upon the new opinion relating to the forces of moving bodies, in the case of the collision of non-elastic bodies — Eames Remarks upon a supposed demonstration, that the moving forces of the same body are not as the velocities, but as the squares of the velocities — Eames Remarks upon some experiments in hydraulics, which seem to prove, that the forces of equal moving bodies are as the squares of their velocities — Eames A letter occasioned by the present controversy among mathematicians, concerning the proportion of velocity and force in bodies in motion — Samuel Clarke An account of an experiment contrived by G. J. s'Gravefande, relating to the force of moving bodies; shewn to the Royal Society by — Desaguliers Some electrical experiments chiefly regarding the repulsive force of electrical bodies — Wheeler A narrative of a new invention of expanding fluids, by their being conveyed into certain ignited vessels, where they are immediately rarified into an elastic impelling force sufficient to give motion to hydraulopneumatical and other engines, for raising water and other uses, &c. — Paye Some new thoughts for discovering whether pendulums are obstructed by any centrifugal force — Polenus An inquiry into the measure of the force of bodies in motion; with a proposal of an experimentum crucis, to decide the controversy about it — Jurin An essay on the force of percussion — Richardson A letter containing a demonstration of a law of motion, in the case of a body deflected by two forces forces tending constantly to two fixed points **Forceps.** Observations on fungous excrescences of the bladder, a cutting forceps for extirpating these excrescences, and canulas for treating these diseases **Forehead.** Part of two letters concerning a prodigious ox frontis in the medicine school at Leyden **Fossil.** Of the abundance of fossil wood found underground in Lincolnshire — Letter concerning Broughton in Lincolnshire; with observations on the shell-fish observed in the quarries about that place — Observations on the fossils of Reculver Cliffe; with a note by the publisher, H. Sloane Gray — Part of two letters concerning fossils — A letter concerning Harwich Cliffe, and the fossil shells found there — A letter concerning some fossils of Switzerland — A catalogue of fossils, shells, metals, minerals, &c. which J. J. Scheuchzer of Zurich sent to J. Petiver — A catalogue of the minerals, petrified shells, and other fossils, sent from C. M. Spener, of Berlin, to J. Petiver — Advertisement of a collection of specimens of fossils to be had of Alb. Thomas, for one guinea a set — An account of the impression of the almost entire skeleton of a large animal in a very hard stone found at Elston, near Newark, Nottinghamshire — An account of elephants teeth and bones found under ground — Of fossil teeth and bones of elephants, part II. — An account of the several strata of earth and fossils found in sinking the mineral well at Holl — A letter serving to accompany the pictures of an extraordinary fossil skull of an ox with the cores of the horns — A letter concerning the manuring of land with fossil shells | Trans. | Abridg. | |--------|---------| | LIX 74 | | | XLVII 292 | | | XV 880 | III 2 | | V 2050 | II 423 | | XXII 677 | — 428 | | — 762 | IV 461 | | XXIV 1566 | IV 2 264 | | — 1568 | — — — | | — 1774 | V 2 267 | | — 2042 | IV 2 286 | | — 2082 | — — — | | XXVI 77 | — — — | | XXX 963 | — 272 | | XXXV 457 | | | — 497 | VI 2 211 | | — 489 | — 225 | | XXXVII 427 | VII 4 101 | | XLIII 191 | X 796 | Let- | Title | Author | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------|---------| | Letter concerning an extraordinary large fossil tooth of an elephant | Baker | XLIII | X 599 | | An account of some fossils found in Ireland | Simon | - 529 | - 670 | | Letter concerning a non-descript petrified insect | Lyttleton | XLVI | - 656 | | Further account of the before-mentioned Dudley fossil | Anon. | - 600 | | | An account of some uncommon fossil bodies | Baker | XLVIII | 117 | | A letter concerning the fossil found at Dudley in Staffordshire, and described, No 496 | Da Costa | - 286 | | | An account of some fungitae, and other curious coralloid fossil bodies | Pennant | XLIX | 513 | | Account of a remarkable fossil orthoceratites | Wright | - 670,672 | | | An account of some fossil fruits, and other bodies, found in the island of Shepey | Parsons | L 396 | | | A short description of some high mountains, in which there is a great quantity of fossil wood | Hollman | LI | 506 | | An account of some very large fossil teeth found in North America | Collinson | LVII | 464 | | Sequel to the account | Collinson | - 468 | | | Some account of a fossil lately found near Christ Church in Hampshire | Barrington | LXIII | 171 | | Fountains. A particular account of the origin of fountains; and to shew that the rain and snow waters are sufficient to make fountains and rivers run perpetually | Anon. | X 447 | II 329 | | An account of boiling and other fountains | Robinson | XV | 1036 | | An extract of an essay entitled, On the uses of a knowledge of mineral exhalations when applied to discover the principles and properties of mineral waters, and the nature of burning fountains; and of those poisonous lakes which the antients called Avernii | Brownrigg | LV | 236 | | Fowl. Anatomical observations in the heads of fowl made at several times | Moulen | XVII | 711 | | Method of catching fowl and deer in the island of Ceylon | Strachan | XXIII | 1094 | | Letter concerning a pin found in the gizzard of a fowl | Rognari | XXIV | 2055 | FRACASSATI. A confirmation of the experiments made by Sign. Fracassati in Italy, by injecting acid liquors into the blood - Boyle Fractions. The reduction of rational fractions into more simple ones - De Moivre An investigation of some theorems which suggest some remarkable properties of the circle, and are of use in resolving fractions whose denominations are certain multinomials into more simple ones - Landen Of the theory of circulating decimal fractions - Robertson Fracture. Observations on a fracture in the upper part of the thigh bone - Douglas Part of a letter concerning a case of chirurgery, which is commonly mistaken for a fracture of the patella - Deverel The description and draught of a machine for reducing fractures of the thigh - Ettrick Observations of a fracture of the os humeri by the power of the muscles only - Amyand An account of the fracture of the os ilium, and its cure - Layard An account of the extraction of three inches and ten lines of the bone of the upper arm, which was followed by a regeneration of the bony matter; with a description of a machine made use of to keep the upper and lower pieces of the bone at their proper distances, during the time that the regeneration was taking place, and which may also be of service in fractures happening near the head of that bone - Le Cat An account of a new-invented instrument for fractured legs - Sharp Fragility. An account of some experiments lately made in Holland upon the fragility of unanneled glass vessels - Anon. France. Observations made in the southern parts of France - De Martel Letter relating to that isthmus, or neck of land, which is supposed to have joined England and France in former times, where now is the passage between Dover and Calais - Wallis Francfort. Letter concerning osteocolla, and other observables near Francfort on the Oder - Beckman Friction. Some observables on the effects of touch and friction - Oldenburg An account of several experiments concerning the running of water in pipes, as it is retarded by friction and intermixed air; with a description of a new machine, whereby pipes may be cleared of air as the water runs along without stand-pipes, or the help of any hand Desaguliers XXXIV 77 VI 347 An examination of M. Perault's new-invented axis in peritrochio, said to be void of friction: with an experiment to confirm the reasoning made upon an axis in peritrochio, first used in M. Perault's manner, then in the common way Desaguliers XXXVI 222 — 217 — 20 A farther examination of the above XXXVII 394 — 322 An account of two experiments of the friction of pulleys Desaguliers XXXVII 394 — 322 A method of lessening the quantity of friction in engines Fitzgerald LIII 139 See Engine. Fright. The case of Henry Axford, who recovered the use of his tongue after having been four years dumb, by means of a frightful dream Squire XLV 148 XI 958 Friuli. Letter concerning the mines of mercury in Friuli Pop. I 21 II 577 A letter concerning the mines of Friuli; confirming as well the account given on that subject, vol. I. p. 21, as enlarging the same with some additions Brown IV 1080 — 579 Frogs. The phenomena afforded by them in an exhausted receiver Boyle V 2015 — 523 Anatomical observations on the structure of the lungs of frogs, tortoises, &c. and perfecter animals Malpighi VI 2149 — 817 Observations about generation by an animalcule of the male seed: animals in the seed of a frog: and some other observables in the parts of a frog Leeuwenhoek XIII 347 III 684 Some observations made on the spawn of frogs, and the production of tadpoles therein Waller XVII 523 II 818 Letter on animalcule in the excrements of frogs Leeuwenhoek XXII 509 III 688 Frog Fish. Some account of the rana piscatrix Parfoni XLVI 126 XI 866 An account of the frog-fish of Surinam Edwards LI 653 Frost. F R O Frost. Method of taking eels in frosty weather An experiment concerning the progress of artificial conglaciation, and the remarkable accidents therein, observed by the Florentine philosophers An account of a strange frost which hath done much hurt about Bristol; together with some useful hints suggested upon that occasion Beale A confirmation of the account Wallis Advertisements occasioned by the remarks printed in No. 14, upon frosts in some parts of Scotland, differing in their anniversay seasons and force from our ordinary frosts in England Beale A discourse concerning the effects of the great frost on trees and other plants in 1683; drawn from the answers to some queries sent into divers countries by R. Plott, and from several observations made at Oxford by J. Bobart A discourse concerning the rising and falling of the quicksilver in the barometer, and what may be gathered from its great rise in frosty weather, as to a healthy or sickly season Lister Some experiments about freezing, and the difference between common fresh water ice, and that of the sea water: also a probable conjecture about the original of the nitre of Egypt Lister Some experiments about freezing Desmarests Further experiments about freezing Desmarests An account of an experiment touching the different densities of common water from the greatest degrees of heat in our climate, to the freezing point observed by a thermometer Hauksbee An experiment touching the freezing of common water, and water purged of air Hauksbee An account of an experiment touching the freezing of common water tinged with a liquid, said to be extracted from shell-lac Hauksbee The history of the great frost in the winters 1708 and 1709 Derham A letter concerning the frost in January 1730-1 Derham Experiments and observations of the freezing of water in vacuo Fahrenheit A letter concerning an extraordinary instance of the almost instantaneous freezing of water; and giving an account of tulips, and such bulbous plants, flowering much sooner when their bulbs are placed upon bottles filled with water, than when planted in the ground. An examination of sea water frozen, and melted again, to try what quantity of salt is contained in such ice: made in Hudson's Straights by captain Christopher Middleton, at the request of C. Mortimer. The supposed effect of boiling upon water, in disposing it to freeze more readily, ascertained by experiments. An account of the success of some attempts to freeze quicksilver, at Albany Fort in Hudson's Bay, in the year 1775; with observations on the dipping needle. Observations made during the late frost, at Northampton Jan. 1776. An account of a most extraordinary degree of cold at Glasgow in January 1780; together with some new experiments and observations on the comparative temperature of hoar-frost and the air near to it; made at Glasgow. Fruit. An experiment of making cherry-trees that have withered fruit to bear full and good fruit, and of recovering the almost-withered fruit. Instances shewing the correspondence of the pith and timber with the seed of the plant; as also of the bark, or sap in the bark, with the pulp of the fruit, or some encompassing coat or shell containing the seed. A way of colouring leaves, fruit, &c. An easy way of raising Fruit Trees. A way of making all sorts of plants, trees, fruits, and legums, grow to an extraordinary bigness. Several experiments concerning the preserving of flowers, fruits, &c. Letter concerning some insects observed on fruit trees. The effects which the fauna of the blossoms of different different sorts of apple-trees had on the fruit of a neighbouring tree — Cook An account of some fossil fruits, and other bodies, found in the island of Shepey — Parsons Experiments on checking the too luxuriant growth of fruit trees, tending to dispose them to produce fruit — Fitzgerald Fucus. A letter concerning the animal life of those corallines that look like minute trees and grow upon oysters and fucus's all around the sea-coast of this kingdom — Ellis Fuller's Earth. An account of the pits for Fuller's earth in Bedfordshire — Holloway Fungous. Observations on fungous excrescences of the bladder; a cutting forceps for extirpating those excrescences; and a canula for treating these diseases — Le Cail Fungous. Observations on the poisonous qualities of some sorts of fungi — W. Watson An account of a new species of fungus — Martyn G. Gall. EEE. An account of a gall bee — Allen Gall (bladder.) An extract of a letter containing microscopical observations on the gall and scales of fish — Leewenhoek An essay upon the use of the bile in the animal economy, founded on an observation of a wound in the gall-bladder — Steuer A relation of an hydropical case, in which the gall-bladder was distended to an unusual degree — Yonge Epistola de cadavere aperto, in quo non existit vesica feilica; et de streno gibboso — Huber Gall Stones. An account of two extraordinary cases of gall-stones — Johnston Ganglions. History of a fetus born with a very imperfect brain: to which is subjoined, a supplement of the essay on the use of ganglions — Johnston Experiments in support of the uses ascribed to the glanulations of the nerves in Philosophical Transactions, vol. LIV and vol. LVII. Gangrene. A letter concerning a woman of 62 years of age, that lost her leg and greatest part of her thigh by a gangrene - Calp A letter concerning the cure of dry gangrenes, together with a new-invented instrument for the extirpation of tumours out of the reach of the surgeon's fingers - Le Car Garden. An account of damage done to Mr. Evelyn's garden by the preceding winter - Evelyn Some account of the remains of John Tradescant's garden at Lambeth - William Watson Gardenia. An account of the plants Halesia and Gardenia - Ellis An account of the Gardenia - Solander Gardening. How to multiply crab-stocks, and propagate trees by layers - Tonge Some communications on the season for transplanting vegetables - Reed Some considerations on the best season for transplantation - Beal Advertisements occasioned by the remarks printed in No XIV. upon frosts in some parts of Scotland, differing in their anniversary seasons and force from our ordinary frosts in England; of black winds and tempests; of the warm and fertilizing temperature and steams of the earth, stones, rocks, springs, waters (some in some places more than others in other places) of petrifying and metallizing waters: with some hints for the horticulture of Scotland - Bial An account of two observations in gardening, upon the change of colour in grapes and jessamine - Cand Gascoigne. See Micrometer. Geaster. An account of a plant called the geaster volvæ radiis et operculo elevatis, little known or hitherto undescribed (Lat.) - W. Watson Generation. Some anatomical observations on the parts of generation - Clark Instances, hints, and applications, relating to a main point, solicited in the preface to this | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Fourth volume concerning the use made of vaults, deep wells, and cold conservatories, to find out the cause, or to promote the generation of salts, minerals, metals, crystals, gems, and stones of divers kinds | IV 1135 | | | Some observations concerning the organs of generation | — 1403 | III 192 | | A letter concerning spontaneous generation | VI 2219 | II 765 | | An account of what hath been of late observed of eggs to be found in all sorts of females | VII 4018 | | | Letter on the parts of generation | XIII 74 | III 684 | | Observations about generation, by an animalcula of the male seed; of animals in the seed of a frog; and of some other observables in the parts of a frog | — 347 | | | An abstract of a letter concerning generation by an insect | XV 1120 | II 911 | | A discourse concerning the modern theory of generation | XVII 474 | — 907 | | Examination of the testicles of a rat, and the seed of muscles, oysters, &c. | — 593 | III 685 | | An account of an egg found in the tuba fallopiana of a woman lately dissected; with several remarks touching generation | XVII 111 | — 211 | | Letter on the generation of animals | — 150 | | | The history of the generation of an insect, called the wolf; with observations on insects bred in rain water, cheese, &c. | — 194 | III 685 | | Of the manner of generation of eels | XIX 664 | II 837 | | An account of a very large eel lately caught at Malden in Essex, with some considerations about the generation of eels | XX 90 | | | An objection to the new hypothesis of the generation of animalcula in feminine masculino | — 337 | III 685 | | An extract of a letter concerning the generation of fleas | XXI 42 | II 789 | | Answer to the objections made to his opinions concerning the animalcula in feminine masculino | XXI 270 | III 686 | mine mine masculino of cocks and spiders breath, &c. — Levenhoek Part of a letter containing some microscopic observations upon the animacula in feminine masculino of young rams Levenhoek Observations upon the generation of plants Blair On the praeternatural structure of the genital parts of a woman Huxham History of the same woman Oliver Letter on the generation of animals Levenhoek A letter containing the account of a remarkable generation of insects at Annapolis in Maryland Lewis Some reflections on generation and monsters, with a description of some particular monsters De Superville See Conception, Eels, Fleas. Generation (Natural Philosophy). Letter concerning the generation of hail, thunder and lightening, and the effects thereof Wallis Geneva. An accurate description of the lake of Geneva Gentian. An account of the poisonous root lately found among the Gentian Brockleby Geocentric. Account of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites for 1686, and a table of the parallaxes of Jupiter's orb; and an ephemeris of Jupiter's geocentric places for the same year Flamsteed Geography. A method for determining the geographical longitude of places, from the appearance of the common meteor, called falling stars Lynn A letter containing a geographical description and map of the kingdom of Tunis; with a postscript relating to the cure of intermittent fevers in those parts Shaw Some account of the knowledge of geography amongst the Chinese Gaubil Of the best form of geographical maps Murdock An account of two giants causeways, or groups of prismatic basaltine columns, and other curious volcanic concretions, in the Venetian state in Italy; with some remarks on the characters of these and other similar bodies, and on the physical geography of the countries in which they are found. — See Maps. **Geometry.** Anomalies of Dr. Wallis upon Mr. Hobbes's book, *De Principiis & Ratione Geometricarum* — Wallis — An answer to Mr. Hobbes's Rosetta Geometricum — Wallis — Considerations concerning the geometric and direct method of Signor Cassini, for finding the apogees, eccentricities, and anomalies of the planets — Mercator — A direct and geometrical method by which the aphelia eccentricities and proportions of the orbs or the primary planets are discovered, with supporting the equality of the angle of motion at the other focus of the planet's ellipse — Halley — Some remarkable specimens of the doctrine of fluxions, or examples wherein the use and excellence of that method in solving geometrical problems is shewn — De Moivre — Universal solution of cubic and biquadratic equations, viz. analytical, geometrical, and mechanical — Colson — A handful of geometrical flowers exhibited to the Royal Society by — Guido Grandi — A discourse on the locus for three and four lines celebrated among the ancient geometers — Pemberton — Geometrical solutions of three celebrated astronomical problems — Pemberton — Propositions selected from a paper on the division of right lines, surfaces, and solids — Glenie **George II.** Observations concerning the body of his late majesty, O&. 26, 1760 — Nicholls **Germany.** Some observations on the country of Germany — Brie **Giant.** Account of one Edward Melloon, born at Port Leicester in Ireland, who was of an extraordinary size — Musgrave — An essay concerning giants; occasioned by some further remarks on the large human os frontis, or forehead bone, mentioned in the Ph. Transl. vol. XV. page 880 — Molyneux — A picture of the size of a gigantic bone; with a problem problem for determining the size of the giant according to the rules of the art of drawing See Skeleton. GIANTS CAUSEWAY Letter concerning the Giants Causeway in Ireland - Sir R. B. An account of the Giants Causeway in Ireland - Folby Answers to Sir Richard Buckley's queries relating to the Giants Causeway; wrote down when we were upon the causeway - Ancor Some notes upon the foregoing account, serving to further illustrate the same - Molyneux Some additional observations on the Giants Causeway in Ireland - Molyneux An account of the Giants Causeway in Ireland - Pococke Further account of the Giants Causeway in the county of Antrim in Ireland - Pococke Letter on the same subject - Pococke Remarks on the stones in the county of Nassau, and the territories of Treves and Colon, resembling those of the Giants Causeway in Ireland - Trembly An account of a production of nature at Dunbar in Scotland, like that of the Giants Causeway in Ireland - Bp. Ossory An account of some productions of nature in Scotland resembling the Giants Causeway in Ireland - Mendez da Costa An account of two giants causeways, or groups of prismatic basaltine columns, and other volcanic concretions, in the Venetian state in Italy; with some remarks on the characters of those and other similar bodies, and on the physical geography of the countries in which they are found - Strange An account of a curious giants causeway, or group of angular columns, newly discovered in the Euganean Hills, near Padua in Italy - Strange GIBRALTAR. See Bones. GILLAROO TROUT. Of the gillaroo trout Barrington Account of the stomach of the gillaroo trout - Henry Watson Observations on the gillaroo trout, com- | Topic | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | monly called in Ireland the gizzard trout | | | | Gin-seng. The description of a Tartarian plant, | LXIV | 310 | | called gin-seng; with an account of its virtues | | | | — A new genus of plants called araliastrum, of | XXVIII | 237 IV 2 | | which the famous zin-zin, or gin-seng of the Chinese, is a species | XXX | 705 | | Girard (Albert). An explication of an obscure passage in Albert | XLVIII | 368 | | Girard's commentary upon S. Stevin's works | | | | Girl. An account of a girl in Ireland who had several horns growing | XV | 1202 III | | on her body | | | | — An extraordinary case of three pins swallowed by a girl, and | LIX | 9 | | discharged at her shoulder | | | | Gizard. Letter concerning a pin found in the gizzard of a fowl | XXIV | 2055 V | | Gizard Trout. See Gillaroo Trout. | LXIV | 310 | | Glands. Remarks on the glandulae renales | XII | 1039 III| | — Letter concerning a horn hanging to the neck of an ox; with | XIV | 601 II | | observations on horns and glandules in general | | | | — Observations of a large bed of glands observed in the stomach of | | | | a pike | | | | — An extract giving an account of a large preternatural glandulose | | | | substance found between the heart and pericardium of an ox | XV | 860 | | — A remarkable account of a liver appearing glandulous to the eye | | | | — A relation of a petrified glandula pinealis, lately found in the | XVI | 228 | | dissection of a brain | | | | — An account of an extraordinary haemorrhage at the glandula lacrimalis | XVIII | 51 | | — An account of two glands, and their excretory ducts, lately | XXI | 364 | | discovered in human bodies | | | | — An account of an hydrops ovarii, with a new and exact figure of | XXV | 2317 V | | the glandulae renales, and of the uterus in a puerpera | | | | — An account of an excretory duct from the glandula renalis | XXXIII | 190 VII | | — An enquiry into a discovery said to have been made by Signor | | | | Valsaiva of an excretory duct, from the glandula renalis to the | | | | epididymis | | | GLA An account of a large glandular tumor in the pelvis; and of the pernicious effects of crude mercury given inwardly to the patient Cantuarii. Glass. The recovery of the art of making red glass - Colepreffe A method of making a gold-coloured glazing for earthen ware - Heinjus A dissertation on the antiquity of glass in windows - Nixon Additional observations upon some plates of white glass found at Herculaneum - Nixon Glass. (Electricity). An account of an experiment touching the extraordinary electricity of glass, produceable on a finart attrition of it; with a continuation of experiments on the same subject, and other phenomena - Hawkbeet Several experiments shewing the strange effects of the effluvia of glass, produceable on the motion and attrition of it - Hawkbeet An account of the repetition of an experiment touching motion in given bodies included in a glass by the approach of a finger near its outside; with other experiments on the effluvia of glass - Hawkbeet Part of a letter concerning the light caused by quicksilver shaken in a glass tube, proceeding from electricity - Trembley A letter shewing, that the electricity of glass disturbs the mariner's compass, and also nice balances - Robins Extract of a letter on the electricity of glass that has been exposed to strong fires - Bose Letter declaring that he, as well as many others, have not been able to make odours pass through glass by means of electricity; and giving a particular account of professor Bose at Wittenberg, his experiment of beatification, or causing a glory to appear round a man's head by electricity - William Watson Observations and experiments tending to confirm Dr. Ingenhouz's theory of the electrophorus; and to shew the impermeability of glass to the electric fluid - Henly Glass. (Natural History). Observations concerning keeping fish in glasses - Arden An account of glasses of a new contrivance for preserving preserving pieces of anatomy, or natural history, in spirituous liquors - Le Cat Continued - Le Cat On the crystallizations observed on glass - Keir GLASS (OPTICS). An account of the improvement of optic glasses - Campani Mr. Hook's treatise entituled, An account of micrographia, or the physiological description of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses - Oldenburg Judgment touching the apertures of object glasses and their proportions, in respect of the several lengths of telescopes, together with a table thereof - Auzout Considerations upon Mr. Hook's new instrument for grinding of optic glasses - Auzout Mr. Hook's answer - Hook A farther account touching Signor Campani's book and performances about optic glasses - Auzout Sig. Campani's answer, and M. Auzout's animadversions thereon - Campani and Auzout Of M. Hevelius's promise of imparting to the world his invention of making optic glasses, and of the hopes given by M. Hugens of Zulichem, to perform something of the like nature; as also of the expectations conceived of some ingenious persons in England to improve telescopes - Hevelius, Hugens, and Du-Sons Of M. de Sons progress in working parabolic glasses - Oldenburg Instance to Mr. Hook for communicating a contrivance of making, with a glass of a sphere of 20 or 40 foot diameter, a telescope drawing several hundred feet; and his offer of recompensing that secret with another, teaching to measure with a telescope the distances of objects from the earth - Auzout An account of the trials made in Italy of Campani's new optic glasses - Anon. A method by which a glass of a small plano-convex sphere may be made to refract the rays of light to a focus of a far greater distance than is usual - Hook A contest between two artists about optic glasses - Campani and Divini | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | An observation of optic glasses made of rock crystal | | | | An account of the invention of grinding optic and burning glasses of a figure not spherical | | | | Method of polishing telescopical glasses by a turn-lathe; as also the making of an extraordinary burning glass at Milan | | | | The description of a way said to be new and universal, for working convex spherical glasses upon a plane for all practicable lengths, without other dishes or concave moulds | | | | The generation of an hyperbolical cylindroid demonstrated, and the application thereof for grinding hyperbolical glasses hinted at | | | | A description of Dr. Chr. Wren's engine designed for grinding hyperbolical glasses, as it was in a manner promised, vol. III. p. 962 | | | | The effects of the different refractions of the rays in telescopical glasses | | | | A sure and easy way to make all sorts of great telescopical glasses, with a generous offer of furnishing industrious astronomers with them | | | | Letter about the making of microscopes with very small and single glasses, and of some other instruments | | | | A dioptick problem why four convex glasses in a telescope shew objects erect | | | | A way for myopes to use telescopes without eyeglasses; an object becoming as useful to them, and sometimes more, than a combination of glasses | | | | A new method of improving and perfecting catadioptrical telescopes, by forming the speculums of glass instead of metal | | | | Letters relating to a theorem of Mr. Euler, for correcting the aberrations in the object-glasses of refracting telescopes; by Short, Euler, and Dollond | | | | A report concerning the microscope glasses sent as a present to the Royal Society by father Torre of Naples | | | | A method of working the object glasses of refracting telescopes truly spherical | | | | Glass. (Natural Philosophy). An account of an experiment | | | riment touching the direction of a drop of oil of oranges, between two glass planes, towards any side of them that is nearest pressed together An account of an experiment concerning the angle required to suspend a drop of oil of oranges at certain stations, between two glass planes, placed in the form of a wedge Part of a letter concerning the ascent of water between two glass planes An account of an experiment touching the proportions of the ascent of spirit of wine between two glass planes, whose surfaces were placed at certain different distances from each other Account of some further experiments Further account An account of some new experiments relating to the action of glass tubes upon water and quicksilver Two letters concerning the rotatory motion of glass tubes about their axis, when placed in a certain manner before the fire An account of some experiments lately made in Holland, upon the fragility of unannealed glass vessels A memoir on the Lacrymae Batavicae, or glass drops; the tempering of steel and effervescence, accounted for by the same principle Experiments and observations on the agreement between the specific gravities of the several metals and their colours, when united to glass, as well as those of their other proportions Gletscher. Letters concerning the icy and crystalline mountains of Helvetia, called the Gletscher A further description and representation of the icy mountain, called the Gletscher, in the canton of Berne in Helvetia Globo. The description of a celestial globe made by M. Didier A proposal to make the poles of a globe of the heavens heavens move in a circle round the poles of the ecliptic A contrivance to make the poles of the diurnal motion in a celestial globe pass round the poles of the ecliptic An account of an improvement in the terrestrial globe An improvement of the celestial globe Letter concerning the large globes prepared by her late husband, and now sold by herself GLOBES (Natural philosophy). An account of experiments relating to odours passing through electrified globes and tubes An account of the result of some experiments made here with globes or tubes, transmitted by M. Winkler, in order to verify the facts above-mentioned GLOW-WORMS. Some observations concerning glow-worms Further observations Observations on the cicindela volans, or flying glow-worm; with the figure GNATS. Letter concerning gnats Some observations on swarms of gnats, particularly on one seen at Oxford Aug. 20, 1766 GODFREY. See Quadrant. GOLD. Of the incalculable value of quicksilver with gold Experiments of refining gold with antimony A way of gilding gold upon silver A method of making a gold-coloured glazing for earthen-ware Sequel to the case of Mr. Butler of Moscow, who was strangely affected by mixing verdigris and false leaf-gold with aquafortis GONIOMETRY. Extract of a letter containing a commodious disposition of equations for exhibiting the relations of goniometrical lines GOOD HOPE. See Cape. GOOSEBERRIES. An extract of a letter containing microscopical observations on the seeds of gooseberries GORONIA. On the nature of the gorgonia; that it is a real marine animal, and not of a mixed nature, between animal and vegetable Ellis Gout. An abstract of a letter concerning the parts of the brain of several animals, the chalk-stones of the gout, the leprosy, and the scales of eels Levenhook An extract of a letter concerning the causes of the gout Pinelli Gozo. See Coin. Graft. Some communications on the descent of sap Reed Some considerations on Mr. Reed's letter, shewing in what sense the sap may be said to descend, and to circulate in plants, and the graft to communicate with the stock Beal Grain. Of the weight of a cubic foot of divers grain Phil. Soc. at Oxford Further list of the specific gravities of bodies Anon. Letter about the grains resembling wheat which fell lately in Wiltshire Cole Granaries. A description of several kinds of granaries, as those of London, of Dantzick, and in Muscovy Merret and others Grange (Le). Observations on the case of Mr. Le Grange Stuart Grantham. See Pavement. Grapes. An account of two observations in gardening, upon the change of colour in grapes and jellamine Cane Grass. An account of grass found in the wind-pipes of some animals Anon. An account of the burning of several hay-ricks by a fiery exhalation or damp; and of the infectious quality of the grass of several grounds Floyd Part of two letters concerning several plants which may be usefully cultivated for producing grass or hay Lister A letter concerning the grubs destroying the grass in Norfolk Baker An account of an inverted iris observed on the grass in September, and another in October 1751 Webb Grasshoppers. An account of an extraordinary swarm of grasshoppers in Languedoc Jusel Gravitation. An account of a notable case of a dropfy, Gravity (in general). On the center of gravity of hyperbola's A discourse concerning gravity and its properties, wherein the descent of heavy bodies and the motion of projects is briefly but fully handled; together with the solution of a problem of great use in gunnery Experiments concerning the time required in the descent of different bodies, of different magnitudes and weights, in common air, from a certain height Of the figure of the earth, and the variation of gravity on the surface Astronomical observations made in the forks of the river Brandivine in Pennsylvania, for determining the going of a clock sent thither by the Royal Society, in order to find the difference of gravity between the Royal Observatory at Greenwich and the place where the clock was set up in Pennsylvania On the computation of the sun's distance from the earth by the theory of gravity Reflections on the communication of motion by impact and gravity Gravity. (Specific). An invention for estimating the weight of water in water with ordinary balances and weights Of the weight of a cubic foot of divers grains A further list of specific gravities of bodies A discourse on this problem; why bodies, dissolved in menstrua specifically lighter than themselves, swim therein Some reflections on the foregoing paper Observations on the comparative, intensive or specific gravities of various bodies An account of an experiment touching the proportion of the weight of air to the weight of a like bulk of water, without knowing the quantity of either An experiment touching the weighing of bodies of the same species, but of very unequal surfaces faces in common water, being of an equal weight in common air Of several metallic cubes, in comparison with their like bulks of water A description of the several strata of earth, stone, coal, &c. found in a coal-pit at the west end of Dudley, Staffordshire. To which is added, a table of the specific gravity of each stratum A caution to be used in examining the specific gravity of solids by weighing them in water The specific gravities of certain matters observed at different times for various purposes A letter concerning the specific gravity of diamonds Tables of specific gravities; extracted from various authors; with some observations upon the same An essay towards ascertaining the specific gravity of living men Experiments and observations on the agreement between the specific gravities of the several metals and their colours when united to glass, as well as those of their other proportions A course of experiments to ascertain the respective weights and buoyancy of salt water and fresh water, and for determining the exact weight of human and other bodies in fluids Greatrix. A letter concerning the cures done by Mr. Greatrix the stroker Greece. Observations in travels from Venice through Istria, Dalmatia, Greece, and the Archipelago to Smyrna Greek. An attempt to explain an ancient Greek inscription engraven upon a curious bronze cup with two handles, and published with a draught of the cup by Dr. Pococke, in his description of the East, vol. II. part II. pag. Remarks on a Parthian coin with a Greek and Parthian legend Some observations on an inedited Greek coin of Philistis queen of Syracuse, Malta and Gozo Gozzo, who had been passed over in silence by all the antient writers — Swinton An enquiry into the value of Greek and Roman money — Raper Greek. See Coin. Green House. An account of the lately-invented stove for preserving plants in the green-house in winter — Cullum Greene. An account of the death of Dr. Greene, by a hurt in riding out — Cameron Greenland. Inquiries to be made in Greenland — Royal Society Green weeds growing in water. Letter concerning green weeds growing in water, and animalculæ found about them — Leeuwenhoek Two letters from a gentleman in the country relating to the same — Anon. Greenwich. A letter concerning observations to be made on the parallax of the moon at St. Helena, and recommending the same to be made at Paris and Greenwich, to settle the difference of longitude between Paris and St. Helena — De La Caille Greyhound. An account of an animal resembling a whelp voided per anus, by a male greyhound — Hailey Grinding. An account of the invention of grinding optick and burning glasses of a figure not spherical — Smethwick Groin. Letter concerning the bones of a human fetus voided through an imposthume in the groin — Skippon Of a bubonocele, or rupture in the groin, and the operation made on it — Amyand Grotta de' Cani. Extract of the observations made in Italy on the Grotta de' Cani — Nollet Ground. An uncommon sinking of the ground at Lymne in Kent — Anon. A narrative of an extraordinary sinking down and sliding away of some ground at Pardines, near Auvergne — Anon. An account of the sinking down of a piece of ground at Horseford in Norfolk — Arderon Observations on the heat of the ground on mount Vesuvius — Howard Grubbs. A letter concerning the grubbs which destroy the grats in Norfolk — Baker Guiana. Inquiries for Guiana and Brazil Guilding. A way of gilding gold upon silver Guinea. Inquiries to be made in Guinea — A catalogue of some Guinea plants sent to James Petiver, with their native names and virtues, and remarks on them by Petiver Gullet. An account of a wound which the late lord Carpenter received at Brihuega, where a bullet remained near his gullet for a year, wanting a few days Gum Lac. Experiments of the luminous qualities of amber, diamonds, and gum lac Gunnerie. Experiments for improvement in the art of gunnery, viz. the point-blank distance, the quantity of powder for the just charge of any piece, and what gun shoots farthest — A description of the uses of a certain powder for yeilding very close and smooth metal, and of easy carriage, &c. (for casting of guns) Anon. — An account of some experiments for trying the force of great guns Greaves. A discourse concerning gravity and its properties, wherein the descent of heavy bodies, and the motion of projects, is briefly but fully handled; together with the solution of a problem of great use in gunnery Halley. An account of an experiment of shooting by the rarefaction of the air Papin. A proposition of general use in the art of gunnery; shewing the rule of laying a mortar to pass, in order to strike any object above or below the horizon Jalley. The report of the committee of the Royal Society appointed to examine some questions in gunnery Committee of the Royal Society Gun Powder. Experiments for improvement in the art of gunnery, viz. the point-blank distance, the quantity of powder for the just charge of any piece, and what gun shoots farthest — An extract of a letter containing several observations on gun-powder Leeuwenhoek. An experiment of firing gun-powder on a red-hot iron in vacuo Boyliano Haukbe. An account of an experiment touching the quantity of air produced from a certain quantity | Topic | Author | Volume | Page | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------|------| | Quantity of gun-powder fired in common air | Hauksbee | XXV | 2409 | | The force of fired gun-powder, and the initial velocities of cannon balls determined by experiments; from which is also deduced the relation of the initial velocity to the weight of the shot and the quantity of powder | Hutton | LXVIII | 50 | | A new theory of gun-powder | Ingenhousz | LXIX | 376 | | Gun-shot wound | Woolcomb | LX | 94 | | Gunter's Scale. The construction of the logarithmic lines on Gunter's scale | Robertson | XLVIII | 96 | | Gurnard (Yellow). A description of the cuculus lavis caeruleo-flavescens, cui in supremo capite bronchiarum opercula, or the yellow gurnard | Tysoe | XXIV | 1749 | | Guts. Some anatomical observations and experiments concerning the unalterable characters of the whiteness of the chyle within the lacteous veins; together with divers particulars observed in the guts, especially several sorts of worms found in them | Lister | VIII | 6060 | | The anatomy of the slime within the guts, and the use thereof | Leeuwenhoek | XIV | 586 | | Some observations on wounds in the guts | Amyand | XXXIX | 329 | | An instance of the gut ilium cut through by a knife, and cured | Travers | L | 35 | | Gymnotus Electricus. Experiments and observations on the gymnotus electricus, or electrical eel | Williamson | LXV | 94 | | An account of the electrical eel | Garden | — | 102 | | An account of the gymnotus electricus | J. Hunter | — | 395 | H. Hadley. A letter concerning observations with Mr. Hadley's reflecting telescopes | Pound | XXXII | 382 | Haematites. Extract of some letters concerning iron ore, and more particularly of the haematinites wrought into iron at Melthorp forge in Lancashire | Sturdie | XVII | 695 | Haemoptysis. An uncommon case of an haemoptysis | Darwen | LI | 526 | Hæmorrhage. An account of an extraordinary hæmorrhage at the glandula lacrimalis - Anon. — Letter concerning a very extraordinary periodical hæmorrhage - Musgrave — Two remarkable medical cases; one of an extraordinary hemorrhage, the other of an afflicter, cured by tapping - Bampfylde — Experiments concerning the use of the agaric of oak in stopping hemorrhages Sharp and Turner Hail. An account of hail-stones of an unusual bigness; with reflections on them - Fairfax — The relation of a storm of thunder, lightning, and hail, at Oundle in Northamptonshire - W. R. — Extract of a letter giving an account of an unusual form of hail, which fell at Lisle in Flanders May 25, 1686 - Anon. — Account of an extraordinary hail in Cheshire April 29, 1697 - Halley — A larger account of the same storm - Anon. — An account of a great hail storm at Hitchin in Hertfordshire May 4, 1697 - Tailor — Relation of a great hail-storm in Hertfordshire in June 6, 1697 - Anon. — Another account of the same storm in Monmouthshire - Lhuyd — Letter concerning the generation of hail, thunder and lightning, and the effect thereof - Walvis — A letter giving an account of the damage done by a storm of hail, which happened near Rotherham in Yorkshire - Thoreby — An account of an extraordinary storm of hail in Virginia July 9, 1758 - Faquier Hair. Microscopical observations on the structure of the hair - Leeuwenhoek — An account of balls of hair taken from the uterus and ovaria of several women - Yonge — Account of a bunch of hair voided by urine - Yonge — Observations on the case related by Mr. Yonge - Leeuwenhoek — Case of a gentlewoman who voided with her urine hairy crustaceous substances; with Sir H. Sloane's answer, containing several observations of extraordinary substances voided by the urinary passages - Powell and Sloane — Case of hair voided by urine - Knight | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | Observatio de ovarii fleatomate & de pilis ibidem inventis | XLIII | XI 1009 | | Part of two letters concerning the sparkling flannel and the hair of animals in the dark | XLV | X 343 | | HAIR (Astronomy). Some remarks upon the method of observing the differences of right ascension and declination by cross hairs in a telescope | XXXI | VI 165 | | Hales. The conclusion of Dr. Desaguliers' account of Mr. Hales's vegetable staticks | XXXV | VI 2 158| | Thoughts on Dr. Hales's new method of distillation by the united force of air and fire | XLIX | LI 929 | | Halesia. An account of the plants halesia and gardenia | | | | Halley. Some remarks on the variation of the magnetical compass, published in the memoirs of the Academy of Sciences, with regard to the general chart of those variations made by Halley; as also concerning the longitude of Magellan Straights | XXIX | IV 453 | | A true copy of a paper found in the hand-writing of Sir Isaac Newton, among the papers of the late Dr. Halley; describing an instrument for observing the moon's distances from the fixed stars at sea | XLII | | | A view of the relation between Dr. Halley's tables and the notions of Mr. de Buffon, for establishing a rule for the probable duration of the life of a man | Kerseboom | XLVIII 239| | Halo. Observation of one May 12, 1667 | V | 1065 | | Philosophical Academy at Paris Discourse concerning the cause of halo's and parelia's | Huygens | | | An account of an unusual parhelion and halo Apr. 7, 1699 | Gray | XXII 535| | An account of two mock sun's, and an arc of a rain-bow inverted, with an halo, and its brightest arc seen on Sunday and Monday, Oct. 22 and 23, 1721, at Lyndon in Rutland | Whiston | XXXI 212| | An account of an halo observed at Rome Aug. 11, 1732 | De Revillia | XXX X 118| | A letter giving a representation of an halo, or mock sun, observed July 11, 1749 | Arden | XLVI 196| An account of a remarkable halo May 20, 1737 Hammam Pharoan Water. Experiments, by way of analysis, upon the water of the dead sea, upon hot springs near Tiberiades, and upon Hammam Pharoan water Hampshire. See Camps. Hands. The description and use of the pores in the skin of the hands and feet Harbours. A recommendation of Hadley's quadrant for surveying, especially the surveying of harbours; together with a particular application of it to some cases of pilotage Hardouin. A remark on F. Hardouin's amendment of a passage in Pliny's natural history, lib. II. p. 74, by Hares. Observations on various sorts of worms, as well human as from hares Investigation of the specific character which distinguishes the rabbit from the hare Harrowing. See Sembradores. Hartsell Spaw Water. Occasional remarks on the Hartsell Spaws, and their comparison with other waters of the same class Hartz Mines. Barometrical observations on the depth of the mines in the Hartz A second paper concerning some barometrical measures in the mines of the Hartz Harwich. A letter concerning Harwich Cliff, and the fossil shells there Hatchet. Part of a letter concerning the remains of an ancient temple in Ireland, and of a stone hatchet of the antient Irish Hay. An account of the burning of several hayricks by a fiery exhalation or damp; and of the infectious quality of the grass of several grounds Part of two letters concerning several plants which may be usefully cultivated for producing grass or hay Head. Observations upon a monstrous head of a colt Anatomical observations in the heads of fowl, made at several times An abstract of an account of five pair of muscles, which serve for different motions of the head With remarks by Wm. Cowper A letter concerning worms in the heads of sheep — Therpe A remarkable cure of a wound of the head, complicated with a large fracture and depression of the skull, the dura mater and brain wounded and lacerated — Cagno An account of some extraordinary tumours upon the head of a labouring man — Parsons An account of a monstrous human foetus, having neither head, heart, lungs, stomach, spleen, pancreas, liver, nor kidneys — Le Cat Account of an extraordinary large head Benvenuiti HEALTH. A discourse concerning the rising and falling of the quicksilver in the barometer, and what may be gathered from its great rise in frosty weather, as to a healthy or sickly season — Lister Observations on the expectations of lives, the increase of mankind, the influence of great towns on population, and particularly the state of London with respect to healthfulness and number of inhabitants — Price The method taken for preserving the health of the crew of his majesty's ship the Resolution, during their late voyage round the world — Cook HEARING. A description of the organ of hearing in the elephant; with the figures and situation of the officles, labyrinth and cochlea in the ear of that animal — Blair Extract of a letter concerning the hearing of fish — Arderon Upon the sounds and hearing of fish by Jac. Theod. Klein, or some account of a treatise entitled, An enquiry into the reasons why the author of an epistle concerning the hearing of fishes, endeavours to prove they are all mute and deaf — Brockleby See Deafness. HEART. Of the motion of the separated heart of a cold animal in the exhausted receiver — Boyle Observations upon the motion of the hearts of two urchins, after their being cut out — Templer An account of a polypus found in the heart of a person who died epileptical — Gould An extract giving an account of a large praeter-natural glandulose substance found between the heart and pericardium of an ox — XV 860 III 69 An account of an extraordinary aneurisma of the arteria aorta near the basis of the heart, with the symptoms thereof — La Fage A discourse concerning some influence of respiration on the motion of the heart, hitherto unobserved — Drake An account of the left ventricle of the heart of an amazing magnitude — Douglas A discourse of the power of the heart — Jurin Conclusion of the discourse — Jurin Letter on the strength of the heart — Keill Letter in defence of his doctrine of the power of the heart against the objections of Dr. Keill — Jurin An extraordinary case of the foramen ovale of the heart, being found open in an adult — Amyand Short account of Dr. A. Stuart's paper concerning the muscular structure of the heart — Mortimer A letter concerning the foramen ovale being found open in the hearts of adults, and of the figure of the canal of the urethra — Le Cat Case of the heart of a child turned upside down — Torres A letter concerning a polypus at the heart — Templeman The case of a man whose heart was found enlarged to a very uncommon size — Pulteney An account of a blow upon the heart, and of its effects — Akenfside An account of a monstrous human fetus, having neither head, heart, lungs, stomach, spleen, pancreas, liver, nor kidneys — Le Cat See Polypus. HEARTS. An account of the houses and hearths in Dublin in 1695 and 1696 A scale of the gradation of heat An account of an experiment touching the different densities of common water from the greatest degrees of heat in our climate, to the freezing point, observed by a thermometer — Hauksbee HEAT (Philosophy). An account of an experiment made to ascertain the proportion of the expan- HEA fion of the liquor in the thermometer, with regard to the degrees of heat - Taylor XXXII 291 VI 2 49 Experiments about the degrees of the heat of some boiling liquors - Fahrenheit XXXIII 1 A contrivance to avoid the irregularities in a clock motion, occasioned by the action of heat and cold upon the rod of the pendulum - Graham XXXIV 40 VI 297 The description and manner of using an instrument for measuring the degrees of the expansion of metal by heat - Ellicot XXXIX 297 VIII 464 Two methods by which the irregularity of the motion of a clock arising from the influence of the heat and cold upon the rod of the pendulum may be prevented - Ellicot XLVII 479 Letter concerning the inventor of the contrivance in the pendulum of a clock to prevent the irregularities of its motion by heat and cold - Short XLVII 517 Observations for settling the proportion which the decrease of heat bears to the height of situation - Thomas Heberden LV 126 Experiments on animals and vegetables, with respect to the power of producing heat - John Hunter LXV 446 Experiments on ignited bodies - Robust LXVI 509 Experiments on ignited substances - Whitehurst - 575 Of the heat of animals and vegetables - John Hunter LXVIII 7 On the variation of the temperature of boiling water - Shuckburgh LXIX 362 HEAT (Meteorology). Tables of the barometrical altitudes, at Zurich in Switzerland, in the year 1708, by Scheuchzer; and at Upminster in England, by Derham. As also the rain at Pisa, in Italy, in 1707 and 1708, by Tilli; and at Zurich in 1708, and at Upminster in all that time: with remarks on the same tables; as also on the winds, heats, and colds; and divers other matters occurring in these three different parts of Europe - Derham XXVI 342 A letter concerning a very cold day, and another a very hot day, in June and July 1749 - Mici XLVI 208 X 471 Two letters concerning the heat of the weather in July and September 1750 - Mici XLVI 571 X 474 F f Letter HEA HEI — Letter concerning the hot weather July 1750 — An account of extraordinary heat in February 1749-50 — Remarks on the heat of the air in July 1759 — An account of the heat of the weather in Georgia — Account of the heat of the climate at Bengal — Account of the extraordinary heat observed at Rome in the summer 1768 — Observation on the heat of the ground on Mount Vesuvius — A comparison of the heat at London and Edinburgh HEATED ROOM, Experiments and observations in an heated room — Experiments in an heated room — Further experiments and observations in an heated room HEAVENS. An account of a pyramidal appearance in the heavens, observed near Upminster in Essex HEEL. An account of stitching the great tendon between the calf of the leg and the heel, with its union, and cure after an entire division of it; with remarks HEIGHT. (in general) Experiments touching the time required in the descent of different bodies of different magnitudes and weights, in common air, from a certain height — An account of an extraordinary meteor, seen all over England, on the 19th of March 1712-3, with demonstration of the uncommon height thereof — Observation on the height to which rockets will ascend — Some experiments in order to discover the height to which rockets may be made to ascend, and to what distance their light may be seen — Observations for settling the proportion which the decrease of heat beareth to the height of situation Transl. Abridg. XLVI 573 X 474 — 619 L 428 — 429 — 754 LVII 217 LVIII 337 LXI 53 LXV 459 — 111 — 463 — 484 XXV 241 IV 2 133 XXI 153 III 298 XXVII 196 IV 2 182 XXX 978 IV 2 156 XLVI 131 X 201 — 578 X 202 LV 126 Of the different quantities of rain which appear to fall, at different heights, over the same spot of ground - W. Hauberden A letter giving an account of some experiments made in North Wales, to ascertain the different quantities of rain, which fell at the same time, at different heights - Barrington Heights (measured by the barometer). A discourse of the rule of the decrease of the height of the mercury in the barometer, according as places are elevated above the surface of the earth; with an attempt to discover the true reason of the rising and falling of the mercury upon change of weather - Halley A prospect of the weather, winds, and height of the mercury in the barometer, on the first day of the month, and of the whole rain in every month, in 1703 and beginning of 1704, at Townley, in Lancashire, by R. Townley; and at Upminster by - W. Derham A proposal for measuring heights of places by help of the barometer of Mr. Patrick, in which the scale is greatly enlarged - Halley Observations concerning the height of the barometer, at different elevations above the surface of the earth - Nettleton Experiments and observations made in Britain, in order to obtain a rule for measuring heights with the barometer - Roy Helena (St.) A letter recommending to make at St. Helena a series of observations for discovering the parallax of the moon - De la Caille A letter concerning observations to be made on the parallax of the moon at St. Helena, and recommending the same to be made at Paris and Greenwich, to settle the longitude between Paris and St. Helena - Maskelyne Helsingland. An explanation of the Runic characters of - Celsius Helmont See Laudanum. Helvetia. Letter concerning the icy and crystalline mountain of Helvetia, called the Gletscher - Muraltus A farther description and representation of the icy mountain called the Gletscher, in the canton of Berne, in Helvetia - Jusel | Hemlock | Two observations, the one concerning the effects of a poisonous one; the other concerning the virtues of the leaves of hemlock | | --- | --- | | Ray | XIX 634 II 641 | | An account of the poisonous qualities of hemlock-water-drop-wort | Ray | | XX 84 | --- | | An account of some persons poisoned by eating boiled hemlock | W. Watson | | XLIII 18 | --- | | A farther account of the poisonous effects of the oenanthe aquatica succo viroso crocante, of Lobel, or hemlock-drop-wort | W. Watson | | L 856 | --- | | An account of the cicuta, recommended by Dr. Storke | W. Watson | | LII 89 | --- | | Case of a cancer in which green hemlock was applied | Colebrook | | LIII 346 | --- | | Observations and experiments on different extracts of hemlock | Morris | | LIV 172 | --- | | Sequel to the case of Anne James, who had taken the green hemlock | Colebrooke | | LV 271 | --- | | Hemp-seed. A discovery of an indissoluble salt arising from Hemp-seed put into water till it becomes putrid | Ellis | | LIX 138 | --- | | Henbane. An account of a colour yielded by the eggs of an insect feeding on henbane | VI 2176 II 783 | | An account of symptoms arising from eating the seeds of henbane, with their cure, &c. and some occasional remarks | Sloane | | XXXVIII 99 VIII 841 | --- | | Letter concerning the poison of henbane roots | Patouillet | | XL 446 | --- | | The effects of the hyoscyamus albus, or white henbane | Stedman | | XLVII 194 | --- | | Hepatitis. A hepatitis, with unfavourable symptoms, successfully treated | Smith | | LVI 92 | --- | | Herb. Some attempts made to prove that herbs of the same make or class, for the generality, have the like effect and tendency to work the same effects | Petiver | | XXI 289 II 704 | --- | | Herculanum. An account of the discovery of the remains of a city under-ground, near Naples | Sloane | | XLI 345 IX 440 | --- | | Extracts of two letters from Rome, concerning some ancient statues, pictures, and other curiosities, found in a subterraneous town lately discovered near Naples | Paderni | | XLI 484 | --- | | Extract of another letter on the same subject | Knapton | | --- | IX 442 | | Extract | --- | Extract of another on the same subject Crispus Extract of a letter, giving a short account of some of the principal antique pictures found in the ruins of Herculaneum at Portici, Naples Hoare Account of the method of opening the manuscripts found at Herculaneum Condaminus Remarks on the principal paintings found in the subterraneous city of Herculaneum Blondeau Letter concerning the ruins of Herculaneum Freeman Extract of a letter from Naples concerning Herculaneum, containing an account and description of the place, and what has been found in it — 150 Letter concerning the antiquities dug up from the antient Herculaneum, Nov. 18, 1752 Paderni Letter relating to some antiquities at Herculaneum Spence Extract of a letter from the keeper of the Museum Herculaneum at Naples Paderni Letter relating to the late discoveries at Herculaneum Paderni Another letter Gray Extracts of two letters concerning the late discoveries at Herculaneum Paderni Copy of a letter concerning the books and antient writings dug out of the ruins of an edifice near the site of the old city of Herculaneum, to Monsignor Cerati of Pifa; with a translation by Mr. Locke Anon. An account of the late discoveries of antiquities at Herculaneum, &c. Paderni An account of the late discoveries of antiquities at Herculaneum, &c. Paderni An account of some of the antiquities discovered at Herculaneum, &c. Nixon An account of the late discoveries of antiquities at Herculaneum, and of an earthquake there, and eruption of mount Vesuvius Mar. 24, 1758 Paderni Additional observations upon some plates of white glass found at Herculaneum Nixon Hermaphrodite. An exact narrative of an hermaphrodite in London Allen Transl. Abridg. XLIV 567 XI 1305 — 622 XLVI 14 — 1307 XLVII 131 XLVIII 71 — 486 — 634 — 821 — 825 XLIX 109 — 112 — 490 L 49 — 88 — 619 LII 123 II 624 III 3c5 Letter concerning a very extraordinary hermaphrodite at Thoulouse - Veay An account of an hermaphrodite lobster examined and dissected pursuant to an order of the Society - Nichols Letter concerning the hermaphrodite shewn in London - Parfins HERNIA. An account of an extraordinary Hernia Ingualis - Huskham Two medico-chirurgical observations on the hydatides, and consequences of an incompleat hernia, and on the function of the intestines exposed to sight - Le Cat An account of several cases of hernias, and disorders of the urethra - Le Cat An account of a hernia of the urinary bladder including a stone - Pot An account of an uncommon large hernia Carlisle An account of an hydro-enteroccele appearing like a hydro-sarcocele, and ending in the death of the patient, in which the intestine had passed from the hernial sac into that of the hydrocele, by which the strangulation was formed - Le Cat See Rupture. HERRN GROUND. Account of the copper ground in Hungary - Brow HERTFORDSHIRE. See Antiquities. HESIOD. A letter concerning the ages of Homer and Hesiod - Coleridge HESSIA. A letter containing a short account of some basalt hills in Hesse - Raspe HESSIAN BELLOWS. See Bellows. HEVELIUS. Observations on a treatise of Mr. Hevelius, designed to prove, that the lungs do not divide and expand the blood, but on the contrary cool and condense it - Nichols HIERO. Descriptio Fontis Hieronis in Metallifodinis Chemicenisibus in Hungaria, anno 1756 extacti, with a theory of congelation, drawn from some appearances of ice and snow there - Wolfe HIEROGLYPHICS. Extract of a letter concerning a supposed connection between the hieroglyphical writing of antient Egypt, and the characteristic writing which is in use at this day among the Chinese - Morton HILL. An account of the subsiding or sinking down of a hill near Clogher in Ireland Bishop of Clogher A proposal for measuring the attraction of some hills in this kingdom by astronomical observations Maskelyne An account of a volcanic hill near Inverness Weft Calculations to determine at what point in the side of a hill its attraction will be the greatest, &c. Hutton See Mountains. HIPPOCRATES. Letter concerning the quadrature of the parts of the lunula of Hippocrates Chius, performed by Mr. John Perks; with the further improvement of the same by Dr. David Gregory and John Catwell Wallis The dimension of the solids generated by the conversion of Hippocrates lunula, and of its parts about several axes, with the surfaces generated by that conversion De Moivre HIRTA. A description of the island Hirta Moray HIRUDINELLA MARINA. A description of the hirudinella marina, or sea leech Garcin HISTORY. A description of a mathematical historical table Mangold HITCHCOCK. Case of Hannah Hitchcock; one of whose ureters was grown up Huxham HITCHELL (JOHN). An account of the death of John Hitchell, who was burnt to death by lightning Rotis HOG. The anatomy of the Mexico musk-hog Tissin HOLLAND. Remarks in a late journey into Denmark and Holland Clyver HOLLANDIA (NOVA). Some late observations in Nova Hollandia Witsen HOLLY. A remark concerning the sex of Holly Martyn HOLT WATERS. An account of the several strata of earth found in sinking the mineral wells at Holt Lewis A letter giving a farther account of the nature and virtues of the Holt waters Lewis HOLY-OAK. A letter containing some microscopical observations on the fari a fecundans of the holy-oak and the passion flower Badcock Further observations and experiments on the passion flower and its farina Homer. A letter concerning the ages of Homer and Hesiod Horace. Some thoughts concerning the ancient Greek and Roman lyre; and an explanation of an obscure passage in one of Horace's Odes Horizon. A proposition of general use in the art of gunnery; shewing the rule of laying a mortar to pass, in order to strike any object above or below the horizon The description of a new quadrant for taking an altitude without an horizon, either at sea or land A spirit-level to be fixed to a quadrant for taking a meridional altitude at sea when the horizon is not visible An attempt to explain the phenomenon of the horizontal moon, appearing bigger than when elevated many degrees about the horizon; supported by an experiment An explication of the experiment Some thoughts on the sun and moon when near the horizon, appearing larger than when in the zenith A description of a water-level to be fixed to Davis's quadrant, whereby an observation may be taken at sea in thick and hazy weather, without seeing the horizon The description and use of an apparatus added as an improvement to Davis's quadrant, consisting of a mercurial level for taking the co-altitude of sun or star at sea, without the usual assistance of the sensible horizon which frequently is obscured See Moon and Sun. Horns. Account of a kidney of an unusual shape and texture taken out of the body of a man; with observations on horns and glandules in general An account of a girl in Ireland who had several horns growing on her body An account of one who had horny excrescences, or extraordinary large nails on his fingers and toes Two letters on horn-like excrescences growing on the fingers, &c. A letter containing an account of a rhinoceros with a double horn with a figure Sloane XLVI 118 XI 910 Some account of a sheep having a monstrous horn growing from his throat Parsons XLIX 183 A letter concerning the double horns of the rhinoceros Parsons LVI 32 Horns (Fossil). A discourse concerning the large horns frequently found under ground in Ireland; concluding from them, that the great American deer, called a moose, was formerly common in that island Molyneux XIX 489 III 544 An account of horns found under ground in Ireland Kelly XXXIV 122 VI 2 224 An account of a pair of very extraordinary large horns found in Wapping some years since; with a probable account whence they came, and to what animal they belonged Sloane — 222 VII 441 A letter serving to accompany the pictures of an extraordinary fossil skull of an ox with the cores of the horns Klein XXXVII 427 IV 4-101 Of the horn of a large deer found in the heart of an oak Clark XLI 235 VIII 847 An account of two extraordinary deers horns found under ground in different parts of Yorkshire Knowlton XLIV 124 X 601 Horrox. A letter concerning Mr. Horrox's lunar system Flamstead X 368 I 453 Horses. An observation concerning a blemish in an eye; not hitherto discovered by any author Lower II 613 II 684 An account of a stone fastened to the back-bone of a horse Giornale de Letterati VII 4094 III 164 An extraordinary cure of a horse that was staked into his stomach Wallis XIX 118 An account of a new engine for raising water by horses Churchman XXXVIII 402 VIII 322 Account of a horse bit by a mad dog Starr XLVI 474 XI 913 Extract of a letter concerning some remarkable experiments made upon the arteries of horses with the powder of lycopherdon, or lupi-crepis: by Monsieur La Fosse Latterman XLIX 37 Horseford. An account of the sinking down of a piece of ground at Horseford in Norfolk Arden XLIII 527 X 587 Hot Houses. An account of the Indian hot houses Dudley XXXI 129 VII 669 Houses. An account of the houses and hearths in Dublin in 1695 and 1696 Hour. Letter concerning the drawing the meridian line by the pole star, and finding the hour by the same Howell (Mary). The case of Mary Howell, who had a needle run into her arm and came out at her breast Hudson's Bay. Observations on the state of the air, winds, weather, &c. at the Prince of Wales's Fort on the north-west coast of Hudson's Bay, in 1768 and 1769 An account of birds sent from Hudson's Bay; with observations relative to their natural history; and Latin descriptions of some of the most uncommon Hummer. An account of the sunk island in Hummer, some years since recovered from the sea Humming Bird. The description of the American tomineius, or humming bird A query concerning the food of the humming bird Humour. Observations about the crystalline humour of the eye Hungarian Bolus. Of the Hungarian bolus of the same effects with the bolus armenus Hungary. Inquiries to be made in Hungary and Transylvania Letter concerning the damps in the mines of Hungary, and their effects Directions and enquiries, with their answers, concerning the mines, minerals, baths, &c. of Hungary, &c. Account of stone quarries and talcum rocks in Hungary An account of the tokay wines in Hungary Hurricanes. Relation of two hurricanes in Northamptonshire Oct. 30, 1669, and Oct. 13, 1670 Observations of his own experiences upon hurricanes, and their prognostics An account of a violent hurricane in Huntingdonshire Sept. 8, 1741 Husbandry. Divers rural and economical enquiries recommended to observation and trial Some agricltive observations and advertisements Continuation of the hortulan and rural advertisements HYADES. An advertisement to astronomers, of the advantage that may accrue from the observation of the moon's frequent appulses to the hyades, during the three next ensuing years. HYDATIDES. Lumbricus hydropicus, or an essay to prove, that hydatides, often met with in morbid animal bodies, are a species of worms, or imperfect animals A relation of a person who voided many hydatides in her urine A letter concerning hydatides voided by stool Of hydatides inclosed with a stony crust in the kidney of a sheep An observation of a tumour on the neck full of hydatides, cured by An account of a great quantity of hydatides found in the abdomen An observation of hydatides voided per vaginam Two medico-chirurgical observations on the hydatides, and consequences of an incomplete hernia, and on the functions of the intestines exposed to sight Hydraulics. Remarks upon some experiments in hydraulics, which seem to prove, that the forces of equal moving bodies are as the squares of their velocities Short and easy methods for finding the quantity and weight of water contained in a full pipe of any given height and diameter of bore; and, consequently, to find what degree of power would be required to work a common pump, or any other hydraulic engine, when the diameter of the pump-bore, and the height to which the water is to be raised therein, are given Hydraulic Engine. A description of an hydraulic engine Hydraulopneumatics. A narrative of a new invention of expanding fluids by their being conveyed into certain ignited vessels, where they are immediately rarified into an elastic impelling force sufficient to give motion to hydau- Hydrocephalus. A new trocart for the puncture in the hydrocephalus and for other evacuations, which are necessary to be made at different times. Hydro-enterocele. An account of an hydro-enterocele, appearing like a hydro-farcocele, and ending in the death of the patient, in which the intestines had passed from the hernial sac into that of the hydrocele, by which the strangulation was formed. Hydrologia. Some reflections made on the enlarged account of Dr. Witties answer to hydrologia chymica, chiefly concerning the cause of the sudden loss of the virtues of mineral waters. Hydrometer. Account of a new kind of hydrometer. Hydrophobia. Relation of a man bitten with a mad dog, and dying of the disease called hydrophobia. A remarkable account of an hydrophobia. An account of three cases of the hydrophobia. An account of the case of a supposed hydrophobia. Hydro-sarcocele. An account of an hydro-enterocele appearing like a hydro-farcocele, and ending in the death of the patient; in which the intestine had passed from the hernial sac into that of the hydrocele, by which the strangulation was formed. Hydrops ovarii. An account of an hydrops ovarii, with a new and exact figure of the glandulae renales, and of the uterus in a puerpera. A remarkable case of a gentlewoman who died of a hydrops ovarii in the 33rd year of her age, after having been tapped fifty-seven times. Hydrostatic. A description of a new essay-instrument, together with the hydrostatical principles; it is founded on Extract of a letter relating to the essay-instrument. HYGROMETER. Letter of a contrivance of an uncommon hygroscopé - Anon. — A description of his hyroscope in two several contrivances; together with some observations made thereon - Coniers — A letter concerning a new hyroscope invented by - Molyneux — Description of the hygrometer - Pickering — Extract of a letter describing an improved hyroscope - Arderon — Part of a letter concerning an improvement of the weather cord - Arderon — The description of an hygrometer made of a deal rod - Arderon — The description of a new hygrometer invented by - James Ferguson — Description of a new hygrometer - Smeaton — Account of a new hygrometer - De Luc HYGROSCOPE. See Hygrometer. HYOSCYAMUS ALBUS. The effects of the hyoscyamus albus - Stedman HYPERBOLA. The squaring of the hyperbola by an infinite series of rational numbers; together with its demonstration - Brouncker — Answer to the animadversions of Mr. Hugenius upon Dr. Gregory's book, De vera circuli & hyperbolæ quadratura, as published in the journal Des Scavans - Gregory — Some considerations upon M. Hugens's letter, printed in vindication of his examen of the book entituled, Vera circuli & hyperbolæ quadratura - Gregory — The generation of an hyperbolical cylindroid demonstrated; and the application thereof, for grinding hyperbolical glasses, hinted at - Wren — A description of Dr. Chr. Wren's engine, designed for grinding hyperbolical glasses, as it was in a manner promised, vol. III. p. 962 - Wren — On the center of gravity of hyperbolas - Wallis — A compendious and facile method for constructing the logarithms, exemplified and demonstrated from the nature of numbers, without any regard to the hyperbola; with a speedy method for finding the number from the logarithm given - Halley The construction and properties of a new quadratrix to the hyperbola — Perks XXV 2253 IV 37 The general quadrature of trinomial hyperbolic curves; delivered in two theorems Klingerstein XXXVII 45 VI 82 An investigation of a general theorem for finding the length of any arc of any conic hyperbola by means of two elliptic arcs; with some other new and useful theorems deduced therefrom — Landen LXV 283 Hypnum Terrestre. A letter concerning the seeding of mosses; and in particular of the hypnum terrestre trichoides, luteovirens, vulgare, majus capitulis erectis. Raii Synopsis Edit. III p. 84 Hill XLIV 60 X 758 Hypocaustum. A description of a Roman sudatory, or hypocaustum, found at Wroxeter in Shropshire, 1701 — Lister XXV 2225 Harwood — 2228 Two letters relating to Wroxeter, and the hypocausta of the antients — Baxter — An account of the remains of a Roman hypocaustum, or sweating room, discovered underground at Lincoln in 1739 — Symson XLI 855 IX 455 JACULATOR. An account of a fish from Batavia called jaculator — Schloesser LV 89 Some further intelligence relating to the jaculator fish, from Mr. Hommel at Batavia; together with the description of another species by Dr. Pallas — Schloesser LVI 186 JAMAICA. Observations made at Jamaica — Stubbes II 495 An enlargement of the observations — Stubbes III 699 Some particulars referring to the observations made at Jamaica — Norwood — 824 XII 559 Observations on the eclipse of the moon June 18, 1722, and the longitude of Port Royal in Jamaica determined thereby — Halley XXXII 235 VI 190 VII 617 James (Anne). See Hemlock. Japan. Some observations concerning Japan; in answer to queries sent by Mr. Oldenburg — M. I. IV 983 III 620 A summary relation of what hath been hitherto discovered in the matter of the North East pas... — X 417 — 610 Ex- Extract from a journal kept by C. P. Thunberg, M. D. during his voyage to, and residence in, the empire of Japan. JAVA-MAJOR. Answer to some of the queries which were recommended by Sir R. Moray to Sir P. Vernatti, president at Java Major. JAUNDICE. Letter concerning a contumacious jaundice, accompanied with a very odd case in vision. A letter concerning the jaundice, occasioned by a stone obstructing the ductus communis biliares, which was afterwards voided by stool. Part of a letter concerning a child born with the jaundice upon it, received from its father; and of the mother taking the same distemper from her husband the next time of being with child. Jaw. Observations upon the effects of electricity applied to a tetanus, or muscular rigidity of four months continuance. Cafe of a locked jaw. Account of a locked jaw and paralysis, cured by electricity. ICE. A way of preserving ice and snow by chaff. Some experiments shewing the difference of ice made without air, from that which is produced with air. Some experiments about freezing, and the difference between common fresh water ice and that of the sea water: also a probable conjecture about the original of the nitre of Egypt. New experiments upon ice. An examination of sea water frozen and melted again, to try what quantity of salt is contained in such ice; made in Hudson's Straights by Capt. Christopher Middleton, at the request of C. Mortimer. The process of making ice in the East Indies. Experiments on water obtained from the melted ice of sea water, to ascertain whether it be fresh or not, &c. See Frost. ICELAND. Account of sundry experiments made upon a crystal-like body sent from Iceland. An answer to some philosophical inquiries concerning that country **Ichneumon Worms.** Some considerable observations upon that kind of wasps called Vespae Ichneumones, especially their several ways of breeding; and among them that odd way of laying their eggs in the bodies of caterpillars, &c. A letter enlarging his observations about Ichneumon worms **Iconantidiptic Telescope.** An account of an Iconantidiptic telescope **Icy Mountain.** Letter concerning the icy or crystalline mountains of Helvetia, called the Gletscher A further description and representation of the icy mountain, called the Gletscher, in the canton of Berne in Helvetia Part of a letter concerning the icy mountains in Switzerland **Idiot.** An account of an idiot at Ostend **Jelly.** Some observations concerning the virtue of the jelly of black currants in curing inflammations in the throat **Jenkins (Henry).** Account of one Henry Jenkins who attained the age of 169 years; with remarks **Jessamine.** An account of two observations in gardening, upon the change of colour in grapes and jessamine **Jesso.** A narrative of some observations made upon several voyages, to find a way for sailing about the North to the East Indies, and for returning the same way from thence hither; together with instructions given by the Dutch East India Company for the discovery of Jesso near Japan. To which is added, a relation of sailing through the Northern America to the East Indies **Jessop's Well.** An examination of the strength of several of the purging waters, especially that of Jessop's Well Letter on the virtues of Jessop's Well | Topic | Author | Volume | Page | |-------------------------------|-------------------------|--------|------| | **Ignis Fatuus** | Derham and Dereham | XXXVI | 204 | | Of the meteor called an ignis fatuus, from observations made in England, and others in Italy | | VI | 147 | | **Iliac Passion** | Amyand | XLIII | 369 | | Of an iliac passion; occasioned by an appendix in the Ilium | | XI | 1066 | | An account of an iliac passion, from a palsy in the large intestines | De Castro | XLVII | 123 | | **Ilium** | Wolfius | XL | 61 | | Account of a rupture of the Ilium, from an external contusion, without any external wound | | IX | 160 | | An instance of the gut ilium, cut through by a knife, and cured | Travers | L | 35 | | **Illness** | Hunter and W. Watson | LXVII | 608 | | A short account of Dr. Maty's illness, and of the appearances in the dead body | | | | | **Imagination** | Aub | XVI | 334 | | A relation of an extraordinary effect of the power of imagination | | III | 222 | | An account of a child born with a large wound in the breast, supposed to proceed from the force of imagination | Cyprianus | XIX | 291 | | Letter concerning the effects of imagination, &c. | | XX | 293 | | **Imitation** | Aub | XII | 842 | | An account of a man of a strange imitating nature | Garden | | | | **Impact** | Milner | LXVIII | 344 | | Reflections on the communication of motion by impact and gravity | | V | 306 | | **Impostume** | Skippon | XXIV | 2077 | | Letter concerning the bones of a human foetus voided through an impostume in the groin | | VII | 506 | | Account of an extraordinary impostumation of the liver | Short | XXXVII| 184 | | Account of a young lady who had an extraordinary impostume formed in her stomach | Layard | XLVI | 406 | | **Impregnation** | Logan | XXXIX | 192 | | Some experiments concerning the impregnation of the seeds of plants | | VIII | 804 | | Thoughts on the different impregnations of mineral waters; more particularly concerning the existence of sulphur in some of them | Kutty | LI | 275 | | A letter on the sexes of plants, and impregnation of vegetables | Styles | LV | 258 | | **Incalescence** | B. R. | X | 515 | | Of the incalescence of quicksilver with gold | | II | 580 | | **Incision** | Houltzun | XXXIII | 8 | | An account of a dropsy in the left ovary of a woman aged 58, cured by a large incision made in the side of the abdomen | | VII | 541 | | **Incrustation** | See Bones | | | | **Lucus** | | H | h | | An account of the case of a boy who had the malleus | | | | malleus of each ear, and one of the incus's, drop out INDEX GLASS. Remarks on Hadley's quadrant, tending principally to remove the difficulties which have hitherto attended the use of the back observation, and to obviate the errors that might arise from a want of parallelism in the two surfaces of the index glass INDICTIONS. A method for finding the numbers of the Julian period for any year assigned, the number of the cycle of the sun, the cycle of the moon, and of the indictions for the same year being given; together with a demonstration of that method INDIES. Some observations concerning a possible passage to the East Indies, by the Northern America, westward — Some observations sent from the East Indies, in answer to some queries sent thither — An account of some Indian plants, &c. with their names, descriptions, and virtues — Letter concerning some Indian manuscripts lately sent to the university of Oxford — A letter containing some observations on the mechanic arts of the Indians — A letter containing some observations on the physic of the Indians — An account of the Indian hot-houses — An abstract of a letter concerning experiments made on the Indian magnetick sand — Some considerations on the antiquity and use of the Indian characters or figures — Account of an antidote to the Indian poison in the West Indies — An account of the male and female cochineal insect that breed on the cactus opuntia, or Indian fig, in South Carolina or Georgia — An account of an extraordinary disease among the Indians in the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard in New England — Some attempts to ascertain the utmost extent of the knowledge of the antients in the East Indies — A description and figure of the nyctanthes elongata, a new Indian plant A letter giving some account of the roots used by the Indians in the neighbourhood of Hudson's Bay, to dye porcupine quills Extraits of some letters on the customs, manners and language of the northern Indians of America Indian Corn. See Maize. Indigo Plant. The effects of the opuntia, or prickly pear; and of the Indigo plant in colouring the juices of living animals Industria (City). Some account of a curious trip and inscription found near Turin, serving to discover the true situation of the antient city of Industria Infant. An anatomical observation of four ureters in an infant Account of an infant musician Infection. An account of several persons seized with the gaol fever working in Newgate, and of the manner in which the infection was communicated to one entire family Infinite. The squaring of the hyperbola by an infinite series of rational numbers; together with its demonstration An account of the several species of infinite quantity, and of the proportion they bear one to the other A method of raising an infinite multinomial to any given power, or extracting any given root of the same A method of extracting the root of an infinite equation Analytical solution of certain infinitesimal equations Some theorems respecting the infinite divisibility of matter A solution of the 15th general problem propofered by D. De Moivre, in his treatise De Mensura Sortis Another general solution of the preceding problem, with the assistance of combinations or infinite series Of cubic equations and infinite series Inflammable Liquors. A way to make two clear spirituous inflammable liquors, which differ very little in taste and smell; and being mixed together, do give a fine carnation colour, without either sensible fermentation or alteration. Geoffroy INFLAMMATIONS. Some observations concerning the virtue of the jelly of black currants in curing inflammations in the throat. Baker An account of a brittle that was lodged in a gentleman's foot, and caused a violent inflammation. Arderon Case of a young lady who drank sea water for an inflammation and tumour in the upper lip. Lewington INFUSION INTO VEINS. Account of the success of some experiments of infusing medicines into human veins. Anon. INGUINAL RUPTURE. Of an inguinal rupture, with a pin in the appendix coeci, incrusted with stone. Amyan Injection. A confirmation of the experiments made by Sig. Fracassati in Italy, by injecting acid liquors into the blood. Boyle Anatomical inventions and observations, particularly the origin of the injection into veins. Clark An account of the dissection of a dog who had mercury injected into one of the jugulars. Pitt Further accounts of the success of injecting medicated liquors into the abdomen, in the case of an abscess. Warren INOCULATION. An account, or history, of the procuring the small-pox by incision or inoculation, as it has for some years been practised at Constantinople, 1713. Timonius A new and safe method of procuring the small-pox by transplantation, lately invented and drawn into use. Pylarinus The way of proceeding in the small-pox inoculated in New England. Newman A letter concerning the inoculation of the small-pox. Nettleton Further account. Nettleton Part of a letter concerning the inoculation of the small-pox, and the mortality of that distemper in the natural way. Nettleton A further account, containing a comparison of | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | the danger in the natural way, and by inoculation | XXX:I | VII 611 | | Success of inoculation at Boston in New England | | | | A method of procuring the small-pox, used in South Wales | | | | Another letter on the same subject | | | | Another account from Haverford-West | | | | Part of a letter concerning the effects of inoculation in New England| XXXII: | IX 210 | | A letter concerning some children inoculated with the small-pox, at Haverford-West in Pembrokeshire | XXXVIII: | | | An abstract from Timoni's history of the inoculated small-pox | | | | A letter concerning inoculation | XLVII | | | Letter from Geneva concerning the success of inoculation there | Anon. | | | Letter from Salisbury concerning the success of inoculation | Brown | | | Letter on the success of inoculation at Geneva | Bonnet | | | Account of the practice of inoculation at Constantinople | Porter | | | An account of inoculation in the year 1736 | Slorne | | | Historical memoirs relating to the practice of inoculation for the small-pox in the British American provinces, particularly in New England | Galt | | | A short account of the manner of inoculating the small-pox on the coast of Barbary, and at Bengal in the East Indies | Chais | | | An account of inoculation in Arabia | Ruffell| | | See Small Pox | | | | **Inoculation of Cattle.** A discourse on the usefulness of inoculation of the horned cattle, to prevent the contagious distemper among them | Layard | | | **Inscription.** Letter concerning a Runic inscription at Beau-Castle | Nicolson| | | Letter on a Runic inscription at Brudekirk | Nicolson| | | An uncommon inscription lately found on a very great basis of a pillar dug up at Rome; with an interpretation of the same | Voßius| | | Some account of the antient state of the city of Palmyra | | | | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Palmyra, with short remarks upon the inscriptions found there | XIX 160| III 518 | | An account of an Etruscan inscription found on an old urn at Rome | - 537 | - 448 | | An account of an inscription found at Rome in the language of the Palmereni | Pulley. | - 526 | | Letter concerning some Roman inscriptions found near Durham | XXII 657| - 426 | | Letter on the various readings of an inscription which is written upon the statue of Tages by four Etruscan alphabets | Hicks. | XXIV 2076| V 306 | | Letter concerning a Roman inscription lately found at York | - 2145 | V 2 35 | | A letter concerning some Roman inscriptions found at York; proving, that the ninth legion some time resided there | Thoresby | XXV 2194| - 41 | | Inscripicio Tarraconensis, with a comment | XXVIII 157| - 110 | | Extract of a letter giving an account of a Roman inscription lately dug up in the north of England; with some historical and chronological remarks thereon | Hunter | XXX 701| - 49 | | Remarks on a fragment of an old Roman inscription lately found in the north of England | Jurin | - 813| - 43 | | A discourse occasioned by an inscription found at Langchester, in the Bishoprick of Durham | Gal. | - 823| - 50 | | Extract of a letter giving an account of an ancient Roman inscription found at Caerleon upon Usk; with some conjectures thereon | Ric. | - 945 | | An account of a Roman inscription found at Chichester | XXXII 391| VII 4 23 | | Account of two pigs of lead found near Ripley with this inscription on them, Imp. Caes. Domitiano, Aug. Col. VII. | Kirshaw | XLI 560| IX 420 | | Remarks upon an inscription cut formerly in a window belonging to the parish church of Rumsey in Hampshire | Ward | XLIII 79 | | A letter serving to accompany a copy of an ancient Roman inscription at Rochester in Northumberland, and two others at Risingham | Hunter | - 159| X 1271 | | An explanation of a Roman inscription found not long since at Silchester in Hampshire | Ward | - 200| XI 1264 | | Some account of a curious tripod and inscription | | | | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | found near Turin, serving to discover the true situation of the antient city Industria Baker | XLIII 540 | X 1240 | | An explanation of an antient inscription discovered at Rutchester, the last station in England, upon the Roman wall, 1744 Taylor | XLIV 344 | XI 1284 | | Copy of a Roman inscription found at Bath Stukeley | XLV 409 | — 1272 | | Remarks upon an antient Roman inscription found in that part of Italy which formerly belonged to the Sabines Ward | XLVI 293 | — 1273 | | An attempt to explain an antient Greek inscription engraven upon a curious bronze cup with two handles, and published with a draught of the cup by Dr. Pocock, in his description of the East, vol. II. part II. pag. 207 Ward | — 488 | — 1278 | | An attempt to explain an antient Roman inscription cut upon a stone lately found at Bath Ward | XLVIII 332 | | | An account of a Roman inscription found at Malton in Yorkshire, in the year 1753 Ward | XLIX 69 | | | An account of four Roman inscriptions cut upon three large stones found in a ploughed field near Wroxeter in Shropshire, in the year 1752; with some observations upon them Ward | — 196 | | | Some considerations on two large pieces of lead with Roman inscriptions upon them, found several years since in Yorkshire Ward | — 686 | | | An account of some subterraneous apartments with Etruscan inscriptions and paintings, discovered at Civita Turchino in Italy Wilcox | LIII 127 | | | Observations on two antient Roman inscriptions discovered at Netherby in Cumberland Taylor | — 133 | | | Copies of some Roman inscriptions at Tunis in Africa Carilo | — 211 | | | An attempt to explain a Punic inscription lately discovered in the island of Malta Swinton | — 274 | | | Some remarks upon the first part of Mr. L'Abbe Barthélemi's memoirs on the Phoenician letters, relative to the inscription in the island of Malta Swinton | LIV 119 | | | Remarks on the Palmyrene inscription at Teive Swinton | LVI 4 | | | An attempt to explain the legend and inscription of a very curious Phoenician medal never hitherto explained Swinton | LVII 266 | | | Interpretation of the inscription of a Punic coin struck in the isle of Gozo Swinton | LVIII 235 | | isle isle of Gozo, hitherto attributed to that of Malta by the learned Swinton Interpretation of two Punic inscriptions on the reverses of two Siculo-Punic coins, published by the prince of Torremuzza, and never hitherto explained Swinton An account of a subærated Denarius of the Pætorian family; adorned with an Etruscan inscription on the reverse; never before published or explained Swinton Insects. Some observations of swarms of strange insects in New England, and the mischiefs done by them Anon. Observations on some insects and their innocuousness Fairfax Experiments on what happened to some creeping insects in vacuo Boileano Boyle Phænomena suggested by winged insects in vacuo Boileano Boyle Account of an insect likely to yield an acid liquor Lister Observations on insects lodging themselves in old willows King Willoughby An observation concerning certain insect-husks, of the kermes kind Lister An account of an insect feeding upon henbane; the horrid smell of which is, in that creature, so qualified thereby, as to become in some measure aromatical, together with the colour yielded by the eggs of the same Lister Account of the kind of insect hatched of the English kermes, also the use of these purple insect-husks for tinging; together with a comparison of this English kermes with the scarlet kermes of the shops Lister An account of the insects smelling of musk Ruy Confirmation of the observation about musk-scented insects; adding some notes upon Dr. Swammerdam's book of insects, and on that of Steno concerning petrified shells Lister Discovery of another musk scented insect Lister A letter concerning animated horse hairs; rectifying a vulgar error Lister An abstract of a letter concerning generation by an insect Leeuwenhoek The history of the generation of an insect by him him called the wolf; with observations on insects bred in rain water, in apples, cheese, &c. Leeuwenhoek Letter concerning swarms of insects that of late years have much infested some parts of the province of Connought in Ireland Molyneux Part of a letter concerning several insects Dale Letter concerning some insects observed upon fruit trees Leeuwenhoek Letter concerning the insect called libella Porport Some observations concerning insects in Virginia; with remarks by J. Petiver Banister Letter concerning some remarkable plants and insects observed in Spain Breynius Two cases of insects voided by the urinary passage Turner Some corrections and amendments concerning the generation of the insect called coccus radicum, in his natural history thereof Breynius A letter containing the account of a remarkable generation of insects at Annapolis in Maryland Lewis A picture and description of a water-insect not before described (Lat.) Klein A description of the same sort of insect found in Kent; with an addition by Mortimer and Brown An abstract of some new observations upon insects Bonnet Observations upon several species of small water-insects of the polypus kind Trembley Divers means for preserving from corruption dead birds intended to be sent to remote countries, so that they may arrive there in good condition. Some of the same means may be employed for preserving quadrupeds, reptiles, fishes, and insects Reaumur Letter concerning a non-descript petrified insect Lyttelton Further account of the before-mentioned Dudley fossil Mortimer An account of some remarkable insects of the polype kind, found in the waters near Brussels in Flanders Brady Account of a remarkable marine insect Dupont Observations on some bivalve insects found in common water Mulier | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | A letter on the effects of elder, in preserving growing plants from insects and flies | LXII 348 | | | Instruments (for anatomical uses). An explication of the instruments used in a new operation of the eyes | XXXV 451 | VII 493 | | A description of some instruments for the ears | XLI 847 | IX 124 | | A letter concerning the cure of a dry gangrene; together with a new-invented instrument for the extirpation of tumours out of the reach of the surgeon's fingers | XLVI 72 | XI 1084 | | An account of a new-invented instrument for fractured legs | LVII 80 | | | Instruments (Mathematical). Considerations upon Mr. Hook's new instrument for grinding of optic glasses | I 56 | I 215 | | Answer | 63 | 192 | | A letter touching the invention of dividing a foot into many thousand parts for mathematical purposes | II 457 | 218 | | More ways for the same purpose | 459 | 220 | | A description of the instrument for dividing a foot into many thousand parts, and thereby measuring the diameters of planets to great exactness | 541 | 219 | | The description of an instrument invented divers years ago for drawing the out-lines of any object in perspective | IV 898 | 598 | | Extract of two letters concerning an instrument to shew the moon's true place to a minute or two | IX 219 | 453 | | Account of a new essay-instrument | X 329 | 516 | | Extract of a letter relating to the essay-instrument | 353 | 520 | | Letter about the making of microscopes with very small and single glasses, and of some other instruments | XII 1026 | 127,208 | | Further remarks on the instrument, proposed by an anonymous French author, for effecting a perpetual motion | XVI 138 | | | An instrument for seeing the sun, moon, or stars, past the meridian of any place: useful for setting watches in all parts of the world with the greatest exactness, to correct sun-dials, to assist in the discovery of the longitude of places | Derham XXIV 1578 | IV 464 | Extracts from Mr. Galcoigne's and Mr. Crabtree's letters, proving Mr. Galcoigne to have been the inventor of the telecopick sights of mathematical instruments, and not the French A description of a new instrument for taking angles An account of observations made on board the Chatham Yatch Aug. 30-31, and Sept. 1, 1732, for the trial of an instrument for taking angles The description and use of an instrument for taking the latitude of a place at any given time of the day A true copy of a paper found in the hand-writing of Sir Isaac Newton, among the papers of Dr. Halley, describing an instrument for observing the moon's distance from the fixed stars at sea An explanation of a new instrument made for measuring small angles An account of the meteorological instruments used at the Royal Society's house Account of a new instrument for measuring small angles, called the prismatic micrometer An account of the apparatus applied to the equatorial instrument, for correcting the errors arising from the refraction in altitude An account of some new experiments in electricity, with the description and use of two new electrical instruments INSTRUMENTS (Musical) Account of a musical instrument brought from the isle of Amsterdam in the South Seas 1774, by captain Furneaux See Telescope, Microscope, Micrometer, &c. in their places INTEREST. Rules for correcting the usual methods of computing amounts and present values by compound as well as simple interest, and of stating interest accounts Investigations of twenty cases of compound interest INTERPOLATIONS. Problems concerning interpolations Intestines. A discourse concerning the spiral, in- XXX 603 — 345 XXXVII 147 VI 139 — 341 — 428 XXXVIII 450 VIII 371 XLII 155 — 129 XLVIII 551 LXVI 375 LXVII 799 LXIX 332 LXX 15 LXV 67 XXIX 111 V 2 243 LX 508 LXIX 59 stead of the supposed annular structure of the fibres of the intestines — Cole Letter concerning a child who had its intestines, mesentery, &c. in the cavity of the thorax — H. Observations on part of the intestines of a dog successfully cut away — Shipton Account of a pain in the belly arising from the intestines being concreted into a cartilaginous substance — M. Japaritus Microscopical observations on the blood vessels, and membranes of the intestines — Leeuwenhoek Account of a rupture of the ilium from an external contusion, attended with no external wound — Wolfius Two medico-chirurgical observations on the hydratides, and consequences of an incomplete hernia and on the functions of the intestines exposed to sight — Le Cat An account of an iliac passion from a palsy in the large intestines — De Castro An account of a very remarkable case of a boy who, notwithstanding that a considerable part of his intestines were forced out by the fall of a cart upon him, and afterwards cut off, recovered, and continues well — Needham A remarkable case of cohesions of all the intestines in a man of about 34 years of age — Jenty An extraordinary cure of wounded intestines — Nourse See Particular intestines in their places. Inventions. A paper asserting some mathematical inventions to their true authors — Gregory Inundation. An account of an extraordinary inundation in the island of Mauritius — Diodati A letter giving an account of some inundations in Ireland, 1708 — Derham An account of a surprizing inundation in the valley of St. John's, near Keswick in Cumberland, Aug. 22, 1749 — Anon. Jointed Worm. Lumbricus latus, or a discourse of the jointed worm — Tyson Joints. Two singular cures of diseased knee-joints successfully treated; the first by topical applications, the second by operation — Warner Account of the case of the first joint of the thumb thumb torn off, with the flexor tendon in its whole extent torn out — Home IPECAUCANHA. Of the use of the root ipecacuanha for loosenesses; translated from a French paper, with notes, by — H. Sloane — A short account of the different kinds of ipecacuanha — Douglas — Medico-physical observations on ipecacuanha (Lat.) — Gmelin IRELAND. Of the bogs and loughs of Ireland King — A discourse concerning the large horns frequently found under ground in Ireland; concluding from them, that the great American deer, called a moose, was formerly common in that island — Molyneux — Several observations relating to the antiquities and natural history of Ireland, in travels through that kingdom — Lhuyd — Some further observations relating to the antiquities and natural history of Ireland Lhuyd — An account of horns found under ground in Ireland — King — Part of a letter concerning the remains of an antient temple in Ireland, and of a stone hatchet of the antient Irish — Bp. of Cork — See Figures, Population. IRIS. Observations on an evening, or rather nocturnal solar iris, June 5, 1757 — Edwards — See Rainbow. IRON. An account of two mineral substances found in some coal and iron mines in England — Jesop — An account of the iron works in the forest of Dean — Powle — Several observations of the respect of the needle to a piece of iron held perpendicular; made by a master of a ship crossing the equinoctial line, 1684 — Anon. — Extracts of some letters concerning iron ore; and more particularly of the haematites wrought into iron at Milthorpe forge in Lancashire — Sturmie — To give iron the colour and tincture of copper — Southwell — A letter concerning the magnetic quality acquired by iron upon standing for a long time in the same posture — Leeuwenhoek An historico-physical observation on the waters of Neusohl, which are impregnated with brass, and change iron into brass - Belius A letter concerning melting iron with pit-coal - Moson An account of a mountain of iron ore at Taberg in Sweden - Afcianius Observations on sand iron - Ellicot A letter on the solubility of iron in simple water, by the intervention of fixed air - Lane Account of a specimen of native iron - Steblin Account of the iron ore lately found in Siberia - Pallas Experiments on ignited substances - Whitehurst IRREDUCIBLE CASE. A method of extending Cardan's rule for resolving one case of a cubic equation $x^3 - gx = r$ to the other case of the same equation, which it is not naturally fitted to solve, and which is therefore called the irreducible case - Masereus IRREGULARITIES. Of the irregularities in the planetary motions caused by the mutual attraction of the planets - Walmesly ISINGLASS. An account of the discovery of the manner of making isinglass in Russia; with a particular description of its manufacture in England, from the produce of British fisheries - Jackson ISLAND. An account of the sunk island in the Humber, lately recovered from the sea - Chamberlane Part of a letter concerning a new island lately raised out of the sea near Tercera - Forster On the formation of islands - Dalrymple See Santerini. ISOPERIMETRICAL PROBLEMS. An investigation of a general rule for the resolution of isoperimetrical problems of all orders - Simpson A further attempt to facilitate the resolution of isoperimetrical problems - Simpson ISTHMUS. Letter relating to that isthmus, or neck of land, which is supposed to have joined England and France in former times, where now is the passage between Dover and Calais - Wallis ISTRIA. Observations in travels from Venice through Ist Jui Istria, Dalmatia, Greece, and the Archipelago, to Smyrna — Vernon Italy. Letter concerning the state of learning, and several particulars observed by him lately in Italy — Silviste — Some curious remarks in his travels through Italy — More — An investigation of the difference between the present temperature of the air in Italy, and some other countries, to what it was seventeen centuries ago — Barrington — See Antiquities. Judda. A letter accompanying a new chart of the Red Sea, with two draughts of the roads of Mocha and Judda, and several observations made during a voyage to that sea — Newland — Remarks and observations made on board the ship Kelfall, on a voyage to Judda and Mocha in 1769 — Newland Jugular. An account of the dissection of a dog who had mercury injected into one of the jugulars — Pitt Juices. Queries concerning vegetation, especially the motion of the juices of vegetables — Anon. — Experiment concerning the expansion of blood, and other animal juices — Boyle — Extracts of divers letters touching some inquiries and experiments of the motion of sap in trees, and relating to the question of the circulation of the same — Lister — A letter relating to some particulars in Mr. Lister's communications — Willoughby — Extract of a letter both in relation to the farther discovery of the motion of juices in vegetables, and removing the difference noted in Mr. Willoughby's letter — Anon. — A description of an odd kind of mushroom yeilding a milky juice much hotter upon the tongue than pepper — Lister — An account of the nature and differences of the juices, more particularly, of our English vegetables — Lister — The effects of the opuntia, or prickly pear, and of the Indigo plant in colouring the juices of living animals — Baker Julian Period. A problem for finding the year of the Julian Period by a new and very easy method De Billy A method for finding the number of the Julian Period for any year assigned; the number of the cycle of the sun; the cycle of the moon; and of the indications for the same year being given; together with a demonstration of that method Collins See Style. Ivory. Microscopical observations of ivory Leewerboek Jupiter. A spot in one of the belts of Jupiter Hook Some observations concerning Jupiter: of the shadow of his satellites, seen by a telescope, passing over the body of Jupiter Oldenburg Of a permanent spot in Jupiter; by which is manifested the conversion of Jupiter about his own axis Hook, Cassini, and Oldenburg A more particular account of those observations about Jupiter, than were mentioned in No VIII. Boyle Some particulars from foreign parts concerning the permanent spot in Jupiter Anon. Observations lately made at London concerning the planet Jupiter Hook Observations of a transit of the moon by Jupiter Sept. 30, 1671 Hevelius Observations of Jupiter's transit near two fixed stars, in Derby, Feb. and March 1671 Flamstead An account of the return of a great permanent spot in the planet Jupiter Cassini Some more accurate observations about Jupiter's transits near fixed stars; useful for determining the inclination of that planet to the ecliptic Flamstead A short account of the three great conjunctions of Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, at Dantick, in 1682 and 1683 Hevelius Two astronomical observations of the eclipses of the planet Jupiter by the moon, in March and April 1686, at London Hook and Halley Several observations of the eclipse of Jupiter by the moon Mar. 31, 1686, at Paris Cassini At Avignon Bonfa At Nurenberg Zimmerman Wurtzelbauer Trans. | Abridg. ---|--- I 324 | III 398 II 568 | 399 XII 1003 | I 382,400 I 3 | 383 — 143 | — — | 400 — 171 | — — 209 | 382 — 245 | — VI 3031 | 347 VII 4036 | — VII 4039 | 382,400 VIII 6033 | 401 XIII 325 | 357,395 XVI 85 | 364 XVI 175 | 363 — 175 | — — 177 | 360 — | 364 Dantick Dantick — An account of an occultation of Jupiter by the moon June 6, 1744, at London A theory of the irregularities that may be occasioned in the annual motion of the earth by the actions of Jupiter and Saturn An account of an appulse of the moon to Jupiter; observed at Chelsea JUPITER'S SATellites, Prediction of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites 1671; calculated for Uraniburg An account of an occultation of the first of the satellites of Jupiter by the shadow of this planet Some advertisements to astronomers about the configurations by him given of the satellites of Jupiter for 1676 and 1677, for the verification of their hypothesis An account of the eclipses or ingressions of Jupiter's satellites into his shadow, and such emersions of them as will be visible at Greenwich in the last three months of 1683 A letter from Flamstead concerning the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites for 1684, with the catalogue of them, and informations concerning its use Concerning the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites for 1685; with a catalogue of them, and information concerning its use Account of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites for 1686, and a table of the parallaxes of Jupiter's orb; and an ephemeris of Jupiter's geocentric places for the same year Description and uses of an instrument for finding the distances of Jupiter's satellites from his axis, with the help of the table of parallaxes and catalogue of eclipses; printed in the preceding Transactions Calculation of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites for 1687, &c. A catalogue of all the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites visible in 1688 New and exact tables for the eclipses of the first satellite of Jupiter, reduced to the Julian style, and meridian of London Cassini and Halley | Title | Transl. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | Curious observations of the transit of the body and shade of Jupiter's fourth satellite over the disc of the planet | XXX 900 | IV 07 | | New and accurate tables for the ready computing of the eclipses of the first satellite of Jupiter by addition only | — 1021 | IV 308 | | Observations on the satellites of Jupiter and Saturn made with his reflecting telescope | Hadley XXXII 385 | VI 221 | | Observations of the eclipses of the first satellite of Jupiter in 1723 and 1724, at New York | Burnet XXXIII 162 | — 409 | | Observations on the immersions and emergences of the innermost satellite of Jupiter 1723 and 1724, at Lisbon | Carbonne and Capeffo — 185 | | The longitude of Lisbon, and the fort of New York, from Wansted and London; determined by eclipses of the first satellite of Jupiter | Bradley XXXIV 85 | — 412 | | Observationes aliquot circum-Jovialium habitæ anno 1724 | Bianchini — 176 | — 238 | | Observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites from 1700 to the year 1727; with remarks | Derham XXXV 415 | — 225 | | The difference in time of the meridians of divers places, computed from observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites | Derham XXXVI 33 | — 414 | | Observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites made at Rome and other places | Bianchini — 35 | | Extract of a letter containing observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites, from July 10, 1726, to April 12, 1728; taken at Petersburgh | De Lisle — 37 | — 243 | | A catalogue of the eclipses of the four satellites of Jupiter for the year 1732 | Hodgson XXXVII 109 | — 270 | | Observations of the immersions and emergences of Jupiter's satellites, made at Pekin in 1730 and 1731 | Krigler and Pereira — 316 | — 249 | | A catalogue of eclipses of Jupiter's satellites for 1733 | Hodgson — 321 | | A catalogue of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites for 1734 | Hodgson XXXVIII 26 | VIII 227 | | Observations on the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites | Manfredus — 117 | — 179 | | A catalogue of eclipses of Jupiter's satellites for 1735 | Hodgson — 279 | — 227 | A catalogue of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites for 1736, computed to the meridian of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich Hodgson XXXIX 5 The apparent times of such of the immersions and emersions of Jupiter's satellites as are visible at London in 1736; together with their configurations at those times Hodgson 13 227 An account of some observations of the eclipses of the first satellite of Jupiter compared with the tables Hodgson XXXIX 15 VIII 227 The apparent times of the immersions and emersions of Jupiter's satellites which will happen in the year 1737; computed to the meridian of Greenwich Hodgson 177 Some observations of eclipses of Jupiter's satellites, made at Southwick 1730, near Oundle in Northamptonshire Lynn 196 180 Extract of a letter concerning the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites Annis 1731 and 1732 De Puffe 221 The immersions and emersions of the four satellites of Jupiter for the year 1738; computed to the meridian of Greenwich Hodgson 301 228 The apparent times of such of the immersions and emersions of Jupiter's satellites as are visible at London in 1738 Hodgson 309 The apparent times of the immersions and emersions of Jupiter's satellites for the year 1739; computed to the meridian of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich Hodgson XL 69 The apparent times of such of the immersions and emersions of Jupiter's satellites as are visible in London in the year 1739 Hodgson 76 The apparent times of the immersions and emersions of the four satellites of Jupiter, 1740, at Greenwich Hodgson 332 At London Hodgson 340 An occultation of Jupiter and his satellites by the moon Oct. 28, 1740 Bevis and Short XLI 647 184 A catalogue of the immersions and emersions of the satellites of Jupiter that will happen in the year 1750; of which there are 173 of the first, 85 of the second, 94 of the third, and none of the fourth, by reason of its great latitude; in all 322; computed by the Flamsteadian tables, corrected Hodgson XLV 373 X 159 | Title | Transl. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | A catalogue of the immersions and emergions of the satellites of Jupiter for 1751 | XLVI 282 | | | Observations on the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites made at Lisbon in 1753 | XLVIII 546 | | | Observations on the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites at Lisbon in 1754 | XLIX 48 | | | Observations on the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites made at Lisbon in 1757 | L 378 | | | Elements of new tables of the motions of Jupiter's satellites | LII 105 | | | A letter containing an essay of a new method for determining the longitude of places, from observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites | LVI 278 | | | Observations of some immersions of Jupiter's first satellite, observed in Pennsylvania | LVIII 329 | | | Eclipses of Jupiter's first satellite observed at Greenwich in the year 1769 | LIX 399 | | | Eclipses of Jupiter's first satellite; observed at Glasgow with an eighteen-inch reflector of Mr. Short's | — 402 | | | A series of astronomical observations at the Observatory of the Marine at Paris: to wit, 1. Of Jupiter's satellites in the years 1767 and 1768. 2. On the shadows of Jupiter's satellites. 3. On the variation of the belts on the disc of that planet. 4. Of a spot on the disc of the third satellite | — 454 | | | Observations of the immersions and emergions of Jupiter's first satellite, made at Funchal in Madeira, from 1763 to 1768, with a reflecting telescope of eighteen inches focus | LX 502 | | | A letter containing a proposal of some new methods of improving the theory of Jupiter's satellites | LXIII 185 | | | Account of some eclipses of Jupiter's satellites observed near Quebec | LXIV 171 | | | Observations of the immersions and emergions of the satellites of Jupiter, taken at Gaspeo in 1768 | — 177 | | | Observations of eclipses of Jupiter's satellites at several places of North America | — 182 | | | Observations of eclipses of Jupiter's first satellite | — | | satellite at Greenwich, compared with observations of the same made by Samuel Holland, Esq. in North America, and the longitudes of the places thence deduced. — Immersions and emersions of Jupiter's first satellite observed at Jupiter's inlet, on the island of Anticosta, North America, and the longitude of the place deduced from comparison with observations made at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich by the Astronomer Royal. — The difference of Longitude of Greenwich and Paris deduced from the eclipses of Jupiter's first satellite observed during the last ten years, together with a comparative table of the corresponding observations of the first Satellite made in the principal observatories from 1765 to 1776. K. Kamchatka. An account of that part of America which is nearest to the coast of Kamchatka, extracted from the description of Kamchatka, by Professor Krashennicoff. Kapanihane. An account of a moving bog in Ireland. — A true description of the bog of Kapanihane in the county of Limerick, with an account of the motion thereof, June 7, 1697. Kepler's Manuscripts. Account of Solution of his problem His method of computing the moon's parallaxes in solar eclipses, demonstrated and extended to all degrees of the moon's latitude, as also to the assigning the moon's correspondent apparent diameter, together with a concise application of this form of calculation to those eclipses. Kermes. An account of the use of the grain Kermes for colouration. — An observation concerning certain insect husks of the Kermes kind. Account of the kind of insect hatched of the English Kermes above described also the use of these purple insect husks for tingling, together with a comparison of this English purple Kermes, with the scarlet Kermes of the shops. Letter enlarging and correcting his former notes upon Kermes; and withal infinuating his conjectures of cochineal's being a sort of kermes. Kidney. Anatomical observations of an abscess in the liver; a great number of stones in the gall-bag and bilious vessels; an unusual conformation of the emulgents and pelvis; a strange conjunction of both kidneys, and a great dilation of the vena cava. Account of a kidney of an unusual shape and texture, taken out of the body of a man, with observations on horns and glandules in general. An account of a very large diseased kidney, found on the dissection of a lady, with the symptoms of the disease before her death, and an explanation of their phænomena. Of hydatides inclosed with a stony crust in the kidney of a sheep. An account of the dissection of a person who died of an ulcer in the right kidney. An anatomical description of worms, found in the kidneys of wolves. An uncommon dropy, from the want of a kidney; and a large saccus that contained the water. The figures of some very extraordinary calculous concretions formed in the kidney of a woman. An account of a monstrous human foetus, having neither head, heart, lungs, stomach, spleen, pancreas, liver, nor kidneys. See Stone Kilcorny Cave of. A description of the Cave of Kilcorny in the Barony of Burren in Ireland. Kirbythore. See Antiquities. Kircher. Observations upon father Kircher's opinion concerning the burning of the fleet of KIT Marcellus by Archimedes - Porson KITE. Letter concerning an electrical kite Franklin — Answer to several queries concerning his experiment of electricity with a kite Lining KITTING. The phenomena afforded by a newly kittened kidling in the exhausted Receiver Bayle KNEE. An account of an extraordinary tumour in the knee of a person whose leg was taken off Pierce — Two singular cases of diseases at the knee joints successfully treated, the first by topical applications, the second by Warner KNIFE. Case of one who swallowed a knife, which lay in his stomach a year and seven months, and then worked out at an apothecary on his breast Sloane KNIGHT. An account of the magnetical machine contrived by Dr. Knight Fothergill L. LABOURER. Account of some extraordinary tumours upon the head of a labouring man Porson LABRADOR. Particulars of the country of Labrador, extracted from the papers of lieutenant Roger Curtis, of his majesty's sloop the Otter, with a plane-chart of the Coast Curtis — Tract of his majesty's armed brig Lion from England to Davis's Straights and Labrador, with observations for determining the longitude by sun and moon, and error of common reckoning; also the variation of the compass and dip of the needle, as observed during the said voyage in 1776 Pickersgill — Two meteorological journals kept at Nain in 57 degrees north latitude, and Okak, in 57 degrees 30 minutes north latitude, both on the coast of Labrador De la Trobe LABYRINTH. A description of the organ of hearing in the elephant, with the figure and situation of the offices labyrinth and cochlea in the ear of that animal Blair LACERATION. Extract of a letter, containing the particulars of the case of a wound in the cornea, and of a laceration of the uvea in the eye of a woman. **LACERTA.** Letter concerning the circulation of the blood, as seen by the help of a microscope, in lacerta aquatica. An account of lacerta (crocodilus) ventre marsupio donato faucibus merganferis rostrum acumantibus. **LACRYMAE BATAVICAE.** A memoir on the Lacrymae Batavicae; or glass drops, the tempering of steel, and effervescence accounted for by the same principle. **LACTEALS.** Some anatomical observations and experiments concerning the unalterable character of the whiteness of the chyle within the lacteous veins; together with divers particulars observed in the guts, especially several sorts of worms found in them. An account of an experiment made for altering the colour of the chyle in the lacteal veins. Endeavours to prove that the lacteals frequently convey liquors that are not white. Letter concerning powdered blues passing in the lacteal veins. An experiment made for the transmitting of a blue coloured liquor into the lacteals. Account of an experiment, by which it appears that salt of steel does not enter into the lacteal vessels; with remarks. **LAGOPUS.** Observations on the lagopus, or ptarmigan. **LAKES.** Extracts of several letters from Edinburgh, giving an account of an obelisk thrown down by a violent wind, of an extraordinary lake in lord Lovat's lands in Scotland, of Lake Ness, and of a petrifying rivulet. Observations concerning the lake of Mexico. Letter concerning the lake Ness, &c. Observations on the lake Vetter. A description of a large lake called Malholm tarn, near Shipton in Craven, Yorkshire. Account of vegetable balls which grow in a lake near the Humber in Yorkshire, with re- LAM marks by W. Watson LAMA. Experiments made on a great number of animals, with the poison of Lama's and of Tucunas LAMB. Account of a monstrous lamb LAMPAS. Declaration of the Council of the Royal Society passed Nov. 20, 1676, relating to some passages in a late book of Mr. Hook, entitled, Lampas, &c. LAMPS. A discourse concerning the sepulchral lamps of the ancients, shewing the possibility of their being made divers ways An easy contrivance of a lamp to be always kept full whilst it burns LANCASHIRE. Observations on the Roman colonies and stations in Cheshire and Lancashire LAND. Instances, hints, and applications relating to a main point solicited in the preface to the fourth volume; concerning the use may be made of vaults, deep wells, and cold conservatories, to find out the cause, or to promote the generation, of salt, minerals, metals, crystals, gems, stones of divers kinds, and helps to conserve long, or to hasten putrefaction, fertility of any land, &c. Part of a letter concerning the manuring of land in Devonshire with tea sand A letter concerning the manuring of land with fossil shells LANGCHESTER. V. Inscription LANGUAGE. An explication of all the inscriptions in the Palmyrene language and character hitherto published Extracts of some letters on the customs, manners, and language of the Northern Indians of America An account of the Romans' language See Deafness, Speech LANGUEDOC. See Ocean LAPIS CALAMINARIS. An account of digging and preparing the Lapis Calaminaris LAPLAND. A relation of the small creature called sable mice, which have lately come in troops into Lapland, about Thorne, and other places adjacent to the mountains, in innumerable multitudes LARUM. Account of the weavers alarm, vulgo larum - Arderon LARYNGOTOMY. An argument for the more frequent use of laryngotomy, urged from a remarkable cure in chirurgery - Musgrave LATH. A letter concerning a large piece of lath being thrust into the eye of a man who recovered of it - Kepel LATITUDE. The description and use of an instrument for taking the latitude of a place at any time of the day - Graham --- Some considerations on a late treatise intituled A new Set of logarithmic solar Tables, &c., intended for a more commodious method of finding the latitude at sea by two observations of the sun - Pemberton --- A new method of constructing sun-dials for any given latitude, without the assistance of dialling scales or logarithmic calculations - Ferguson LATITUDE OF PLACES. An account of the latitude of Constantinople and Rhodes - Greaves --- An account shewing that the latitude of Nurenburg has continued without sensible alteration for 200 years last past, as likewise the obliquity of the ecliptick, by comparing them with what was observed by B. Walther in 1487 - Wurtzelbaur --- An account of the eclipse of the moon observed at Moscua in Russia, April 5, 1688, compared with the same observed at Leipsick, whereby the longitude of the former is ascertained, together with the latitude of several principal places in the empire of Russia - Timmerman --- A new and exact table, collected from several observations taken in four voyages to Hudson's Bay from London, shewing the variation of the magnetical needle, or sea compass, in the path-way to the said bay, according to the several longitudes and latitudes from 1721 to 1725 - Middleton --- A new and exact table, collected from several observations taken from the year 1721 to 1729, in nine voyages to Hudson's Bay; in North America, shewing the variation of the compass, compass, according to the latitudes and longitudes, accounting the longitude from the meridian of London Observations of latitude and variation taken on board the Hartford, in her passage from Java Head to St. Helena, 1731-2 Observations made of the latitude, variation of the magnetic needle, and wea her, in a voyage from London to Hudson's Bay, 1735 Letter concerning a place in New York for measuring a degree of latitude The effects of cold, together with observations of the longitude, latitude, and declination of the magnetic needle at Prince of Wales Fort upon Churchill River in Hudson's Bay, North America A letter concerning the variation of the magnetic needle, with a set of tables annexed, which exhibit the result of upwards of fifty thousand observations in six periodic reviews from 1700 to 1756, and are adapted to every five degrees of latitude and longitude in the more frequented oceans Letter containing a short account of the measurement of three degrees of latitude under the meridian of Vienna Observations made on the islands of St. John and Cape Breton, to ascertain the longitude and latitude of those places, agreeable to the orders and instructions of the commissioners for trade and plantations Introduction to the following observations made by Ch. Mason and Jer. Dixon, for determining the length of a degree of latitude in the provinces of Maryland and Pennsylvania in North America Length of a degree of latitude in the province of Maryland and Pennsylvania, deduced from the observations of Messieurs Mason and Dixon A determination of the latitude of Stamford in Lincolnshire Astronomical observations made at Leicester for determining the latitude of that place The variation of the compass, containing 1719 observations to, in, and from, the East-Indies, Guinea, West Indies, and Mediterranean, with the latitudes and longitudes at the time of observation — Douglas The latitude of Madras in the East-Indies, deduced from observations — Stephens Two meteorological journals kept at Nain in 57 degree north latitude, and at Okak in 57 degrees 30 minutes north latitude, both on the coast of Labrador — De la Trobe Laudanum. An account of two sorts of Helmontian laudanum, together with the way of F. M Van Helmont preparing his laudanum — Boyle Laurel Water. A letter giving an account of two women being poisoned by the simple distilled water of laurel leaves; and of several experiments upon dogs, by which it appears that this laurel water is the most dangerous poison hitherto known — Madden Some experiments concerning the poisonous quality of the simple distilled water from the lauro-cerasus or common laurel, made upon dogs at Toppingo Hall, Essex; and others made before the Royal Society in their repository — Mortimer Letter on the poison of laurel water — Rutty Lay-Well. An extract of a letter, giving an account of an experiment made in the Bay of Biscay of sinking a bottle, close coked, under various depths of water, and of Lay-well, which ebbs and flows — Oliver Answer to several queries relating to Lay-Well — Oliver Layers. How to multiply crab-stocks, and propagate trees by layers — Tonge Leach. A description of the hirudinella marina, or Sea Leach — Garcin Lead. Of a peculiar lead ore in Germany, and the use thereof — Anon A further account of some rock plants growing in the lead mines of Mendip Hills — Beaumont Some experiments concerning the cohesion of Lead — Defaguliers LEA An account of the case of a man who died of the effects of the fire at Eddystone light-house by melted lead running down his throat Spry Huxham A short account of some specimens of native lead found in a mine of Monmouthshire Morry Chemical experiments and observations on lead-ore Richard Watson LEADEN COFFIN. Vide Antiquities LEARNING. Letter concerning the state of learning, and several particulars observed by him lately in Italy Silvestri LEATHER. Brief directions how to tan leather according to the new invention of the honourable Charles Howard of Norfolk, experimented and approved of by divers of the principal tanners using Leadenhall-Market Howard An improved method of tanning leather Macbride LEAVES. A way of colouring leaves, fruit, &c. Tonge Two observations, the one concerning the effects of a poisonous root, the other concerning the virtues of the leaves of hemlock Ray An account of the veins and arteries of leaves Nicholls An observation on the double fibres observable in the skeletons prepared from green leaves Hollman Conjectures on the use of double fibres in some leaves, &c. Hollman LEECH. Of the long continuance of one alive in the vacuum made in the pneumatical engine Boyle The anatomical history of the Leech Postgate LEG. An account of stitching the great tendon between the calf of the leg and heel, with its union and cure, after an entire division of it; with remarks Cowper A letter concerning a woman of 62 years of age, that lost her leg and greatest part of her thigh, by a gangrene Calpe An account of an extraordinary tumour in the knee of a person whose leg was taken off Peirce An account of a new-invented instrument for fractured legs — Sharp Legion. Letter concerning the Roman legion — Musgrave Legums. A way of making all sorts of plants, trees, fruits, and legums, grow to an extraordinary bigness — Anon Leibnitz. Letter of Dr. Wallis giving an account of some late passages between him and Mynheer Leibnitz of Hanover — Wallis Letter of Dr. Wallis to G. G. Leibnitz — Wallis A solution of the problem of G. G. Leibnitz, proposed to the English — Taylor Leicester. Astronomical observations made at Leicester for determining the latitude of that place — Ludlam L'emery. Observations on the class of sweet tastes, made by comparing the taste of sweet plants, with Mr. L'Emery's chymical analysis of them in his treatise of drugs — Floyer Lemon. Some hortular communications about the curious engrafting of oranges and lemons or citrons, upon one another's trees, and of one individual fruit half orange and half lemon growing on such trees, &c. — Anon Lens. A proposition relating to the combination of transparent lenes with reflecting planes — Hadley The figure of a machine for grinding lenses spherically, invented by Samuel Jenkins — Jenkins Leprosy. An abstract of a letter concerning the parts of brain of several animals, the chalk stones of the gout, the leprosy, and the scales of cells — Leeuwenhoek An account of a visitation of the leprous persons in the isle of Guadeloupe — Peyssonell Letters (Antiquities). Some remarks on the first part of Mr. L'Abbé Barthelemy's memoir on the Phoenician letters relative to a Phoenician inscription in the island of Malta — Swinton Farther remarks upon Mr. l'Abbé Barthelemy's memoir on the Phoenician letters, containing his reflections on certain Phoenician monuments, and the alphabet resulting from them — Swinton Letters (Natural History) An account of the Friesland boy boy with letters in his eye - Ellis Account of letters found in the middle of a beech tree - Klein LEVELS. A new contrivance for taking levels - Desaguliers A description of a water-level to be fixed to Davis's quadrant, whereby an observation may be taken at sea in thick and hazy weather without seeing the horizon - Leigh The description and use of an apparatus added as an improvement to Davis's quadrant, consisting of a mercurial level for taking the co-altitude of sun or star at sea without the usual assistance of the sensible horizon which frequently is obscured - Leigh LEVERS. An account of the advantages of a newly invented machine much varied in its effects, and very useful for determining the perfect proportion between different moveables acting by levers and wheel and pinion - Le Cef LEYDEN BOTTLE. An account of some new experiments in electricity, containing, 1. An enquiry whether vapour be a conductor of electricity. 2. Some experiments to ascertain the direction of the electric matter in the discharge of the Leyden bottle. 3. Experiments on the lateral explosion in the discharge of the Leyden bottle. 4. The description and use of a new prime conductor. 5. Miscellaneous experiments made principally in 1771 and 1772. 6. Experiments and observations on the electricity of fogs in pursuance of those made by Thomas Ronayne, Esq. with a plan of an electrical Journal, &c. - Henley LIBELLA. Letter concerning the insect called libella - Poupart Some observations on a sort of libella or ephemeron - Collinson Some observation on the dragon-fly, or libella of Pennsylvania - Bartram A further account of the libella or May-fly - Bartram LICHEN. An historical memoir concerning a genus of plants called Lichen by Micheli, Haller, and Linnæus, and comprehended by Dillenius under the terms usnea, coralloides, and lichenoides, tending principally to illustrate their several uses - W. Watson **Life.** An experiment of preserving animals alive by blowing through their lungs with bellows Hook An estimate of the degrees of the mortality of nations, drawn from curious tables of the births and funerals of the city of Breslaw, with an attempt to ascertain the price of annuities upon lives Halley A view of the relation between Dr. Halley's tables, and the notions of Mr. de Bussin for establishing a rule for the probable duration of the life of man Kerseboom A letter concerning the value of an annuity for life, &c. the probability of survivorthips Dodson A letter concerning the animal life of those Corallines that look like minute trees, and grow upon oysters, and fucus's, all around the sea-coast of this kingdom Ellis Observations on the expectations of lives, the increase of mankind, the influence of great towns on population, and particularly the state of London with respect to health, fulness, and number of inhabitants Price See *Annuities*, *Mortality*, *Population* **Light** (in general) An experiment to examine what figure and celerity of motion begetteth or encreaseth light and flame Beale Of the light produced by inflammation Fordyce New experiments concerning the relation between light and air in shining wood and fish Bayle Experiments of the luminous qualities of amber, diamonds, and gum-lac Wall Observations of luminous emanations from human bodies and from brutes; with some remarks on electricity Miles **Light, Meteors in the Air.** Part of a letter concerning a glade of light observed in the heavens March 28, 1706 Derham Account of several meteors or lights in the sky Halley An account of the late surprizing appearance of lights seen in the air on the 6th of March 1715-6, with an attempt to explain the principal phanomena thereof Halley Of the same seen on the ocean, near the coast of Spain, with an account of the return of the same sort of appearance on March 31, and April 1, and 2 - Hally An account of a luminous appearance in the air at Dublin, Jan. 12, 1719-20 - Percival An account of a luminous appearance in the sky seen at London, March 13, 1734-5 - Bevis An account of a luminous arch Feb. 16, 1749 - Cooper LIGHT (Electrical) An account of an experiment touching the production of a considerable light upon a slight attrition of the hands on a glass globe exhausted of its air; with other remarkable occurrences - Hauksbee An account of an experiment touching the production of light by the effluvia of one glass falling on another in motion - Hauksbee An account of some experiments touching the electricity and light producible on the attrition of several bodies - Hauksbee An account of an experiment touching the production of light within a globe glass, whose inward surface is lined with sealing wax, upon an attrition of its outside - Hauksbee An account of an experiment touching an attempt to produce light on the inside of a glass globe lined with melted flowers of sulphur, as in the experiments of sealing-wax and pitch - Hauksbee An account of an experiment concerning an endeavour to produce light through a metallic body, under the circumstances of a vacuum and attrition - Hauksbee Experiments and observations upon the light that is produced by communicating electrical attraction to animals or inanimate bodies, together with some of its most surprizing effects - Gray Observations of luminous emanations from human bodies and from brutes, with some remarks on electricity - Miles Part of a letter concerning the light caused by quicksilver shaken in a glass tube, proceeding from electricity - Trembley LIGHT (Optics) Of the means to illuminate an ob- | Trans. | Abridg. | |--------|---------| | I 68 | I 280 | | I 193 | | | I 202 | VI 3075 | | | — 128 | | VII 4059 | — 135 | | — 4087 | — 137 | | — 4091 | — 139 | | VII 5004 | — 197 | | — 5012 | — 141 | | — 5014 | — 142 | | — 5084 | — 144 | | VIII 6086 | — 156 | | — 6087 | — 158 | | — 6108 | — 157 | | — 6112 | — 158 | | X 217 | I 161 | | — 218 | | **LIG** ject in what proportion one pleaseth, and of the distances requisite to burn bodies by the sun A method by which a glass of a small plano-con- vex sphere may be made to refract the rays of light to a focus of a far greater distance than is usual Letter containing his new theory of light and colours Some experiments proposed in relation to Mr. Newton's theory of light, with observa- tions thereon by Letter of animadversions upon Mr. Newton's theory of light Answer A series of queries to be determined by ex- periments, positively and directly concluding his new theory of light and colours. Second letter to Mr. Newton's answer to his first letter Answer Answer to some considerations on his doctrine of light and colours Considerations upon Mr. Newton's doctrine of colours, as also upon the effects of the different refractions of the rays in telescopical glasses in a letter from Paris Answer further explaining his theory of light and colours, and particularly that of whiteness, together with his continued hopes of perfecting telescopes by reflection rather than refraction Letter concerning the number of colours, and the necessity of mixing them for the production of white, as also touching the cause why a picture cast by glasses into a darkened room appears so distinct notwithstanding its irregular refraction, being an immediate answer to that from Paris An answer by the same Parisian philosopher A letter animadverting upon Sir Isaac New- ton's theory of light and colours Answer A letter, being a reply to the letter printed vol. X. 219, by way of answer to the former letter of Mr. Linus concerning Newton's theory of light and colours - Linus Considerations on the reply, together with further directions how to make the experiments controverted aright - Newton Another letter relating to the same argument - Newton A particular answer to Mr. Linus's letter about an experiment relating to the new doctrine of light and colours - Newton Letter concerning Mr. Newton's experiments of the coloured spectrum, together with some exceptions against his theory of light and colours - Lucas Answer - Newton A demonstration concerning the motion of light - Romer Some queries concerning the nature of light and diaphanous bodies - Halle An account of some experiment of light and colours formerly made by Sir Isaac Newton, and mentioned in his opticks, lately repeated before the Royal Society - Deaguliers A plain and easy experiment to confirm Sir Isaac Newton's doctrine of the different refrangibility of the rays of light - Deaguliers Some experiments made in order to discover the height to which rockets may be made to ascend, and to what distance their light may be seen - Ellicott Discourse concerning the cause of the different refrangibility of the rays of light - Melvil A comparison between the notions of M. de Courtivron and Mr. Melvil concerning the difference of refrangibility of the rays of light - Clauau An account of some experiments concerning the different refrangibility of light - Dollma Dissertation on the aberration of light refracted at spherical superficies and lenses - Klingeystierne A letter containing a theorem of the aberration of the rays of light refracted through a lens; on account of the imperfection of the spherical figure - Maskelyn Rules and examples for limiting the cases in which the rays of refracted light may be reunited into a colourless pencil - Murdock Trans. Abridg. — 499 — 162 — 500 — 164 — 503 — 164 XI 556 — 163 — 692 — 165 — 698 — 168 XII 893 — 409 XVII 998 II 252 XXIX 433 IV 173 — 448 — 481 XLVI 578 X 202 XLVIII 261 — 776 L 733 LI 944 LII 17 LIII 173 Difficulties Difficulties in the Newtonian theory of light considered and removed - Horley A supplement concerning difficulties in the Newtonian theory of light - Horley Phases of the transit of Venus supposed to be retarded by the aberration of light - Winthrop On the effect of the aberration of light on the time of a transit of Venus over the sun - Price LIGHT (Phosphorus) Experiments on the production and propagation of the light from the phosphorus in vacuo - Hawkbe An easy method of making phosphorus that will imbibe and emit light like the Bolognian stone, with experiments and observations - Canton LIGHTNING. An account of a young man slain with thunder and lightning, Dec. 22, 1698 - Thoresby Two letters of the effects of lightning in Northamptonshire, July 3, 1725 - Woff An account of persons killed by lightning at Worcester - Beard An account of an extraordinary effect of lightning in communicating magnetism at Wakefield in Yorkshire - Dad A farther account of the above lightning - Cookson An extract of a letter concerning the crooked and angular parts of lightnings in thunder storms - Logan An account of a file rendered magnetic by lightning - Bremona Part of a letter concerning some extraordinary effects of lightning - Lord Petre An extract of an Italian treatise, written by Jof. Bianchini, upon the death of the Countess Cornelia Zangari and Bandi of Cesena; to which are subjoined accounts of the death of Jof. Hitchell, who was burned to death by lightning, and of Grace Pett at Ipswich, whose body was consumed to a coal - Rolla A letter concerning the effects of lightning in destroying the polarity of a mariner's compass; to which are subjoined some remarks thereon by Gowin Knight - Waiddell An account of the burning of the steeple of Danbury in Essex, Feb. 5, 1749-50 - Letbieullier Letter concerning the effects of lightning An account of the effects of lightning at South Molton in Devonshire Part of a letter in relation to the effects of lightning at Plymouth An account of the effects of lightning in the Danish church in Wellclose-square A letter concerning the effects of lightning at Dorking in Surrey An account of the effects of lightning upon the steeple and church of Lostwithiel in Cornwall, Jan. 25, 1757 An account of some extraordinary effects of lightning, July 16, 1759 Extract of a letter concerning a person struck by lightning at Duloe, June 26, 1756 Some suggestions concerning the preventing the mischiefs which happen to ships and their masts by lightning An account of the effects of lightning at South Weald, in Essex, June 18, 1764 Observation upon the effects of lightning, with an account of the apparatus proposed to prevent its mischiefs to buildings, more particular to powder magazines, being answers to questions proposed by M. Calandrini of Geneva An account of the effects of lightning on St. Bride's Church, Fleet-Street, June 18, 1764 Considerations to prevent lightning from doing mischief to great works, high buildings, and large magazines An account of the effects of lightning on three ships in the East Indies, Aug. 1, 1750 Proposal of a method for securing the cathedral of St. Paul's from damage by lightning; in consequence of a letter from the dean and chapter of St. Paul's to James West, Esq. Committee of the Royal Society An account of the appearance of lightning on a conductor fixed from the lee-mast of the mainmast mast of a ship down to the water - Winn An account of the death of a person destroyed by lightning in the chapel in Tottenham Court-Road, and its effects on the building, as observed by Messrs. Henley, Nairne, and Jones A report of the committee appointed by the Royal Society to consider of a method for securing the powder magazine at Purfleet from lightning Mr. Wilson's dissent to part of the above report Answer of the committee to the objections Observations upon lightning, and the method of securing buildings from its effects A letter to Sir John Pringle on pointed conductors Cavendish, Watson, Franklin, Robertson An account of the effects of lightning at Steeple Ashton and Holt, in the county of Wilts on the 20th of June, 1772 Experiments concerning the different efficacy of pointed and blunted rods, in securing buildings against the stroke of lightning An account of a storm of lightning observed on the 1st of March, 1774, near Wakefield in Yorkshire An account of the effects of lightning on a house, which was furnished with a pointed conductor, at Tenterden in Kent; to which are added some remarks by Mr. Henley An account of a very extraordinary effect of lightning on a bullock, at Swanborough, in the parish of Ilford, near Lewes in Sussex, in sundry letters from Lambert and Green Sundry papers relative to an accident from lightning at Purfleet, May 15, 1777 Report of the committee appointed by the Royal Society for examining the above Mr. Wilson's dissent from the above report Mr. Wilson's letter to the king Nov. 12, 1777 LIL New experiments and observations on the nature and use of conductors - Wilkin LXIX 160 Account of the effects of lightning on board the Atlas - Cooper 245 LILY. A letter with some microscopical observations on the Farina of the red lily - Needham XLII 634 VIII 816 LIMAX. Observations on the limax non cochlata purpur ferens, the naked snail producing purple - Peyssout L 585 LIMBS. Extract of a letter relating to the case of mortification of limbs in a family at Wattisham in Suffolk - Wollaston LII 523 526 Another account - Bones 529 Second account - Bones 584 Further account - Wollaston LIME. A letter concerning the relief he found in the stone in the use of Alicant soap and lime-water - Lucas XLIV 463 XI 1000 Two letters on the property of quick lime - Alston XLVII 265 Experiments of fish and flesh preserved in lime water - Hume XLVIII 163 An account of some trials to keep water and fish sweet with lime-water - Hailes 826 Observations on the lithontriptic virtue of lime-water - IVYTT L 386 LIME-TREES. An extract of a letter containing microscopical observations on lime-trees - Levenbock XVII 949 III 685 LIMPET FISH. An account of the patella, or limpet fish of Bermuda - Forbes L 859 LINCOLNSHIRE. An account of some observables in Lincolnshire, not taken notice of in Camden or any other author - Merrett XIX 343 II 353 A table of the wadles in Lincolnshire - Merrett 392 II 267 LINE. Three letters asserting the first invention and demonstration of the equality of the curve line of a paraboloid to a straight line, and next the finding a straight line, equa' to that of the cycloid, and of the parts thereof - Wallis, Brouncker, and Wren VII 6146 I 116 A new universal method of describing all curves of every order by the assistance only of angles and right lines - Maclaurin XXX 939 IV 57 A general method of describing curves, by the intersection of right lines, moving about point points in a given plane — Braikenridge Letter concerning two species of lines of the third order not mentioned by Sir Isaac Newton nor Mr. Sterling — Stone Extract of a letter containing a commodious disposition of equations for exhibiting the relations of goniometrical lines — Jones A discourse on the locus for three and four lines celebrated among the ancient geometers — Pemberton Linens Cloth. A new engine to make linen cloth without the help of an artificer — De Gennes Lips. Part of a letter concerning two deaf persons who can speak and understand one another by the motion of their lips — Waller Case of a young lady who drank sea-water for an inflammation and tumour in the upper lip — Lavington Liquor. An experiment of a way of preparing a liquor that shall sink into and colour the whole body of marble, causing a picture drawn on surface to appear also in the inmost parts of the stone — Kircher and Bid Of an excellent liquor made with cider, apples, and mulberries — Colepeper Liquors (Chemistry). The strange and secret changes of liquors examined — B. ai. Observations on several passages in the two last months Transactions relating to mixing and fermenting liquors in vacuo — Anon. An historical account of a strangely self-moving liquor — Boyl. An account of some experiments relating to the production of fire and flame, together with an account of an explosion made by the mixture of two liquors actually cold — Slare A way to make two clear spirituous inflammable liquors, which differ very little in taste and smell and being mixed together do give a fine carnation colour, without either sensible fermentation or alteration — Geoffrey Observations upon the dissolutions and fermentation which we may call cold, because they are accompanied with a coolness of the liquors into which they pass — Geoffrey An account of the great benefit of blowing showers of fresh air up through distilling liquors A dissertation of the evaporation and several phenomena of air, water, and boiling liquors LIQUORS (Medical) Account of the rise and attempts of a way to convey liquors immediately into the veins of blood Some experiments of injecting liquors into the veins of animals A confirmation of the experiments made by Sign. Fracassati in Italy, by injecting acid liquors into the blood Endeavours to prove that the lacteals frequently convey liquors that are not white An experiment made for the transmitting of a blue coloured liquor into the lacteals An account of a person vomiting blood by drinking excessive cold liquors in winter An observation of a white liquor resembling milk which appeared instead of serum, separated from the blood after it had stood some time An improvement on the practice of tapping, whereby that operation, instead of a relief for symptoms, becomes an absolute cure for ascites, exemplified in the case of Jane Roman A method of conveying liquors into the abdomen during the operation of tapping Some observations proving that the fetus is in part nourished by the liquor amnii LIQUORS (Natural History) The causes of mineral springs further enquired; and the strange and secret changes of liquors examined Account of an insect likely to yield an acid liquor LIQUOR (Natural Philosophy) Experiments about the degree of the heat of some boiling liquors LISBON. The longitude of Lisbon, and the Fort of New York, from Wanstead and London, determined by eclipses of the first satellite of Jupiter LIVER. Anatomical observation of an abscess in the liver; a great number of stones in the gall bag and bilious vessels; an unusual conformation | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | of the emulgents and pelvis; a strange conjunction of both kidneys, and a great dilatation of the vena cava | XII 1035 | II 81 | | A remarkable account of a liver appearing glandulous to the eye | XV 1266 | — 83 | | Letter concerning the worms in sheeps livers | XXII 509 | — 688 | | Part of a letter concerning worms observed in sheeps livers and pasture grounds | XXIV 1522 | V 2 266 | | Account of an extraordinary impostumation of the liver | XXXVII 184 | VII 506 | | An account of an extraordinary cystis, in the liver, full of water | XLIII 305 | XI 971 | | An account of a monstrous human foetus, having neither head, heart, lungs, stomach, spleen, pancreas, liver, nor kidneys | Le Cat. | LVII 1 | | Lizard. An advertisement necessary for all navigators bound up the channel of England on account of the Lizard and Scilly being laid down too far northerly, and the change of the variation of the compass | Anon | XXII 725 | I 585 | | Lizard Scaly. An account of a new species of the manis or scaly lizard, extracted from the German relations of the Danish Royal Missionaries in the East Indies of the year 1765, published at Hall, in Saxony | Hampe | LX 36 | | Load-Stone. Of a considerable load-stone digged out of the ground in Devonshire | Cotton | II 423 | | Observations concerning load-stones and sea compasses | Oldenburg | — 423 | — 601 | | A letter concerning the load-stone; where chiefly the suggestion of Gilbert, touching the circumvolution of a globous magnet, called Terrella; and the variation of the variation is examined | Petit | — 27 | — 607 | | An account of experiments concerning the proportional power of the load-stone at different distances | Hawkbee | XXVII 506 | IV 2 295 | | An account of a treatise entituled calculations and tables relating to the attractive virtue of load-stones by lord Paisley | Anon | XXXVI 245 | VI 2 304 | | An abstract of a letter concerning the making of magnets without a load-stone | Marcel | XXXVII 294 | — 270 | | Account of Dr. Knight's method of making artificial load-stones | Wilson | LXIX 51 | | See Magnet | | | LOAM. A letter concerning Windsor loam Hill XLIV 458 X 605 LOBE. An uncommon observation of a defect in the right lobe of the lungs Paiton LV 79 LOBOLLY BAY. The figure and characters of that elegant American evergreen called by the gardeners Loblolly Bay, taken from blossoms blown near London Ellis LX 518 LOBSTER. An account of an hermaphrodite lobster, examined and dissected pursuant to an order of the society Nicholl XXXVI 290 VII 421 LOCUS. A discourse on the locus for three and four lines celebrated among the ancient geometers Pemberton LIII 496 LOCUSTS. An account of locusts lately observed in Wales Floya XVIII 45 II 777 Another account Anon — 48 A narrative of the destruction of the canker-worms and locusts which destroyed the fields near Wirtemberg for several years Wardle XXXVIII 294 An account of the locusts which did vast damage in Walachia, Moldavia, and Transylvania, in the year 1747 and 1748; and of some swarms of them, which in the months of July and August 1749 came into Hungary and Poland XLVI 30 XI 840 An account of a singular species of locust Fellor LIV 53 Observations on the cicada or locust of North America Collinson — 65 LOC. An account of a new machine, called the marine surveyor, contrived for the mensuration of the way of a ship at sea, more certainly than by the log, or any other method hitherto used for that purpose, together with several testimonials setting forth the usefulness of this invention Saumarez XXXIII 411 VII 444 A further account of a new machine called the marine surveyor, designed for the mensuration of the way of a ship at sea, more certainly, than by the log at present in use, or any other method hitherto invented for that purpose Saumarez XXXVI 45 VI 456 LOGARITHM. Account of the logarithmotechnia of Mercator Wallis III 759 Illustration of the same Mercator — 759 A compendious and facile method for constructing the logarithms, exemplified and demonstrated from the nature of numbers, N n 2 without without any regard to the hyperbola, with a speedy method for finding the number from the logarithm given An easy demonstration of the analogy of the logarithmic tangents to the meridian line, or sum of the secants, with various methods for computing the same to the utmost exactness The quadrature of the logarithmic curve Logarithmotechnia generalis Logometria A new method for making logarithms, and finding the number corresponding to a logarithm given, with tables Letter containing an explanation of the late Dr. Halley's demonstration of the analogy of the logarithmic tangents to the meridian line or sum of the secants The construction of the logarithmic lines on the Gunter's scale Letter about logarithms Some considerations on a late treatise, intituled, A new set of Logarithmic Solar Tables, &c. intended for a more commodious method of finding the latitude at sea by two observations of the sun Observations on an infinite series said to express the value of the sum of the logarithms of the natural numbers from unity to any number A new method of constructing sun-dials for any given latitude, without the assistance of dialling scales or logarithmic calculations On the nature and construction of logarithms Theorems for computing logarithms Loins. An account of a supernatural tumour on the loins of an infant, attended with a cloven spine London. An extract of two essays in political arithmetic, concerning the comparative magnitude of London and Paris A further assertion of the proposition, and vindication from the objection of some learned persons of the French Nation Some reflections on Mr. de Lisle's comparison of the magnitude of Paris with London, and several cities, printed in the memoirs of the academy of sciences at Paris in 1725 Daval XXXV 432 VI 426 A letter concerning the number of inhabitants within the London bills of mortality Brakenridge XLVIII 788 Observations on the expectations of lives, the increase of mankind, the influence of great cities on population, and particularly the state of London with the respect to healthfulness and the number of its inhabitants Price LIX 89 A comparison of the heat of London and Edinburgh Roebuck LXV 459 London Bridge. Problems concerning the fall of water under Bridges, applied to the falls under London and Westminster Bridges Robertson L 492 Longevity. An account of the longevity of the inhabitants of the Bermudas Stafford III 792 III 561 An anatomical account concerning Thomas Parre, who died in London aged 152 years and nine months Harvey — 886 — 306 A letter concerning a way for the prolongation of human life De Martel V 1179 — 309 Account of some very aged persons in the North of England Lister XIV 597 — 304 Account of Henry Jenkins, a Yorkshire man, who attained the age of 169 years, with remarks Robinson XIX 266 — 307 Note confirming the great age of Henry Jenkins Hill — 543 — 367 An account of examples of long life Degg XXXV 363 VI 429 Longitude (Attempts for the discovery of) A narrative concerning the success of pendulum-watches at sea for discovering the longitude Holmes I 13 I 555 Instructions concerning the use of pendulum-watches for finding the longitude at sea, together with a method of a journal for such watches Huygens IV 937 — 547 An instrument for seeing the sun, moon, or stars pass the meridian of any place. Useful for setting watches in all parts of the world with the greatest exactness, to correct sundials, and to assist in the discovery of the longitudes of places Derham XXIV 1578 IV 464 A new and exact table collected from sever- observations taken in four voyages to Hudson's Bay from London; shewing the variation of the magnetic needle or sea-compass, in the path way to the said Bay, according to the several latitudes and longitudes from 1721 to 1725. Middleton A method for determining the geographical longitude of places, from the appearance of the common meteors, called falling stars Lynn A proposal of a method for finding the longitude at sea, within a degree or twenty leagues; with an account of the progress made therein, by a continued series of accurate observations of the moon Halley A letter concerning the variation of the magnetic needle, with a set of tables annexed, which exhibit the result of upwards of fifty thousand observations, in six periodic reviews from 1700 to 1756, and are adapted to every five degrees of latitude and longitude in the more frequented oceans Mountain and Dodson Letter giving an account of observations at sea for finding out the longitude by the moon Horstley Proposal of a method for measuring degrees of longitude upon parallels of the equator Mitchell A letter containing an essay of a new method of determining the longitude of places from observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites Wargentin Longitude of Places. An account of an eclipse of the moon observed at Moctua in Russia, April 5, 1688, compared with the same observed at Lipstick, whereby the longitude of the former is ascertained, together with the latitude of several principal places in the empire of Russia Timmerman An account of some eclipses of the sun and moon observed by Thomas Brattle at Cambridge, four miles from Bolton in New England, whence the difference of the longitude between Cambridge and London is determined from the observation of one of them made at London Hodgson Concerning the true longitude of the Magellan Straights Halley An observation of the end of the total lunar eclipse, March 5, 1718, observed near the Cape of Good Hope, serving to determine the longitude thereof, with remarks thereon. The longitude of Buenos Ayres, determined from an observation made there by Pere Feuillée. The longitude of Fort-Royal in Jamaica, determined by the eclipse of the moon, June 18, 1722. And of Carthagena in America. The difference of the meridians of Lisbon, Paris, and London. The longitude of Lisbon, and the fort of New-York, from Wansted and London, determined by eclipses of the first satellite of Jupiter. A new and exact table, collected from several observations taken from the year 1721 to 1729, in nine voyages to Hudson's Bay, in North-America, shewing the variation of the compass according to latitudes and longitudes, accounting the longitude from the meridian of London. Observations on the longitude, latitude, and declination of the magnetic needle, and the effects of cold at Prince of Wales's Fort, upon Churchill-River in Hudson's Bay, North-America. A letter containing the results of observations of the distance of the moon from the sun and fixed stars, made in a voyage from England to the island of St. Helena, in order to determine the longitude of the ship from time to time; together with the whole process of computation used on this occasion. Proposals to determine the exact difference of longitude betwixt London, Paris, and Greenwich by occultations of fixed stars by the moon. The difference of longitude between the royal observatories of Greenwich and Paris, determined by the observations of the transits of Mercury over the sun in 1723, 1736, 1743, and 1753. Observations made on the islands of St. John and Cape-Breton, to ascertain the longitude and latitude of those places - Holland Astronomical observations for ascertaining the longitude of several places in North-America - Holland Observations of eclipses of Jupiter's first satellite at Greenwich, compared with the observations of the same made by Samuel Holland, Esq. in North-America, and the longitudes of the places thence deduced - Maskelyne Immersions and emersions of Jupiter's first satellite, observed at Jupiter's inlet in the island of Anticosti in North-America, and the longitude of the place deduced from comparison, with observations made at the royal observatory at Greenwich by the Astronomer Royal Wright and Maskelyne The variation of the compass, containing 1719 observations to, in, and from, the East-Indies, Guinea, West-Indies, and Mediterranean, with the latitudes and longitudes at the time of observation - Douglas A letter concerning the difference of longitude of the royal observatories at Paris and Greenwich, resulting from the eclipses of Jupiter's first satellite, observed during the last ten years: to which is added a comparative table of the corresponding observations of the first satellite made in the principal observatories - Wargentin Track of his majesty's armed brig Lion from England to Davis's Straights and Labrador, with observations for determining the longitude by sun and moon and error of common reckoning; also the variation of the compass and dip of the needle, as observed during the said voyage in 1776 - Pickersgill of Cork, deduced from astronomical observations - Longfield See Compass Looseness. Of the use of the root ipecacuanha for loosenesses, translated from a French paper with notes by H. Sharpe Lotteries. An arithmetical paradox concerning the chances of lotteries - Roberts Loughs. Of the bogs and loughs of Ireland - King Lough Neagh. A letter concerning the petrefac- tions of Lough Neagh in Ireland: to which is annexed a letter from the right reverend doctor George Berkley, lord bishop of Cloyne, to Thomas Prior, Esq. **LOWDELL.** The case of Grace Lowdell, aged about sixty, who had an extraordinary tumour on her thigh **LUMBAGO.** The history of a convulsive rheumatic lumbago **LUMBRICUS HYDROPICUS,** or an essay to prove that the hydatides, often met with in morbid animal bodies, are a species of worms or imperfect animals — **Latus,** or a discourse on the jointed worm — **Teres,** or some anatomical observations on the round worm bred in human bodies **LUMINOUS APPEARANCES IN THE AIR.** Vide *Lights* (Astronomical) **LUMINOUS EMANATIONS.** Vide *Lights* (Natural History) **LUNATIONS.** Short and easy methods for finding the quantity of time contained in any given number of mean lunations, and the number of mean lunations in any given quantity of time **LUNGS.** An experiment of preserving animals alive by blowing through their lungs with bellows Some anatomical observations about the structure of the lungs of frogs, tortoises, &c., and perfecter animals, as also on the texture of the spleen, &c. — Letter concerning the structure of the lungs — An account of some animals, that having lungs are yet without the arterious vein; together with some other curious particulars — An account of an experiment of the injection of Mercury into the blood, and its ill effects on the lungs — Observations about the polypus of the lungs with Dr. Lister's opinion — Letter concerning a substance coughed up resembling... LUN LUS — A letter concerning the cure of an apostemation of the lungs — Wright — An answer — Cowper — Observations on a treatise of M. Hevelius, designed to prove that the lungs do not divide and expand the blood, but on the contrary cool and condense it — Nicholas — A case wherein part of the lungs were coughed up — Watson — Case of a lad shot through the lungs drawn up by N. Peters — Hallett — Observations on a case published in the last volume of the Medical Essays, &c. of recovering a man dead in appearance by distending the lungs with air — Fothergill — Cases of the remarkable effects of blisters in lessening the quickness of the pulse in coughs attended with an infarction of the lungs and a fever — Whytt — Case of an extraneous body forced into the lungs — Martin — An uncommon anatomical observation of a defect in the right lobe of the lungs — Paitoni — An account of a monstrous human foetus, having neither head, heart, lungs, stomach, spleen pancreas, liver, nor kidney — Le Cat Luni-Solar Tables. Emendations and notes upon the antient astronomical observations of Albatenius, with the restoration of his luni-solar tables — Halley Lunula. Letter concerning the quadrature of the parts of the lunula of Hippocrates Chius, performed by Mr. John Perks; with the further improvements of the same by Dr. David Gregory and John Caswell — Wallis — The dimensions of the solids generated by the conversion of Hippocrates's lunula, and of its parts about several axes, with the surfaces generated by that conversion — De Moivre Lupi-Crepitus. Extract of a letter concerning some remarkable experiments made upon the arteries of horties, with the powder of lycoperdon, or lupi-crepitus, by Monsieur La Fosse — Latterman Lusus Naturae. A remarkable conformation, or LUX latus naturae in a child - Warwick Luxation. An account of a complete luxation of a thigh-bone, in an adult person, by external violence - White An account of a case of a luxated thigh-bone reduced - Young LYCOPERDON. Extract of a letter concerning some remarkable experiments made upon the arteries of horses, with the powder of lycoperdon, or lupi-crep tus, by Monsieur La Fosse A letter concerning the use of lycoperdon, in stopping blood after amputation - Porfusus Lymne. An uncommon sinking of the ground at Lymne in Kent - Anon. LYMPHATIC VESSELS. Letters touching the true use of the lymphatic vessels, &c. De Bill. Observations on the origin and use of the lymphatic vessels of animals, being an extract from the Gulstonian lecture - Akenside An account of the lymphatic system in birds - Hewson An account of the lymphatic system in amphibious animals - Hewson An account of the lymphatic system in fish - Hewson A description of the lymphatics of the urethra and neck of the bladder - Henry Watson On the degrees of heat which coagulates the limph and serum of the blood, with an enquiry into the causes of the inflamming crust, or size as it is called - Hewson LYNCURIUM. Some observations concerning the lyncurium of the ancients - W. Watson Lynus. Account of Fr. Lynus's dials at Liege Ellis Lyre. Some thoughts concerning the ancient Greek and Roman lyre, and an explanation of an obscure passage in one of Horace's odes - Molyneux LYR Transl. XLII 152 LI 676 — 846 XLIX 37 — 38 XXXV 551 III 791 L 322 LVIII 217 LIX 198 — 204 — 392 LX 384 LI 394 XXIII 1416 — 1267 Albridg. IX 316 VI 2 203 III 262 — M. **Machines (Chirurgical).** The description and draught of a machine for reducing fractures of the thigh - Description of a machine for dressing and curving unwieldy patients An account of the extraction of three inches and ten lines of the bone of the upper arm, which was followed by a regeneration of the bony matter; with a description of a machine made use of to keep the upper and the lower pieces of the bone at their proper distances during the time that the regeneration was taking place; and which may also be of service in fractures happening near the head of that bone **Machines (Mechanical).** An account of a catadioptrick telescope, made by John Hadley, Esq., with the description of a machine contrived for applying it to use An account of a new machine called the marine surveyor, intended for the mensuration of the way of a ship in the sea, more correctly than by the log, or any other method hitherto used for that purpose, together with several testimonials setting forth the usefulness of this invention Account of a machine to represent eclipses of the earth A scheme of a diary of the weather, together with draughts and descriptions of machines subservient thereto A description of a machine to blow fire by the fall of water A machine for sounding the sea at any depth, or in any part, invented by Mr. William Cock in the year 1738, in a voyage to Georgia Account of a machine to write down extempore voluntaries, or other pieces of music An account of a machine for killing whales | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | XLI 562 | IX 254 | | XLII 364 | — 272 | | LVI 270 | XXXII 303 | | XXXVI 45 | VI 456 | | XLI 781 | VIII 157 | | XLIII 1 | XI 1226 | | — 315 | X 205 | | XLIV 146 | — 261 | | — 445 | — 265 | | XLVII 429 | Some | Some experiments upon a machine for measuring the way of a ship at sea - Smeaton An experimental enquiry concerning the natural powers of water and wind to turn mills and other machines depending on a circular motion - Smeaton Directions for making a machine for finding the roots of equations universally, and the means of using it - Rowning An account of the magnetical machine contrived by Dr. Knight - Fothergill Of the degrees and quantities of winds necessary to move the heavier kinds of wind-machines - Steedman Account of advantages of a newly-invented machine much varied in its effects, and very useful for determining the perfect proportion between different moveables acting by levers and wheel and pinion - Le Cerf Mackenboy. Letter concerning the effects of Mackenboy, or Tithimalus Hibernicus - Ahe Macreuse. Some observations on the French Macreuse - Robinson A letter concerning the French macreuse - Ray Madder Roots. Observations and experiments with madder root, which has the faculty of tinging the bones of living animals of a red colour - Du Monceau See Bones Madeira. Of the increase and mortality of the inhabitants of the island of Madeira - Madness. An account of the diseases of dogs, and several receipts for the cure of their madness, and of those bitten by them, extracted from the papers of Sir T. Mayerne by Sir Theodore de Vaux - Mayerne A letter touching the efficacy of camphire in maniacal disorders - Kinneir See Dog, Hydrophobia Madras. The method of making the best mortar at Madras in the East-Indies - Pyke Magellan. Some remarks on the variations of the magnetical compass published in the memoirs of the academy of sciences, with regard to the general chart of those variations made by E. Halley, as also concerning of longitude of Magellan Straights - Halley Magnet. Accounts of a considerable load-stone dugged out of the ground in Devonshire Cotton — Observations about load-stones and sea-compasses Oldenburg — Answer to some magnetical enquiries Sellers — A letter about the load-stone; where chiefly the suggestion of Gilbert touching the circumvolution of a globous magnet, called terralla, and the variation of the variation is examined Petit — A retraction of the seventh and last paragraph of Mr. W. Molyneux's letter, v. XIV. p. 552, concerning lough-neagh stone, and its non-application to the magnet upon calcination Molyneux — A paper about magnetism, or concerning the changing and fixing the polarity of a piece of iron J. C. — An account of experiments concerning the proportion of the power of the load-stone at different distances Hautsbe — An account of some magnetical observations made in the months of May, June, and July, 1732, in the Atlantic and western ocean; as also the description of a water-spout Harris — An account of an experiment in order to discover the law of magnetical attraction Taylor, Hauksbee — A meteorological, barometrical, thermometrical, epidemical, and magnetical diary kept at Utrecht, 1729 Van Musschenbroek — An observation of the magnetic-needle being so affected by great cold that it could not traverse Middleton — Abstract of a letter on giving magnetism and polarity to brass Arden Magnet (Artificial) A letter concerning the magnetic quality acquired by iron, upon standing for a long time in the same posture Leuenhoek — An abstract of a letter concerning the making of magnets without a load-stone Marcelli — Account of a file rendered magnetical by lightning Bremond — A method of making artificial magnets without the use of natural ones An account of the magnetical machine, contrived by the late Dr. Gowin, Knight Account of Dr. Knight's method of making artificial load-stones Magnet. (Declination of the) A letter concerning the present declination of the magnetic needle and the tides An observation concerning the declination of the needle made at Rome about the beginning of 1670 Letter concerning some supposed alteration of the meridian line, which may affect the declination of the magnetic needle and the pole's elevation Observations on the dipping needle made at London 1723 Observations of the declination of the magnetic needle, the effects of cold, longitude and latitude made at Prince of Wales's Fort, upon Churchill-River in Hudson's Bay, North-America Experiments on two dipping needles which were made agreeable to a plan of the reverend Mr. Michell Description of a new dipping needle Experiments made on the dipping needle by desire of the Royal Society 1715 An account of observations on the dipping needle, made at Albany Fort, in Hudson's Bay Magnets (Experiments with) An account of some magnetical experiments A narrative of the strange effects of thunder upon a magnetic card Several observations of the respect of the needle to a piece of iron held perpendicular, made by the master of a ship crossing the equinoctial line 1684 Letter concerning a new sort of a magnetical compass, with several curious magnetical experiments Part of a letter giving an account of several mag- | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Concerning the magnetism of drills | XIX | III | | An account of some magnetical experiments and observations | XXIV | IV | | Farther observations and remarks | | | | An extract of a letter giving an account of some experiments relating to magnetism | XXXI | VI | | A letter on the strength of magnets | XXXIII | | | An account of a treatise entitled "Calculations and tables relating to the attractive virtue of load-stones" | XXXVI | | | Magnetical observations and experiments | XXXVI | | | An abstract of a letter concerning experiments made on the Indian magnetick land | XXXVIII| VIII | | An account of an extraordinary effect of lightning in communicating magnetism, at Wakefield in Yorkshire | XXXIX | | | A farther account of the above lightning | | | | Extract from the journal books of the Royal Society concerning magnets having more poles than two | XL | | | An account of some magnetical experiments made before the Royal Society, June 24, 1736 and April 24, 1737 | Deaguliers | | | An account of some magnetical experiments shewed before the Royal Society Nov. 15, 1744 | Knight | | | A letter concerning the poles of Magnets being variously placed | Knight | | | A collection of magnetical experiments in the years 1746 and 1747 | Knight | | | Some new method of suspending magnetical needles | Ingen-Housz | | | Magnets. (Variation) The variation of the magnetic needle predicted for many years following Oldenburg | III | II | | Observation on the variation of the magnet at Dantick in 1670 | Hevelius | V | | Undertakings concerning the variation of the variation | | | variation of the magnetical compass, and the inclination of the inclinatory needle; as the result and conclusion of 38 years magnetical study. A theory of the variation of the magnetical compass. Account of the variation of the needle at Cabo Cors Castle, on the coast of Guiney Heathcote. Repetition of the observations on the variation of the magnetic needle made at Norimberg some years past, in the present year 1685 Volckamer, Wurtelbaur, and Eimmert. An account of the cause of the change of the variation of the magnetical needle, with an hypothesis of the structure of the internal parts of the earth Hally. A demonstration of an error committed by common surveyors in comparing of surveys taken at long intervals of time, arising from the variation of the magnetic needle Molyneux. Observations on the thermometer and magnetic needle in his voyage to the Cape of Good Hope 1700 Cunningham. Letter concerning captain Edmund Halley's map of magnetic variations, and some other things relating to the magnet Wallis. Observations upon the variation of the needle made in the Baltick in 1720 Sanderson. The variation of the magnetical compass observed in a passage from Cape St. Lucar in California to the isle of Guam or Guana, one of the Ladrones, with some remarks thereon Roger. Observation of the variation on board the Royal African Pacquet in 1721 in the Ethiopic Ocean Cornwall. An account of observations made of the variation of the horizontal needle at London, in the latter part of the year 1722, and beginning of the year 1723 Graham. An account of an unusual agitation in the magnetical needle, observed to last some time in a voyage from Maryland Hoxton. Observations of the variations of the needle and weather, made in a voyage to Hudson's Bay in 1731 Middleton. Observations of the latitude, variation of the magnetic needle, and weather, made in a voyage from London to Hudson's Bay, 1735 The variation of the magnetic needle as observed in three voyages from London to Maryland Some observations made during the last three years of the quantity of the variation of the magnetic horizontal needle to the westward Letter concerning the variation of the magnetic needle An attempt to point out, in a concise manner, the advantages which will accrue from a periodic review of the variation of the magnetic needle throughout the known world, addressed to the Royal Society by William Mountaine and James Dodson, and requesting their contribution thereto, by communicating such observations concerning it as they have lately made and can procure from their correspondents in foreign parts A letter concerning the variation of the magnetic needle, with a set of tables annexed, which exhibit the result of upwards of fifty thousand observations in six periodic reviews from 1700 to 1756; and are adapted to every five degrees of latitude and longitude in the more frequented oceans An attempt to account for the regular diurnal variation of the horizontal magnetic needle; and also for its irregular variation at the time of an aurora borealis A letter containing some observations on the variation of the magnetic needle, made on board the Montagu man of war in 1760, 1761, 1762 The variation of the compass; containing 1719 observations to, in, and from, the East Indies, Guinea, West-Indies, and Mediterranean, with the latitudes and longitudes at the time of observation Track of his majesty's armed brig Lion from England to Davis's Straights and Labrador, brador, with observations for determining the longitude by sun and moon, and error of common reckoning; also the variation of the compass and dip of the needle as observed during the said voyage in 1776. See Compass, Loadstone MAGNETICAL SAND. Letter concerning magnetical sand. Butte's XX 336 II 577 MAGNITUDE. Experiments concerning the time required in the descent of different bodies of different magnitudes and weights in common air from a certain height. Hawkbe XXVII 296 IV 2 182 The general mathematical laws which regulate and extend proportion universally, or a method of comparing magnitudes of any kind together, in all the possible degrees of increase and decrease. Glenie LXVII 450 MAIZE. The description, culture, and use of maize. Winthorp XII 1065 II 630 The extract of a letter concerning the improvements to be made by maize; with a note on the same by John Ray. Bulkley XVII 938 — 634 An account of the maize or Indian corn. Cooke LXI 205 X 752 MALACCA. A letter containing a technical description of an uncommon bird from Malacca. Badenach LXII 1 MALHOLM TARN. A description of a large lake called Malholm Tarn, near Skipton, in Craven, Yorkshire. Fuller XLI 612 VIII 641 MALLEUS. An account of the case of a boy who had the Malleus of each ear, and one of the incus drop out. Morant LII 264 MALLOW. A letter concerning the wonderful increase of the seed of plants, e.g. of the upright mallow. Hobson XLII 32 c VII 824 MALM. A letter concerning certain chalky tubulous concretions, called malm. Needham — 634 — 732 MALPIGH. Extract of a letter giving an account of Mr. Malpighi, the circumstances of his death, and what was found remarkable at the opening of his body. Lanis XIX 467 III 31 MALT. An account of the manner of making malt in Scotland. Moray XII 1069 II 627 MALTA. Some remarks on the first part of Mr L'Abbé Barthélemy's memoirs on the Phoenician letters relative to the inscription in the island of Malta. Swinton PP 2 LIV 119 MALTA, | MALTA. See inscription | Trans. | Abridg. | |------------------------|--------|---------| | MALTON. See inscription | | | | MALVERN HOLY WELL. An essay on the waters of the Holy Well at Malvern, Worcestershire | XLIX 459 | | | —— —— A letter concerning the good effects of Malvern Waters in Worcestershire | L 23 | | | MAMMOTH. Observations, and a description of some Mammoth bones dug up in Siberia, proving them to have belonged to elephants | Breyn | XL 124 | IX 87 | | MAN. An account of a man of a strange imitating nature | Gasien | XII 842 | III 8 | | —— The anatomy of a decrepid old man of 109 years | Scheuchzer | XXXII 313 | VII 689 | | —— Letter concerning a man who lived eighteen years on water | Campbell | XLII 240 | IX 238 | | —— Extract of a letter concerning two men of an extraordinary bulk and weight | Knowlton | XLIV 100 | XI 1245 | | —— An essay towards ascertaining the specific gravity of living men | Robertson | L 30 | | | —— See Annuities, Mortality, Population | | | | MANCHENILLE APPLE. Singular observations upon the Manchenille apple | Peysson | L 772 | | | MANCHESTER. See Population | | | | MANDEVILLE, Sir John. Account of Sir John Mandeville's tomb at Leige | Ellis | XXIII 1416 | V 2 134 | | MANGE. An experiment of bleeding a mangy into a sound dog | Coxe | II 451 | III 229 | | MANGOSTANS. The settling of a new genus of plants called after the Malayans Mangostans | Garcin | XXXVIII 232 | VIII 755 | | MANILLA. Extract of a letter describing the island of Manilla | Pye | XLIX 458 | | | MANIS. See Lizard | | | | MANNA. Observations on the manna Perficum | Fothergill | XLIII 86 | IX 1299 | | —— With additions in the Abridgment | | IX 1299 | | —— Letter concerning the method of gathering of manna near Naples | More | XLVI 470 | | | —— Some account of the manna tree | Cirillo | LX 233 | X 776 | | MANNERS. Extracts of some letters on the customs, manners, and language of the Northern Indians of America | Johnson | LXIII 142 | | | MANTLE TREE. An account of an antient mantle tree in Northamptonshire, on which the date of it (for the year 1133) is expressed by the numeral | | | numeral figures, which shews the great antiquity of those figures in England. **Manufacture.** An account of a balance of a new construction, supposed to be of use in the woollen manufacture. An account of the discovery of the manner of making glass in Russia, with a particular description of its manufacture in England, from the produce of British fisheries. **Manure.** Part of a letter concerning the manuring of land in Devonshire with sea sand. A letter concerning the manuring of land with fossil shells. **Manuscripts.** An account of Kepler's manuscripts. A letter concerning some Indian manuscripts, lately sent to the university of Oxford. Extract of a letter concerning Seignior Redi's manuscripts. Letter judging of the age of MSS., the style of learned authors, painters, musicians, &c. A letter giving an account of what manuscripts were left by Mr. John Ray. Remarks on a vellum manuscript. Account of the method of preserving the manuscripts found at Herculaneum. **Maps.** An advertisement of a way of making more lively counterfeits of nature in wax, than are extant in painting; and of a new kind of maps in low relief; both practised in France. An ingenious proposal for a new sort of maps of countries, together with tables of sands and clays, such chiefly as are found in the north parts of England. An account of a large and curious map of the great Tartary. A letter containing a geographical description and map of the kingdom of Tunis, with a postscript relating to the cure of intermittent fevers, in those parts. The construction and use of spherical maps, or such as are delineated upon portions of a spherical surface. Of the best form of geographical maps. | Transl. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | XIII 399 | I 107 | | LV 205 | | | LXIII 1 | | | XXVI 142 | IV 2 301 | | XLIII 191 | X 796 | | IX 27 | | | XX 421 | II 397 | | XXI 42 | — 789 | | XXIV 1993 | V 2 1 | | XXV 2282 | V 184 | | XXVII 459 | | | XLIV 622 | | | I 99 | I 93 | | XIV 739 | II 450 | | XVII 499 | | | XXXVI 177 | VI 423 | | XXXIX 204 | VIII 354 | | L 553 | — A | A short dissertation on maps and charts Some account of a new map of the river Volga MARBLE. An experiment of a way of preparing a liquor that shall sink into and colour the whole body of marble, causing a picture, drawn on a surface, to appear also in the inmost parts of the stone A suggestion for retrieving the art of hardening and tempering steel for cutting porphyre and other hard marbles Method of colouring marbles An extract of a letter concerning a quarry of marble in the county of Farnanagh in Ireland Experiments on several pieces of marble stained by Robert Chambers A dissertation on the manner of producing white marble MARINE INSECT. An account of a remarkable marine insect MARINE PRODUCTION. An account of a remarkable marine production MARINERS BOW. An account of Thomas Godfrey's improvement of Davis's quadrant transferred to the mariners bow MARLE. Experiments upon the different kinds of Marle found in Staffordshire MARS. Observations of the planet Mars made at London in February and March, 1665-6 Observations made in Italy, confirming the former and withal fixing the period of the revolution of Mars An observation of the planet Mars Observations on Mars in the autumn of 1736 made at Berlin (Occultations of) An occultation of Mars, and certain fixed stars, observed at Dantzig, September 1, 1676 An observation of Mars covered by the Moon, Aug. 21, at Greenwich Observations of the occultation of Mars by the moon, October 7, 1736, Fleet-street MAR Covent-garden - Bevis (Conjunctions of) A short account of three great conjunctions of Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, at Dantzick, in 1682 and 1683 Hevelius (Parallax of) Comparison of observations made relating to the parallax of Mars at the Cape of Good Hope, by Mr. De La Caille, and at Greenwich by Dr. Bradley De L'Isle Marshes. On the noxious quality of putrid marshes Priestley Farther Proofs of the insalubrity of marshy situations Price Marsupiale Americanum seu Carigueyx, the anatomy of an Opossum Tyson Martin. Account of the house martin, or Martlet White Of the house and Sand-Martin Of the torpidity of swallows and martins Cornish Account of the free martin Hunter Marygold. A letter concerning a zoophyton somewhat resembling the flower of the marygold Hughes Maryland. Remarks on some animals, plants, &c. sent from Maryland Petiver Letter concerning several observables in Maryland Jones Mathematics. A letter concerning some mistakes, to be found in a book intitled, "Specimina Mathematica F. du Laurens," especially touching a certain problem affirmed to have been proposed by Dr. Wallis, to the mathematicians of all Europe, to solve it Wallis Animadversions on a printed paper intitled, responsio F. du Laurens ad epift. D. Wallisi ad Oldenburgium Wallis Second letter on the same paper Wallis Continuation of the second letter Wallis An answer to four papers of Mr. Hobbs, lately published Wallis Answer to the book intitled Lux Mathematica Wallis A description of a mathematic historical table Mangala MAT Trans. XL 101 XIII 325 XLVIII 512 LXIV 90 LXIV 96 XX 105 LXIV 196 LXV 258 — 343 LXIX 279 XLII 590 XX 393 XXI 436 III 654 — 744 — 775 — 825 VI 2241 VII 5067 XI 667 Abridg. I 357 MATHEMATICS A paper asserting some mathematical inventions to their true authors Gregory A solution of two mathematical problems proposed by John Bernouilli Anon. Letter of Dr. Wallis, giving an account of some late passages between him and Myn Heer Leibnitz of Hanover Wallis Some easy methods for the measuring of curved-lined figures, plain and solid Wallis A solution of the problem proposed in the French Diary, Feb. 1403, by John Bernouilli Craig A general solution of a mathematical problem formerly proposed to the English in the Acta Lipiensia Anon. Extracts from Mr. Gascoigne's and Mr. Craibrie's letters, proving Mr. Gascoigne to have been the inventor of the telescopick sights of mathematical instruments, and not the French Derham A solution of the problem of G.G. Leibnitz, lately proposed to the English Taylor Problem solved by Waring Two theorems Waring A demonstration of two theorems mentioned in Article XXV. of the Philosophical Transactions for the year 1775 Hutton The general mathematical laws which regulate and extend proportion universally; or a method of comparing magnitudes of any kind together, in all the possible degrees of increase and decrease Glenie MATLOCK. Account of the petrefactions near Matlock Baths in Derbyshire, with conjectures concerning petrefactions in general Gilks Experiments and observations on the waters of Buxton and Matlock in Derbyshire Percival A description of a petrified stratum formed from the waters of Matlock in Derbyshire Dobson MATTER. Some theorems respecting the infinite divisibility of matter Keil An account of an experiment to shew by a new proof, that bodies of the same bulk do not contain equal quantities of matter, and, that therefore there is an interspersed vacuum Desaguliers | Title | Author | Volume | Page | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------|------| | Queries concerning the cause of cohesion of the parts of matter | Triewald | XXXVI | 39 | | (Physic) Case of a large quantity of matter or water contained in cystes or bags adhering to the peritoneum, and not communicating with the cavity of the abdomen | Graham | XLI | 708 | | MATRIX. An account of a woman who had a double matrix | Vassall | IV | 969 | | MATY. A short account of Dr. Maty's illness, and of the appearance in the dead body, which was examined on the 3d of August 1776, the day after his decease | Hunter and Watson | LXVII | 6c8 | | MAXIMA. Of the tangents of curves deduced immediately from the theory of maxima and minima | Ditton | XXIII | 1333 | | MAY-DEW. Some observations and experiments upon May-Dew | Henshaw | I | 33 | | MAY-FIIES. A further account of the libellæ or May-flies | Bartram | XLVI | 400 | | MEAD. An abstract of Dr. Mead's mechanical account of poisons | Marland | XXII | 1320 | | MEAL DUST. Case of a man seized with a fever from the effects of meal dust | Latham | LX | 451 | | MEASURES. An account of the standard measures preserved in the capitol at Rome | Folkes | XXXIX | 262 | | Of the measure and motion of running water | Jurin | XLI | 5 | | An account of the analogy betwixt English weights and measures of capacity | Barlow | XLI | 457 | | An account of the proportions of the English and French measures and weights from the standard of the same kept at the Royal Society | | XLII | 185 | | A new experiment of the proportion of the English and French measures | Maskelyne and Bird | LVIII | 326 | | MECHANICS. Universal solution of cubic and biquadratic equations, viz. analytical, geometrical, and mechanical | Colson | XXV | 2353 | | MECHANICS. An account of an experiment explaining a mechanical paradox, viz. that two bodies of equal weight, suspended on a certain sort of balance, do not lose their equilibrium, by being removed one farther from, the other nearer to the center | Desaguliers | XXXVII | 125 | | A letter containing some observations upon the mechanic | | | | Mechanic arts of the Indians - Papin Dynamic principles, or metaphysical principles of mechanics - Jurin The properties of the mechanic powers demonstrated, with some observations on the methods that have been commonly used for that purpose - Hamilton A memoir concerning the most advantageous construction of water-wheels, &c. - Mallet An experimental examination of the quantity and proportion of mechanic power, necessary to be employed in giving different degrees of velocity to heavy bodies, from a state of rest - Smeaton MEDALS. An easy method of procuring the true impression or figure of medals, coins, &c. - Baker See Coins MEDICAL. Some new experiments of injecting medicated liquor into the veins, together with the considerable cures performed thereby - Fabritius An account of some chymical, medicinal, and anatomical particulars - Behm Relation of an uncommon case in physic at D.ntzick - Kirkby A letter containing some considerable observations in the practice of physic - Turberville A relation of four extraordinary medico-chirurgical cases - Greenhill An account of an unusual medicinal case - Mongino A relation of a deaf and dumb person who recovered his hearing and speech after a violent fever: with some other medical and chirurgical observations - Martin Two medico-chirurgical observations on the hydatides and consequences of an incomplete hernia, and on the functions of the intestines exposed to sight - Le Cal Various medico-chirurgical observations - Schlichting Observations on a case published in the last volume of the medical essays, &c. of recovering a man dead in appearance, by distending the lungs with air - Fothergill MEDICINAL SPRING. An account of a medical spring in Dorsetshire - Highmore — Letter concerning a medicated spring in Glamorganshire - Aubry — An account of a new medicinal well lately discovered near Moffat in Annandale, in the county of Dumfries - Walker MEDICINES. A problem proposed to the practitioners of physic, by Cockburn — A solution of the problem for determining the doses of purging and emetic medicines - Cockburn — A letter containing some observations upon the physic of the Indians - Papin — A letter concerning the operation of medicines - Quincy — The effects of the Tonquinese medicine - Reid — Mead's physical observations on ipecacuanha - Gmelin — A brief botanical and medical history of the solanum lethalis, bella donna, or deadly nightshade - W. Watson — A letter concerning the medicinal effects of a poisonous plant exhibited instead of the water parsnip - Pulteney — A description of three substances mentioned by the Arabian physicians, in a paper sent from Aleppo, and translated from the Arabic by Channing MEDITERRANEAN. Advice touching the conjunction of the Ocean with the Mediterranean — A narrative of the conjunction of the Ocean and the Mediterranean by a canal cut through Languedoc in France - Anon. — Some additions to the narrative about the conjunction of the Ocean and Mediterranean by a canal in France - Froidour MEGAMETER. Account of a new megameter - Boscovich MELLOON. Account of one Edward Melloon, born at Port Leicester in Ireland, who was of an extraordinary size - Musgrave MELONS. Way of ordering melons De la Quintinie — Further directions - De la Quintinie — Some microscopical observations and curious re- marks on the vegetation and exceeding quick propagation of moldiness, on the substance of a melon — Bradley — A letter concerning the vegetation of melon-seed forty-two years old — Trieuvala — Letter concerning the vegetation of melon-seed thirty-three years old — Gale MEMBRANES. A further account concerning the existence of veins in all kinds of plants; together with a discovery of the membranous substance of those veins, and some acts in plants resembling those of sense; and also the agreement of the venal juice in vegetables with the blood of animals, &c. — Lister — Microscopical observations on the blood-vessels and membranes of the intestines — Levenhock — Observations upon the membranes enclosing the fasciculi of fibres, into which a muscle is divided — Levenhock MEMORY. Account of the strength of memory when applied with due attention — Wallis MENDIP. A curious description of the strata observed in the coal-mines of Mendip in Somersetshire — Strachey MENE. Letter concerning the stocking the river Mene with oysters — Rowlands MENSES. A letter containing the case of a woman who had her menses regularly to 70 years of age — Yonge MENSTRUA: A discourse on this problem; why bodies dissolved in menstrua specifically lighter than themselves swim therein W. Molyneux With some reflections — T. Molyneux MERCATOR. An easy mechanical way to divide the nautical meridian line in Mercator's projection, with an account of the relation of the same meridian line to the curva catenaria — Perks — Remarks on the censure of Mercator's chart, in a posthumous work of Mr. West of Exeter — Dunn A defence of Mercator's chart against the censure of Mr. West — Mountaine MERCURIAL LEVEL. The description and use of an apparatus added as an improvement to Davis's quadrant, consisting of a mercurial level, for taking the altitude of sun or star, at sea, with- out the usual assistance of the sensible horizon; which frequently is obscured - Leigh **Mercury.** Part of a letter concerning the strange effects from the eating Dog Mercury, with remarks thereon by Hans Sloane Baxter (Mineral) Letter concerning the mines of Mercury in Friuli Pape (Medicine) An account of an experiment of the injection of Mercury into the blood, and its ill effects on the lungs Moulin An account of the dissection of a dog who had Mercury injected into one of the jugulars Pitt A Letter containing some experiments made upon mad dogs with Mercury James An account of what was observed upon opening the corpse of a person who had taken several ounces of crude Mercury internally; and of a plum-stone lodged in the coats of the rectum Madden An account of a large glandular tumor in the pelvis; and of the pernicious effects of crude Mercury given inwardly to the patient Cantwell **Mercury (Barometer)** A relation of some mercurial observations, and their result Oldenburg A prospect of the weather, winds, and height of the Mercury in the barometer, on the first day of the month, and of the whole rain in every month in 1703, and beginning of 1704 at Townley in Lancashire, by R. Townley, and at Upminster, by W. Derham Townley and Derham Several experiments on the mercurial phosphorous Hauksbee **Mercury (the planet)** An observation of a transit of Mercury under the sun, Oct. 31, 1690, at Nuremberg Wurtzelbaur An account of the appearance of Mercury, passing over the sun's disk, on the 29th of October, 1723, determining the mean motion, and fixing the nodes of that planet's orb Halle Observations of the transit of Mercury over the sun, Oct. 31, 1736, Fleet-Street Graban Manfredi Weidler An account of Mercury eclipsed by Venus, observed at Greenwich, May 17, 1737 Bevis An account of a transit of Mercury over Venus, May 17, 1737, at Greenwich Bevis A synopsis of the calculation of the transit of Mercury over the disk of the sun, 25th of October, 1743 Cally A letter concerning the transit of Mercury over the sun, April 21, 1740, at Cambridge in New Winthrop An account of the transit of Mercury over the sun, Oct. 25, 1743, in the morning Graham A letter of the transits of Mercury over the sun, Oct. 31, 1736, and Oct. 25, 1743 Bevis Some observations concerning Mercury Bevis Observations of Mercury seen over the sun, Nov. 5, 1743, at Giesa Gersten Observations on the transit of Mercury over the sun, May 6, 1753 Short Letter concerning the transit of Mercury over the sun, May 6, 1753, as observed at the island of Antigua Tyrrel and Shervington An account of a memoir read at the academy of sciences at Paris by M. de Barros, concerning certain phenomena, observed by him at Paris in the last transit of Mercury over the sun Short The difference of longitude between the Royal Observatories of Greenwich and Paris, determined by the observations of the transits of Mercury over the Sun in 1723, 1736, 1743, 1753 Short Observation of the transit of Mercury over the sun, Oct. 25, 1743 Winthrop An account of the transit of Mercury at Norriton in Pennsylvania, Nov. 9, 1769 Smith Account of an observation of the transit of Mercury over the sun, Nov. 9, 1769, at Cambridge in New England Winthrop Meridian. Of a correspondence to be procured for the finding out the true distance of the sun and moon, from the earth by the parallax observed under, or near, the same meridian Oldenburg Letter proposing a new place for the first meridian dian, and pretending to evince the equality of all natural days, as also to shew a way of knowing the true place of the moon Professor of Seville Answer to the above letter Flamsteed An instrument for seeing the sun, moon, or stars pass the meridian of any place, useful for setting watches in all parts of the world with the greatest exactness, to correct sun-dials, to assist in the discovery of the longitudes of places Observations on the meridian height of the sun, to investigate the elevation of the pole at Lisbon The difference in time of the meridians of diverse places, computed from observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites See Longitude Meridian Line. An easy demonstration of the analogy of the logarithmic tangents to the meridian line, or sum of the secants, with various methods for computing the same to the utmost exactness Letter concerning some supposed alteration of the meridian line; which may affect the declination of the magnetic needle, and the poles elevation New way of drawing the meridian line Letter concerning drawing the meridian line by the pole star, and finding the hour by the same An easy mechanical way to divide the nautical meridian line in Mercator's projection, with an account of the relation of the same meridian line to the curva catenaria Letter containing an explanation of the late Dr. Halley's demonstration of the analogy of the logarithmic tangents to the meridian line, or the sum of the secants Mesentery. Account of an unusual rupture of the mesentery Letter concerning a child who had its intestines, mesentery, &c. in the cavity of the thorax Metal (in general) A description of the uses of a certain powder for yielding very close and smooth metal, and of easy carriage, &c. for casting of guns A catalogue of fossils, shells, metals, minerals, &c. which J. J. Scheuzbzer of Zurich sent to J. Petiver Experiments concerning the effects of air passed through red-hot metals The specific gravity of metalline cubes, in comparison of their like bulks of water Some observations towards composing a natural history of mines and metals A second letter containing farther observations towards composing a natural history of mines and metals The description and manner of using an instrument for measuring the degrees of the expansion of metals by heat Metal. (Use of, in making instruments) A new method of improving and perfecting catadioptrical telescopes, by forming the speculums of glass instead of metal A discourse concerning the usefulness of thermometers in chemical experiments, and concerning the principles on which the thermometers now in use have been constructed; together with the description and uses of a metalline thermometer newly invented by Mortimer A letter concerning a metalline thermometer in the museum of the Society at Spalding A description of a metalline thermometer Directions for making the best composition for the metals of reflecting telescopes; together with a description of the process for grinding, polishing, and giving the great speculum the true parabolic curve The principal properties of the engine for turning ovals in wood or metal, and of the instrument for drawing ovals upon paper demonstrated Metal. (Chemistry) How terrestrial streams may be the generative cause both of minerals and metals, and of all the peculiarities of springs A continuation of the discourse concerning vitreol, shewing, that vitriol is usually produced by sulphur, acting on and coagulating with a metal, and then making out, that alum is likewise the result of the said sulphur; as also evincing, that vitriol, sulphur, and alum do agree in the saline principle; and lastly, declaring the nature of the salt in brimstone, and whence it is derived. Experiments and observations on the agreement between the specific gravities of the several metals and their colours when united to glass, as well as those of their other proportions. An account of rings consisting of all the prismatic colours, made by explosions on the surface of pieces of metal. Metaphysics. Principia dynamica five principia mechanices. Meteors. An account of a considerable meteor seen in many distant places in England, Sept. 20, 1676. An account of an extraordinary meteor, or kind of dew resembling butter, that fell last winter and spring in Ireland. A letter giving an account of some appearances in the heavens in Ireland, 1708. A letter giving an account of a meteor which was seen in Yorkshire, and other neighbouring counties, upon May 18, 1710. Account of several meteors or lights in the sky. A letter giving a relation of a fiery meteor seen in Jamaica, to strike into the earth; with remarks on the weather, earthquakes, &c. of that island. An account of the extraordinary meteor seen all over England, on the 19th of March, 1718-9, with a demonstration of the uncommon height thereof. A description of the great meteor seen on the 6th of March, 1715-6. A method for determining the geographical longitude of places from the appearance of the common meteors called falling stars Lynn XXXV 351 Abridg VI 400 — A new method for composing a natural history of meteors Greenwood — 390 VI 2 390 — Of the meteor called an Ignis Fatuus, from observations made in England and others in Italy Derham and Derham XXXVI 204 — 147 — An account of a meteor seen in the air in the day-time on Dec. 8, 1733 Crocker XLI 346 VIII 517 — Notices of some meteors observed at Philadelphia Breintnall — 359 — 518 — An account of several Short — 625 — — An account of a meteor seen at Peckham Dec. 11, 1741 Milne XLII 138 — 521 — An account of a meteor seen near Holkam in Norfolk, Aug. 1741 Lord Lovell — 183 — — Appearance of a fiery meteor seen, by Craddock XLIII 78 X 478 — Account of a fiery meteor seen in the air July 14, 1745 Coford XLIII 522 — 524 — December 16, 1742 Mortimer — An extraordinary meteor seen in the county of Rutland, which resembled a water-spout Barker XLVI 248 — 479 — Several accounts of a fiery meteor which appeared Nov. 26, 1758, collected by J. Pringle, Remarks on the several accounts of the fiery meteor which appeared Nov. 26, 1718, and other such bodies Pringle LI 218 — 259 — An account of a meteor seen at Shefford in Berkshire, Oct. 20, 1759; with some observations of the weather of the preceding winter Forster — 299 — Another account of the same meteor at Bath Colebrooke — 301 — Another account at Chigwell-Row, Essex Dutton — 302 — An account of a meteor seen in New England, May 10, 1760, and of a whirlwind felt in that country July 10, 1760 Winthorp LII 6 — 99 — An account of a remarkable meteor seen at Oxford, Sep: 21, 1760 Swinton — — An observation of a fiery meteor seen at the Hague, Dec. 21, 1758 Gabry LIII 5 — 351 — An account of a remarkable meteor October 6, 1763 Dunn — — An account of several fiery meteors seen in North-America Winthorp LI V 185 — An An account of a remarkable meteor seen at Oxford, March 5, 1764 - Swinton An account of a remarkable meteor seen at Oxford, April 23, 1764 - Swinton Description of a meteor seen at Oxford, Oct. 12, 1766 - Swinton An account of an extraordinary meteor seen at Oxford, Oct. 24, 1769 - Swinton A letter containing an account of a fiery meteor seen on the 10th of February 1772, in the shire of Berwick - Brydone See Aurora Borealis, Lights in the Air Meteorological Observations. A letter concerning the use which may be made of the following history of the weather - Plat Observations of the wind, weather, and height of Mercury in the barometer at Oxford - Plat A discourse concerning weather - Garlen A discourse of the rule of the decrease of the height of the Mercury in the barometer, according as places are elevated above the surface of the earth, with an attempt to discover the true reason of the rising and falling of the Mercury upon change of weather - Hall An account of the quantity of rain falling monthly for several years successively at Townley in Lancashire - Townley A letter about a contrivance to measure the height of the Mercury in the barometer by a circle on one of the weather plates, with a register of the weather, &c. for 1679 - Derham Part of a letter accompanying his observations of the Mercury in the barometer, rains, winds, &c. for the year 1698 - Derham Observations on what rain fell at Townley in Lancashire in 1697 and 1698, with some other observations on the weather - Townley Some observations on the sun's altitude, with the changes of the weather at Fowey, in China - Cunningham Observations on the weather 1699, made at Upminster in Essex - Derham Some observations on the weather, &c. for some years past — Derham Observations of the weather made in a voyage to China, 1700 — Cunningham A register of the wind and weather in China, with the observations of the mercurial barometer at Chufan, from Nov. 1700 to Jan. 1702 — Cunningham A prospect of the weather, winds, and height of the Mercury in the barometer on the first day of the month, and of the whole rain in every month in 1703 and beginning of 1704, at Townley in Lancashire, and at Upminster — Townley and Derham A register of the weather kept at Oates in Essex, 1692 — Locke An account of a storm of rain that fell at Denbigh in Wales — Anon. Meteorological tables kept at Upminster, 1705 — Derham Part of a letter concerning a storm of thunder, lightning, and rain at Leeds in Yorkshire, Aug. 5, 1708 — Thoresby Tables of the barometrical altitudes at Zurich in Switzerland, in the year 1708, by Scheuchzer, at Upminster, in England, by Derham; as also, of the rain at Pisa, in Italy, in 1707 and 1708, by Tilli; and at Zurich, in 1708; and at Upminster in all that time: with remarks on the same tables, as also on the winds, heats, and colds, and divers other matters occurring in those three different parts of Europe — Derham A meteorological, barometrical, thermometrical, epidemical, and magnetical diary kept at Utrecht, 1729 — Van Muschenbroek An account of the rain which fell every year at Upminster, in Essex, during the last eighteen years, with remarks upon that of the year 1714; also a comparison of what has been observed of that kind at Paris, by M. De la Hire — Derham An account of an Aurora Borealis seen at Cruwys Moreland, in Devonshire, Fe- March 6, 1720-1, with an account of the weather before and after it - Cruwys A letter concerning the effects of a violent shower of rain in Yorkshire, May 18, 1722 - Thersby An account of the depth of rain fallen from April 1, 1722 to April 1, 1723, at Waddington, in Northumberland - Horley An invitation to an association for forming meteorological diaries, with a specimen - Jurin Observations on the weather in a voyage to Hudson's Bay, 1730 - Middleton Observations made at Padua in six years - Polenus An abstract of meteorological diaries communicated to the Royal Society, with remarks, Part I. - Derham An abstract of the meteorological diaries, made at Petersburg, and at Lund in Sweden, 1724 and 1725, Part II. with remarks upon them - Consett and Derham Observations on the variations of the needle and weather, made in a voyage to Hudson's Bay in 1731 - Middleton An abstract of the meteorological diaries communicated to the Royal Society for 1726, with remarks upon them, Part III. - Derham An abstract of meteorological diaries, communicated to the Royal Society in 1727, with remarks, Part IV. - Derham Astronomical, physical, and meteorological observations in 1733, at Wirtemberg - Weidler Observations made of the latitude, variation of the magnetic needle and weather, made in a voyage from London to Hudson's Bay, 1735 - Middleton An account and abstract of the meteorological diaries, communicated to the Royal Society for 1729, 1730 - Hailey A summary of six years meteorological observations made at Padua - Polenus | Collections from the diary of the weather and barometer, in order to settle rules for foretelling the weather by the barometer | XL 259 | | --- | --- | | A description of a water-level to be fixed to Davis's quadrant, whereby an observation may be taken at sea, in thick and hazy weather, without seeing the horizon | XL 413 VIII 360 | | Extract from the diaries of the weather, kept at Rome | XLI 193 — 422 | | An inquiry into the causes of a dry and wet summer | — 519 — 482 | | A letter containing remarks on the weather, and accompanying three synoptical tables of meteorological observations for fourteen years from 1726 to 1739 | — 686 — 604 | | An account and abstract of the meteorological observations for the years 1731-32-33-34-35 | XLII 243 — 589 | | Meteorological observations made at Charles-Town, in South-Carolina | — 491 IX 276 | | A scheme of a diary of the weather, together with draughts and descriptions of machines subservient thereto | XLIII 1 XI 1226 | | A letter concerning the weather in South-Carolina, with abstracts of the tables of his meteorological observations in Charles-Town | XLV 336 X 456 | | On the correspondence of the barometer with the air and weather | XLVI 101 — 428 | | Two letters concerning the heat of the weather in July and September, 1750 | — 571 — 474 | | Letter concerning the hot weather July, 1750 | — 573 — — | | Observations of the weather in Madeira | XLVII 357 | | Letter concerning the quantity of rain which fell at Leyden in 1731 | Van Hazen — 360 | | Extract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon in Rutland, 1772 | Barker XLVIII 221 | | A letter concerning the quantity of rain fallen at Charles-Town in South-Carolina from Jan. 1738 to Dec. 1752 | Lining — 284 | | State of the weather at Dublin from March 7, 1752 to Feb. 28, 1753 | Simon — 30 | — Letter MET — — — Letter concerning the late hard weather Miles — — — A continuation of an account of the weather in Madeira Heberden — — — Letters concerning the cause of the ascent of vapour and exhalation, and those of winds; and the general phenomena of the weather and barometer. Ellis XLIX 124 — — — An account of the quantity of rain fallen in Antigua for four years 1750 to 1754 Byam — — — Journal of the weather in Dublin for the year 1753, 1754, 1755 Simon — — — An account of the heat of the weather in Georgia Ellis L 754 — — — A thermometrical account of the weather in Maryland for one year from Sept. 1753 Brook LI 58 Ditto from three years from Sept. 1754 Brooke — — — An account of a meteor at Shefford in Berkshire, Oct. 20, 1759, with some observations of the weather of the preceding winter Forster — — — State of the weather at Turin, 1759 Bruni — — — An account of the rain fallen in a foot square at Norwich from 1750 to 1762 Anderson LIII 9 — — — An account of the quantity of rain fallen Cornwall in 1762 Borlase — — — An account of the late mild weather in Cornwall, winter of, 1762 Borlase — — — An account of the quantity of rain fallen at Mount's Bay in Cornwall, and of the weather at that place in June and July 1763 Borlase LIV 59 — — — Physical observations, conjectures, and suppositions Franklin LV 182 — — — Abstract of a journal of the weather in Quebec, between the first of April 1765 to the 30th of April 1766 Murdoch LVI 291 — — — Observations for 1767 made at Carlisle Bridgewater LVIII 8 — — — Ludgvan in Cornwall Borlase — — — Observ- Observations on the barometer, thermometer, and rain at Plymouth 1767 - Farr Observations in Poland on the winter of 1768 - Voise Observations made at Stockholm in the winter of 1767-8 - Wargentin Abstract from a meteorological register kept at Plymouth during the year 1768 - Farr Meteorological Observations for 1768, made at Bridgewater in Somersetshire, and at Ludgvan in Mount's Bay, Cornwall - Mille Of the different quantities of rain which appear to fall, at different heights, over the same spot of ground - Heberden Observations on the state of the air, winds, weather, &c. at Prince of Wales's Fort, on the north-west coast of Hudson's Bay in 1768 and 1769 - Dymond and Wales Meteorological observations for 1769 made at Bridgewater in Somersetshire - Mille At Ludgvan in Cornwall - Borlase Meteorological observations at Ludgvan in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, 1770 - Borlase A letter concerning observations of the quantities of rain fallen at Lyndon, in Rutlandshire, for several years - Barker A second letter on the same subject, and determining the latitude of Stamford in Lincolnshire - Barker Meteorological observation at Caen in Normandy, for 1765, 66, 67, 68, and 1769 - Pigot A letter giving an account of some experiment made in North Wales, to ascertain the different quantities of rain, which fell at the same time at different heights - Barrington Extract of a meteorological register at Lyndon in Rutlandshire - Barker Meteorological observations at Ludgvan in Mount's Bay, Cornwall - Borlase Extract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain at Lyndon in Rutland, 1773 - Barker A meteorological journal for the year 1774, kept at the Royal Society's house by order of the President and Council - An abridged state of the weather at London in the year 1774, collected from the meteorological journal of the Royal Society Extract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon in Rutland, 1773 Meteorological observations made at Chislehurst in Kent in 1774 Meteorological journal kept at the house of the Royal Society by order of the President and Council for 1775 and 1776 An abridged state of the weather at London for one year, commencing with the month of March, 1775, collected from the meteorological journal of the Royal Society Extract of a meteorological journal for the year 1775 kept at Bristol Extract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain at Lyndon, in Rutland, 1775 An account of the meteorological instruments used at the Royal Society's House Extract of a meteorological journal for the year 1776, kept at Bristol Extract of a register of barometer, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon in Rutland, 1776 Meteorological journal kept at the house of the Royal Society by order of the President and Council in 1776 A meteorological diary kept at Fort St. George in the East Indies Abstract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon, in Rutland, 1777 Journal of weather at Montreal Extract of meteorological observations kept at Hawkhill near Edinburgh 1773 to 1776 Extract of a meteorological journal kept at Bristol, 1777 Journal of the quantity of rain that fell at Holme, near Manchester from 1765 to 1769, and at Barrowby, near Leeds, from 1772 to 1777 Meteorological journal kept at the house of the Royal Society, by order of the President and Council 1777 Meteorological journal kept by order of the Royal Society 1778 Register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon, in Rutland Parker Meteorological journal kept at Bristol, 1778 Farr Two meteorological journals kept at Nain in 57 degrees north latitude, and Okak in 57 degrees 30 minutes north latitude, both on the coast of Labrador Anon. A continuation of a meteorological diary, kept at St. George's Fort, on the coast of Coromandel, from March 1777 to May 1778 Roxburgh A journal of the weather at Montreal from Dec. 1778 to April 1779 Barr Meteorological journal kept at the House of the Royal Society from Jan. 1778 to Jan. 1779 Register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon, in Rutland, 1779 Barker Journal of the weather at Senegambia, during the prevalence of a very fatal putrid disorder, with remarks on that country Schotte Mexico. Narrative of a voyage from Spain to Mexico, and of the minerals of that kingdom Anon. Observations concerning the lake of Mexico Journal des Savans An account of the filtering stone of Mexico, compared with other stones, by which it is shewn that it is of little or no use in purifying the waters which have passed through it Vaterus Mice. A relation of the small creatures called sable-mice, which have lately come in troops into Lapland, about Thorne, and other places adjacent to the mountains, in innumerable multitudes Rycaut Micrometer. On the application of the micrometer to the microscope Hollman Letter concerning a paper of Servington Savery, relating to his invention of a new micrometer Short A letter concerning Mr. Gascoigne's invention | Description | Author | Volume | Page | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|--------|------| | Description of a method of measuring differences of right ascension and declination, with Dollond's micrometer, together with other new applications of the same | Maskelyne | LXI | 536 | | Directions for using the common micrometer, taken from a paper in the late Dr. Bradley's hand-writing | Bradly | LXII | 46 | | Account of a new micrometer | Boscovich| LXVII | 789 | | Account of a new instrument for measuring small angles, called the prismatic micrometer | Maskelyne| | 799 | | A description of two new micrometers | Ramden | LXIX | 419 | | Microscope, A description of a microscope of a new fashion, by the means whereof there has been seen an animal lesser than any of those hitherto seen | Anon. | III | 842 | | Letter about the making of microscopes with very small and single glasses, and of some other instruments | Butterfield| XII | 1026 | | A letter giving a further account of his water-microscope | Gray | XIX | 353 | | Letter concerning making water subservient to the viewing both near and distant objects, with the description of a natural reflecting microscope | Gray | | 539 | | The description and manner of using a late invented set of small pocket microscopes made by James Wilson, which with great ease are applied in viewing opake, transparent, and liquid objects, &c. | Wilson | XXIII | 1241 | | A letter concerning the making of microscopes | Adams | XXVII | 24 | | Some account of Mr. Leeuwenhoek's curious microscopes | Folkes | XXXII | 446 | | Account of a catoptric microscope | Barker | XXXIX | 259 | | An account of Mr. Leeuwenhoek's microscopes | Baker | XLI | 503 | | On the application of the micrometer to the microscope | Holtman | XLIII | 239 | | Observations on fallacies in vision through compound microscopes | Gmelin | XLIII | 382 | | An account of some new microscopes made at Naples, and their use in viewing the smallest objects | Stiles | LV | 246 | A report concerning the microscope glasses, sent as a present to the Royal Society by Father di Torre of Naples MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS. An account of micrographia, or the physiological descriptions of minute bodies, made by magnifying glasses Some observations made with a microscope contrived by M. Leeuwenhoek Figures of some of Mr. Leeuwenhoek's microscopic observations with their explication More microscopic observations Microscopical observations concerning blood, milk, bones, the brain, spittle, cuticle, &c. Observations about sweat, fat, tears More observations from Mr. Leeuwenhoek, Sept. 7, 1674 Microscopical observations concerning the optic nerve Microscopical observations about the texture of the blood, the sap of plants, the figure of sugar and salt, and the probable cause of the difference of their tastes Concerning the texture of trees, and a remarkable discovery in wine, with notes thereon Observations concerning some little animals observed in rain, well, tea, and snow-water; as also in water wherein pepper had lain infused With the manner of observing them Observations of the carious fibres of a muscle, and the cortical and medullar part of the brain; as also of moxa and cotton Microscopical observations of the structure of teeth and other bones Observations of ivory Microscopical observations of the structure of the hair Animalculæ observed in femine humano Answered by | MIC | Transf. | Abridg. | |-----|---------|---------| | Answered by Leeuwenhoek | — 1044 | — | | With extracts of several other letters Leeuwenhoek | — 1045 | XIII 347 III 684 | | Observations about generation by an animalcule of the male seed; animals in the seed of a frog; some other observables in the parts of a frog Leeuwenhoek | XIV 568 | — | | Microscopical observations about animals in the scurf of the teeth, the substance called worms in the nose, the cuticula consisting of scales Leeuwenhoek | XV 883 | — | | An abstract of a letter concerning the parts of the brain of several animals, the chalk-stones of the gout, the leprosy, and the scales of eels Leeuwenhoek | — 1120 | — | | An abstract of a letter concerning generation by an infect Leeuwenhoek | — 1236 | — 225 | | Letter concerning the circulation of the blood, as seen by the help of a microscope, in the lacerta aquatica Molyneux | XVII 593 | — 685 | | Microscopical examination of the testicles of a rat, and the seed of muscles, oysters, &c. Leeuwenhoek | — 646 | — 684 | | Concerning animalcules found in teeth, of the scaliness of the skin, &c. Leeuwenhoek | — 838 | — 685 | | An extract of a letter containing several observations on the texture of the bones of animals compared with that of wood, on the bark of trees, on the little scales found on the cuticula, &c. Leeuwenhoek | — 949 | — | | An extract of a letter containing observations on the seeds of cotton, palm, or date-stones; cloves, nutmegs, gooseberries, currants; tulips, cassia, lime-tree; on the skin of the hand, and pores, of sweat, the crystalline humour, optic nerves, gall, and scales of fish; and the figures of several salt particles, &c. Leeuwenhoek | XIX 254 | — 652 | | Some microscopical observations of vast numbers of animalcula seen in water Harris | — 269 | — 685 | | Microscopical observations on eels, mites, the seeds of figs, strawberries, &c. Leeuwenhoek | — 280 | I 209 III 653 | | Microscopical observations and experiments Gray | XX 169 | — 685 | | Letter concerning the eyes of beetles Leeuwenhoek | — | Letter | | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Letter concerning the circulation and stagnation of blood in tadpoles | XXII | III | | Letter concerning the formation in sheep's livers, gnats and animalcula in the excrement of frogs, &c. | | | | Observations on the circulation and globules in the blood of butts | | | | Letter concerning worms pretended to be taken from the teeth | | | | Letter concerning excrescences growing on willow leaves | | V | | Letter concerning the spawn of codfish, &c. | | | | Letter concerning several microscopic observations | | | | Several microscopic observations and experiments concerning the animalculae in feminine masculino of cocks and spiders | | | | Microscopical observations 'ent to Sir C.H. Anon. | | | | Letter concerning the seeds of oranges | | | | A letter concerning the flesh of whales, crystalline humour of the eyes of whales, fish, and other creatures, and the use of the eye-lids | | | | Letter concerning animalculae on the roots of duck-weed | | | | Several microscopic observations on the pumice-stone, corals, sponges, &c. | | | | Microscopical observations on the seeds of several East-India plants | | | | Microscopical observations on the blood vessels, and membranes of the intestines | | | | Microscopical observations upon the tongue | | | | Microscopical observations on red coral | | | | Microscopical observations on the palates of oxen | | | | A letter containing some microscopic observations upon the crystalized particles of silver dissolved in aqua-fortis | | | | Part of a letter containing some microscopic observations upon the animalculae in semen of young rams | | | | A letter containing the observations upon the seminal vessels, muscular fibres, and blood of whales | | Some | Some remarks upon the disposition of the parts and microscopical observations upon the contexture of the skin of elephants Leeuwenhoek Some microscopical observations upon muscles, and the manner of their production Leeuwenhoek A letter containing some further microscopical observations on the animalculæ found upon duck-weed, &c. Leeuwenhoek Some microscopical observations and curious remarks on the vegetation and exceeding quick propagation of mouldiness on the substance of a melon Bradley Observations upon the vessels in several sorts of wood, and upon the muscular fibres of different animals Leeuwenhoek Observations upon a foetus, and the parts of generation of a sheep Leeuwenhoek Some remarks concerning the circulation of the blood, as seen in the tail of a water eft, through a solar microscope Miles A letter with some microscopical observations concerning certain chalky tubulous concretions called malm, on the farina of the red lily, and on worms in smutty corn Needham Microscopical observations, Dec. 26, 1755 Wright Microscopic observations on the human blood Styles and Torre Miguel, Saint. An account of the island of St. Miguel Mafon Milk. Anatomical observations of milk found in the veins instead of blood Boyle A further account of an observation about white blood Boyle Microscopical observations concerning blood, milk, bones, the brain, spittle, and cuticle Leeuwenhoek An observation of a white liquor resembling milk, which appeared instead of serum separated from the blood after it had stood some time Stuart An account of some trials to cure the ill taste of milk, which is occasioned by the food of cows either from turnips, cabbages, or autumnal leaves, &c. also to sweeten stinking water Hales Mills. Part of a letter containing a description of a water wheel for mills invented by Mr. Philip Williams Milthorpe Forge. Extracts of some letters concerning iron ore, more particularly of the hematites wrought into iron at Milthorpe forge in Lancashire Mines and Minerals. Letter concerning the mines of Mercury in Friuli Of the mineral of Liege yielding both brimstone and vitriol, and the way of extracting them out of it, used at Liege An account how adits and mines are wrought at Liege without air-shafts Articles of enquiries concerning mines Observations made in mines and at sea, occasioning a conjecture about the origin of wind An answer to some enquires formerly published concerning mines Narrative of the minerals of Mexico A particular account of divers minerals sent from the lately burning Mount Aetna Account of the copper mine in Hern Ground in Hungary A relation concerning the quicksilver mines of Friuli; confirming as well the account given on that subject, vol. I. p. 21. as enlarging the same, with some additions Instances, hints, and applications relating to a main point solicited in the preface to this fourth volume; concerning the use may be made of vaults, deep well. cold conservatories, to find out the cause or to promote the generation of salt, minerals, metals, crystal, gems, stones of divers kinds, and helps to conserve long, or to hasten putrefaction, fertility of any kind of ground, &c. A relation concerning the sal-gemmæ mines in Poland How terrestrial streams may be the generative cause both of minerals and metals, and of all the peculiarities of springs Directions and enquiries, with their answers, concerning the mines, &c. of Hungary, Transf. | Abridg. ---|--- XLIX i | X 247 XVII 695 | II 551 I 21 | I 498 I 45 | II 577 II 481 | II 530 — 79 | — 372 — 342 | — 105 — 525 | — 573 III 767 | III 574 — 817 | III 588 IV 1041 | II 390 V 1042 | V 562 IV 1080 | IV 579 — 1135 | — V 1099 | II 524 V 1154 | Transylvania, Austria, and other countries neighbouring to those Olænburgh and Brown. An account of some mineral observations touching the mines of Cornwall and Devon; wherein is described the art of training a load; the art and manner of digging the ore, and the way of dressing and blowing tin. An account of two uncommon mineral substances found in some coal and iron mines in England. Some observations and experiments about vitriol, tending to prove the nature of that substance, and to give further light in the enquiry after the principles and properties of other minerals. Two letters concerning rock plants, and their growth. A description of the diamond mines. A relation of the tin-mines, and working of tin in the county of Cornwall. A further account of some rock plants growing in the lead mines of Mendip Hills. An account of a strange preservation of four men in a mine 24 days without any food. A catalogue of fossils, shells, metals, minerals, &c. which J. J. Scheuchzer of Zurich sent to Mr. Petiver. A curious description of the strata observed in the coal mines of Mendip in Somersetshire. Some observations towards composing a natural history of mines and metals. A second letter to Dr. Rutty, containing further observations towards composing a natural history of mines and metals. An account of the several strata of earths and fossils found in sinking the mineral well at Holt. Some observations on the mines of Spain and Germany. A short account of some specimens of native lead found in a mine in Monmouthshire. Barometrical observations on the depth of the mines in the Hartz. A second paper concerning some barometrical | Measures in the mines of the Hartz | De Luc | |----------------------------------|--------| | Experiments on some mineral substances | Woulfe | | (Damps in) A relation of persons killed with subterraneous damp | Murray | | Letter concerning the damps in the mines of Hungary, and their effects | Browne | | Some observations about damps | Lister | | A letter containing a farther account of damps in mines | Jeffreys | | Observations on a subterranean fire in a coal mine near Newcastle | Hodgson | | A relation of some strange phenomena accompanied with mischievous effects in a coalwork in Flintshire | Mosyn | | An account of the burning of several hay-ricks by a fiery exhalation or damp; and of the infectious quality of the grass of several grounds | Floyd | | Farther account of the fiery exhalation in Merionethshire | Llewellyn | | An attempt made to shew how damps or foul air may be drawn out of any sorts of mines, &c. by an engine | Desaguliers | | A brief account of the effects and properties of damps from observations of the effects on opening an old well at Botton in New England, July 19, 1729 | Greenwood | | An account of the damp air in a coal-pit of Sir James Lowther, sunk within 20 yards of the sea | Lowther | | An experiment to shew that some damps in mines may be occasioned only by the burning of candles under ground, without the addition of any noxious vapour, even when the bottom of the pit has a communication with the outward air, unless the outward air be forcibly driven in, out of the said communication or pipe | Desaguliers | | An observation of an extraordinary damp in a well in the Isle of Wight | Cooke | **Mineral Waters.** See Water **Minima.** Of the tangents of curves deduced immediately from the theory of maxima and minima | Ditton | **Minium.** A description of a Swedish stone, which affords. | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | affords sulphur, vitriol, allum, and minium | 1375 | III 364 | | **Minorca.** Extract of a letter from Minorca, being an addition to Dr. Cleghorn's account of Minorca, 1775 | LXVI | 439 | | **Mirror.** Part of a letter giving an account of a new mirror, which burns at sixty-six feet distance, invented by M. de Buffon Needham Concerning the same mirror burning at 150 feet distance | XLIV | 493 X 195 | | See Burning-glass | | | | **Misleto.** A letter concerning the propagation of misleto | XXXIV | 215 VI 2 348 | | Observations of a difference of sex in misleto | XXXV | 547 — 251 | | **Mists:** A letter inclosing some observations on atmospheric electricity; in regard to fogs, mists, &c. with some remarks | LXII | 137 | | Account of an extraordinary appearance in a mist | LXX | 157 | | **Mites.** Experiment on the necessity of air to the motion of mites | V | 2054 | | Microscopical observations on mites | XIX | 269 III 685 | | Additional observations upon the production of mites | XXVII | 398 V 2 267 | | **Mithras.** Account of a bas-relief of Mithras found at York, explained by Stukeley | XLVI | 214 XI 1311 | | **Mixture.** Two letters, giving an account of a red colour produced by mixture of a sulphureous spirit with a volatile Alcali | Gibbons| XIX 542 I 214 | | The strange effects of some effervescent mixtures | | L 19 | | **Mocha.** A letter accompanying a new chart of the Red Sea, with two draughts of the Roads of Mocha and Judda, and several observations made during a voyage on that sea | Newland| LXI 77 | | Remarks and observations made on board the ship Kelfall, on a voyage to Judda and Mocha in 1769 | | — 79 | | **Modes.** An explanation of the Modes or tones in the ancient Grecian music | Styles | LI 695 | | **Moffatt.** An account of a new medicinal well lately discovered near Moffatt, in Annandale, in the county of Dumfries | Walker | L 117 | | **Moisture.** Observations on the annual evaporation at Liverpool, in Lancashire, and evaporation | T t 2 | con- | considered as a test of the moisture or dryness of the atmosphere Mole. Several letters concerning a particular naevus maternus, or mole Account of a mole from North America Molosses. An account of a new sort of molosses made of apples Molucco Islands. A farther relation of the horrible burning of some mountains of the Molucco islands See Volcanoes Mombazza Pietra Di. A letter concerning the pietra di mombazza, or the rhinoceros stone Monogram. Explication of a most remarkable monogram, on the reverse of a very ancient quinarius, never before published or explained Money. An enquiry into the value of Greek and Roman Money Monkey. Account of a monstrous foetus, resembling a hooded monkey An account of a very small Monkey Abstract of a letter containing a short description of a singular species of monkeys without tails, found in the interior part of Bengall Monks-hood. The case of a man who was poisoned by eating monks-hood, or napellus Monochord. A question in musick lately proposed to Dr. Wallis concerning the division of the monochord or section of the musical canon, with his answer to it Monsoons. An historical account of the trade-winds, and monsoons, observable in the seas between and near the tropicks, with an attempt to assign the physical cause of the said winds See Winds Monsters. Observations upon a monstrous head of a colt An account of two monstrous births at Paris An account of two monstrous births in Devonshire Account of two odd monsters | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Anatomical observations on a monstrous birth at Plymouth | V 2096 | III 301 | | A relation of a monstrous birth | XII 961| — 302 | | The anatomy of a monstrous pig | XIII 188| II 904 | | The description of a monstrous child born in South Jutland | XIV 599| III 304 | | A discourse on the dissection of a monstrous double cat | XV 1135| II 901 | | An account of a child born with a large wound in its breast, supposed to proceed from the force of imagination | XIX 291| III 222 | | A relation of two monstrous pigs, with the resemblance of human faces | XXI 431| II 900 | | Letter concerning a child who had its intestines, mesentery, &c., in the cavity of the thorax | XXII 992| V 269 | | Account of monsters, and monstrous productions | XXV 2266| — 183 | | Part of a letter concerning a monstrous birth | — 2345 | — 309 | | A letter giving an account of some monstrous births in Ireland, 1708 | XXVI 308| — 309 | | An account of a monstrous birth in Lorrain | Mac Laurin XXXII 346| VII 688 | | Case of a child born with the bowels hanging out of its belly | Amyand XXXVII 258| — 516 | | Account of a monstrous boy | Cantwell XLI 137| IX 314 | | Some observations on generation, and on monsters, with a description of some particular monsters | De Superville — 294| — 304 | | Account of a monstrous child born of a woman under sentence of transportation | Sheldrake — 341| — 313 | | An account of a monstrous foetus resembling a hooded monkey | Gregor — 764| — 315 | | A case of the heart of a child turned upside down | Torres — 776| — 315 | | A remarkable conformation, or latus naturae in a child | Warwick XLII 152| — 316 | | Account of a monstrous lamb | Doddridge XLV 502| XI 1281 | | An account of a preternatural conjunction of two female children | Parsons — 526| XI 1209 | | An account of a monstrous foetus without any mark of sex | Baxter XLVI 479| — 1208 | | An account of a double child born at Hebus, near Middleton, in Lancashire | Percival XLVII 360| Pannonia, | Pannonia, and who died Feb. 23, 1723 Another account - Burnet Another account - Du Plessis Another account - Drieschius An account of a monstrous human foetus, having neither head, heart, lungs, stomach, spleen, pancreas, liver, nor kidneys. - Le Cat. An account of an extraordinary acephalous birth - Cooper See Calf, Child, Fetus Monument. An account of some experiments about the height of the Mercury in the barometer at the top and bottom of the Monument, and also about portable barometers - Derham An account of a remarkable monument found near Ashford, in Derbyshire - Evett Moon. Speculations of the changes likely to be discovered in the earth and moon by their respective inhabitants - Auzout Of the correspondency, to be procured, for the finding out the true distance of the sun and moon from the earth, by the parallax observed under (or near) the same meridian - Oldenburg A method for finding the number of the Julian period for any year assigned, the number of the cycle of the sun, the cycle of the moon, and of the indictions, for the same year, being given, together with a demonstration of that method - Collins Its appulses to Saturn, and the fixed stars observable in the year 1671 foretold and reduced to the meridian and latitude of London - Flamsteed Letter concerning the appulses of the moon for 1673, and the other planets to the fixed stars, together with an observation of the planet Mars - Flamsteed The appulses of the moon and other planets to the fixed stars predicted for 1674 - Flamsteed Letter on Mr. Horrox's instrument to shew the moon's true place to a minute or two - Flamsteed A letter concerning Mr. Horrox's lunar system, Flamsteed | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Letter proposing a new place for the first meridian, and pretending to evince the equality of all natural days, as also to shew a way of knowing the true place of the moon | X 425 | I 556 | | Observations of the spot Plato in the moon the 16th of August, 1725, with a telescope of his own 150 palms long | XXIV 181 | VI 220 | | A letter giving an account of a lunar rainbow observed in Derbyshire, 1710-11 | XXVII 320 | IV 2 131 | | An advertisement to astronomers of the advantages that may accrue from the observations of the moon's frequent appulses to the hyades, during the three next ensuing years | XXX 692 | IV 298 | | An attempt to explain the phenomenon of the horizontal moon appearing bigger than when elevated many degrees above the horizon, supported by an experiment | XXXIX 390 | VIII 130 | | An explication of the above | - 392 | - 131 | | Some thoughts concerning the sun and moon, when near the horizon, appearing larger than when in the zenith | - 404 | - 377 | | An astronomical dissertation on the lunar atmosphere | XLI 261 | - 172 | | A true copy of a paper found in the handwriting of Sir Isaac Newton, among the papers of the late Dr. Halley, containing a description of an instrument for observing the moon's distance from the fixed stars at sea | XLII 155 | VIII 129 | | A new method of calculating eclipses, particularly of the earth, and of any appulses of the moon to planets and fixed stars | XLIII 22 | X 55 | | A letter concerning the moon's motion | XLIV 412 | - 78 | | An observation of an extraordinary lunar circle, and of two parafelenes made at Paris, Oct. 20, 1747 | XLV 524 | - 483 | | A letter concerning the acceleration of the moon | XLVI 162 | - 84 | | A letter concerning the mean motion of the moon's apogee | XLVII 62 | | | An account of a remarkable appearance in the moon, April 22, 1751 | XLVII 164 | | | An account of a prize of 100 ducats, offered by | the Academy of Sciences at Petersburg, for the best answer to the question, "Whether the theory of Sir Isaac Newton is sufficient to explain all the irregularities which are found in the motion of the moon?" Euler — A resolution of a general Proposition for deter- mining the hourly alteration of the position of the terrestrial equator, from the attraction of the sun and moon: with some remarks on the solutions given by other authors to that dif- ficult and important problem — Simpson — A letter concerning observations to be made on the parallax of the moon at St. Helena, and recommending the same to be made at Paris and Greenwich Le Caille and Maskelyne — Certain reasons for a lunar atmosphere Dunn — An account of an apple of the moon to the planet Jupiter observed at Chelsea Dunn — Of the moon's distance and parallax Murdock — Concise rules for computing the effects of re- fraction and parallax in varying the apparent distance of the moon from the sun or a star; also an easy rule of approximation for com- puting the distance of the moon from a star, the longitudes and latitudes of both being given with demonstrations of the same Maskelyne — Short and easy methods for finding the quantity of time contained in any given number of mean lunations, and the number of mean lu- nations in any given quantity of time Ferguson — An essay on the connection between the paral- laxes of the sun and moon; their densities; and their disturbing forces on the ocean Murdock — Kepler's method of computing the moon's pa- rallaxes in solar eclipses, demonstrated and extended to all degrees of the moon's latitude, as also to the assigning the moon's corre- spondent apparent diameter, together with a concise application of this form of calculation to those eclipses Pemberton — Astronomical observations relating to the moun- tains of the moon Herschel Moon. (Occultations, transits, and conjunctions) Conjunction of the moon and Venus on the 11th of October, 1670 - Hevelius Observations of a transit of Jupiter near the moon, Sept. 20, 1671 - Hevelius An observation of Mars covered by the moon: Aug. 21, 1676, at Dantzig - Hevelius At Greenwich - Flamstead At Oxford - Halley An account of an occultation of Venus by the moon, Sept. 19, 1729, at Berlin - Kirchius An observation of the moon's transit by Aldebaran, April 3, 1736, London - Bevis Observations of the occultation of Mars by the moon, October 7, 1716, Fleet-street Graham Covent-garden - Bevis An occultation of Aldebaran by the moon, Dec. 12, 1738 - Graham An occultation of Jupiter and his satellites by the moon, Oct. 28, 1748 - Graham An account of an occultation of Jupiter by the moon, June 6, 1744 - Bevis An observation on an occultation of Cor Leonis by the moon, on Thursday March 12, 1747, in Surry-street, in the Strand, London, with a reflecting telescope made by Mr. Short, which magnified about 100 times Bevis An occultation of the planet Venus by the moon in the day-time observed at London, April 16, 1751 - Bevis The same observed at Greenwich - Bradley Account of occultations of Antares, Mars, and Mercury by the moon, that will happen in the year 1763, proper to determine the exact difference of longitude betwixt London, Paris, and Greenwich - La Lande Occultation of fixed stars by the moon, observed at Greenwich, 1769 - Maskelyne Observation of the moon's passage over the Pleiades in 1767 - M. Messier An account of an occultation of the star ξ Tauri by the moon, observed at Leicester - Ludlam Occultation of the stars α and γ Tauri, and other stars, by the moon Wargentin and Lexell Occultation of α and γ Tauri observed at Leicester - Ludlam Transf. Abrigd. V 2023 I 304 VI 3031 — 347 XI 721 — 723 — 724 — 350 XXXVI 256 VI 352 XL 90 VIII 133 — 100 — 186 — 101 XLI 632 — 135 — 647 — 184 XLIII 65 XLIV 455 X 10 XLVII 159 — 201 LII 607 LIX 399 LIX 454 LX 355 LXV 280 — 370 | Moon. (Eclipse of the) Observation of an eclipse of, Sept. 29, 1670 | Hevelius | V 2023 | I 304 | | Observations on the eclipse of the moon, Sept. 8, 1671 London Street | VI 2272 | — 306 | | Eton; in Northamptonshire, Palmer | — — | — 307 | | Paris Bullialdus | VI 2272 | | Observations upon the eclipse of the moon, Sept. 8, 1671 Hook | VI 2296 | I 227 | | Observations on a lunar eclipse, Sept. 18, 1671 Hevelius | — 3028 | — 307 | | Observations on the eclipse of the moon, Sept. 8, 1671 Fogelius | — 3033 | — 308 | | An account of what hath been observed concerning the late eclipse of the moon, Jan. 1, 1674-5, London Hook | IX 237 | — — | | Derby Flamsteed | — — | — — | | Paris Bullialdus | — 238 | | A more particular account of the last eclipse of the moon, Jan. 11, 1675, as it was observed at Paris Cassini, Picard, and Roens | X 257 | — — | | Observation on an eclipse of the moon, Jan. 11, 1675, with the occultation of certain fixed stars at Dantzig Hevelius | — 289 | — 310 | | Account of the total eclipse of the moon, June 26, 1675, observed at London Flamsteed | — 371 | — 314 | | At Paris Bullialdus | — 372 | — 315 | | Observations on the same made at Paris, proper to compare with those made in London | — 388 | — — | | A letter relating to the foregoing observations Cassini | — 390 | — 560 | | A letter containing observations of the late lunar eclipse, Dec. 21, 1675 Flamsteed | — 495 | — 316 | | Considerations on Mr. Flamsteed's account of the same, and observations on the same Cassini Answer Flamsteed | XI 561 | — 317 | | Observation of the lunar eclipse of Oct. 29, 1678, at Paris Cassini | XII 1015 | — 320 | | An observation of the lunar eclipse Aug. 19, 1681, made at St. Lawrence or Madagascar Haucho | XIII 15 | — 568 | | Observations on the eclipse of the moon, Feb. 11, 1682, Flamsteed | — 89 | — 326 | | Observations on the same 11, 1682, at Paris Anon. | — 149 | — 330 | | At Dantick Hevelius | — 146 | — 331 | | An account of a small lunar eclipse of June 16, | — — | — — | 1684, observed at Greenwich - Flamstead Eclipses totalis lunae cum moa, Dec. 10, 1685, observata Gedani - Hevelius Two observations on the eclipse of the moon, Nov. 30, 1685, at Nuremberg - Eimmart and Wurtzelbaur Observations on the eclipse of the moon, Nov. 30, 1685, at Paris - Jacobs Observations on an eclipse of the moon, Nov. 19, 1686, Dublin - Molyneux An account of an eclipse of the moon, observed at Moscow in Russia, April 5, 1688, compared with the same, observed at Leipzig, whereby the longitude of the former is ascertained: together with the latitude of several principal places in the empire of Russia - Tinnermann Eclipse of the moon, observed Oct. 19, 1697, at Chester - Hailey At Rotterdam - Cassini Eclipse of the moon, April 17, 1707, observed at Zurich - Jacobs and Scheuchzer The same observed at Boston, in New-England - Brattle A letter giving an account of the eclipse of the moon, Sept. 18, 1708, at Upminster - Derham An account of the moon's eclipse, Feb. 2, 1709-10, observed at Streatham, near London, and compared with the calculation - Cressener Observation of the eclipse of the moon on Jan. 12, 1711-2 - Derham An observation of the end of the total lunar eclipse on the 5th of March, 1718, observed near the Cape of Good Hope, serving to determine the longitude thereof. With remarks thereon - Halley Observations on the eclipse of the moon, June 18, 1722, and the longitude of Port Royal in Jamaica, determined thereby - Halley Observations made in Italy of an eclipse of the moon, Sept. 8, 1718 - Poleni and Margagni Bologna - Rondelli, Nadia, & Parisi Euflacbius & Monfredi An observation of the eclipse of the moon - Ghislieri Transf. XIV 689 XV 1256 XVI 146 - 199 - 256 XVII 453 XIX 784 XX 15 XXV 2394 XXVI 308 XXVII 16 XXX 992 XXXII 235 XXXIII 71 Abridg. I 334 - 335 - 338 - 338 - 256 - 139 - 340 - 340 IV 272 - 271 - 275 - 275 - 277 - 451 VI 190 - 185 - 186 - 187 - 189 Nov. Nov. 1, 1724, at Lisbon Carbone and Capasso XXXIII 189 Abridg. VI 191 A comparison of the observations made at Lisbon and Paris Carbone — 187 VII 680 Observations of the eclipse of the moon, October 10, 1725, made at Bristol Burroughs XXXIV 37 VI 196 Eclipse of the moon at Padua, October 2, 1726 Polenus — 158 Observations on the eclipse of the Moon, Oct. 21, 1725, at Albano Bianchini — 179 — 194 Observations upon an eclipse of the moon, Oct. 21, 1724, at Gonroon, in Persia Saunderson — 213 — 267 An account of an eclipse of the moon, Oct. 10, 1726, Lisbon Carbone XXXV 338 — 196 An observation of the eclipse of the moon at Castle Dobbs, near Carrickfergus, in Ireland, Feb. 2, 1728-9 Dobt XXXVI 140 — 201 Observations of an eclipse of the moon, Feb. 2, 1729, at Rome and Paris Carbone — 170 — 202 Padua Polenus — 173 — 203 Observations on an eclipse of the moon, Oct. 31, 1724, at Rome Blanchini — 174 — 205 Observations of an eclipse of the moon, July 29, 1729, Wirtemberg Weidler — — — Padua Polenus — 176 — 206 Two observations of the total eclipse of the moon, July 28, 1729, Bologna Manfredi — 215 — 207 Observations on an eclipse of the moon, Feb. 2, 1730, at Lisbon Carbone — 363 — 213 Extract of a letter containing an account of an observation of an eclipse of the moon, July 29, 1729, made in Barbadoes Stevenson — 440 Observations of the eclipse of the moon, June 28, 1721, at Cambridge, in New England Robie XXXVII 272 — 215 An observation of the eclipse of the moon, Dec. 1, 1732, made at Rome Bottarius and Manfredi XXXVIII,85 VIII 161 An observation on the eclipse of the moon, Nov. 20, 1732, London Graham — 88 Observations on the eclipse of the moon, Oct. 2, 1735, at Wirtemberg Weidler XXXIX 359 — 164 A collection of the observations made on the eclipse of the moon on March 15, 1735-6, which were communicated to the Royal Society In Fleet-street Graan XL 14 — 164 At Greenwich Halley — — — Fleet-street, London Celsius — 15 — 165 | Event Description | Author | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------|---------| | A collection of the observations of the lunar eclipse, Sept. 8, 1736 | Graham | XL 16 | 92 | | In Fleet-street, Covent-garden, Wurtemberg, Hudson's Bay | Bevis | - | 93 | | Observation of an eclipse of the moon, Jan. 2, 1740 | Graham | XLI | 633 | | Observation of the eclipse of the moon, Dec. 21, 1740 at the island of St. Catherine, on the coast of Brazil | Legge | XLII | 18 | | A letter concerning the same eclipse, New England | Wintbrop | - | 572 | | Eclipse of the moon, Oct. 22, 1743, in the morning | Graham | - | 580 | | Eclipse of the moon, Dec. 12, 1749, observed at Earith, near St. Ives, Huntingdonshire | Elstob | XLVI | 280 | | The same observed at Rome | Maire | - | 321 | | Eclipse of the moon observed in London, June 8, 1750 | Carlin and Short | - | 323 | | The same observed at Wurtemberg, June 19, 1750 | Bose | - | 570 | | Eclipse of the moon observed at London, Dec. 2, 1750 | Bevis and Short | - | 575 | | An account of the eclipse of the moon, Nov. 21, 1751 | Short | XLVII | 317 | | Luna defectus elbis observatus, 27 Martii, 1755 | Barbaja | XLIX | 265 | | The same made at Lisbon | Chevalier | L | 37+ | | Observations on the eclipse of the moon, Feb. 4, 1757, made at Lisbon | Chevalier | - | 376 | | Observations on the eclipse of the moon, July 30, 1757, at Madrid, and Jan. 24, 1758 | Wendlingen | - | 640 | | Observations on the eclipse of the moon, July 30, 1757, made at Lisbon | Chevalier | - | 769 | | An account of the eclipse of the moon, Nov. 22, 1760, London | Short | LI | 936 | | Observations on an eclipse of the moon, May 18, 1761, in Sweden | Wargentin | LII | 208 | | An account of the eclipse of the moon, May 8, 1762, in the morning observed in London | Short | LII | 542 | An account of the same at Leyden — Bevis Observations of an eclipse of the moon, Nov. 28 1762, at Calcutta — Hirsa Observation of the eclipse of the moon, March 17, 1764, London — Bevis Observations on the same at Schwezinga — Mayer Observation of the end of the same eclipse observed in Pennsylvania — Mason and Dixon An account of the eclipse of the moon, November 12, 1769, made at Hawkhill, near Edinburgh — Lind Observations on the eclipse of the Moon, Dec. 12, 1769, Greenwich — Maskelyne Observation of a partial eclipse of the moon, Jan. 3, and of a total one, Dec. 23, 1768 — M. Messier An account of an eclipse of the moon at Pekin, Oct. 23, 1771 — Cipolla An account of an eclipse of the moon at Pekin, Nov. 12, 1761 — Cipolla An account of the lunar eclipse, Oct. 11, 1772, observed at Canton — Blake Moon. (Applied to finding the longitude) An instrument for seeing the sun, moon, or stars pass the meridian of any place; useful for setting watches in all parts of the world with the greatest exactness, to correct sun-dials, to assist in the discovery of the longitude of places — Derham A letter containing the results of observations of the distance of the moon from the sun and fixed stars, made in a voyage from England to the island of St. Helena, in order to determine the longitude of the ship from time to time; together with the whole process of computation used on this occasion — Maskelyne Letter giving an account of observations at sea for finding out the longitude by the moon — Horsey Tract of his majesty's armed brig Leon from England to Davis's Straights and Labrador, with observations for determining the longitude by sun and moon, and error of common reckoning reckoning; also the variation of the compass and dip of the needle as observed during the said voyage in 1776 - Pickering Moors. An account of the Moorish way of dressing their meat (with some remarks) in West Barbary, from Cape Spartel to Cape de Geer Moose Deer. A discourse concerning the large horns frequently found underground in Ireland, concluding from them that the great American deer, called a Moose, was formerly common in that island A description of the moose deer in America A letter containing the description of the moose deer of New England Morass. A letter concerning the body of a woman found in a morass, in the Isle of Axholm, in Lincolnshire Morbid. Some uncommon observation on the dissection of morbid bodies A remarkable case of a morbid eye Morbus Strangulatorius. An account of the morbus strangulatorius Mortality. An estimate of the degrees of the mortality of mankind, drawn from various tables of the births and funerals at the city of Breslaw, with an attempt to ascertain the price of annuities upon lives A view of the relation between Dr. Halley's tables, and the notions of M. de Buffon, for establishing a rule for the probable duration of the life of man A letter concerning the value of an annuity for life, and the probability of survivorship Observations on the expectations of lives, the increase of mankind, the influence of great towns on population, and particularly the state of London with respect to healthfulness, and the number of inhabitants Mortality (Bills of) The general bill of christenings and burials in London, 1685 Bill of mortality of London, 1616, and 1687 Some further considerations on the Breslaw bills of mortality, by the same as the former An extract of all persons that died in 1695, in Frankfort on the Maine, consummating matrimony, receive baptism, and where buried The number of persons who have been christened, married, and buried in the Old, Middle, and Lower Mark, 1698 An account of the persons married, christened, and deceased in all the dominions of the Elector of Brandenburg in 1698 Of several considerable towns in Europe, from Christmas 1716 to Christmas 1717, extracted from the Acta Breslaviensia The remainder of the bills of mortality, &c., of the several towns of Europe, extracted from the Breslaw Acts An farther account of the bills of mortality, &c., of several considerable towns in Europe, for the years 1722 and 1723, extracted from the Acta Breslaviensia Bills of mortality in several parts of Europe, for the years 1724 and 1725, extracted from the Acta Breslaviensia For the town of Dresden, from the year 1617, to 1717, containing the numbers of marriages, births, burials, and communicants For the imperial city of Augsburg, from the year 1501 to 1720 inclusive, containing the number of births, marriages, and burials Remarks upon the aforesaid bills of mortality for the cities of Dresden and Augsburgh An account of births and burials, with the number of inhabitants at Stoke Damerell, in the county of Devon An abstract of the bills of mortality in Bridgetown, in Barbadoes, for the years 1737-1744 A letter concerning an improvement of the bill of mortality An extract of the register of the parish of Holy-Crofts, in Salop, from Michaelmas, 1750, to Michaelmas, 1760 An extract from the register of Holy-Crofts, in Salop, from Michaelmas, 1760, to Michaelmas, 1770 Observations on the bill of mortality in Chester for the year 1772 - Haygarth LXIV 67 Bill of mortality of the town of Warrington, for 1773 - Aikin - 438 Bill of mortality for Chester, for the year 1773 - Haygarth LXV 85 Observations on the difference between the duration of human life in towns and in country parishes and villages - Price - 424 An account of baptisms, marriages, and burials during forty years, in the parish of Blandford Forum, Dorset - Pulteney LXVIII 615 Mortar. A proposition of general use in the art of gunnery, shewing the rule of laying a mortar to pass in order to strike any object above or below the horizon - Halley XIX 68 I 81 The method of making the best mortar at Madras in East-India - Pyke XXXVII 231 VI 465 See Gunnery Mortification. Part of a letter concerning the coming off of the scapula and head of the os humeri, upon a mortification - Derante XXX II 15 VII 676 An abstract of a book, entitled, A short account of mortifications, and of the surprizing effects of the bark, in putting a stop to their progress - Douglas XXXVII 429 - 645 A remarkable case of the efficacy of bark in a mortification - Grindall L 379 Extract of a letter relating to the case of mortification of limbs in a family at Wattisham, in Suffolk - Wallaston LII 523 Another account - Bones - 526 Second account - Bones - 529 Further account - Wallaston - 584 Mosaic Work. Part of a letter concerning an ancient tessellated, or Mosaic, work at Leicester - Carte XXVII 324 Mosses. An account of mosses in Scotland - Earl of Cromertie - 296 IV 2 253 An answer to the above - Sloane - 302 - 256 An account of a moving moss in the neighbourhood of Church-Town in Lancashire - Richmond XLIII 282 X 596 A letter concerning the manner of feeding mosses; and in particular of the hypnum terrestre trichoides luteovirens vulgare ma- X x jus, capitulis ereclis; Raii Synopsis Ed. III. p. 84 The substance of some experiments of planting of seeds in moss Experiments and observations on a blue substance found in the peat-moss in Scotland Motion. A summary of the general laws of motion Theory of motion A summary account of the laws of motion Some propositions on the parabolic motion of projectiles, written in 1710 (Astronomy) A letter concerning the moon's motion A letter concerning the mean motion of the moon's apogee An account of a prize of 100 ducats offered by the Academy of Sciences at Petersburg, for the best answer to the question, "Whether the theory of Sir Isaac Newton is sufficient to explain all the irregularities which are found in the motion of the moon?" Of the irregularities in the planetary motions caused by the mutual attraction of the planets An essay on the connection between the parallaxes of the sun and moon; their densities; and their disturbing forces on the ocean (Mechanics) Letter concerning a movement that measures time after a peculiar manner, with an account of the reason of the said motion A discourse proving from experiments, that the larger the wheels of a coach, &c. are, the more easily they may be drawn over a stone, or such like obstacle that lies in the way Observations on a French paper concerning perpetual motion A discourse concerning gravity, and its properties, wherein the descent of heavy bodies, and the motion of projects, is briefly but fully handled; together with the solution of a problem of great use in gunnery Further remarks on the instrument proposed by an anonymous French author for effecting a perpetual motion — Papin An answer to the author of the perpetual motion — Papin Experiments about the motion of pendulums in vacuo — Dehant Remarks of some attempts made toward a perpetual motion — Desaguliers The greatest effect of engines, with uniformly accelerated motions considered — Blake An experimental enquiry concerning the natural powers of water and wind to turn mills and other machines depending on a circular motion — Smeaton A letter containing a demonstration of a law of motion, in the case of a body deflected by two forces, tending constantly to two fixed points — Robertson A new theory of the rotatory motion of bodies affected by forces disturbing such motion — Landen An investigation of the principles of progressive and rotatory motion — Vince (Force of moving bodies) A letter concerning an experiment whereby it has been attempted to shew the falsity of the common opinion, in relation to the force of bodies in motion — Pemberton An account of some experiments made to prove that the force of moving bodies is proportionable to their velocities — Desaguliers Animadversions upon some experiments relating to the force of moving bodies; with two new experiments on the same subject — Desaguliers A remark upon the new opinion relating to the forces of moving bodies, in the case of the collision of non-elastic bodies — Eames Remarks upon a supposed demonstration, that the moving forces of the same body are not as the velocities, but as the squares of the velocities — Eames A letter occasioned by the present controversy among mathematicians, concerning the proportion of velocity and force in bodies in motion — Samuel Clarke An account of an experiment contrived by G. X x 2 J. Graveshamde, relating to the force of moving bodies, shewn to the Royal Society by Desaguliers An enquiry into the measure of the force of bodies in motion; with a proposal of an experimentum crucis to decide the controversy about it. An experimental examination of the quantity and proportion of mechanic power, necessary to be employed in giving different degrees of velocity to heavy bodies from a state of rest. Reflections on the communication of motion by impact and gravity. (Motion of fluids) An account of the motion of running water. A defence of the dissertation of the motion of running water, against the animadversions of P. A. Michelotti. Remarks upon some experiments in hydraulics, which seem to prove that the forces of equal moving bodies are as the squares of their velocities. Of the measure and motion of running water. With the conclusion. (Motion of the earth) An account of a controversy between Stephano de Angelis of Padua, and J. B. Riccioli, concerning the motion of the earth. Extract of a letter touching his thoughts of Mr. Hooke's observations for proving the motion of the earth. Extract of another letter relating to the same subject. (Electricity) An account of the repetition of an experiment touching motion, given bodies included in a glass, by the approach of a finger near its outside; with other experiments on the effluvia of glass. (Heat) An experiment to examine what figure and celerity of motion begetteth or increaseth light and flame. Two letters concerning the rotatory motion of glass tubes about their axes when placed in a certain manner before the fire. Transf. | Abridg. ---|--- XXXVIII | VIII 235 143 | VIII 174 XLIII 423 | VIII 174 LXVI 450 | IX 431 LXVII 344 | IX 431 XXX 748 | IV 435 XXXII 179 | VI 431 XXXV 343 | — 292 XL1 5 | VIII 282 — 65 | VIII 282 III 693 | IX 90 IX 90 | IX 90 XXVI 82 | VI 281 I 226 | X 551 XLIII 341 | III 639 MOTION. (Anatomy) An abstract of an account of five pair of muscles, which serve for different motions of the head Dupre With remarks by W Cowper An observation upon the motion of the hearts of two urchins, after being cut out Templer (Natural history of vegetables) Queries concerning vegetation, especially the motion of the juices of vegetables Anon. Experiments concerning the motion of the sap in trees Willoughby and Wray Extracts of divers letters touching some enquiries and experiments, touching the motion of sap in trees, and relating to the question of the circulation of the same Lister A letter relating to some particulars in Mr. Lister's communications Willoughby Extract of a letter both in relation to the further discovery of the motion of juices in vegetables, and removing the difference noted in Mr. Willoughby's letter Anon. Some considerations on the descent of sap Reed Some considerations on Mr. Reed's letter, shewing in what sense the sap may be said to descend and to circulate in plant, and the graft to communicate with the stock Beal Observations and experiments relating to the motion of sap in vegetables Bradley MOULDINESS. Some microscopical observations and curious remarks on the vegetation and exceeding quick propagation of mouldiness on the substance of a melon Bradley Letter concerning the green mould on firewood Miles MOUNTAINS. Letter concerning the icy and crystalline mountain of Helvetia, called the Gletscher Muraltus Experiment concerning respiration upon very high mountains Boyle A farther description and representation of the icy mountain called the Gletscher in the canton of Bern, in Helvetia Fustel A discourse of the rule of the decrease of the height of the Mercury in the barometer, ac- According as places are elevated above the surface of the earth, with an attempt to discover the true reason of the rising and falling of the Mercury upon change of weather — Halley A relation of the small creatures called sable mice, which have lately come in troops into Lapland, about Thorne, and other places adjacent to the mountains, in innumerable multitudes — Ricaut A relation of the bad condition of the mountains about the Tungarouse and Batavian rivers, having their source from thence, occasioned by the earthquake between the 4th and 5th of January, 1699, drawn up from the account given by Tommagon Porbo Nata who had been there — XXI 110 — 871 The barometrical method of measuring the height of mountains, with two new tables, shewing the height of the atmosphere at given altitudes of Mercury — Scheuchzer Remarks on the height of mountains in general, and of those of Switzerland in particular, with an account of the rise of some of the most considerable rivers of Europe — Scheuchzer An account of a mountain of iron-ore at Taberg in Sweden — Alcanius A short description of some high mountains on which are a great quantity of fossil wood — Hollman Observations made in Savoy in order to ascertain the height of mountains by means of the barometer; being an examination of Mr. de Luc's rules delivered in his "Recherches sur les Modifications de l'Atmosphere" — Schuckburg Astronomical observations relating to the mountains of the moon — Herschel Mouth. Letter concerning scales within the mouth — Leeuwenhoek Moxa. Observations on moxa and cotton — Leeuwenhoek Mulberry-Trees. A letter concerning an unusual way of propagating mulberry-trees in Virginia, for the better improvement of the silkwork; together with some particulars, tending to the good of that plantation — Moray Of an excellent liquor made with cyder, apples, and mulberries — Coleprest Tranl. | Abridg. ---|--- XVI 104 | II 14 XXI 110 | — 871 XXII 595 | — 419 XXXV 537 | VI 2 30 — 577 | — 35 XLIX 30 | — LI 506 | — LXVII 513 | — LXX 507 | — XIV 586 | III 684 XII 899 | — I 201 | II 653 II 502 | — Note Note of Pliny about the bleeding of the *Lift*. **Multinomial.** A method of raising an infinite multinomial to any given power, or extracting any given root of the same — *De Musure* Of the fluents of multinomials, and series affected by radical signs, which do not begin to converge till after the second term — *simpson* An investigation of some theorems, which suggest some remarkable properties of the circle, and are of use in resolving fractions, whose denominators are certain multinomials into more simple ones — *Lanwen* **Mummy.** An account of a mummy inspected at London, 1763 — *Hadley* **Mural Quadrant.** A description of an astronomical mural quadrant, freed from many of the inconveniences it has hitherto laboured under — *Gersten* **Murrain in Cattle.** Vide *Cattle, Distempers, Inoculation* **Musa.** Some remarks on the family of plants called musa — *Garcin* **Museum.** Letter concerning several observables in Mr. Thoresby's museum — *Thoresby* A catalogue of fossils, shells, metals, minerals, &c. which J. J. Scheuchzer, of Zurich, sent to J. Petiver — *XXIV 2042 IV 2286* **Muscle (fish).** Examination of the testicles of a rat, and the seed of muscles, oysters, &c. — *Leeuwenhoek* **Muscle (Anatomy).** Microscopical observations of the caruncles fibres of a muscle — *Leeuwenhoek* A letter containing observations upon the seminal vessels, muscular fibres, and blood of whales — *Leeuwenhoek* An extract of a letter concerning the fibres of the muscles — *Leeuwenhoek* Concerning the frame and texture of the muscles — *Mus* Observations upon the membranes enclosing the fasciculi of fibres, into which a muscle is divided — *Leeuwenhoek* Observations on the muscular fibres of different animals — *Leeuwenhoek* Observations on the muscular fibres of fish — *Leeuwenhoek* A letter concerning the muscular fibres in several animals — Leeuwenhoek XXXII 72 — 468 Crounian lecture on muscular motion — XL Suppl. The Crounian lectures on muscular motion, read before the Royal Society in 1744 and 1745 — Parsons XLIII 1 XI 1226 Observations concerning the salt marsh muscle, the oyster-banks, and the fresh-water muscle of Pennsylvania — Bartram — 157 XI 860 Observations of a fracture of the os humeri, by the power of the muscles only — Amyana — 293 — 1103 Observations and experiments upon animal bodies, digested in a philosophical analysis, or enquiry into the cause of voluntary muscular motion — Morton XLVII 305 The case of William Carey, whose muscles began to be offish — Henry LI 89 A further account — Henry — 91 A further account — Henry LII 143 Observations upon the effects of electricity applied to a tetanus, or muscular rigidity of four months continuance — Watson — 10 A cure of a muscular contraction by electricity — Partington LXVIII 97 Some microscopical observations upon muscles, and the manner of their production — Leeuwenhoek XXVII 529 Mushroom. A description of an odd kind of mushroom yielding a milky juice, much hotter to the tongue than pepper — Lister VII 5116 II 623 A letter concerning the seeds of mushrooms — Pickering XLII 593 VIII 812 Some remarks of the above — W. Watson — 599 — 815 Further remarks concerning mushrooms, occasioned by the Rev. Mr. Pickering's paper, with observations on the poisonous faculty of some sort of fungi — W. Watson XLIII 51 X 790 On the propagation and culture of mushrooms — Pickering — 96 X 788 See Fungus Music. Letter concerning a new musical discovery — Wallis XII 839 I 606 A discourse concerning the musical notes of the trumpets and trumpet-marine, and of the defects of the same — Roberts XVII 559 — 607 A question in music lately proposed to Dr. Wallis, concerning the division of the mono- chord, or section of the musical canon; with his answer to it — Wallis Letter concerning the strange effects reported of musick in former times beyond what is reported of later ages — Wallis The theory of musick reduced to arithmetical and geometrical proportions — Salmon A letter of the various genera and species of music among the ancients, with some observations concerning their scale — Pepys A letter, inclosing a paper of the late Rev. Mr. Creed, concerning a machine to write down extempore voluntaries, or other pieces of music — Freke Account of one, who had no ear to music naturally, singing several tunes when in a delirium — Doddridge An explanation of the modes or tones in the ancient Graecian music — Stiles Musician. Account of a very remarkable young musician — Barrington Account of an infant musician — Burney Musk. The extraordinary effect of musk in convulsive disorders — Wall A remarkable instance of the happy effects of musk, in a very dangerous case — Parsons Musk Smelling Animals. An account of some insects smelling of musk — Ray Confirmation of the observation about musk-scented insects, adding some notes upon Dr. Swammerdam's book of insects, and on that of Steno, concerning petrified shells — Lister Discovery of another musk-scented insect — Lister Musk Hog. Tajacu seu aper Mexicanus moschiferus, or the anatomy of the Mexico musk-hog — Tyson Mustela. The figure of the mustela fossilis — Gronovius Myopes. A way for Myopes to use telecopes without eye-glasses, an object glass becoming as useful to them, and sometimes more so than a combination of glasses — Desaguliers MYRRH. Some observations upon myrrh, made in Abyssinia in the year 1771, sent to Dr. Hunter, with specimens, in February, 1775. N. NAEVUS MATERNUS. Several letters concerning a particular naevus maternus, or mole NAIL. An account of one who had horny excrescencies, or extraordinary large nails on his fingers and toes NAIN. Two meteorological journals kept at Nain, in 57 degrees north latitude, and at Okak, in 57 degrees 30 minutes north latitude, both on the coast of Labrador NAMUR. Account of the cachot, or rooms cut in the rock of the castle in Namur NAPELLUS. See Monk's Hood NAPLES. Remarks upon the nature of the soil of Naples, and its neighbourhood Extract of another letter on the same subject — See Catacombs NARHUAL, OR UNICORN FISH. An account of a Narhual, or Unicorn Fish, lately taken in the river Oft, in the Dutchy of Bremen, 1739 A description of the same fish NASSAU. Remarks on the stones in the Country of Nassau, and the territories of Cleves and Coelen, resembling those of the Giants Causeway in Ireland. NATRON. Experiments and observations about the natron of Egypt, and the Nitrian water NATURAL HISTORY (Miscellaneous). General head for a natural history of a country, great or small Divers instances of peculiarities of nature both in men and brutes An account of some of the natural things, with which Sig. P. Boccone of Sicily hath lately presented the Royal Society Observations in natural history made in Scotland Extracts of four letters relating to the natural productions of Virginia With an additional note Some observations concerning some wonderful contrivances of nature in a family of plants in Jamaica, to perfect the individuum, and propagate the species, with several instances analogous to them in European vegetables Some natural observations made in the parishes of Kinardsey and Donington, in Shropshire A letter containing several observations in natural history, made in travels through Wales With further account of the birds mentioned in it And farther observations Letter giving a further account of what he met with remarkable in natural history and antiquities in his travels through Wales Several observations relating to the antiquities and natural history of Ireland, in his travels through that kingdom Some farther observations Extracts of letters containing observations in natural history and antiquities in his travels through Wales and Scotland Several observations in natural history, made at North Bierley, in Yorkshire An account of some observations relating to natural history, made in a Journey to the Peak in Derbyshire A remark on T. Hardouin's amendment of a passage in Pliny's natural history, lib. II., 74 An account of glasses of a new contrivance for preserving pieces of anatomy or natural history in spirituous liquors - Le Cat Addition - Le Cat A specimen of the natural history of the Volga - Forsler An account of birds sent from Hudson's Bay, with observations relative to their natural history; and Latin descriptions of some of the most uncommon - Forsler Navel. Account of a foetus voided by the ulcerated navel of a negro in Nevis - Brodie Account of a woman who voided the greatest part of a foetus by the navel - Birbeck Account of a rupture of the - Tanbe A letter concerning the bones of a foetus being discharged through an ulcer near the navel - Drake Navigation. Certain problems touching some points of navigation - Mercator A summary relation of what hath hitherto been discovered in the matter of the North-East Passage - Anon. What a compleat treatise of navigation should contain - Petty A method for rowing men of war in a calm - Du Quet An account of a new machine, called the marine surveyor, contrived for the mensuration of the way of a ship in the sea, more correctly than by the log, or any other method hitherto used for that purpose, together with several testimonials setting forth the usefulness of this invention - Saumarez Navigators. An advertisement necessary for all Lizard and Scilly navigators bound up the channel of England laid down too far northerly - Anon. Nautilites. A beautiful Nautilite shewn to the Royal Society by the Rev. Charles Lyttleton Neagh. A letter concerning Lough-Neagh in Ireland, and its petrifying qualities - Molyneux A retraction of the 7th and last paragraph of Mr. W. Molyneux's letter, vol. XIV. p. 552, concerning Lough-Neagh Stone, and its non-application to the magnet upon calcination - Molyneux An answer to some queries concerning Lough-Neagh - Smyth Some observations of Lough-Neagh in Ireland - Nevil A letter concerning the petrification of Lough Neagh, with a letter from the bishop of Cloyne on the same subject - Simon and Berkeley Nebule. An account of several nebulæ, or lucid spots like clouds, lately discovered among the fixed stars by help of the telescope - Halley Neck. Letter concerning a horn hanging to the neck of an ox, with observations on horns and glandules in general - Malpighius An observation of an infant, where the brain was depressed into the hollow of the vertebrae of the neck - Tylon An account of a very large tumour in the fore part of the neck - Douglas An observation of a tumour on the neck full of hydatides cured by - Hewden Needle. See Magnet Negro. An account of a negro boy that is dappelled in several parts of his body with white spots - Byrd An account of the remarkable alteration on the colour of a negro woman - Bate An account of a white negro shewn before the Royal Society - Parsons Nerve. Observations concerning the optic-nerve - Leuwenhoek Observations on the optic-nerve - Leuwenhoek Experiments to prove the existence of a fluid in the nerves - Stuart Essay on the use of the ganglions of the nerves - Johnstone Ness. Letter concerning the Lake Ness, &c. - Fraser Nests. An account of some very curious wasps nests made of clay in Pennsylvania - Bartram Some observations upon an American wasps nest - Mauduit New Caledonia. See Darien New England. Account of some natural curiosities, and a very strange and curiously contrived fish from New England - Winthrop Natural observations made at Boston in New England - Bullivant An extract of several letters from Cotton Mather from New England - Mather Observations of remarkable instances of the nature and power of vegetation in New England - Dudley An account of an extraordinary disease among the Indians in the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard in New England - Oliver Newgate. An account of several persons seized with the gaol fever, working in Newgate, and of the manner in which the infection was communicated to one entire family - Pringle Newton. A demonstration of the 11th proposition of Sir Isaac Newton's treatise of quadratures - Robin A demonstration of Sir Isaac Newton's formula for raising a multinomial to any power - Castillonius A true copy of a paper found in the hand-writing of Sir Isaac Newton, among the papers of the late Dr. Halley, describing an instrument for observing the moon's distance from the fixed stars at sea - Anon. An account of a prize of 100 ducats offered by the Academy of Sciences at Petersburg, for the best answer to the question, "Whether the theory of Sir Isaac Newton is sufficient to explain all the irregularities which are found in the motion of the moon?" Euler Remarks upon a passage in Castillione's life of Sir Isaac Newton - Wintbrop See Chronology, Equation, Light New York. The longitude of Lisbon, and the Fort of New York, from Wanstead and London, determined by eclipses of the first satellite of Jupiter - Bradley Niagara River. An account of the Falls of the river Niagara taken at Albany, Oct. 10, 1721 - Boroffow Nightshade. A brief botanical and medical history of the solanum lethale, bella-donna, or deadly nightshade - W. Watson Nin zin or Ginseng. A new genus of plants, called Araliastrum, of which the famous nin-zin or ginseng ginseng of the Chinese is a species Vaillant NISOL. An historico-physical observation on the brass-waters of Nisol, commonly called Cement-Water, changing iron to brass NITRE. A probable conjecture about the original of the nitre of Egypt — A catalogue of those oils that will take fire with a great noise, when the compound spirit of nitre is poured upon any of them; and of those oils which do only make a great noise and explosion, but will not take fire, and also of them that do not make effervescence or explosion — An experiment concerning the nitrous particles in the air — Manner of preparing nitre in Poland NITRIAN WATER. Experiments and observations about the natron of Egypt, and the nitrian water NITROUS ACID. Actual fire in detonation, produced by the conact of tinfoil, with the salt composed of copper and the nitrous acid — See Acid NITROUS AIR. See Air NODES. An account of the appearance of Mercury passing over the sun's disk, on the 29th of October, 1723, determining the mean motion, and fixing the nodes of that planet's orb — A treatise on the precession of the equinoxes, and in general on the motion of the nodes, and the alteration of the inclination of the orbit of a planet to the ecliptic: — Siavellus NOLI ME TANGERE. See Cancer NORFOLK. Extract of a letter concerning observations on the precipices or cliffs on the northeast coast of Norfolk — An account of large subterraneous caverns in the chalk hills near Norwich NORFOLK BOY. Observations on the history of the Norfolk boy NORTH EAST PASSAGE. A summary relation of what hath been hitherto discovered in the matter of the North East Passage Northern Countries. Of the diseases incident to, and remedies of northern countries Northern Regions. A dissertation on the bones and teeth of elephants, and other beasts found in North America, and other northern regions, by which it appears they are the bones of indigenous beasts Norwood. Some observations on Norwood's measure of the figure of the earth Nose. Anatomical observations on the structure of the nose Microscopical observations on the substance called worms in the nose Notes. A discourse concerning the musical notes of the trumpet, and trumpet marine, and of the defects of the same Nova-Zembla. A letter containing a true description of Nova-Zembla, together with an intimation of the advantage of its shape and position Nourishment. An account of a puppy in the womb that received no nourishment by the mouth Numbers. The squaring of the hyperbola, by an infinite series of rational numbers, together with its demonstration An account concerning the resolution of equations in numbers A compendious method for constructing the logarithms, exemplified and demonstrated from the nature of numbers, without any regard to the hyperbola, with a speedy method for finding the number from the logarithm given On the use of numeral figures in England, as old as 1690 Letter concerning the use of the numeral figures in England in 1690 An attempt towards the improvement of the method of approximating in the extraction of the roots of equations in numbers Koττικον Εκλογον, or, the Sieve of Eratosthenes, being an account of his method of finding all the prime numbers See Equations NUR OBJ See Equations Nuremberg. An account shewing that the latitude of Nuremberg has continued without sensible alteration for 200 years last past, as likewise the obliquity of the ecliptic, by comparing them with what was observed by B. Walther, in 1487. Wurtzelbaur XVI 403 I 262 Nutmegs. An extract of a letter containing microscopic observations Leeuwenhoek XVII 949 III 685 Nux Vomica. An account of the virtues of Faba S. Ignatii Anon. XXI 87 II 648 Farther and more exact account of the same Igasur, seu nux vomica legitima serapionis Camelli Letter on Swammerdam's treatise "de Faba S. Ignatii" Hotton — 88 — 649 — 648 — 652 Nyctanthes Elongata. A description and figure of the nyctanthes elongata, a new Indian plant Bergius LXI 289 Nyl-ghau. An account of the Nyl-ghau, an Indian animal not hitherto described William Hunter — 170 O. Oak-Trees. An account of grass in moors soon parched up in the shape of trees, under which oak trees are found Beale I 323 — 423 Thoughts about the dwarf-oaks described in vol. V. p. 1151 Willoughby V 1200 — 833 An account of two oak trees struck by thunder, and of the horn of a large deer found in the heart of an oak Clark XLI 235 VIII 847 Experiments concerning the use of the agaric of oak in stopping hemorrhages Sharp, Warner XLVIII 588 A letter giving an account of a new species of oak Holwell LXII 128 See Agaric Object Glasses. Judgment touching the apertures of object-glasses, and their proportions in respect of the several lengths of telescopes, together with a table thereof Luxoni I. 55 I 191 Instance Instance to Mr. Hooke for communicating a contrivance of making, with a glass of a sphere of 20 or 40 feet diameter, a telescope, drawing several hundred feet; and his offer of recompensing that secret with another, teaching to measure, with a telescope, the distances of objects upon the earth. A way for Myopes to use telescopes without eye-glasses, an object-glass alone becoming as useful to them, and sometimes more, than a combination of glasses. Letters relating to a theorem of Mr. Euler for correcting the aberrations in the object-glasses of refracting telescopes, by Short, Euler, and Dollond. An account of some new microscopes made at Naples, and their use in viewing the smallest objects. A method of working the object-glasses of refracting telescopes truly spherical. See Telescopes. Observatory. Letter concerning the remains of the observatory of the famous Tycho Brahe. The difference of longitude between the Royal Observatories of Greenwich and Paris, determined by the observations of the transits of Mercury over the sun in 1723, 1736, 1746, 1753. Description and use of a new-constructed equatorial or portable observatory. A comparative table of the corresponding observations of the first satellite, made in the principal observatories. An account of the Bramin's observatory at Bénares. Obstruction. A method proposed to restore the hearing, when injured from an obstruction of the tuba eustachiana. Occultation. An occultation of Mars, and certain fixed stars, observed at Danzig, Sept. 1, 1676. An observation of Mars covered by the moon, Aug. 21, 1676, at Greenwich. An account of an occultation of Venus by the moon. moon, Sept. 19, 1729, at Berlin Kirchius Observations of the occultation of Mars by the moon, Oct. 7, 1736, Fleet-street Graham Covent-garden Bevis Observations of an occultation of Palilicius, at Berlin, Dec. 23, 1738 Kirchius Wittenberg Weidler An occultation of Jupiter and his satellites by the moon, Oct. 28, 1740 Graham An account of an occultation of Jupiter by the moon, June 6, 1744, London Bevis An observation on an occultation of Cor Leonis, by the moon, on Thursday, March 12, 1747, in Surry-street, in the Strand, London, with a reflecting telescope, made by Mr. Short, which magnified above 100 times Bevis An occultation of the planet Venus by the moon in the day-time, observed at London, April 16, 1751 Bevis Observations of the occultations of Venus by the moon, April 16, 1751 Bradley Account of occultations of the fixed stars by the moon, that will happen in 1763, proper to determine the exact difference of longitude betwixt London, Paris, and Greenwich De la Lande Occultation of fixed stars by the moon, observed at Greenwich, 1769 Maskelyne An account of an occultation of the star ζ Tauri by the moon, observed at Leicester Ludlam Occultation of α and γ Tauri by the moon Lexell See particular Occultations in their Places Ocean. Advice touching the conjunction of the Ocean with the Mediterranean Petit A narrative of the conjunction of the two seas, the Ocean, and the Mediterranean, by a channel cut out through Languedoc in France Oldenburg Additions to the narrative about the conjunction of the ocean and the Mediterranean, by a channel in France Froideur An essay on the connection between the parallaxes of the sun and moon, their densities, and their disturbing forces on the ocean **Odours.** Letter declaring that he, as well as many others, have not been able to make odours pass through glass by means of electricity, and giving a particular account of Professor Bose, at Wittemberg, his experiments of beatification, or causing a glory to appear round a man's head by electricity. An account of experiments relating to odours passing through electrified globes and tubes With an account of the result of some experiments made here with globes and tubes, transmitted by Mr. Winkler, in order to verify the facts above mentioned **Oenanthe Aquatica.** Critical observations concerning the oenanthe aquatica succo virose crocante, of Lobel **Oil.** An account of the making pitch, tar, and oil, out of a blackish stone in Shropshire Letter concerning the efficacy of oil of olives in curing the bite of vipers An account of some cases of dropsies cured by sweet oil **Oil of Oranges.** An account of an experiment touching the direction of a drop of the oil of oranges, between two glass planes, towards any side of them that is nearest pressed together An account of an experiment, concerning the angle required to suspend a drop of oil of oranges, at certain stations, between two glass planes, placed in the form of a wedge **Okak.** Two meteorological journals kept at Nain, in 57 degrees north latitude, and at Okak, in 57 degrees 38 minutes, north latitude, both on the coast of Labrador **Ombriae.** An account of certain transparent pebbles, mostly of the shape of the ombriae **Ombrometer.** Description of the ombrometer **OME** **OPT** **Omentum.** Observations on a large omentum *Huxham* XXXIII 60 VII 518 **Opal.** Letter about the making of counterfeit opal *Colepeper* III 743 III 685 **Ophris.** An account of a species of ophris, supposed to be the plant mentioned by Gronovius in the Flora Virginica, p. 185 *Ehret* LII 81 **Opium.** Of the use of opium amongst the Turks *Smyth* XIX 288 II 643 — An account of a person who took a great quantity of opium without causing sleep *Anon.* XXII 999 V 357 **Opossum.** Carigueya seu Marsupiale Americanum, or the anatomy of an opossum *Tyson* XX 105 II 881 — The anatomy of a male opossum with observations *Cowper* XXIV 1565 — The anatomy of a male opossum, with observations on the opossum, and a new division of terrestrial brute animals, particularly those that have feet formed like hands, where an account is given of some animals not yet described *Tyson* — V 177 — A letter to Dr. Tyson, giving an account of the anatomy of those parts of a male opossum that differ from the female *Cowper* — 1576 — 169 **Optick Glasses.** An account of an improvement of optick glasses *Ciampani* I 2 I 193 — Considerations upon Mr. Hooke's new instrument for grinding of optick glasses *Auzout* — 56 — 215 Answered *Hooke* — 63 — 192 — A further account touching Signor Campani's book and performances about optick glasses *Auzout* — 69 Sig. Campani's answer, and M. Auzout's animadversions thereon — 74 — Of M. Hevelius's promise of imparting to the world his invention of making optick glasses, and of the hopes given by M. Hugens of Zulichem, to perform something of the like nature; as also of the expectations conceived of some ingenious persons in England, to improve telescopes *Hevelius Hugens & Du Sons* — 98 — 193 — An account of the tryals, made in Italy, of Campani's new optick glasses *Anon.* I 138 I 193 — A contest between two artists about optick glasses *Campani & Divini* — 209 I 193 | Title | Transl. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | An observation of optick glasses made of rock-crystal | I 362 | I 195 | | An account of the invention of grinding optic and burning glasses of a figure not spherical | III 631 | — 194 | | A letter concerning an optical experiment, conducive to a decayed sight | — 727 | III 41 | | Another, confirming the former, and adding some other observations about sight | — 729 | II 864 | | A note relating to the above | — 765 | | | Another note on the same, about the small empty tubes | — 802 | | | A contrivance to make the picture of anything appear on a wall, cup-board, or within a picture-frame, &c. in the midst of a light room | — 741 | I 206 | | Letters about an optic problem of Alhazen | VIII 6119 | — 172 | | Continuation of the letters | — 6140 | II 290 | | Some optical assertions concerning the rainbow | X 386 | I 315 | | An instance of the excellence of the modern algebra in the resolution of the problem of finding the foci of optic glasses universally | XVII 960 | — 183 | | An account of an optical experiment made before the Royal Society | XXXII 206 | VI 145 | | Experiments made in August, 1728, before the Royal Society upon occasion of Signor Rizzetti's opticks with an account of that book | XXXV 607 | — 110 | | An observation made in opticks | LIII 229 | | | See Light and Colours | | | | Optic Nerve. Microscopical observations concerning the optic nerve | X 378 | III 683 | | Observations on the crystalline humours, optic nerves, &c. | XVII 949 | — 685 | | Opuntia. The effects of the opuntia, or prickly-pear, and of the indigo plant, in colouring the juices of living animals | L 296 | | | Orang-outang. Account of the organs of speech of the Orang-outang | LXIX 139 | | | Oranges. Some hortulan communications about the curious engrafting of oranges and lemons, or citrons, upon one another's trees, and of one individual fruit, half orange and half lemon, growing on such trees | II 553 | II 568 | | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | A philological observation concerning oranges and lemons, both separately, and in one piece, produced on one and the same tree, at Florence | X 313 | — 658 | | Oratava An account of a journey from the port of Oratava, in the island of Teneriffe, to the top of the pike in that island, in Aug. 1715; with observations made thereon, by Eden | XXIX 317 | V 2 148 | | Orbs. A direct and geometrical method by which the aphelia, eccentricities and proportions of the orbs of the principal planets may be determined without supposing the equality of the angle of motion at the other of focus the planet's ellipsis | XI 683 | I 258 | | An account of the appearance of Mercury passing over the sun's disk, on the 29th of October, 1723; determining the mean motion, and fixing the nodes of that planet's orb | XXXIII 228 | VI 253 | | Orbit. The curve assigned by Cassini to planets as their orbit, considered and refuted Gregory | XXIV 1704 | IV 206 | | The parabolic orbit for the comet of 1739, observed at Bologna Zanotti | XLI 809 | VIII 215 | | A treatise on the precession of the equinoxes, and in general on the motion of the nodes, and the alteration of the inclination of the orbit of a planet to the ecliptick Silvabell | LXVIII 385 | | Orcades. An account of the current of the tides about the Orcades Anon. | VIII 6139 | II 290 | | Ores. An examination of various ores in the museum of Dr. W. Hunter Fordyce and Alchorne | LXIX 529 | | Organ. Letter on some supposed imperfections in an organ Wallis | XX 249 | I 612 | | Orkney. An abstract from an account of the islands of Orkney, by James Wallace | XXII 543 | | Orrery. The phenomena of Venus represented in an orrery made by Mr. James Ferguson, agreeable to the observations of Signior Bianchini | XLIV 127 | X 95 | | Orthoceratites. An account of a remarkable fossil orthoceratites Wright | XLIX 670 | — 672 | | Another account Wright | L 692 | | An account of a rare species of, found in Sweden Himfel | XXVIII 11 | IV 384 | | Oscillation. On the finding of the centre of oscillation Taylor | Os | | Os Femoris. Account of a callus that supplied the loss of the os femoris | Sherman | XXVI 450 | V 54 | | Os Frontis. See Bone | | | | | Os Humeri. An account of the cure of two sinuous ulcers possessing the space of the whole arm, with the extraordinary supply of a callus, which fully answers the purposes of the os humeri lost in time of cure | Fowler | XXV 2466 | V 388 | | — Part of a letter concerning the coming off of the scapula and head of the os humeri, upon a mortification | Deranté | XXXII 15 | VII 676 | | — Observations of a fracture of the os humeri by the power of the muscles only | Amyand | XLIII 293 | XI 1103 | | — An account of a woman enjoying the use of her right arm after the head of the os humeri was cut away | Bent | LXIV 353 | | | — A case in which the head of the os humeri was sawn off, and yet the motion of the limb preserved | Orrie | LXIX 6 | | | Os Ilium. An account of a fracture of the os ilium, and its cure | Layard | XLIII 537 | X 1110 | | Os Pubis. Account of a woman who voided the bones of a foetus above the os pubis, and by other extraordinary ways | Phil. Society at Oxford | XX 292 | III 219 | | Ossicles. A description of the organ of hearing in the elephant, with the figures and situation of officles, labyrinth, and cochlea, in the ear of that animal | Blair | XXX 885 | V 82 | | Ossification. Account of an ossification of the thoracic duct | Chester | LXX 323 | | | — Continuation of the case of James Jones | Chester | — 578 | | | Osteocolla. Letter concerning osteocolla, and other observables near Francfort on the Oder | Beckman | III 771 | II 461 | | — An enquiry concerning the stone osteocolla | Beurerus | XLIII 373 | X 602 | | Ostracites. Part of a letter concerning the virtues of the ostracites, with a remark of Mr. Lister's on it | Cay | XXI 81 | II 505 | | Ostrich. Some observations made in an ostrich dissected by order of Sir Hans Sloane | Ranby | XXXIII 223 | VII 435 | | — Observations upon the dissection of an ostrich | Warren | XXXIV 113 | — 437 | OTI Some material observations upon dissecting an ostrich - Ranby OTIS MINOR. Letter concerning the pheasant of Pennsylvania - Edwards OVA. An account of the dissection of a bitch, whose cornua uteri being filled with the bones and flesh of a former conception, had, after a second conception, the ova affixed to several parts of the abdomen - Anon. OVALS. The principal properties of the engine for turning ovals in wood or metals, and of the instrument for drawing ovals upon paper, demonstrated - Ludlam OVARIUM. An observation concerning a very odd kind of dropsy or swelling of one of the ovaries of a woman - Sloane An account of balls of hair taken from the uterus and ovaria of several women - Yonge An account of a dropsy in the left ovary of a woman aged 58, cured by a large incision made in the side of the abdomen - Houblon Two newly discovered arteries, in women, going to the ovaria - Ranby OX. Letter concerning a horn hanging to the neck of an ox, with observations on horns and glandules in general - Malpighius An extract giving an account of a large preter-natural glandulose substance, found between the heart and pericardium of an ox - Anon. Microscopical observations on the palates of oxen - Leeuwenhoek A letter serving to accompany the pictures of an extraordinary fossil-skull of an ox, with the cores of the horns - Klein OXYOIDES. Memoirs containing a description of a new family of plants called oxyoides - Garcin OYLS. A catalogue of those oyls that will take fire with a great noise and explosion, when the compound spirit of nitre is poured upon any of them, and of those oyls which do only make a great noise and explosion, but will not take fire; and also of those that do not make effervescence or explosion - Anon. XXXVI 275 VII 437 XLVIII 499 XIII 183 II 904 LXX 378 XXI 150 III 207 XXV 2387 XXXIII 8 VII 541 XXXIV 159 - 541 XIV 601 II 865 XV 860 III 69 XXVI 294 V 2 267 XXXVII 427 VII 4 101 XXXVI 377 VI 2 357 XVIII 200 III 358 A 2 a OYSTERS. | Topic | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | OYSTERS. Observations about shining worms in oysters | I 203 | III 826 | | Microscopical examination of the testicles of a rat, and the seed of muscles and oysters, &c. | | | | Observations on young oysters | XVII 593 | — 685 | | Account of beds of oyster-shells found near Reading, Berkshire | XIX 790 | — 685 | | Part of a letter concerning the stocking the river Mene with oysters | XXII 844 | | | Observations on the oyster-banks of Pennsylvania | XXXI 250 | VII 420 | | A letter concerning the animal-life of those corallines, that look like minute trees, and grow upon oysters and fucus's all around the sea-coast of this kingdom. | XLIII 157 | XI 860 | | PESTUM. Elucidation of an Etruscan coin of Pestum, in Lucania, emitted from the mint there, about the time of the social war | LVIII 246 | | | PAGAN TEMPLE. An explanation of the figures of a Pagan temple, and unknown characters, at Canara, in Salset | XXVI 372 | V 260 | | PAIN. An account of the probable causes of the pain in Rheumatisms; as also of the cure of a total suppression of urine, not caused by the stone, by the use of acids | XIX 19 | III 265 | | PAINTING. A relation of the conferences held at Paris in the Royal Academy, for the improvement of the arts of painting and sculpture | IV 953 | I 603 | | Letter judging of the age of painters by the style | XXIV 1993 | V 21 | | An account of the principles of printing, in imitation of painting | XXXVII 101 | VI 469 | | Extract of a letter concerning an ancient method of painting, revived by Count Caylus | XLIX 652 | | | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Observations on the Abbé Mazeas's letter on the count de Caylus's method of imitating the ancient painting in burnt-wax | XLIX | 655 | | Experiments concerning the encaustic painting of the ancients | L140 | | | A letter concerning the success of the former experiments | - | 53 | | An account of some subterraneous apartments with Etruscan inscriptions and paintings discovered at Civita Turchino, in Italy | LIII | 127 | | Palate. Microscopical observations on the palates of oxen | XXVI | 294 V 2 267 | | Palilicius. Observation of an occultation of Palilicius, at Berlin, Dec. 23, 1738 | XLI | 223 VIH 134 | | Palm Stones. Microscopical observations on palm and date stones, &c. | XVII | 949 III 685 | | Palmyra. A relation of a voyage from Aleppo to Palmyra, in Syria | XIX | 83 - 505 | | An extract of the journals of two several voyages of the English merchants of the factory of Aleppo, to Tadmor, anciently called Palmyra | - | 129 - 492 | | Some account of the ancient state of the city of Palmyra, with short remarks upon the inscriptions found there | - | 160 - 518 | | A dissertation upon a Parthian coin, with characters on the reverse, resembling those of the Palmyrenes | XLIX | 593 | | Palpitation. On the palpitation of the diaphragm | XXXII | 436 VII 562 | | Palsy. An abstract of a letter, giving an instance of the bath water curing the palsy, and barrennesses | XV | 944 II 339 | | Letter concerning a periodical palsy | XX | 257 III 33 | | Letter concerning an uncommon palsy in the eye-lids | XL | 311 IX 121 | | An account of an iliac passion from a palsy in the large intestines | De Castro | XLVII 123 | | An account of a cure of a paralytic arm by electricity | XLIX | 558 | | An instance of the electrical virtue in the cure of a palsy | Brydone | L 392 | A a a 2 An account of the effects of electricity in paralytic cases — Franklin The case of a paralytic patient cured by an electrical application — Hinsel Pancreas. An account of a monstrous human fetus, having neither head, heart, lungs, stomach, spleen, pancreas, liver, nor kidneys — Le Car Pantheon. An account of the alterations making in the pantheon at Rome — Anon. Papaver Corniculatum Luteum. An account of some effects of the papaver corniculatum luteum — Newton Paper. Some account of the paper-money current among the Chinese — Gaddis An account of an essay on the origin of a natural paper, found near the city of Cortona, in Tuscany — Strange Of the culture and use of the saa or sugar plant of Hindostan, with an account of the manner of manufacturing the Hindostan paper — Irons The principal properties of the engine for turning ovals in wood or metal, and of the instrument for drawing ovals upon paper demonstrated — Ludlam See Abbeus Papin. Letter concerning Dr. Papin's way of raising water — Vincent Letter concerning Dr. Papin's new water engine — Tenon Pappus of Alexandria. Two general propositions of his, taking in a great part of Euclid's problems restored — Simson Parabola. Cubic and biquadratic equations constructed by one parabola and circle — Halley Some propositions on the parabolic motion of projectiles, written in 1710 — Taylor The parabolic orbit for the comet of 1739, observed at Bologna — Zanetti A short narrative of the structure and effect of parabolic burning-glasses, made by Mr. Hoesen, of Dresden, and an account of experiments made with them on the fusion of different substances — Wolfe Directions for making the best composition for the metals of reflecting telescopes; together with a description of the process for grinding, polishing, and giving the great speculum the true parabolic curve — Mudge Paraboloid. Letter asserting the first invention and demonstration of the equality of the curve line of a paraboloid to a straight line, and next the finding a straight line equal to that of a cycloid, and of the parts thereof — Wallis Two other letters to the same purpose — Anon. Parabolic Glasses of M. de Sons. Progress in working parabolic glasses — Oldenburg A short narrative of the structure and effect of parabolic burning glasses made by Mr. Hoesen, of Dresden, and an account of experiments made with them on the fusion of different substances — Wolf Parallax. See Eclipse, Moon, Planets, Sirius, Sun Paracentesis. An anatomical account of some remarkable things found on the dissection of a woman who died of a dropfy, after the Paracentesis was performed, with a small reflection on the causes of the dropfy — Preston Paraguay. Astronomical observations made at Paraguay, in South America, from 1706 to 1730 — De Castro Sarmento Paraselenes. An observation of an extraordinary lunar circle, and of two paraselenes made at Paris, Oct. 20, 1747 — Greishow Pardines. A narrative of an extraordinary sinking down and sliding away of some ground at Pardines, near Auvergne — Anon. Pareira Brava. An extract of a letter concerning pareira brava, a root from Brasil, where it is called the Universal Remedy, with the preparations of it — Helvetius Parenchymous. Some considerations concerning the parenchymous parts of the body — King Parhelia. An account of four suns seen in France — Journal des Scavans An account of two parhelia or mock suns lately seen in Hungary, Jan. 30, 1668 — Brown Discourse concerning the cause of halos and parhelia — Hugens PARHELIA. Extract of a letter concerning some parhelia seen at Sudbury, in Suffolk, Dec. 28, 1698 - Pett. An observation of some parhelia seen at Canterbury, Feb. 26, 1692-3 - Gra. An account of an unusual parhelion and halo, April 7, 1699 - Gra. An account of the appearance of several unusual parhelia, or mock suns, together with several circular arches lately seen in the air - Halle. Observations of a parhelion, Oct. 26, 1721 - Halle. An account of two mock suns, and an arc of a rainbow inverted, with an halo, and its brightest arc seen on Sunday and Monday, Oct. 22 and 23, 1721, at Lyndon, in Rutland - Whiston. An account of a parhelion, seen in Ireland, March 22, 1721-2 - Dobbs. An account of four mock suns, seen at Kensington, March 15, 1726 - Whiston. Observations of two, seen December 30, 1735 - Neve. An observation of two parhelia, or mock suns, seen at Wurtemberg, in Saxony, Dec. 31, 1735 - Weidler. An observation of three mock suns, seen at London, Sept. 17, 1736 - Folkes. A representation of the parhelion seen in Kent, Dec. 19, 1741 - Miles and Tennyson. Concerning the mock suns seen Dec. 19, 1741 - Collinson. A letter, giving an account of an halo, or mock sun, with a representation, observed July 1749, from Mr. Arderon - Baker. PARIS. An extract of two essays in political arithmetick, concerning the comparative magnitudes of London and Paris - Petty. A further assertion of the propositions and vindication from the objections of some learned persons of the French nation - Petty. Some reflections on Mr. de Lisle's comparison of the magnitude of Paris with London and several other cities, printed in the Memoirs of the Academy of Sciences at Paris - Davall. A letter concerning observations to be made on the parallax of the moon at St. Helena, and re- Trans. | Abridg. ---|--- XXI 107 | II 187 — 126 | — 187 XXII 535 | — 188 XXIII 1127 | IV 228 XXXI 211 | VI 275 XXXII 89 | — 77 XXXIV 257 | — 79 XL 52 | VIII 508 — 54 | — 509 — 59 | — 525 XLII 46 | — 515 — 60 | — 525 XLVI 196 | XI 1295 XVI 152 | — 237 XXXV 432 | VI 426 commending the corresponding ones to be made at Paris and Greenwich; also observations of Jupiter's satellites, recommended to settle the difference of longitude between Paris, Greenwich, and St. Helena - Malkeyne Parquet. Observations in the dissection of a parquet - Waller Parr, Thomas. An anatomical account concerning Thomas Parr, who died in London, aged 152 years and nine months - Harvey Parsnip. A letter concerning the medicinal effects of a poisonous plant exhibited, instead of the water-parsnip - Pultney Parthian Coin. A dissertation upon a Parthian coin, with characters on the reverse, resembling those of the Palmyrene's - Swinton Conjectures upon an unedited Parthian Coin - Swinton Description of two Parthian coins, never hitherto published - Swinton Parturition. Dissection of a woman who died in child-bed - Sivert An account of an hydrops ovarii, with a new and exact figure of the glandulae renales, and of the uterus in a puerpera - Douglas An account of the Cæsar an operation performed by an ignorant butcher - Coping Passion Flower. A letter containing some microscopic observations on the farina fecundans of the holyoak and the passion flower - Badcock Further observations and experiments on the passion flower and its farina - Badcock Paste. A letter concerning the minute eels in paste being viviporous - Sherwood Pastinaca Marina. An account of the tongue of a pastinaca marina, frequent in the seas about Jamaica, and lately dug up in Maryland and England - Sloane Pasture. Part of a letter concerning worms observed in sheep's livers and pasture-grounds - Leclerc Patagonia. An account of the very tall men seen near the Straights of Magellan, in 1764, by the equipage of the Dolphin man of war; under the command of captain Byron - Clark Letter on the inhabitants of the coast of Patagonia - Carteret PAT PEA Patella. Part of a letter concerning a case in chirurgery, which is commonly mistaken for a fracture of the patella. Devereil XXXI 44 VII 678 An account of the patella or limpet fish of Bermudas. Forben L 859 Pavement. An accurate account of a tessellated pavement, bath, and other Roman antiquities lately discovered at East Bourne, in Sussex. Tabor XXX 549 V 263 The rest of the treatise concerning the site of the ancient city of Anderida, and other remains of antiquity in the County of Sussex. Tabor — 783 — 71 A description of a Roman pavement found near Grantham, in Lincolnshire, with the economy of the Roman times in this part of England. Stukeley XXXV 428 VII 429 Paul's, Saint. Proposal of a method for securing the cathedral of St. Paul's from damage by lightning, in consequence of a letter from the dean and chapter to James West, Esq. Committee of the Royal Society LIX 160 Peak. An account of some observations relating to natural history made in a journey to the Peak in Derbyshire. Martyn XXXVI 22 VI 2190 Pears. Some communications concerning cider. Reed VI 2128 II 687 The propriety of pears for some lands; their choice for manifold uses, especially for pleasant, or for lasting liquor; and how they are to be planted and ordered to the best advantage. Bial — 2144 — 653 Account of a double pear. Anon. XXII 470 — See Opuntia Pearls. Extract of two letters concerning the origin of pearls. Sandius IX 11 — 827 A letter concerning pearl-fishing in the North of Ireland. Redding XVII 659 I 607 Peas. Observations of the effects which the farina of peas of different colours have on each other. Henchman XLIII 477 Peat. An account of the peat-pit near Newbury, in Berkshire. Collet L 109 Experiments and observations upon a blue substance found in the peat-moss, in Scotland. Douglas LVIII 181 PEBBLES. An account of certain transparent pebbles, mostly of the shape of the Ombriae or Brontiae Part of a letter concerning the formation of pebbles PECQUET. Answer to him concerning the opinion that the choroeides is the principal organ of sight PECULIARITIES. Divers instances of peculiarities of natures, both in men and brutes PEDICULUS CAETI. A description of the pediculus caeti PEDICULUS PULSATORIUS. Letter concerning an insect that is commonly called the death-watch A supplement to the account of the pediculus pulsatorius, or death-watch, serving to the more perfect natural history of that insect PEKING. A description of the plan of Peking, the capital of China PELVIS. Anatomical observations of an abscess in the liver; a great number of stones in the gall-bag and bilious vessels; an unusual conformation of the emulgents and pelvis; a strange conjunction of both kidneys, and a great dilation of the vena cava An account of a large glandular tumour in the pelvis; and of the pernicious effects of crude Mercury, given inwardly to a patient An account of a bone found in the pelvis of a man at Brussels PEN-FISH. An account of the sea-pen, or Pennatula phosphorea of Linnæus; likewise a description of a new species of sea-pen found on the coast of South-Carolina, with observations on sea-pens in general PENDULUM. A narrative concerning the success of pendulum-watches at sea for discovering the longitudes Instructions concerning the use of pendulum-watches, for finding the longitude at sea, together with a method of a journal for such watches Experiments about the motion of pendulums in vacuo A contrivance to avoid the irregularities in a clock's clock's motion, occasioned by the action of heat and cold upon the rod of the pendulum **Pendulum.** An account of some observations made in London by Mr. Graham, and at Black River, in Jamaica, by Colin Campbell, concerning the going of a clock, in order to determine the difference between the lengths of isochronal pendulums in those places Graham, Campbell, and Bradley Experiments concerning the vibrations of pendulums Derham An account of the influence which two pendulum clocks were observed to have upon each other Ellicott Further observations and experiments Ellicott A commentary of some new observations to discover whether pendulums are obstructed by any centrifugal force Polenus Two methods by which the irregularity of the motion of a clock arising from the influence of heat and cold upon the rod of the pendulum may be prevented Ellicott Letter concerning the inventor of the contrivance in the pendulum of a clock to prevent the irregularities of its motion by heat and cold Short See Clock **Penguin.** An account of the different species of the birds called penguins Pennant **Penis.** An account of an extraordinary flux of the blood by the penis Houman **Pennatula Phosphorea.** An account of the sea pen, or pennatula phosphorea of Linnæus; likewise a description of a new species of sea pen found on the coast of South Carolina, with observations on sea pens in general Ellis **Pen-Park-Hole.** A description of Pen-Park-Hole, in Gloucestershire Southwell **Pennsylvania.** Observations on the oyster banks of Pennsylvania Bartram **Pepper.** A description of an odd kind of mushroom yielding a milky juice, much hotter upon the tongue than pepper Lifter Observations concerning some little animals observed in rain, well, tea, and snow water; as also in water where pepper had laid infused Leeuwenhoek With the manner of observing them Leeuwenhoek A description of the pimiento, or Jamaica pepper tree Sloane Several observations and experiments on the animalcula in pepper-water Sir Edmund King Percussion. An essay on the force of percussion Richardson Pericardium. An extract, giving an account of a large praeter-natural substance found between the heart and pericardium of an ox Anon. Periosteum. Observations upon the bones and the periosteum Leeuwenhoek Peritonæum. Case of a large quantity of matter or water contained in cystis's or bags adhering to the peritonæum, and not communicating with the cavity of the abdomen Graham Perry. An account of some improvements which may be made in cider and perry Miles Persepolis. A letter containing the exact draughts of several unknown characters, taken from the ruins at Persepolis Flowers A letter, with two draughts of the famous Persepolis Witsen Persia. Inquiries for Persia Royal Society Observations upon five antient coins struck in Palestine, or Phœnicia, before the dissolution of the Persian empire Swinton Person. Part of a letter concerning a person who had a new set of teeth after 80 years of age; with some observations upon the virtues and properties of sugar Slare Perspective. The description of an instrument, invented divers years ago, for drawing the outlines of any object in perspective Wren Petrifaction. Of a place in England, where, without petrifying water, wood is turned into stone Boyle Observables touching petrifaction Beale An addition to the instances of petrifaction Packer A narrative of two petrifactions in human bodies Kirkby Transf. Abridg. XII 821 III 683 — 844 — XVII 462 II 663 — 861 III 654 LVIII 17 XV 860 — 69 XXXI 91 VII 672 XLI 708 IX 187 XLIII 516 XVII 775 III 526 XVIII 117 — 527 II 420 — 632 LXI 345 XXVIII 273 V 353 IV 898 I 598 I 101 II 325 — 320 III 149 — 329 II 325 VI 2158 III 150 B b b 2 PETRI- | PETRIFICATION. A description of certain stones figured like plants, and by observing men esteemed to be plants petrified | Lister | VIII 6181 | II 493 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Extracts of several letters from Edinburgh of a petrifying rivulet, &c. | Mackenzey | X 307 | — 321 | | Advertisements of petrifying and metallizing waters in Scotland | Beat | — 357 | | | A letter concerning Lough-Neagh, in Ireland, and its petrifying qualities | Moloney | XIV 552 | — 322 | | A catalogue of the minerals, petrified shells, and other fossils, sent from C. M. Spencer of Berlin to J. Petiver | Anon. | XXIV 2082 | IV 2 286 | | An account of part of two human skeletons petrified | Scheuzer | XXXIV 38 | VI 2 205 | | Account of the petrifaction near Matlock Baths in Derbyshire; with conjectures concerning petrifaction in general | Gilks | XI 1 352 | VIII 707 | | An extract of a philosophical account of a new opinion concerning the origin of petrifactions found in the earth, which has hitherto been ascribed to the universal deluge, by Sig. Antonio Lazzaro Moro | Zollman | XLIV 163 | X 615 | | A letter concerning the petrifaction of Lough-Neagh in Ireland, to which is annexed a letter from Dr. Berkley, Bishop of Cloyne, to Thomas Prior, Esq. | Simon | — 305 | — 616 | | Letter concerning a non descript petrified insect | Lyttelton | XLVI 598 | — 656 | | A description of a petrified stratum, formed from the waters of Matlock in Derbyshire | Dobson | LXIV 124 | | | Account of a petrifaction found on the coast of East Lothian | King | LXIX 35 | | | PETT. An account of Grace Pett, at Ipswich, whose body was consumed to a coal | Rolli | XLIII 447 | XI 1068 | | PEWTER MONEY. Letter concerning pewter money coined in Ireland, by the late King James | Thoresby | XXIV 1875 | V 2 31 | | PHÆNOMENA. Letters concerning the cause of the ascent of vapour and exhalation, and those of winds, and of the general phænomena of the weather and barometer | Eales | XLIX 124 | | | PHEASANT. Letter concerning the pheasant of Pennsylvania | Edwards | XLVIII 499 | | | An account of a bird, supposed to have been bred between a turkey and a pheasant | Edwards | LI 833 | — A | — A description of a beautiful Chinese pheasant Edwards — An account of an extraordinary pheasant John Hunter Philippine Islands. An account of the animals in the Philippine Islands Camelli Observations on the birds of the Philippine Islands Camelli — A description of some corals, and other curious submarines, lately sent from the Philippine Isles, by G. J. Camelli Peliver — An account of the quadrupeds in the Philippine Islands Camelli — Account of some monsters and serpents there Camelli — An account of the shells, minerals, and fossils there Camelli — An extract of two letters concerning the dis- covery of the New Philippine islands, with a map of the same Missionary Jesuits Philistis. Some observations on an inedited Greek coin of Philistis, Queen of Syracuse, Malta, and Gozo, who had been passed over in silence by all antient writers Swinton Philosophy. Particulars of a philosophical nature Hevelius — An intimation of divers philosophical particulars now undertaken and considered by several in- genious and learned men, here inserted to ex- cite others to join with them in the same or like attempts and observations Anon. — Some reflections on the Transactions of April, 1675, sent to the publisher out of the country — Considerations upon No. 133. of these tracts Anon. — Some philosophical experiments Southwell Phoca. Some account of the phoca, vitulus ma- rinus, or sea calf, shewed in London, in 1743 Parsons — A dissertation upon the clas of phocæ ma- rine Parsons Phoenician. Some remarks upon the first part of M. l'Abbé Barthelemy's memoir on the Phœ- nician letters, relative to the inscription in the island of Malta Swinton — Farther remarks upon M. l'Abbé Barthelemy's memoir on the Phœnician letters, containing his reflections on certain Phoenician monuments, and the alphabets resulting from them An attempt to interpret the legend and inscription of a very curious Phoenician medal never hitherto explained Phoenicia. Observations on five ancient Persian coins, struck in Palestine or Phoenicia, before the dissolution of the Persian empire Phoenicopterus. The natural history and description of the phoenicopterus or flamingo, with two views of the head, and three of the tongue Pholas Conoides. An account of the pholas conoides Phosphorus. An account of making phosphorus, deposited with the Secretaries of the Royal Society, Oct. 14, 1680, and opened since his death Experiments on the production and propagation of the light from the phosphorus in vacuo Several experiments on the mercurial phosphorus A letter concerning firing phosphorus by electricity An easy method of making phosphorus, that will imbibe and emit light, like the Bolognian stone; with experiments and observations A letter on his new phosphorus receiving several colours, and only emitting the same Phrensy. An account of the cure of an inveterate phrensy by the transfusion of blood, at Paris Physic. See medicine Physics. (Natural philosophy) Dr. Wallis's opinion concerning the hypothesis physica nova of Dr. Leibnitz A letter in which the laws of attraction and other principles of physics are shewn Astronomical, physical and meteorological observations in 1733 at Wirtemberg A short account of some new astronomical and physical observations made in Asia PHYSICS. Physical and meteorological observations, conjectures, and suppositions Franklin — An essay on pyrometry and areometry, and on physical measures in general De Luc PHYSIOGNOMY. Discourse of physiognomy Gwith PICTURE. An experiment of a way of preparing a liquor that shall sink into, and colour, the whole body of marble, causing a picture drawn on a surface, to appear also in the inmost parts of the stone Kircher and Bird — A contrivance to make the picture of any thing appear on a wall, cup-board, or within a picture frame, &c. in the midst of a light room Hook — Extracts of two letters from Rome, concerning some antient statues, pictures and other curiosities found in a subterraneous town, lately discovered near Naples Paderni Extract of another letter on the same subject Knapton Extract of another letter on the same subject Crisp — Extract of a letter giving a short account of some principal antique pictures, found in the ruins of Herculaneum, at Portici, Naples Hoare — Remarks on the principal paintings found in the subterraneous city of Herculaneum Blandeau — See Herculaneum PIG. The anatomy of a monstrous pig Anou. — A relation of two monstrous pigs, with the resemblance of human faces Floyer PIGEONS. Account of a pond in Somersetshire, to which pigeons resort, but cattle will not drink at it Beale Further account of the (pond) vitriolate waters, with some particulars touching water Anon. PIKES. Observations of a large bed of glands, observed in the stomach of a pike Muirgrave PILE ENGINE. A new theory of the pile engine Bugge PILOTAGE. A recommendation of Hadley's quadrant for surveying, especially the surveying of harbours, together with a particular application of PIMIENTA. A description of the pimienta, or the Jamaica pepper tree - Sloane PIN. Letter concerning a pin, found in the gizzard of a fowl - Regnart — Of an inguinal rupture, with a pin in the appendix cæci incrustated with stone - Amyand — An extraordinary case of three pins swallowed by a girl, and discharged at her shoulder - Lyons PINE APPLES. On the culture of pine apples - Baftard PINIONS. Account of advantages of a newly invented machine much varied in its effects, and very useful for determining the perfect proportion between different moveables acting by levers and wheel and pinion - Le Cerf PIPES. An account of several experiments concerning the running of water in pipes, as it is retarded by friction and intermixed air; with a description of a new machine, whereby pipes may be cleared of air, as the water runs along, without stand-pipes, or the help of any hand - Desaguliers — A proposal for warming rooms by the steam of boiling water conveyed in pipes along the walls - Cook — Short and easy methods of finding the quantity and weight of water contained in a full pipe of any given height and diameter of bore, and consequently to find what degree of power would be required to work a common pump, or any other hydraulic engine, when the diameter of the pump-bore, and the height to which the water is to be raised, are given - Ferguson PITCH. An account of the making pitch, tar, and oil out of a blackish stone in Shropshire - Ele — The way of making pitch, tar, rosin, and turpentine near Marteilles - Bent PITH. Instances shewing the correspondence of the pith and timber with the seed of the plant; as also of the bark or sap in the bark with the pulp of the fruit, or some encompassing coat or cod containing the seed - Beal PITKEATHLY. An account of the sulphureous mineral waters of Cattle Lead, and Fairburn, in the country county of Ross and of the salt purging water of Pitlochry, in the county of Perth, in Scotland. **Placenta.** Account of a placenta cotyledoniformis **Platorian.** See coin **Plague.** An abridgment of a book intitled, A description of the plague, which happened in Dantzick in 1709 - Remarks upon the plague at Copenhagen in 1711 - An account of the plague at Constantinople An account of some experiments made with the bile of persons dead of the plague at Marseilles, with what appeared upon the dissection of the bodies; as likewise some experiments made with the bile of persons dead of other diseases Part of a letter concerning a new experiment made with the blood of a person dead of the plague Extract of a letter concerning an experiment made with the bile of persons dead of the plague Extracts of several letters concerning the plague at Constantinople Farther account of the late plague at Constantinople Answer to queries sent to Constantinople concerning the plague An account of the plague at Aleppo An account of the plague at Constantinople **Plane.** A new invention of a clock a cendant on a plane inclined An account of an experiment touching the direction of a drop of the oil of oranges, between two glass planes, towards any side of them that is nearest placed together An account of an experiment concerning the angle required to suspend a drop of oil of oranges, at certain stations, between two glass planes, placed in the form of a wedge An account of an experiment touching the proportion of the ascent of spirit of wine between... | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | two glass planes, whose surfaces are placed at certain different distances from each other | XXVIII 151 | IV 2 183 | | An account of some further experiments | | | | Further account | | | | Plane. A general method of describing curves, by the intersection of right lines, moving about points in a given plane | XXXIX 25 | VIII 58 | | — A proposition relating to the contraction of transparent lenses with reflecting planes | | | | — A general investigation of the nature of the curve, formed by the shadow of a prolate spheroid upon a plane standing at right angles to the axis of the shadow | LVII 28 | | | — A way for taking the diameters of planets | I 373 | I 217 | | — A letter touching the invention of dividing a foot into many thousand parts for mathematic purposes | II 457 | II 218 | | More ways for the same purpose | | | | A description of the instrument for dividing a foot into many thousand parts, and thereby measuring the diameter of planets to great exactness | | | | — Considerations concerning the geometrick and direct method of Signor Cassini for finding the apogees, excentricities, and anomalies of the planets | V 1168 | V 253 | | — Letter concerning the appulses of the moon for 1673, and the other planets to fixed stars, together with an observation of the planet Mars | VII 5118 | | | — The appulses of the moon and other planets to fixed stars, predicted for 1674 | VIII 6162 | III 149 | | — A direct and geometrical method by which the aphelia, excentricities, and proportion of the orbs of the primary planets may be found, without supposing the equality of the angle of motion at the other focus of the planet's ellipsis | XI 683 | I 258 | | — An astronomical dissertation of the visible conjunction of the inferior planets with the sun | XVII 511 | IV 427 | | — The curve assigned by Cassini to planets as their orb t, considered and rejected | XXIV 1704 | IV 206 | PLANETS. Planets. On the method of determining the places of the planets by observing their near appulses to the fixed stars — Halley An inquiry concerning the figure of such planets as revolve about an axis, supposing the density continually to vary from the centre towards the surface — Clairaut A new and peculiar method of calculating eclipses of the earth, and of any appulses of the moon to planets and fixed stars — Gersten Letter concerning the contraction of the orbits of the planets — Euler A treatise on the precession of the equinoxes, and, in general, on the motion of the nodes, and the alteration of the inclination of the orbit of a planet to the ecliptic — Silvabell Of the irregularities in the planetary motions, caused by the mutual attraction of the planets — Walmley See particular Planets in their Places Plants. An experiment on aloe Americana ferratfolia weighed; seeming to import a circulation of the sap in plants — Merrell Observations concerning quicksilver found at the root of plants — Septaliu An account of some rare plants in the Bermudas — Stafford Instances shewing the correspondence of the pith and timber, with the seeds of the plant; as also of the bark, with the pulp of the fruit, or some encompassing coat or cod containing the seed — Beal Some communications on the descent of sap — Reed Some considerations on Mr. Reed's letter, shewing in what sense the sap may be said to descend and to circulate in plants, and the graft to communicate with the stock — Beal An ingenious account of veins by him observed in plants, analogous to human veins — Lister A further account concerning the existence of veins in all kind of plants; together with a discovery of the membranous substance of those veins, and of some acts in plants resembling those of sense; and also of the agreement of | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | the venal juice in vegetables with the blood of animals, &c. | VII 5131 | II 693 | | A note upon M. Lister's observations concerning the veins of plants | VIII 6060 | — 496 | | Letter taking notice of the foregoing intimations | | | | PLANTS. A way of making all sorts of plants, trees, fruits, and legums, grow to an extraordinary bigness | X 356 | — 749 | | Microscopical observations about the texture of the blood, sap of plants, &c. | — 380 | III 683 | | Two letters concerning the rock plants, and their growth | XI 724 | II 497 | | Observations on some animals, and of a strange plant made in a voyage into the kingdom of Congo, | XII 977 | | | M. Ang de Guattini and Dyonisius of Placenza | XIV 766 | — 155 | | A discourse concerning the effects of the great frost on trees and plants in 1683, drawn from the answer to some queries sent into divers countries, by R. Plott, and from several observations made at Oxford | XVII 664 | — 672 | | An account of two plants lately brought from the Cape of Good Hope | — 700 | III 685 | | Letters concerning the seeds of plants, with observations on the manner of the propagation of plants and animals | — | | | Letter concerning the seeds of plants | XVIII 150 | | | An account of the lately invented stove for preserving plants in the green house in winter | Cullum — 191 | II 750 | | A catalogue of plants growing within the fortifications of Tangier, in 1673 | Spottswood XIX 239 | II 752 | | Part of two letters concerning several plants, that may be usefully cultivated for producing grafts or hay | — 412 | I 748 | | A catalogue of some Guinea plants, with their native names and virtues sent to James Petiver, and remarks on them by Petiver | — 677 | II 752 | | An account of some Indian plants, with their names, descriptions, and virtues | Petiver XX 313 | II 725 | | Remarks on some animals, plants, &c. sent from Maryland | — 393 | — 253 | | Some observations concerning some wonderful | | | | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | contrivances of nature, in a family of plants in Jamaica, to perfect the individuum, and propagate the species with several instance analogous to them in European vegetables | | | | Plants. An account of part of a collection of curious plants and drugs, lately given to the Royal Society by the East India Company. Loan. First book of E. India plants, with their names virtues, and descriptions, by S. Brown, with some remarks, by J. Petiver. Second book, with remarks, by J. Petiver. Third book, with remarks, by J. Petiver. Fourth book, with remarks, by J. Petiver. Fifth book, with remarks, by J. Petiver. Sixth book, with remarks, by J. Petiver. Seventh book, with remarks, by J. Petiver. The eighth book, with remarks, by J. Petiver. An account of some stones and plants lately found in Scotland. An account of some plants collected at Chusan, in China, by James Cunningham. New observations on the parts and the use of the flower in plants. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Account of the plants sent from the Philippines to James Petiver. Letter concerning some remarkable plants and insects observed in Spain. Microscopical observations on the seeds of several East Indian plants. An account of divers rare plants, lately observed in several curious gardens about London, and particularly in the Apothecaries Physic Garden at Chelsea. Some farther account of divers rare plants, lately observed in several curious gardens about London and at Chelsea. An extract of a letter giving an account of some uncommon plants growing about Penzance and St. Ives, in Cornwall. An account of divers rare plants, observed last summer in several curious gardens, particularly at Chelsea. | XXI 113 | II 669 - 749 | | | XXII 579 | XXIII 1419 | IV 2 323 | | | | XXIV 1707 | V 2 267 | | | | XXV 2205 | IV 2 325 | | | | XXVI 375 | V 10 | | | | XXVII 33 | An | | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | An account of divers rare plants observed in 1713, in several curious gardens about London, and particularly the Society of Apothecaries Physic Garden at Chelsea | XXVIII 177 | IV 2 325 | | An extract of a letter containing some remarks of an undescribed plant, and some particulars observed in Wales, by Lhuyd | 275 | V 2 122 | | An account of divers rare plants observed in 1714, in several gardens about London, and particularly the Apothecaries Physic Garden at Chelsea | XXIX 229 | IV 2 325 | | A new genus of plants, called Araliastrum, of which the famous nin-zin or gin-feng of the Chinese, is a species | XXX 705 | - 319 | | A discourse concerning a method of discovering the virtues of plants by their external structure | XXXI 30 | VI 2 362 | | Observations upon the seeds of plants | Leuwenhoek | 200 | - 334 | | Observations upon the generation of plants | Blair | 216 | - 345 | | Observations on some plants in New England, with remarkable instances of the nature and power of vegetation | Dudley | XXXIII 194 | - 342 | | Memoirs containing a description of a new family of plants called Oxyoides | Garcin | XXXVI 377 | - 357 | | Some remarks on the family of plants called Musa | Garcin | - | - 360 | | A botanical invitation to forward an history of the plants in Switzerland | Scheuchzer | XXXVII 219 | - 380 | | The settling of a new genus of plants, called after the Maleyans, Mangostans | Garcin | XXXVIII 232 | VIII 755 | | Some experiments concerning the impregnation of the seeds of plants | Logan | XXXIX 192 | - 804 | | Botanical observations, giving more accurate descriptions of certain plants | Mahringer | XLI 211 | - 760 | | The discovery of a perfect plant in Semine | Baker | 448 | - 806 | | A catalogue of plants observed in a journey over the Tyrol Alps | Ehrhart | 547 | - 768 | | A letter concerning the wonderful increase of the seed of plants, e.g. of the upright mallow | Hobson | XLII 320 | - 824 | | The substance of some experiments of planting seeds in moss | Bonne | XLV 156 | X 795 | | An account of the Bishop of London's Garden | - | - | - | at Fulham, with a catalogue of the exotic trees remaining in it, June 25, 1751 W. Watson PLANTS. An account of Aphyllon and Dentaria hep-taphylos of Clusius, omitted by Mr. Ray W. Watson — An account of some of the more rare English plants observed in Leicestershire Pultney — Some observations upon the sleep of plants; with an account of that faculty, which Linnæus calls Vigilia Florum, with an enumeration of several plants which are subject to that law Pultney — An account of a species of ophris, supposed to be the plant mentioned by Gronovius, in the Flora Virginia, p. 185 Ehret — An account of a new Peruvian plant, lately introduced into the English gardens; the several characters of which differ from all the genera hitherto described Ehret — A letter on the sexes of plants, and impregnation of vegetables Styes — A letter on the success of his experiments for preserving acorns for a whole year without planting them, so as to be in a state fit for vegetation, with a view to bring over some of the most valuable seeds from the East-Indies, to plant for the benefit of our American Colonies Ellis — A letter on a rare plant found in the Isle of Skye, supposed to be the Eriocaulon decangulare Hope — A description and figure of the nyctanthis elongata, a new Indian plant Bergius — A letter on the effects of elder in preserving growing plants from insects and flies Gullet — A letter concerning the medicinal effects of a poisonous plant exhibited instead of the water-parsnip Pultney — An account of three journeys from the Cape Town, in the southern parts of Africa, undertaken for the discovery of new plants, towards the improvement of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew Adamson A catalogue of fifty plants, lately presented to the Royal Society, by the company of Apothecaries of London; pursuant to the direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. President of the College of Physicians, and Vice President of the Royal Society, from 1722 to 1773, XXXII 276, XXXIII 93, 305, XXXIV 125, XXXV 293, XXXVI 1, 219, XXXVII 1, 223, XXXVIII 1, 199, XXXIX 1, 175, XL 1, 143, XLI 1, 291, 406, XLII 620, XLIII 75, 184, 421, XLIV 213, 597, XLVI 43, 331, 403, XLVII 166, XLVIII 110, 528, XLIX 78, 607, L 236, 648, LI 96, 644, LII 85, 491, LIII 32, LV 137, LV 91, LVI 250, LVII 470, LVIII 227, LIX 384, LX 545, LXI 360, LXII 30, LXIV 302 PLANTS (Chemistry.) A way of extracting volatile salt and spirit out of vegetables IX 4 III 333 A confirmation of the affusion, that acesi- zate or fixed salt, extracted out of the ashes of vegetables, do not differ from each other Cox. A continuation of the discourse on the iden- tity of all volatile salts and vinous spirits, with two experiments concerning vegetable salts, perfectly resembling the shape of the plants whence they had been obtained Cox. Observations on the class of sweet tastes, made by comparing the tastes of sweet plants with Mr. L'Ene's chemical analysis of them in his treatise of drugs XXIII 1160 V 406 PLANTS. (Fossil) A description of certain stone figured like plants, and by some observ- ers esteemed to be plants petrified Litter. An account of the impressions of plants on the slates of coals Dalby. PLATINA. Several papers concerning a new metal, called platina William Way. Experimental examination of a white metallic substance, said to be found in the gold mines of the Spanish West-Indies, and there known by the appellation of Platina, Platina di Pietro Juan Blanca. Paper 1, 2, 3, 4 Leu. Paper 5 " " " Leu. Paper 6 " " " Leu. Experiments on Platina Ingenious Transf. Abridg. PLEIADES. PLE PLEIADES. Observations of the moon's passage over the Pleiades in 1767 - M. Messier LIX 454 Plica Polonica. An extraordinary case Vater XXXVII 50 — A letter concerning a plica Polonica mentioned vol. xxxvii, 50 Klein — 427 — A letter concerning a plica Polonica Ames XLIV 556 Pliny. Note of Pliny about the bleeding of the mulberry tree H. Lister V 2069 — Amendments and notes upon three places in the common text of Pliny's Natural History falsely edited Halley XVII 535 — A remark on F. Hardouin's amendment of a passage in Pliny, lib. II. sec. 74 Folkes XLIV 365 Plumb-Stone. Account of a ball, extracted from a person, who had suffered by it 30 years, in which was a plumb-stone Young XXIII 1279 Some instances of other persons who were hurt by swallowing plumb-stones Sloane — 1283 — An account of what was observed upon opening the corpse of a person who had taken several ounces of crude mercury internally; and of a plumb-stone lodged in the coats of the rectum Madden XXXIX 291 Pneumatics. New pneumatical experiments about respiration Boyle V 2011 Engine. Vide air-pump Poestum. Vide Coin Points. Concerning the proportion of mathematical points to each other Robartes XXVII 470 Poison. A relation of an inland sea, near Dantzick, yeilding at a certain season of the year, a green substance, which causeth certain death Kirby VII 4069 — Account of a poisonous fish in one of the Bahama Islands J. Locke X 312 — A discourse of the viper, and some other poisons, wrote by Sir Theodore Mayerne, after discoursing with Mr. Pontaeus Mayerne XVIII 162 — Two observations, the one concerning the effects of a poisonous root, the other concerning the virtues of the leaves of hemlock Ray XIX 634 — An account of the poisonous qualities of hemlock-water-drop-wort Ray XX 84 — An abstract of Dr. Mead's mechanical account of poisons Morland XXIII 1320 POI Trans. Abridg. VII 495 XI 950 V 261 — 264 IX 152 II 215 IV 1 II 491 — 842 — 645 — 814 — 640 — 641 Expe- Experiments and observations of the effects of several sorts of poisons upon animals, made at Montpellier, in 1678 and 1679. Courten An account of the poison wood tree in New England. Dudley A farther account of the same tree. Sherrard An account of some experiments on the effects of the poison of the rattle-snake. Hall An anatomy of the poisonous apparatus of the rattle snake, with an account of the quick effect of its poison. Ranby A letter, giving an account of two women being poisoned by the simple distilled water of laurel leaves, and of several experiments upon dogs; by which it appears that this laurel water is the most dangerous poison hitherto known. Madden Some experiments concerning the poisonous quality of the simple distilled water from the lauro-cerasus, or common laurel, made upon dogs at Topping's Hall, Essex, 1731, and others made before the Royal Society in their Repository. Mertiner The case of a man who was poisoned by eating monk's-hood, or napellus. Bacon Letter concerning the poison of henbane roots. Patouillard Letter on the poison of laurel water. Rutt Account of an antidote to the indian poison in the West-Indies. Milward An account of some persons poisoned by eating boiled hemlock. W. Watson Farther remarks concerning mushrooms, occasioned by the Rev. Mr. Pickering's paper, with observations on the poisonous quality of some sort of fungi. W. Watson A letter concerning the Indian poison sent over from M. Condamine. Brockleby An account of the poisonous root lately found among the Gentian. Brockleby Experiments made on a great number of living animals, with the poison of Lamas; and of Ticunas. Herissant A farther account of the poisonous effects of the cenanthe aquatica succo viroso crocante of Lobel or hemlock drop-wort. W. Watson An extract of an essay, entitled, On the Uses of a Knowledge of Mineral Exhalations, when applied to discover the principles and properties of mineral waters, the nature of burning fountains, and of those poisonous lakes which the ancients called Averni Brownrigg An account of some poisonous fish in the South Seas Anderson An account of the American poison called Ticunas Fontana Poland. A relation concerning the sal-gemme-mines in Anon. Polarity. A paper about magnetism, concerning the changing and fixing the polarity of a piece of iron J. C. Extract of a letter on giving magnetism and polarity to brass Arden Pole. Letter concerning some supposed alteration of the meridian line, which may affect the declination of the magnetic needle and the pole's elevation Wallis Observations on the elevation of the pole at Lisbon Carbone Observations on the meridian height of the sun, to investigate the elevation of the pole at Lisbon Carbone A proposal to make the poles of a globe of the heavens move in a circle round the poles of the ecliptic Latham A contrivance to make the poles of the diurnal motion in a celestial globe pass round the poles of the ecliptic Senex Pole Star. Letter concerning the drawing the meridian line by the pole star, and finding the hour by the same Gray Polygons. Theorems for making the solution of them as easy as that of triangles by common trigonometry Leven Theorems concerning polygons, inscribing or circumscribing the circle, having the greatest or least area, or greatest or least perimeter Horshay Polynomium. A demonstration of the binomial theorem of Sir Isaac Newton Gassilioneus Polypodium. Observations on the seed vessels and seeds of polypodium Leuwenhoek Polypus (Disease) An account of a polypus found in | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | The heart of a person who died epileptical | XIV 537| III 70 | | The original of a polypus | XIX 472| — 58 | | Observation about the polypus of the lungs, with Dr. Lister's opinion | Clarke | — 779 | | An account of a polypus taken out of the vena pulmonaris, and of the structure of that vessel | Cooper | XXII 797| V 221 | | Letter concerning a polypus found in a dog | Mulgrave| — 690 | | An account of a polypus coughed up by the wind-pipe | Samber | XXXIV 262| VII 503 | | A letter giving an account of a polypus, resembling a branch of the pulmonary vein coughed up by an asthmatic person | Nicholls| XXXVII 123| — 504 | | A letter concerning polypi taken out of the hearts of several sailors, just arrived at Plymouth from the West Indies | Husham | XLII 123| IX 135 | | POLYPUS. (Animal) Extract of a letter concerning a water insect, which, being cut into several pieces, becomes so many perfect animals | Gronovius| — 218 | | Part of a letter from _______ of Cambridge, occasioned by what has been reported of the above insect | Anon. | — 227 | | Several papers relating to the fresh water polypus | Bentick| XLII ii | — 22 | | Trembley | — iii | — 23 | | Reaumur | — xii | — 26 | | These pages come between page 280 and 299 | | | | Another account | Folkes | — 422 | | A further account of the polypus | Duke of Richmond| — 510 | | Observations upon several species of small water insects of the polypus kind | Trembley| XLIV 627| | An account of some remarkable insects of the polype kind, found in the waters near Brussels in Flanders | Brady | XLIX 248| | Some observations on a polype dried | Baker | — 616 | | Observation upon several newly discovered species of fresh water polypes | Trembley| XLIII 169| | Extract of a letter giving an account of coral, and that it is a mass of animals of the polype kind | Trembley| L 59 | | Observation on corallines, and the polypus, and other sea animals living on them | Baster | — 258 | Remarks Remarks on the above observations Pomerania. See Thunder Pompey's Pillar. New observations on what is called Pompey's Pillar, in Egypt Pond. Account of a pond in Somersetshire to which pigeons resort, but cattle will not drink at it Further account of the (pond) vitriolate water, with some particulars touching waters An attempt to account for the rising and falling of the water of some ponds near the sea, or ebbing or flowing rivers, where the water is lowest in the pond, at the time of high water in the sea or river, and the water is the highest in the pond, at the time of low water in the sea or river; as also for the increasing or decreasing of the water of such pools or brooks as are highest in the dry seasons, and lowest in the rainy seasons; with an experiment to illustrate the solution of the phenomena Poplar. Observations on the black poplar Population. An extract of two essays in political arithmetick, concerning the comparative magnitudes of London and Paris A further assertion of the propositions and vindication from the objections of some learned persons of the French nation An account of the number of people in the counties of Armagh, Louth, and Meath, and the city of Dublin; with an estimate of the number of people in the kingdom of Ireland, 1695-6 An account of the Roman clergy in Ireland according to the return made 1698 The number of people in the city of Bristol calculated from the burials for ten years successively, and also from the number of houses A letter concerning the number of inhabitants within the London bills of mortality Answer to some queries respecting the population of Constantinople A letter concerning the number of people in England A letter concerning the present increase of the people in Britain and Ireland — Brakenridge An extract of the register of the parish of Great Shefford, in Berkshire, for ten years; with observations on the same — Forster Letter concerning the number of people in England — Forster An answer to the account of the numbers and increase of the people of England — Brakenridge Of the increase and mortality of the inhabitants in the island of Madeira — Thomas Heberden Observations on the expectations of lives, the increase of mankind, the influence of great towns on population, and particularly the state of London with respect to healthfulness and number of inhabitants — Price Extract of a letter concerning the increase of population in Anglesey — Panton Observations on the state of population in Manchester, and other adjacent places — Percival Observations on the state of population in Manchester, and other adjacent places concluded — Percival A supplement to a paper, entitled, "observations on the population of Manchester" — Percival Observations on the population and diseases of Chester, in the year 1774 — Haygarth See Mortality Porcupine Quills. A letter giving some account of the roots used by the Indians, in the neighbourhood of Hudson's Bay, to dye porcupine quills — Forster Pores. The description and use of the pores in the skin of the hands and feet — Grew Microscopical observations on the pores — Leeuwenhoek Porisms. Two general propositions of Pappus of Alexandria, taking in a great part of Euclid's porisms, restored by — Simson Porphyre. Directions for enquiries concerning stones, and other materials for the use of building, together with a suggestion for retrieving the art of hardening steel for cutting porphyre and other hard marbles — Oluenburgh Letter concerning the porphyry pillars in Egypt — R.H. Transf. | Abrig. ---|--- XLIX 877 | L 356 — 457 | L 465 LVII 461 | LIX 89 LXIII 180 | LXIV 54 LXV 322 | LXVI 160 LXVIII 131 | LXII 54 XIV 566 | XVII 949 III 685 XXXII 330 VI 76 VIII 6010 | XIV 624 III 528 PORPOISE. An account of the dissection of a porpoise, with some observations, omitted by Rondeletius Raj VI 2274 II 839 — Of a venomous scratch with the tooth of a porpoise, its symptoms and cure Lister XIX 726 — 824 PORTLAND, ISLE OF. An account of the damage which happened in the Isle of Portland, Feb. 3, 1695-6 Southwell — 660 III 649 PORT-ROYAL. Observations on the eclipse of the moon, June 18, 1722, and the longitude of Port-Royal in Jamaica determined thereby Halley XXXII 235 VI 190 XX 262 III 297 POSTURE MASTER. Of the posture master Anon. Pot-Ash. An account of the preparation and uses of the various kinds of pot-ashes Mitchell XLV 541 X 777 — An account of a new and cheap method of preparing pot-ash, with observations Percival LXX 345 POTTERY. An account of a Roman pottery near Leeds, in Yorkshire Thoreby XIX 319 III 418 POISON-WATER. An Experimental inquiry into the nature of the mineral elastic spirit or air, contained in Spa water, as well as into the mephitic qualities of this spirit Brownrigg LV 218 LXIV 357 Continued Brownrigg POWDER. A description of the uses of a certain powder for yielding very close and smooth metal, and of easy carriage, &c. for casting of guns Anon. VIII 6040 II 557 — Part of a letter, giving an account of several magnetical experiments, and of one who pretended to cure or cause diseases at a distance, by applying a sympathetic powder to the urine Leeuwenhoek XIX 512 III 685 — The effects of Dampier's powder in curing the bite of a mad dog Fuller XL 272 IX 224 Another case drawn up Hartley and Sandy — 274 — A report of the Committee appointed by the Royal Society to consider of a method for securing the powder magazines at Purfleet Committee of the Royal Society LXIII 42 Mr. Wilson's dissent to part of the preceding report Committee of the Royal Society — 48 Answer of the Committee to the objections — 66 POWER. Short and easy methods for finding the quantity quantity and weight of water contained in a full pipe of any given height and diameter of bore; and consequently to find what degree of power would be required to work a common pump, or any other hydraulic engine, when the diameter of the pump-bore, and the height to which the water is to be raised therein, are given. **Precious Stones.** Some remarks on the precious stone called the turquoise Some observations upon gems or precious stones; more particularly such as the ancients used to engrave upon **Precipices or Cliffs.** Extract of a letter containing observations on the precipices and cliffs on the north-east coast of Norfolk **Preservation of Bodies.** See Death. **Pressure.** Some experiments and observations on the force of the pressure of the water at great depths **Prickleback.** Abstract of a letter concerning some observations made on the bansticle or prickleback, and also on fish in general **Prickly Pear.** The effects of the opuntia, or prickly pear, and of the indigo plant in colouring the juices of living animals **Printing.** That Costerus first invented printing 1430 Some observations concerning the invention and progress of printing to 1465 An essay on the invention of printing, by John Bagford; with an account of his collections for the same An account of Mr. Le Blon's principles of printing in imitation of paintings, and of weaving of tapestry in the same manner as brocades The description of an antique metal stamp, in the collection of the Duke of Richmond, being one of the instances how near the Romans had arrived to the art of printing; with some remarks **Prism.** An account of rings, consisting of all the prismatic colours, made by electrical explosions on the surface of pieces of metal PRISM. An account of two giants causeways, or groups of prismatic basaltine columns, and other volcanic concretions in the Venetian State in Italy; with some remarks on the characters of those and other similar bodies, and on the physical geography of the countries in which they are found Account of a new instrument for measuring small angles called the prismatic micrometer PROBLEM. See Math motics PROBOSCI. Microscopical observations on the proboscis of fleas PROJECTILES. A discourse concerning gravity and its properties, wherein the descent of heavy bodies, and the motion of projects, is briefly, but fully handled; together with the solution of a problem of great use in gunnery Some propositions on the parabolic motion of projectiles written in 1710 The motion of projectiles near the earth's surface considered, independent of the properties of the conic-sections PROPAGATION. Letter concerning the seeds of plants, with observations on the manner of the propagation of plants and animals Some microscopical observations and curious remarks on the vegetation and exceeding quick propagation of mouldings on the substance of a melon A letter concerning the propagation of mistletoe PROPORTION. An account of the several species of infinite quantity, and of the proportions they bear one to the other An account of the proportion of the English and French measures and weights from the standard of the same, kept at the Royal Society Experiments and observations on the agreement between the specific gravities of the several metals, and their colours, when united to glass, as well as those of their other preparations Observations for settling the proportion which the decrease of heat bears to the height of situation | Topic | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | **PROPORTION.** The general mathematical laws which regulate and extend proportion universally, as a method of comparing magnitudes of any kind together, in all the possible degrees of increase and decrease. | LXVII 450 | | | **PROVIDENCE.** An argument for Divine Providence, taken from the constant regularity observed in the births of both sexes. | XXVII 186 | V 2 240 | | **PRUSA.** An account of the city of Prusa, in Bythinia. | XIV 431 | III 473 | | **PTARMIGAN.** Observations on the lagopus, or ptarmigan. | LXIII 224 | | | **PUDENDA.** A letter concerning the praeter-natural structure of the pudenda in a woman. | XXXIII 142 | VII 551 | | **PUERPERA.** An account of an hydrops ovarii, with a new and exact figure of the glandulae renales, and of the uterus in a puerpera. | XXV 2317 | V 294 | | **PULLEYS.** An account of two experiments of the friction of pulleys. | XXXVII 394 | VI 322 | | —— A description of a new tackle or combination of pulleys. | XLVII 494 | | | **PULMONARY VEIN.** A letter, giving an account of a polypus resembling a branch of the pulmonary vein, coughed up by an astmatic person. | XXXVII 123 | VII 504 | | **PULP.** Instances shewing the correspondence of the pith and timber, with the seed of the plant, as also of the bark, or sap in the bark, with the pulp of the fruit, or some encompassing coat or cod containing the seed. | IV 919 | II 710 | | **PULSE.** Cases of the remarkable effects of blisters in lessening the quickness of the pulse in coughs, attended with an infarction of the lungs and fever. | L 569 | | | **PUMICE STONE.** Microscopical observations on the pumice stone. | XXIV 2158 | V 2 267 | | —— A letter relating to a surprising shoal of pumice stones, found floating on the sea. | XXXV 446 | | | **PUMP.** A draught and description of a useful and cheap pump, contrived by Mr. Conyers, a trial of which was made at the repairing of the new canal of Fleet River, in London, and elsewhere. | XII 888 | I 545 | | —— Short and easy methods for finding the quantity. | | | and weight of water contained in a full pipe of any given height and diameter of bore; and consequently to find what degree of power would be required to work a common pump or any other hydraulic engine, when the diameter of the pump-bore, and the height to which the water is to be raised, are given. Punic. An attempt to explain a Punic inscription lately discovered in the island of Malta Observations on an inedited coin, adorned with two Punic characters on the reverse Puncture. An account of a suppression of urine cured by a puncture made in the bladder through the anus Puppy. Account of a puppy in the womb that received no nourishment by the mouth Purging Medicines. A solution of the problem for determining the doses of purging and emetic medicines The practice of purging and vomiting medicines, according to Dr. Cockburn's solution of his problem; with tables, shewing their doses in particular ages and constitutions Purging Waters. An account of a new purging spring at Dulwich, in Surry An examination of the strength of several of the principal purging waters, especially that of Jessop's Wells An account of the salt purging water of Pitkeathly, in the county of Perth, in Scotland See the particular Waters in their Places Purple. Observations on the limax non cochleata purpuram ferens, the naked snail producing purple Purple Fish. Observations on the purple fish Putrifaction. Instances, hints, and applications relating to a main point solicited in the preface to this fourth volume, concerning the use may be made of vaults, deep wells, and cold conservatories, to find out the cause, or to pro mote the generation of salt, minerals, metals, crystal, gems, stones of divers kinds, and helps to conserve long, or to hasten putrefaction, fertility of any kind of land &c. Putrefaction. An account of some substances resisting putrefaction A continuation Further experiments Some experiments on putrefaction See Antiseptic, Marbles Putrid Disorder. Journal of the weather at Senegambia, during the prevalence of a very fatal putrid disorder; with remarks on that country Pyramid. Account of a pyramidal appearance in the heavens, observed near Upminster, in Essex Pyrites. Of the nature of earthquakes; more particularly of the origin of the matter of them from the pyrites alone Observations concerning the spontaneous firing of the pyrites Observations concerning thunder and lightning being from the pyrites Pyrmont Waters. A short account of the nature and virtues of the Pyrmont waters; with some observations upon their chalybeate quality Pyrometer. Description of a new pyrometer, with a table of experiments made therewith Pyrometry. An essay on pyrometry, and areometry, and on physical measures in general Pyroorganum. A letter which gives a description of the figures of his electrical pyroorganum QUA. A letter concerning an extraordinary fish called in Russia, quab, and concerning the stones called crabs eyes - Baker QUADRABLE. Letter concerning the spaces in the cycloid, which are perfectly quadrable - Wallis QUADRANT. The description of a new quadrant for taking altitudes without an horizon, either at sea or land - Elton — A spirit level to be fixed to a quadrant for taking a meridional altitude at sea when the horizon is not visible - Hadley — An account of Mr. Thomas Godfrey's improvement of Davis's quadrant, transferred to the mariner's-bow - Logan — A description of a water-level to be fixed to Davis's quadrant, whereby an observation may be taken at sea in thick and hazy weather, without seeing the horizon - Leigh — A description of an astronomical mural quadrant freed from many of the inconveniences it has hitherto laboured under - Gersten — A recommendation of Hadley's quadrant for surveying, especially the surveying of harbours, together with a particular application of it in some cases of pilotage - Michell — A letter describing some additions and alterations made to Hadley's quadrant, to render it more serviceable at sea - Dollond — Remarks on the Hadley's quadrant, tending principally to remove the difficulties which have hitherto attended the use of the back-observation, and to obviate the errors that might arise from a want of parallelism in the two surfaces of the index glass - Maskelyne — See Level QUADRATRIX. The construction and properties of a new quadratrix to the hyperbola - Perks Quadratic. Universal solution of quadratic and biquadratic equations, viz. analytical, geometrical, and mechanic! Colson Quadrature. Answer to the animadversions of Mr. Huygens upon Dr. Gregory's book, De vera circuli & hyperbolæ quadratura, as published in the Journal des Scavans Gregory Some consideration upon M. Huygens' letter, printed in vindication of his examen of the book, entitled vera circuli & hyperbolæ quadratura Gregory An addition to the scheme of quadratures Craig Of the logarithmic curve Craig Letter concerning the quadrature of the parts of the lunula of Hippocrates Chius, performed by Mr. John Perks, with the further improvements of the same, by Dr. David Gregory and John Calwell Wallis A specimen of the general method of determining the quadrature of figures Craig A ready description and quadrature of a curve of the third order, resembling that commonly called the foliate De Moivre A demonstration of the 11th proposition of Sir Isaac Newton's treatise of quadratures Robins The general quadrature of trinomial hyperbolic curves Klingerstein Quadrupeds. An account of the quadrupeds in the Philippine Islands Camel An account of a quadruped brought from Bengal Parsons Divers means for preserving from corruption dead birds, intended to be sent to remote countries, so that they may arrive there in good condition; some of the same means may be employed for preserving quadrupeds, reptiles, fishes, and insects Reaumer Account of several quadrupeds from Hudson's Bay Forster Quantity. An account of the several species of infinite quantity, and of the proportions they bear, one to the other Halley An essay on quantity; occasioned by reading a treatise, treatise, in which simple and compound ratios are applied to virtue and merit Quarries. Account of stone quarries and talc rocks in Hungary An extract of a letter concerning a quarry of marble in the county of Farmanagh in Ireland Quass Root. Letter on the good effects of the quass root in fevers at Antigua Quesnel, Elizabeth. See Bones Quick Lime. A chymical experiment of the effects of quick lime upon alkaline sal volatile Quicksilver. Observations concerning quicksilver found at the roots of plants A relation concerning the quicksilver mines of Friuli; confirming, as well the account given on that subject, vol. I, p. 21, as enlarging the same, with some additions An attempt to render the cause of that odd phenomenon of the quicksilver remaining suspended far above the usual height in the Torricellian experiment Of the incandescence of quicksilver with gold An account of some new experiments relating to the action of glass tubes upon water and quicksilver A description of an engine to raise water by help of quicksilver, invented by Haskins, and improved by Experiments on quicksilver Experiments on quicksilver More experiments Part of a letter concerning the light caused by quicksilver shaken in a glass tube, proceeding from electricity An account of the success of some attempts to freeze quicksilver, at Albany Fort, in Hudson's Bay, in the year 1775, with observations on the dipping-needle Quills. A letter giving some account of the root used by the Indians, in the neighbourhood of Hudson's Bay, to dye porcupine quills Quinarius. Explication of a most remarkable mo- Rabbit. Investigation of the specific characters which distinguish the rabbit from the hare Rain. A particular account of the origin of fountains, and to shew that the rain and snow waters are sufficient to make fountains and rivers run perpetually Observations concerning some little animals observed in rain, well, tea, and snow water, where pepper has lain infused With the manner of observing them Observations on rain water An attempt to solve the phenomenon of the rise of vapours, formation of clouds, and deceit of rain The fall of, in various places. See Meteorological Observations Rainbows. An account of two rainbows, unusually posited, lately seen in France Some optical assertions concerning the rainbow from Leige An account of the appearance of an extraordinary iris seen at Chester, Aug. 6, 1697 A geometric dissertation on the rainbow, shewing the means of obtaining the diameter of each bow, the ratio of refraction being given, with the solution of the reverse problem, or that of finding the ratio of the refraction, the diameter of the bow being given A letter giving an account of a lunar rainbow seen in Derbyshire, 1710-11 RAINBOW. An account of two mock suns, and an arc of a rainbow inverted with an halo, and its brightest arc, seen on Sunday and Monday, Oct. 22, and 23, 1721, at Lyndon, in Rutland. Whiston XXXI 212 VI 2 76 An account of a rainbow seen on the ground. Langwitt — 229 — 80 Extracts of several letters concerning the appearance of several arches of colours contiguous to the inner edge of the common rainbow at Petworth. Langwitt XXXII 241 VI 122 Another letter with some other reflections on the same subject. Pemberton — 245 — 123 A description of an extraordinary rainbow observed July 15, 1748. Devall XLVI 193 X 481 An account of an inverted iris, observed on the grass in September, and another in October 1751. Webb XLVII 248 Observations on an evening, or rather nocturnal solar iris, June 5, 1757. Edwards L 293 RAM. Part of a letter containing some microscopic observations upon the animalcula in semen of young rams. Leeuwenhoek XXVII 316 V 2 267 RANA PISCATRIX. See Frog-Fish RAREFACTION. An account of an experiment of shooting by the rarefaction of the air. Papin XVI 21 I 496 RARETIES. Account of the chamber of rarities at Bohn. Ellis XXIII 1416 V 2 134 RAT. Examination of the testicles of a rat. Leeuwenhoek XVII 593 III 685 Observations in the dissection of a rat. R. W. — 594 RATHBONE-PLACE WATER. Experiments on Rathbone-Place waters. Cavendish LVII 92 RATIO. An essay on quantity, occasioned by reading a treatise, in which simple and compound ratios are applied to virtue and merit. Reid XLV 505 X 22 RATTLE SNAKES. The way of killing rattlesnakes. Taylor I 43 II 373 A note touching this relation. Anon. — 76 — 811 The anatomy of a rat-le-snake dissected at the repository of the Royal Society. Tyson XIII 25 — 797 An account of the rattle-snake. Dudley XXXII 292 VII 410 Some observations upon vipers on occasion of the above relation. Sprengeis — 296 — 409 Fif Rat Rattle-Snake. An account of some experiments on the effects of the poison of the rattle-snake The anatomy of the poisonous apparatus of a rattle snake, with an account of the quick effects of its poison Conjectures on the charming or fascinating power attributed to the rattle-snake, grounded on credible accounts, experiments, and observations A letter concerning a cluster of small teeth observed at the root of each fang, or great tooth, in the head of a rattle-snake, upon dissecting it A letter containing an account of what he felt after being bit by a rattle-snake An account of the successful application of salt to wounds made by the bite of rattlesnakes Ray, John. A letter to Mr. Ray concerning some particulars that might be added to the ornithology A letter giving an account of what manuscripts were left by Mr. John Ray Rays. (Natural Philosophy) A method by which a glass of a small plano-convex-sphere may be made to refract the rays of light to a focus of a far greater distance than is usual A new way of orthographically delineating, by parallel rays, the postures and actions of an human body, exactly observing the symmetry and proportion of the parts The effects of the different refractions of the rays in telescopical glasses Hopes of perfecting telescopes by reflections rather than refractions Razors. Letter on the edge of razors Observations upon the edge of razors Second letter on the same Receiver. Phenomena afforded by shell fishes in an exhausted receiver A letter concerning a new contrivance of applying receivers to retorts in distillation Rectum. An account of what was observed upon opening the corpse of a person who had taken several ounces of crude mercury internally; and of a p'um stone lodged in the coats of the rectum Reculver. Observations on the fossils of Reculver Cliffe, with a note by the publisher, H. Sloane Red Colour. Two letters giving an account of a red colour produced by mixture of a sulphureous spirit with a volatile alcali A further account of the bones of animals being made red by aliment only Observations and experiments with madder root, which has the faculty of tinging the bones of living animals of a red colour Red Sea. A letter accompanying a new chart of the Red Sea, with two draughts of the roads of Mocha and Judda, and several observations made during a voyage on that sea Redi. Extract of a letter concerning Signor Redi's manuscripts Reeks, Nicholas. Case of Nicholas Reeks, who was born with his feet turned inwards, which came to rights after being some time used to set cross legged Refining. Experiments of refining gold with antimony The art of refining Reflecting Telescopes. See Telescopes Refraction. A method by which a glass of a small plano-convex sphere, may be made to refract the rays of light to a focus of a far greater distance than is usual The effects of the different refractions of the rays in telescopical glasses Hopes of perfecting telescopes by reflections rather than refractions Extract of two letters concerning an instrument to shew the moon's true place to a minute or two; also the writer's design of correcting the hitherto assigned motions of the sun; the other touching the necessity of making new solar numbers, together with an expedient of making trial whether the refraction in Signor Cassini's table be just An experiment of the refraction of air made at the command of the Royal Society REFRAC TION. A geometrical dissertation on the rainbow, shewing the means of obtaining the diameter of each bow, the ratio of refraction being given, with the solution of the reverse problem Halli A description of the apparatus for making experiments on the refractions of fluids, with a table of the specific gravities, angles of observations, and ratio of refractions of several fluids Hawkbee Some allowances to be made in astronomical observations, for the refraction of the air, with an accurate table of refractions Halley An account of the double refractions in crystals Beccaria Concise rules for computing the effects of refraction and parallax in varying the apparent distance of the moon from the sun or a star; also an easy rule of approximation for computing the distance of the moon from a star, the longitude and latitude of both being given, with demonstrations of the same Maskelyne See Air, Crystal, Telescopes REFRACTIONS OF FLUIDS. See Fluids REGIMEN. Part of a letter on the antiseptical regimen of the natives of Russia Guthrie REINE. An observation of the immoderate and fatal use of erab-stones, and such like absorbent earths, from whence have proceeded stones in the stomach and reins Breynius REMEDI ES. Of the diseases incident to, and remedies of, Northern countries Lloyd REPTILES. Divers means for preserving from corruption dead birds, intended to be sent to remote countries, so that they may arrive there in good condition; some of the same means may be employed for preserving quadrupeds, reptiles, fishes, and insects Reaumur REPULSIVE. Some electrical experiments, chiefly regarding the repulsive force of electrical bodies Whale RESIN. An account of the quantity of resin in the cortex eleutheriae Brown RESISTANCE. Experiments relating to the resistance of fluids Desaguliers Experiments to determine the law of the resistance of bodies on the surface of the water Hee Trans. XXII 714 XXVII 204 XXXI 169 LII 486 LIV 263 LXVIII 622 XLI 557 XXI 310-311 XLV 309 XLI 98 XXXII 81 XXXI 142 XLIX 1 Abridg. II 195 IV 2 182 VI 167 LIV 263 IX 171 III 606 VIII 406 VII 738 VI 299 RESPIRATION RESPIRATION. New pneumatical experiments about Boyle — Experiments concerning respiration upon very high mountains Boyle — 2038 — Account of an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the necessity of respiration by the production or growth of animals in our vacuum Boyle — 2040 — Of the power of suffocation to enable animals to hold out in air, by rarefaction made unfit for respiration Boyle — 2045 — Experiments shewing that air unfit for it may retain its wonted pressure Boyle — 2046 — An experiment of a surprising change of colour, from a pale transparent or clear liquor, to a very blue ceruleous one, and that in an instant, by the admission of air only, applied to illustrate some changes of colour, and other effects on the blood of respiring animals Star XVII 898 — A discourse concerning some influence of respiration on the motion of the heart, hitherto unobserved Drake XXIII 1217 V 253 — Experiments on the perforation of the thorax, and its effects on respiration Houston XXXIX 230 IX 138 — Some experiments relating to respiration Haller XLVI 325 XI 965 — Observations on respirations, and the use of the blood Priestley LXVI 226 — See Lungs REST. An experimental examination of the quantity and proportion of mechanic power, necessary to be employed in giving different degrees of velocity to heavy bodies from a state of rest Smeaton — 450 RETORTS. A letter concerning a new contrivance of applying receivers to retorts in distillation Langrishe XLIII 254 — 1225 REVERSIONS. Observations on the proper methods of calculating the values of reversions dependent on survivorships Price LX 268 REV. An account of a strange sort of rey growing sometimes in certain parts of France Journal des Scavans XI 758 II 625 RHEUM PALMATUM. See Rhubarb RHEUMATISM. An account of the probable causes of the pain in rheumatisms; as also of the cure of a total suppression of urine, not caused by the stone, by the use of acids Baynair XIX 19 III 265 Rhinoceros. A letter containing the natural history of the rhinoceros — Parson — A letter on the double horns of the rhinoceros — Parsons Rhinoceros Bezoar. A letter concerning the pietra di inombazza, or the rhinoceros bezoar — Sloane Rhubarb. An account of the rheum palmatum, or rhubarb plant, raised at Edinburgh — Hope Richman. Answer to Dr. Lining's query relating to the death of Professor Richman — W. Watto An account of the death of Mr. George William Richman, occasioned by an electrical stroke collected from thunder, translated from the Dutch — Anon. Riding. An account of the death of Dr. Greene by a hurt in riding out — Cameron Right-Ascension. Description of a method of measuring differences of right-ascension and declination, with Dollond's micrometer, together with other new applications of the same — Miskelyne Right Lines. Propositions selected from a paper on the division of right lines and solids — Glenie Rings. An account of rings consisting of all the prismatic colours made by electrical explosions on the surface of pieces of metal — Priestley Risingham. Vide Inscription Rivers. (In general) A particular account of the origin of fountains, and to shew that the rain and snow waters are sufficient to make fountains run perpetually — Anon. — An attempt to account for the rising and falling of the water of some ponds near the sea, or ebbing or flowing rivers; where the water is lowest in the pond, at the time of high water in the sea or river; and the water is the highest in the pond, at the time of low water in the sea or river; as also for the increasing or decreasing of the water of such pools or brooks as are highest in the dry seasons, and lowest in the rainy seasons; with an experiment to illustrate the solution of the phenomena — Desaguliers — An account of the use of furze in fencing the banks of rivers — Wark — Treatise on rivers and canals — Mann Rivers (Particular) Relation of the effects of a violent storm at Acomack in America, Oct. 19, 1693, on the rivers of that country Scarburgi — A relation of the bad condition of the mountain about the Tungarouse and Batavian rivers, having their source from thence, occasioned by the earthquake between the 4th and 5th of Jan. 1699, drawn up from the account given by Tommagam Porbo-Nata (who had been there) Anon. — Part of a letter concerning the stocking the river Mene with oysters — Rowland — An account of the river Niagara, taken at Albany, Oct. 10, 1721 — Baraffar — Account of the rise of some of the most considerable rivers of Europe — Scheuchzer — An account of the sinking of a river near Pontypool, in Monmouthshire, Jan. 1, 1756 — Matthews Rizzetti. Experiment made in August, 1728, before the Royal Society, upon occasion of Signor Rizzetti's opticks, with an account of that book — Desaguliers Rochester. Vide Inscription Rocks. A way to break easily and speedily the hardest rocks — Du Son — Advertisement from Scotland, concerning the surface of the earth, stones, rocks, &c. — Beal — A letter concerning a new method of cleaving rocks — Beaumont — Extract of a letter from Calcutta concerning a burning rock, and a burning well — Wood Rock Crystal. An observation of optic glasses made of rock-crystal — Anon. Rock Plant. Two letters concerning rock-plants and their growth — Beaumont — A further account of some rock-plants growing in the lead mines of Mendip Hills — Beaumont Rockets. Observations on the heights to which rockets ascend — Robin — Some experiments in order to discover the height to which rockets may be made to ascend, and to what distance their light may be seen — Elicot Roman, Jane. An improvement on the practice of tapping, whereby that operation, instead of a relief for symptoms, becomes an absolute cure for an ascites, exemplified in the case of Jane Roman A method of conveying liquor into the abdomen during the operation of tapping ROMANISH LANGUAGE. An account of the Romanish language ROME. Account of a way of restoring the salubrity of the country about Rome Miscellaneous observations made about Rome, Naples, and some other countries, in 1683 and 1684 Account of an extraordinary heat observed at Rome in the summer, 1768 ROME. See Altar, Antiquities, Camp, Chyrograph, Coins, Colonies, Deignvita, Eagle, Hypocaustum, Inscriptions, Legions, Measures, Money, Pavement, Pottery, Printing, Shield, Sweating-room, Tesser, Town, Urns RONDELETIUS. An account of the dissection of a porpoise, with some observations omitted by Rondeletius Rooms. A proposal for warming rooms by the steam of boiling water, conveyed in pipes along the walls Experiments and observations in an heated-room Roots (Mathematics.) Of the number of roots in several equations, their power and use A new and accurate method of finding the roots of equations of every kind without previous reduction A method of raising an infinite multinomial to any given power, or extracting any given root of the same A method of extracting the root of an infinite equation An attempt towards the improvement of the method of approximating, in the extension of the roots of equations in numbers A letter concerning equations with impossible roots Roots. A method of determining the number of impossible roots in affected equations Campbell XXXV 515 VI 9 Directions for making a machine for finding the roots of equations universally, with the manner of using it Rowning LX 240 See Equations Roots of Plants. Observations concerning quicksilver found at the roots of plants Septalius II 493 II 425 Two observations, the one concerning the effects of a poisonous root, the other concerning the virtues of the leaves of hemlock Ray XIX 364 Observations on the roots of vegetables Leeuwenhoek — 790 III 685 A letter giving some account of the roots used by the Indians, in the neighbourhood of Hudson's Bay, to dye porcupine quills Forster LXII 54 Rosa Mallas. The manner of making flyrax liquida, alias rosa mallas Petiver XXVI 44 V 417 Rosetum. An answer to Mr. Hobbes's rosetum geometricum Wallis VI 2202 I 247 Rosin. The way of making pitch, tar, rosin, and turpentine near Marseille Bent XX 291 Rotation. A new theory of the rotatory motion of bodies affected by forces disturbing such motion Landen LXVII 266 Rotherton. Vide Salt Rouen. See Fever Round Worm. Lumbricus teres, or some anatomical observations on the round worm bred in human bodies Tyson XIII 154 III 130 Roy. See Barometer Rubies. Some observations on rubies made in Ceylon Strachan XXIII 1248 V 2181 Rudstone. See Antiquities Ruminating Man. An account of a ruminating man, lately living at Bristol Slare XVII 525 III 110 Rumsey. See Figures, Inscription Runic Character. An explanation of the Runic characters of Helsingland Celsius XL 7 IX 438 Rupture. Account of an unusual rupture of the mesentery Swammerdam X 273 III 118 An account of what appeared most remarkable on opening the body of Anne Edwards, who died Jan. 5, 1729-30, having a large umbilical rupture Ranby XXXVII 221 VII 516 Rupture. Of an inguinal rupture, with a pin in the appendix cæci, incrusted with stone An account of a rupture in the ileum, occasioned by a bruise without any wound Of a bubocele, or rupture in the groin, and the operation made upon it Account of a rupture of the navel Letter concerning the dilatation of a rupture See Hernia Rusma. Concerning Rusma and Alcanna Phil. Soc. Oxford Russia. Proposals for the improvement of the history of Russia, by publishing from time to time, separate pieces, to serve for a collection of all sorts of memoirs relating to the transactions and state of that nation Letter concerning the Russia castor Part of a letter on the antiseptic regimen of the natives of Russia Rye. An odd effect of thunder and lightning upon wheat and rye in the granaries at Dantzick An account of the disease, called ergot in French, from its supposed cause, viz. vitiated rye Saccus. An uncommon dropsy from the want of a kidney; and a large saccus that contained the water Saffron. An account of the culture or planting and ordering of saffron A botanical description of the flower and seed-vessels of the plant, called crocus autumnalis sativus, that produces the true English saffron, with a figure An account of the culture and management of saffron in England Saint Alban's. See Bones Saint Edmund's Bury. Some account of a body lately found in uncommon preservation, under the ruins of the abbey, at St. Edmund's Bury, Suffolk, with some reflections upon the subject Salamanders. A letter rectifying the mistake of salamanders living in fire Salep. A letter containing a new manner of pre- paring salep Saliva. Observations on the salivary duct An account of the external maxillary, and other salivary glands; also of the insertions of all the lymphatics (as well above as below the subclavians) into the veins; which glands and insertions have not hitherto been mentioned, or not truly described by any author Observations on uncommon coloured saliva Sal Ammoniac. Method of making sal ammoniac in Egypt Salt. The whole process used in France for making sea-salt by the sun Some enquiries and suggestions concerning salt for domestic uses; and concerning sheep, to preserve them, and to improve the race of sheep for hardness, and for the finest drapery A continuation of the discourse concerning vitriol, shewing, that vitriol is usually pro- duced by sulphur, acting on, and coagulating with a metal; and then making out, that allum is likewise the result of the said sulphur; as also evincing that vitriol, sulphur, and al- lum, do agree in the saline principles; and, lastly, declaring the nature of the salt in brimstone, and whence it is derived Microscopical observations of the figure of sugar and salt, and the probable cause of the differ- ence of their taste An extract of a letter concerning the salts of wine and vinegar An abstract of a letter concerning the various figures of the salts contained in several sub- stances | Salt | Microscopic observations on the figures of several salt particles, &c. | |------|---------------------------------------------------------------------| | | Letter concerning the figures of the salts of crystal | | | An extract of a letter containing microscopical observations on the salts of pearls, oyster-shells, &c. | | Salts (Chemistry.) | An account of an odd salt extracted out of a metallic substance | | | The principles and causes of the volatilization of salt of tartar, and other fixed salts | | | A way of extracting a volatile salt and spirit out of vegetables; intimated in vol. viii. p. 7002 | | | A discourse, denying the pre-existence of alcalizate or fixed salts in any subject, before it were exposed to the action of the fire; to which is added, a confirmation of an assertion, delivered in vol. ix. p. 4, 5, and 6, viz. that alcalizate or fixed salts, extracted out of the ashes of vegetables, do not differ from each other; the same being affirmed of volatile salts and vinous spirits | | | A continuation of a discourse, begun in vol. ix. p. 150, touching the identity of all volatile salts, and vinous spirits; together with two surprising experiments concerning vegetable salts, perfectly resembling the shape of the plants, whence they had been obtained | | | Remarks concerning factitious salts | | | The exact quantity of acid salts contained in acid spirits | | | Part of a letter concerning the vitrified salts of calcined hay | | | An account of a large quantity of alcalious salt produced by burning rotten wood | | | Observations and experiments on the sal catharticum amarum, commonly called the Epsom salt | | | Further observations | | | Extract of a letter concerning Mr. Seignette's | | Transl. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | XVII 949 | III 685 | | XX IV 1906 | V 2 267 | | XXV 2416 | — — — | | VI 3060 | III 325 | | VIII 5185 | — 320 | | IX 4 | — 326 | | IX 50 | — 328 | | — 169 | — 333 | | XX 281 | — 339 | | XXII 530 | — | | XXIV 1856 | V 2 267 | | XXXI 121 | VII 727 | | XXXII 348 | VII 732 | | — 372 | — | S A L fal polychrestus Rupellensis, and some other chemical salts - Geoffroy Salt (Chemistry.) Experiments on applying the Rev. Dr. Hale's method of distilling salt water to the steam engine - Fitzgerald An account of some neutral salts made with vegetable acids, and with the salt of amber; which shews that vegetable acids differ from one another; and that the salt of amber is an acid of a particular kind, and not the same with that of sea salt, or of vitriol, as alledged by many chemical authors - Monro A discovery of an indissoluble salt, arising from hempseed, put into water till it becomes putrid - Ellis Experiments and observations on various phenomena attending the solution of salts - R. Watson An easy method to distill fresh water from salt water at sea - Newland Actual fire in detonation, produced by the contact of tin-foil, with the salt composed of copper and the nitrous acid - Higgins A letter relating to some specimens of native salts, collected by Dr. Brownrigg, and shewed at a meeting of the Royal Society, June 27, 1774 - Brownrigg Salt (Use of, in Medicine) Account of an experiment, by which it appears that salt of steel does not enter to the lacteal vessels; with remarks - Wright An account of the successful application of salt to wounds, made by the bite of a rattle snake - Gale An account of the salt purging water of Pitkeathly, in the county of Perth, in Scotland - Monro See Acid, Alkali, Sea-Water, Water Saltpetre Of the way used in the Mogul's dominions to make saltpetre, extracted from Thevenot's voyages - Oldenburg Salt Springs and Mines. Of the richest salt springs in Germany - Anon. An account of an odd spring in Westphalia, to- S A L gether with an information touching salt springs, and the straining of salt water. **Salt Springs and Mines.** Some enquiries concerning the salt springs, and the way of salt-making, at Nantwich, in Cheshire. An appendix to the discourses concerning the salt work. An account of a salt-spring in Somersetshire. Instances, hints, and applications, relating to a main point, solicited in the preface to the fourth volume; concerning the use may be made of vaults, deep wells, and cold conservatories, to find out the cause, or to promote the generation of salt, &c. A relation concerning the sal-gemmæ mines in Poland. Discovery of a rock of natural, at Rotherham in Cheshire. An account of the salt waters of Droytwich in Worcestershire. Observations on the land found in the brine of the salt works in Staffordshire. Observations of the Midland salt-springs of Worcestershire, Staffordshire, and Cheshire, of the crude salt which grows from the stone powder dejected by the said brines in boiling; of the specific difference between sea salt and common salt. An account of a salt spring on the banks of the river Weare, or Ware, in the Bishoprick of Durham. An account of the imperial salt works of Soowar, in Upper Hungary. Part of a letter concerning the salt mines near Cracau, and various other notices. Some account of a salt found on the pic of Teneriffe. An account of a pure native crystallized natron, or fossil alkaline salt, which is found in the country of Tripoli in Barbary. **Salvadora.** The establishment of a new genus of plants, called salvadora, with its description. **SAM** **SAP** | **Salubrity.** Account of the air extracted from different kinds of waters, with thoughts on the salubrity of the air at different places | Transf. | Abridg. | | --- | --- | --- | | *Fontana* | LXIX 432 | | | — On the degree of salubrity of the common airs at sea, compared with that of the seashore, and that of places far removed from the sea | LXX 354 | | | *Ingebohuse* | LI 853 | | | **Samnite.** Some observations upon a Samnite Etruscan coin, never before fully explained | LIX 432 | | | — An attempt to elucidate two Samnite coins, never before fully explained | Swinton | | | **Sand.** A curious and exact relation of a sand flood, which has lately overwhelmed a great tract of land in the county of Suffolk, together with an account of the check, in part, given to it | Wright | III 722 II 455 | | — An ingenious proposal for a new set of maps of countries, together with tables of sands and clays, such chiefly as are found in the north part of England | Lijfer | XIV 739 — 450 | | — Some experiments on a black shining sand brought from Virginia, supposed to contain iron | Moulin | XVII 624 | | — Part of a letter concerning the figures of sand | Leeuwenhoek | XXIV 1537 V 2 266 | | — Part of a letter concerning the manuring of land in Devonshire by sea sand | Bury | XXVI 142 IV 2 301 | | — An abstract of a letter concerning experiments made on the Indian magnetick sand | Muschenbroek | XXXVIII 297 VIII 737 | | — Observations on sand iron | Ellicot | LIII 48 | | **Santerini.** An account of a new island raised near Santerini, in the Archipelago | Sherard | XXVI 67 V 2 196 | | — A relation of a new island thrown up near the Island of Santerini | Bourguignon | — 200 — 197 | | — A relation of a new island, which was raised up from the bottom of the sea, on the 23d of May 1707, in the bay of Santerini, in the Archipelago | Goree | XXVII 353 | | **Sap.** An experiment on Aloe Americana ferrati-folia weighed, seeming to impart a circulation of the sap in plants | Merrel | II 455 II 645 | | — Experiments concerning the motion of the sap in trees | Willoughby and Wray | IV 963 — 682 SAP. | **SAP** **Observations, directions, and inquiries concerning the motion of sap in trees in pursuance of what was begun there in 1668, and the spring after Tonge and Willoughby** Some observations concerning the variety of the running of sap, compared with a weather glass in April, 1670 - Tonge Particulars about retarding the ascent of sap, with other queries relating to that subject Tonge Farther enquiries concerning the running of sap in trees, the keeping of such sap, and brewing with it Tonge Extracts of divers letters touching some inquiries and experiments touching the motion of sap in trees; and relating to the question of the circulation of the same Lytter A letter relating to some particulars in Mr. Lytter's communication Willoughby Extract of a letter, both in relation to the further discovery of the motion of juices in vegetables, and removing the difference noted in Mr. Willoughby's letter Anon. Microscopical observations about the sap of plants Leeuwenhoek A letter concerning the tubes, or canals, that convey the yellow sap in the herb called Chelidonium Majus, or Celandine Leeuwenhoek Observations and experiments relating to the motion of sap in vegetables Bradley An account of some new experiments, relating to different, and sometimes contrary, motions of the sap in plants and trees Fairchild **SASSAFRAS.** An account of some oil of sassafras crystallized Maua **SATURN.** Of an observation, not long since made in England on Saturn Bali A late observation upon Saturn, June 29, 1666, Hook An observation of Saturn made at Paris, Aug. 17, 1668 Huygens and Picart The appearance of, in 1670 Hevelius Observations of a late appearance of Saturn, Sept. 11 and 12, 1671 Hevelius Observations touching some late appearances of Saturn Flamstead | Trans. | Abridg. | |--------|---------| | V 1165 | 683 | | V 2070 | 684 | | 2072 | I 681 | | 2074 | II | | VI 2119| 752 | | 2125 | 685 | | 2126 | 686 | | X 380 | III 683 | | XXIV 1730| V 2 267 | | XXIX 486| IV 2 302 | | XXXIII 127| VI 2 352 | | XL 378 | IX 394 | | I 152 | I 365 | | 246 | | | IV 900 | | | V 2089 | | | VI 3032| 366 | | 3034 | | **SATURN.** SATURN A remarkable observation on Saturn Cassini A theory of the irregularities that may be occasioned in the annual motion of the earth by the actions of Jupiter and Saturn Walmsley (Appulses) Of the moon to Saturn, and the fixed stars, observable in the year 1671, foretold, and computed to the meridian and latitude of London Flamstead (Belt) Observation on two belts of Saturn in 1766 M. Meffier A belt on the disc of Saturn described M. Meffier (Conjunction) An account of three late conjunctions of Saturn and Jupiter, within the space of seven months; together with an account of what other conjunctions of them have happened for more than 100 years last past, beginning at 1563; and a table computed, whereby to make an estimate of what other conjunctions have happened for the time past, or what will happen for the time to come Flamstead A short account of the three great conjunctions of Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, at Dantzick in 1682 and 1683 Hevelius (Occultation of) Observations concerning Saturn obscured by the moon, June 1, 1671 Hevelius Observation on the occultation of Saturn by the moon, Feb. 7, 1678 Bullialdus An account of an occultation of Saturn by the moon, March 19, 1687 observed at Totteridge, near London, latitude 51° 39' Haines (Ring of) Appearance of his ring in 1670 Hugens and Hook Observations concerning Saturn's ring, made at Paris Anon. Letter on the foregoing observations on Saturn's ring Hugens Of the disappearing of Saturn's ring in 1743 and 1744 Hufnagel The disparition of Saturn ring in 1773 Varèze (Satellites) A discovery of two new planets about Saturn, made at Paris Cassini Some new observations concerning the two planets about Saturn, formerly discovered by him Cassini Transl. Abridg. XI 689 I 367 XLIX 737 V 2029 — 453 LIX 454 LXVI 543 XIII 244 — 389 — 325 — 395 VI 3027 — 347 XII 969 — 353 XVI 268 — 365 V 2093 — 366 VI 3024 — — 3026 — XLII 602 VIII 228 LXIV 112 VIII 5178 I 367 XII 831 — 368 SATURN SAT SCA Saturn (Satellites.) A correction of the theory of the motion of the fourth satellite of Saturn Halley An account of two new satellites of Saturn, lately discovered at Paris Cassini Corrections of the theory of the five satellites of Saturn, with tables of the motions of those satellites, adapted to the meridian of London, and the Julian account Cassini Rectification of the motions of the five satellites of Saturn; with some accurate observations of them Pound Corrected tables of the motion of the five satellites of Saturn Cassini and Pound Observations on the satellites of Jupiter and Saturn Hadley SAVERY. Letter concerning a paper of Servington Savery, relating to his invention of a new micrometer by means of divided object-glasses, or divided object-speculum Short XLVIII 165 SAUNDERSON. See Equations SAXON. Vide Coins SCALE. A scale of the gradation of heat Anon. SCALE OF MUSIC. A letter of the various genera and species of music among the ancients, with some observations concerning their scale Pepys XLIV 266 X 261 SCALES OF THE MOUTH. Letters concerning scales within the mouth, and the scaly child that was shewn Leewenboek XIV 586 III 684 SCALES OF FISH. Of the phenomena of a scale fish in an exhausted receiver Boyle V 2024 An abstract of a letter concerning the scales of eels Leewenboek XV 883 Microscopical observations on the scales of fish, &c. Leewenboek XVII 949 — 685 SCALLOP. The anatomy of the scallop Lister XIX 567 II 829 SCAPULA. Part of a letter concerning the coming off of the scapula and head of the os humeri, upon a mortification Deranté XXXN 15 VII 676 SCARABEUS GALEATUS PULSATOR. An account of the scarabaeus pulsator, or the death-watch Stockhouse XXXIII 159 — 407 SCARBOROUGH SPAW. Some considerations relating to Dr. Wittie's defence of Scarborough Spaw, with a brief account of a less considerable spring in Somersetshire, and of a medical spring in Dorsetshire — Highmore Schehallien. An account of observations made on the mountain Schehallien for finding its attraction — Maklyne An account of the calculations made from the survey and measures taken at Schehallien, in order to ascertain the mean density of the earth — Hutton Scilly. An advertisement necessary for all Lizard and Scilly navigators, bound up the channel of England, laid down too far northerly — Anon. Scirrhous Tumour. A relation of a scirrhous tumour included in a cystis, &c. — Russel An observation on a schirrus of the cerebellum — Haller A letter concerning a scirrhous tumour of the uterus — Templeman Sciurus Volans. De sciuro volante, five mura Pontico aut Scythico Gessneri, & vespertilione admirabili Bontii, dissertatio — Sloane Scolopendra Marina. Account of a not yet described scolopendra marina — Molyneux A supplement to the account of a scolopendra marina — Molyneux Scotland. Advertisements occasioned by the remarks printed in No. 14, upon frosts in some parts of Scotland, differing in their anniversary seasons and force from our ordinary frosts in England; of black winds and tempests; of the warm and fertilizing temperature and steams of the earth, stones, rocks, springs, waters (some, in some places, more than others in other places) of petrifying and metallizing waters; with some hints for the horticulture of Scotland — Beal Several observations in the north islands of Scotland — Martin An account of some stones and plants lately found in Scotland — Sibbald Letter concerning a second volume of his Prodromus historiae naturalis Scotiae — Sibbald Extracts of letters containing observations in natural history and antiquities in his travels through Wales and Scotland — Llwyd An account of a production of nature at Dun— bar in Scotland, like that of the Giants Causeway in Ireland An account of some productions of nature in Scotland resembling the Giants Causeway in Ireland Vide Antiquities, Natural History Scratch. Of a venomous scratch with the tooth of a pripole, its symptoms and cure Sculpture. A relation of the conference held at Paris, in the Academy Royal, for the improvement of the art of painting and sculpture An account of several Roman sepulchral inscriptions and figures in bas relief, discovered in 1755 at Bonn, in Lower Germany Scurvy. A relation of some strange and wonderful effects of the scurvy, which happened at Paris in the year 1699 Observations on the scurvy Scurvy-Grass. Query concerning the scurvy-grass of Greenland, proposed to such as use the Greenland trade Sea. Some considerations touching a letter in the Journal des Scavans concerning ways of sounding the depth of the sea without a line, and fetching up water from the bottom of it Observations made in mines, and at sea, occasioning a conjecture about the origin of wine Animadversions upon Dr. Wallis's hypothesis about the flux and reflux of the Answer to the above An estimate of the quantity of vapour raised out of the sea by the warmth of the sun; derived from an experiment shewn before the Royal Society An account of the circulation of the watry vapours of the sea, and of the cause of springs A letter concerning the luminous appearance observable in the wake of ships in the Indian seas A short account of the cause of the saltiness of the ocean, and of the several lakes that emit **SEA** no rivers; with a proposal, by help thereof, to discover the age of the world. *Halley* The art of living under water; or, a discourse concerning the means of furnishing air at the bottom of the sea, in any ordinary depths *Halley* An attempt to account for the rising and falling of the water of some ponds near the sea, or ebbing and flowing rivers; where the water is lowest in the pond at the time of high water in the sea or river, and the water is highest in the pond at the time of low water in the sea or river; as also for the increasing or decreasing of the water of such pools or brooks as are highest in the dry seasons, and lowest in the rainy seasons; with an experiment to illustrate the solution of these phenomena. *Desaguliers* A letter relating to a surprising shoal of pumice stones found floating on the sea *Down* An account of an extraordinary fire-ball bursting at sea *Chalmers* An account of an unusual agitation of the sea at Ilfracombe in Devonshire, Feb. 27, 1756 *Prince* An account of the agitation of the sea at Antigua, Nov. 1, 1755 *Aitken* Extract of a letter relating to an extraordinary agitation of the sea at Barbadoes, March 31, 1761, and an epidemical disorder in that island *Mason* Experiments to prove that the luminousness of the sea arises from the putrefaction of its animal substances *Canton* An account of the result of some attempts made to ascertain the temperature of the sea in great depths, near the coasts of Lapland and Norway; as also some anecdotes collected in the former *Douglas* Observations on the milky appearance of some spots of water in the sea *Nettland* Of the stilling of waves by means of oil *Franklin, Brownrigg, and Faribault* On the degree of salubrity of the common air at sea, compared with that of the sea shore, and that of places far removed from the sea *Ingenhouze* SEA. See Navigation, Tides SEA ANIMALS. An account of the sea polypus — Observations upon the sea scolopendre, or sea milipes Sea-Leech. See Hirundinella marina SEA-CHART. Letter concerning the collection of seconds, and the true division of the meridians in the sea-chart SEA-PLANT. A description of a curious sea plant, frutex marinus ha eiformis cortex verrucoso obductus. Doodii; Raii Hist. tom. III, p. 7 et Synopf. edit. 3, p. 32. Coralloides granulosa alba, J. B. tom. III, p. 869. Erica marina alba fruteceens. Mus. Pet. 50. Keratophyton flabelliforme, cortex verrucoso obductum. Raii Sya. edit. 3, p. 32 SEA-SAND. The improvement of Cornwall by sea-sand — Part of a letter concerning the manuring of land in Devonshire by sea-sand SEA WATER. Way of making it sweet Circumstances relating to the precedent invention A table shewing to what degree air is compressible in sea water, from the depth of one foot, to 1947 feet, useful to divers A supplement Observations concerning some little animals observed in rain, well, sea, and snow water; as also in water where pepper had lain infused With the manner of observing them Some experiments about freezing, and the difference betwixt common fresh water ice, and that of the sea water; also a probable conjecture about the original of the nitre of Egypt A true method of nature of distilling sweet and fresh water from the sea water, by the breath of sea plants growing in it An account of R. Boyle's way of ex- Trans. | Abridg. ---|--- L 777 | LI 35 XV 1193 | I 527 XLIV 51 | X 706 X 293 | II 729 XXVI 142 | IV 2 301 V 2048 | II 297 VI 2192 | — 201 — 2239 | — 202 XII 821 | III 683 — 844 | — — XV 836 | II 164 XIV 489 | — 297 mining water as to freshness and saltness; to be subjoined as an appendix to his printed letter about sweetned sea water. **Sea Water.** An account of Mr. Appleby's process to make sea water fresh; with some experiments therewith. An account of the distilling water fresh from sea water by wood ashes. Case of a young lady who drank sea-water for an inflammation and tumour in the upper lip. Experiments on water obtained from the melted ice of sea water, to ascertain whether it be fresh or not; and to determine its specific gravity with respect to other water; also experiments to find the degree of cold in which sea water begins to freeze. **Sea.** (Instruments used at) Patterns of the tables proposed to be made for observing the tides promised in the foregoing transactions. With other enquiries touching the sea. Observations about load-stones and sea-compasses. Answer to some magnetical enquiries proposed in the above observations. An account of a machine for measuring any depth at the sea with great expedition and certainty. A proposal of a method for finding the longitude at sea, within a degree, or twenty leagues; with an account of the progress he hath made therein, by a continued series of accurate observations of the moon. A description of a water-level to be fixed to Davis's quadrant, whereby an observation may be taken at sea, in thick and hazy weather without seeing the horizon. The description and use of an apparatus, added as an improvement of Davis's quadrant, consisting of a mercurial level, for taking the co-altitude of sun, or star at sea, without the usual assistance of the sensible horizon which frequently is obscured. A true copy of a paper found in the hand-writing of Sir Isaac Newton, among the papers of the late Dr. Halley, describing an instrument. for observing the moon's distance from the fixed stars at sea Sea. (Instruments used at) A machine for sounding the sea at any depth or in any part, invented by Mr. William Cock in the year 1738 Anon. An account of the bucket sea-gage to find the different degrees of coolness and saltness of the sea Hales Some experiments upon a machine for measuring the way of a ship at sea Smeaton A letter containing the result of observations of the distance of the moon from the sun and fixed stars, made in a voyage from England to the island of St. Helena, in order to determine the longitude of the ship, from time to time; together with the whole process of computation used on this occasion Maskelyne Letter giving an account of observations at sea for finding out the longitude by the moon Horsley Seamen Directions for seamen bound for far voyages Royal Society An appendix to the directions Royal Society A list of all the seamen and watermen of every denomination in Ireland in 1697 South Secants. An easy demonstration of the analogy of the logarithmic tangents to the meridian line, or sum of the secants, with various methods for computing the same to the utmost exactness Halley Letter containing an explanation of the late Dr. Halley's demonstration of the analogy of the logarithmic tangents to the meridian line, or the sum of the secants Robertson Secretion. Letter concerning secretions in an animal body Morland Seed (In general.) Instances shewing the correspondence of the pith and timber, with the seed of the plant; as also of the bark, or sap in the bark, with the pulp of the fruit, or some encompassing coat or cod containing the seed Beal Letter concerning the seed of plants Josephus de Aromatorii Observations upon the seeds of plants Leeuwenhoek | Seeds | Trans. | Abridg. | |-------|--------|---------| | "A method of raising some exotick seeds which have been judged almost impossible to be raised in England" | XXXV 485 | VI 2 353 | | Some experiments concerning the impregnation of the seeds of plants | XXXIX 192 | VIII 804 | | The discovery of a perfect plant in female Baker | XLI 448 | — 806 | | A letter concerning the wonderful increase of seed of plants, e.g. of the upright willow Hobson | XLII 320 | — 824 | | Some observations relating to vegetable seeds Parsons | XLIII 184 | X 750 | | Observations upon the minuteness of some seeds of plants Baker | XLVI 336 | LI 206 | | An account of some experiments relating to the preservation of seeds Ellis | LVIII 75 | | | A letter on the success of some experiments for preserving acorns for a whole year without planting them, so as to be in a state fit for vegetation, with a view to bring over some of the most valuable seeds from the East-Indies, to plant for the benefit of our American colonies Ellis | XVII 971 | II 667 | | Seeds (particular.) An extract of a letter concerning the propagation of elms by seed Bulkley | XIX 269 | III 685 | | Microscopical observations on cels, mites, the seeds of figs, strawberries, &c. Leeuwenhoek | XXIII 1461 | V 2 266 | | Letter concerning the seeds of oranges Leeuwenhoek | XXIV 1868 | — 267 | | Observations on the seed vessels and seeds of polypodium Leeuwenhoek | XXV 2205 | — — | | Microscopical observations on the seeds of several East-India plants Leeuwenhoek | XLI 770 | VIII 809 | | A letter concerning the seed of fern Mies | XLII 115 | — 824 | | A letter concerning the vegetation of melon seed 42 years old Trievald | — 593 | — 812 | | A letter concerning the seeds of mushrooms Pickering Watson | — 599 | — 815 | | Letter concerning the vegetation of melon seed 33 years old Gale | XLIII 265 | X 761 | | A letter concerning the manner of feeding mosses; and in particular of the hypnum terrestris trichoides luteo virescens vulgare majus capitulis erectis, Raii Synops: ed. 3, p. 84 Hill | XLIV 60 | — 758 | SEEDS. SEEDS. The substance of some experiments of planting the seeds of mols. Bonner SEMBRADOR. Description of the Spanish Sembrador or new engine for ploughing, and equal sowing all sorts of grain, and harrowing at once, by which a great quantity of seed-corn is saved, and a rich increase yearly gained. Lucatelo and Evelyn SEmen. Animalculæ observed in semine humano Leeuwenhoek Answered by Oldenburg Answered by Leeuwenhoek With extracts from other letters Leeuwenhoek Microscopical examination of the testicles of a rat, and the seed of muscles, oysters, &c. Leeuwenhoek Answer to the objections made to his opinions concerning the animalculæ in semine masculino. Leeuwenhoek Further observations on the animalculæ in semine masculino. Leeuwenhoek Several microscopical observations and experiments concerning the animalculæ in semine masculino of cocks and spiders. Leeuwenhoek Part of a letter containing some microscopical observations upon the animalculæ in semine of young rams. Leeuwenhoek A letter containing observations upon the seminal vessels, muscular fibres, and blood of whales. Leeuwenhoek Observationes de viis seminis Haller SENEGAMBIA. Remarks on the country of Senegambia Schotte SENSE. A further account concerning the existence of veins in all kinds of plants, together with a discovery of the membranous substance of those veins, and of some acts in plants resembling those of sense; and also of the agreement of the venal juice in vegetables, with the blood of animals, &c. Liljer SEPULCHRE. The verbal process upon the discovery of an antient sepulchre, in the village of Cocherel, upon the river Eure, in France Anon. A copy of an antient chirograph, or convey-ance ance of part of a sepulchre cut in marble, lately brought from Rome, with some observations upon it R. Gale XXXIX 211 IX 433 SEPULCHRAL INSCRIPTIONS. An attempt to explain two Roman inscriptions, cut upon two altars, which were dug up same time since at Bath Ward XLIV 285 XI 1021 An account of several Roman sepulchral inscriptions and figures in bas relief, discovered in 1755, at Bohn, in Lower Germany Strange LIX 195 SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS. Vide Antiquities SERAPIS. An account of the temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli, in Naples Nixon L 166 SERIES. A solution of the 15th general problem proposed by Mr. de Moivre, in his treatise De Mensura Sortis Bernoulli XXIX 133 V 2 255 Another general solution of the preceding problem, with the assistance of combinations and infinite series De Moivre — 145 — 266 A treatise of infinite series Monmort XXX 633 IV 90 Appendix, in which the matter is treated in a different manner Taylor — 676 — 130 An addition Taylor — 683 — 135 Of the fluents of multinomials and series affected by radical signs which do not begin to converge till after the second term Simpson XLV 328 X 1 An invention of a general method for determining the sum of every 2d, 3d, 4th, or 5th, &c. term of a series, taken in order, the sum of the whole being known Simpson L 757 A new method of computing the sums of certain series Landen LI 553 A new and general method of finding simple and quickly converging series; by which the proportion of a diameter of a circle to its circumference may easily be computed to a great number of places of figures Hutton LXVI 476 A method of finding the value of an infinite series of decreasing quantities of a certain form, when it converges too slowly to be summed in the common way, by the mere computation and addition or subtraction of some of its initial terms Maistres LXVII 187 A method of finding by the help of Sir Isaac Newton's Newton's binomial theorem, a near value of the very slowly converging infinite series \( x + \frac{x^2}{2} + \frac{x^3}{3} + \frac{x^4}{4} + \frac{x^5}{5}, \) &c., when \( x \) is very nearly equal to 1. **Series.** Of cubic equations and infinite series **Serpent.** Of the nature of a certain stone found in the Indies, in the head of a serpent --- Observations touching the bodies of snakes and vipers A relation of the symptoms that attended the death of Mr. R. Burdett, an English merchant at Aleppo, who was killed by the bite of a serpent An account of the serpents in the Island of Ceilan Account of serpents at the Philippines Letter from Bombay, giving an account of a porcupine swallowed by a snake A letter concerning the property of water efts, in slipping off their skins as serpents do --- **Serpent Stone.** A letter containing accounts of the pretended serpent stone, called Pietra de Cobra de Cabelos Serum. An observation of a white liquor, resem- bling milk, which appeared instead of serum, separated from the blood after it had stood some time Sex. Observations of a difference of sex in milleto Account of a monstrous fetus without any marks of sex Shark. An account of the blue shark, together with a drawing of the same --- Sheep. Method to prevent the rot in sheep Some inquiries and suggestions concerning salt for domestic uses; and concerning sheep, to preserve them, and to improve the race of sheep for hardiness, and for the finest drapery An account of a lamb suckled by a wether sheep for several months after the death of the ewe Second letter on the same | SHEEP | Trans. | Abridg. | |-------|--------|---------| | Letter concerning the worms in sheep's livers | XXII 509 | III 688 | | Part of a letter concerning worms observed in sheep's livers and pasture grounds | XXIV 1522 | V 2 266 | | A letter concerning worms in the heads of sheep | — 1800 | V 16 | | Of hydatides inclosed with a stony crust in the kidney of a sheep | XXV 2304 | — 54 | | Observations upon a foetus, and the parts of generation of a sheep | XXXII 151 | VII 445 | | Extract of a letter concerning a wether giving suck to a lamb; and of a monstrous lamb | XLV 502 | IX 1218 | | Some account of a sheep having a monstrous horn growing from his throat | XLIX 183 | | | SHELL | Observations upon shells found upon inland mountains | II 493 | II 425 | | Observations concerning the odd turn of some shell-snails | IV 1011 | — 822 | | Phænomena afforded by shell-fishes in an exhausted receiver | V 2023 | I 304 | | An abstract of a letter, giving an account of a shell found in one of the kidneys of a woman | XV 1018 | III 162 | | Some notes on Dr. Swammerdam's book of insects, and on that of Steno concerning petrified shells | VI 2219 | II 765 | | Observations upon Steno's book of petrified shells | — 2281 | — 425 | | Three queries relating to shells proposed by S. Dale, and answered by | XVII 641 | III 312 | | The description of certain shells found in the East-Indies | — 870 | II 826 | | An account of several shells observed in Scotland | XIX 321 | III 685 | | A catalogue of shells, &c. gathered at the island of Ascension, with plants observed thereon | XXI 295 | II 252 | | Letter concerning Broughton, in Lincolnshire, with observations on the shell-fish observed in the quarries about that place | XXII 677 | — 428 | | Account of beds of oyster-shells found near Reading, Berkshire | — 844 | | | A description of some shells found on the Molucca Islands | — 927 | (IV 2 285) | SHELL. SHELL. A letter concerning Harwich Cliff, and the fossil shells found there — Dale An account of animals and shells sent from Carolina — Petiver A catalogue of fossils, shells, metals, minerals, &c., which J. J. Scheuchzer, of Zurich, sent to J. Petiver — Anon A catalogue of the minerals, petrified shells, and other fossils sent from C. M. Spener, of Berlin to J. Petiver A letter containing a relation of river, and other shells, digged up, together with various vegetable bodies, in a bituminous marshy earth, near, Mear's Ashby, in Northamptonshire — Alderton An account of some turbinated, bivalve, and univalve shells from the Philippines — Camelli An account of petrified shells by Corn. le Bruyn, illustrated by — Klein Observations on the hardness of shells — Collinson A letter concerning the manuring of land with fossil shells — Pickering A letter containing some observations upon certain shell-fish lodged in a large stone brought from Mahon harbour, by Mr. Samuel More — Parsons Letter concerning the shells of crabs — Parsons SHELL-LAC. An account of an experiment touching the freezing of common water tinged with a liquid said to be extracted from shell-lac — Hauksbee SHELTON. Observations on a clock of Mr. John Shelton, made at St. Helena — Maskelyne SHIELD. Letter concerning a Roman shield — Thoresby SHINING. Observations about shining worms in oysters — Anon Some observations about shining flesh — Boyle Two instances of something remarkable in shining flesh — Beal An account of four sorts of salutious shining substances — Oldenburg SHIPS. A letter about preserving ships from being worm-eaten — Journal des Scavans **SHIPS** An account of the advantage of Virginia for building ships A new way, by an English manufacture, to preserve the hulls of ships from the worm, &c., better for sailing, and more cheap and durable, than any sheathing or graving hitherto used An account of the manner of bending planks in his Majesty's yards at Deptford, &c., by a sand heat invented by Captain Cumberland An account of a new machine called the marine surveyor, contrived for the mensuration of the way of a ship in the sea, more correctly than by the log, or any other method hitherto used for that purpose, together with several testimonials setting forth the usefulness of this invention A further account of a new machine called the marine surveyor, designed for the mensuration of the way of a ship at sea, more certainly than by the log, at present in use, or any other method hitherto invented for that purpose An account of the horn of a fish struck several inches into the side of a ship Method of preventing ships from leaking, whose bottoms are eaten by the worms An account of the great benefit of ventilators, in many instances, in preserving the health and lives of people in slave and other transport ships Observations on the utility of ventilators in a ship Some experiment upon a machine for measuring the way of a ship at sea An account of an extraordinary operation in the dock yard at Portsmouth Some suggestions concerning the preventing the mischiefs which happen to ships, and their masts, by lightning An account of the effects of lightning on three ships in the East-Indies, Aug. 1, 1750 An account of the appearance of lightening on a conductor, fixed from the summit of the main mast of a ship down to the water Winn LX 188 An account of a method for the safe removal of ships that have been driven on shore and damaged in their bottoms, to places (however distant) for repairing them Barnard LXX 100 SHOE. See Antiquities SHOOTING. An account of an experiment of shooting by the rarefaction of the air Papin XVI 21 I 496 Observations on the death of a dog on firing a volley of small shot Clarke XIX 779 III 650 A brief narrative of the shooting of Dr. Robert Fielding; with a musket-ball, and its strange manner of coming out of his head, where it had lain near 30 years, written by himself Fielding XXVI 317 V 205 Case of a lad shot through the lungs, drawn up by N. Peters Halli XLIII 151 XI 966 SHORT-HAND. The elements of a short-hand Jeake XLV 345 XI 1381 A letter containing some remarks on Mr. Jeake's plan for short-hand Byrom — 388 — 1384 SHOULDER. The description of an instrument for reducing a dislocated shoulder Freke XLII 556 IX 264 An account of a case in which the upper head of the os humeri was sawed off, a large portion of the bone afterwards exfoliated, and yet the entire motion of the limb was preserved White LVI 39 An extraordinary case of three pins swallowed by a girl, and discharged at the shoulder Lysons LIX 9 SHROPSHIRE. See Coins SHUTTLE. Account of a shuttle-spire taken out of the bladder of a boy Arderon XLIII 194 XI 951 SHWAN-PAN. An account of new invented arithmetical instruments, called a shwan-pan, or Chinese account table Smethurst XLVI 22 X 13 SIBERIA. An account of some observations and experiments made in Siberia, extracted from the preface to the Flora Siberica, five historia plantarum Siberiae cum tabulis ære incisis auct. D. Gmelin Fothergill XLV 248 XI 1333 Account of the iron ore lately found in Siberia Pallas LXVI 523 Sidon SIDON. A dissertation upon the Phoenician numeral characters antiently used at Sidon SIEVE. Κοράκινον Ἐπανοδοτήριον or the sieve of Eratosthenes, being an account of his method of finding all the prime numbers SIGHT. A letter concerning an optical experiment conducive to a decayed sight With another confirming the former, and adding some other observations about sight And a note relating to the same And another note about the same empty tubes The use of telescopic sights in astronomical observations Extracts from Mr. Gascoigne's and Mr. Crabtree's letters, proving Mr. Gascoigne to be the inventor of the telescopic sights of mathematical instruments, and not the French Observations on some deceptions of sight through compound microscopes An account of a remarkable imperfection of sight See Microscope, Telescope SILCHESTER. A description of the town of Silchester, in its present state SILK. Observations made on the ordering of silk-worms Account of a book on the designed progress to be made in the breeding of silk-worms, and the making of silk in France A letter concerning an unusual way of propagating mulberry trees in Virginia, for the better improvement of the silk work; together with some particulars tending to the good of that plantation Of the nature of silk as it is made in Piedmont A letter giving several experiments and observations on the production of silk worms, and of their silk in England, as made last summer SILK-Pod. An account of a particular species of cocoon, or silk-pod, from America | Silk-Reel: A new improved silk-reel | Pullein | XX 296 | III 657 | | Silver. A way of gilding gold upon silver | Southwell | XXIII 1430 | V 2 266 | | Observations on the dissolution of silver | Leeuwenhoek | XXIV 1794 | — - 267 | | Observations on staining the fingers with a solution of silver in aqua fortis | Leeuwenhoek | XXV 2425 | — - — | | Part of a letter concerning the particles of silver dissolved in aqua fortis | Leeuwenhoek | XXVII 20 | — - — | | A letter containing some microscopic observations upon the crystallized particles of silver dissolved in aqua fortis | Leeuwenhoek | LVI 40 | — - — | | Simpson, Matthew. See Stone | | Sinai. A letter containing an account of his journey from Cairo, in Egypt, to the Written Mountains in the Desert of Sinai | Montagu | XLIV 596 | XI 1084 | | Singing. An account of one who had no ear to music, naturally singing several tunes in a delirium | Doddridge | XXVIII 267 | IV 2 250 | | Sinking. An account of the subsiding or sinking down of a hill near Clogher, in Ireland | Bishop of Clogher | XXIX 469 | — - 248 | | Account of a very uncommon sinking of the earth near Folkestone in Kent | Sachetti | XXX 766 | — - 252 | | An account of the sinking of three oaks into the ground at Manington, in Norfolk | Neve | XXXV 551 | VI 2 203 | | An uncommon sinking of the ground at Lymne in Kent | Anon. | XLI 272 | VIII 704 | | A narrative of an extraordinary sinking down and sliding away of some ground at Pardices near Auvergne | Anon. | XLIII 527 | X 587 | | An account of the sinking down of a piece of ground at Horseyford, in Norfolk | Arderon | XXV 2466 | V 388 | | Sinuous Ulcers. An account of the cure of two sinuous ulcers possessing the space of the whole arm, with the extraordinary supply of a callus, which fully answers the purposes of the os humeri, lost in time of cure | Fowler | XV 846 | I 537 | | Siphon. A letter concerning the Wurtemberg engine | Davis | — 847 | — 538 | | The description of a siphon, performing the same things with the Sipho Wurtemburgicus | Pepin | — 1272 | — 539 | | Letter concerning the Sipho Wurtemburgicus | Reislius | wherein | SIR SKI wherein he proposes to find by observation the parallax and magnitude of Sirius Sirius. A proposal for discovering the annual parallax of Sirius Situation. Observations for settling the proportion, which the decrease of heat bears to the height of situation Size. On the degree of heat which coagulates the blood, the lymph, and the serum of the blood, with an enquiry into the causes of the inflammatory crust, or size, as it is called Skeleton. An account of an extraordinary human skeleton, whose vertebrae of the back, the ribs, and several bones down to the os sacrum, were all firmly united into one solid bone, without jointing or cartilage An account of the skeleton of an elephant lately dug up at Tonna An account of the impression of the almost entire skeleton of a large animal, in a very hard stone, found at Eliton, near Newark, Nottinghamshire An account of part of two human skeletons petrified An account of an human skeleton of an extraordinary size, found in a repository at Repton, in Derbyshire, together with some examples of long life An account of an extraordinary skeleton Another account Another account Letter giving an account of a fossil skeleton of a man found near Bakewell, in Derbyshire Skin. The description and use of the pores in the skin of the hands and feet Of the scalenes of the skin An extract of a letter on the little scales found on the cuticle Microscopical observations on the skin of the hand, &c. Some remarks upon the disposition of the parts, and microscopical observations upon the con- texture of the skin of elephants An abstract from the minutes of the Royal Society, Transf. Abridg. XXXI 1 VI 163 LI 889 LV 126 LX 384 XIX 21 III 292 — 757 II 438 XXX 903 IV 2 272 XXXIV 38 IV 2 205 XXXV 363 VII 4 29 XLI 810 IX 245 — 816 — 247 — 820 — XLIII 266 X 793 XIV 566 III 9 XVII 646 — 684 — 838 — 685 — 949 — XXVII 518 Society, containing an uncommon case of a distempered skin - Machin XXXVII 299 IY 105 SKIN. Account of a remarkable disease of the skin - Vater XXXIX 199 — 117 — A letter concerning the property of water efts in slipping of their skins as serpents do - Baker XLIV 529 XI 857 — An account of an extraordinary disease of the skin, and its cure, accompanied with a letter of the Abbé Nollet - Cruickshank XLVIII 579 — A supplement to the account of a distempered skin, published in vol. xxxvii. p. 299, of the Philosophical Transactions - Baker XLIX 21 — Extract of a letter concerning the cuticular glove - Gooch LIX 281 SKINS (Buck and Doe) The method the Indians, in Virginia and Carolina, use to dress buck and doe skins - Southwell XVII 533 II 825 SKULL. An extract concerning a deformed human skull - Dupre XXI 138 III 295 — A letter, serving to accompany the pictures of the extraordinary fossil skull of an ox, with the core of the horns - Klein XXXVII 427 VII 4101 SKY. Account of a luminous appearance in the sky, seen at London, March 13, 1734-5 - Bevis XLI 347 VIII 670 SLATE. Account of Irish slate Phil. Soc. at Oxford - Colepeper IV 1009 I 588 — Some considerations touching the variety of slate, together with a computation of the charges in general for covering houses therein - Colepeper IV 1009 I 588 SLEEP. An account of a person who took a great quantity of opium without causing sleep - Anon. XXII 999 V [357] — A relation of an extraordinary sleepy person at Tinsbury, near Bath - Oliver XXIV 2177 V [353] SLIME. The anatomy of the slime, within the guts, and the use thereof - Lieuwenboek XIV 586 III 684 — Letter giving an account of a viscous slime, or Byssus, left after a flood in the territory of the Landgrave of Thurlingue, with observations thereupon by Mr. Watson - Bofe XLVIII 358 SLOES. An account of the mischiefs ensuing the swallowing of the stones of bullace and sloes - Derham XXIX 484 V 267 SLOW-WORM. Of the long continuance of one alive in a vacuum made in the pneumatick engine - Boyle V 2049 III 147 SMALL-Pox. The case of a woman big with child, who recovered of the small-pox; and was afterwards delivered of a dead child full of the pustules of that distemper An account of a remarkable instance of the infection of the small-pox Part of two letters concerning a method of procuring the small-pox, used in South Wales Another letter upon the same subject Another from Haverford-West A short account of the anomalous epidemic small-pox, at Plymouth, beginning in August, 1724, and continuing to June, 1725 A letter giving an account of the condition of the town of Hastings, after it had been visited by the small-pox A letter concerning a person who made bloody urine in the small-pox, and recovered A letter concerning the use of the Peruvian bark in the small-pox Case of a lady who was delivered of a child, which had the small-pox appeared in a day or two after its birth Some account of the fetus in utero, differently affected with the small-pox A letter of the use of the bark in the small-pox Account of a woman who had the small-pox during pregnancy, and who seemed to have communicated the same disease to the fetus See Inoculation SMALT. Letter concerning cobalt, and the preparations of smalt and arsenic SMELTS. An account of the degenerating of smelts SMOAK. An account of an engine that consumes smoak, shewn lately at St. Germain's fair in Paris An account of a case of a young man stupified by the smoak of sea coal SMYRNA. Observations in travels from Venice through Istria, Dalmatia, Greece, and the Archipelago, to Smyrna — Vernon SNAILS. Extract of a letter concerning the first part of his tables of snails, together with some queries relating to those insects, and the tables themselves — Lister — Observations concerning the eggs of snails, &c. — Leeuwenhoek — Observations on the limax non cochleata purpureum ferens, the naked snail, producing purple — Peyssonel — A letter concerning the reviviscence of some snails preserved many years in Mr. Simon's cabinet — Macbride and Simon SNAKE. See Rattle-Snake. Serpent. SNIPE. An account of a new-discovered species of snipe or tringa — Edwards SNOW. A way of preserving ice and snow by chaffe — Ball — Observations touching the nature of snow — Grew — A particular account of the origin of fountains, and to shew that the rain and snow waters are sufficient to make fountains and rivers run perpetually — Anon. — Observations concerning some little animals observed in rain, well, sea, and snow water; as also in waters where pepper had lain infused — Leeuwenhoek With the manner of observing them — Leeuwenhoek — Account of a red snow at Genoa — Anon. — Part of a letter, giving an account of a woman who had lain six days covered with snow, without receiving any nourishment, &c. — Bowdick — Observations on the figures of snow — Langwith — A relation of observations concerning the falling dew, made at Middleburg, in Zeeland, by Leonard Storke, in the night between the 25th and 26th of July, 1741, with figures of the flocks of snow observed at the same place, Jan. 1742 — Anon. — An account of a method of observing the wonderful configurations of the smallest shining particles of snow, with several figures of them — Nettis Snow. An account of what happened at Bergemoletto, by the tumbling down of vast heaps of snow from the mountains there, in March 19, 1755, and several persons taken out alive after being buried under the snow to April 24, Bruni XLIX 796 — A letter containing an experiment to ascertain to what quantity of water a fall of snow is equal — Brice LVI 224 Soal-Fish. Observations on the food of the soal-fish Collinson XLIII 37 XI 861 Soap. An account of a strange kind of earth taken up near Smyrna, of which is made soap, with the method of making it Smith XIX 228 II 457 — (Used as a medicine) Method of making soap-pees and hard soap for medicinal uses Geoffroy XLII 71 IX 368 — A letter concerning the relief he found in the stone from the use of Alicant soap and lime water Lucas XLIV 463 XI 1000 — An account of the virtues of soap in dissolving the stone, in the case of the Rev. Mathew Simson Pringle L 221 — Observations on the lithontriptic virtue of soap Whytt — 386 — See Stone Social War. Elucidation of an Etruscan coin, of Postrum in Lucania, emitted from the mint there about the time of the Social War Swinton LVIII 246 LXI 1 — 48 Soil. Remarks upon the nature of the soil of Naples, and its neighbourhood Hamilton L 62 Solanum Lethale. A brief botanical and medical history of the solanum lethale, bella donna, or deadly night shade W. Watson XXII 624 I 29 Solids. The dimension of the solids generated by the conversion of Hippocrates' Lunula, and of its parts about several axes, with the surfaces generated by that conversion De Moivre XXVIII 172 — A vindication of his problem for finding the solid of least resistance Facius XXXI 223 VI 327 — A caution to be used in examining the specific gravity of solids by weighing them in water Jurin LI 446 — A letter concerning the sections of a solid hitherto not considered by geometers Brakenridge | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Solution. A letter on the solubility of iron in simple water by the intervention of fixed air | LXVI 73 | | | Solway Moss. An account of the irruption of Solway Moss on December 16, 1772 | LIX 216 | | | Somersetshire. Promiscuous observations made in Somersetshire | LXII 123 | I 323 II 332 | | Somersham-Water. A letter giving an account of the Somersham water, in the county of Huntingdon | LVI 10 | — 22 | | Experiments on Somersham water | XII 978 | — 652 | | Sorbus Pyriformis. Account of the sorbus pyriformis | | | | Sorea. An account of the sad mischief befallen the inhabitants of Sorea, near unto the Molucco's, by subterraneous fire, for which they were forced to leave their country | XIX 49 | — 391 | | Sounds. An introductory essay to the doctrine of sounds, containing some proposals for the improvement of acousticks | XIV 472 | I 508 | | Narcissus Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin | XX 433 | — 506 | | Some experiments and observations concerning sounds | | | | An experiment upon the propagation of sound in condensed air; together with a repetition of the same in the open field | XXIV 1902 | IV 2 181 | | An experiment touching the diminution of sound in air raresed | — 1904 | | | Experiments and observations on the motion of sound | XXVI 2 | | | Letter on the nature and properties of sound | — 270 | IV 414 | | An account of an experiment, shewing that actual sound is not to be transmitted through a vacuum | — 367 | IV 2 182 | | An account of an experiment, touching the propagation of sound, passing from the sonorous body into the common air, in one direction only | — 369 | | | An experiment touching the propagation of sound through water | — 371 | | | Enquiry concerning the respective velocities of electricity and sound | XLV 49 | X 347 | SOUND. SOUND. Upon the sounds and hearing of fishes by Jac. Theod. Klein, or some account of a treatise intitled; An enquiry into the reasons why the author of an epistle, concerning the hearing of fishes, endeavours to prove they are all mute and deaf. SOWING. See Sembrador SPACE. An account of the repetition of an experiment of the late Dr. Hooke's, concerning two liquors, which, when mixed together, will possess less space, than when separate; with another experiment confirming the same. SPA-WATERS. An examen of the chalybeat, or spa-waters, called by the Germans acid, or sow-burns, or fountains; but proved to be of contrary nature, that is, alkalis. —— An enquiry into the mineral elastic spirit in Spa-water. SPAIN. Letters concerning some remarkable plants and insects observed in Spain. —— Some observations on the country of Spain. SPAR. An enquiry into the original state and properties of spar and sparry productions, particularly the spars or crystals found in the Cornish mines, called the Cornish diamonds. —— An attempt to account for the formation of spars and harder crystals. —— A letter containing some observations on a singular sparry incrustation found in Somersetshire. SPAWN. Letter concerning the spawn of cod fish. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. See Gravity SPECULUM. Experiments about making a concave speculum, nearly of a parabolick figure. —— A new method of improving and perfecting catadioptrical telescopes, by forming the speculum of glass instead of metal. —— See Glasses, Telescope SPEECH. Letter to Mr. Boyle concerning an essay of teaching a person deaf and dumb to speak and understand a language, with the success of it. Reflections on Dr. Wallis's letter Speech. An account of a young lady, born deaf and dumb, taught to speak An account of two deaf persons, who can speak and understand one another by the motion of their lips A relation of a deaf and dumb person, who recovered his hearing and speech after a violent fever; with some other medicinal and surgical observations An account of Margaret Cutting, who speaks readily and intelligibly though she has lost her tongue The case of Henry Axford, who acquired the use of his tongue, after having been four years dumb, by means of a frightful dream Account of the organs of speech of the Orang-Outang See Deaf, Dumb Spelter. A letter concerning spelter melting iron with pit coal Sperma-ceti. An account of such whales as have the sperma-ceti in them Account of the sperma-ceti of Bermudas Spermatic Vessels. An account of some uncommon anastomoses of the spermatic vessels in a woman Sphere. A method by which a glass of a small plano-convex sphere may be made to refract the rays of light to a focus of a far greater distance than is usual The construction and use of spherical maps, or such as are delineated upon portions of a spherical surface A letter concerning the true delineation of the asterisms in the antient sphere A rule for finding the meridional parts to any spheroid with the same exactness as in a sphere Some conjectures concerning the position of the antient sphere Theory of the parallaxes of attitude for the sphere A general investigation of the nature of a curve, formed by the shadow of a prolate spheroid, upon a plane standing at right angles to the axis of the shadow. Sphere. A method of working the object glasses of refracting telescopes truly spherical Sphondylium Vulgare Hirsutum. A letter concerning a mistake of Professor Gmelin, concerning the sphondylium vulgare hirsutum of Caspar Bauhin Spiders. Account of strange spiders-webbs in the Bermudas Observations concerning the darting of spiders A confirmation of what was printed in No. 50 about the manner of spiders projecting their threads A set of curious inquiries about spiders, and a table of the several sorts of them to be found in England, amounting to, at least, 33 Letter on the projection of the threads of spiders Letter concerning spiders, their way of killing their prey, spinning their webbs, generation, &c. Several microscopic observations and experiments concerning the animalculæ in semine masculino of cocks and spiders A discourse upon the usefulness of the silk of spiders An account of some spiders from the Philippines Part of a letter concerning the venom of spiders An account of a preter natural tumor on the loins of an infant, attended with a cloven spine An observation of a spina bifida, commonly so termed Some observations on the spina ventosa Spirit. A way of extracting a volatile salt and spirit out of vegetables, intimated in vol. viii. p. 7002 A continuation of a discourse, begun in vol. ix. touching the identity of all volatile salts and vinous spirits; together with two surprising experiments concerning vegetable salts, perfectly resembling the shape of those plants from whence they had been obtained. **SPIRIT.** An account of an experiment touching the proportions of the ascent of spirit of wine between two glass planes, whose surfaces were placed at certain different distances from each other. Account of some farther experiments Farther account An account of a spiritus vini æthereus, together with several experiments tried therewith. An experiment concerning the spirit of coals Abstract of the original papers communicated to the Royal Society, concerning his spiritus vini æthereus, collected by C. Mortimer. An experimental enquiry into the mineral elastic spirit, or air contained in Spa-water, as well as into the mephitic qualities of this spirit. A continuation of an experimental enquiry concerning the nature of the mineral elastic spirit or air contained in the Pouhon water, and other acidulæ. **SPIRIT LEVEL.** A spirit level to be fixed to a quadrant for taking a meridional altitude at sea, when the horizon is not visible. **SPITTLE.** Microscopical observations concerning blood, milk, bones, the brain, spittle, cuticle, &c. The texture of the spleen, &c. Some remarkable observations on a diseased spleen Microscopical observations on the structure of the spleen Observations on the glands in the human spleen An account of the extirpation of part of the spleen of a man An account of a monstrous human fetus, having neither head, heart, lungs, stomach, spleen, pancreas. pancreas, liver, nor kidneys - Le Cat SPONGE. Microscopical observations on sponges, &c. Leeuwenhoek — Observations upon the worms that form sponges Peyssonel — On the nature and formation of sponges Ellis — An account of some very perfect and uncommon specimens of sponges from the coast of Italy Strange SPOTS. An account of a negro-boy that is dappled in several parts of his body with white spots Byrd — See Jupiter, Sun SPOUT. Letter concerning a spout of water that happened at Topsham, on the river between the sea and Exeter Mayne — An account of a water-spout observed in the Downs Gordon — Letter concerning some water-spouts he observed in the Mediterranean Stuart — Letter concerning a water-spout observed by him in Yorkshire De la Pryme — Letter concerning a spout lately observed by him at Hatfield De la Pryme — Part of a letter, giving a relation of a wonderful fall of water from a spout upon the Moors in Lancashire Richardson — The description of a water-spout Harris — An extraordinary meteor seen in the county of Rutland, resembling a water-spout Barker — An account of a water-spout raised off the land in Deeping-Fen, Lincolnshire Ray SPRING. An account of an ebbing and flowing spring in Westphalia, together with an information touching salt-springs, and the straining of salt-water Anon. — Of a remarkable spring about Paderborn, in Germany Anon. — Of some other not common springs at Basil, and in Alsatia Anon. — An account of a medical spring in Dorsetshire Highmore — Reflections relating to mineral springs considered, in vol. iv. 1050, with an account of some such springs Springs in England and other places, specifying how terrestrial steams may be the generative cause of minerals and metals, and of all the peculiarities of springs. **Springs.** Advertisements relating to springs, water, &c. An account of a medicinal spring on the banks or the river Wear, or Ware, in the bishoprick of Durham. An account of the circulation of the watry vapours of the sea, and of the cause of springs. Letter concerning a medicated spring in Glamorganshire. Conjectures upon the nature of intermitting and reciprocating springs. An account of a new purging spring discovered at Dulwich, in Surrey. Experiments by way of analysis upon the water of the Dead Sea, upon the hot springs near Tiberiades, and upon Hammon Pharoah water. Letter concerning the actions of springs. See Mineral Springs in their Places. **Square.** The method of squaring any kinds of curves, or reducing them to more simple ones. **Squilla Aquae Dulcis.** Part of a letter concerning the squilla aquae dulcis. **Squinting.** A new case in squinting. **Squirrel.** A letter containing some remarks relating to Mr. Ray's description of the flying squirrel of America. **Stag.** Extract of a letter concerning an extraordinary large horn, of the stag kind, taken out of the sea on the coast of Lancashire. A letter containing the description of a sort of stag in Virginia. **Stake.** An extraordinary cure of a horse that was staked into his stomach. **Stalactites.** Account of a beautiful stalactites, now in the Museum of the Royal Society. **Stamp.** The description of an antique metal stamp in the collection of the Duke of Richmond. being one of the instances how near the Romans had arrived to the art of printing; with some remarks **Stars, Fixed.** Some more accurate observations about Jupiter's transits near fixed stars, useful for determining the inclination of that planet to the ecliptic New observations made after a new and accurate way, of the farthest elongations of the Medicean stars from the center of Jupiter; together with some uncommon ones concerning the diameters of the planets, and their distances from fixed stars, as also of the parallax of Mars, in opposition to the sun and in perigee, &c. The longitudes, latitudes, right ascensions, and declinations of the chiefest fixed stars according to the observations of the ancients A proposal concerning the parallax of the fixed stars, in reference to the earth's annual orb Concerning the distance of the fixed stars An instrument for seeing the sun, moon, or stars, pass the meridian of any place; useful for setting watches in all parts of the world with the greatest exactness, to correct sun-dials, to assist in the discovery of the longitude of places An account of several nebulae or lucid spots, like clouds, lately discovered in the fixed stars by help of the telescope Considerations on the change of the latitude of some of the principal fixed stars Of the infinity of the sphere of fixed stars Of the number, order, and light of the fixed stars A letter giving an account of a new discovered motion of the fixed stars Observations of the appearances among the fixed stars, called Nebulous stars, owing to the motion of the earth, and the motion of light compounded together The description and use of an apparatus added as an improvement to Davis's quadrant, con- listing of a mercurial level, for taking the co-altitude of sun or star at sea, without the usual assistance of the sensible horizon, which frequently is obscured Stars. (Fixed) A letter concerning an apparent motion observed in some of the fixed stars, owing to a nutation of the earth's axis Remarks on the mutations of the stars A letter containing the results of observations of the distance of the moon from the sun and fixed stars, made in a voyage from England to the island of St Helena, in order to determine the longitude of the ship from time to time, together with the whole process of computation used on the occasion Concise rules for computing the effects of refraction and parallax in varying the apparent distance of the moon from the sun or a star; also an easy rule of approximation for computing the distance of the moon from a star, the longitude and latitude of both being given; with demonstrations of the same An inquiry into the probable parallax and magnitude of the fixed stars, from the quantity of light which they afford us, and the particular circumstances of their situation Stars. (Particular) Observations of the star, called Nebulosa, in the girdle of Andromeda, and of the wondrous star in the neck of the Whale Observations on the new star near the beak of the Swan, and the other in the neck of the Whale Account of a new one discovered in the constellation of the Swan in 1670 Account from Paris of the earlier discovery of the same star Further observations of the new star, near the beak of the Swan Another account from the Journal des Scavans Observations concerning three new stars, one in the Whale's neck, the other two near the head and in the breast of the Swan Letter concerning drawing the meridian line by the pole star, and finding the hour by the same STAR. An account of the variations of appearance of a new star in the neck of the Swan Kirchius XXIX 226 — 222 — A short history of the several new stars that have appeared within these 150 years; with an account of the return of that in collo cygni, and of its continuance observed in 1715 Halley — 354 — 224 — The declinations of some southern stars of the first and second magnitude, June 1738, and the way of finding the hour of the night at sea from looking at the southern cross La Condamine XLVI 139 X 53 — Astronomical observation on the periodical star in Col'o Ceti Herschel LXX 338 STAR. (Appulses) Observable appulses of the moon to the fixed stars in the year 1671, foretold, and computed for the meridian and latitude of London Flamstead V 2029 I 453 — Letter concerning the appulses of the moon for 1673, and the other planets to the fixed stars, together with an observation of the planet Mars Flamstead VII 5118 — 424 — The appulses of the moon and other planets to the fixed stars predicted for 1674 Flamstead VIII 6162 — On the method of determining the places of the planets, by observing their near appulses to the fixed stars Halley XXXI 2c9 VI 170 — A new method of calculating the eclipses, particularly of the earth, and of any appulses of the moon to planets and fixed stars Gersten XLIII 22 X 55 STAR. (Occultation) Observations on a total eclipse of the moon Jan. 11, 1675, with the occultations of certain fixed stars Hevelius X 289 I 310 — An account of an occultation of a fixed star by the moon, Feb. 29 Cassini XI 564 — 349 — An occultation of Mars and certain fixed stars observed at Dantzig, Sept. 1, 1676 Hevelius — 721 — 350 — Observations on the occultation of fixed stars in 1683, at Dantzig Hevelius XIII 331 northern- northernmost star in the scorpion's forehead, Feb. 5, 1717 STAR. (Occultation) Proposal of observations of occultations of the fixed stars by the moon; made at Paris, to determine the exact difference of longitude betwixt London, Paris, and Greenwich MASKELYNE and De Lalande Occultations of fixed stars by the moon observed at Greenwich, 1769 MASKELYNE STAR. (Meteor) A method for determining the geographical longitude of places from the appearance of the common meteors, called falling stars LYNN See particular Stars, and Stars in particular Constellations, in their Places STAR FISH. Thoughts about the stellar fish, described in vol. v. 1153 WILLOUGHBY An account of the stellar fish, formerly described p. 1153, with the addition of some other curiosities WILLOUGHBY An account of an echinus, or star-fish, with a jointed stem, taken on the coast of Barbadoes, which explains to what kind of animals those fossils belong, called star stones, asteriae, and astropodia, which have been found in many parts of this kingdom MENDES DA COSTA STARRY ANNISEED TREE. An account of a new species of illicium Linnæi, or starry anniseed tree, lately discovered in West Florida ELLIS STAR-STONES. A letter containing observations on the astroites, or star-stones LISTER See Astroites STATICS. An account of some new statical experiments DESAUGUIER Extracts from two letters of Dr. John Lining, of Charles-Town, South Carolina, giving an account of statical experiments made on himself for one whole year, accompanied with meteorological observations, and fix general tables. LINING Letter serving to accompany some additions to his statical experiments LINING STATIC. (Vegetable) Account of Mr. Hale's vegetable statics DESAUGUIER XXXV 323 VI 2 158 STATION. STATION. See Rome STATUES. Method of casting statues in metal; together with an invention for making such cast statues, of an extraordinary thinness, beyond anything hitherto known or practised. Valvazor XVI 259 I 599 Extracts of two letters from Rome concerning some ancient statues, pictures, and other curiosities, found in a subterraneous town lately discovered near Naples - Paderni Extract of another on the same subject Knaption - 489 - 442 Extract of another letter on the same subject Cripi - 493 - 444 See Herculaneum STEAM. How terrestrial steams may be the generative cause of both minerals and metals, and of all the peculiarities of springs - Beale Of the use of the air to elevate the steams of bodies - Boyle Advertisements occasioned by the remarks, printed in vol. X. p. 307, of the warm and fertilizing temperature and steams of the earth Beal X 357 STEAM ENGINE. The best proportions for steam engine cylinders of a given content, considered Blake XLVI 197 Further experiments for increasing the quantity of steam in a fire engine - Fitzgerald See Engine, Fire Engine, Fountains STEATOMATOUS TUMOUR. Account of an extraordinary steatomatous tumour, in the abdomen of a woman - Hanij LXI 131 STEEL. A suggestion for retrieving the art of hardening and tempering steel for cutting porphyre, and other hard marbles - Anon. The manner of making steel, and its temper; with a guess at the way the antients used to steel their picks, for the cutting and hewing of porphyry - Lister A Memoir on the lacrymae Bataviae, or glass drops, the tempering of steel, and effervescence accounted for by the same principle - Le Ca An account of an experiment, by which it appears that salt of steel does not enter into the lacteal vessels; with remarks Wright M m m 2 XLVI 175 X 560 L 594 STEEL YARD BALANCE SWING. Description and uses of the steel yard balance swing STELLAR FISH. See Star Fish STENO. Some notes on Dr. Swammerdam's book of insects, and on that of Steno, concerning petrified shells STEVIN. An explanation of an obscure passage in Albert Gerard's commentary upon S. Stevin's works STOCK. Some communications on the descent of sap Some considerations on Mr. Reed's letter, shewing in what sense the sap may be said to descend and to circulate in plants, and the graft, to communicate with the stock STOMACH. Observations of a large bed of glands observed in the stomach of a pike An extraordinary cure of a horse that was staked into his stomach Cure of a person who swallowed a knife which lay in his stomach a year and 7 months, and then worked out at an apothecary on his breast Of the motion of the stomach observed in a dog A letter concerning two cases of wounds in the stomach A letter concerning an impostumation in the stomach A preternatural perforation found in the upper part of the stomach, with the symptoms it produced Letter relating to the villi of the stomach of oxen, and the expansion of the cuticle through the ductus alimentalis A case of a stricture in the middle of the stomach in a girl, dividing it into two bags An observation of the immoderate and fatal use of crab-stones, and such-like absorbent earths, and from whence have proceeded stones in the stomach and reins The case of Mr. Smith, surgeon, at Sudbury, in Suffolk; the coats of whose stomach were changed into an almost cartilagenous substance | Topic | Author | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------|---------| | Stomach. Account of a young lady who had an extraordinary impostume formed in her stomach | Layard | XLVI | XI | | An account of a monstrous human foetus, having neither head, heart, lungs, stomach, spleen, pancreas, liver, nor kidneys | Le Cat | LVII | | | On the digestion of the stomach after death | Hunter | LXII | | | Stone. (Natural history) Of a place in England, where, without petrifying water, wood is turned into stone | Boyle | I | II | | Of the nature of a certain stone, found in the Indies, in the head of a serpent | Vernati | | | | A relation of worms that eat out stones | De la Vuye | | | | A Description of a Swedish stone, which affords sulphur, vitriol, allum, and minium | Talbot | | | | Instances, hints, and applications relating to stones of divers kinds, &c. | Beale | IV | | | Account of some stone-quaries in Hungary | Brown | V | | | Account of a stone quarry near Maastricht | Anon. | | | | A description of certain stones figured like plants, and, by some observing men, esteemed to be plants petrified | Lister | VIII | | | Advertisements relating to stones, rocks, &c. | Beal | X | | | A letter concerning some formed stones found at Hunton, in Kent | Hatley | XIV | | | A refraction of the 7th and last paragraph of Mr. W. Molyneaux's letter, vol. XIV. p. 552, concerning Lough-Neagh stone, and its non-application to the magnet upon calcination | Molyneux | | | | An account of an extraordinary tincture given to a stone | Reisel | XVI | | | An account of the making pitch, tar, and oil out of a blackish stone in Shropshire | Ele | XIX | | | Letter concerning several figured stones lately found by him | Lhuyd | XX | | | Account of a figured stone found in Wales; with a note on it by Hans Sloane | Llwyd | XXI | | | An account of some stones and plants lately found in Scotland | Sibbald | XXII | | | Account of the quarry at Maastricht | Ellis | XXIII | | STONE. Microscopical observations on the pumice stone, coral, sponges, &c. A description of the several strata of earth, stones, coals, &c., found in a coal pit, at the west end of Dudley, Staffordshire; to which is added a table of the specific gravity of each stratum. An account of the impression of the almost entire skeleton of a large animal in a very hard stone found at Elton, near Newark, Nottinghamshire. An account of the filtering stone of Mexico, and compared with other stones, by which it is shown that it is of little or no use in purifying the waters which have passed through it. Remarks on stones of a regular figure found near Bagnères, in Gascony. An enquiry concerning the stone osteacolla. An account of perfect minute crystal stones. A letter concerning an extraordinary fish, called in Russia, quah, and concerning the stones called crabs eyes. Letter concerning a flat spheroidal stone, having lines regularly crossing it. A description and figures of a small flat spheroidal stone, having lines formed upon it. An account of the impression on a stone dug up in the island of Antigua. A letter concerning the stones found in Antigua. Remarks on the stones in the county of Nassau, and the territories of Tieves and Colon, resembling those of the Giants Causeway, in Ireland. An account of a large stone near Cape-Town, with a letter from Sir William Hamilton, or having seen some pieces of the said stone. STONE. (Disorder so called) Account of a great number of stones found in one badder. An account of a stone cut out from under the tongue of a man. STONE. (Disorder) An account of a stone found in the bladder of a dog, and of another fastened to the back-bone of a horse. Giornale de Letterati Two observations about stones, one found in the bladder of a dog, the other fastened to the back-bone of a horse. Giornale de Letterati A relation of an human body opened at Danzick, and of 38 stones found in the bladder thereof. Kirkby An observation concerning some stones of a perfect gold-colour found in animals. Johnstons An account of several human calculi's of an unusual bigness. Garden Anatomical observations of an abscess in the liver, a great number of stones in the gall bag and bilious vessels, an unusual conformation of the emulgents and pelves, a strange construction of both kidneys, and a great dilatation of the vena cava. Tyson An abstract of a treatise on the calculus, in answer to several queries proposed by Sir John Hoskyns. Slare With a postscript concerning two human calculi of unusual form and bigness. Slare An account of a stone grown to an iron bockin in the bladder of a boy. Litter An abstract of a letter giving an account of stones voided by siege. Threepland The description of a stone of the bladder. Anon. Account of stones voided per penem. Col. Description of a large stone voided by urine. Anon. An account of the case of Margaret Lower from the year 1681. Konig An examen of the stones sent from Berne. Slare Further trial of them by chymical distillations. Slare Account of a stone of an extraordinary bigness spontaneously voided though the urethra of a woman at Dublin. Multineux An uncommon observation of a stone found in the kidneys. Witte An account of a stone of a prodigious size ex- | STONE. (Disorder) Of a stone found in the gall bladder of a woman | XVIII 103 | III 185 | | An account of two large stones which lodged in the meatus urinarius for twenty years past, and were from thence cut out | J.T. | — 111 | — 159 | | An account of a stone of the bladder which weighed 51 ounces, or three pounds three ounces, and a stone out of the bladder which adhered to it | Bernard | XIX 250 | — 153 | | An account of a gentleman's being cut for the stone in the kidney, with a brief inquiry into the antiquity and practice of nephrotomy | Prefor | — 310 | — 154 | | Some additional remarks on the extracting the stone out of the bladder of those of the female sex | Ann. | — 333 | — 188 | | Letter concerning several stones voided by a boy | Moynux | XX 11 | — 184 | | An account of a stone bred at the root of the tongue, and causing a quinsey | Sibbald | — 264 | — 154 | | An account of a stone found in the stomach of a lady on dissection, another in the left kidney, and some smaller ones in the gall bladder | Bonaventura | — 440 | — 156 | | Part of a letter giving an account of the new way of cutting for the stone by the Hermit, with his opinion of it | Clark | XXI 95 | — 159 | | Account of a disease occasioned by swallowing pebble stones; with remarks by H. ns Sloane | Buffon | — 100 | — 185 | | Letter concerning a stone cut from a child, having a flint within it | Holm | — 190 | — 92 | | Letter concerning a stone cut out of the bladder, having hair on it | Garden | XXII 687 | — 164 | | A further account of the person mentioned to have swallowed stones | Wallace | — 688 | — 164 | | Account of a ball extracted from a person who had suffered by it 30 years, in which was a plumb-stone | Holm | — 992 | V 260 | | Some instances of other persons who were hurt by swallowing plumb stones | Young | XXIII 1279 | — 261 | | An account of very large stones voided per urethra | Sloan | — 1283 | — 264 | | Two extraordinary cases of a large stone in the urethra, brought on by a venereal infection, | Lhw. | XXIV 1804 | — 288 | and a child born with a remarkable tumour on the loins — Huxham **STONE (Disorder.)** A letter concerning the jaundice, occasioned by a stone obstructing the ductus communis bilarius, which was afterwards voided by stool — Margram — Of hydatides inclosed with a stony crust in the kidney of a sheep — Couper — An abstract out of a letter concerning stones voided by stool; with an answer to it by Dr. Cole — Holbrooke — A letter concerning large stones voided per urethram — Thoresby — An account of a new method of cutting for the stone — Douglas — Observations upon dissecting the body of a person troubled with the stone — William — An account of the cutting of a man who died of the stone in the kidneys — Hardisway — A letter concerning stones voided per anus — Martineau — Remarkable observations on the dissection of a body of one who died of the stone — Vater — An account of a large stone voided through the urinary passages of a woman — Beard — An account of a stone taken out of a horse, at Boston, in New-England, 1724 — Dudley — An account of several stones found in the kidneys of a person — Dobyn — An account of a stone in the bladder breaking spontaneously, and passing off through the urethra — Heijler — Of an inguinal rupture, with a pin in the appendix cæci, incrustated with stone — Amyand — A description of a very extraordinary stone or calculus taken out of the bladder of a man after death — Caumont — Another account of the same case — Zollman — Answer to the Marq. de Caumont’s account — Sloane — An account of the case of a calculus making its way through an old cicatrix in the perineum — Hartley — An account of a stone or calculus making its way out through the scrotum — Sloane — Case of an extraordinary stone voided by the anus — Mackarn | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | XXV 257 | VII 53c | | — 2233 | V 279 | | — 2304 | — 54 | | XXVII 28| — 265 | | — 536 | — 288 | | XXXII 83| VII 527 | | — 326 | — 530 | | — 327 | — | | — 433 | — 520 | | XXXIV 102| — 531 | | — 211 | — 534 | | — 261 | — 440 | | XXXV 452| — 532 | | XXXVII 13| — 534 | | XXXIX 329| IX 153 | | XL 369 | — 172 | | — 371 | — 173 | | — 374 | — 174 | | XLI 349 | — 176 | | — 351 | — | | — 500 | — 170 | STONE (Disorder.) An observation of the immoderate and fatal use of crab stones, and such like absorbent earths, from whence have proceeded stones in the stomach and reins Brevnius XLI 557 IX 171 An account of some remarkable stones taken out of the kidney's of Mrs. Felles after her decease Sherwood — 610 — 502 An account of several stones found in bags formed by a protrusion of the coats of the bladder, as appeared on opening the body of Mr. Gardiner Nourse XLII 11 — 176 An account of the case of William Payne, with what appeared upon examining his kidney and bladder Bell — 54 — 177 An account of a large stone voided by a woman with her urine Revilas — 363 — 179 An account of an extraordinary calculus taken out of the body of a boy Huxham XLIII 207 XI 976 Letter concerning a large stone found in the stomach of a horse W. Watson — 268 — 904 An account of a very large stone found in the colon of a horse; and of several stones which were taken from the intestines of a mare; with some experiments and observations thereupon Bailey XLIV 296 — 905 A letter concerning a stone taken out of the bladder of a dog, with a piece of dog grass in its center Finge — 335 — 909 An account of a lady at Cottered, Hertfordshire, who had a stone under her tongue Freeman XLVI 5 — 959 Concerning a boy who had a calculus formed between the glans and the prepuce Clarke — 45 — 1084 An account of a very large human calculus Heberden — 596 — 1005 Case of a piece of a bone, together with a stone in the bladder, successfully extracted Warner XLVII 475 Relation of a large calculus found in a mare W. Watson XLVIII 800 An account of two extraordinary cases of gall stones Johnstone L 543 A remarkable instance of four rough stones that were discovered in an human urinary bladder contrary to the received opinion; and successfully extracted by the lateral method of cutting for the stone — Warner STONE (Disorder.) An account of two stones of remarkable shapes and sizes, which, for the space of six years, were firmly lodged in the urethra of a young man, and successfully cut out from thence — Warner An account of a stony concretion taken from the colon of a horse — Baker The case of a patient, who voided a large stone through the perineum from the urethra — Freuen Case of a man who had six stones taken out of the gall bladder — Geach An account of a hernia of the urinary bladder including a stone — Pott An account of a stone voided, without help, from the bladder of a woman — Heberden The case of a patient voiding stones through a fistulous sore in the loins, without any concomitant discharge of the urine of the same passage — Simmons STONE. (Remedies for the) An account of the acromelia and its stone-dissolving faculty — Hotton A proposal to bring small passable stones with ease out of the bladder — Hales The effects of the lixivium sapenis, taken inwardly by a man aged 75 years, who had the stones, and in whole bladder, after his decease, were found two hundred and fourteen stones — Chefselden A letter concerning the relief found in the stone from the use of Alicant soap and lime water — Lucas The case of Horace Walpole, Esq. drawn by himself — Walpole A sequel to the case of Horace Walpole, Esq. — Walpole Case of the late Horace, Lord Walpole, being a sequel to his own account at vol. XLVII, p. 43, and 472 — Pringle Observations on the case — Whytis An account of the virtues of soap in dissolving the stone in the case of the Rev. Mr. Mathew Simpson — Pringle Postscript to observations on Lord Walpole's case, with observations on the Lithatriptic virtue — N n n 2 of the Carlsbad waters, lime-water, and soap STONE. (Operation for the) A description of a catheter made to remedy the inconveniences, which occasioned the leaving off the high operation for the stone — Remarks on the operation of cutting for the stone — A remarkable case of a person cut for the stone in the new way, commonly called the lateral; by William Chefelden, Esq. — An observation of an operation made by the high apparatus according to M. le Cat's method, in the year 1743, from Philip Henry Zollman — Part of a letter concerning the extracting a large stone by an aperture in the urethra — Extract of a letter enclosing a proposal for entirely removing the only real defect in the lateral operation for the stone — The operation of lithotomy on women STONES. (Precious) Some observations upon gems, or precious stones; more particularly such as the ancients used to engrave upon — Observations upon some gems similar to the tourmalin STOOL. A letter concerning hæmaturia voided by stool — A letter concerning the jaundice occasioned by a stone obstructing the ductus communis bilarius, which was afterwards voided by stool STORM. Extract of a letter, giving an account of an unusual storm of hail, which fell at Lisle, in Flanders, May 25, 1686 — An account of a great hail storm at Hitchin, in Hertfordshire, May 4, 1697 — A relation of a great hail storm, in Herefordshire, June 6, 1697 Of the same storm in Monmouthshire — Relation of the effects of a violent storm at Acomack, in America, Oct. 19, 1693, on the rivers of that country — Part of a letter concerning a strange effect of the late great storm in Sussex, 1703 STORM. A letter containing observations concerning the late storm at Upminster Part of a letter concerning the late great storm observed at Delft Further account of the said storm An experiment to show the cause of the descent of the mercury in the barometer in a storm Part of a letter, giving an account of a storm of thunder and lightning that happened at Ipswich, July 16, 1708 The effects of the above storm at Colchester Part of a letter concerning a storm of thunder, lightning, and rain, at Leeds, in Yorkshire, August 5, 1708 A letter giving an account of a storm of thunder and lightning which happened near Leeds, in Yorkshire A letter giving an account of the damage done by a storm of hail which happened near Rotherham, in Yorkshire A relation of the effects of a storm of thunder and lightning at Sampford Courtney, in Devonshire, on Oct. 7, 1711 A letter concerning the storm, Jan. 8th, 1734-5, at Darlington A letter concerning the storm of thunder which happened June 12, 1748 An account of a storm of thunder and lightning near Ludgvan, in Cornwall, Dec. 20, 1752 An account of the effects of a storm of thunder and lightning in the parishes of Looe and Lanreath, in Cornwall, June 27, 1756 Letter on the same subject An account of the effects of a storm at Wigton, in Cumberland An account of an extraordinary storm of hail in Virginia, July 9, 1758 An account of a storm of thunder and lightning at Norwich, July 13, 1758 An account of the effects of a storm of thunder and lightning at Rickmansworth, in Hertfordshire, July 16, 1759 **STORM.** An account of two thunder storms, on July 28, 1761, at Ludgvan church, the other Jan. 11, 1762, at Breag — Account of the effects of a storm of thunder and lightning on Pembroke college, Oxford; Jan 3, 1765 — Observations upon a thunder storm — A letter describing a remarkable storm at Buckland Brewer, Devon, March 2, 1769 — An account of a remarkable thunder storm, Feb. 18, 1770, at St. Keverne, in Cornwall — Extract of a letter concerning a thunder and lightning storm, by which Mr. Heartly, of Harrowgate, was killed, Sept. 29, 1772 — Account of the effects of a thunder storm on the 15th of March, 1733, upon the house of Lord Tylney, at Naples — See *Hail*, *Lightning*, *Rain*, *Thunder* **STOVE.** An account of a lately invented stove for preserving plants in the greenhouse in winter, published at the end of the *Calendarium Hortense* — The manner in which the Chinese heat their rooms — An account of the kang, or Chinese stove **STRAIGHT’S-MOUTH.** A conjecture about an under current at the Straight’s-Mouth — Of the currents at the Straight’s Mouth **STRALSUND.** See *Thunac* **STRATA.** An account of the strata met with in digging for marle, and of horns found under ground in Ireland — A description of a petrified stratum formed from the waters of Matlock, Derbyshire **STRAWBERRIES.** Microscopical observations on the seeds of figs, strawberries, &c. **STRING.** Concerning the motion of stretched string **STUPEFACTION.** An account of a case of a young man stupified by the smoke of sea-coal **STYLE.** Letter judging of the age of the MSS of learned authors, painters, musicians, &c. by the STYLE. (Astronomy) Two letters concerning the alteration (suggested) of the Julian account for the Gregorian Wallis The report made by Lord Treasurer Burleigh to the Lords of the Council of a consultation had, and the examination of the plain and brief discourse by John Dee, for reforming the calendar Anon. Reflections upon the foregoing paper Greaves The conclusion of the Protestant empire Sept. 23, 1699, concerning the calendar Houghton Remarks upon the solar and lunar years, the cycle of 19 years, commonly called the Golden Number, the Epaet, and a method of finding the time of Easter, as it is now observed in most parts of Europe Earl of Macclesfield Styptic. Notice of an admirable liquor, instantly stopping the blood of arteries pricked or cut, without any suppuration, or without leaving any scar or cicatrice Denys Experiments made with the liquor at London At Paris Anon. An addition to the experiments Anon. Experiments in St. Thomas's Hospital Anon. Further success in the fleet Anon. An account of some experiments lately made on dogs, and of the effects of Mr. John Coibatch's styptics on human bodies, by W. Cooper Some observations upon Dr. Eaton's styptic Sprengell Remarks on the use of the styptic, purchased by his most Christian Majesty Page See Agaric, Lycoperdon Styrax Liquida. The manner of making styrax liquida, alias, rola mallas Petiver Submarines. A description of some corals, and other curious submarines, lately sent from the Philippine isles, by G. I. Gamel Petiver Substances. An account of two uncommon mineral substances in some coal and iron mines in England Jeffop SUBSTANCES. Concerning the various figures of the salts contained in the several substances Leeuwenhoek — Letter concerning a substance coughed up resembling the veils of the lungs Buffier — Cafe of a gentlewoman who voided with her urine hairy crustaceous substances; with Sir H. Sloane's answer, containing several observations of extraordinary substances voided by the urinary passages Powel and Sloane — Cafe of hair voided by urine Knight — A summary of some late observations upon the generation, composition and decomposition of animal and vegetable substances Needham — An account of a curious fleshy coral-like substance, with some observations on it by Mr. John Ellis Schloesser — A description of three substances mentioned by the Arabian physicians, in a paper sent from Aleppo, and translated from the Arabian by J. Channing — A short narrative of the structure and effect of parabolick burning speculums, made by the late Mr. Hoeven, of Dresden; and an account of experiments made with them on the fusion of different substances Wolfe — Experiments on ignited bodies Reubuck — Experiments on ignited substances Whitehurst — Experiments on some mineral substances Wolfe SUBTERRANEUS FIRE. A species of subterraneous fire obtained in Kent Neesitt SUBTERRANEUS STEAMS. Some observations on subterraneous steams Robinson SUBTERRANEUS TREE. Observations concerning subterraneous trees in Dagenham, and other marshes bordering upon the river Thames, in the county of Essex Derham SUCK. Relation concerning an aged woman of 60 years, giving suck to her grand child Anon. — Account of a woman 68 years of age, who gave suck to two of her grand children Stack — An account of a man who gave suck to a child Robt. Bishop of Cork SUGAR. Microscopical observations on the figure of sugar and salt, and the probable cause of the difference of their taste Leeuwenhoek SUGAR. An account of a sort of sugar made of the juice of maple in Canada - Anon. Microscopical observations on the particles of crystallized sugar - Leeuw Niek Observations upon the nature and properties of sugar - Slare An account of the method of making sugar from the juice of the maple-tree in New England - Dudley Account of the method of cultivating the sugar cane - Cazaux Knowledge necessary to judge of any kind of sugar - Mills SULPHUR. A description of a Swedish stone which affords sulphur, vitriol, allum, and minium - Talbot Some observations and experiments about vitriol, tending to find out the nature of that substance, and to give further light in the inquiry after the principles and properties of other minerals - Anon. A continuation of a discourse concerning vitriol, shewing, that vitriol is usually produced by sulphur, acting on, and coagulating with, a metal; and then making out, that allum is likewise the result of the said sulphur; as also evincing, that vitriol, sulphur, and allum, do agree in the saline principle; and lastly declaring the nature of the salt in brimstone, and whence it is derived - Anon. Two letters giving an account of a red colour produced by mixture of a sulphureous spirit with a volatile alkali - Gibbens A relation of a stone quarry at Pyrmont, from which a sulphurous smoke issues like that from the cave at Naples, called the Grotto of Dogs, described by Misson, and others - Srip A letter concerning a hall of sulphur supposed to be generated in the air - Cook An account of two caves, one of ice, the other throwing out noxious exhalations - Belius An easy method of procuring the volatile acid of sulphur - Seibl Thoughts on the different impregnations of mineral waters; more particularly concerning the existence of sulphur in some of them - Rust An account of the sulphureous mineral waters - Ooo of Castle-Leod and Fairburn, in the county of Ross, and of the salt purging waters of Pitkeathly, in the county of Perth, in Scotland. **Summer.** An inquiry into the causes of a dry and wet summer **Sun.** (In general) A method for finding the number of the Julian period for any year assigned, the number of the cycle of the sun, the cycle of the moon, and of the indications for the same year, being given together, with a demonstration of that method A certain phenomenon seen in Prussia, about the sun, a little before his setting, and the moon's conjunction, and the sun's eclipse, (which was not seen by him) A letter for correcting the hitherto assigned motions of the sun Concerning the apparent magnitude of the sun and moon, or the apparent distance of two stars, when nigh the horizon, and when higher elevated The sentiments of Dr. Wallis on the aforesaid appearances A discourse concerning a method of discovering the true moment of the sun's ingress into the tropical signs Observations on the meridian height of the sun, to investigate the elevation of the pole at Lisbon An observation of an uncommon gleam of light proceeding from the sun Part of a letter concerning the gradual approach of the earth to the sun **Sun.** (Attraction of the) An estimate of the quantity of vapour raised out of the sea by the warmth of the sun, derived from an experiment shewn before the Royal Society A resolution of a general proposition for determining the hourly alteration of the position of the terrestrial equator, from the attraction of the sun and moon, with some remarks on the solutions given by other authors to that difficult and important problem On the precession of the equinoxes produced by the sun's attraction **Sun.** (Conjunction with) An astronomical disserta- tion on the visible conjunction of the inferior planets with the sun — Haller Sun. (Distance from the earth) A computation of the distance of the sun from the earth — Horst On the computation of the sun's distance from the earth by the theory of gravity — Horst Sun. (Eclipses of the sun) Observations of the eclipse of the sun June 22, 1666, at London — Willoughby, Pope, Hook, and Philips Madrid — Earl of Sandwicke Paris — Payen Calculation of the solar eclipse, July 2, 1666 — Hevelius The reasons why, in this eclipse, the diameter of the moon did increase about the end — Auxout Observations of the solar eclipse of the sun, June 1, 1676 — Smethwick Cayon Observations on the eclipse of the sun, June 23, 1675, at Dantzig — Hevelius Observations on the eclipse of the sun, June 11, 1676, in England — Flamstead, Townley, and Halton Paris — Cassini Dantzig — Hevelius An observation on the solar eclipse of June 11, 1676, at Avignon — Gallet Observation on an eclipse of the sun at Greenwich, July 2, 1684 — Flamsteed Paris — Bullialdus and Cassini Calculation of the same eclipse, according to the Philolaic tables — Flamsteed Observations of the solar eclipse, July 2, 1685, at Oxford — Bernard Lisbon — Jacobs Dublin — Aub and Molyneux Tredagh — Ogburn Some observations on the eclipse of the sun May 1, 1687, made at various places and sent to the Royal Society — XVI 370 Observations on the eclipse of the sun, July 12, 1684, at Bologna — Guilelmini Observations on the eclipse of the sun, Sept. 13, 1699, at Oxford — Gregory Of the eclipse of the sun, Sept. 13, 1699, at Nuremberg — Wurzelbaur Sun (Eclipses.) June 12, 1694, and Nov. 27, 1703; observed at Cambridge, four miles from Botton, in New England — May 12, 1706, observed at Greenwich | Location | Observer | Year | Reference | |---------------------------|----------------|------|-----------| | Canterbury | Flamstead | XXV | 2237 | | Horton, near Bradford, Yorkshire | Gray | | 2238 | | Bern, in Switzerland | Sharp | | 2239 | | Geneva | Stannyan | | 2240 | | Marseilles | Duillier | | 2241 | | Zurich | Chazelles | | 2244 | | | Scheuchzer | | 2246 | A letter giving his observations on the eclipse of the sun, Sept. 3, 1708, at Upminster Derham XXVI 308 — 255 Observations of the late total eclipse of the sun, on the 22d of April, 1715, with an account of what has been transmitted from abroad concerning the same Halley XXIX 245 — — More accounts of the above from abroad Anon. — 314 — 267 Observations on the eclipse of the sun, Feb. 19, 1718, at Berlin Kirch XXX 820 — 268 At Nurenberg Wurtzelbaur — — — An observation of an eclipse of the sun, Nov. 27, 1722, at Greenwich Holley XXXII 197 VI 171 London Graham — 198 — At Wakefield Hawkins — 199 — Part of a letter concerning the eclipse of the sun, November 27, 1722 Robie XXXIII 67 — 172 Observations on the eclipse of the sun, Sept. 23, 1726, at Padua Polenus XXXIV 157 — 173 An observation of a solar eclipse made at Lisbon, Sept. 25, 1726 Carbone XXXV 335 — 174 An account of the eclipse of the sun, July 15, 1730, N. S. at Wirteinberg Weidler XXXVI 394 — 182 Observation of an eclipse of the sun, June 14, 1730, at Padua Polenus — 396 — 183 An observation of an eclipse of the sun, July 15, 1730, made at Pekin Kegler and Pereyra XXXVII 179 — — Observation on the solar eclipse, Nov. 27, 1722 Robie XXXVIII 113 VIII 135 An observation of the eclipse of the sun on May 2, 1733, at London Graham — 114 — 136 An account of the same eclipse at Norton-Court, and Otterden-Place Wheler — 116 — 137 Of the same eclipse at Yeovil in Somersetshire Mitner — — — Observation of a total eclipse of the sun, made Sun (Eclipses.) An account of the eclipse of the sun observed May 2, 1733, at Würtemberg Observation on the solar eclipse, Sept. 23, 1736, at London Observation on an eclipse of the sun, Feb. 18, 1736-7, at Philadelphia A collection of the observations of the solar eclipse, Feb. 18, 1736-7, Fleet-Street Graham Greenwich Edinburgh Mac Laurin Kettering and Mason Anon. Reyillas Weidler A collection of the observations of the eclipse of the sun, Aug. 4, 1739 London Graham and Short Upsal Celsius Würtemberg Weidler Monfredius Observations on the eclipse of the sun, Aug. 4, 1739, at Wittenberg Weidler Observation of an eclipse of the sun, Dec. 19, 1739 Short The sun's eclipse of July 14, 1748, observed at Marlborough House, with a twelve-foot reflecting telescope, fixed as a finder to the tube of the great twelve-foot reflector Revis An observation of the eclipse of the sun at Berlin, July 14, 1748 Griesbach An eclipse of the sun, July 14, 1748, observed by the Earl of Morton, Mr. le Monnier, and Mr. James Short July 14, 1748, made at Madrid Ulloa Observed at Rome, Jan. 8, 1750 Maire Observed at Berlin Jan. 8, 1750 Grifcow and Kies A description of a piece of mechanism, contrived by James Ferguson, for exhibiting the time duration, and quantity of solar eclipses in all places of the earth Ferguson An observation of an eclipse of the sun made at Lisbon, Oct. 26, 1753 Chevalier | Sun (Eclipses.) | An account of the eclipse of the sun, Oct. 16, 1762 | Dunn | |-----------------|---------------------------------------------------|------| | | An account of the eclipse of the sun, April 1, 1764 | Ferguson | | | Observations on an eclipse of the sun, Oct. 17, 1762, at Ghyrotty, in the East Indies | Hirsi | | | Observation of the eclipse of the sun, April 1, 1764, London | Short Bevis | | Liverpool | Ferguson | | Brompton Park | Dunn | | Greenwich | Bliss | | Shirburn Castle | Anon. | | Oxford | Hornsby | | Thorley Hall | Raper | | Chatham | Murray | | | Observations on the eclipse of the sun, April 1, 1764, at Schwetzing | Mayer | | | An observation of an eclipse of the sun, April 1, 1764, in the Roman college, by the Jesuits | | | | Observations on the eclipse of the sun on the 16th August, 1765, made at Colombes, near Paris | Meissier | | | Observation of the eclipse of the sun of August 16, 1765, made at Leyden | Lulof | | | Observations on the eclipse of the sun of August 5, 1766, made at Colombes | Meissier | | | A letter containing the observations of the eclipse of the sun of August 16, 1765, and of the 5th of August, 1766, made at Calais, together with some remarks on the first of these eclipses | Prince de Croix | | | An observation of the eclipse of the sun at the island of Newfoundland, August 5, 1766 | Cook | | | Observations on the sun's eclipse 16th of August, 1765, at Caen in Normandy | Pott | | | Observations of an eclipse of the sun at Greenwich, 1769 | Maskelyne | | | At Oxford | Hornsby | | | At Shirburn Castle Lord and Lady Maclefield | | | | A letter containing observations on the eclipse of the sun, June 4, 1769, at Spital-square Canton | | | | Observation of the eclipse of the sun, June 4, 1769, at Kew | Bevis | | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | LII 644 | | | LIII 240| | | LIII 259| | | LIV 107 | | | | 105 | | | 108 | | | 114 | | | 141 | | | 144 | | | 145 | | | 150 | | | 171 | | | 169 | | | 254 | | LVI 1 | | | | 30 | | | 259 | | | 262 | | LVII 215| | | | 402 | | LVIII 364| | | LIX 172 | | | | 192 | | | 189 | SUN SUN (Eclipses.) At the North Cape — At Hawkhill — Bayly — At Ki-knewton — Alemore and Luid — Observations on the eclipse of the sun made at the island of Hammerfest, for the Royal Society — Bryce — Observations of a solar eclipse, June 4, 1769, at Aithorpe, near Leeds, Yorkshire — Dixon — Observations on the eclipse of the sun made at Gibraltar — Jardine — Observations on the eclipse of the sun, June 4, 1769, in the morning — Smeaton — Extract of a letter inclosing some account of a solar eclipse observed at the island of Otaheite, by Captain Wallis, July 25, 1767 — Wallis — Observations on the solar eclipse which happened June 24, 1778 — Wale — An eclipse of the sun, June 24, 1778, observed at Leicester — Ludlam — Observations on the eclipse of the sun taken the 24th of June, 1778, on board the Espagne, in the passage from the Azores — Uliao — Vide Halo, Parelia SUN. (Heat of the) A discourse concerning the proportional heat of the sun in all latitudes, with the method of collecting the same — Halley — Account of an experiment made with a thermometer, whose bulb was painted black, and exposed to the direct rays of the sun — Richard Watson SUN. (Horizontal) Some thoughts concerning the sun and moon, when near the horizon, appearing larger than when nearer the zenith — Logan The description and use of an apparatus, added as an improvement to Davis's quadrant, consisting of a mercurial level, for taking the altitude of sun or star at sea, without the usual assistance of the sensible horizon, which is often obscured — Leigh An attempt to assign the cause why the sun and moon appear to the naked eye larger when they are near the horizon; with an account of several natural phenomena, relative to this subject — Dun SUN (As applied for determining the longitude.) An instrument for seeing the sun, moon, or stars pass the meridian of any place, useful for setting watches in all parts of the world with the greatest exactness, to correct sun-dials, to assist in the discovery of the longitudes of places. Sun (As applied for determining the longitude.) A letter containing the results of observations of the distance of the moon from the sun and fixed stars, made in a voyage from England to the island of St. Helena, in order to determine the longitude of the ship from time to time; together with the whole process of computation used on this occasion. Track of his Majesty's armed brig Lion, from England to Davis's Streights, and Labrador, with observations for determining the longitude by sun and moon, and error of common reckoning; also the variation of the compass and dip of the needle, as observed during the said voyage in 1776. Sun. (parallax) Of the correspondence to be procured for finding out the true distance of the sun and moon from the earth, by the parallax, observed under (or near) the same meridian. A particular method by which the parallax of the sun, or its distance from the earth, may be ascertained by the assistance of the transit of Venus over the sun. An account of the sun's distance from the earth deduced from Mr. Short's observations relating to the horizontal parallax of the sun. Second paper concerning the parallax of the sun determined from the observations of the late transit of Venus. A discourse on the parallax of the sun. Concise rules for computing the effects of refraction and parallax in varying the apparent distance of the moon from the sun or a star; also an easy rule of approximation for computing the distance of the moon from a star, the longitudes and latitudes of both being given, with demonstrations of the same. Supplement to Mr. Pingré's memoir on the parallax of the sun; deduced from his observations on the transit of Venus, vol. LII, p. 371. SUN Sun (Parallax.) An essay on the connection between the parallaxes of the sun and moon, their densities, and their disturbing forces on the ocean. Murdock A determination of the solar parallax attempted, by a peculiar method, from the observations of the last transit of Venus, in a letter to James Short. Planman The quantity of the sun's parallax as deduced from the transit of Venus, June 3, 1769. Hornby A deduction of the sun's parallax from the comparison of the several observations of the late transit of Venus, made in Europe, with those made in George island in the South Seas, by Mr. Lexell. Euler Sun (Spots in the) Accounts of some spots of the sun, observed at Paris, Aug. 1671. Cassini New observations of spots in the sun, made at Paris, Aug. 11, 12, and 13, 1671. Cassini Observations of some of the spots in the sun, renewed after they had passed over the upper hemisphere of the sun. Hook Observations on the spots of the sun. Cassini Letter concerning the spots of the sun returned Nov. 1, 1671. Fogelius Observations concerning the spots in the sun appearing in July and August, 1676. Familiend and Halley Observations on a spot lately seen in the sun. Cassini An account of a spot seen in the sun from April 25, to May 8, 1684, with the line of its course predicted if it makes a second return. Planck Two letters concerning the spots of the sun observed in June, 1703. Gr. J. Some observations on the spots of the sun. Derham Observations made on the spots on the body of the sun in the months of May, June, and July, 1704. Stanman Observations upon the spots that have been upon the sun from the year 1703 to 1711; with a letter of Mr. Crabtree in the year 1640 upon the same subject. Derham Further account. PP. Sun. (Spots in the) An attempt to determine the height of the sun's atmosphere from the height of the solar spots above the sun's surface Horley LVII 398 — Observations on the solar spots Wilson LXIV 1 — Sketches of the solar spots Marjibalt — 194 Sun. (Solar tables) Some considerations on a late treatise, intitled, A new set of logarithmic solar tables, &c. intended for a more commodious method of finding the latitude at sea by two observations of the sun Pemberton LI 910 Sun. (Transit of Mercury) An account of the appearance of Mercury, passing over the sun's disk on the 29th of October, 1723; determining the mean motion, and fixing the nodes or that p'ane't's orb — Halley XXXIII 228 VI 253 — An observation of the passage of Mercury over the sun, Oct. 31; 1738 Huxham XLI 640 IX 164 — The differences of longitude between the Royal Observatories of Greenwich and Paris, determined by the observations of the transits of Mercury over the sun in 1723, 1736, 1743, 1753, Short LIII 158 — Observations on the transit of Mercury over the disk of the sun Mobr LXI 433 Sun. (Transit of Venus) Dissertation on the next transit of Venus over the sun Boscovich LI 865 — The observations on the internal contact of Venus with the sun's limb, in the late transit, made in different parts of Europe, compared with the time of the same contact, observed at the Cape of Good Hope, and the parallax of the sun thence determined Short LII 611 — Observations on the transit of Venus over the disk of the sun Mobr LXI 433 — See Venus Sun Dials. Vide Dials Sun Fish. A paper concerning the mola solis, or sun-fish, and a glue made of it Barlow LXI 343 IX 73 Sun-Plant. Of the culture and uses of the son or sun plant of Hindostan, with the account of the manner of manufacturing the Hindostan paper Ironside LXIV 99 Suratte. Inquiries for Suratte, and other parts of the East-Indies Royal Society II 415 III 632 Surd Roots. A discourse concerning the methods of approximation in the extraction of surd roots Wallis XIX 2 I 98 Surface. SURFACE. An experiment touching the weighing of bodies of the same species, but of very unequal surfaces, in common air Propositions selected from a paper on the division of right lines, surfaces, and solids SURGERY. Two chirurgical cases Various observations in a journey through Italy, begun 1703 Remarks on a collection of ancient chirurgical writers in the Grand Duke's library An account of two remarkable cases in surgery An extraordinary case in surgery, of tumours Three extraordinary cases in surgery A description of a machine for dressing and curing unwieldy patients Extract of a letter relating to two remarkable cases in surgery SURVEYING. A demonstration of an error committed by common surveyors, in comparing surveys taken at long intervals of time, arising from the variation of the magnetic needle A new plotting table, for taking plans and maps in surveying, invented in 1721 A recommendation of Hidley's quadrant for surveying, especially of harbours, together with a particular application of it in some cases of piloting SURVIVORSHIP. A letter concerning the value of an annuity for life, and the probability of survivorship Observations on the proper methods of calculating the values of reverlions dependent on survivorships See Annuities, Mortality Sussex. See Antiquities SWALLOWS. Letter concerning the migration of swallows Remarks on swallows on the Rhine Of the house-swallow, swift, and sand-martin | SWALLOWS. Of the torpidity of swallows and martins | LXV 343 | | SWAMMERDAM. Notes upon his book of insects | VI 2281 | | SWAN. Remarks about the new star, near the beak of the Swan | V 2023 | | —— A new star discovered in the constellation of the Swan in 1670 | — 2087 I 248 | | —— Account from Paris of the earlier discovery of the same star | — 2092 — 248 | | SWEAT. Microscopical observations concerning sweat. | IX 128 | | —— An extract of a letter containing microscopical observations on sweat, &c. | XVII 949 III 685 | | SWEATING-ROOM. A description of a Roman sudatory, or hypocaustum, found at Wroxeter, in Shropshire, 1701 | XXV 2225 | | Another letter | — 2228 | | Two letters relating to Wroxeter, and the hypocausta of the ancients | — — | | —— An account of an extraordinary cure by sweating in hot turf; with a description of the Indian hot-houses | XXXIII 129 VII 669 | | —— An account of the remains of a Roman hypocaustum, or sweating-room, discovered underground at Lincoln, in 1739 | XLI 855 IX 455 | | SWEDEN. See Coins | XXVIII 222 IV 2 286 | | —— A short account of some Swedish minerals, sent to Mr. James Petivet | | | SWEETS. Observations on the clasps of sweet trees, made by comparing the tastes of sweet plants with M. L'Emery's chymical analysis of them, in his treatise of drugs | XXIII 1160 V 406 | | SWELLING. An observation concerning a very odd kind of dropfy, or swelling, in one of the ovaries of a woman | XXI 150 III 207 | | SWIFT. Of house-swallows, swifts, and sand-martins | LXV 258 | | SWIMMING. Considerations on the swimming bladder in fishes | X 349 II 846 | | SWORD. Case of a man wounded in the left eye by a small sword | LIII 234 | | SYCAMORE. Observations on some sycamore trees | V 1201 II 686 | | —— Account of the bleeding of | — 2067 | | SYLLEY. An account of the great alterations which | the islands of Sylley have undergone since the times of the antients, who mention them as to their number, extent, and position Borlase SYMPATHY. Of one who pretended to cure, or cause diseases, at a distance, by applying a sympathetic powder to the urine Leeuwenhoek SYRINGING. An account of what happened on syringing warm water into the thorax of a bitch Musgrave SYRUP. Account of Mr. Alexander Orm's pectoral syrup, sent in a letter from Calcutta, 1733 Anon. T. TABERG. An account of a mountain of iron ore at Taberg in Sweden Alcanius TABLES. Patterns of the tables proposed to be made for observing of tides Moray With other inquiries touching the sea Boyle — A description of a mathematical historical table Megerlin — An ingenious proposal for a new sort of maps of countries, together with tables of sands and clays, such chiefly as are found in the north parts of England Lister — An estimate of the degrees of the mortality of mankind, drawn from various tables of the births and funerals at the city of Breslaw, with an attempt to ascertain the price of annuities upon lives Halley — Emendations and notes upon the antient astronomical observations of Albatenius, with the restoration of his luni-solar tables Halley — A table of the washes in Lincolnshire Merrifield — A new method for making logarithms, and finding the number corresponding to a logarithm given, with tables Lewontin — The barometrical method of measuring the height height of mountains, with two new tables shewing the height of the atmosphere at given altitudes of Mercury TABLES. Calculations and tables relating to the attractive virtue of load-stones — Thermometrical tables and observations — A view of the relation between Dr. Halley's tables, and the notions of Mr. de Buffon, for establishing a rule for the probable duration of the life of man — Elements of new tables of the motions of Jupiter's satellites — A comparative table of the corresponding observations of the first satellite of Jupiter, made in the principal observatories TACKLE. A description of a new tackle, or combination of pulleys TADMOR. An extract of the Journals of two several voyages of the English merchants, of the factory of Aleppo, to Tadmor, antiently called Palmyra TADPOLES. Some observations made on the spawn of frogs, and the production of tadpoles therein — Letter concerning the circulation and stagnation of the blood in tadpoles TAJACA. Seu Aper Mexicanus Moschiferus, or the anatomy of the Mexico musk hog TALC. Account of stone quarries and talc rocks in Hungary TANGENTS. A breviat concerning Dr. Wallis's two methods of tangents — Short and easy method of drawing tangents to all geometrical curves, without any labour of calculations — Easy way of demonstrating his method of drawing tangents to all sorts of curves, without any labour of calculation — An easy demonstration of the analogy of the logarithmick tangents to the meridian line, or sum of the secants, with various methods for computing the same to the utmost exactness — Of the tangents of curves, deduced immediately from the theory of maxima and minima **TANGENTS.** Letter containing an explanation of the late Dr. Halley's demonstration of the analogy of the logarithmic tangents to the meridian line, or sum of the secants **TANGIER.** A catalogue of plants growing within the fortifications of Tangier in 1673 **TANNING.** An improved method of tanning leather **TAPESTRY.** An account of weaving tapestry in the same manner as brocades **TAPPING.** A remarkable case of a gentlewoman who died of an hydrops ovarii, in the 33rd year of her age, after having been tapped 57 times The case of Mr. Cox, surgeon at Peterborough, who fell into a pestilential fever upon tapping a corpse dead of an hydrophy Aficites, cured by An improvement on the practice of tapping, whereby that operation, instead of a relief for symptoms, becomes an absolute cure for an aiicites, exemplified in the case of Jane Roman A method of conveying liquors into the abdomen during the operation of tapping See *Dropfy* **TAR.** An account of making pitch, tar, and oil, out of a blackish stone in Shropshire The way of making pitch, tar, rosin and turpentine, near Marseille **TARANTULA.** An inquiry concerning tarantula's Observations made of persons pretending to be stung with tarantula's Some account of the tarantula **TARTARY.** A voyage of the Emperor of China into Eastern Tartary, 1682 A voyage of the Emperor of China into the Western Tartary, 1683 An explanation necessary to justify the geography supposed in these letters An account of a large and curious map of the Great Tartary **TAUSE.** Microscopical observations about the texture of the blood, the sap of some plants, the figure of sugar and salt, and the probable cause of the difference of their tastes. **Taste.** Letter concerning the different tastes of waters - Observations on the class of sweet tastes, made by comparing the tastes of sweet plants, with Mr. Lister's chymical analysis of them, in his treatise of sugars. - An account of some trials to cure the ill taste of milk, which is occasioned by the food of cows, either from turnips, cabbage, or autumnal leaves, &c., also too sweetening drinking water. **Taurus.** An account of an occultation of the star ξ Tauri, by the moon, observed at Leicester - Occultation of α or γ Tauri and other stars by the moon **Tea.** An account of a voyage to Chusan, in China, with a description of the island, of the several sorts of tea, of the fishing, agriculture of the Chinese, &c., with several observations not hitherto taken notice of **Tears.** Microscopical observations concerning sweat, fat, tears, &c. **Teeth.** Two cases of persons cutting teeth in their old age - Microscopical observations of the structure of teeth, and other bones - Microscopical observations about animals in the scurf of the teeth, the substance called worms in the nose, &c. - Concerning animalcules found in teeth - Of a venomous scratch with the tooth of a porpois, its symptoms, and cure - Observations on teeth - Letter concerning worms pretended to be taken from the teeth - Part of a letter concerning a person who had a new set of teeth after 80 years of age; with some observations upon the virtues and properties of sugar - A letter giving an account of some large teeth T E E Lately dug up in the north of Ireland Neville Remarks on the above Molyneux Teeth. An account of elephants teeth and bones found under ground Sloane Part 2 Sloane A letter concerning a cluster of small teeth observed at the root of each fang, or great tooth, in the head of a rattlesnake, upon dissecting it Bartram Letter concerning an extraordinary large fossil tooth of an elephant Baker An account of some very large fossil teeth found in North America Collinson Sequel to the account Collinson A dissertation on the bones and teeth of elephants, and other beasts, found in North America, and other northern regions, by which it appears they are the bones of indigenous beasts Raspe Telescopes. Judgment touching the apertures of object glasses, and their proportions, in respect to the several lengths of telescopes, together with a table thereof Auzout Of M. Hevelius's promise of imparting to the world his invention of making optick glasses; and of the hopes given by Mr. Hugens, of Zulichem, to perform something of the like nature; as also of the expectations conceived of some ingenious persons in England to improve telescopes Hevelius, Hugens, and Du Sons Instance to Mr. Hook, for communicating a contrivance of making, with a glass of a sphere of 20 or 40 feet diameter, a telescope, drawing several hundred feet, and of his offer of recompensing that secret with another teaching to measure, with a telescope, the distances of objects from the earth Auzout A method by which a glass of a small plano-convex sphere, may be made to refract the rays of light to a focus of a far greater distance than is usual Hook Method of polishing telescopic glasses by a turn-lathe, and the making of an extraordinary burning glass at Milan Anon. An account of a new catadioptrical telescope invented by Mr. Newton Newton Further suggestions about his reflecting tele- Q q q scope; together with his table of apertures and charges for the several lengths of that instrument. Answer to some objections made by an ingenious French philosopher, to the new reflecting telescope. Some considerations upon part of a letter of M. de Berce, concerning the catadioptrical telescope, pretended to be improved and refined by M. Cassigrain. Telescopes. The effects of the different refractions of the rays in telecopical glasses. Hopes of perfecting telescopes by reflections rather than refractions. The use of telescopic sights in astronomical observations. A sure and easy way to make all sorts of great telecopical glasses, with a generous offer of furnishing industrious astronomers with them. Letter about the price of his telescopes. The description of an aerial telescope. A dioptrick problem, why four convex-glasses in a telescope shew objects erect. Extracts from Mr. Gafroigne's and Mr. Crabtree's letters, proving Mr. Gafcoigne to have been the inventor of the telecopick sights of mathematical instruments, and not the French. A way for myopes to use telescopes without eye glasses, an object glass becoming as useful to them, and sometimes more, than a combination of glasses. Some remarks upon the method of observing the differences of right ascension and declination, by crofs hairs in a telescope. An account of a catadioptrick telescope made by John Hadley, Esq. with the description of a machine, contrived by him, for applying it to use. A letter concerning observations made with Mr. Hadley's reflecting telescope. Observations on the satellites of Jupiter and Saturn, made with the same telescope. A new method of improving and perfecting catadioptrical telescopes by forming the speculums of glass instead of metal. **TELESCOPES.** The description and uses of an equatorial telescope - Letter concerning an improvement of refracting telescopes by increasing the number of eyeglasses to enlarge the field of view - Letter relating to a theorem of Mr. Euler to correct the aberrations in the object glasses of reflecting telescopes - An account of some new experiments concerning the different refrangibility of light by water, and different kinds of glass; and of a method thence deduced, of correcting the errors arising from the different refrangibility of light in the object-glasses of reflecting telescopes - An account of an improvement made by Mr. Dollond in his new telescopes, by composing his object-glasses of two convex lenses of crown glass, and one concave lens of white flint - A method of working the object glasses of reflecting telescopes truly spherical - Description and use of a new constructed equatorial telescope, or portable observatory - An improvement proposed in the cross wires of telescopes - Directions for making the best composition for the metals of reflecting telescopes; together with a description of the process for grinding, polishing, and giving the great speculum the true parabolic curve - Account of an iconantidiptic telescope **TEMPERATURE OF THE EARTH.** Advertisements of the warm and fertilizing temperature of the earth, stones, rocks, &c. **TEMPERS.** An essay tending to make a probable conjecture of tempers by the modulations of the voice in ordinary discourse **TEMPESTS.** Advertisements of black winds, tempests, &c. **TEMPLE.** An explanation of the figures of a Pagan temple, and unknown characters at Cannara, in Salset - Part of a letter concerning the remains of an ancient temple in Ireland, and of a stone hatchet of the antient Irish **TENDON.** An account of stitching the great tendon between the calf of the leg and heel, with its union and cure, after an entire division of it, with remarks TENDON. An account of the case of the first joint of the thumb torn off, with the flexor tendon in its whole extent torn out Cafe of William Carey, aged 19, whose tendons and muscles were turned into bones Further account TENERIFFE. An account of a journey from the port of Oratava, in the island of Teneriffe, to the top of the pike in that island, in Aug. 1715, with observations thereon by Observations made in going up the Pic of Teneriffe Some account of a salt found on the Pic of Teneriffe TERCERA. Part of a letter concerning a new Island lately raised out of the sea near Tercera TERNATA. An account of the upper part of the burning mountain in the isle of Ternata, according to the view taken thereof TERRELLA. A letter about the load-stone, where chiefly the suggestion of Gilbert, touching the circumvolution of a globous magnet, called terrella, and the variation of the variation is examined Tessellated Work. Part of a letter concerning an antient tessellated or Mosaick work at Leicester Tessera. A brief account of a Roman tessera Testicle. Testis examinatus, formerly printed at Florence, by Vauclius Dathirius Bonglarus; now reprinted, because the subject is under a severer examination among the curious anatomists both here, in France, and Holland Anatomical observations in the body of a woman about 50 years of age, who died hydropical in her left testicle An account of the forming of a foetus in the testicle Examination of the testicle of a rat, and the seed of muscles, oysters, &c. Testimony. A calculation upon the credibility of human testimony TETANUS. Observations upon the effects of electricity applied to a tetanus, or muscular rigidity of four months continuance W. Watson THALES. Letter concerning the year of the eclipse foretold by Thales — Cofard — An account of the eclipse predicted by Thales — Stukeley THERMOMETER. An account of several experiments made to examine the nature of the expansion and contraction of fluids by heat and cold, in order to ascertain the divisions of the thermometer, and to make that instrument in all places, without adjusting by a standard Halley — Observations on the thermometer and magnetic needle, in his voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, 1700, Cunningham — Account of a new thermometer depending on the variation of the spring of the air by heat and cold — Geoffroy — An account of an experiment made to ascertain the proportion of the expansion of the liquor in the thermometer, with regard to the degrees of heat Taylor — A meteorological, barometrical, thermometrical, epidemical, and magnetical diary, kept at Utrecht, 1729 Van Musschenbroek 1730 and 1731 Van Musschenbroek — Extract of a letter concerning the construction of a quicksilver thermometer, and his observations on the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites, in the years 1731 and 1732 Delisle — Description of the thermometer Pickering — A letter concerning the difference of the degrees of cold, marked by a thermometer kept within doors, or without in the open air, Dec. 1, 2, 3, 1747 Miles — A discourse concerning the usefulness of thermometers in chymical experiments, and concerning the principles on which the thermometers now in use have been constructed; together with the description and uses of a metallic thermometer, newly invented C. Mortimer — A letter concerning a metallic thermometer, in the Museum of the Gentlemens' Society, at Spalding Johnson — A letter concerning thermometers, and some observations observations of the weather A letter of the near agreement of thermometers in London and at Tooting Thermometrical observations made by M. Demioff, at Sokolovsky, on the borders of Siberia, lat. 59°, in 1751, by a thermometer adapted to M. de L'isle's case, which, in this ext. &c., are reduced, likewise to those of Fahrenheit, and M. Raymurt E. of Macclesfield A comparison of different thermometrical observations in Siberia An account of the state of the thermometers, on the 8th and 9th of February, 1755 A description of the state of the thermometer at the Haute, Jan 9, 1757 A description of some thermometers for particular uses Thermometrical account of the weather in Maryand for four years, 1753 to 1757 A description of a metallic thermometer A description of a new thermometer and barometer Thermometrical observations at Derby Observations on the barometer, thermometer, and r. i., at Plymouth, 1767 Account of an experiment made with a thermometer, whose bulb was painted black, and exposed to the direct rays of the sun Extract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon, in Rutland, 1772 Extract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain in Lynn, in Rutland, 1773 Extract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon, in Rutland, 1774 An account of some thermometrical observations at Allahabad, in the East Indies, in latitude 25° 30' N. during the year 1767, and also during a voyage from Madras to England, in the year 1774 **THE** **THERMOMETER.** Extract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon, in Rutland, 1775 Extract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon in Rutland, 1776 The report of the Committee appointed by the Royal Society to consider of the best method of adjusting the fixed points of thermometers, and of the precautions necessary to be used in making experiments with those instruments Committee of the Royal Society Abstract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain at Lyndon, in Rutland, 1777 A register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain at Lyndon, in Rutland 1778 Register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon, in Rutland, 1779 Thermometrical experiments and observations See *Heights, Meteorological Observations* **THERMOSCOPE.** Some observations concerning the baroscope and thermoscope **THIBET.** An account of the kingdom of Thibet **THIGH.** A letter concerning a woman of 62 years of age, that lost her leg, and greatest part of her thigh, by a gangrene Observations on a fracture in the upper part of the thigh bone The case of Grace Lowdell, aged about 60 years, who had an extraordinary tumour on her thigh The description and draught of a machine for reducing the fracture of the thigh An account of a large piece of the thigh-bone which was taken out, and its place supplied by a callus **THIGH.** See *Aneurism, Luxation* **THORACICUS DUCTUS.** A new discovery of the communication of the ductus thoracicus with the emulgent vein Annotations upon a discovery pretended to have been made by M. Pecquet of a communication between the ductus thoracicus and the vena cava THORACIC DUCT. Account of an ossification of the thoracic duct CHESTON THORAX. An account of what happened on syringing warm water into the thorax of a bitch MUSGRAVE — Letter concerning a child who had its intestines, mesentery, &c. in the cavity of the thorax HOLS — An account of a praeter-natural bony substance found in the cavity of the thorax RUTTY THROAT. Some observations concerning the virtue of the jelly of the black currants, in curing inflammations in the throat BAKER — Some account of a sheep having a monstrous horn growing from his throat PARSONS — An account of the case of a man who died of the effects of the fire at Eddystone light-house by melted lead running down his throat SPRY — Another account HUXHAM THUMB. An account of the case of the first joint of the thumb torn off, with the flexor tendon in its whole extent torn out HOME THUNDER. A relation of an accident by thunder and lightning at Oxford, May 10, 1666 WALIS — A relation of the sad effects of thunder and lightning in Hampshire, Jan. 24, 1665-6 NEALE — Odd effects of a dreadful thunder-clap at Stralsund, in Pomerania, June 1670 ANON. — An odd effect of thunder and lightning upon wheat and rye in the granaries at Dantzig KIRKBY — Letter containing particulars of a philosophical nature viz. a narrative of the strange effects of thunder upon a magnetic card ANON. — Observation concerning thunder and lightning being from the pyrites LISTER — A relation of the effect of a thunder clap on the compass of a ship on the coast of New-England, July 24, 1681 OLDENBURG — A letter concerning former relations SIR R. S. THUNDER THUNDER. Some remarkable effects of a great storm of thunder and lightning at Portsmouth, Oct. 23, 1685 The relation of a storm of thunder, lightning, and hail, at Oundle, in Northamptonshire An account of the effects of a very extraordinary thunder near Aberdeen in Scotland Letter concerning the generation of hail, of thunder, and lightning, and the effects thereof Some additions to his letter about thunder and lightning A true and exact relation of the dismal and surprising effects of a terrible and unusual clap of thunder and lightning that fell upon the Trumbull galley, Nov. 26, 1696 Letter concerning the effects of thunder and lightning at Everdon, in Northamptonshire, (wherein divers persons were killed) July 27, 1691 An account of a young man slain with thunder and lightning, Dec 22, 1698 Of an accident by thunder and lightning, at Leeds, April 27, 1700 A relation of the strange effects of thunder and lightning which happened in the county of Down, in Ireland, Aug. 9, 1707 Part of a letter giving an account of a storm of thunder and lightning that happened at Ipswich, July 16, 1708 The effects of the above storm at Colchester Part of a letter concerning a storm of thunder, and lightning, and rain, at Leeds, in Yorkshire, August 5, 1701 A letter giving an account of a storm of thunder, and lightning, which happened near Leeds, in Yorkshire A relation of the effects of a storm of thunder and lightning at Sampford Courtney, in Devonshire, on Oct. 7, 1711 An account of what happened from thunder in Carmarthenshire, Dec 6, 1729 An extract of a letter concerning the crooked and angular darts of lightning in thunder storms THUNDER. An account of two oak trees struck by thunder Clark XLI 235 VIII 507 A letter concerning the storm of thunder which happened June 12, 1748 Miles XLV 383 X 475 Letter concerning the cause of thunder Eels XLVII 524 Letter concerning the electrical experiments made in England under thunder clouds W. Watson — 567 An account of a storm of thunder and lightning near Ludgvan, in Cornwall, Dec. 20, 1752 Borlase XLVIII 86 Electrical experiments, with an attempt to account for their several phenomena; together with some observations on thunder clouds Canton — 350 An account of the death of Mr. George William Richman, occasioned by an electrical stroke collected from thunder, translated from the Dutch Anon. KLIX 61 An account of the effects of a storm of thunder and lightning in the parishes of Lone and Lanreath, in Cornwall, June 27, 1756 Dyer L 104 Letter on the same subject Miles — 107 An account of a storm of thunder and lightning at Norwich, July 13, 1758 Cooper LI 38 An account of the effects of a storm of thunder and lightning at Rickmansworth, in Hertfordshire, July 16, 1759 Whistleb — 282 Of two thunder storms in Cornwall, one broke over Ludgvan church, the other at Breag, Jan. 11, 1762 Borlase LII 507 Observations in electricity, and on a thunder storm Bergman LIII 97 Account of the effects of a storm of thunder and lightning on Pembroke college, Oxford, June 3, 1765 Griffith LV 273 An account of a remarkable thunder storm, Feb. 18, 1770, at St. Keverne, in Cornwall Williams LXI 78 Extract of a letter concerning a thunder and lightning storm by which Mr. Heartly, of Harrowgate, was killed, Sept. 29, 1772 Kirkshaw LXIII 177 Account of the effects of a thunder storm on the 15th of March, 1773, upon the house of Lord Tyne, at Naples Sir William Hamilton — 324 See Lightning THYME. Dissertation on the camphire of Thyme Neumann TIBER. See Antiquities TIBERIADES. Experiments by way of analysis upon the water of the dead sea, upon the Hot springs, near Tiberiades, and upon Hammon Pharaoan water Perry XLII 48 VIII 643 TICUNAS. Experiments made on a great number of living animals with the poison of lamas and of ticunas Herissant XLVII 75 An account of the American poison ticunas Fontana LXX 163 Translation of Fontana's account of the American poison, called ticunas (Appendix) LXX ix TIDES. A relation of some extraordinary tides in the West Isles of Scotland Moray I 53 II 291 An essay exhibiting the hypothesis about the flux and reflux of the sea Wallis — 263 — 268 An appendix by way of answer to some objections made to the precedent discourse Wallis — 281 Some inquiries and directions concerning tides, proposed by Dr. Wallis, for the proving or disproving his lately published discourse concerning them Wallis — 297 — 365 Considerations and inquiries concerning tides; likewise for a further search into Dr. Wallis's newly published hypothesis Moray — 298 — 260 Patterns of the tables proposed to be made for observing of tides, promised in the next foregoing transactions Moray — 311 — 365 Other inquiries touching the sea Boyle — 315 — 297 An account of several engagements for observing of tides Oldenburg — 378 — 365 An account of the course of tides at Bermudas Norwood II 565 — 268 An account of some observations made at and near Plymouth, 1697, by way of an answer to some of the queries concerning tides, in vol. I. 298, 311 Colepreffe III 632 — 264 A letter concerning the variety of annual high tides, as to several places; with respect to his own hypothesis vol. I. p. 263 Wallis — 652 — 278 The true time of the tides Philips — 656 — 261 A letter concerning the present declination of | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Tides. Letter concerning the tides at the Bermudas | III 726| II 607 | | Observations made in the Stony road, near Bristol in answer to some queries concerning the tides | - | - | | Animadversions upon Dr. Wallis's hypothesis about the flux and reflux of the sea | V 2061 | - | | Dr. Wallis's answer to the above | - | - | | Letter concerning the flux of the Euripus | VI 2153| - | | An account of the current of the tides about the Orcades | VIII 6139| - | | A correct tide table, shewing the exact times of high water at London Bridge, to every day in 1683 | XIII 10| - | | Account of the foregoing tables | - | - | | A tide table of high water at London Bridge, in 1684, with directions for the use of it | XIV 458| - | | Account of the tide on the coast of Guinea | - | - | | An account of the course of the tides, at Tonqueen, with the theory of them at the bar of Tonqueen | - | - | | Tide table of the times of high water at London Bridge, for 1685, with directions | - | - | | Tide table of high water at London Bridge for 1686 | XV 1226| - | | An account of the course of the tides at Dublin | XVI 192| - | | Table of the high water on the coasts of France, upon the day of the new and full moon, taken from the French almanac, called La connaissance des temps, for 1687 | - | - | | Table of high water at London Bridge, for 1687 | - | - | | Table of high water at London Bridge, for 1688 | - | - | | An extract of a letter giving an account of an experiment made in the Bay of Bitca', of sinking a bottle close corked under various depths of water, and of Lay Well, which ebbs and flows | XVII 908| - | Answer Tides Answer to several inquiries relating to Lay-Well Oliver XVII 910 II 305 The true theory of the tides extracted from Newton's philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica Halley XIX 445 — 285 An extraordinary high tide in the river Thames Jones XXXIV 68 VI 2 167 Observations upon the tides in the river Thames Saumares — A tabular account of the tides in the river Thames, as observed in Lambeth Reach, with a new instrument called the marine surveyor, on the 9th and 18th of June, 1720 Anon. — 69, 71 A letter concerning the high tide on the river Thames, on Feb. 16, 1735-6 Jones XXXIX 198 VIII 643 The state of the tides in Orkney Mackenzie XLVI 149 X 577 Account of an extraordinary tide in the river of Forth Wright — 412 — 583 Account of the irregularities of the tides at Chatham Godden XLIX 523 Sheerness Monar'y — 525 Woolwich Taylor — 526 Deptford Anon. — 529 An account of the irregularities of the tides in the River Thames, on the 12th and 13th of February, 1756 Dingley — 530 Some account of the extraordinary agitation of the waters in Mountbay, and other places, on the 31st of March 1761 Borlase LII 418 Observations on the tides in the Straits of Gibraltar More — 447 An account of a remarkable agitation of the sea July 28, 1761, and of two thunder storms in Cornwall Borlase — 507 Observations on the tides in the island of St. Helena Maskelyne — 586 An account of a remarkable tide at Bristol, Feb. 11, 1764 Tucker LIV 83 An account of the flowing of the tides in the South Seas, as observed on board his Majesty's bark the Endeavour Cook LXII 357 Of the tides in the South Seas Cook LXVI 447 An account of the tides in the Adriatic Tealde LXVII 144 Tides. An account of the tides in the Adriatic Timber. Instances shewing the correspondence of the pith and timber, with the seed of the plant; as also of the bark, or sap in the bark, with the pulp of the fruit, or some encompassing coat or cod containing the seed. A discourse concerning the most reasonable time of felling of timber; written by the advice of S. Pepys. Letter concerning the difference of timber growing in different countries, and felled at different seasons of the year. Time. Letter concerning a movement that measures time after a particular manner, with an account of the reasons of the said motion. A letter wherein he asserts his right to the curious and useful invention of making clocks to keep time with the sun's apparent motion. Some remarks upon the equation of time, and the manner of computing it. Short and easy methods for finding the quantity of time contained in any given number of mean lunations, and the number of new lunations in any given quantity of time. A determination of the exact moments of time when the planet Venus was at external and internal contact with the sun's limb in the transits, of June 6, 1761, and June 3, 1769. A new method of finding time by equal altitudes. Tin. An account of some mineral observations touching the mines of Cornwall and Devon; wherein is described the art of training a load, the art and manner of digging the ore, and the way of dressing and blowing tin. A relation of the tin-mines, and working of tin in the county of Cornwall. The method of making tin plates, extracted from the memoirs of the Academy of Sciences for 1725. Account of native tin found in Cornwall. **Tin** A letter containing a supplement to the account of the discovery of native tin *Menches da Costa* Letters giving an account of a specimen of native tin found in Cornwall *Borlase and Rosewarne* **Tin-Foil.** Actual fire and detonation, produced by the contact of tin-foil, with the salt composed of copper and the nitrous acid *Higgins* **Tincture.** An account of an extraordinary tincture given to a stone *Reisel* Several experiments about giving variety of tincture to water, &c. *Southwell* **Tithimalus Hibernicus.** Letter concerning the effects of mackenboy or tithimalus hibernicus *Albe* **Tobacco.** Manner of planting and ordering tobacco in Virginia *Glover* Observations on the planting and culture of tobacco in Zeylan *Strachan* A letter concerning tobacco ashes *Leeuwenhoek* **Toes.** An account of one who had hairy excrescencies, or extraordinary large nails, on his fingers and toes *Locke* **Tokay.** An account of the tokay, and other wines in Hungary *Douglas* **Tomineius.** The description of the American tomineius, or humming bird *Grew* **Tones.** An explanation of the modes or tones in the ancient Grecian music *Stylos* **Tongue.** Some discoveries concerning the tongue *Malpighi* An account of a stone cut out from under the tongue of a man *Lister* Letter concerning worms found under the tongue, and other parts of the body *Deni* Letter concerning the same operation *Lewis* An account of the tongue of a pastinaca marina, frequent in the seas about Jamaica, and lately dug up in Maryland and England *Sloane* An account of a stone bred at the root of the tongue, and causing a quinsy *Bonavent* A letter concerning the whitening on the tongue in fevers *Leeuwenhoek* Microscopical observations upon the tongue *Leeuwenhoek* | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | LVI 305 | | | LIX 47 | | | LXIII 137 | I 604 | | XVI 22 | III 656 | | XX 87 | II 644 | | — 293 | III 566 | | XI 623 | IV 2 312 | | XXIII 1164 | V 2 267 | | XXIV 1740 | | | XIX 694 | III 13 | | LXIII 292 | | | XVII 760 | II 854 | | LI 695 | | | II 491 | III 58 | | VII 4062 | — 155 | | XVIII 219 | — 137 | | — 222 | | | XIX 694 | | | XX 440 | — 156 | | XXV 2456 | V 2 267 | | XXVI 111 | | *Tongue.* **Tongue.** A letter containing observations upon the white matter on the tongue of feverish persons | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | XXVI 210 | V 2 267 | — A description of that curious natural machine, the wood peckers tongue | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | XXIX 509 | V 55 | — A physiological account of the case of Margaret Cutting, who speaks distinctly, though she has lost the apex and body of her tongue | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | XLIV 621 | XI 956 | — The case of Henry Axford, who recovered the use of his tongue, after having been four years dumb, by means of a frightful dream | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | XLV 148 | — 958 | — An account of a very learned divine who was born with two tongues | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | — 232 | — 959 | **Top.** An account of an horizontal top invented by Mr. Serfon | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | XLVII 352 | Short | **Torpedo.** Of the electric property of the torpedo | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | LXIII 461 | Walsh | — Anatomical observations on the torpedo | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | — 481 | Hunter | — Of torpedos found on the coast of England | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | LXIV 464 | Walsh | — Extract of a letter containing some experiments on the torpedo, made at Leghorn, Jan. 1, 1773 | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | LXV I | Ingenhousz | — An account of some attempts to imitate the effects of the torpedo by electricity | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | LXVI 196 | Cavendish | **Torques.** A letter concerning a golden torques found in England | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | XLII 416 | IX 24 | **Torricellian Experiment.** An attempt to render the cause of that odd phenomenon of the quicksilver remaining suspended far above the usual height, in the torricellian experiment | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | VII 5027 | II 23 | — See Barometer **Tortoises.** Anatomical observations about the structure of the lungs of frogs, tortoises, &c. and perfecter animals | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | VI 2149 | Malpighi | — Observations on the weight of a land tortoise, when he went into the ground in autumn, and when he came out in spring, for several years | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | XVII 533 | — 825 | — An anatomical description of the heart of land tortoises from America | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | XXVI! 170 | Buffon | — An account of two new tortoises | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | LXI 266 | Pennant | | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | Touch. | Touch. | TOU TOUCH. Observations on the effects of touch and friction - Oldenburg TOURMALIN. Experiments on tourmalin Wilson — On the electrical nature of the tourmalin Bergman TOWER. Vide Antiquities TOWN. Letter concerning the vestigia of a Roman town near Leeds, in Yorkshire Thoresby — Observations on the expectations of lives, the increase of mankind, the influence of great towns on population, and particularly the state of London with respect to healthfulness and number of inhabitants Price TOXICODENDRON. Two letters concerning the toxicodendron (a native tree of Carolina) — A letter attempting to ascertain the tree that yields the common varnish used in China and Japan; to promote its propagation in our American colonies, and to set right some mistakes of botanists Ellis — Remarks on Mr. John Ellis's letter on the toxicodendron Miller Answer to the remarks Ellis TRADE WINDS. Concerning the cause of the general trade winds Hadley See Tropick TRADESCANT. Some account of the remains of John Tradescant's garden at Lambeth William Watson — A letter upon the early cultivation of botany in England; and some particulars about John Tradescant, a great promoter of that science as well as natural history, in the last century, and gardener to King Charles I. Ducarel TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD. See Blood TRANSITS. Some more accurate observations about Jupiter's transits near fixed stars; useful for determining the inclination of that planet to the ecliptic Flamsteed — Dissertation on the next transit of Venus under the sun Boscovich See Sun, Moon, Venus TRANSPLANTING. Some communications on the season for transplanting vegetables Reed — Some considerations on the best season for transplanting Bead Transf. Abridg. I 206 III 10 LI 308 LVI 236 XXIII 1285 V 2 37 LIX 89 XLIX 157 XLIX 866 L 430 — 441 XXXIX 58 VIII 500 XLVI 160 X 740 VIII 6033 I 381 LI 865 VI 2128 II 655 — 2144 Transylvania. Inquiries to be made in Hungary and Transylvania - Royal Society Directions and inquiries with their answers concerning the mines, minerals, baths, &c. of Oldeburg and Brown Travels. Observations in travels from Venice through Istria, Dalmatia, Greece, and the Archipelago, to Smyrna - Vernon A letter containing an account of his journey from Cairo, in Egypt, to the Written Mountains, in the Desert of Sinai - Montagu An account of three journeys from the Cape Town, into the southern parts of Africa; undertaken for the discovery of new plants, towards the improvement of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew - Majson Trees. Experiments concerning the motion of the sap in trees - Willoughby and Ray Observations, directions, and inquiries concerning the motion of sap in trees, in pursuance of what was begun therein about the latter end of 1668, and the next spring Tonge & Willoughby Experiments concerning the bleeding of Lister How to multiply crab-stools, and propagate trees by layers - Tonge Some communications concerning the descent of sap, and the season of transplanting Rea Some considerations of what choice of apples for the delicacy of the liquors in peculiar seasons; and for easy and speedy propagation: pears for some lands proper; their choice for manifold uses; especially for pleasant, or for lasting liquor: and how to be planted and ordered to the best advantage - Brad A way of making all sorts of plants, trees, fruits, and legums, grow to an extraordinary bigness - Anon. On the texture of trees, with notes thereon - Leeuwenhoek A discourse concerning the effects of the great frost on trees and other plants in 1683, drawn from the answers to some queries sent into divers countries by R. Piott, and from several observations made at Oxford by J. Bobart - Anon. Curious observations and experiments on the growth of trees - Brotherston Trees. An extract of a letter on the bark of trees Leeuwenhoek XVII 838 III 685 — A description of the pimienta, or Jamaica pepper tree — Sloane XVII 462 II 663 — Relation of subterraneous Youlc, in Yorkshire Richardson XIX 726 — 842 — Letter concerning trees found under ground in Hathfield Chace De la Pryme XXII 980 IV 2 212 — Letter concerning subterraneous trees, &c. De la Pryme XXIII 1073 — 218 — An account of the poison wood tree in New England Dudley XXXI 145 VI 2 307 Sherard — 147 — 2 308 — Account of letters found in the middle of a beach-tree Klein XLI 231 VIII 845 — An account of two oak trees struck by thunder Clark — 235 — 847 — The effects which the farina of the blossoms of different sorts of apple trees had on the fruit of a neighbouring tree Cook XLIII 525 X 751 — An account of the Bishop of London’s garden at Fulham, with a catalogue of the exotic trees remaining in it, June 25, 1751 W. Watson XLVII 241 — An account of some trees discovered under ground at Mount’s Bay in Cornwall Borlase L 51 — Observations on the growth of trees Marsham LI 7 — A letter on the trees which are supposed to be indigenous in Great Britain Barrington LIX 23 — On the usefulness of washing and rubbing the stems of trees, to promote their annual increase Marsham LXVII 12 — Description and use of the cabbage-bark tree of Jamaica Wright — 507 — See Black-Poplar, Sycamore, Walnut, &c. in their Places — See Sap, Vegetation Treves. Remarks on the stones in the county of Nassau, and the territories of Treves and Colon resembling those of the Giants Causeway in Ireland Tremblay XLIX 581 Triangles. Of triangles described in circles and about them Steadman LXV 296 Trigonometry. Spherical trigonometry reduced to plane Blake XLVII 441 — Abridged Murdoch L 538 — Calculations in spherical trigonometry abridged Lyon LXV 470 TRIPOLI. An account of some observations relating to the production of the terra tripolitana or tripoli Hubner LI 186 Remarks on Mr. Hubner's paper on tripoli La Cotta — 192 TRIPOS. Some account of a curious tripos and inscription found near Turin, tending to discover the true situation of the ancient city Industria Becker XLIII 540 XI 1240 TRITURE. Observations on these three chemical operations, digestion, fermentation, and triture or grinding, (hitherto, in the author's opinion, not sufficiently regarded) by which many things of admirable use may be performed Langelot VII 5052 III 315 TROCART. A new trocart for the puncture in the hydrocephalus, and for other evacuations which are necessary to be made at different times Le Cat XLVII 267 TROPICK. The breath of the sea plans probably the material cause of the trade or tropick winds Lister XIV 489 II 129 An historical account of the trade winds, and monsoons, observable in the seas, between and near the tropicks, with an attempt to assign the physical cause of the said winds Halley XVI 153 — 153 TROUT. Of the gillaroo trout Barrington LXIV 116 Account of the stomach of the gillaroo trout Henry Watson — 121 Observations on the gillaroo trout, commonly called in Ireland the gizzard trout John Hunter — 310 TROY. Short and easy methods for finding the number of Troy pounds contained in any given number of avordupoise pounds, and vice versa Ferguson LV 61 TRUFFLES. An account of the tubera terrae, or truffles, found at Rushton in Northamptonshire; with some remarks thereon Robinson XVII 824 — 624 TRUMPET. An account of the speaking trumpet as it hath been contrived and published by Sir S. Moreland, together with its uses both by sea and land Moreland VI 3056 Letter of his improvement of Sir S. Moreland's speaking trumpet, &c. Conyers XII 1027 I 505 A discourse concerning the musical notes of the trumpet, TUBA EUSTACHIANA. A method proposed to restore the hearing when injured from an obstruction of the tuba eustachiana TUBES. An experiment, shewing that the seemingly spontaneous ascension of water in small tubes open at both ends, is the same in vacuo as in the open air An account of some experiments, with an enquiry into the cause of the ascent and suspension of water in capillary tubes An account of some new experiments relating to the action of glass-tubes upon water and quicksilver Two letters concerning the rotatory motion of glass tubes about their axes, when placed in a certain manner before the fire An account of experiments relating to odours passing through electrified globes and tubes An account of the result of some experiments made here with globes and tubes, transmitted by Mr. Winkler to verify the facts above mentioned TULIPS. Microscopical observations on tulips, &c. A letter giving an account of tulips, and other such bulbous plants, flowering much sooner when their bulbs are placed upon bottles filled with water, than when planted in the ground An account of the same experiment tried the next year by Account of Mr. Tull's method of castrating fish TUMOUR. The history of a tumour in the lower part of the belly An account of a very large tumour in the fore part of the neck An observation of a tumour on the neck full of hydatides, cured by An account of an extraordinary tumour or wound lately cut off the cheek of a person in Scotland An account of a praeter-natural tumour on the loins loins of an infant, attended with a cloven spine An extraordinary case in surgery of a tumour Extract of two uncommon cases of tumours in the abdomen, from a Latin tract published at Strasbourg, anno 1728, entitled Boccleri, &c. Two extraordinary cases, one of a large stone in the urethra, occasioned by a venereal infection, the other of a child born with a remarkable tumour on the loins An account of a large glandular tumour in the pelvis; and of the pernicious effects of crude mercury given inwardly to the patient An account of an extraordinary tumour in the knee of a person whose leg was taken off The case of Grace Lowdell, aged about 60 years, who had an extraordinary tumour on her thigh An account of tumours which rendered the bones soft A letter concerning a child born with an extraordinary tumour near the anus, containing some rudiments of an embryo in it A letter containing the description of a new invented instrument for the extirpation of tumours out of the reach of the surgeon's fingers The case of an extraordinary tumour growing on the inside of the bladder successfully extirpated An account of some extraordinary tumours upon the head of a labouring man Case of a young lady who drank sea water for an inflammation and tumour in the upper lip Account of an extraordinary steatomatous tumour, in the abdomen of a woman Tumuli. Extract of a letter concerning some tumuli at Danes Graves, near Kilham, Yorkshire Tunquinese Medicine. The effects of the tunquinese medicine TUNIS. A letter containing a geographical description and map of the kingdom of Tunis, with a postscript relating to the cure of intermittent fevers in those parts - Shaw TURKEYS. An account of two young turkeys joined together by their breasts - Floyer An account of a bird, supposed to have been bred between a turkey and a pheasant - Edwards TURKEY. Inquiries for Turkey - Mr. H. Some communications out of Turkey - Anon. TURNIPS. An abstract of a letter concerning the making of turnip bread, in Essex - Dale Some instances of the very great and speedy vegetation of turnips - Defaguliers An account of some trials to cure the ill taste of milk, which is occasioned by the food of cows, either from turnips, cabbages, or autumnal leaves, &c. also to sweeten stinking water - Hales TURNING. The principal properties of the engine for turning ovals in wood or metal, and of the instrument for drawing ovals upon paper demonstrated - Ludlam TURN-LATHE. Letters about the method of polishing telescope glasses by a turn-lathe, and also of the making of an extraordinary burning-glass at Milan - Anon. TURPENTINE. The way of making pitch, tar, rosin, and turpentine near Marseilles - Bent TURQUOISE. Some remarks on the precious stone called the turquoise - Mortimer TYCHO BRAHE. Letter concerning the remains of the observatory of the famous Tycho Brahe - Gourdon TYROL. Remarkable observations in a journey over the Tyrol Alps, with a catalogue of the plants observed - Ehrhart TYRONE. Vide Antiquities | U. | |---| | **Ulcer.** An account of an ulcer in the right groin emitting the faeces of the intestines | | —— An account of a foetus voided by the ulcered navel of a negro, at Nevis - Earnshaw XV 1204 III 119 | | —— An account of the dissection of a person who died of an ulcer in the right kidney - Brodie XIX 580 — 219 | | —— Concerning the bones of a foetus being discharged through an ulcer near the navel - Douglas XXVII 32 V 257 | | **Unicorn Fish.** An account of a narhual or unicorn fish, lately taken in the river Ost, in the Dutchy of Bremen, 1736 - Steigerthal — 147 — 71 | | —— A description of the same fish - Hampe — 149 — 72 | | **Urchin.** An observation upon the motion of the hearts of two urchins, after their being cut out | | —— An anatomical observation of four ureters in an infant - Templer VIII 6016 III 69 | | —— An account of two large stones, which, for twenty years past, lodged in the meatus urinarius, and were thence cut out - Tyson XII 1039 — 146 | | —— Two cases of insects voided by the urinary passage - Bernard XIX 250 — 153 | | —— A letter concerning the foramen ovale being found open in the hearts of adults, and of the figure of the canal of the urethra - Turner XXXIII 410 VII 539 | | —— Case of Hannah Hitchcock, one of whose ureters was grown up - Le Cat XLI 681 — 180 | | —— An account of several cases of hernias, and disorders of the urethra - Huxham XLIII 207 XI 1007 | | —— A description of the lymphatics of the urethra and neck of the bladder - H. Watson XLVII 324 LIX 392 | **Urine** **URI** **USN** | **Urine. Account of a bullet voided by urine** | **Transf.** | **Abridg.** | |-----------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------| | Fairfax | III 803 | III 160 | | Two experiments made for finding another passage of the - Hauton | V 2049 | 147 | | Relation of a worm voided by urine Ent | XII 1009 | 135 | | The cure of a total suppression of urine, not caused by the stone, by the use of acids Baynard | XIX 19 | 148 | | Part of a letter giving an account of several magnetical experiments, and of one who pretended to cure or cause diseases at a distance, by applying a sympathetic powder to the urine Leewenhoek | - 512 | - 685 | | A relation of a person who voided many hydaticides in her urine Davies | XXII 897 | V 2 283 | | Letter concerning a bunch of hair voided by urine Yonge | XXVI 414 | V 284 | | Observations upon the hair Leewenhoek | - 416 | - | | Account of several solid bodies voided by urine Yonge | - 420 | - 286 | | A remarkable conformation of the urinary parts Burden | XXXVI 138 | VII 540 | | A case of an extraordinary cause of a suppression of urine in a woman Amyana | XXXVII 258 | - 540 | | Case of a gentlewoman who voided with her urine hairy crustaceous substances, with Sir H. Sloane's answer, containing several observations of extraordinary substances voided by the urinary passages Powell | XLI 699 | IX 180 | | Case of hair voided by urine Knight | - 705 | - 182 | | A case of a very long suppression of urine Dawson | LI 215 | LIV 61 | | An account of a hernia of the urinary bladder including a stone Iott | LXVI 578 | | | An account of a suppression of urine cured by a puncture made in the bladder through the anus Robert Hamilton | XXVIII 257 | V 2 97 | **Urns. An extract of a letter giving an account of a large number of urns dug up at North Elmham in Norfolk Newt** **Urtica Marina. An account of the urtica marina Gaertner** **Usnea. An historical memoir concerning a genus of plants called lichen by Micheli, Haller, and Linnæus and comprehended by Dillenius under the terms usnea, coralloides, and lichnoides;** **Uterus.** An account of the dissection of a bitch, whose cornua uteri being filled with the bones and flesh of a former conception, had, after a second conception, the ova affixed to several parts of the abdomen. — Account of a foetus lying without the uterus in the belly — An account of an hydrops ovarii, with a new and exact figure of the glandulae renales, and of the uterus in a puerpera — An account of balls of hair taken from the uterus and ovaria of several women — An account of several extra-uterine foetuses — Letter concerning the bones of a dead foetus taken out of the uterus of a cow — Account of an extra-uterine foetus taken out of a woman, after death, that had continued five years and a half in the body — An account of an extra-uterine conception — A letter concerning a schirrous tumour of the uterus — Some account of the foetus in utero being differently affected by the small-pox — Description of a double uterus and vagina **Uvea.** Extract of a letter containing the particulars of the cure of a wound in the cornea, and of a laceration of the uvea, in the eye of a woman. | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | tending principally to illustrate their several uses | L 652 | | | Uterus. An account of the dissection of a bitch, whose cornua uteri...| XIII 183 | II 904 | | — Account of a foetus lying without the uterus in the belly | XIX 314 | III 214 | | — An account of an hydrops ovarii, with a new and exact figure of... | XXV 2317 | V 294 | | — An account of balls of hair taken from the uterus and ovaria... | — 2387 | — 306 | | — An account of several extra-uterine foetuses | XXVI 424 | — 199 | | — Letter concerning the bones of a dead foetus taken out of the... | — 432 | — 54 | | — Account of an extra-uterine foetus taken out of a woman, after... | XXXII 387 | VII 555 | | — An account of an extra-uterine conception | XLIII 336 | XI 1010 | | — A letter concerning a schirrous tumour of the uterus | XLIV 285 | — 102 | | — Some account of the foetus in utero being differently affected... | XLVI 235 | — 1042 | | — Description of a double uterus and vagina | LXIV 474 | | | Uvea. Extract of a letter containing the particulars of the cure... | XLV 411 | — 954 | Vacuum. VAC V. Vacuum. Of the long continuance of a leach alive in the vacuum made in the pneumatic engine Boyle V 2049 III 147 — Experiments about the motion of pendulums in a vacuum Derham XXIV 1785 IV 2 168 — An account of an experiment to try the quality of air produced from gunpowder, fired in vacuo Boyliano — 1806 — - 172 — Experiments on the production and propagation of the light from the phosphorus in vacuo Hauksbee — 1865 — - 181 — Experiments on the resiliation of bodies in common air, in vacuo, and in air condensed Hauksbee — 1946 — - — Several experiments on the attrition of bodies in vacuo Hauksbee — 2165 — - 180 — An experiment shewing that the seemingly spontaneous ascension of water in small tubes open at both ends is the same in vacuo as in the open air Hauksbee XXV 2223 — - 181 — An account of an experiment shewing that actual sound is not to be transmitted through a vacuum Hauksbee XXVI 367 — An account of an experiment touching the propagation of sound passing from the sonorous body into the common air in one direction only Hauksbee — 369 — An account of an experiment touching propagation of sound through water Hauksbee — 371 — An account of an experiment, shewing that an object may become visible through such an opake body as pitch in the dark, while it is under the circumstances of attrition and a vacuum Hauksbee — 391 — - 182 — An account of an experiment to prove an interspersed vacuum; or to show that all places are not equally full Desaguliers XXX 717 — - 173 — An account of an experiment to shew by a new proof, that bodies of the same bulk do not contain equal quantities of matter, and, therefore that there is an interspersed vacuum Desaguliers XXXI 81 VI 2 157 T t t 2 Vacuum. VACUUM. Experiments and observations of the freezing of water in vacuo - Fahrenheit XXXIII 78 V 251 An account of the phenomena of electricity in vacuo - Watson XLVII 362 Vagina. An observation of hydatides voided per vaginam - Watson XLI 711 IX 188 Description of a double uterus, and vagina Purcelli LXIV 474 VALUE. Rules for correcting the usual methods of computing amounts and present values, by compound as well as simple interest; and of stating interest accounts - Watkins XXIX 111 V 2243 VAPOUR. An estimate of the quantity of vapour raised out of the sea by the warmth of the sun; derived from an experiment shewn before the Royal Society - Halley XVI 366 II 108 An account of the circulation of the watry vapours of the sea, and the cause of springs - Halley XVII 468 — 126 An account of the evaporation of water, as it was experimented in Gresham College, in 1693, with some observations thereon - Halley XVIII 183 — 110 An attempt to solve the phenomenon of the rise of vapours, formation of clouds, and descent of rain - Desaguliers XXXVI 6 VI 261 An experiment to shew that some damps in mines may be occasioned only by the burning of candles, under ground, without the addition of any noxious vapour, even when the bottom of the pit has a communication with the outward air, unless the outward air be forcibly driven in at the said communication or pipe - Desaguliers XXXIX 281 Some conjectures concerning the rise of vapours - Desaguliers XLII 140 VII 437 Letters concerning the cause of the ascent of vapour and exhalation, and those of winds; and of the general phenomena of the weather and barometer - Eeles XLIX 124 Remarks on the opinion of Henry Eeles concerning the ascent of vapours - Darwin L 240 An account of some new experiments in electricity containing an enquiry whether vapour be a conductor of electricity, &c. - Henley LXIV 389 VARNISH. The way of making several China varnishes, sent from the Jesuits in China to the great Duke of Tuscany - Sherara XXII 525 I 602 An account of the strange effects of the Indian varnish - Del Papa — 947 V 417 VARNISH. **Varnish.** Two letters on the texicodendron. *Abbé Mazeas and Miller* A letter attempting to ascertain the tree that yields the common varnish used in China and Japan; to promote its propagation in our American colonies; and to set right some mistakes botanists appear to have entertained concerning it. *Ellis* Remarks on Mr. J. Ellis's Letter on the texicodendron *Miller* Answer to the Remarks *Ellis* **Vaults.** Hints of the use to be made of vaults, &c. *Beale* **Vegetables.** Observations concerning cochinels, accompanied with some suggestions for finding out and preparing such like substances out of other vegetables *Anon.* Some communications on the season for transplanting vegetables *Reed* Some considerations on the best season for transplantation *Beal* A considerable account touching vegetable excrescencies *Lifter* Another letter enlarging his communications on vegetable excrescencies *Lifter* Some additions *Lifter* Observations on the anatomy of the trunks of vegetables, &c. *Anon.* An account of the nature and differences of the juices, more particularly of our English vegetable *Lifter* Observations on the roots of vegetables *Leeuwenhoek* Some observations concerning some wonderful contrivances of nature in a family of plants in Jamaica, to perfect the individuum, and propagate the species, with several instances analogous to them in European vegetables *Saane* The anatomical preparation of vegetables *Sel* Part of a letter concerning the electricity of vegetables *Browning* Account of vegetable balls which grow in a lake near the Humber in Yorkshire *Dixon* With remarks *W. Watson* VEGETABLES. A letter on the sexes of plants and impregnation of vegetables Styles — On the nature of gorgonia, that it is a real marine animal, and not of a mixed nature between animal and vegetable Ellis — Experiments on animals and vegetables, with respect to the power of producing heat John Hunter — Of the heat of animals and vegetables John Hunter VEGETABLES. (Chymical preparations from) A way of extracting a volatile fat and spirit out of vegetables; intimated in vol. viii. p. 5002 Coxe — A continuation of a discourse begun in vol. IX. p. 4, touching the identity of all volatile salts and vinous spirits, together with two surprising experiments concerning vegetable salts perfectly resembling the shape of the plants whence they had been obtained Coxe — 169 — 333 VEGETABLE LAMB. An account of the Scythian vegetable lamb, called borametz Brynius VEGETATION. Queries concerning vegetation, especially the motion of the juices of vegetables Anon. — Some communications relating to the queries about vegetation Beal — 853 — 676 — Additional answers to queries Tonge — 877 — 677 — 880 — 676 Promiscuous additions to what was formerly published in No. 43 and 44 Tonge — IV 913 — 678 Instances shewing the correspondence of the pith and timber, with the seed of the plant; as also of the bark or sap in the bark with the pulp of the fruit of some encompassing coat or cod, containing the seed Beale — 919 — 710 Experiments concerning the motion of the sap in trees Willoughby and Wray — 963 — 682 Hints tending to encrease the fertility of any kind of land, &c. Beal — 1135 — 728 Extract of divers letters, touching some enquiries and experiments; touching the motion of sap in trees, and relating to the question of the circulation of the same Lister — VI 2119 — 686 A letter relating to some particulars in Mr. Lister's communications Willoughby — 2125 — 685 ther discovery of the motion of juices in vegetables, and removing the difference noted in Mr. Willoughby's letter Anon. Vegetation. Some communications on the descent of sap Reed Some considerations on Mr. Reed's letter shewing in what sense the sap may be laid to descend, and to circulate the plants; and the graft to communicate with the stock Beal Some thoughts and experiments concerning vegetation Woodward Some observations concerning vegetation De la Pryme Observations and experiments relating to the motion of sap in vegetables Bradley Some microscopical observations, and curious remarks on the vegetation, and exceeding quick propagation of mouldiness, on the substance of a melon Bradley Some instances of the very great and speedy vegetation of turnips Desaguliers Observations on some plants in New England, with remarkable instances of the nature and power of vegetation Dudley Letter concerning the vegetation of melon seed 33 years old Gale New observations upon vegetation Mußel Veins. Anatomical observations of milk found in the veins instead of blood Boyle A farther account of observations about white blood Lowell A new discovery of the communications of the ductus thoracicus, with the emulgent vein Pecquet Some experiments of injecting liquors into the veins of animals Fracastorius Some new experiments of injecting medicated liquor into the veins, together with the considerable cures performed thereby Fabritius Some anatomical inventions and observations particularly about the origin of the injection into the veins Cachet An ingenious account of veins observed in plants analogous to human veins Lister Annotations upon a discovery pretended to have been made by M. Pecquet of a communication between between the ductus thoracicus and the inferior vena cava Veins. A further account concerning the existence of veins, in all kinds of plants, together with a discovery of the membranous substances of those veins, and of some acts in plants resembling those of sente, and also the agreement of the venal juice in vegetables with the blood of animals, &c. A note upon Mr. Lister's observations concerning the veins of plants Remarks on Mr. Wallis's observations Anatomical observations of an abscess of the liver; a great number of stones in the gall bag and bilious vessels; an unusual conformation of the emulgents and pelvis; a strange conjunction of both kidneys and a great dilatation of the vena cava Letter concerning powdered blue passing the lacteal veins An account of a polypus taken out of the vena pulmonalis, and of the structure of that vessel An account of divers schemes of arteries and veins, dissected from adult human bodies by J. Evelyn, to which are subjoined a description of the extremities of those vessels, and the manner the blood is seen by the microscope, to pass from the arteries to veins in quadrupeds when living, with some chirurgical observations and figures after the life An account of the veins and arteries of leaves See particular Veins in their Places Velocity. Remarks upon a supposed demonstration, that the moving forces of the same body, are not as the velocities, but as the squares of the velocities Remarks upon some experiments in hydraulics, which seem to prove that the forces of equal moving bodies are as the squares of their velocities A letter occasioned by the present controversy among mathematicians, concerning the proportion of velocity and force in bodies in motion **Velocity.** A letter containing a new manner of measuring the velocity of wind Brice An experimental examination of the quantity and proportion of mechanic power, necessary to be employed in giving different degrees of velocity to heavy bodies from a state of rest Smeaton The force of fired gunpowder, and the initial velocities of cannon balls, determined by experiments; from which also is deduced, the relation of the initial velocity to the weight of the shot and the quantity of the powder Hutton **Venereal Disease.** Two extraordinary cases of a large stone in the urethra brought on by a venereal infection, and of a child born with a remarkable tumour on the loins Huxham An attempt to prove the antiquity of the venereal disease, long before the discovery of the West Indies Becket A letter concerning the antiquity of the venereal disease Becket A letter to Dr. Halley, in answer to some objections made to the history of the antiquity of the venereal disease Becket An extraordinary venereal case Huxham An extract from the books of the town council of Edinburgh relating to a disease there supposed to be venereal in the year 1497 Macky **Venom.** Of a venomous scratch with the tooth of a porpus, its symptoms and cure Lifler **Ventilators.** An account of the great benefit of ventilators in many instances, in preserving the health and lives of people in slave and other transport ships Hales Observations on the utility of ventilators in a ship Ellis An attempt to improve the manner of working the ventilators by the help of the fire-engine Fitzgerald **Ventricle.** An account of the left ventricle of the heart of an amazing magnitude Douglas **Venus.** An account of several spots lately discovered in the planet Venus, at Bononia, extracted from the Journal des Scavans Cassini Venus. Conjunction of the moon and Venus, on the 11th of October, 1670 - Hevelius An account of the cause of the late remarkable appearance of the planet Venus, seen this summer for many days together in the day-time An account of an occultation of Venus by the moon, Sept. 19, 1729, at Berlin - Kirchius An account of Mercury eclipsed by Venus observed at Greenwich, May 17, 1737 - Bevis Transit of Mercury over Venus, May 17, 1737, at Greenwich An observation of the planet Venus (with regard to her having a satellite) made at sunrise, Oct. 23, 1740 - Short The phenomena of Venus, represented in an orrery, made by Mr. James Ferguson, agreeable to the observations of Seigni: r Bianchini Observation of the occultation of Venus by the moon, April 16, 1751 - Bradley An occultation of the planet Venus by the moon, in the daytime observed at London, April 16, 1751 - Bevis Dissertations on the next transit of Venus over the sun - Boscovich Observations on the transit of Venus over the sun, on the 6th of June, 1761, taken at Greenwich At Savile-House, London - Bliss In Spital-square, London - Canton With a preceding account of the method taken for verifying the time of that phenomenon; and certain reasons for an atmosphere about Venus, made at Chelsea - Dunn In the island of St. Helena - Maskelyne At Leskeard - Heydon Observations on the transit of Venus over the sun, on June 3, 1761, at Stockholm - Wargentin Further in Sweden - Wargentin At Paris - De la Lande In and near Paris - Fernet At Constantinople - Porter At Upsal in Sweden - Bergman At Catenburg in Sweden - Wargentin At Greenwich and Shirburn Castle - Bliss At Madrid - Eximenus | Venus. At Tobolsk in Siberia, by Abbé Chappe | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | At Leyden | De la Land | — 254 | | At the Island of Rodrigues | Lulof. | — 255 | | At the Cape of Good Hope | Pingré | — 371 | | At Madras | Mason & Dixon | — 378 | | At Bologna | Hirfi | — 396 | | At Calcutta in Bengal, communicated from the Court of directors of the East India Company | Zanotti | — 399 | | | Magee | — 582 | The observations on the internal contact of Venus with the sun's limb, in the late transit, made in the different parts of Europe, compared with the time of the same contact observed at the Cape of Good Hope, and the parallax of the sun thence determined Short — 611 A delineation of the transit of Venus, expected in 1769 Ferguson LIII 30 A letter from Sweden relating to the late transit of Venus, containing the observations made at Cajaneburg Wargentin — 59 An account of the transit of Venus, at Schwezinga Mayer LIV 163 Observations on the transit of Venus at St. John's in Newfoundland Winthrop — 277 Account of improvements to be made by observations of the transit of Venus in 1769 Hornby LV 326 The transit of Venus over the sun's disc, observed June 6, 1761, at Upsal Mallet LVI 72 Observations on the transit of Venus, over the sun; and the eclipse of the sun, on June 3, 1769 Makelyne LVIII 355 At the Middle Temple, London Horsfall LIX 170 At Shirburn Castle, and Oxford Hornby — 172 At Oxford Horley — 183 At Kew Bevis — 189 At Spital-square Canton — 192 At Leicester Ludlam — 236 Near Quebec Holland and St. Germain — 247 At Hammerloft for the Royal Society Dixon — 253 At the North Cape Bayly — 266 At the Isle Coudre near Quebec Wright — 273 At Grypswald Mayer — 284 At Norriton in Philadelphia Smith, Lukins, and Sellers — 289 In Sweden Wargentin — 327 At Glasgow Wilson — 533 VENUS. At Hawkhill near Edinburgh, to which are added, some remarks by the Astronomer Royal, and further particulars relative to the observations communicated in other letters At Gibraltar At Cambridge in New England At Paris and other places extracted from the letters of M. de la Lande, and from a letter from Mr. Messier Transit observed June 3, 1769, with a Cassegrain reflector of J. Short, having a metal speculum of two feet focal length, and magnifying about 110 times At Stockholm At East Dereham in Norfolk At Lewestown in Pennsylvania At the Round Tower, in Windsor Castle In Maryland At Prince of Wales's Fort, Hudson's Bay Account of several phenomena observed during the ingress of Venus into the solar disc A determination of the exact movements of time when the planet Venus was at external and internal contact with the sun's limb, in the transits of June 6, 1761, and June 3, 1769 Observations made at Dinapoor on the planet Venus, when passing over the sun's disk, with three different quadrants, and a two foot reflecting telescope Observations on the late transit of Venus at Caen, in Normandy Phases of the transit of Venus, supposed to be retarded by the aberration of light Observations on the transit of Venus at Geneva At Cavan, in Ireland At Cape François On the effect of the aberration of light, on the time of a transit of Venus over the sun A short account of the observations of the late transit of Venus, made at St. Joseph's, in California Short account of the late Abbé's Chappe's observations of the transit of Venus in California Transf. Abridg. Lina — 339 Jardine — 347 Winthrop — 351 — 374 Aubert — 378 Ferner — 404 Wollaston — 407 Biddle & Bayley — 414 Harris — 422 Leesas — 444 Wales and Dymond — 480 Hirst — 228 Dunn — LX 65 Deglais — 239 Pigott — 257 Winthrop — 358 Mallet — 363 Mason — 488 Pingré — 497 Price — 536 Doz — 549 Bourriot — 551 Venus. Venus. A deduction of the quantity of the sun's parallax from the comparison of the several observations of the late transit of Venus, made in Europe, with those made in George Island, in the South Seas, by Mr. Lexell Euler, Junior. Venus. (Statue of) An account of the discovery of an antient statue of Venus, at Rome Verdigris. Sequel to the case of Mr. Butler of Moscow, who was strangely affected by mixing verdigris and false leaf gold with aqua fortis Vertebræ. An observation of an infant, where the brain was depressed into the hollow of the vertebrae of the neck Vessels. Letter touching the true use of the lymphatic vessels Anatomical observations of an abscess in the liver; a great number of stones in the gall bag and bilious vessels; an unusual conformation of the emulgent and pelvis; a strange conjunction of both kidneys, and a great dilatation of the vena cava Letter concerning a substance coughed up resembling the vessels of the lungs Observations on the seed vessels, and seeds of polypodium An account of some uncommon anastomoses of the spermatic vessels in a woman Observations on the origin and use of the lymphatic vessels of animals, being an extract from the Gulstonian Lectures Account of an experiment, by which it appears that salt of steel does not enter into the lacteal vessels, with remarks Vessels in Wood. Account of the appearance of several woods and their vessels Vesuvius. A relation of the raining of ashes, in the Archipelago, upon the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, some years ago Of the burning and eruption of Mount Vesuvius, 1707 Extract of a letter giving several curious observations and remarks on the eruptions of fire and smoke, from Mount Vesuvius An account of an extraordinary eruption of Mount Vesuvius in March, 1730, extracted from the meteorological diary of that year at Naples An account of the eruption of Vesuvius, May, 1737 Another account from an English gentleman An account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1751 An account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1751, in a letter to Sir Mathew Fetherstonhaugh A letter concerning the late eruption of Mount Vesuvius An extract of the substance of three letters concerning the late eruption of Mount Vesuvius Some account of an eruption of Mount Vesuvius, March 24, 1758 An account of an eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Dec. 23, 1760 Another account of the same eruption An extract of a letter concerning the late eruption of Mount Vesuvius, dated at Rome, 9th of January, 1761, and the discovery of an ancient statue of Venus, at Rome Two letters giving an account of the late eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Nov. 17, 1764 An account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1767 A letter containing some farther particulars on Mount Vesuvius, and other volcanos in the neighbourhood Observations on the heat of the ground on Mount Vesuvius An account of an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Aug. 1779 Vetter. Some remarkable observations on the Lake Vetter Veturian. Remarks upon a Denarius of the Veturian family, with an Etruscan inscription on the reverse Vigiliae Florum. See Plant Villa Ludovisia. See Bones Villette. See Burning-Glass Vinadio. An account of the hot baths of Vinadio, in the Province of Coni, in Piedmont VIN VINEGAR. The way of making it in France Anon. — Observations on the mouths of the eels in vinegar, and also a strange aquatic animal Baker VINES. A way of making vines grow to advantage, all over the roof of a house Templer VIPERS. An observation touching the bodies of snakes and vipers Oldenburg — Some observations on vipers Redi — The phenomena afforded by them, included in an exhausted receiver Boyle — Experiments made upon vipers at Florence Plati — A discourse of the viper, and some other poisons, wrote by Sir Theodore de Mayerne, after discoursing with Mr. Pontaeus Mayerne — Some observations upon vipers Sprengell — A letter containing some observations on a man and woman bit by vipers Atwell — Letter concerning the viper catchers, and the efficacy of oil of olives in curing the bite of vipers Williams — Two letters concerning the efficacy of oil of olives in curing the bite of vipers Dufay — A letter on the coluber cerasites, or horned viper of Egypt Elli VIRGINIA. A letter concerning an unusual way of propagating mulberry trees in Virginia, for the better improvement of the silk work, together with some particulars tending to the good of that plantation Moray — Inquiries for Virginia, and the Bermudas Royal Society — An account of the advantage of Virginia for building ships — An account of Virginia, its situation, temperature, productions, inhabitants, and their manner of planting and ordering tobacco, &c. Glover — Extract of four letters relating to the natural productions of Virginia Banister — With an additional note Anon. — A letter giving an account of several observables in Virginia, and in his voyage thither, more particularly concerning the air Clayton — Second letter of farther observations on Virginia Clayton Trans. Abridg. V 2002 XLII 416 VIII 6016 I 138 I 160 V 2012 VII 5060 XVIII 162 XXXII 296 XXXIX 394 XL 26 — 444 LVI 287 I 201 II 420 VIII 6015 XI 623 XVII 667 — 691 — 781 — 790 IX 38 II 656 — 811 VII 409 IX 63 — 66 — 68 II 653 III 631 II 566 III 566 II 822 III 575 VIRGINIA. VIRGINIA. A continuation of the account of Virginia — A letter giving a farther account of the soil, and other observables of Virginia — A continuation of an account of Virginia — Answer to several queries of Dr. Grew's, in 1687, relating to Virginia Viscous Slime. Letter giving an account of a viscous slime left after a flood in the territory of the Landgrave of Thuringue, with observations thereupon by Mr. Watson VISION. A new discovery touching vision — An answer — Answer to Mr. Peequet, concerning the opinion that the choroeides is the principal organ of — A continuation of a discourse about vision, with an examination of some late objections against it — Two remarkable cases relating to vision — Letter concerning a contumacious jaundice, accompanied with a very odd case in vision See Opticks VITRIOL. Of the mineral of Liege, yielding both brimstone and vitriol, and the way of extracting them out of it used at Liege — Account of a pond, in Somersetshire, to which pigeons resort but cattle will not drink at it Further account of the (pond) vitriolate water, with some particulars touching water — A description of a Swedish stone, which affords sulphur, vitriol, allum, and minium — Some observations and experiments about vitriol, tending to prove the nature of that substance, and to give further light in the inquiry after the principles and properties of other minerals — A continuation of the discourse concerning vitriol, shewing, that vitriol is usually produced by sulphur, acting on, and coagulating with a metal; and then making out, that allum is likewise the result of the said sulphur; as also VITRUM ANTIMONII CERATUM. Observations on the effects of the — Geoffroy VITULUS MARINUS. Some account of the phoca, vitulus marinus, or sea calf, shewed in London 1743 — Parsons VITUS'S DANCE. An account of the cure of St. Vitus's Dance by electricity A. Fothergill VIVIPAROUS. An account of a kind of fly at this viviparous — Lister Account of a fly that is viviparous — Lister A letter concerning the minute eels in paste being viviparous — Sherwood VOICE. An essay tending to make a probable conjecture of tempers by the modulation of the voice in ordinary discourse — Eni VOLATILE SALT. See Salt VOLCANO. An account of the upper part of the burning mountains in the isle of Ternata according to the view taken thereof — Witzan A farther relation of the horrible burning of some mountains of the Molucco islands — Witzan An account of a very odd eruption of fire out of a spot in the earth near Fiorenzola in Italy — St. Clair A letter containing some farther particulars on Mount Vesuvius, and other volcanos in the neighbourhood — Hamilton An account of two Giants Causeways or Group of prismatic basaltine columns, and other curious volcanic concretions, in the Venetian states in Italy, with some remarks on the characters of these and other similar bodies, and on the physical geography of the countries in which they are found — Strange An account of a Volcanic hill near Inverness — West A letter giving an account of certain traces of volcanos volcanos on the banks of the Rhine Sir W. Hamilton See Etna, Vesuvius Volga. A specimen of the natural history of the Volga Forster Some account of a new map of the river Volga Forster Voluntaries. See Music Vomit. Extract of a letter containing some relations concerning odd worms vomited by children Lister Vomiting Medicines. The practice of purging and vomiting medicines, according to Dr. Cockburn's solution of his problem; with tables shewing their doses in particular ages and constitutions Cockburn Vortices. A physico-mathematical demonstration of the impossibility and insufficiency of vortices Sigorgne Voyages. Directions for seamen bound for far voyages Royal Society An appendix to the directions Anon. Observations made by a curious and learned person sailing from England to the Caribbee Islands Stubbes An enlargement of the observations Stubbes The remainder of the observations in the same voyage Stubbes Narrative of a voyage from Spain to Mexico, and of the minerals of that kingdom Anon. An account of a passage by sea to the East Indies Smithson A narrative of some observations made upon several voyages to find a way for sailing about the north to the East Indies, and for returning the same way from thence hither; together with instructions given by the Dutch East-India Company for the discovery of Jesso, near Japan; to which is added a relation of sailing through the northern America to the East-Indies Van Nierop A relation of a voyage from Aleppo to Palmyra in Syria Halifax An extract of the journals of two several voyages of the English merchants of the factory of Aleppo, to Tadmor, anciently called Palmyra VOYAGES. Journal of a voyage from London to Constantinople, 1668 — An account of a voyage to Chusan in China, with a description of the island, of the several sorts of tea, of the fishing, agriculture of the Chinese, &c. with several observations not hitherto taken notice of — Journal of a voyage made by order of the Royal Society to Churchill River on the North West Coast of Hudson Bay; of thirteen months residence in that country; and of the voyage back to England, in 1768, 1769 — Two letters of a voyage to Bengal, with observations made there — Remarks and observations made on board the ship Kelfall, on a voyage to Judda and Mocha, in 1769 — The method taken for preserving the health of the crew of his Majesty's ship the Resolution during her late voyage round the world — Journal of a voyage to the East-Indies, in the ship Grenville, Burnet Abercrombie Captain, in the year 1775 — Tract of his Majesty's armed brig Lion from England to Davis's Straights and Labrador, with observations for determining the longitude by sun and moon, and error of common reckoning; also the variation of the compass and dip of the needle as observed during the said voyage in 1776 VULTURE. An account of a prodigiously large feather of the bird cunter, brought from Chili, and supposed to be a kind of vulture Wales. A letter containing several observations in natural history made in his travels through Wales | Trans. | Abridg. | |--------|---------| | XXVI 462 | V 34 | | — 466 | V 34 | | — 467 | V 2 118 | | — 500 | — 120 | With a further account of birds mentioned in it Farther observations A letter giving a further account of what he met with remarkable in natural history and antiquities in his travels through Wales Extracts of letters containing observations in natural history and antiquities in his travels through Wales and Scotland Wall. Vide Figures Walling. Vide Antiquities Walnuts. Enquiries relating to the bleeding of walnut trees Observations on A description of a new kind of walnut tree discovered by Walpole, Horace. See Stone Warming Rooms. A proposal for warming rooms by the steam of boiling water conveyed in pipes along the walls Washes. A table of the washes in Lincolnshire Wasps. Observations about wasps, and the difference of their sexes An account of some very curious wasps nests made of clay in Pennsylvania A description of the great black wasp from Pennsylvania Two letters from Cambridge in New England, concerning two small species of wasps **Wasps.** Some observations upon an American wasp's nest - **Harrison** XLVII 184 Observations on the yellowish wasp of Pennsylvania - **Mauduit** XLIX 205 An account of a singular species of wasp - **Collinson** LIII 37 **Watches.** A narrative concerning the success of pendulum watches at sea for the longitudes - **Felton** LIV 53 Instructions concerning the use of pendulum-watches, for finding the longitude at sea; together with a method of a journal for such watches - **Holmes** I 13 I 555 An extract concerning very exact and portable watches - **Hugens** IV 937 — 547 Extract of a letter concerning the principle of exactness in the portable watches of his invention - **Leibnitz** X 272 — 465 An instrument for seeing the sun, moon, or stars pass the meridian of any place, useful for setting watches in all parts of the world with the greatest exactness, to correct sun dials, to assist in the discovery of the longitudes of places - **Derham** XXIV 1578 IV 464 Account of advantages of a newly invented machine much varied in its effects, and very useful for determining the perfect proportion between different moveables acting by levers and wheel and pinion - **Le Cerf** LXVIII 955 **Waters.** (Agitation of various) Twenty seven letters giving an account of an extraordinary and surprising agitation of the waters, Nov. 1, 1755, though without any perceptible motion of the earth, having been observed in various parts of this island, both maritime and inland on the same day, and chiefly about the time, that the more violent commotions of both earth and waters, so very extensively affected many very distant parts of the globe; in many letters transmitted to the Society; in which are specified the times and places when and where they happened - **Portsmouth** Robertson XLIX 351 - **Sussex and Surry** Wibb — 551 - **Guildford** Adei — 353 - **Waters** — 357 | Waters (Agitation of various) | Transf. | Abridg. | |-----------------------------|---------|---------| | Petworth | Hodgson | XLIX | | Cranbrook | Tempest | 360 | | Chevening | Pringle | | | Rotherham | Mills | 361 | | Peerless Poole, London | Birch | 362 | | Rochford, Essex | Thamlinson | 364 | | Reading | Philips | 365 | | Reading | Blair | 367 | | Sherburn Castle, Oxfordshire| Parker | 368 | | Devonshire, Cornwall, Plymouth, Mount's bay, Penzance, &c. | Huxham | 371 | | Mount's bay | Borlase | 373 | | Swanzey | Blair | 379 | | Norwich | Arderon | 380 | | Yarmouth | Barber | | | Hawkehead, Cumberland | Harrison| 381 | | Durham | Coupe | 385 | | Edinburgh | Stevenso.| 387 | | Luis in Scotland | Colquhoun| 389 | | Kinfaire | Nicola | 393 | | Toplitz, Bohemia | Staplin | 395 | | Hague | De Honda| 396 | | Leyden | Allmand | 397 | An extract of a letter, with an account of an extraordinary agitation of the water in a small lake at Cloleburn, in the shire of Dumfries, Feb. 1, 1756 - Kilpatrick - 521 Extract of a letter concerning an extraordinary motion in the waters in the lake Ontario in North America - Belcher - 544 An account of the agitation of the waters on the 1st of November, 1755, in Scotland and Hamburgh - Pringle - 550 Extract of a letter relating to the agitation of the waters observed at Dartmouth, Nov. 1, 1755 - Holdsworth - 643 An account of the agitation of the sea at Antigua Nov. 1, 1755 - Affleck - 668 An account of the extraordinary agitation of the waters, in several ponds in Hertfordshire, Nov. 1, 1755 - Rutherford - 684 Some account of the extraordinary agitation of the waters in Mount's bay, and other places, on the 31st of March, 1761 - Borlase - LII 418 Water. (Chemistry) Way of examining waters as W A T to freshness and saltnefs - Boyle WATER. (Chemistry) Several experiments about giving variety of tinctures to water, &c. Southwell An account of the filtering stone of Mexico, and compared with other stones, by which it is shewn that it is of little or no use in purifying the waters which have passed through it Vaterus An account of some trials to keep water and fish sweet with lime-water - Hales An account of some trials to sweeten stinking water - Hales A letter on the solubility of iron in simple water by the intervention of fixed air - Lane The description of an apparatus for impregnating water with fixed air, and of the manner of conducting that process - Nooth WATER, LIME. See Lime WATER. (Gravity) An invention for estimating the weight of water in water, with ordinary balances and weights - Boyle A new experiment concerning an effect of the varying weight of the Atmosphere upon some bodies in the water - Boyle Some experiments and observations on the force of the pressure of the water at great depths - Anon. An extract of a letter giving an account of an experiment made in the bay of Biscay of the pressure of water at various depths on a bottle close corked, and of Lay Well which ebbs and flows - Oliver An account of an experiment touching the proportion of the weight of air, to the weight of a like bulk of water; without knowing the quantity of either - Hauksbee An account of some experiments in relation to the weight of common water under different circumstances - Hauksbee An account of an experiment touching the different densities of common water from the greatest degrees of heat in our climate, to the freezing point, observed by a thermometer - Hauksbee Trans. XVII 627 Abridg. II 298 XX 87 III 656 XXXIX 106 VIII 728 XLVIII 826 XLIX 339 LIX 216 LXV 59 IV 1001 I 520 VII 5156 II 204 XVII 504 I 521 XVII 908 XXV 2221 IV 2180 XXVI 221 - 267 VI 2181 WATER. W A T Water. (Gravity) An account of some experiments in relation to the weight of common water under different circumstances. — An experiment touching the weighing of bodies of the same species, but very unequal surfaces in common water, being of an equal weight in common air. — The specific gravity of several metallic cubes, in comparison with their like bulks of water. — A caution to be used in examining the specific gravity of solids by weighing them in water. — A course of experiments to ascertain the specific buoyancy of cork in different waters, the respective weights and buoyancy of salt water, and fresh water, and for determining the exact weight of human and other bodies in fluids. Water. (Hydraulics) A way of producing wind by the fall of water. — Undertaking for raising of water. — A new way of raising water. — Letter concerning Dr. Papin's way of raising water. — Letter concerning Dr. Papin's new water engine. — A full description, with the use, of a new contrivance for raising water. — Answer to several objections made by Mr. Nuis against his engine for raising water by the rarefaction of the air. — An account of the motion of running water. — A description of an engine to raise water by help of quicksilver, invented by Haskins, and improved by Desaguliers. — A defense of the dissertation on the motion of running water against the animadversions of P. A. Michelotti. — An account of several experiments concerning the running of water in pipes, as it is retarded by friction and intermixed air, with a description of a new machine, whereby pipes may be cleared of air, as the water runs along, without stand-pipes, or the help of any hand. W A T Water (Hydraulics) A description of the water-works at London Bridge - Beighton An account of a new engine for raising water by horses - Churchman Of the measure and motion of running waters - Jurin With the conclusion - Jurin A narrative of a new invention of expanding fluids by their being conveyed into certain ignited vessels, where they are immediately rarified into an elastic impelling force sufficient to give motion to hydraulo-pneumatical and other engines for raising of water and other uses, &c. - Payne Part of a letter containing a description of a water-wheel for mills, invented by Mr. Philip Williams - Arden A description of a clepsydra, or water clock - Hamilton An experimental enquiry, concerning the natural powers of water and wind to turn mills, and other machines depending on a circular motion - Smeaton Problems concerning the fall of water under bridges, applied to the fall under London and Westminster Bridges - Robertson Short and easy methods for finding the quantity and weight of water contained in a full pipe of any given height and diameter of bore, and consequently to find what degree of power would be required to work a common pump, or any other hydraulic engine, when the diameter of the pump bore, and the height to which the water is to be raised, are given - Ferguson A memoir concerning the most advantageous construction of water-wheels, &c. - Mallet An account of a machine for raising water, executed at Oulton in Cheshire, in 1772 - Whitehurst Water. (Medicine) An account of what happened on syringing warm water into the thorax of a bitch - Musgrave The art of living under water; or a discourse concerning the means of furnishing air at the bottom of the sea in any ordinary depths - Halley | WATER (Medicine) An addition to the description of the art of living under water | Rogers | XXXI 177 | VI 350 | | Of the use of cold water in fevers | Cyrilus | XXXVI 142 | VII 635 | | Relation of a girl three years old, who remained a quarter of an hour under water without drowning | Green | XLI 166 | IX 241 | | Case of a large quantity of matter or water contained in cystis or bags adhering to the peritoneum, and not communicating with the cavity of the abdomen | Graham | — 708 | — 187 | | A letter concerning a man who lived eighteen years on water | Campbell | XLII 240 | — 238 | | An account of an extraordinary cystis in the liver, full of water | Fernegan | XLIII 305 | XI 971 | | A proposal for warming rooms by the steam of boiling water conveyed in pipes along the walls | Cook | — 370 | — 1391 | | Account of the airs extracted from different kinds of waters, with thoughts on the salubrity of the air at different places | Fontana | LXIX 432 | — | | WATERS (Mineral.) Account of a pond in Somersetshire to which pigeons resort, but cattle will not drink at it | Anon. | I 332 | II 332 | | Further account of the (pond) vitriolate water, with some particulars touching waters | Anon. | — 359 | — | | An account of some sanative-waters in Herefordshire | Beale | — 359 | — | | An answer to the hydrologia chymica of Mr. W. Simpson | Wittie | IV 999 | — | | The answer enlarged | Wittie | — 1038 | — | | Some reflections made on the enlarged account of Dr. Wittie's answer to hydrologia chymica, chiefly concerning the cause of the sudden loss of the virtues of mineral waters | Foot | — 1050 | — 365 | | Some considerations relating to Dr. Wittie's defence of Scarborough Spaw, with an account of a salt spring in Somersetshire, and of a medical spring in Dorsetshire | Highmore | — 1128 | — | | Discourse relating to the notes of Dr. Foot in vol. IV. 1050, and of Dr. Highmore in vol. IV. 1128, concerning mineral waters, and extracts made out of them | Wittie | V 1074 | — | | Advertisements concerning springs, waters, petrifying and metallizing waters, &c. | Beal | X 357 | — | | Some queries whereby to examine mineral waters | Petty | XIV 802 | — | W A T **Water (Mineral)** Two letters concerning some mineral waters — Cay Observations on rain-water — Leeuwenhoek A short account of the nature and virtues of the Pyrmont waters, with some observations on their chalybeate qualities — Slare An historico-physical observation on the baths waters of Nîsôl commonly called cement-watzer, changing iron to baths — Belius An examination of the Chiltenham mineral water, which may serve as a method in general for examining mineral waters — Seckenburg Experiments by way of analysis upon the water of the Dead Sea, upon the hot spring near Tiberiades, and upon Hamman Pharoan water — Perry An account of the Carlsbad mineral waters in Bohemia — Miller Thoughts on the different impregnations of mineral waters; more particularly concerning the existence of sulphur in some of them — Rutty Extract of an essay entituled, On the uses of a knowledge of mineral exhalations when applied to discover the principles and properties of mineral waters, the nature of burning fountains, and of those poisonous lakes which the antients called Averni — Brownrigg Experiments on Rathbone-Place water — Cavendish An account of the sulphureous mineral waters of Castle-Loed and Fairburn in the county of Ross, and of the salt purging water of Pitkeathly in the county of Perth, in Scotland — Monro Continuation of an experimental inquiry concerning the nature of the mineral elastic spirit or, air contained in the Pouhon water, and other acidulæ — Brownrigg See Baths, Birch, Sea, Spout **Water.** (Natural history) Of a place in England, where, without petrifying water, wood is turned into stone — Boyle The causes of mineral springs further inquired into and the strange and secret changes of liquors, examined — Beal A particular account of the origin of fountains — Y y y 2 and to shew that the rain and snow waters are sufficient to make fountains and rivers run perpetually. WATER (Natural history) Observations concerning some little animals observed in rain, well, sea, and snow water; as also in water where pepper had lain infused. Leeuwenhoek With the manner of observing them. Experiments and observations about the natron of Egypt, and the Nitrian water. Leibniz Several observations and experiments on the animalcula in pepper water. Sir Edmund King The history of the generation of an insect by him called the Wolf; with observations on insects bred in rain water, in apples, cheese, &c. Leeuwenhoek Some microscopical observations of vast numbers of animalcula seen in water. Harris An account of an extraordinary eruption of water, in June, 1686, in Yorkshire. R. P. Observations on some animalcula in water. Leeuwenhoek Part of a letter giving a farther account of an eruption of waters in Craven. Thoresby A picture and description of a water insect not before described. Klein A description of the same sort of insect found in Kent. Brown With an addition. Mortimer Observations on the mouths of eels in vinegar, and also a strange aquatic animal. Baker Observations upon several species of small water insects of the polypus kind. Trembley An account of some remarkable insects of the polype kind found in the water near Brussels in Flanders. Brady WATERS. (Natural philosophy) Some trials about the air usually harboured and concealed in the pores of water. Boyle Some experiments about freezing, and the difference betwixt common fresh water ice, and that of the sea water. Lister An account of the evaporation of Water as it was experimented in Gresham College in WAT 1693, with some observations thereon Halley Waters (Natural Philosophy) Microscopical observations and experiments Letter concerning the different tastes of waters Leeuwenhoek Letter concerning making water subservient to the viewing both near and distant objects, with the description of a natural reflecting microscope Gray Farther account of his water microscope Gray An experiment shewing that the seemingly spontaneous ascension of water in small tubes, open at both ends, is the same in vacuo as in the open air Hauksbee Several experiments touching the seeming spontaneous ascent water Hauksbee Continuation Hauksbee An experiment touching the freezing of common water, and water purged of air Hauksbee An account of an experiment touching the freezing of common water tinged with a liquid said to be extracted from shell-lac Hauksbee An account of some experiments touching the keeping of fishes in water under different circumstances Hauksbee Part of a letter concerning the ascent of water between two glass planes Taylor An account of some experiments, with an enquiry into the cause of the ascent and suspension of water in capillary tubes Jurin An account of some new experiments relating to the action of glass tubes upon water and quicksilver Jurin Experiments and observations of the freezing of water in vacuo Fahrenheit A letter concerning the electricity of water Gray An experiment to prove that water when agitated by fire is infinitely more elastic than air in the same circumstances Clayton A dissertation on the nature of evaporation, and several phenomena of air, water, and boiling liquors Hamilton Experiments to prove that water is not incomprehensible Canton WATER. (Natural Philosophy) Experiments and observations on the compressibility of water, and some other fluids The supposed effect of boiling upon water, in disposing it to freeze more readily, ascertained by experiments On the variation of the temperature of boiling water WAX. An advertisement of a way of making more lively counterfeits of nature in wax, than are extant in painting; and of a new kind of maps in low relievo, both practised in France Extract of two letters concerning the effects of a cane of black sealing-wax, and a cane of brimstone, in electrical experiments Observations on the Abbe Mazeas's letter on the Count de Caylus's method of imitating the ancient painting in burnt wax WEATHER. See Barometer, Meteorological Observations, Thermometer WEATHER CORD. See Hygrometer WEAVERS. Account of the weavers alarm, vulgo larum WEAVING. An account of Mr. Le Blon's principles of printing in imitation of painting, and of weaving of tapestry in the same manner as brocades WEDGE. An account of an experiment concerning the angle required to suspend a drop of oil of oranges, at certain stations, between two glass planes, placed in the form of a wedge WEED. An account of a new dye from the berries of a weed in South Carolina WEIGHTS. An invention for estimating the weight of water in water with ordinary balances and weights Of the weight of a cubic foot of divers grain Further list of specific gravities of bodies An account of some experiments in relation to the weight of common water under different circumstances WEIGHTS. An account of some experiments in relation to the weight of common water under different circumstances — Hauskbee — Experiments touching the time required in the descent of different bodies of different magnitudes and weights in common air from a certain height — Hauskbee — An account of an experiment explaining a mechanic paradox, viz. that two bodies of equal weight suspended on a certain balance, do not lose their equilibrium, by being removed one farther from, the other nearer to, the center — Desaguliers — A letter of weighing the strength of electrical effluvia — Ellicot — A course of experiments to ascertain the respective weights and buoyancy of salt-water and fresh water, and for determining the exact weight of human and other bodies in fluids — Wilkinson WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. An experiment to compare Paris weights as they are now used with the English weights — Desaguliers — An account of the analogy betwixt English weights and measures of capacity — Barlow — An account of the proportion of the English and French measures and weights from the standard of the same kind at the Royal Society — Anon. — An account of a comparison lately made by some gentlemen of the Royal Society of the standard of a yard, and the several weights lately made for their use; with the original standards of measures and weights in the Exchequer, and some others kept for public use at Guildhall, Founders Hall, the Tower, &c. — Graham — A state of the English weights and measures of capacity, as they appear from the laws as well ancient as modern; with some considerations thereon; being an attempt to prove that the present avoirdupoise weight is the legal and ancient standard for the weights and measures of this kingdom — Reynardson WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Short and easy methods for finding the number of Troy pounds contained in any given number of avoirdupois pounds, and vice versa Ferguson WEIGHTS. Remarks upon two Etruscan weights or coins never before published Swinton — An inquiry to shew what was the ancient English weight and measure according to the laws or statutes prior to the reign of Henry the Seventh Norris WEIGHTS. See Coins, Measures WEIGHT. Extract of a letter concerning two men of an extraordinary bulk and weight Knowlton WELL. The description of a well and earth in Lancashire, taking fire by a candle approached to it Shirley — An account of wells, both salt and sweet, digged near the sea at Bermudas Norwood — Instances, hints, and applications, relating to a main point, solicited in the preface to this fourth volume, concerning the use may be made of vaults, deep wells, and cold conservatories, to find out the cause, or to promote the generation of salt, minerals, metals, crystals, gems, stones of divers kinds, &c. Beale — Observations concerning some little animals observed in rain, well, sea, and snow-water; as also in water where pepper had lain infused Leeuwenhoek With the manner of observing them Leeuwenhoek — A letter from the king's officers at Sheerness giving an account of what they met with in opening an ancient well near Queensborough, in Kent, Jan. 8, 1729 Collifor — An observation of an extraordinary damp in well in the isle of Wight Cook — A letter concerning a burning well at Brofely Mason — An account of a new medicinal well, lately discovered near Moffat in Annandale, in the county of Dumfries Walker — Extract of a letter from Calcutta, concerning a burning rock, and a burning well Wood WEN. An account of an extraordinary tumour or wen lately cut off the cheek of a person in Scotland WEREDALE. A letter concerning a subterraneous cavern in Weredale WESTASHTON WELL WATER. An examination of Westashton well water WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. Problems concerning the fall of water under bridges, applied to the falls under London and Westminster Bridges WHALE. (Astronomy) Remarks about the new star in the neck of the whale WHALE. (Fish and fishing) Of the new American whale fishing about the Bermudas — A further relation of the whale fishing about the Bermudas, and on the coast of New-England, and New Netherland — An account of the whale fishing at Bermudas, and of such whales as have the sperma-ceti in them — A letter concerning the whales at Bermudas and sperma-ceti — A letter concerning the flesh of whales, crystalline humour of the eye of whales, fish and other creatures, and of the use of the eye-lids — A letter containing observation upon the seminal vessels, muscular fibres, and blood of whales — Of ambergris found in whales — An essay upon the natural history of whales, with a particular account of the ambergris found in the sperma ceti-whale — An account of a machine for killing of whales — Vide Cachalot WHEAT. An odd effect of thunder and lightning upon wheat and rye in the granaries at Dantzig — Letter about the grains resembling wheat which fell lately in Wiltshire — An account of some experiments by Mr. Miller of Cambridge, on the sowing of wheat — A discourse proving from experiments, that the larger the wheels of a coach, &c., are, the more easily they may be drawn over a stone, or such like obstacle that lies in the way. **Wheel.** Account of the advantages of a newly invented machine much varied in its effects, and very useful for determining the perfect proportion between different moveables acting by levers and wheel and pinion. — Le Cerf — A memoir concerning the most advantageous construction of water-wheels, &c. — Mallet **Whelp.** An account of an animal, resembling a whelp, voided per anus by a male greyhound. **Whiteness.** A letter concerning the whiteness on the tongue in fevers. — Leeuwenhoek **Whirlwind.** Account of a whirlwind in Northamptonshire. — Anon. — Account of a whirlwind which happened at Cerne Abbas in Dorsetshire, Oct. 30, 1731. — Derby — An account of a meteor seen in New England, May 10, 1760, and of a whirlwind felt in that country, July 10, 1760. — Winthrop **Widgell-Hall.** See Figures **Williams.** See Water-Wheel **Willow.** Observations on insects lodging themselves in old willows. — King — Letter concerning excrescences growing on willow leaves. — Leeuwenhoek — An account of the success of the bark of the willow in the cure of agues. — Stone **Wind.** A way of producing wind by the fall of water. — Pope — Observations made in mines, and at sea, occasioning a conjecture about the origin of wind. — Colepeper — Extract of several letters from Edinburg, giving an account of an obelisk thrown down by a violent wind, of an extraordinary lake in Lord Lovat's lands in Scotland, of Lake Neus, and of a petrifying rivulet. — Makenzy — Advertisements concerning black-winds and tempests. — Beal — The breath of the sea plants probably the mate- W I N rial cause of the trade or tropick winds Wind. A letter concerning the use which may be made of the following history of the weather Observations of the wind, weather, and height of Mercury in the barometer, at Oxford Extract of a letter concerning the causes of several winds An historical account of the trade winds, and monsoons, observable in the seas between and near the tropicks, with an attempt to assign the physical cause of the said winds Part of a letter accompanying his observations of the height of the Mercury in the barometer, rains, winds, &c. for the year 1698 Observations of the weather made in a voyage to China, 1700 A register of the wind and weather at China, with the observations of the mercurial barometer at Chusan from Nov. 1700, to Jan. 1702 A prospect of the weather, winds, and height of the Mercury in the barometer on the first day of the month, and of the whole rain in every month in 1703, and beginning of 1704, at Townley in Lancashire And at Upminster Tables of the barometrical altitudes at Zurich in Switzerland, in the year 1708, by Scheuhzer, and at Upminster in England, by Derham, as also the rain at Pisa in Italy in 1707, and 1708, by Tilli, and at Zurich in 1708, and at Upminster in all that time: with remarks on the same table, as also on the winds, heats, and cold, and divers other matters occurring in those three different parts of Europe An account of an extraordinary stream of wind which shot through part of the parishes of Termonomungam and Urney, in the county of Tyrone, Oct. 11, 1752 Letters concerning the cause of the ascent of vapour and exhalation, and those of winds; and of the general phenomena of the weather and barometer WIN WOL Wind. An experimental enquiry concerning the natural powers of water and wind to turn mills and other machines depending on a circular motion. — A letter containing a new manner of measuring the velocity of wind. — Observations on the state of air, winds, weather, &c., made at Prince of Wales's Fort on the north-west coast of Hudson's Bay in 1768, and 1769. Wind Gage. Description and use of a portable wind gage. Wind Machines. Observations on Mr. Sutton's invention to extract foul and flinking air out of ships, with critical remarks upon the use of wind sails. — Of the degrees and quantities of wind requisite to move the heavier kinds of wind machines. Windpipe. An account of gases found in the wind pipes of some animals. — An account of a polypus coughed up by the windpipe. — An account of some peculiar advantages in the structure of the aspera arteria, or windpipes of several birds, and in the land testicle. Windows. A dissertation on the antiquity of glass in windows. — See Glass. Windsor Loam. A letter concerning Windsor loam. Wine. Of the globules in the blood and in the dress of wine. — An account of the Tokay and other wines in Hungary. Winter. Account of damage done in his garden by the preceding winter. — An account of the lately invented stove for preserving plants in the greenhouse in winter. Wire. An account of the effect of electricity in shortening of wires. Wolf. The history of the generations of an insect by him called the wolf; with some observations on insects bred in rain water, in apples, cheese, &c. Trans. Abridg. LI 100 LVI 224 LX 137 LXV 353 XLII 62 VIII 630 LXVII 493 I 100 II 869 XXXIV 263 VN 503 LVI 204 L 601 XLIV 458 X 605 XXXII 436 VII 562 LXIII 292 XIV 659 II 153 XVIII 191 — 750 LXX 334 XVIII 194 III 685 Wolf. WOLF. An anatomical description of worms found in the kidneys of wolves - Klein XXXVI 269 VII 456 WOMAN. An account of a woman who had a double matrix - Vassall IV 969 III 265 A letter concerning a woman of 62 years of age, that lost her leg and greatest part of her thigh by a gangrene - Calpe XXVI 41 V 389 A letter containing the case of a woman who had her menses regularly to 70 years of age - Yonge XXVIII 236 — 360 An account of what appeared on opening the big-bellied woman near Haman in Shropshire, who was supposed to have continued many years with child - Hollings XXIX 452 — 293 An account of an extrauterine fetus taken out of a woman that had continued five years and a half in the body - Hunston XXXII 387 VII 355 On the supernatural structure of the genital parts of a woman - Huxham — 408 — 546 History of the same woman - Oliver — 413 — 548 A letter concerning the supernatural structure of the pudenda in a woman - Bonnet XXXIII 142 — 551 Two newly discovered arteries in women going to the ovaria - Ranby XXXIV 159 — 541 Account of a woman 63 years of age, who gave suck to two of her grand children - Stack XLI 140 IX 206 Case of one who had a fetus in her abdomen nine years - Bromfield — 697 An abstract of the remarkable case of a woman from whom a fetus was extracted that had been lodged in one of the fallopian tubes 13 years - Munro XLV 131 XI 1012 Extract of a letter containing the particulars of the cure of a wound in the cornea, and of a laceration of the uvea in the eye of a woman - Avery — 411 — 954 Account of the remarkable alteration in the colour of a negro woman - Bate Ll 759 Account of an extraordinary stomatous tumor in the abdomen of a woman - Hanly LXI 131 WOMB. Letter concerning the structure of the womb - Malpighius XIV 630 III 197 An account of an uncommon case of a drop between the coats of the womb - Anon. XVIII 20 — 205 Account of a puppy in the womb that received no nourishment by the mouth - Brady XXIV 2076 V 310 | Topic | Author | Transf. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|---------|---------| | **WOM**. Account of a child's crying in the womb | Derham | XXVI 485| V 310 | | An account of a large bony substance found in the womb, 1733 | Hody | XXXIX 189| IX 191 | | Letter concerning the extirpation of an excretion from the womb | Burton | XLVI 520| XI 1022 | | **WOOD**. Of a place in England, where, without petrifying water, wood is turned into stone | Boyle | I 101 | II 325 | | Of the abundance of, found under ground in Lincolnshire | Anon | V 2050 | — 423 | | An account of the appearance of several woods and their vessels | Leeuwenhoek | XIII 197| III 684 | | An extract of a letter containing several observations on the texture of the bones of animals compared with that of wood | Leeuwenhoek | XVI 838 | — 685 | | Observations upon the vessels in several sorts of wood | Leeuwenhoek | XXXI 134| VI 2 336 | | An account of the poison wood tree in New England | Dudley | — 145 | — 307 | | An account of a capricorn beetle found alive in a cavity within a sound piece of wood | Sherard | — 147 | — 308 | | A short description of some high mountains on which are a great quantity of fossil wood | Mortimer | XLI 861 | IX 11 | | The principal properties of the engine for turning ovals in wood or metals, and of the instruments for drawing ovals upon paper, demonstrated | Ludlam | LXX 378 | | | **WOOD-PECKERS**. A description of that curious natural machine, the wood-pecker's tongue | Waller | XXIX 509| V 55 | | **WOOLLEN MANUFACTURE**. An account of a balance of a new construction supposed to be of use in the woollen manufacture | Ludlam | LV 205 | | | **WORCESTER**. See Figures | | | | | **WORMS**. Observations about shining worms in oysters | Auzout | I 203 | III 826 | | A relation of worms that eat out stones | De la Vey | — 321 | II 787 | | Observations on several sorts of worms found in the guts | Lister | VIII 6060| III 119 | *Worms.* | Topic | Transf. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | Worms. Extra of a letter concerning odd worms vomited by children | X 391 | III 135 | | Relation of a worm voided by urine | XII 1009| — 135 | | Microscopical observations about animals in the scurf of the teeth, | | | | the substance called worms in the nose, the cuticula of scales | XIV 568 | — 684 | | A letter giving an account of the Connough worm | XV 876 | II 758 | | Lumbricus hydropicus, or an essay to prove that hydatids often met | | | | with in morbid animal bodies, are a species of worms or imperfect | XVII 596| III 133 | | animals | | | | Letter concerning worms found in the tongue and other parts of the | XVIII 219| — 137 | | body, with the manner of extracting them | | | | Another letter confirming the same operation | | | | Part of a letter from Fort St. George, in the East Indies, giving an | XIX 417 | — 138 | | account of the long worm which is troublesome to the inhabitants | | | | of those parts | | | | Letter concerning the worms in sheeps livers | XXII 509| — 688 | | Letter concerning worms pretended to be taken from the teeth | | — 686 | | Observations concerning the worms of human bodies | XXIII 1296| V 199 | | Part of a letter concerning worms observed in sheeps livers, and | | | | pasture grounds | XXIV 1522| V 2 226 | | A letter concerning worms in the heads of sheep | | | | An anatomical description of worms found in the kidneys of wolves | XXXVI 269| VII 456 | | A dissertation on the worms which destroy the piles on the coast of | | | | Holland and Zealand | XLI 276 | IX 12 | | Part of a letter concerning some worms whose parts live after they | | | | have been cut asunder | XLII 522| — 117 | | A letter with some microscopical observations on the farina of the | | | | red lily, and of worms discovered in smutty corn | | — 634 | | An account of worms in animal bodies | XLIX 246| VIII 816| | Case of a boy troubled with convulsive fits cured by the discharge of | L 518 | | | worms | | | | Topic | Author | Reference | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|-----------| | Another account | Gaze | L 521 | | More observations | Wal. | — 836 | | Worms. Observations on various sorts of worms as well human as from horses | Limbourg | LVI 126 | | Wound. Account of a child born with a large wound in the breast supposed to proceed from the force of imagination | Cyprianus | XIX 291 | | A brief narrative of the shot of Dr Robert Fielding with a musket ball, and its strange manner of coming out of his head, where it had lain near thirty years, written by himself | Fielding | XXVI 317 | | An account of part of the colon hanging out of a wound for 14 years | Water | XXXI 89 | | An essay upon the use of the bile in the animal oeconomy found on an observation of a wound in the gall bladder | Stuart | XXXVI 341 | | Some observations on wounds in the guts | Amyand | XXXIX 329 | | An account of a wound which the late Lord Carpenter received at Brihuega, whereby a bullet remained near his gullet for a year wanting a few days | Carpenter | XL 316 | | The cure of a wound in the cornea of the eye cured by | Thomas Baker | XLI 133 | | A remarkable cure of a wound of the head complicated with a large fracture and depression of the skull, the dura mater and brain wounded and lacerated | Cogua | — 495 | | Extract of a letter concerning the particulars of the cure of a wound in the cornea, and of a laceration of the uvea in the eye of a woman | Aery | XLV 411 | | Case of a man wounded in the left eye by a small sword | Geach | LIII 234 | | An account of the successful application of sal. to wounds made by the bite of rattlesnakes | Gale | LV 244 | | An extraordinary cure of wounded intestines | Nourse | LXVI 426 | | Writings. Copy of a letter concerning the books and antient writings dug out of the ruins of an edifice near the site of the old city of Herculaneum, to Monsignor Cerati of Pisa; with a translation by Mr. Locke | Anon. | XLIX 112 | | Extract of a letter concerning a supposed connection between the hieroglyphical writing of antient Egypt, and the characteristic writing which | | | WRI YOU is in use at this day among the Chinese WRITING. The elements of a short hand Remarks on Mr. Jeake's plan for short-hand WRITTEN MOUNTAINS. A letter containing an account of his journey from Cairo in Egypt to the Written Mountains, in the Desert of Sinai WROXETER. Two letters relating to Wroxeter in Shropshire WIRTEMBERG ENGINE. See Syphon X. XENOPHON. Letter concerning an eclipse mentioned by Xenophon Y. YARD. An account of a comparison lately made by some gentlemen of the Royal Society of the standard of a yard, and the several weights lately made for their use; with the original standards of measures and weights in the Exchequer, and some others kept for public use, at Guildhall, Founders-hall, the Tower, &c. A problem for finding the year of the Julian period by a new and very easy method YEW TREE. A letter concerning the farina succundans of the yew tree YORK. Vide Antiquities, Bas-Relief YOUNES EBN. Translation of a passage in, with some remarks thereon | Z. | | --- | | **ZANGARI AND BANDI, Countess CORNELIA.** An extract of an Italian treatise, written by Joseph Bianchini upon the death of the Countess Cornelia Zangari and Bandi of Cesena. | XLIV 447 | XI 1068 | | **ZENITH.** Some thoughts concerning the sun and moon, when near the horizon appearing larger than when in the zenith | Logan XXXIX 404 | VIII 377 | | **ZETLAND.** Two letters concerning the Islands of Zetland | Preston XLIII 57 | XI 1328 | | **ZINC.** On the use of an amalgam of zinc for the purpose of electrical excitation | Higgins LXVIII 861 | | **ZIRCHNITZER SEA.** An account concerning an uncommon lake, called the Zirchnitzer sea in Carniola | Brown IV 1083 | II 306 | | —— Some queries and answers concerning a strange lake in Carniola, called the Zirchnits sea | Brown IX 194 | — 306 | | —— A full and accurate description of the wonderful Lake of Zirknitz in Carniola | Valvasor XVI 411 | — 307 | | **ZODIAC.** The observations of the ancients concerning the obliquity of the Zodiac | Bernard XIV 721 | I 260 | | —— A letter containing a sketch of the signs of the zodiac, found in a Pagoda, near Cape Camorin in India | Cali LXII 353 | | **ZOOPHYTES.** A dissertation on zoophytes | Baer LII 108 | | —— Letter on the animal nature of the genus of zoophytes called Corallina | Ellis LVII 404 | | **ZOOPHYTON.** A letter concerning a zoophyton somewhat resembling the flower of the marigold | Hughes XLII 590 | XI 111 | AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF THE WRITERS IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF THE WRITERS IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS A. ADAMS, ARCHIBALD, M.D. Account of a monstrous calf, and of some things observable in the human ear — On the making of microscopes ADEE, SWITHIN, M.D. On the virtues of Jessop's Well — On the agitation of the waters at Guilford, Nov. 1, 1755 ABRY, THOMAS, M.D. On the cure of a wound in the cornea of the eye, and of a laceration of the uvea AFFLECK, Captain. On the agitation of the sea at Antigua, Nov. 1, 1755 AGLIONBY, WILLIAM. Of the nature of silk as it is made in Piedmont AIKIN, REV. JOHN. Bill of mortality of Warrington, 1773 AKENSIDE, MARK, M.D. Observations on the lymphatic vessels of animals | Trans. | Abridg. | |--------|---------| | XXV 2414 | V 34 | | XXVII 24 | IV 303 | | XLVI 451 | X 574 | | XLIX 357 | | | XLV 411 | XI 954 | | XLIX 668 | | | XXI 183 | II 757 | | LXIV 438 | | | L 322 | AKENSIDE | 4 A 2 | Author | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | Akenside, Mark, M.D. | Account of a blow upon the heart, and its effects | LII | 353 | | Alchorne, Stanesby | Catalogue of fifty plants from Chelsea, 1770 | LXI | 390 | | | Examination of the ores in the Museum of Dr. Hunter | LXIII | 30 | | Aleemor, Lord | Observations on the transit of Venus, June 3, 1769, at Hawkhill | LXIX | 529 | | Alexander, J. | Letter concerning a place at New York for measuring a degree of latitude | XLI | 383 | | | Experiments with camphire | LVII | 65 | | Alleman Didier L. | Description of a celestial globe | XII | 905 | | | Account of the agitation of waters at Leyden, Nov. 1, 1755 | XLIX | 397 | | | Of the earthquake felt at Leyden, Leige, Maestricht, Nimeguen, and Arnhem, Dec. 26, 1755 | | 512 | | | Of an earthquake felt in Holland, Feb. 18, 1756 | | 545 | | Allen, Benjamin | On the manner of generation of cells | XIX | 664 | | | Account of the death-watch | XX | 376 | | | Of the gall-bee | | | | Allen, Thomas, M.D. | Narrative of an hermaphrodite shewn in London | II | 624 | | Almond, Rev. Edmund | Account of the gigantic boy at Willingham, near Cambridge | XLIII | 250 | | Alston, Charles, M.D. | On the property of quicklime | XLVII | 265 | | Amyand, Claudius | Relation of an idiot at Ostend, and of two chirurgical cases | XXVI | 170 | | | Case of a stricture in the middle of the stomach of a girl, dividing it into two bags | XXXVII | 258 | | | of a child born with the bowels hanging out of its belly | | 258 | | | of a suppression of urine in a woman | | 516 | | | of the foramen ovale of the heart, being found open in an adult | XXXIX | 172 | | | of an inguinal rupture, with a pin in the appendix coeci, incrusted with a stone; and some observations on wounds in the guts | | 329 | | | Of an obstruction of the biliary ducts, and an impofthumation of the gall bladder | XL | 317 | | | of a bubonocle, and the operation made upon it | | 361 | AMY AND ARD Amyand, Claudius. Observations on a fracture of the os humeri, by the power of the muscles only - XLIII 293 XI 1103 — Case of an iliac passion, occasioned by an appendix in the ilion — 369 — 1066 — Observations on the spina ventosa — XLIV 193 — 1094 Anderson, William. Account of a poisonous fish in the South Seas — LXVI 544 — of a large stone near Cape Town; with a letter from Sir William Hamilton on having seen some pieces of the said stone — LXVIII 102 André St. Mr. — of an extraordinary effect of the colic — XXX 586 V 270 Angestein, Mr. — Some Swedish minerals sent to Mr. James Petiver — XXVIII 222 VI 2 286 Arbuthnot, John, M.D. An argument for Divine Providence, from the constant regularity observed in the birth of both sexes — XXVII 186 V 2 240 Arderon, William. Account of a shuttle spire taken out of the bladder of a boy — XLIII 194 XI 951, 1006 — of the sinking down of a piece of ground at Horseford; in Norfolk — 527 X 587 — of the weavers alarm, vulgo larum — 555 XI 1392 — A description of a water-wheel for mills invented by Mr. Philip Williams — XLIV 1 X 247 Account of keeping small fish in glass jars; and of an easy way of catching fish — 23 XI 869 — Description of an improved hygroscope — 95 X 453 — An improvement of the weather cord — 169 — 454 — Description of an hygrometer made of a deal rod — 184 — 454 — Account of a bristle that was lodged in a gentleman's foot — 192 XI 1114 — Observations on the precipices and cliffs on the north east coast of Norfolk — 275 X 589, 592 — on the peculiar accent of eels — 395 XI 874 — on the bansticle or prickle-back; and also on fish in general — 424 — 872 — On the white matter that floats about in the air in summer — 428 X 608 — On the formation of pebbles — 467 X 608 — On the hearing of fish — XLV 149 XI 880 — Account of the caverns in the Chalk Hills, near Norwich — 244 X 593 — Observations on keeping fish in glasses — 321 XI 871 — A representation of an halo, or mock-sun observed July 11, 1749 — XLVI 196 — 1295 | Author | Title | Transl. | Abridg. | |-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Arderon, William | Observations on the hot weather in July, 1750 | XLVI | X | | | Account of an explosion in the air, heard at Norwich, June 7, 1750 | — | 698 | | | Observations on the late severe and cold weather | XLVIII | 507 | | | Account of the agitation of the waters observed at Norwich, Nov. 1, 1755 | — | L | | | On giving magnetism and polarity to brass | XLIX | 380 | | | The quantity of rain fallen in a foot square at Norwich each year, from 1750 to 1769 | — | LIII | | Aromataris, Joseph de | On the generation of animals, and on the seeds of plants | XVIII | 150 | | Ascanius, Peter, M.D. | Account of a mountain of iron ore at Taberg in Sweden | XLIX | 30 | | Ash, George, Bp. of Cloyne | A new and easy method of demonstrating some propositions in Euclid | XIV | 672 | | | Observations on an eclipse of the sun, July 2, 1684 | — | 749 | | | Account of a girl in Ireland who had several horns growing on her body | XV | 1202 | | | A relation of an extraordinary effect of the power of imagination | XVI | 334 | | | Account of a meteor, or dew, resembling butter, that fell in Ireland | XIX | 224 | | | The effects of Mackenboy, or Tithimalus Hibernicus | XX | 293 | | | On the effects of imagination | XXVIII | 267 | | | Account of the sinking of a hill in Ireland | XXXII | 80 | | Atkinson, Joseph | Case of an imposthumation in the stomach | XXXIII | 340 | | | Extraordinary case in surgery, of tumours | XXXVII | 301 | | Atwell, Joseph | Conjectures on the nature of intermitting and reciprocating springs | XXXIX | 394 | | | Observations on a man and woman bit by vipers | LIX | 378 | | Aubert, Alexander | Observations of the transit of Venus, June 3, 1769 | LXVI | 92 | | | A new method of finding time by equal altitudes | XIX | 727 | | Aubry, Mr. | Account of a medicated spring in Glamorganshire | I | 3 | | Auzout, M. Adrian | The motion of the late comet predicted | I | 36 | | | The motion of the second comet predicted | — | 55 | | | Judgment touching the apertures of object-glasses, and their proportions in respect to the several lengths of telescopes, with a table | — | 191 | Auzout, M. Adrian. Considerations upon Mr. Hook's new instrument for grinding of optick-glasses, with Mr. Hook's answer — Of a means to illuminate an object in what proportion one pleaseth, and of the distance requisite to burn objects by the sun — A further account touching Sig. Campani's book and performances about object-glasses — Sig. Campani's answer, and M. Auzout's animadversions thereon — Speculations of the changes likely to be discovered in the earth and moon, by their respective inhabitants — Instance to Mr. Hook for communicating his contrivance of making, with a glass of a sphere of 20 or 40 feet diameter, a telescope, drawing several hundred feet, and his offer of recompensing that secret with another, teaching to measure, with a telescope, the distances of objects upon the earth — Observations about shining worms in oysters — The reasons why, in the eclipse of the sun, July 2, 1666, the diameter of the moon did increase about the end — A way for taking the diameter of planets — A way for knowing the parallax of the moon — An observation concerning the declination of the magnet, made at Rome about the beginning of 1670 Aylett, George, (Surgeon). An observation of the spina bifida B. B. D. On the present declination of the magnetic needle, and on the tides B. Sir R. On the Giants Causeway in Ireland B. R. On the incalculable quicksilver with gold — On a new sort of calsesh Babin, Jacques Paul. On the flux of the Euripus BACON, VINCENT, (Surgeon). Case of a man poisoned by eating monk's-hood, or napellus BADCOCK, R. Microscopical observations on the ferina fecundans of the holyoak, and the passion flower — Further observations and experiments on the passion flower, and its farina — On the farina fecundans of the yew tree BADENACH, JAMES, M. D. A technical description of an uncommon bird from Malacca BAILEY, —. An account of a very large stone found in the colon of a Horse; and of several stones which were taken from the intestines of a mare; with some experiments and observations thereupon BAILLEY, M. A proposal for some new methods of improving the theory of Jupiter's satellites BAKER, DAVID ERSKINE. Account of a tripod and inscription found near Turin, serving to discover the true situation of the city Industria — On water efts slipping off their skins — Account of two extraordinary belemnite — Of a dwarf — Of an earthquake felt at York, April 19, 1754 BAKER, HENRY. Experiments and observations on a beetle that lived three years without food — Discovery of a perfect plant in feminine — Account of Mr. Leeuwenhoek's microscopes — On the jelly of black currants curing inflammations in the throat — Account of Margaret Cutting, who speaks though she has lost her tongue — Observations on the mouths of the eels in vinegar, and also a strange aquatic animal — Observations on a polype dried — Account of the eye-sucker — Method of procuring the true impression or figure of medals, &c. — Account of a large fossil tooth of an elephant — Of the ancient Bridewell at Norwich — A description of a curious echinites — Of some clay moulds, or concaves, of ancient Roman coins found in Shropshire — Account of the grubs that destroy the grass in Norfolk — On the Russian fish called Quabb, and the stones called Crabs Eyes BAKER, HENRY. Medical experiments of electricity — Account of the present condition of the Roman camp at Caistor, in Norfolk — — of an halo, or mock sun, observed July 11, 1749 — Observations on the minuteness of some seeds of plants — — on the Aurora Borealis lately seen — Account of the earthquake at London, Feb. 8, 1749-50 — — at Winborne, in Dorsetshire, May 4, 1749 — — at Taunton, in Somersetshire, July 11, 1747 — — of a fire ball seen in the air, July 22, 1750 — — of some uncommon fossil bodies — Supplement to M. Crusio's account of a distempered skin — Effects of Opuntia, or prickly-pear, and of the indigo plants in colouring the juices of living animals — On giving magnetism and polarity to brass — Account of the sea polypus — — of a stony concretion taken from the colon of a horse — Case of Mr. Butler of Moscow, who was strangely affected by mixing verdigris and false leaf gold with aquafortis — Report concerning the microscope glasses, sent as a present to the Royal Society, from father Di Torre BAKER, THOMAS. Case of a wound in the cornea BALDWIN, CHRISTIANUS ADOLPHUS. Account of a factitious stony matter or paste shining in the dark like a glowing coal BALGUY, CHARLES, M.D. Account of the dead bodies of a man and woman which were preserved 49 years in the Moors of Derbyshire BALL, WILLIAM. A way of preserving ice and snow by chaffe — An observation not long since made in England of Saturn BALLARD, —. On the magnetism of drills BANISTER, JOHN. On the natural productions of Jamaica — With an additional note BANISTER, JOHN. Observations concerning insects in Virginia, with remarks by J. Petiver BANYER, HENRY, M.D. Two cases, one of an extraordinary Hemorrhage, the other of an aches, cured by tapping — Against empiricism BARBER, THOMAS. Account of the agitation of the water, at Yarmouth, Nov. 1, 1755 BARBCSA, JOH. MENDESIO SACHETTI. Lunae defectus Elbis observatus, die 27-28 Martii, 1755 BARHAM, HENRY. Relation of a fiery meteor seen in Jamaica, with remarks on the weather, earthquakes, &c. of that island — On the production of silk worms, and their silk in England BARKER, ROBERT. Account of a catoptrick microscope BARKER, Sir ROBERT. Thermometrical observations at Allahabad, in the East Indies, Lat. 35° 30' during the year 1767, and in a voyage from Madras to England, 1774 — The process of making ice in the East Indies — Account of the Brahms observatory at Benares BARKER, THOMAS. Account of a meteor seen in the county of Rutland, which resembled a water spout — On the return of the comet expected in 1757, or 1758 — On the mutations of the stars — Account of a remarkable Halo, May 20, 1737 — Observations on the quantities of rain fallen at Lyndon, in Rutland, for several years — A second letter on the same subject, with observations for determining the latitude of Stamford, in Lincolnshire — Register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain at Lyndon, in 1771 — 1772 — 1773 — 1774 — 1775 — 1776 — 1777 — 1778 — 1779 BARLOW, Rev. WILLIAM. On the mola salu or sun fish, and the glue made of it — Account of the analogy betwixt English weights and measures of capacity — — of an antient date in Arabian figures on the church of Runsey in Hampshire — Observations made at Plymouth, on an earthquake, Feb. 8, 1749-50 BERNARD, WILLIAM. Of an explosion in a coal-pit — Method for the removal of ships that have been driven on shore and damaged in their bottoms BARR, — Journal of the weather at Montreal from Dec. 14, 1776, to March 31, 1777 — — from Dec. 1778, to April 1779 BARRELL, Rev. EDMUND. Account of two northern auroras observed at Sutton and Hape, in Kent; Feb. 5, 1716-17, and March 30, 1716 — On the propagation of Mistletoe — Account of a shock of an earthquake felt at Sutton, in August, 1727 — On the difference of sex in mistletoe BARRINGTON, Hon. DAINES. Letter on some particular fish, found in Wales — An investigation of the difference between the present temperature of the air in Italy, and some other countries, to what it was seventeen centuries ago — On the trees, which are supposed to be indigenous in Great Britain — Account of a very remarkable young musician — Letter concerning chestnut trees — Account of a mole from North America — Some experiments made in North Wales, to ascertain the different quantities of rain, which fell at the same time at different heights — Investigation of the specific character which distinguishes the rabbit from the hare — On the periodical appearing and disappearing of birds — Account of a fossil lately found near Christ Church, in Hampshire — Observations on the Lagopus or ptarmigan — Experiments and observations on the singing of birds — Of the Gillaroo trout BARROW, ISAAC, D.D. Dissertation on the festerium BARROW, Rev. Mr. Births, burials, and number of inhabitants at Stoke Damerell, in Devonshire BARTHOLIN ERASMUS. Experiments made on a chrysal-like body, sent from Iceland BARTHOLINI, CASPAR. Observations on the salivary duct BARTRAM, JOHN. On a cluster of small teeth observed at the root of each fang of a rattle snake — Observations on the salt marsh muscle, the oyster banks, and the fresh water muscle of Pennsylvania — On curious wasp nests made of clay in Pennsylvania — Description of the great black wasp from Pennsylvania — Of the dragon fly, or libella of Pennsylvania — Further account of the libelia, or May flies — Account of an aurora borealis observed at Philadelphia, Nov. 12, 1757 BASTARD, WILLIAM. On the culture of pine apple BASTAR, JOB, M.D. On the worms which destroy the piles on the coasts of Holland and Zealand — Observations on an infant born with a bag full of water hanging from the os sacrum, to the ankles, and on a singular hydrocephalus — On a monstrous fetus without any mark of sex — Observations on the corallines, polypus's, and other sea animals — A dissertation on Zoophytes BATES, JAMES, M.D. On the alteration in the colour of negro woman BATES, THOMAS. Account of the contagious disease amongst the milch cows, near London, 1714; and of the methods taken for suppressing it BAXTER, WILLIAM. On the strange effects from eating Dog-mercury — Two letters relating to Wroxeter in Shropshire, and the hypocauta of the ancients BAYER, REV. THOMAS. Some improvement in logarithms — Essay towards solving a problem in the doctrine of chances BAILE. Relation of a child that remained 26 years in the mother's belly BAYLEY, EDWARD, M.D. Account of a shock of an earthquake felt at Havant, Oct. 25, 1734 XXXIX 362 VIII 690 BAYLEY, JOEL. Astronomical observations at the North-Cape LIX 262 Observation on the transit of Venus, June 3, 1769, at the North Cap: — 266 — 414 a: Lewestown in Pennsylvania BAYLY, GEORGE, M.D. On the use of the bark in the smallpox XLVII 27 BAYNARD, EDWARD, M.D. The probable cause of the pain in rheumatisms, and a cure of a total suppression of urine — 266 Cafe of a child who swallowed two copper farthings XIX 19 III 148, 265 XX 424 — 92 BEALE, J. D. D. An experiment to examine what figure or celerity of motion begetteth or increaseth light and flame. I 126 — 639 Observations touching putrefaction — 320 — 149 Promiscuous observations made in Somersetshire (of places on moors parched up in the shape of trees, under which oak trees are found; of a pond to which pigeons resort, but cattle will not drink at it, and the method of taking eels in frothy weather) — 323 II 323, 423, 837 Further account of the pond, with some particulars touching waters — 359 — 332 Account of some sanative waters in Herefordshire I 358 Some proposals to try the effects of the pneumatick engine exhausted on plants, seeds, and the eggs of silk worms II 424 — 656 Communication about vegetation IIi 853 — 676 Instances shewing the correspondence of the pith and timber, with the seed of the plant, as also of the bark or sap in the bark, with the pulp of the fruit, or some encompassing coat or cod containing the seed IV 919 — 710 Observations concerning the baroscope and thermoscope — 1113 — 5, 32 Causes of mineral springs inquired, and the strange and secret changes of liquors examined VI 1131 — 712 Instances, hints, and applications relating to a main point solicited in the preface to this fourth volume, concerning the use may be made of vaults, deep wells and cold conservatories, to find out the cause, or to promote the generation of salt, minerals, metals, crystal, gems, stones of divers kinds, and helps to conserve long, or to hasten, putrefaction, fertility of any kind of land, &c. Beale, J. D. D. Reflections relating to medical springs; vol. IV. 1050, considered, with an account of some such springs in England and other places, specifying how terrestrial steams may be the generative cause of minerals and metals, and of all the peculiarities of springs Some considerations of what choice of apples for the delicacy of the liquor in peculiar seasons, and for easy and speedy propagation: pears for some lands proper, their choice for manifold uses, especially for pleasant, or for lathing liquor: and how to be planted and ordered to the best advantage Considerations on an apiary Some considerations on Mr. Reed's letter, shewing in what tenor the sap may be said to descend and to circulate in plants; and the graft to communicate with the stock On the best season for transplanting An account of a strange frost which hath done much hurt about Bristol Some inquiries and suggestions concerning salt for domestique uses; and concerning sheep, to preserve them, and to improve the race of sheep for hardiness, and for the finest drapery Advertisements occasioned by the remarks printed in vol. X, 305, upon frosts in some parts of Scotland, differing in their anniversary seasons and force, from our ordinary frosts in England; of black winds and tempests; of the warm and fertilizing temperature and steams of the earth, stones, rocks, springs, waters, (some, in some places, more than others, in other places) of petrifying and metallizing waters; with some hints for the horti-culture of Scotland Observation on the Vinetum Britannicum Two instances of something remarkable in shining flesh Agristic observations and advertisements Hortulan and rural advertisements Beard, R. M. D. Account of a person killed by lightning at Worcester of a large stone voided through the urinary parts of a woman BEAUCHAMP, LORD. Account of a fire ball seen in the air, and of an explosion heard, Dec. 11, 1741, near London BEAUMONT, JOHN. On rock plants, and their growth — Further account of some rock plants of Mendip Hills — A new method of cleaving rocks BECCARIA, JOHN BAPTIST. Experiments in electricity — On the double refractions in crystals — New experiments in electricity — On the electrical atmosphere — On a new phosphorus receiving several colours and only emitting the same BECKE, DAVID VAN DER. Principles and causes of the volatilization of salt of tartar, and other fixed salts BECKETT, WILLIAM. On the antiquity of the venereal disease — Answer to the objection to his history of the venereal disease — On the difference of the height of the human body in the morning, and in the evening BECKMAN, JOHN CHRISTOPHER. On the osteocolla, and other observables near Francfort on the Oder BEESTON, Sir WILLIAM. Observations on the barometer at Jamaica — On an hot bath in Jamaica BEHM, MICHAEL. Account of some chymical, medicinal, and anatomical particulars BEIGHTON, HENRY. A description of the water works at London Bridge — The imperfections of the common barometers, and the improvement made in them by Charles Orme, with some observations, remarks, and rules for their use — Collections from the diary of the weather and barometer, in order to settle rules for foretelling the weather by the barometer — A new plotting table, for taking plans and maps in surveying, invented in 1721 BELCHER, Mrs. On an extraordinary motion of the waters in the lake Ontario Belchier, John. A remarkable case of a gentlewoman who died of an hydrops Ovarii — An account of the bones of animals being changed to a red colour by aliment only — Account of a man whose arm with the shoulder bone was torn off by a mill Bellers, Pettyplace. Description of the strata of earth in a coal-pit at Dudley, Staffordshire Belius, Matthew. On the brafs waters of Nifol, commonly called Cement Water, changing iron to brafs — Account of two extraordinary caves, the one of ice, the other throwing out noxious exhalations Bell, George. Case of William Payne, with what appeared upon examining his kidney and bladder Bellini, Laurence. Account of some anatomical engagements Benevoli, Antonio. Two observations upon the cataract of the eye Bent, Thomas. The way of making pitch, tar, rosin, and turpentine, near Marceilles Bent, James. Account of a woman enjoying the use of her right arm after the head of the os humeri was cut away Bentinck, William. On the fresh water polypus Benvenuti. Observations on a man surprisingly recovered from a fever — Account of an extraordinary large head Bergius, Peter Jones. Description and figure of the croton spicatum, a new species of plant, from America: — of the nyctanthes elongata, a new Indian plant — of a rare American plant of the brownææ kind, with some remarks on this genus Bergman, Thorbern. Letter to Mr. B. Wilson concerning electricity — Observations on the transit of Venus, June 6, 1761, made at Upsal in Sweden — Observations on an aurora borealis, made in Sweden — Observations in electricity, and on a thunder storm — Experiments in electricity BERGMAN, THORBERN. On the electrical nature of Tourmalin BERKLEY, EDWARD. Observations on the eruptions of fire and smoke from Mount Vesuvius BERKLEY, GEORGE, Bishop of Cloyne. On the Petrefaction of Lough Neagh BERNARD, CHARLES. The longitudes, latitudes, right ascensions, and declinations of the chiefest fixed stars according to the best observers — Observations of the ancients concerning the obliquity of the zodiac — made at Oxford on the solar eclipse, July 2, 1684 — Account of two large stones lodged in the meatus urinarius, and from thence cut out BERNARD, WILLIAM. — of the explosion of the air in a coal pit BERNOUILLI, NICHOLAS. A solution of the 15th problem of D. de Moivre in his treatise "de Mensura Sortis" BETTS, REV. JOSEPH. Observations on the late comet, made at Sherborn and Oxford, with the elements for computing its motions BEVAN, SYLVANUS. Case of the bones of a woman growing soft and flexible BEURER, JOHN AMBROSE. On the nature of amber — Inquiry concerning the stone osteocolla BEVIS, JOHN, M.D. Observations on an eclipse of the moon, March, 15, 1735-6, at Covent garden — on the moon's transit by Aldebaran, made at London, April 3, 1736 — On the eclipse of the moon, Sept. 8, 1736 — On the solar eclipse, Sept. 23, 1736, at London — On the occultation of Mars by the moon, Oct. 7, 1736, at London — On the solar eclipse, Feb. 18, 1736-7, at Greenwich — of Mercury eclipsed by Venus, observed at Greenwich, May 17, 1737 — of a luminous appearance in the sky seen at London, March 13, 1734-5 — of an occultation of Jupiter and his satellites by the moon, Oct. 28, 1740 | Author | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Bevis, John | Observations of a transit of Mercury over Venus, May 17, 1737, made at Greenwich | XLI 630 | | | | on the transit of Mercury over the sun, Oct. 31, 1736 | XLII 622 | VIII 198 | | | concerning Mercury | XLIII 48 | X 104 | | | on an occultation of Jupiter by the moon, June 6, 1744 | — 65 | — 95 | | | on an occultation of Cor Leonis by the moon, March 12, 1747 | XLIV 455 | — 110 | | | on an eclipse of the sun, July 14, 1748 | XLV 521 | — 68 | | | on an eclipse of the moon, Dec. 2, 1750 | XLVI 575 | — 94 | | | on an occultation of the planet Venus by the moon, April 16, 1751 | XLVII 159 | | | | Extracts from the astronomical observations made at Pekin, 1744-7 by the Jesuits | — 376 | | | | On Mr. Gascoigne's micrometer | XLVIII 190 | | | | Astronomical observations | — 301 | | | | Account of the comet of May, 1759 | LI 93 | | | | Observations on an eclipse of the moon, May 8, 1762 | LII 543 | | | | on an eclipse of the sun, April 1, 1764 | LIV 105 | | | | on an eclipse of the moon, March 17, 1764 | — 107 | | | | Astronomical observations made at Vienna | LV 130 | | | | Observations on the cold of 1740, and 1768 | LVIII 54 | | | | Observation on the transit of Venus and the eclipse of the sun, June 3 and 4, 1769 | LIX 189 | | | Bewick, Benjamin | Observations on the earthquake at Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1755, made at Cadiz | XLIX 424 | | | Bianchini, Francis | Observation of the occultation of the star at the north end of the bull's horn, under the moon, Nov. 21, 1713 | XXIX 88 | IV 302 | | | on the comet of 1723, at Albani | XXXIII 51 | VI 266 | | | Observationes aliquot circum-jovialum habita, anno 1724 | XXXIV 176 | — 238 | | | on the eclipse of the moon, Oct. 21, 1725, made at Rome | — 179 | — 194 | | | on the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites made at Rome and other places | XXXVI 35 | | | Biddle, Owen | Observations on the transit of Venus, June 3, 1769, made at Lewestown in Pennsylvania | LIX 414 | | | Bills, Louis De.| On the use of the lymphatic vessels | III 791 | III 262 | BILLS, LOUVS DE. A problem for finding the year of the Julian period by a new and very easy method BIORNIUS PAUL. An answer to some philosophical enquiries concerning Iceland BIRBECK, CHRISTOPHER. Case of a woman who voided the greatest part of a foetus by the navel BIRCH, SAMSON. Account of an extraordinary birth in Staffordshire BIRCH, THOMAS, D. D. The inscription upon a Roman altar found near Stanhope, in the Bishoprick of Durham — Account of an earthquake felt at London, March 8, 1749-50 — Additional remark on the Abbé Nollet’s letter on electricity — Account of an agitation of the waters of Peerless Pool, London, Nov. 1, 1755 — of the black affize at Oxford, 1777 BIRD, MR. A way of preparing a liquor that shall sink into and colour the whole body of marble, causing a picture drawn on the surface to appear also in the inmost parts of the stone BIRD, — New experiments on the proportion of English and French measures BLACK, JOSEPH, M. D. On the effect of boiling upon water in disposing it to freeze more readily BLAGDEN, CHARLES, M. D. Experiments and observations in an heated room BLAIR, JOHN, L. L. D. On the agitation of the waters at Reading, Nov. 1, 1755 — at Swanzy, Nov. 1, 1755 BLAIR, PATRICK, M. D. Osteographia elephantina, or a full and exact description of all the bones of an elephant, with their several dimensions, to which are prefixed an historical account of the natural endowments and several wonderful performances of elephants, with the manner of taking and taming them; and an anatomical account of its parts, &c. — A continuation — Account of the asbestos or lapis amiantus found in the Highlands of Scotland — The dissection of a child — A description of the organ of hearing in the ele- phant, with the figures and situation of the offices, labyrinth, and cochlea, in the ear of that animal BLAIR, PATRICK, M. D. Copy of an affidavit of a boy's living a considerable time without food — Method of discovering the virtues of plants by their external structure — On the generation of plants BLAKE, FRANCIS. On the best proportion for steam engine cylinders, of a given content — Spherical trigonometry reduced to plain — On the greatest effect of engines, with uniformly accelerated motions — Account of a lunar eclipse, Oct. 11, 1772, observed at Canton BLISS, NATHANIEL. Observations on the transit of Venus over the sun June 6, 1761, taken at Greenwich — — at Oxford — — on the eclipse of the sun, April 1, 1764, made at Oxford BLIZARD, WILLIAM. A new method of treating the fistula lachrymalis BLOM, JAMES CHRISTOPHER LE. On the principles of printing in imitation of painting BLONDEAU. Remarks on the principal paintings found at Herculaneum BOBART, JACOB. On the effects of the great frost on trees and other plants in 1683, drawn from the answer to some queries sent into divers countries by R. Plott, and from several obser- vations made at Oxford BODDINGTON, BENJAMIN. Account of Margaret Cutting, who speaks though she has lost her tongue BODDINGTON, JOHN. Account of some bones found in the rock at Gibraltar, with remarks by Dr. Hunter BOERHAAVE, HERMAN. Experiments on quick- silver. BON, — —. On the usefulness of the silk of spiders. BONAJUTUS, VINCENT. Account of the earthquakes in Sicily, Jan. 9 and 11, 1692, 3 BONAVERT. Account of a stone bred at the root of the tongue and causing a quinsy. BON, BOR BOND, HENRY. On the variation of the variation of the magnetic compass, &c. VIII 6065 I 587 BOND, JOHN, M. D. Account of a machine for killing whales XLVII 429 — Experiments on the copper springs at Wicklow in Ireland XLVIII 181 BONES, REV. JOHN. Case of mortifications of limbs in a family at Wattisham in Suffolk LII 526 — 529 — Second account BONFA, R. P. Observations of the eclipse of Jupiter by the moon, March 31, 1686 XVI 176 — 363 BONGLARUS, VAUCIUS DATHIRIUS. Testis examinatus III 843 III 191 BONNET, CHARLES. New observations upon insects XLII 458 IX 39 — Experiments of planting seeds in moths XLV 156 X 795 — Abstract of his memoirs concerning caterpillars — 300 IX 831 — On the success of inoculation at Geneva XLVIII 818 BONNET, JOHN. On the praeter-natural structure of the pudenda in a woman XXXIII 142 VII 551 BONOMO, M. D. On the worms of human bodies XXIII 1296 V 199 BORASSAW, —. Account of the falls of the river Niagara XXXII 69 VI 2 173 BORELLI. A sure and easy way of making telescopical glasses XI 691 I 195 — The price of his telescopes XII 1005 — BORLASE, REV. WILLIAM. The origin and properties of Cornish diamonds XLVI 250 X 642 — On the alterations of the islands of Scilly XLVIII 55 — Account of a thunder storm in Cornwall, Dec. 20, 1752 — 86 — On the agitation of the water at Mount's Bay, Nov. 1, 1755 XLIX 373 — Account of trees discovered under ground at Mount's Bay L 51 — Account of an earthquake felt in the west parts of Cornwall, July 15, 1757 — 499 — Of some antiquities found in Cornwall LI 13 — Of an agitation of the waters in Mount's bay, March 31, 1761 LII 418 — At Mount's-bay, Falmouth, Fowey, and Plymouth, July 28, 1761, and of two thunder storms, Jan. 11, 1762 — 507 — Of the rain fallen in Cornwall in 1762 LIII 27 — The mild weather in Cornwall, in the winter of 1762 — — | Author | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Borlase, Rev. William | Account of the rain and weather in June and July 1763, in Cornwall | LIV 59 | | | | —— of the native tin found in Cornwall | LVII 35| | | | Meteorological observations at Ludgvan, 1767 | LVIII 89| | | | Account of a specimen of native tin found in Cornwall | LIX 47 | | | | Meteorological observations at Ludgvan 1769 | LX 230 | | | | —— 1770 | LXI 195| | | | —— 1771 | LXII 365| | | Boscovich, Abbé | On the next transit of Venus | LI 865 | | | | Account of a new megameter and micrometer | LXVII 789| | | Bose, Professor | Letter on electricity | XLIII 419| X 277 | | | —— On the electricity of glass that has been exposed to a strong fire | XLVI 189| — 329 | | | Reflection on the medals of Pescennius Niger | — 452 | — 1314 | | | Observation on a total eclipse of the moon | — 570 | — 92 | | | June 19, 1750, made at Wirtemberg | XLVIII 358| | | Bottarius, John | Observations on an eclipse of the Moon, Dec. 1, 1732, made at Rome | XXXVIII 85| VIII 161| | Bourguignon, | Of an island thrown up near the island of Santerini | XXVI 200| V 2 197 | | Bourriot, | Account of the Abbé Chappe's observations of the transit of Venus, made in California | LX 551 | | | Bourzes, Father | Of the luminous appearance in the wake of ships in the Indian seas | XXVIII 230| — 213 | | Bowditch, Samuel | Account of a woman who lay six days covered with snow | — 265 | V [358] | | Bower, Thomas, M.D. | Of an extraordinary wen cut off the cheek | XXX 713| V 217 | | Bowles, William | Observations on the mines of Spain and Germany | LVI 229| | | Bowman, | Account of an earthquake felt March 14, 1749-50, at East Molesey | XLVI 684| X 209 | | Boyle, Hon. Robert | Experimental history of cold | I 8 | II 899 | | | Account of a monstrous calf | — 10 | | | | On the monstrous head of a colt | — 85 | | | | Of a place in England where, without petrifying water, wood is turned into stone | — 101 | — 325 | | | Of milk found in the veins instead of blood | — 100 | — 869 | | | Further account of the white blood | — 117 | III 239 | | | Observations upon the barometer | — 163 | II 4 | | | Observations about Jupiter | — 171 | I 400 | | | Account of an earthquake near Oxford, June 19, 1665 | — 179 | II 395 | | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Boyle, Hon. Robert. Observations on the barometer | I 181 | II 5, 8 | | General heads for a natural history of a country | | III 361 | | A way of preserving birds taken out of the shells, and other small foetus's | | | | Account of a new statical baroscope | | II 28 | | A new frigorific experiment | | | | Inquiries touching the sea | | | | Method of transfusing blood | | | | Trials of transfusing blood proposed | | III 226 | | Inquiries concerning mines | | | | A confirmation of the experiments of Sig. Fracastati, of injecting acid liquors into the blood | II 551 | | | Experiments on the relation between light and air, in shining wood, and fish | | II 206 | | On the difference between a burning coal and shining wood | | | | An invention for estimating the weight of water with ordinary balances and weights | IV 1001| I 520 | | New pneumatic observations about respiration | V 2011 | II 215 | | On the lasting of ducks in an exhausted receiver | | | | The phenomena afforded by vipers in an exhausted receiver | V 2012 | | | —— —— by frogs | | | | —— —— by newly kitteden kitlings | | | | Trials about the air harboured and concealed in the pores of water | | | | Phenomena afforded by shell fishes in an exhausted receiver | | | | —— —— by scale fish | | | | Account of two animals with wounds in the abdomen, included in the exhausted receiver | | | | Of the motion of the separated heart of a cold animal in the exhausted receiver | | | | A comparison of the times by which animals may be killed by drowning or withdrawing the air | | | | Of the incidents which happen to animals in air brought to a considerable degree of respiration, but not near the utmost rarefaction | | | | Experiments on respiration upon very high mountains | | | | Observations on an animal in changes of air as to rarity and density | | | 4 D | Boyle, Hon. Robert. An unsuccessful attempt to prevent the necessity of respiration, by the production or growth of animals in a vacuum | V 2040 | Abridg. | | --- | --- | --- | | Experiments on the expansion of animal juices | — 2043 | | | On the power of affluence to enable animals to hold out in air by rarefaction made unfit for respiration | — 2045 | | | Experiments shewing that air become unfit for respiration may retain its wonted pressure | — 2046 | | | On the use of air to elevate the steams of bodies | — 2048 | II 297 | | On the long existence of a leach in the vacuum | — 2049 | III 147 | | Experiments on creeping insects in the vacuum | — 2051 | II 463 | | Phænomena of winged insects in the vacuum | — 2053 | | | On the necessity of air to the motion of ants and mites | — 2054 | | | Observations on shining fish | VII 5108 | III 641 | | On the effect of the varying weight of the atmosphere upon some bodies in water | — 5156 | II 204 | | On ambergris and its being a vegetable production | VIII 6113 | — 492 | | Method to prevent the rot in sheep | — 7002 | | | On two sorts of helmontian laudanum | IX 147 | — 642 | | Conjectures on the bladders of air in fishes | X 310 | — 846 | | Description and use of a new essay instrument | — 329 | I 516 | | Letter on the essay instrument | — 353 | — 520 | | On the weakened spring, and some unobserved effects of the air | — 467 | II 235 | | On the superficial figures of fluids | XI 775, 799 | I 526, 531 | | Account of a strangely self-moving liquor | XV 1188 | III 367 | | Account of making phosphorus | XVII 583 | — 346 | | Way of examining waters as to freshness or saltness | — 627 | II 298 | | Boylston, M.D. On ambergris found in whales | XXXIII 193 | VII 423 | | Bradley, Rev. James. On the motion of the sap in vegetables | XXIX 486 | IV 2302 | | Microtropical observations on vegetation, and on the quick propagation of mouldiness on a melon | — 490 | IV 2308 | | Observations on the comet of 1703 | XXXIII 41 | VI 259 | | The longitude of Lisbon, and of the Fort of New York from Wansted and London determined by the eclipse of the first satellite of Jupiter | XXXIV 85 | V 412 | | An account of a new discovered motion of the fixed stars | XXXV 637 | IV 149 | | On the going of clocks with isochronal pendulums | XXXVIII 302 | VII 238 | BRADLEY, | Author | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Bradley, Rev. James | Observations on the comet of 1736-7, made at Oxford | XL III | VIII 210 | | | on the apparent motion of the fixed stars | XLV I | X 32 | | | on the occultation of Venus by the moon, April 15, 1751 | XLVI 201| | | | On the comet of 1757, at Greenwich | L 408 | | | | Directions for using the common micrometer | LXII 46| | | Brady, Samuel | Account of a puppy in the womb that received no nourishment from the mouth | | V 34 | | Brady, T. M. D. | Account of some insects of the polype kind | XXIV 2176| [353] | | | Account of a bone found in the pelvis of a man at Brussels | XLIX 248| | | Breintal, J. | Account of what he felt on being bit by a rattlesnake | LI 660 | | | Braikenridge, Rev. William | Method of describing curves | XLIV 147| XI 856 | | | On the number of inhabitants within the bills of mortality of London | XXXIX 25| VIII 58 | | | Method of constructing a table for the probabilities of life in London| XLVIII 788| | | | On the number of people in England | XLIX 167| | | | On the increase of the people in Britain and Ireland | — 268 | | | | Answer to Forster's account of the number and increase of the people of England | — 877 | | | | On the sections of a solid, hitherto not considered by geometers | L 465 | | | Brander, Gustavus | On belemnites | LI 446 | | | | On a remarkable echinus | XLVIII 803| | | | The effects of lightning in the Danish church, Well-close-square | XLIX 295| | | | Two eclipses of the sun, June 12, 1692, and Nov. 27, 1703, observed at Cambridge, near Bolton, New England | XXIV 1630| IV 247 | | | Eclipse of the moon, April 5, 1707, observed at Boston, in New England | XXV 2471| 249 | | Breintnall, Joseph | Observations on some meteors seen at Philadelphia | XLI 359| VIII 518| | Bremond, M. De. | Account of a file rendered magical by lightning | — 614 | — 506 | | Brewer, James, M. D. | of beds of oyster-shells found near Reading, Berkshire | XXII 484| | Breynius. | Breynius, Joh. Phil. | Account of some remarkable plants and insects found in Spain | |---------------------|----------------------------------------------------------| | Observations in a journey through Italy; begun 1703 | | of the Scythian vegetable lamb, called Borametz | | of a piece of amber, with the leaf of a plant impressed on it | | Amendments in the account of the generation of the coccus radicum tinctorius, given in his natural history of that insect | | Observations on some Mammoth's bones dug up in Siberia, proving them to have belonged to the elephant | | On stones in the stomach and guts, which proceeded from the immoderate use of crab-stones, and other absorbent earths | | Brice, Alexander | Account of a comet seen April 9, 1766 | |------------------|--------------------------------------| | A new manner of measuring the velocity of wind | | An experiment to ascertain to what quantity of water a fall of snow is equal | | Bowles, William | Observations on the country and mines of Germany and Spain | |-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------| | 229 | | | Bridgman, Orlando | Account of a storm of thunder and lightning at Ipswich, July 16, 1708 | |-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------| | XXVI 137 | IV 2 128 | | Briggs, William | A discourse about vision, with an examination of some late objections | |-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------| | Two remarkable cases in vision | | Philosophic solution of a case of a young man who grew blind in the evening | | 804 | 39 | | Brocklesby, Richard, M.D. | On the Indian poison | |----------------------------|----------------------| | On the sounds and hearing of fish | | On a poisonous root lately found among gentian | | Experiments on the sensibility and irritability of the several parts of animals | | XLIV 408 | X 1224 | | XLV 233 | XI 883 | | 242 | X 772 | | Brodie, James | Account of a fetus voided by the ulcerated navel of a negro, in Nevis | |---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | Bromfield, William | Café of a woman who had a fetus in her abdomen for nine years | | Brooke, Richard | On inoculation | | Thermometrical account of the weather in Maryland, for one year from Sept. 1753 | | LI 58 | BROOKE, | | Author | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Brooke, Richard | Thermometrical account of the weather in Maryland for three years from Sept. 1754 | LI 70 | | | Brotherton, Thomas | Observations and experiments on the growth of trees | XVI 307| II 707 | | Brounker, Lord | The squaring of the hyperbola, by an infinite series of rational numbers, together with its demonstration | III 645| I 10 | | | On the proportion of a curve line of a paraboloid to a straight line, and of the finding a straight line equal to that of a cycloid | VIII 6149| | | Brown, Edward M.D. | Of two parhelias or mock suns, seen in Hungary, Jan. 30, 1668 | IV 953 | II 186 | | | On the damps in the mines of Hungary | | 965 | | | Relation of the quicksilver mines of Friuli | | 1080 | | | Account of the Zirchnitzer sea in Carniola | | 1083 | | | of the copper mine of Hern Ground in Hungary | V 1042| 562 | | | of the stone quarries and talc rocks in Hungary | | 1044 | | | On the mines, minerals, baths, &c. in Hungary | | 1189 | | | Queries and answers concerning the Zirchnitz sea | IX 194| II 306 | | Brown, John | Account of a liver appearing glandulous to the eye | XV 1266| III 83 | | | On the quantity of resin in the cortex eleutherus | XXXII 81| VII 738 | | | Observations and experiments on the Epsom salts | | 348 | | | Further observations on the Epsom salts | | 372 | | | Observations and experiments on the Prussian blue | XXXIII 17| | | | Account of camphire | | 361 | | Brown, Rev. Littleton | Description of a water insect found in Kent | XL 153 | IX 7 | | | On the success of inoculation at Salisbury | XLVII 570| | | | Description of the exocætus volitans, or flying fish | LXVIII 791| | | Browning, John | On the effect of electricity on vegetables | XLIV 373| X 342 | | | Account of a dwarf | XLVII 278| | | | On the number of people at Bristol | XLVIII 217| | | Brownrigg, William M.D. | Thoughts on Dr. Hale's method of distillation | XLIX 534| | BROWNRIGG, WILLIAM, M.D. Enquiries into the mineral elastic spirit or air contained in the Spa water; as well as into the magnetic qualities of this spirit An extract of an essay, intitled, "On the Uses of a Knowledge of Mineral Exhalations when applied to discover the Principles and Properties of Mineral Waters, the Nature of Burning Fountains, and of those poisonous Lakes which the Ancients called Avernus" An experimental enquiry concerning the nature of the mineral elastic spirit or air, contained in the Pouhon-water, and other acids On the stilling of the waves by oil On some specimens of native salt BRUCKMAN, ERNEST. Account of the Imperial salt works of Soowar in Upper Hungary BRUCE, JAMES. Observations upon Myrrh made in Abyssinia BRUNI, Jos. LAWRENCE, M.D. Account of the Bologna bottles An account of what happened at Bergemoletto, by the tumbling down of vast heaps of snow from the mountains there, on March 19, 1755, and several persons taken out alive after being buried under the snow to April 24 An account of the hot baths of Vinadio, in the province of Coni, in Piedmont Account of the weather at Turin, 1759 BRYDONE, PATRICK. Instance of a palsy cured by electricity Effects of electricity in the cure of some diseases New electrical experiments Account of a fiery meteor seen Feb. 10, 1772, in the shire of Berwick BUCKLEY, ——. Account of a China cabinet BUFFON, M.—. On the re-invention of Archimedes's burning specula BUGDEN, JOHN. A remarkable conformation of the urinary parts BUGGE, THOMAS. A new theory of the pile-engine BULKLEY, Sir RICHARD. On the Giants Causeway in Ireland On the improvements to be made in maize | Bulkley, Sir Richard | On the propagation of elms by seed | XVII 971 | II 667 | |---------------------|-----------------------------------|----------|--------| | Bulkley, Edward | Account of some animals sent from Fort St. George | XXI 859 | | | Bullialdus, M. | Observations of the star called Nebulosa, in the girdle of Andromeda, and of the wondrous star in the neck of the whale | II 459 | I 251 | | | Observations on the eclipse of the moon, Sept. 8, 1671, at Paris | VI 2272 | | | | Observations on the eclipse of the moon, Jan. 1, 1674-5, at Paris | IX 238 | 308 | | | Observations on the eclipse of the moon, June 26, 1675 | X 372 | 315 | | | Observations on the occultation of Saturn by the moon, Feb. 7, 1678 | XII 969 | 353 | | | Observations on an eclipse of the sun, July 2, 1684, at Paris | XIV 693 | 292 | | Bullock, William, D.D. | An account of the earthquake, Nov. 1, 1755, as felt in the lead mines in Derbyshire | XLIX 398 | | | Bulteel, John | A new way, by an English manufacture, to preserve the hulls of ships from the worm, &c., better for sailing, and more cheap and durable, than any sheathing or graving hitherto used | VIII 6192 | 596 | | Burman, E.J. | Observations on an aurora borealis, Sept. 20, 1717, seen at Upsal | XXXIII 175 | VI 284 | | Burgos, Alessandro | Account of the late earthquake in Sicily | XVII 830 | II 401 | | Burnet, William | On the Icy Mountains in Switzerland | XXVI 316 | | | | Observations on the eclipse of the first satellite of Jupiter, in 1723, made at New York | XXXIII 162 | VI 409 | | | Account of a double-bodied child | L 315 | | | Burney, Charles, Mus.D. | Account of an infant musician | LXIX 183 | | | Burrough, James | On a boulimia | XXII 598 | III 111 | | | On an eclipse of the moon, Oct. 10, 1725, made at Bristol | XXXIV 37 | VI 196 | | Burrow, James | Account of an earthquake, Mar. 8, 1749-50, as seen in the Temple Garden by Robert Shaw (a sensible Scotchman) | XLVI 626 | X 499 | | | at Southwark, from Mr. Boyfield's information | - 637 | - 523 | BURROW, JAMES. Account of an earthquake felt at East Sheen, Mar. 18, 19, 1749-50 — felt Sept. 30, 1750, at St. Edmund's Bury, in Suffolk, and at Narborough, in Leicestershire — An account of an earthquake felt at Lingsfield, in Surrey, and Edenbridge, in Kent, Jan. 24, 1758 BURTON, JOHN. Case of the Extirpation of an excrescence from the womb BURTON, WILLIAM, M.D. On the viper catchers, and their remedy for the bite of a viper — Two histories of internal cancers — On the situation of the Roman station of Delgovitia, in Yorkshire BURY, Dr. ARTHUR. On the manuring of land in Devonshire with sea sand BUSSIERE, PAUL. An account of an egg found in the tuba fallopiana of a woman lately dissected; with several remarks touching generation — An account of the new way of cutting for the stone, by the hermit, with his opinion of it — Anatomical account of a child's head born without a brain — Account of a substance coughed up resembling the vessels of the lungs — Of a triple bladder — Anatomical description of the heart of the American land tortoise BUTTERFIELD, —. Letter about the making of microscopes with very small and single glasses, and of some other instruments — On magnetical sand BYAM, FRANCIS. An account of the impression on a stone dug up in the island of Antigua, and the quantity of rain water fallen there for four years, 1751—1754 BYRD, WILLIAM. An account of a negro-boy that is dappelled in several parts of his body with white spots BYRES, JAMES. Account of the heat of the summer in 1768, observed at Rome BYROM, JOHN, M.D. Remarks on Mr. Jeake's plan for short-hand — Remarks on Mr. Lodwick's alphabet Transf. | Abridg. ---|--- XLVI 655 | X 509 — 702 | — 514 L 614 | — XLVI 520 | XI 1022 XXXIX 312 | IX 225 XLII 99 | XI 1246 XLIV 541 | IV 2 301 XXVI 142 | XVIII 11 III 211 XXI 100 | — 185 — 141 | — 26 XXII 545 | — 68 — 752 | V 289 XXVII 170 | — 74 XII 1026 | I 127 XX 336 | II 577 XLIX 295 | XIX 781 — 8 LVIII 337 | XLV 388 XI 1384 — 401 | — 1386 C. J. C. C. J. On the specific gravities of various bodies — A paper about magnetism, or concerning the changing and fixing the polarity of a piece of iron CAGUA, JOHN. A cure of a wound of the head CAILLE, Abbé De la. Observations on the comet seen at Paris in February, 1760 — A series of observations to be made at St. Helena for discovering the parallax of the moon CALANDRINI, JOH. Ludov. An account of an au- rora borealis seen at Geneva, O.R. 8, 1726 CALEP, RA. Case of a woman that lost her leg, and greatest part of her thigh, by a gangrene CALL, JOHN. A sketch of the signs of the zodiac, found in a pagoda near Fort Camorin, in India CAMELLI, GEORGE. Description and figure of the true amomum, or tugus, of the Philippines — Account of the virtues of the Faba S. Ignatii — Account of the animals in the Philippine Islands — Observations on the birds of the Philippines — Treatise on amber — Account of the plants sent from the Philip- pines to James Petiver — Account of the fish and crustaceous animals of the Philippines — — of the quadrupeds in the Philippines — — of the animals in the Philippines — — of the serpents, monsters, and monstrous productions of the Philippines — — of some turbinated, bivalve, and un- valve shells from the Philippines — — of the animals of the Philippines — — of some spiders from the Philippines CAMERON, Thomas, M.D. Account of the death of Dr. Greene, from a hurt in riding CAMILLIS, JOH. FR. DE. History of the disease of which Joseph Bolognini died CAMPANI, JOSEPH. Account of an improvement of optick-glasses | Author | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | Campari, Joseph | Answer to Mr. Auzout's observations on object-glasses | I 74 | I 193 | | | Contest with M. Divini about optick-glasses | | | | | Account of a comet seen at Rome, June 30, 1684 | XV 920 | IV 2 282| | | of the asbestos and the manner of spinning and making cloth of it | XXII 911| | | | Observations on the spot Plato in the moon, Aug. 16, 1725 | XXXIV 181| VI 220 | | Campbell, Colin | Method of determining the number of impossible roots in affected equations | XXXV 515| 9 | | | Observations on the going of a clock at Blackwater, in Jamaica | XXXVIII 302| VII 238 | | Campbell, Robert| Account of a man who lived eighteen years on water | XLII 240| IX 238 | | Camper, Peter, M.D.| Account of the organs of speech of the Orang Outang | LXIX 139| | | Cane, Henry | On the change of colour in grapes and in jessamine | XXXI 102| VI 2 340| | Canton, John, A.M.| Method of making artificial magnets, without the use of natural ones | XLVII 31| | | | Attempt to account for some of the phenomena of electrical experiments, together with observations on thunder clouds | XLVIII 350| 780 | | | New electrical experiments | | | | | An attempt to account for the regular diurnal variation of the horizontal magnetic needle, and also for its irregular variation at the time of an aurora borealis | LI 398 | | | | Observations on the transit of Venus, June 6, 1761, made in Spital-Square, London | LII 182 | | | | Remarks on Mr. Delaval's electrical experiments | | 457 | | | Experiments to prove that water is not compressible | | 640 | | | Experiments and observations on the compressibility of water and other fluids | LIV 261 | | | | Observations on the heat of the waters at Bath and Bristol | | | | | An easy method of making phosphorus | | | | | Observations on the transit of Venus, June 3, 1769 | | | | | Experiments to prove that the luminousness of the sea arises from the putrefaction of its animal substances | LIX 192 | 446 | CANTWELL, ANDREW, M.D. Account of a large glandular tumour in the pelvis; and of the pernicious effects of crude Mercury given inwardly — On an uncommon palsy in the eye-lids — Account of a monstrous boy — — of a monstrous child born of a woman under sentence of transportation — — of the success of M. Daviel's method of extracting catarrhs CAPASSO, DOMINICO. Observations of the eclipse of the moon, Nov. 1, 1724, at Lisbon — — on the immersions and emersions of the innermost satellites of Jupiter, 1723, 1724, at Lisbon CARBONE, JOH. BAPT. Observations on the comet of 1723, made at Lisbon — — of the eclipse of the moon, Nov. 1, 1724, at Lisbon — Observations on the immersions and emersions of the innermost satellites of Jupiter in 1723, 1724, at Lisbon — The difference of the meridians of Lisbon, Paris, and London — A comparison of observations made at London and Paris — Astronomical observations made at Lisbon, 1725, 1726 — Observations on the elevation of the pole at Lisbon — — on the meridian height of the sun, in order to investigate the elevation of the pole at Lisbon — — on an eclipse of the sun, Sept. 25, 1726, made at Lisbon — — on an eclipse of the moon, Oct. 10, 1726, at Lisbon — Astronomical observations made at Lisbon in 1726 — — in 1727 — Observations on an eclipse of the moon, Feb. 2, 1729, at Rome and Paris — — on an eclipse of the moon, Feb. 2, 1730, at Lisbon CARLILOS, Dr. Copies of some Roman inscriptions at Tunis, in Africa CARLISLE, GEORGE, M.D. Account of an uncommon large hernia CARLYLE, Meteorological observations made at Carlisle in 1767 CARNÈRE, Rev. PET. LS. Observations on the comet of 1743, made at Vienna CARPENTER, Lord. Account of a bullet which lay in his gullet for near a year CARTE, Rev. SAMUEL. Account of an ancient tesselated or Mosaic work at Leicester CARTERET, PHILIP. On the inhabitants of the coast of Patagonia — On the camelopardalis found about the Cape of Good Hope CASSANO, Prince of. Account of the eruption of Vesuvius in May, 1737 — Observations on the red lights seen in the air at Naples, Dec. 5, 1737 CASSINI, Jo. DOM. Observations on a permanent spot in Jupiter — on the revolution of Mars — on several spots in the planet Venus, lately discovered at Bononia — on the comet of 1668 — Predictions of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites in 1671 — Account of some spots in the sun, observed at Paris in August, 1671 — of the return of a great permanent spot in the planet Jupiter — Observations of a new comet, made at Paris — Reflections on the observations — A discovery of two new planets about Saturn, made at Paris — Thoughts on Mr. Hooke's observations for proving the motion of the earth — Account of the eclipse of the moon, Jan. 11, 1675, at Paris — Observations on the eclipse of the moon, June 26, 1675, compared with those made at London — on Mr. Flamsteed's account of the lunar eclipse, Dec. 21, 1675 — Account of an occultation of a fixed star by the moon, Feb. 29 — Observations on the eclipse of the sun, June 11, 1676, at Paris | Cassini, Jo. Dom. | Advertisement to astronomers about the configuration of the satellites of Jupiter for 1696 and 1677 | | --- | --- | | | XI 681 | | | 689 | | | XII 831 | | | 868 | | | 1015 | | | XIV 693 | | | 715 | | | XVI 79 | | | 175 | | | XVIII 237 | | | 299 | | | XX 15 | | | XXX 776 | | Observations on Saturn | | --- | | | XI 681 | | | 689 | | | XII 831 | | | 868 | | | 1015 | | | XIV 693 | | | 715 | | | XVI 79 | | | 175 | | | XVIII 237 | | | 299 | | | XX 15 | | | XXX 776 | | Observations on a spot lately seen in the sun | | --- | | | XI 681 | | | 689 | | | XII 831 | | | 868 | | | 1015 | | | XIV 693 | | | 715 | | | XVI 79 | | | 175 | | | XVIII 237 | | | 299 | | | XX 15 | | | XXX 776 | | New observations on the two planets about Saturn | | --- | | | XI 681 | | | 689 | | | XII 831 | | | 868 | | | 1015 | | | XIV 693 | | | 715 | | | XVI 79 | | | 175 | | | XVIII 237 | | | 299 | | | XX 15 | | | XXX 776 | | Observations on the comet of April and May, 1677, made at Paris | | --- | | | XI 681 | | | 689 | | | XII 831 | | | 868 | | | 1015 | | | XIV 693 | | | 715 | | | XVI 79 | | | 175 | | | XVIII 237 | | | 299 | | | XX 15 | | | XXX 776 | | Observations on the eclipse of the moon, Oct. 29, 1678, made at Paris | | --- | | | XI 681 | | | 689 | | | XII 831 | | | 868 | | | 1015 | | | XIV 693 | | | 715 | | | XVI 79 | | | 175 | | | XVIII 237 | | | 299 | | | XX 15 | | | XXX 776 | | Observations on the eclipse of the sun, June 2, 1684, made at Paris | | --- | | | XI 681 | | | 689 | | | XII 831 | | | 868 | | | 1015 | | | XIV 693 | | | 715 | | | XVI 79 | | | 175 | | | XVIII 237 | | | 299 | | | XX 15 | | | XXX 776 | | Observations on the eclipse of the sun, July 12, 1684, at Paris | | --- | | | XI 681 | | | 689 | | | XII 831 | | | 868 | | | 1015 | | | XIV 693 | | | 715 | | | XVI 79 | | | 175 | | | XVIII 237 | | | 299 | | | XX 15 | | | XXX 776 | | Account of the two new satellites of Saturn | | --- | | | XI 681 | | | 689 | | | XII 831 | | | 868 | | | 1015 | | | XIV 693 | | | 715 | | | XVI 79 | | | 175 | | | XVIII 237 | | | 299 | | | XX 15 | | | XXX 776 | | Corrections of the theory of the five satellites of Saturn | | --- | | | XI 681 | | | 689 | | | XII 831 | | | 868 | | | 1015 | | | XIV 693 | | | 715 | | | XVI 79 | | | 175 | | | XVIII 237 | | | 299 | | | XX 15 | | | XXX 776 | | Tables for the eclipses of the first satellite of Jupiter | | --- | | | XI 681 | | | 689 | | | XII 831 | | | 868 | | | 1015 | | | XIV 693 | | | 715 | | | XVI 79 | | | 175 | | | XVIII 237 | | | 299 | | | XX 15 | | | XXX 776 | | Observations on the eclipse of the moon, Oct. 19, 1697, at Rotterdam | | --- | | | XI 681 | | | 689 | | | XII 831 | | | 868 | | | 1015 | | | XIV 693 | | | 715 | | | XVI 79 | | | 175 | | | XVIII 237 | | | 299 | | | XX 15 | | | XXX 776 | | Astronomical observations at China | | --- | | | XI 681 | | | 689 | | | XII 831 | | | 868 | | | 1015 | | | XIV 693 | | | 715 | | | XVI 79 | | | 175 | | | XVIII 237 | | | 299 | | | XX 15 | | | XXX 776 | | Corrected tables of the motion of the five satellites of Saturn | | --- | | | XI 681 | | | 689 | | | XII 831 | | | 868 | | | 1015 | | | XIV 693 | | | 715 | | | XVI 79 | | | 175 | | | XVIII 237 | | | 299 | | | XX 15 | | | XXX 776 | | Castagna, Mar. Ant. Of a substance found in some mines of Italy, out of which a kind of incombustible substance, both skin, paper, and candlewick is made | | --- | | | VI 2167 | | | 3059 | | | XLI 778 | | | XLII 91 | | Observations and experiments concerning a mineral balsam found in the mines of Italy | | --- | | | VI 2167 | | | 3059 | | | XLI 778 | | | XLII 91 | | Castillonius, Joh. Of a cardoide curve, a figure by him so called | | --- | | | VI 2167 | | | 3059 | | | XLI 778 | | | XLII 91 | | A demonstration of the polynomium of Sir Isaac Newton | | --- | | | VI 2167 | | | 3059 | | | XLI 778 | | | XLII 91 | | Castro, Dr. De. An account of an iliac passion, from a palsy in the large intestines | | --- | | | VI 2167 | | | 3059 | | | XLI 778 | | | XLII 91 | | Castro Sarmento, Jacobus De. Astronomical observations made at Paraguay, from 1706 to 1730 | | --- | | | VI 2167 | | | 3059 | | | XLI 778 | | | XLII 91 | | Caswel. The quadrature of a portion of the epicycloid | | --- | | | VI 2167 | | | 3059 | | | XLI 778 | | | XLII 91 | | Account of his new invented baroscope | | --- | | | VI 2167 | | | 3059 | | | XLI 778 | | | XLII 91 | CAT, Claude Nicholas, M.D. On the foramen ovale, being found open in the hearts of adults, and on the figure of the canal of the urethra — Observations on the hydatides, and consequences of an incomplete hernia, and on the functions of the intestines exposed to sight — Description of a machine for dressing and curing unwieldy patients — The anube of Hippocrates rectified — On the operation of cutting for the stone — An observation of an operation made by the high apparatus according to M. le Cat's method, in the year 1743, from the French by Philip Henry Zollman — Account of double foetus's of calves — Account of glasses, of a new contrivance, for preserving pieces of anatomy, or natural history in spirituous liquors — Addition — On the cure of dry gangrenes, together with a new invented instrument for the extirpation of tumours out of the reach of the surgeon's fingers — The operation of lithotomy on women — On the lacrymæ bataviae, or glaïs drops; the tempering of steel, and effervescence, accounted for by the same principle — A new trocart for the puncture in the hydrocephalus, and for other evacuations which are necessary to be made at different times — Observations on fungous excrescences of the bladder; a cutting forceps for extirpating these excrescences; and a canula for treating these diseases — Several cases of hernias and disorders of the urethra — Letter concerning the dissection of a rupture — An account of those malignant fevers, that raged at Rouen, at the end of the year 1753, and the beginning of 1754 — An account of the extraction of three inches and ten lines of the bone of the upper arm, which was followed by a regeneration of the bony matter; with a description of a machine made use of to keep the upper and lower pieces of the bone at their proper distances, during the time that the regeneration was taking place; place; and which may also be of service in fractures happening near the head of that bone. CAT, CLAUDE NIALE, M.D. An account of a monstrous human foetus, having neither head, heart, lungs, stomach, spleen, pancreas, liver, nor kidneys. An account of an hydro-enterocele appearing like a hydro-sarcocele, and ending in the death of the patient, in which the intestine had passed from the hernial sac, into that of the hydrocele, by which the strangulation was formed. CATESBY, MARK. Account of birds of passage. CATLIN, JOHN. A synopsis of the calculation of the transit of Mercury over the disk of the sun, Oct. 25, 1748. Eclipse of the moon, June 3, 1750, observed in London. CAUMONT, Marquis DE. Account of a very extraordinary stone, or calculus, taken out of the body of a man after death. CAVALLO, TIBERIUS. Extraordinary electricity of the atmosphere observed at Islington, in October, 1775. New electrical experiments. New electrical experiments and observations, with an improvement of Mr. Canton's electrometer. New experiments in electricity, with the description and use of two new electrical instruments. Thermometrical experiments and observations. CAVE, ——. Account of an earthquake felt in Northamptonshire, Sept. 30, 1750. CAVENDISH, Lord CHARLES. Thermometers for particular uses described. CAVENDISH, Hon. HENRY. Experiments on fictitious air. Experiments on Rathbone-place water. An attempt to explain some of the principal phenomena of electricity, by means of an elastic fluid. On pointed conductors. Some attempts to imitate the effects of the torpedo by electricity. Transf. Abridg. LVI 270 LVII 1 — 293 XLIV 435 XI 886 XLII 235 VIII 204 XLVI 523 X 92 XL 369 IX 172 LXVI 407 LXVII 48 — 388 LXX 15 — 587 XLVI 705 X 515 L 300 LVI 141 LVII 92 LXI 584 LXII 66 LXVI 196 CAVENDISH, CAVENDISH, Hon. Henry. Account of the meteorological instruments used at the Royal Society's house. CAVERHILL, John. Some attempts to ascertain the utmost extent of the knowledge of the ancients in the East Indies. CAY, M.D. Observations on some mineral waters. — On the virtues of the ostracites. CAY, Robert. Account of the manner of bending planks in his Majesty's Yard, at Deptford. CAZAUD, the Marquis of. The method of cultivating the sugar cane. — Knowledge necessary to judge of any kind of sugar-mills. CELSIUS, Andrew. An experiment made in a silver mine at Sala on the acent of Mercury in the barometer. — Observations on the aurora borealis at London. — An explanation of the Runic characters of England. — Observations on an eclipse of the moon, March 15, 1735-6. — Aug. 4, 1738, at Upsal. CERF, M.LE. Account of advantages of a newly invented machine much varied in its effects, and very useful for determining the perfect proportion between different moveables acting by levers, and wheel and pinion. CESTONE, D'YACINTO. On the generation of fleas. CHAISS. A short account of the manner of inoculating the small-pox on the coast of Barbary and at Bengal, in the East Indies. CHALMERS. Account of an extraordinary fireball bursting at sea. CHAMBERLAYNE, John. A relation of the effects of a storm of thunder and lightning at Sampford Courtney, in Devonshire, on October 7, 1711. — Remarks upon the plague at Copenhagen, in 1710. — Account of the sunk island in the Humber, some years since recovered from the sea. CHAMBERS, Charles. Observations on the earthquake of Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1755, made at Madeira. Trans. | Abridg. ---|--- LXVI 375 | LVII 155 | XX 365 | II 505 XXI 81 | XXXII 75 | VI 467 LXIX 207 | LXX 318 | XXXIII 313 | VI 2 48 XXXIV 241 | VIII 548 XL 7 | IX 4:8 — 15 | V:II 165 XLI 92 | — 154 Chandler, CHANDLER, JOHN. Case of a woman who had an extraordinary tumour on her thigh CHANNING, J. A description of three substances mentioned by the Arabian physicians, in a paper sent from Aleppo, and translated from the Arabic CHAPMAN, Capt. WILLIAM. An account of distilling water fresh from sea-water by wood-ashes — of the fossil bones of an alligator found on the sea shore near Whitby, in Yorkshire CHARLETT, ARTHUR, D.D. Account of a colliery that took fire, and was blown up, near Newcastle, killing 69 persons, on August 18, 1708 CHAZELLES, —. Account of an eclipse of the sun, May 12, 1706, at Marseilles CHESLEDEN, WILLIAM. The dimensions of some human bones of an extraordinary size, which were dug up near St. Alban's, in Hertfordshire — Some anatomical observations — Observations made by a young gentleman who was born blind, on receiving his sight — An explication of the instruments used, in a new operation on the eyes — The effects of the lixivium saponis, taken inwardly by a man aged 75 years, who had the stone, and in whose bladder, after his decease, were found two hundred and fourteen stones CHESTON, RICHARD BROWN, (Surgeon.) Account of an ossification of the thoracic duct — Continuation of the case of James Jones CHEVALIER, JOHN. An observation of an eclipse of the sun made at Lisbon, Oct 26, 1753 — Astronomical observations made at Lisbon, 1753 — Observations on the eclipses of Jupiter in 1754, made at Lisbon — on the eclipse of the moon, March 27, 1755, at Lisbon — on the eclipse of the moon, Feb. 4, 1757, at Lisbon — on the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites, at Lisbon — on the eclipse of the moon, July 30, 1757, at Lisbon CHILD, WILLIAM. Accounts of the effects of Lightning at Dorking, in Surrey | Author | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Childrey, Joseph | Animadversions on Dr. Wallis's hypothesis of the flux and reflux of the sea | V 2061 | II 279 | | Churchman, Walter | Account of a new engine for raising water by horses | XXXVIII | | | Cipolla, Rev. Lewis | Astronomical observations by the Missionaries at Pekin, Oct. 23; 1771 | LXIV 31| VIII 322| | | Account of an eclipse, Nov. 12, 1761 | — 39 | | | | | — 43 | | | Cirillo, Dominico, M.D.| Account of the mamma tree | LX 233 | | | | Account of the tarantula | — | | | Clairaut, Alexander | Investigations to prove that the figure of the earth nearly approaches to an ellipse, according to the laws of attraction, in an inverse ratio of the square of the distances | XL 19 | — 329 | | | An enquiry concerning the figure of such planets as revolve about an axis, supposing the density continually to vary from the center towards the surface | — 277 | — 90 | | | A comparison between the notions of M. de Courtivron and Melvil, concerning the difference of refrangibility of the rays of light | XLVIII | 776 | | Clarke, Timothy, M.D. | Some anatomical inventions and observations, particularly relative to the origin of the injection into veins, the transfusion of blood, and the parts of generation | III 672| III 290 | | Clare, | Account of the earthquake, March 8, 1749-50, at Kennington Gravel Pits | XLVI 620| X 497 | | Clarke, | Case of a boy who had a calculus formed between the glands and praeputium | — 45 | XI 1004 | | Clarke, I. | Account of several Roman antiquities found near the Devizes, in Wiltshire | XXII 758| V 2 31 | | Clarke, Rev. John | An abstract of the bills of mortality of Bridge town, in Barbadoes, for the years 1737-1744 | XLV 345| XI 1219 | | Clark, Sir John | An account of two oak trees struck by thunder, and of the horn of a large deer found in the heart of an oak | VIII 507| 847 | | Clarke, Robert | Observations on the death of a dog, on firing a volley of small shot | XLI 235| | | | upon the polypus of the lungs | XIX 779| III 650 | | | | — | — 68 | | Clarke, Roger | Particulars of the county of Labrador | XXXVI 277| VI 326 | | | A new kind of hydrometer | LXIV 372| | | Clarke, Samuel | A letter occasioned by the present | | | present controversy among mathematicians concerning the proportion of velocity and force in bodies in motion CLAYTON, JOHN. Observations in Virginia, and in his voyage thither, particularly concerning the air — Further observations on Virginia — A continuation of the account of Virginia — Farther account of the soil, and other observables of Virginia — A continuation of the account of Virginia CLAYTON, ROBERT, Bishop of Cloyns. Experiments concerning the spirit of coals — on the nitrous particles in the air — Answer to several queries of Dr. Grew, made in 1687, relating to Virginia — An experiment to prove that water, when agitated by fire, is infinitely more elastic than air, in the same circumstances — Account of a man who gave suck to a child — of an extraordinary skeleton — On the remains of an ancient temple in Ireland, and of a stone hatchet of the ancient Irish CLAYTON, WILLIAM. Account of Falkland island CLEGG, JAMES. Experiments on dying black CLELAND, ARCHIBALD, (Surgeon). A description of a catheter made to remedy the inconveniences which occasioned the leaving off the high operation for the stone — A description of some instruments for the ears — of needles made for operations on the eyes CLERKE, CHARLES. An account of the very tall men, seen near the Straights of Magellan, in 1764 in the equipage of the Dolphin man of war under the command of Captain Byron CLERK, Sir John. Observations on the solar eclipse, Feb. 8, 1786-7, at Edinburgh CLERK, WILLIAM, (Surgeon). An account of a stone found in the stomach of a lady, on dissection, another in the left kidney, and some smaller ones in the gall bladder COCKS, WILLIAM. A machine for founding the sea at any depth, or in any part, invented by him in the year 1738 | Author | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Cockburn, William, M.D. | On the operation of a blister when it cures a fever | XXI 161| III 260 | | | A problem proposed to the practitioners of physic | XXIV 1753| | | | A solution of the problem for determining the doses of purging and emetic medicines | | V 273 | | | The practice of purging and vomiting medicines, according to Dr. Cockburn's solution of his problem; with tables shewing their doses in particular ages and constitutions | XXVI 46| — 397 | | | On the difficulty of curing fluxes | XXXVII 385| VII 641 | | Cockin, William | Account of an extraordinary appearance of a mist | LXX 157| | | Coe, T. M. 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Account of some magnetical experiments — An account of some observations made at and near Plymouth, 1667, by way of an answer to some of the queries concerning tides (vol. I. 298. 311) — On the making counterfeited opal — Some considerations touching the variety of slate, together with a computation of the charges in general for covering the houses therewith COLLET, JOHN, M.D. Account of the peat pit, near Newbury, in Berkshire COLLIGNON, CHARLES, M.D. Some account of a body lately found in uncommon preservation, under the ruins of the abbey, at St. Edmund's Bury, Suffolk; with some reflections upon the subject COLLINS, JOHN. A method for finding the number of the Julian period for any year assigned, the number of the cycle of the sun, the cycle of the moon, and for the indictions for the same year, being given; together with a demonstration of that method — A resolution of equations in numbers — A solution of a chorographical problem, proposed by Richard Townley — Thoughts about some defects in algebra COLLINSON, PETER. Observations on the hardness of shells, and on the food of shell-fish — Observations on the cancer major — Observations on a sort of libella or ephemeron — Observations on the Belluga stone — Of an uncommon gleam of light proceeding from the sun — Further observations on the cancer major — Observations on the yellowish wasp of Pennsylvania — Remarks on the swallows on the Rhine — Observations on the cicada or locust of North America — Account of some very large fossil teeth found in North America — Account of the opening an antient well, near Queenborough, in Kent COLMAN, REV. BENJAMIN. Of an earthquake at Boston, in New England, Oct. 29, 1727 COLQUHOUN, Sir James. Of an agitation of the waters, at Luss, in Scotland, Nov. 1, 1755 COLSON, Mr. Observations on the eclipse of the sun, June 1, 1676 COLSON, John. Universal solution of quadratic and biquadratic equations, viz. analytical, geometrical, and mechanical — Account of negative-affirmative arithmetic — The construction and use of spherical maps COLWALL, Daniel. Account of the English alum works — — of the way of making English green copperas COMBES, Thomas. On cinnamon CONDAMINE, M. De la. Account of the Indian poison — The declination of some southern stars of the first and second magnitude, June, 1738, and the way of finding the hour of the night at sea by looking at the southern cross — The method of opening the MSS. found at Herculaneum CONDUITT, John. On the situation of the antient Carteia, and some other of the Roman towns near it CONIERS, John. A description of his hygroscope CONNOR, Bernard, M.D. An account of an extraordinary human skeleton, whose vertebrae of the back, the ribs, and several bones down to the os sacrum, were all firmly united into one solid bone, without jointing or cartilage CONN, Robert, M.D. Account of a shower of fishes CONSETT, Rev. Thomas. Abstract of the meteorological diaries, made at Petersburg and London, 1724, 1725 CONTY, De L'Abbe. Letter on the dispute about the method of fluxions or differential method CONYERS, John. A draught and description of a useful and cheap pump — His improvement of Sir S. Morland's speaking trumpet COOKE, Benjamin. Account of an extraordinary damp in a wall, in the Isle of Wight — — of a ball of sulphur supposed to be generated in the air COO Cooke, Benjamin. Account of a fire ball, seen Dec. 11, 1741 A proposal for warming rooms, by the steam of boiling water, conveyed in pipes along the walls The effects which the farina of the blossoms of different sorts of apple trees had on the fruit of a neighbouring tree On the property of flannel sparkling in the dark On the sparkling of flannel, and the hair of animals in the dark On a mixed breed of apples, from a mixture of the farina Account of a child born with the jaundice upon it, received from its father; and of the mother taking the same distemper from her husband, the next time of being with child of the mayze or Indian corn of an earthquake felt in the isle of Wight, March 18, 19, 1749-50 Cooke, James. Observations of an eclipse of the sun, Aug. 5, 1766, made at Newfoundland Transitus Veneris & Mercurii eorum exitu e disco solis mensis Junii, & 10 Nov. 1769, observatus An account of the flowing of the tides in the South Seas, as observed on board his Majesty's bark the Endeavour. The method taken for preserving the health of the crew of his Majesty's ship the Resolution during her late voyage round the world Of the tides in the South Seas Cookson, I. M. D. Account of an extraordinary effect of lightning communicating magnetism of the surprizing quantities of food devoured by a boy of 12 years of age in six successive days Cooper, ——. Account of an earthquake, March 8, 1749-50, at London of a luminous arch, Feb. 16, 1749 Cooper, Samuel. Account of a storm of thunder and lightning at Norwich, July 13, 1758 Cooper, W. M. D. —— of an extraordinary acephalous birth Cooper, Allen. —— of the effects of lightning on board the Atlas Cope, John. On an antient date at Widgehill in Hertfordshire — On the antiquity and use of the Indian characters or figures Copping, Rev. John. Account of the Caesarian operation, performed by an ignorant butcher of an extraordinary skeleton Cornelio, Thomas, M.D. Observations on persons pretending to have been stung by tarantulas Cornish, James. On the torpidity of swallows and martins Cornwall, Capt. Observations on the variation of the needle on board the Royal African packet in 1721, in the Ethiopic ocean Costa, Emanuel Mendes da. Dissertation on the belemnites — on two beautiful echinites — on a fossil found at Dudley in Staffordshire — on the impression of plants on the flates of coals — Experiments on several pieces of marble stained by R. Chambers — Remarks on Mr. Hubner's observations on the production of Tripoli — Account of some productions in Scotland resembling the Giants Causeway in Ireland — An account of an encrinus, or star-fish, with a jointed stem, taken on the coast of Barbadoes, which explains to what kind of animals those kind of fossils belong, called star stones, asteriae, and astropodia — Supplement to Mr. Borlase's account of the discovery of native tin Costard, Rev. George. Account of a fiery meteor seen in the air, July 14, 1745 — On the Chinese chronology and astronomy — On the year of the eclipse, foretold by Thales — On the eclipse mentioned by Xenophon — On the ages of Homer and Hesiod — Translation of a passage in Ebn Younes, with some remarks thereon Cotes, Roger. Logometria — A description of a great meteor, March 6, 1715-16 COTTON, Rev. EDWARD, D.D. On a load-stone found in Devonshire COURTEN, WILLIAM. Experiments and observations on the effects of several sorts of poisons upon animals COUZIER, M——. Experiments on the blood of a person dead of the plague COWPER, WILLIAM. Experiments with Mr. John Colbatch's styptic —— Account of chilification —— of a very large diseased kidney —— Remarks on Dupré's account of five pair of muscles of the head —— An account of stitching the great tendon between the calf of the leg and heel, with its union and cure, after an entire division of it, with remarks —— An account of two glands, and their excretory ducts, lately discovered in human bodies —— An account of a polypus taken out of the vena pulmonalis, and of the structure of that vessel —— An account of divers schemes of arteries and veins, dissected from adult human bodies by J. Evelyn, to which are subjoined a description of the extremities of those vessels, and the manner the blood is seen by the microscope, to pass from the arteries to veins in quadrupeds when living; with some chirurgical observations and figures after the life —— Answer to Mr. Wright's case of a cure of an apoplexy of the lungs —— The anatomy of a male opossum —— An account of the anatomy of those parts of a male opossum that differ from the female —— Of ossifications or petrefactions in the coats of the arteries —— Of the hydatides inclosed with a stony crust in the kidney of a sheep —— An account of what appeared on the dissection of the body of Mr. Dove —— on the opening of the body of Mr. St. John, who died of an asthma COWPER, Rev. SPENCER. of an agitation of the water at Durham. Nov. 1, 1755 COX, —— Surgeon. Case of a surgeon of Peterborough who fell into a pestilent fever upon tapping the corpse of a man lately dead of a dropsey COXE, DANIEL, M.D. A way of extracting a volatile salt and spirit out of vegetables — A discourse, denying the pre-existence of alcalizate or fixed salts in any subject, before it were exposed to the action of the fire; to which is added, a confirmation of an assertion, delivered in vol. IX. p. 4, viz. that alcalizate or fixed salts, extracted out of the ashes of vegetables, do not differ from each other; the same being affirmed of volatile salts and vinous spirits. — A continuation of a discourse begun in vol. IX. p. 150, touching the identity of all volatile salts and vinous spirits; together with the surprising experiments concerning vegetable salts perfectly resembling the shape of the plants whence they had been obtained. COXE, THOMAS. Experiment of bleeding a mongey into a sound dog CRABTREE, —. Observations on the spots in the sun, 1640 CRADOCK, ZACH. Account of a fiery meteor CRAIG, JOHN. On the quadratures of figures, geometrically irrational — An addition to the scheme of quadratures — The quadrature of the logarithmic curve — Solution of a problem relating to the solid of least resistance — Specimen of the general method of determining the quadrature of figures — A solution of the problem proposed by J. Bernoulli — On the length of the curve lines — Logarithmo-technia generalis CRAIG, REV. JOHN. Description of the head of a monstrous calf CRAMER, G. Account of an aurora borealis, with unusual appearances CREED, REV. —. Account of a machine to write down extempore voluntaries, or other pieces of music CRELIUS, F. L. F. M. D. Experiments on putrefaction — Experiments on a new mineral acid CRESSENER, REV. H. Account of an eclipse of the moon, Feb. 2, 1709-10 CRISPE, —. Letter on some curiosities, &c. found in a subterraneous town near Naples CROCKER, —. Account of a meteor seen in the daytime, Dec. 8, 1733 CROMERTIE, Earl of. Account of mosses in Scotland CROY, Prince of. Observations of the eclipses of the sun, of August 16, 1765, and of the 5th of August, 1766, made at Calais, together with some remarks on the first of them CRUQUIUS, NICHOLAS. The middle height of the barometer, thermometer, and hygrometer, for a year at Leyden CRUSIO, CHARLES. Case of an extraordinary disease of the skin, and its cure CRUWYS, SAMUEL. Account of an aurora borealis seen at Cruwys Morehard, Devonshire, Feb. 6, 1720-1, with an account of the weather before and after it CULLUM, Sir DUDLEY. Account of a lately invented stove, for preserving plants in the greenhouse in winter CUMBERLAND, Cap'ain. An account of the manner of bending planks in his Majesty's yards at Deptford, &c. by a sand heat, invented by him CUNNINGHAM, JAMES. A catalogue of shells, &c gathered at the island of Ascension, and also of plants observed there — Observations on the Mercury's altitude, with the changes of the weather at Emüy in China — on the thermometer and the magnetick needle in his voyage from the Cape of Good Hope, 1700 — An account of a voyage to Chusan in China, with a description of the island, of the several sorts of tea, of the fishing, agriculture of the Chinese, &c. with several observations not hitherto taken notice of — An account of some plants collected at Chusan in China, by J. Petiver — Observations on the weather, made in a voyage to China, 1700 — A register of the wind and weather at China, with the observations of the mercurial barometer at Chufan, from Nov. 1700, to Jan 1702 CURTEIS, WILLIAM. Experiments and observations on bulbous roots, plants and seeds growing in water CURTIS, ROGER. Particulars of the country of Labrador, extracted from the papers of Lieut. Transl. XXVII 296 LVI 262 XXXIII 4 XLVIII 579 XXXI 186 XVIII 191 XXXII 75 XXI 295 — 323 XXII 577 XXIII 1201 — 1419 XXIV 163 — 1648 XXXVIII 267 Abridg. IV 2 25 VI 2 89 II 750 VI 467 II 252 — 86 V 2 171 V 2 286 VIII 825 Roger Roger Clarke, of his Majesty's sloop the Otter, with a plane chart of the coast CYPRIANUS, ——, M.D. An account of a child born with a large wound in the breast, supposed to proceed from the force of imagination CYRELLUS, NICHOLAS. On the use of cold in fevers — Account of the eruption of Vesuvius; in March, 1730 — History of the earthquake, felt at Apulia, and at Naples, 1731 — Physical history of the earth and air, 1732 D. DALE, SAMUEL. Account of some coins found at Honedon in Suffolk — Method of making turnip bread, in Essex — Case of a contumacious jaundice, accompanied with a very odd case in vision — Account of a very large eel, with considerations about the generation of eels — of several insects — of Harwich Cliff, and the fossil shells found there — Anatomical observations made on a body dissected at Padua, by John Ray — Account of the MSS. left by Mr. Ray — Description of the moose deer of New England — of a stag of Virginia — Remarks on Mr. Ray's description of the flying squirrel of America DALRYMPLE, ALEXANDER. On the formation of islands — Journal of a voyage to the East Indies, in the Grenville, 1775 DAMPIER, GEORGE. On the cure of the bitings of mad creatures DARWIN, ERASMUS, M.D. Remarks on the opinion of Henry Eeles, concerning the ascent of vapours Darwin, Erasmus, M.D. An uncommon case of an haemoptysis — Experiments on animal fluids, in the exhausted receiver — A new case in squinting Davall, Peter. Reflections on Mr. de l'Isle's comparison of the magnitude of Paris with London, and several other cities, printed in the memoirs of the Academy of Sciences at Paris in 1725 — Description of an extraordinary rainbow, observed July 15, 1748 — An account of the sun's distance from the earth, deduced from Mr. Short's observations relating to the horizontal parallax of the sun Daviel, M. A dissertation upon the cancer, commonly called the noli-me-tangere Davies, M.D. Case of a person who voided many hydatides in her urine — Case of an unusual colic Davies, David. Letters concerning several copper mines — A further account Davies, Evan. Account of what happened from thunder in Carmarthenshire, Dec. 6, 1729 Davies, Richard, M.D. Tables of specific gravities, with observations Davies, Thomas. Method of preparing birds for preservation Davis, Edward. Case of a child born with all its bones displaced Davis, Evan. Case of some children inoculated for the smallpox at Haverfordwest Davis, Rev. John. Account of the Würtemberg engine Dawes, Rev. Thomas. Account of the plague at Aleppo Dawkes, Thomas. — of the gigantic boy at Willingham near Cambridge Dawson, Ambrose, M.D. Case of a very long suppression of urine Day, Mark. Observation on the comet of Jan. 1763, made at Lowich near Thrapton, Northamptonshire Debenham, Thomas. Case of a woman from whom the bones of a fetus were extracted Debray, John. Discoveries on the sex of bees Degg, Simon, M.D. An account of an human skeleton of an extraordinary size, together with some examples of long life Degloss, Lewis. Observations made at Dinapoor on the planet Venus when passing over the sun's disk Deidier, ——, M.D. Experiments made with the bile of persons dead of the plague at Marseilles, with what appeared upon the dissection of the bodies; as likewise some experiments made with the bile of persons dead of other diseases —— Experiments made with the bile of persons dead of the plague Delaval, Edward. Several electrical experiments —— Several experiments in electricity —— Account of the effects of lightning on St. Bride's church, Fleet Street, June 18, 1764 —— Experiments and observations on the agreement between the specific gravities of the several metals, and their colours when united to glass, as well as those of their other proportions Demoivre, Abr. The dimensions of the solid, generated by the conversion of Hippocrates's lunula, and its parts, about several axes, with the surfaces generated by that conversion Denis, John. On transfusion of blood —— Some trials of the same operation, made in France —— Account of the cure of an inveterate phrenzy, by the transfusion of blood —— On the differences which have risen upon the transfusion of blood Dent, Rev. Thomas. On the extracting worms found in the tongue, and other parts of the body Denys, M——. Notice of an admirable liquor, instantly stopping the blood of arteries pricked or cut, without any suppuration, or without leaving any scar or cicatrice —— at Paris —— Account of an odd fetus lately born at Paris Derante, Peter. Case of the coming off of the scapula scapula and head of the os humeri upon a mortification DERBY, J. Account of a whirlwind at Corne Abbas, in Dorsetshire, Oct. 30, 1731 DERHAM, Sir Thomas. Observations on an ignis satanus, made in England and Italy — Explanation of a new chronological table of Chinese history DERHAM, Rev. William. An account of some experiments about the height of the mercury in the barometer at top and bottom of the monument: and also about portable barometers — A contrivance to measure the height of the mercury in the barometer, by a circle on one of the weather plates, with a register of the weather, &c. for 1697 — A letter, accompanying his observations of the height of the mercury in the barometer, rains, winds, &c. for the year 1698, at Upminster, in Essex — Observations of the weather, 1699, made at Upminster, in Essex — Account of the insect commonly called the death watch — Observations on the weather, &c. for some years past — Account of the spots of the sun observed in June, 1703 — Observations on a storm at Upminster — An instrument for seeing the sun, moon, or stars pass the meridian of any place — A supplement to the account of the pediculus pulsatorius — Experiments about the motion of pendulums in vacuo — A prospect of the weather, winds, and height of the mercury, in the barometer, on the first day of the month, and of the whole rain in every month in 1703, and beginning of 1704, at Upminster — An account of some magnetical experiments and observations — Account of a glade of light observed in the heavens, March 28, 1706 — Meteorological tables kept at Upminster, 1705 DERHAM, Rev. WILLIAM. Account of a pyramidal appearance in the heavens, observed near Upminster — Experiments and observations on the motion of sound — On the migration of birds — Observations on the eclipse of the sun, Sept. 3, 1708, at Upminster — an eclipse of the moon, Sept. 18, 1708 — Account of some inundations, and some appearances in the Heavens observed in Ireland, 1708 — of some monstrous births in Ireland, 1708 — Barometrical altitudes in 1708, at Upminster, and of the rain, winds, heat, cold, &c. with remarks — History of the great frost of 1708-9 — Account of a child's crying in the womb — Observations upon the spots in the sun from 1703 to 1711 — Further account — Observations concerning subterraneous trees in Dagenham, and other marshes bordering upon the river Thames, in the county of Essex — Observations on the eclipse of the moon, Jan. 12, 1711-12 — The case of a woman big with child, who recovered of the small-pox, and was afterwards delivered of a dead child full of the pustules of that distemper — Account of the rain which fell every year at Upminster in Essex, the last eighteen years, with remarks upon that of the year 1714 from 1667 to 1714; also compared with what has been observed of that kind at Paris, by M. De la Hire — Account of the mischiefs ensuing the swallowing of the stones of bullace and floes — On the inventor of telegraph sights of mathematical instruments — Observations on wasps, and the differences of their sexes — on the lumen boreale or streaming, on Oct. 8, 1726 — on the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites from Oct. 1700 to 1727; with remarks **DERHAM, Rev. WILLIAM.** The differences in time of the meridians of diverse places, computed from observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites XXXVI 33 VI 414 — Description of some uncommon appearances observed in an aurora borealis — 137 VI 2 113 — Observations on the ignis fatuus — 204 — 147 — Account of the frost in Jan. 1730-1 XXXVII 16 IV 275 — Abstract of meteorological diaries, communicated to the Royal Society; with remarks — 261 VI 2 139 — Observations of the appearances among the fixed stars, called Nebulous stars XXXVIII 70 VIII 132 — Abstract of the meteorological diaries of 1724 and 1725 — 101 — 555 — 1726 — 334 IX 339 — 1727 — 405 — Experiments on the vibrations of pendulums XXXIX 201 VIII 245 **DESAGULIERS, J. T. LL.D.** An account of some experiments of light and colours, formerly made by Sir Isaac Newton, and mentioned in his Opticks, lately repeated before the Royal Society XXIX 433 IV 173 — A plain and easy experiment to confirm Sir Isaac Newton's doctrine of the different refrangibility of the rays of light — 448 — 481 — Remarks on the second paper in the history of the Royal Academy of Sciences for 1711, concerning the cause of the variation of the barometer XXX 570 IV 2 10 — An experiment to prove an interspersed vacuum — 717 — 173 — Instances of a very great and speedy vegetation of turnips — 974 — 311 — Experiments tried with M. Villette's burning concave — 976 IV 198 — A way for myops to use telescopes without eyeglasses, and becoming as useful to them, and sometimes more, than a combination of glasses — 1017 — 188 — An account of some experiments to find how much the resistance of the air retards falling bodies — 1071 IV 2 175 — Further experiments — 1075 — 178 — An account of an experiment to shew, by a new proof, that bodies of the same bulk, do not contain equal quantities of matter, and, therefore that there is an interspersed vacuum XXXI 81 — 157 — A comparison of Paris weights, as they are now used, with English weights — 112 VII 4 46 Desaguliers, J. T., LL.D. Experiments relating to the resistance of fluids — Remarks on some attempts made to obtain a perpetual motion — Improvement of Mr. Haskin's engine to raise water by help of quicksilver. — Account of an optical experiment made before the Royal Society — Experiments made to prove that the whole force of moving bodies is proportionable to their velocities — Animadversions upon some experiments relating to the force of moving bodies; with two new experiments on the same subject — An attempt to account for the rising and falling of the water of some ponds near the sea, or ebbing or flowing rivers; where the water is lowest in the pond at the time of high-water in the sea or river, and the water is the highest in the pond at the time of low-water in the sea or river; as also for the increasing or decreasing of the water of such pools or brooks as are highest in dry seasons, and lowest in the rainy seasons; with an experiment to illustrate the solution of the phenomena — A new contrivance for taking levels — A dissertation concerning the figure of the earth continued — An experiment to illustrate what has been said concerning the figure of the earth — Experiments concerning the cohesion of lead — Experiments concerning the running of water in pipes — Account of Mr. Hale's Vegetable Statics — An attempt made to shew how damps or foul air may be drawn out of any sort of mines, &c. by an engine — Account of a machine for measuring any depth at sea — Experiments made in August, 1728, before the Royal Society, upon occasion of Signor Rizzetti's opticks, with an account of that book — An attempt to solve the phenomenon of the rise of vapours, formation of clouds, and descent of rain XXXI 142 VI 299 — 214 — 323 XXXII 5 — 352 — 206 — 145 — 269 — 281 — 221, 285 XXXIII 132 VI 2 165 — 165 VI 271 — 201, VI 2 250 238, 277 VI 384 — 344 — 400 — 345 — 325 XXXIV 77 — 347 XXXV 323 VI 2 158 — 353 — 193 — 559 — 163 — 607 VI 110 XXXVI 6 VI 2 61 Desaguliers, J. T. LL. D., A proposition on the balance, not taken notice of by mechanical writers, explained and confirmed Observations on the crane, with improvements on that machine Examination of a new-invented axis in peritrochoid, said to be void of friction An account of an experiment explaining a mechanical paradox, viz. that two bodies of equal weight, suspended on a certain sort of balance, do not lose their equilibrium, by being removed one farther from, the other nearer to, the center An experiment to shew that the friction of the several parts in a compound machine, may be reduced to calculation Two experiments of the friction of pulleys An account of an experiment, contrived by G. J. Gravelande, relating to the force of moving bodies, shewn to the Royal Society An account of an instrument, or machine, for changing the air in the room of sick people A calculation of the velocity of the air, moved by a new-invented centrifugal bellows of seven feet in diameter, and one foot thick within, which a man can keep in motion with very little labour, at the rate of two revolutions in one second The uses of the foregoing machine An experiment to shew, that some damps in mines may be occasioned only by the burning of candles under ground, without the addition of any noxious vapour, even when the bottom of the pit has a communication with the outward air, unless the outward air be forcibly driven in An attempt to explain the phenomenon of the horizontal moon appearing bigger when near, than when elevated many degrees above, the horizon; supported by an experiment, with an explication Account of some new statical experiments An account of some magnetical experiments made before the Royal Society, June 24, 1736, and April 21, 1737 | Author | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Desaguliers, J. T. LL.D.| Thoughts and conjectures on the cause of electricity | XLI | VIII | | | Thoughts and experiments concerning electricity | | | | | Experiments made before the Royal Society, Feb. 2, 9, and 16, 1737-8 | | | | | Some electrical experiments made at the prince of Wales's at Cliefden, April 15, 1738, where the electricity was conveyed 420 feet in a direct line | | | | | Something concerning electricity | | | | | An account of some electrical experiments made before the Royal Society, January 22, and March 15, 1741 | | | | | Several electrical experiments made at various times before the Royal Society | | | | | Further experiments in electricity | XLII | IX | | | Some conjectures concerning electricity, and the rise of vapours | | | | Desmasters | Experiments about freezing | XX | If | | Deverel (Surgeon) | Case in surgery, commonly mistaken for a fracture of the patea | XXXI | VII | | Dicquemare, Abbé | Essay on sea-anemonies | LXIII | 361 | | | Second essay | LXV | 207 | | | Third essay | LXVII | 1, 56 | | Digges, Edward | Observations on the orders of silk-worms | I | 26 | | Dingley, Robert | Some observations upon gems or precious stones; more particularly such as the ancient used to engrave upon | XLIV | 502 | | | Accounts of the irregularities of the tides in the river Thames, on the 12th and 13th of February, 1756 | XLIX | 530 | | Dionysius of Piacenza | Observations on some animals, and of a strange plant in the kingdom of Congo | XII | 977 | | Diodati, Roelof | Account of an extraordinary inundation in the island of Mauritius | XX | 268 | | Ditton, Humphry | Of the tangents of curves deduced immediately from the theory of Maxima and Minima | XXIII | 1333 | | | An universal sphericocatoptric theorem | XXIV | 1810 | | Divinis, Eustachius De.| A contest between two artists about optick-glasses | I | 209 | | | An observation on optick-glasses made of rock crystals | | | DIVINIS, EUSTACHIUS Dr. A description of a microscope of a new fashion DIXON, JEREMIAH. Observations on the transit of Venus over the Sun, June 3, 1761 — Observations for determining the length of a degree of latitude in the provinces of Maryland and Pennsylvania — Astronomical observations made in the forks of the river Brandivine, in Pennsylvania — Observations on the transit of Venus made off the island of Hammerfoft DIXON, WILLIAM. Account of vegetable balls which grow in a lake near the Humber, in Yorkshire DOBBS, ARTHUR. An account of a parhelion, seen in Ireland, March 1724 — Account of an aurora borealis, seen Sept. 1725, in Ireland — An observation of the eclipse of the Moon at Castle Dobbs, near Carrick-fergus, in Ireland, Feb. 2, 1728-9 — On the distance between Asia and America — Observations on bees, and their method of gathering wax and honey DOBSON MATTHEW, M.D. A description of a petrified stratum, formed from the waters of Ma:ock, in Derbyshire — Experiments in an heated room — Observations on the annual evaporation at Liverpool, in Lancashire; and on evaporation considered as a test of the moisture or dryness of the atmosphere DOBYS, JOHN. Account of several stones found in the kidneys of a person DOD, PIERCE, M.D. Account of an aneurism of the aorta — An account of an extraordinary effect of lightning in communicating magnetism, at Wakefield in Yorkshire — Case of a person making bloody urine in the small pox, and recovered DODDRIDGE, PHILIP, D.D. Account of one who had no ear to music naturally, singing several tunes when in a delirium — Account of a weather giving suck to a lamb; and of a monstrous lamb — — of an earthquake, Sept. 30, 1750 DODINGTON, —. Account of the Aponensian baths near Padua DODSON, JAMES. Of an improvement of the bills of mortality — Letter about logarithms — On the value of an annuity for life, and the probability of survivorship — On the advantages which will accrue from a periodic review of the variation of the magnetic needle — Table of the value of the annuities for lives — On the variation of the magnetic needle, with tables of 50,000 observations DOLLOND, JOHN. On an improvement of refracting telescopes, by increasing the number of eyepieces — Description of a new instrument for taking small angles — Remarks on a theorem of Mr. Euler for correcting the aberrations in the object-glasses of refracting telescopes — An explanation of a new instrument made for measuring small angles — Experiments concerning the different refrangibility of light DOLLOND, PETER. Account of an improvement in his new telescopes — Description of some additions and alterations made to Hadley's quadrant, to render it more serviceable at sea — An account of the apparatus applied to the equatorial instrument for correcting the errors arising from the refraction in altitudes DONATI, VITALIANO, M.D. New discoveries relating to the history of coral — Account of the earthquake felt at Turin, December 9, 1755, and March 8, 1756 DONIUS, JOHN BAPTIST. Account of a way of restoring the salubrity of the country about Rome DOODY, SAMUEL. A relation of a strange symptom attending a hydrops pectoris, and the reason of it, as it appeared on the diffusion of the body DOVE, JOHN. Account of a surprizing shoal of pumice stones found floating on the sea DOVE, JOHN. Account of a comet observed, Feb 29, 1731-2, on board the Monmouth, in Table Bay DOUGLAS, CHARLES. Experiments and observations upon a blue substance, found in the Peat Moss in Scotland — An account of the result of some attempts made to ascertain the temperature of the sea at great depths near the coasts of Lapland and Norway, as also some anecdotes collected in the former account DOUGLAS, JAMES, M.D. An account of a very large tumour in the fore part of the neck — An account of an hydrops ovarii, with a new and exact figure of the glandulae renales, and of the uterus in a puerpera — Of the dissection of a person who died of an ulcer in the right kidney — An account of the left ventricle of the heart of an amazing magnitude — Observations on the glands in the human spleen — On a fracture in the upper part of the thigh bone — The natural history and description of the phoenicopterus or flamingo, with two views of the head, and three of the tongue — A new method of cutting for the stone — A botanical description of the flower and seed vessel of the crocus autumnalis sativus — Two chirurgical cases stated and answered — The culture and management of saffron in England — Of the different kinds of ipecacuanha — An abstract of a book, intitled, "A short Account of Mortifications, and of the surprizing Effects of the Bark, in putting a Stop to their Progress" DOUGLAS, ROBERT. The variation of the compass containing 1719 observations to, in, and from, the East Indies, Guinea, West India and the Mediterranean, with the latitudes and longitudes at the time of observation DOUGLAS, SYLVESTER. Account of the tokey and other wines of Hungary DOWNE — Account of an earthquake felt at Bridgport, March 18, 1749-50 | Author | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | Doz, Vincent | Observations of the transit of Venus made in California | LX 549 | | | Drake, Francis | On the bones of a foetus discharged through an ulcer near the navel | XLV 121 | XI 1019 | | | Account of a Roman altar, with an inscription on it, found near York | XLVIII 33| | | Drake, J. M. D. | On some influences of respiration on the motion of the heart, hitherto unobserved | XXIII 1217 | V 253 | | Drieschius, Gerard Cornelius | Account of a double-bodied child born in Pannonia, 1701, which lived 22 years | L 318 | | | Dublin Society | Of a periodical evacuation of blood at the end of one of the fingers | XV 989 | III 252 | | Dublin, Archbishop | Of the manner of manuring land by sea-shells, as practised in the counties of Londonderry and Donegal, in Ireland | XXVI 59 | IV 2 298 | | Ducarel, Andrew Coltee, LL.D. | On chestnut trees | LXI 136 | | | | On the early cultivation of botany in England, and some particulars about John Tradescant, gardener to king Charles I. | LXIII 179 | | | Dudley, Sir Matthew | Account of the insects in the barks of decaying elms and ashes | XXIV 1859 | V 13 | | Dudley, Paul | An account of the method of making sugar from the juice of the maple-tree in New England | XXXI 27 | VI 2 37c | | | A description of the moose deer in America | — 165 | VII 447 | | | Account of the poison-wood-tree in New England | — 145 | VI 2 307 | | | A method lately found out in New England, for discovering where the bees hive in the woods, in order to get their honey | — 148 | VII 403 | | | Of a new sort of molasses made of apples | XXXII 231| VI 2 37c | | | Of the degenerating of fruits | — | | | | Account of the rattle-snake | — 292 | VII 410 | | | An account of an extraordinary cure by sweating in hot turf; with a description of the Indian hot-houses | XXXIII 129| — 669 | | | Observations on some plants in New England, with remarkable instances of the nature and power of vegetation | — 194 | VI 2 34 | | | An essay upon the natural history of whales, with a particular account of the ambergris found in the spermaceti whales | — 256 | VII 424 | Dudley. Dudley, Paul. An account of a stone taken out of a horse at Boston, in New England, 1724. An account of the several earthquakes which have happened in New-England since the first settlement of the English in that country, especially of the last, which happened in October 29, 1727. Duflay, M. On the efficacy of oil of olives in the bite of vipers. Duillier, Facio. Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, May 17, 1706, made at Geneva. Dumaresque, Rev. D. An account of that part of America which is nearest to the land of Kamchatka, extracted from the description of Kamchatka, by Professor Krafshennicoff. Dunn, Samuel. Some observations of the planet Venus, on the disk of the sun, June 6th, 1761; with a preceding account of the method taken for verifying the time of that phenomenon; and certain reasons for an atmosphere about Venus. An attempt to assign the cause why the Sun and Moon appear to the naked eye larger when they are near the horizon; with an account of several natural phenomena relative to this subject. Reasons for a lunar atmosphere. An account of the eclipse of the Sun, October 16, 1762. An account of an appulse of the Moon to the planet Jupiter, observed at Chelsea. Remarks on the censure of Mercator's chart, in a posthumous work of Mr. West of Exeter. Account of a remarkable meteor October 6, 1763. Observations on the eclipse of the Sun, April 1, 1764, at Brompton-Park. A determination of the exact movement of time when the planet Venus was at external and internal contact with the Sun's limb in the transits of June 6, 1761, and June 3, 1769. Dunthorne, Richard. On the Moon's motion. On the acceleration of the Moon. Thoughts on comets. Elements of new tables of the motions of the satellites of Jupiter. | Author | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Dupont, Andrew Peter | Account of a remarkable marine insect | LIII 57| | | Dupre, M. | Account of five pair of muscles which serve for different motions of the head and of a deformed human skull | XXI 130| III 295 | | Durant, J. | Account of a subterraneous cavern in Weredale, of the Blue Well near Newcastle upon Tyne, and of a coal mine taking fire | XLIV 221| X 588 | | Durston, William, M. D.| Account of a very sudden and excessive swelling of a woman's breasts | IV 1047| III 78 | | | A letter concerning the death of the big-breasted woman, together with what was observed on her body | | 1668 | | | An account why the big-breasted woman was not opened after her death | | 1077 | | | An account of two odd births | V 1188 | 301 | | | Anatomical observations on a monstrous birth at Plymouth | | 2098 | | Dutton, William | Account of a meteor seen at Chigwell-Row, Essex, Oct. 20, 1759 | LI 302 | | | Dyer, Rev. | Account of the effects of a storm of thunder and lightning at Looe and Lanreath, in Cornwall, June 27, 1756 | L 104 | | | Dymond, Joseph | Astronomical observations at Prince of Wales's Fort, on the north-west coast of Hudson's Bay | LIX 467| | | | Observations on the transit of Venus over the Sun, June 3, 1769, at Prince of Wales's Fort | | 480 | | | Observations on the state of the air, winds, weather, &c. at Prince of Wales's Fort, in 1768 and 1769 | LX 137| | | Dionisius of Placenza | Observations on some animals, and of a strange plant, made in a voyage into the kingdom of Congo | XII 977| 57 | EAMES, EAMES, JOHN. A remark upon the new opinion relating to the forces of moving bodies, in the case of collision of non-elastic bodies XXXIV 183 VI 287 — Remarks upon a supposed demonstration, that the moving forces of the same body are not as the velocities, but as the squares of the velocities — Remarks upon some experiments in hydraulics, which seem to prove, that the forces of equal moving bodies are as the squares of their velocities XXXV 343 — 292 — Extract from the journal books of the Royal Society, concerning magnets having more poles than two XL 383 VIII 740 EARNSHAW, WILLIAM, M.D. Case of an ulcer in the right groin emitting the feces of the intestines XV 1204 III 119 EDENS, J. An account of a journey from the port of Oratava, in the island of Teneriffe, to the top of the Pike in that island, in Aug. 1715; with observations made thereon XXIX 317 V 2 148 EDWARDS, GEORGE. Account of the pheasant of Pennsylvania XLVIII 499 — of the lacerta ventre marsupio faucibus merganseris rostrum æmulantibus XLIX 639 — of a new discovered species of snipe or tringa L 255 — Observations on an evening, or nocturnal solar iris, June 5, 1757 — of the frog fish of Surinam — of a bird supposed to have been bred between a turkey and pheasant — An observation in optics — Description of a Chinese pheasant — of a bird from the East Indies EELES, HENRY. On the cause of thunder XLVII 524 On the cause of the ascent of vapour and exhalation. halation, and those of winds; and of the general phenomena of the weather and barometer. **Ehrhart, Balthasar, M.D.** Observations in a journey over the Tyrol Alps, with a catalogue of the plants observed — On the origin of petrefactions **Ehret, George Dionysius.** An account of a species of ophris, supposed to be the plant mentioned by Gronovius, in the Flora Virginica, p. 185 — An account of a new Peruvian plant, lately introduced into the English gardens; the several characters of which differ from all the genera hitherto described — A description of the andrachne, and its botanical characters **Eimmart, G.C.** Observations on the variation of the magnetic needle, made at Norimberg, 1685 — On the eclipse of the Moon, Nov. 30, 1685 **Ele, Martin.** An account of the making pitch, tar, and oil out of a blackish stone in Shropshire **Eliot, Rev. L.** The effects of lightning at Steeple Ashton, and Holt, Wiltshire, June 20, 1772 **Ellicot, John.** The description and manner of using an instrument for measuring the degrees of the expansion of metal by heat — An account of the influence which two pendulum clocks were observed to have upon each other — Observations and experiments — On the specific gravity of diamonds — On weighing the strength of electrical effluvia — Essays towards discovering the laws of electricity — Experiments in order to discover the height to which rockets may be made to ascend, and to what distance their height may be seen — Two methods by which the irregularity of the motion of a clock, arising from the influence of heat and cold upon the rod of the pendulum, may be prevented ELLIOT, JOHN. Observations on sand iron ELLIS, CHARLES. Account of the physic garden at Amsterdam — — — of the Friesland boy with letters in his eye — — — of a young lady born deaf and dumb, taught to speak — — — of F. Lynus's dyals at Leige — — — of Sir John Mandevil's tomb at Leige — — — of the cachol, or rooms cut in the rock of the castle of Namur — — — of the chamber of rarities at Boln — — — of the quarry at Mæstricht That Costerus first invented printing in 1430 ELLIS, HENRY. On the use of ventilators in a ship ELLIS, JOHN. Observations on remarkable corallines — — — on a cluster polype, found in the sea near the coast of Greenland — — — on a species of corallines — — — on the animal life of those corallines that look like minute trees, and grow upon oysters and fucus's all around the sea coast of this kingdom — — — on M. Schloffer's account of a curious fleshy coral-like substance — — — A letter attempting to ascertain the tree that yields the common varnish used in China and Japan — — — An account of a red coral from the East Indies of a very singular kind — — — Remarks on Baster's observations on corallines, polypus, and other sea animals — — — Answer to Miller's remarks on Ellis's letter on the toxicodendron — — — Account of the heat of the weather in Georgia — — — Experiments relating to the preservation of seeds — — — Account of the plants helesia and gardenia — — — An account of the male and female cochineal insects — — — of the sea pen or pennatula phosphorea of Linnæus; likewise a description of a new species of sea pen found on the coast of South-Carolina, with observations on sea pens in general — — — On the nature and formation of sponges — — — Account of an amphibious bipes — — — A letter on the coluber cerasus, or horned viper of Egypt ELLIS, JOHN. A supplement to the account of an amphibious bipes — Account of the animal nature of the genus of Zoophytes called corallina — An account of the actinia sociata, or animal flower, lately found on the sea coasts of the new ceded islands — Account of the success of some experiments for preserving acorns for a whole year without planting them, so as to be in a state fit for vegetation, with a view to bring over some of the most valuable seeds from the East Indies, to plant for the benefit of our American Colonies — Observations on a particular manner of increase in the animalcula of vegetable infusions, with a discovery of an indissoluble salt, arising from hemp seed, put into water till it becomes putrid — The figures and characters of that elegant American evergreen, called by the gardeners Loblolly Bay, taken from blossoms blown near London — An account of a new species of illicium Linnæi, or starry annied tree, lately discovered in West Florida — On the nature of Gorgonia, that it is a real marine animal, and not of a mixed nature between animal and vegetable ELSTOBBS. Observations on an eclipse of the Moon, Dec. 12, 1749, made at Earith near St. Ives, Huntingdonshire ELTON, JOHN. The description of a new quadrant for taking altitudes without an horizon either at sea or land ENT, Sir GEORGE, M.D. Account of a worm voided by urine — An essay tending to make a probable conjecture of temper, by the modulations of the voice in ordinary discourse — Observations on the weight of a land tortoise when he went into the ground at autumn, and when he came out at spring, for several years L'EPINASSE, C. A description of an approved apparatus for performing electrical experiments ESTANCE, VALENTIN. Observations on the comet seen in 1658, at Brasil ETTRICK, HENRY. The description and draught of a machine a machine for reducing fractures of the thigh Evatt, Rev. Samuel. An account of a remarkable monument found near Ashford in Derbyshire Evelyn, John. Description of the Spanish sembrador, or new engine for ploughing, sowing and harrowing — Account of the damage done in his garden by the preceding winter Euler, Leonard. Account of the discoveries of the Russians, on the north east coast of Asia — On the gradual approach of the Earth to the Sun — On the contraction of the orbits of the planet — An account of a prize of one hundred ducat offered by the Academy of Sciences at Petersburg for the best answer to the question "Whether the theory of Sir Isaac Newton is sufficient to explain all the irregularities which are found in the motion of the Moon" — Description of a new instrument for taking small angles — On his theorem for correcting the aberrations in the object glasses of refracting telescopes — A deduction of the quantity of the Sun's parallax from the comparison of the several observations of the late transit of Venus made in Europe, with those made in George Island in the South Sea: Eustachius, —. Observations on an eclipse of the Moon, Sept. 8, 1718, in Italy Eximenus, Anthony. Observation on the transit of Venus over the Sun, June 6, 1761, at Madrid F. **Fabritius**, M.D. Some new experiments of injecting medicated liquor into the veins, together with the considerable cures performed thereby **Facio, Nicholas.** A vindication of his problem for finding the solid of least resistance **Fage, M.La.** An account of an extraordinary aneurism of the arteria aorta, near the bales of the heart **Faget, M.** On the use of the styptics purchased by his most Christian Majesty **Fahrenheit, Daniel Gabriel.** Experiments about the degree of the heat of some boiling liquors — Experiments and observations of the freezing of water in vacuo — The specific gravities of certain matters discovered at different times for various purposes — Description and use of a new aerometer — A description of a new barometer **Fairchild, Thomas.** An account of some new experiments relating to different, and sometimes contrary, motion of the sap in plants and trees **Fairfax, Nathaniel.** Observations on some insects and their innocuousness — Account of hailstones of an unusual bigness — Observations on an human body dead of odd diseases — Instances of peculiarities of nature both in men and brutes — Account of a bullet voided by urine **Fantoni, Pto.** An algebraic problem, and of the solution of a certain mechanic curve amongst infinite hypermechanics which prove a determinate equation **Farish, Rev.** Of the filling of waves by means of oil FARLEY, ——. On the effects of the quaffi root in fevers, at Antigua FARR, WILLIAM, M.D. Observations on the barometer, thermometer, and rain, in 1767, at Plymouth —— 1768, at Plymouth —— 1775, at Bristol —— 1776, at Bristol —— 1777, at Bristol —— 1778, at Bristol FARRINGDON, Rev. ——. Account of the charfish, in North Wales FAUQUIER, WILLIAM. An account of an extraordinary storm of hail in Virginia, July 9, 1758 FAWLER, JOHN. An account of the cure of two sinuous ulcers possessing the space of the whole arm, with extraordinary supply of a callus, which fully answers the purposes of the os humeri, lost in the time of cure FAY, M. Du. Letter on electricity FELTON, SAMUEL. Account of singular species of locusts and wasps FERGUSON, JAMES. An improvement of the celestial globe —— A description of an instrument to describe solar eclipses —— A delineation of the transit of Venus, expected in 1769 —— Account of a remarkable fish taken in the King's Road, near Bristol —— Account of an eclipse of the Sun, April 1, 1764 —— Description of a new and safe crane, which has four different powers —— Observations on the eclipse of the Sun, April 1, 1764, at Liverpool —— Description of a new hygrometer —— Short and easy methods for finding the quantity and weight of water contained in a full pipe of any given height and diameter of bore —— Short and easy methods for finding the quantity of time contained in any given number of mean lunations, and the number of mean lunations in any given quantity of time —— Short and easy methods for finding the number of troy pounds contained in any given number of averdupolite pounds, and vice versa FERGUSON, JAMES. A new method of constructing sun-dials for any given latitude, without the assistance of dialing scales, or logarithmic calculations FERGUSON, JOHN. Account of the extirpation of part of the spleen of a man FERN, ——, M.D. History of a remarkable foetus without the womb FERNER, BENEDICT. Observations on the transit of Venus over the Sun, June 6, 1761, in and near Paris —— June 3, 1769, at Stockholm FEUILLÈE, PERE. The longitude of Buenos Ayres determined FIDGE, WILLIAM. Account of a stone taken out of the bladder of a dog, with a piece of dog-grass in its center FIELD, REV. JAMES. Two cases of wounds in the stomach FIELDING, ROBERT, M.D. Narrative of the shot of Dr. Robert Fielding with a musket bullet, and its strange manner of its coming out of his head, where it had lain near 30 years, written by himself FITZGERALD, KEANE. Experiments on applying the Rev. Dr. Hale's method of distilling salt water to the steam engine —— Farther experiments for increasing the quantity of steam in a fire engine —— An attempt to improve the manner of working the ventilators by the help of the fire engine —— Description of a metalline thermometer —— Experiments on checking the too luxuriant growth of fruit trees, tending to dispose them to produce fruit —— A description of a new thermometer and barometer —— A method of lessening the quantity of friction in engines —— An account of some improvements made on a new wheel barometer, invented by him FLAMSTEAD, JOHN. An account of such more notable celestial phenomena of the year 1670, as will be conspicuous in the English horizon —— The appulses of the Moon to Saturn and the fixed stars, observable in the year 1671, foretold; and reduced to the meridian and latitude of London. FRAUNEBAD, JOHN. Lunae et fixarum appulsa visibiles, necnon arctiones juxta eas transtus observabiles A. 1672 predicti, et ad meridianum latitudinemque Londini Tabulis Catolinis accuratè supputati. Observations touching some late appearances of Saturn. Appendix to the paper concerning some appulses to the Pleiads in 1672. Astronomical observations partly already made and partly to be made. Observations of Jupiter's transit near two fixed stars in February and March 1671, at Derby. On the appulses of the moon for 1673, and the other planets to the fixed stars; together with an observation on the planet Mars. Some more accurate observations about Jupiter's transit near fixed stars; useful for determining the inclination of that planet to the ecliptic. New observations, made after a new and accurate way, of the farthest elongations of the Medicean stars from the center of Jupiter; together with some other uncommon ones concerning the diameter of the planets, and their distances from fixed stars, as also of the parallax of Mars, &c. The appulses of the Moon and other planets to the fixed stars predicted for 1674. Account of an instrument to show the Moon's true place to a minute or two; as also the writer's design of correcting the hitherto assigned motions of the Sun; the other touching the necessity of making new solar numbers, together with an expedient of making trial whether the refractions in Signor Cassini's table be just. Observations on the eclipse of the Moon, Jan. 1, 1674-5, at Derby. Letter on Mr. Horrox's lunar system. Account of a total eclipse of the Moon, June 26, 1679. Answer to a letter proposing a new place for the Flamstead, John. Observations on the lunar eclipse, Dec. 21, 1675 — Answer to M. Cassini's considerations on Flamstead's account of the lunar eclipse of Dec. 21, 1675 — Observations on the eclipse of the sun, June 11, 1676 — On the spots of the sun, in July and August, 1676 — On Mars covered by the Moon, August 21, 1676, at Greenwich — On the comet of April and May, 1677, at Greenwich — A correct tide table, shewing the exact time of high water at London Bridge, on every day in 1683 — Account of the foregoing table — Observations on the eclipse of the Moon, Feb. 11, 1682 — An account of three late conjunctions of Saturn and Jupiter, within the space of seven months; together with an account of what other conjunctions of them have happened for more than 100 years last past, beginning at 1563; and a table computed, whereby to make an estimate what other conjunctions have happened for the time past, or what will happen for the time to come — An account of the eclipses and ingresses of Jupiter's satellites into his shadow, and such emissions of them as will be visible at Greenwich in the last three months of 1683 — Account of the eclipse of Saturn's satellites for 1683, with a catalogue of them, and informations concerning its use — A tide table of high water at London Bridge, in 1684, with directions for the use of it — An account of a spot seen in the Sun from April 25 to May 8, 1683, with a line of its course predicted if it make a second return — Account of a small lunar eclipse on June 16, 1684, observed at Greenwich — Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, July 2, 1684, at Greenwich FLAMSTEAD, JOHN. Calculation of the same eclipse, according to the Philolaic tables Account of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites for 1685, with a catalogue of them, and information concerning its use Table of high water at London Bridge for 1685, with directions An account of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellite for 1686, and a table of the parallaxes of Jupiter's orb; and an ephemeris or Jupiter's geocentric places for the same year Table of high water at London Bridge for 1686 Description and uses of an instrument for finding the distances of Jupiter's satellites from his axis with the help of the table of parallaxes and catalogue of eclipses, printed in the preceding Transactions Observations on the eclipses of the Moon, Nov. 30, 1685 Calculation of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites for 1687, &c. Table of high water at London Bridge for 1687 1688 A catalogue of all the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites visible in 1688 Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, May 12, 1796, at Greenwich Astronomical observations at Greenwich in 1711, 1712 British astronomical observations made at Greenwich in 1713 FLEMING, MALCOLM, M.D. Some observations proving, that the foetus is in part nourished by the liquor amnii FLOWERS, S. Exact draughts of several unknown characters, taken from the Ruins at Persepolis A paper containing some unknown ancient characters, with remarks therein by Francis Aston FLOYD, EDWARD. Account of locusts lately observed in Wales An account of the burning of several hay ricks by a fiery exhalation or damp; and of the infectious quality of the grass of several grounds FLOYER, Sir JOHN. A relation of two monstrous pigs, with the resemblance of human faces FLOYER, Sir John. An account of two young turkeys joined together by their breasts — Observations on the clasps of sweet tastes, made by comparing the tastes of sweet plants, with Mr. L'Emery's chymical analysis of them in his treatise of drugs FOGELIUS. Observations on an eclipse of the Moon, Oct. 8, 1671 — on the spots of the Sun, returned Nov. 1, 1671 FOLEY, SAMUEL, D.D. Account of the Giants Causeway, in Ireland FOLKES, MARTIN. Account of an aurora borealis, seen March 30, 1716, at London — of Mr. Leeuwenhoek's curious microscope — An account of the standard measures preserved in the capital at Rome — An observation of three mock-funs, seen at London, Sept. 17, 1736 — On the fresh water polyps — An account of some human bones incrusted with stone, now in the Villa Ludovisi at Rome — A remark on F. Hardouin's amendment of a passage in Pliny's Nat. Hist. lib. II. §.74 — Account of the earthquake at London, March 8, 1749-50 — at Kensington, from the account given by Thomas Burrat — Account of the shock of an earthquake felt at Newton, in Northamptonshire, Sept. 30, 1750 FONTANA, Abbe. Experiments and observations on the inflammable air breathed by various animals — Account of the airs extracted from different kinds of waters; with thoughts on the salubrity of the air at different places — Memoir concerning the American poison called Ticunas — Translation FOOT, DANIEL, M.D. Some reflections made on the enlarged account of Dr. Wittie's answer to hydrologia chymica, chiefly concerning the cause of the sudden loss of the virtues of mineral waters FORBES, GEORGE, M.D. An account of the patella or limpet fish of Bermuda FOR FORD, JAMES. An account of the success of agaric, and fungus vinolus, in amputations FORDYCE, GEORGE, M.D. Of the light produced by inflammation Examination of various ores in the museum of Dr. W. Hunter A new method of assaying copper ore FORSTER, REV. JOHN. Account of an earthquake at Taunton FORSTER, JOHN REINHOLD. A specimen of the natural history of the Volga Account of a new map of the river Volga The management of carp in Polish Prussia Account of the roots used by the Indians in the neighbourhood of Hudson's Bay, to dye porcupine quills Account of several quadrupeds from Hudson's Bay An account of birds sent from Hudson's Bay; with observations relative to their natural history; and Latin descriptions of some of the most uncommon An account of some curious fishes from Hudson's Bay FORSTER, REV. RICHARD. Extract from the register of the parish of Great Shefford in Berkshire, for ten years, with observations On the number of people in England An account of a meteor seen at Stafford in Berkshire, Oct. 20, 1759; with some observations of the weather of the preceding winter Observations on noxious animals in England FORSTER, THOMAS. Account of a new island lately raised out of the sea near Tercera FORTH, HENRY. Account of a storm, Jan. 8, 1734-5, at Darlington FOTHERGILL, ANTHONY, M.D. Observations during the frost of Jan. 1776, at Northampton Account of the cure of St. Vitus's dance by electricity FOTHERGILL, JOHN, M.D. On the origin of amber Observations on the Manna Persicum With additions in the abridgement Observations on a case published in the last volume of the medical essays, &c. of the recover- Transf. XLIX 93 LXVI 504 LXIX 529 LXX 30 XLV 398 LVII 312 LVIII 214 LXI 310 LXII 54 — 37° — 382 LXIII 149 L 356 — 457 LI 299 LII 475 XXXII 100 XXXIX 285 LXVI 587 XLIX 1 XLIII 21 Abridg. VI 2 203 X 774 XI 1299 — 86 ing | Author | Title | Transl. | Abridg. | |-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Fothergill, John, M.D. | History of a split diaphragm in a child of ten months, accompanied with part of the intestines being thrown into the thorax | XLIII 275 | XI 969 | | | Observations and experiments made in Siberia, extracted from the preface to the Flora Sibitica | XLIV 11 | XI 1078 | | | Account of the magnetical machine contrived by Dr. Knight | XLV 248 | — 1333 | | Fouchy, John Paul Grandochamp | Astronomical dissertation on the lunar atmosphere | LXVI 591 | | | Fouquet, Joh. Fr. | An explanation of the new chronological table of the Chinese history | XLI 261 | VIII 172 | | Fourneaux, Capt. | Account of a musical instrument brought from the isle of Amsterdam in the South Seas, 1774 | XXXVI 397 | VII 413 | | Fowke, General | Observations on the earthquake of Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1755, made in Barbary | LXV 67 | | | Fracassati, Charles | Experiments of injecting liquors into the veins of animals | XLIX 428 | | | | Experiments upon blood grown cold | II 490 | III 232 | | | Confirmation of the experiments of injecting liquors, &c. | — 493 | — 456 | | | An observation about the epiploon or the double membrane, which covers the entrails of animals and is filled with fat | — 551 | II 658 | | Franklin, Benj. | On the effects of lightning | XLVII 289 | | | | Account of an electrical kite | — 565 | | | | Electrical experiments made in pursuance of those of Mr. Canton, dated Dec. 3, 1753, with explanation by Franklin | XLIX 300 | | | | Extract of a letter concerning electricity | — 305 | L 481 | | | On the effects of electricity in paralytic cases | L1 525 | | | | Remarks on Beccaria's experiments in electricity | LII 456 | | | | Account of Mr. Canton's experiments in electricity | LV 182 | | | | Meteorological and physical observations, conjectures, and suppositions | LXI 51 | | | | Observations on the transit of Mercury over the Sun, Nov. 9, 1769 | LXII 166 | | | | On pointed conductors | LXIV 445 | | | | On the stilling of waves by oil | II 322 | | | Fraser, James | Account of Lake Nefs, &c. | XXI 230 | III 538 | | Freeman, —— | Café of a lady who had stones under her tongue | XLVI 5 | XI 959 | Freeman, ——. Account of an earthquake, Feb. 8, 1749-50, at Eltham Freind, John, M.D. Case of a hydrocephalus Freke, John. Case of an extraordinary exostosis on the back of a boy Frewen, T. An account of the condition of the town of Hastings, after it had been visited by the smallpox Frobennius, Sigismund Augustus, M.D. An account of a spiritus vini æthereus, together with several experiments tried therewith Froidour, M. De. Some additions to the narrative about the conjunction of the ocean and Mediterranean, by a channel in France Fuller, John. A strange effect of the great storm in Sussex in 1703 Fuller, Rose, M.D. Observations on the comet of 1736-7, at Jamaica The effects of Dampier's powder in curing the bite of a mad dog Observations on remarkable red lights seen in the air, Dec. 5, 1737, in Sussex A description of a large lake called Malholm Tarn, near Skipton in Craven, Yorkshire An account of a violent hurricane in Huntingdonshire, Sept. 8, 1741 FULLER, ROSE, M.D. Account of a fire ball seen in the air; and of an explosion heard, Dec. 11, 1741, in Sussex FYNNEY, FIELDING BEST. Case of Ann Davenport G. GABRY, PETER. Account of an aurora borealis observed at the Hague, Feb. 27, 1750 — Observations on the comet of May 1756, made at the Hague — Of a fiery meteor seen at the Hague, Dec. 21, 1758 GAERTNER, JOSEPH, M.D. Account of the urtica marina GAILHARD, —, Jun. M.D. Observations upon different maladies GALE, BENJAMIN, M.D. Historical memoirs, relating to the practice of inoculation for the small pox in the British American Provinces, particularly in New England — An account of the successful application of salt to wounds made by the bite of rattle snakes GALE, ROGER. A discourse occasioned by an inscription found at Langchester in the Bishoprick of Durham — An account of a Roman inscription, found at Chichester — A copy of an ancient chirograph, or conveyance of part of a sepulchre, cut in marble, lately brought from Rome; with some observations upon it — On the vegetation of melon seed 33 years old — An account of a fossil skeleton of a man found near Bakewell in Derbyshire GALLET, M. An observation of the solar eclipse, June 11, 1676, at Avignon GANDOLPHE, M. Observations upon incisions of the cornea GARCIN, LAURENCE, M.D. Remarks on the family of plants called Musa | Author | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Garcin, Laurence, M.D. | Description of a new family of plants called Oxyoides | XXXVI | VI 2 | | | of the hirundinella marina, or sea leach | | 357 | | | The settling of a new genus of plants called, after | XXXVIII| VIII | | | the Malayans, Mangostans | | 755 | | | On the cyprus of the antients | XLV | X | | | The establishment of a new genus of plants, | XLVI | | | | called Salvadora, with its description | | 699 | | Gard, Rev. Samuel, Du. | A relation of a strange kind of bleeding in a little child | IX | 193 | | Garden, Alexander, M.D. | Account of the electrical ecl | LXV | | | Garden, George, M.D. | Account of a man of a strange imitating nature | XII | III 8 | | | of several human calculus's of an unusual bigness | | 843 | | | A discourse concerning weather | XV | II 118 | | | On the proboscis of bees | | 1148 | | | On the causes of several winds | | 129 | | | On the modern theory of generation | XVII | 907 | | | Account of a thunder storm near Aberdeen | XIX | 715 | | | On the caterpillars that destroy fruit | XX | 759 | | | Account of a stone cut from a child having a flint within it | XXII | III 164 | | Gaubill, Father. | Of the knowledge of geography amongst the Chinese | XLVI | X 255 | | | Account of the paper money current among the Chinese | | XI 1364 | | | Two letters concerning the Chinese chronology and astronomy | | | | | A description of the plan of Pekin | | | | Gaze, John. | Case of a boy troubled with convulsions cured by the discharge of worms| | 521 | | Geach, Francis. | Case of a man who had six stones taken out of the gall bladder | LIII | | | | Case of a man wounded in the left eye with a small sword | | 234 | | Gennes, M. De. | A new invention of a clock ascendant on a plane inclined | XII | I 468 | | | A new engine to make linen cloth without the help of an artificer | | 1007 | | Geoffry, M. | On the mineral water of St. Amand near Tournay and Valencienne | XX | II 334 | | | A way to make two clear spirituous inflammable liquors, which differ very little in taste and smell, and being mixed together, do give a fine carnation colour, without either sensible ferment | fermentation or alteration Geoffry, M. Account of the new regulations in the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris — The exact quantity of acid salts contained in acid spirits — Observations upon the dilutions and fermentations which we may call cold, because they are accompanied with a cooing of the liquors into which they pass — Account of a new thermometer — Experiments upon metals, made with the burning glass of the Duke of Orleans — Account of Mr. Seignette's sal polychores rupellensis, and some other chemical salts — Method of making soap lees and hard soap for medicinal uses — Account of a child of a monstrous size — On the effects of the vitrum antimonii ccratum Germain, St. Observations on the transit of Venus over the Sun, June 3, 1769, near Quebec Gersten, Christian Lewis. Description and use of an arithmetic machine, invented by him — A new method of calculating eclipses, particularly of the earth, and of any appulses of the Moon to planets and fixed stars — Observations on Mercury seen over the Sun, Nov. 5, 1743, at Giesa — A description of an astronomical mural quadrant freed from many inconveniences Ghislieri, Marg. Anthony. Observations made in Italy of an eclipse of the Moon, Sept. 8, 1718 Gibbons, William, M.D. An account of a red colour reduced by mixture of a sulphureous spirit with a volatile alcali Giles. History of a tumour in the lower part of the belly — The original of a polypus Gilkes, Moreton. Account of the petrefactions near Matlock Baths in Derbyshire; with conjectures concerning petrefactions in general Granville, Joseph. Answer to some inquiries concerning mines — Additional answers — Observations on the Bath springs Glass, Samuel. Case of an uncommon dropsy from the want of a kidney; and a large sacculus that contained the water GLE GLENIE, JAMES. Propositions selected from a paper on the division of right lines, surfaces and solids. — The general mathematical laws which regulate extend proportion. GLOVER, THOMAS. An account of Virginia, its situation, temperature, productions, inhabitants, and their manner of planting and ordering tobacco, &c. GMELIN, PHILIP FREDERIC. Medico-physical observations on ipecacuanha. — Observations on some imperfections of sight through compound microscopes. GODDARD, JONATHAN, M.D. Observations on a cameleon. — Experiments of refining gold with antimony. GODDEN, MICHAEL. Account of the irregularities of the tides at Chatham. GODFREY, AMBROSE. Experiments on the phosphorus urine. — Examination of West Ashton well water. GOOCH, BENJAMIN. Account of the cuticular glove. — On aneurisms in the thigh. — On an amputation above-knee by the single circular incision. GOODRICH, —. Account of a great number of stones found in one bladder. GOODYEAR, AARON. A relation of the symptoms that attended the death of Mr. R. Burdett, an English merchant of Aleppo, who was killed by the bite of a serpent. GORDON, PATRICK. Account of a water spout observed in the Downs. GORDON, WILLIAM. Of a fire ball seen Dec. 11, 1741. GOREE, Father. A relation of a new island, which was raised up from the bottom of the sea, on the 23d of May 1707, in the Bay of Santorini, in the Archipelago. GORSUCH, REV. WILLIAM. An extract from the register of Holy Crofs, in Salop, from Michaelmas 1760, to Michaelmas 1770. GOSTLING, REV. WILLIAM. Account of a fireball seen in the air and an explosion heard, Dec. 11, 1741, in Kent. — Account of three mock Suns seen December 19, 1741. GOS Transf. | Abridg. ---|--- LXVI 73 | LXVII 450 | XI 623 | III 566 XLIII 382 | X 761 — | — — | — XII 930 | II 816 — 953 | — 595 XLIX 523 | XXXVIII 58 | IX 373 XLI 828 | VIII 629 LIX 281 | LXV 378 | LXV 482 | II 482 | IHI 149 XX 351 | II 813 XXII 805 | IV 2 203 XLII 58 | VIII 525 XXVII 354 | LXI 57 | XLI 872 | VIII 524 XLII 60 | — 525 GOTTWALD | Gottwald, John Christopher, M.D. | Description of the plague at Danzig in 1709. | | Gould, W. | An account of the increase of weight in oil of vitriol exposed to the air | | | An account of a polypus found in the heart of a person who died epileptical | | Gourdon, Sir Robert. | A receipt to cure mad dogs, or men or beasts bitten by mad-dogs | | | Account of the remains of the observatory of the famous Tycho Brahe | | | Account of a cataract near Gottenburg | | Graeff, Regnerus De. | Observations on the organs of generation | | Greame, William, M.D. | Account of the operation of Bronchotome | | Graham, George. | Observations of an extraordinary height of the barometer, December 21, 1721 | | | Of an eclipse of the sun, November 27, 1722, at London | | | Made of the variation of horizontal needle at London, in the latter part of the year 1722, and beginning of the year 1723 | | | On the dipping needle made at London 1723 | | | A contrivance to avoid the irregularities in a clock's motion, occasioned by the action of heat and cold upon the rod of the pendulum | | | An observation on the eclipse of the Moon, Nov. 20, 1732, made at London | | | Of an eclipse of the Sun, May 2, 1733, at London | | | Made in London by Mr. Graham, and at Black River in Jamaica, by Colin Campbell, concerning the going of a clock, in order to determine the difference between the lengths of isochronal pendulums in those places | | | Description and use of an instrument for taking the latitude of the place at any time of the day | | | Observations on an eclipse of the Moon, March 15, 1735-6, at London | | | Of an eclipse of the Sun, Sept. 8, 1736 at London | | | Of an occultation of Mars by the Moon, Oct. 7, 1736, at London | | Transf. | Abridg. | | --- | --- | | XXVIII 101 | II 534 | | XIV 496 | I 279 | | — 537 | III 70 | | XVI 298 | — 283 | | XXII 691 | I 216 | | — — | II 325 | | IV 1043 | III 192 | | XXXVI 448 | V II 496 | | XXXI 222 | VI 228 | | XXXII 198 | VI 171 | | XXXIII 96 | VI 2290 | | — 332 | — 28 | | XXXIV 40 | VI 297 | | XXXVIII 88 | | | — 113 | VIII 135 | | — 302 | VII 238 | | — 450 | VIII 371 | | XL 14 | — 164 | | — 92 | | | — 100 | — 186 | Graham, GRAHAM, GEORGE. Observations of the transit of Mercury over the Sun, October 31, 1736, at London — on an eclipse of the Sun, February 18, 1736-7, at London — of an eclipse of the Sun, Aug. 4, 1738, at London — of an occultation of Aldebaran by the Moon, Dec. 12, 1738 — of an eclipse of the Moon, January 2, 1740 — of an occultation of Jupiter, and his satellites by the Moon, Oct. 28, 1740 Case of a large quantity of matter or water contained in cystis's or bags adhering to the peritoneum and not communicating with the cavity of the abdomen An account of a comparison lately made by some gentlemen of the Royal Society of the standard of a yard, and the several weights lately made for their use; with the original standards of measures and weights in the Exchequer, and some others kept for public use, at Guildhall, Founders Hall, the Tower, &c. An account of the transit of Mercury over the Sun, Oct. 25, 1743 — of the eclipse of the Moon, October 22, 1743 Some observations made during the last three years of the quantity of the variation of the magnetic horizontal needle to the westward GRAMONT, Father. Account of the kang or Chinese stoves GRANDI, JACOME. Account of two odd births GRANDIS, GUIDO. On the nature and properties of sound — A handful of geometrical flowers exhibited to the Royal Society GRAVES, JOHN. Manner of hatching chickens at Cairo GRAY, Sir JAMES. Account of the late discoveries at Herculaneum GRAY, JOHN. An account of the Peruvian bark extracted from some papers of William Arrot, who had gathered it in Peru GRAY, STEPHEN. On making water subservient to the viewing both near and distant objects, with the description of a natural reflecting micro- scope Microscopical observations and experiments Further account of his water microscope Experiments about making a concave speculum nearly of a parabolic figure A way of measuring the height of Mercury in the barometer more exactly An observation of some parhelia seen at Canter- bury, Feb. 6, 1692-3 of an unusual parhelion and halo, April 7, 1699 Observations on the fossils of Reculver Cliff Method of drawing the meridian line, by the pole star, and finding the hour by the same Observations of the spots in the Sun in June 1703 on an eclipse of the Sun, May 12, 1706, at Canterbury New electrical experiments Several experiments in electricity On the electricity of water Experiments in electricity Experiments in electricity Experiments in electricity Experiments in electricity Electrical experiments Greaves, Experiments for trying the force of great guns Greaves, John. Account of the latitude of Con- stantinople and Rhodes Reflections upon the report made by Lord Trea- surer Burleigh to the Lords of the Council, of a consultation had, and the examination of the plain and brief discourse by John Dee for reforming the calendar Green, Charles. Astronomical observations at King George's Island in the South Seas Green, John, M.D. Relation of a girl three years old who remained a quarter of an hour under water without drowning Account of an earthquake felt Aug. 23, 1750, at Spalding, Lincolnshire | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|--------| | XIX 539 | I 195 | | — 280 | II 653 | | — 353 | I 209 | | — 787 | — 214 | | XX 176 | II 12 | | XXI 126 | — 187 | | XXII 535| — 188 | | — 762 | IV 461 | | — 815 | — 462 | | XXIII 1502| — 229 | | XXV 2238| — 250 | | XXXI 104| VI 27 | | XXXVII 18| — 9 | | — 227 | — 22 | | — 285 | — 139 | | — 397 | VII 490 | | XXXIX 16| VIII 397 | | — 166 | — 401 | | — 220 | — 404 | | — 400 | — 404 | | XV 1090 | I 495 | | — 1295 | — 564 | | XXI 356 | — 405 | | LXI 397 | | | XLII 166| IX 241 | | XLVI 725| | GREEN, WILLIAM. Account of a very extraordinary effect of lightning on a bullock GREENHILL, THOMAS. Relation of four extraordinary medico-chirurgical cases — An abstract of Necropsy, or the art of embalming GREENWOOD, ISAAC. A new method of composing a natural history of meteors — Account of some of the effects and properties of damps, from observations of the effects on opening an old well at Boston in New England, July 19, 1729 GREGORY, DAVID. A solution of the Florentine problem, touching the figure of a cupola, whose windows being out, the remainder is quadrable — A paper asserting some mathematical inventions to their true authors — Account of the curve called catenaria — Observations on the eclipse of the Sun, Sept. 13, 1699, at Oxford — Answer to the animadversions on Dr. Gregory’s curva catenaria made in the Leipsic acts — The curve assigned by Cassini to planets as their orbit, considered and rejected — Vindicatio mathematica universalis Gregoriana contra secundos Abbatis Galloysii impetus in Historia Acad. Scient. 1703 GREGORY JAMES. An account of a controversy between Stephano de Angelis of Padua, and J. B. Riccioli, concerning the motion of the earth — Answer to the animadversions on Mr. Hugenius’s book De vera Circuli & Hyperbolae Quadratura, as published in the Journal des Scavans — Consideration upon M. Hugen’s letter, printed in vindication of his examen of the book entitled Vera Circuli & Hyperbolae Quadratura GREGORY, WILLIAM. Account of a pin taken out of the bladder of a child — Account of a monstrous foetus resembling an hooded monkey GRESCHOW, AUGUSTINE NATHANIEL. An observation of an extraordinary lunar circle, and of two parallaxes made at Paris, October 20, 1747 | Author | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Greschow, Augustine Nathaniel | An observation of the eclipse of the Sun at Paris, July 14, 1748 | XLV 524| X 483 | | | —— on an eclipse of the Sun, Jan. 8, 1750 at Berlin | XLVI 339| — 78 | | Grew, Nehemiah | —— on the nature of snow | VII 5143| II 148 | | | —— Description and use of the pores in the skin of the hands and feet| XIV 566| III 9 | | | —— Observations on a diseased spleen | XVII 543| — 85 | | | —— Description of the American Tominelus, or humming bird | — 760 | IV 854 | | | —— On the food of the humming bird | — 815 | — | | | —— A demonstration of the number of acres contained in England, or South Britain; and the use which may be made of it | XXVII 266| IV 449 | | Griffith | Account of the effects of a storm of thunder and lightning on Pembroke College, Oxford, June 3, 1765 | LV 273 | — | | Grindal Richard | Caie of the efficacy of bark in a mortification | L 379 | — | | Gronovius, John Frid. M.D. | Method of preparing specimens of fish | XLII 57| — | | | —— Account of a water insect, which, being cut into several pieces, becomes so many perfect animals | — 218 | IX 17 | | | —— The figure of the muskela fossilis | XLIV 451| XI 874 | | Groestins, M. | Account of an earthquake at the Hague on Wednesday the 18th of February, 1756 | XLIX 544| — | | Guattini, Ang. De. | Observations on some animals, and on a strange plant made in a voyage into the kingdom of Congo | XII 977| III 57 | | Guilelmini, Domin. | Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, July 12, 1684, at Bologna | XVII 858| I 295 | | Gullet, Christopher | On the effects of elder in preserving growing plants from insects and flies | LXII 348| — | | Gulston, Edward | Account of an earthquake, April 2, 1762, at Chattigong | LIII 251| — | | | —— Another account from Chittigong | — 263 | — | | Gulton, Francis | Account of an antient date at Widge-Hall, in Hertfordshire | XXXIX 122| IX 421 | | Guthrie, Matthew, M.D. | On the antiseptical diet of the natives of Russia | LXVIII 622| — | | | —— Account of the manner in which the Russians treat persons affected with the fumes of burning | —— | — | ing charcoal, and other effluvia of the same nature. **Guy, Richard.** An extraordinary case of a child **Gwither, M.D.** Discourse of physiognomy --- **H.** **H. Mr. Inquiries for Turkey** **H.R. Observations on the Chinese characters** **Hadley, George.** The meteorological diaries communicated to the Royal Society for 1729-1730 **Hadley, John.** An account of a catadioptrick telescope made by him, with the description of a machine for applying it to use — Observations on the satellites of Jupiter and Saturn — An account of an aurora borealis seen at Exon. Oct. 8, 1726 — A description of a new instrument for taking angles — Observations made on board the Chatham yacht, Aug. 30, 31, and Sept. 1, 1732, for the trial of an instrument for taking angles — A spirit-level to be fixed to a quadrant for taking a meridional altitude at sea when the horizon is not visible — On the cause of the general trade-winds **Hadley, John. M.D.** An account of a mummy inspected at London, 1763 **Haffenden, Richard.** The effects of lightning on a house which had a pointed conductor at Tenterden **Haines, Edward.** An account of an occultation of Saturn by the Moon, March 19, 1687, observed at Totteridge, near London, latitude 51° 39' HALE, RICHARD, M.D. The human allantois fully discovered An account of the external maxillary, and other salivary glands; also of the insertions of all the lymphatics (as well above as below the subclavians) into the veins HALES, Rev. STEPHEN. An account of a machine for measuring any depth in the sea, with great expedition and certainty A method of conveying liquors into the abdomen during the operation of tapping A proposal to bring small passable stones with ease out of the ladder An account of the great benefit of ventilators in many instances in preserving the health and lives of people in slave and other transport ships An account of some trials to cure the ill taste of milk, which is occasioned by the feed of cows, either from turnips, cabbages, or autumnal leaves, &c. also to sweeten stinking water A proposal or checking in some degree the progress of fires Account of some electrical experiments An examination of the strength of several of the principal purging waters, especially that of Jessop's Well On the causes of earthquakes Observations on the utility of ventilators in a ship An account of the bucket sea-sage to find the different degrees of coolness and saltiness of the sea An account of some trials to keep water and fish sweet with lime-water An account of the great benefit of blowing showers of fresh air up through distilling liquors An account of some trials to sweeten stinking water HALIFAX, Rev. WILLIAM. A relation of a voyage from Aleppo to Palmyra in Syria HALL, Capt. Experiments on the poison of the rattlesnake HALLER, ALBERT. Observation de ovarii steatomate, & de pilis ibidem inventis | Haller, Albert | Account of the cyanus folii radicalibus, partim integri, partim planati, lutea calycis ovalis, flore sulphureo | | --- | --- | | Transf. | Abrigd. | | XLII:94 | X702 | | —100 | — | | XLIV:527 | XI1062 | | X1.VI:172 | — | | —325 | X965 | | —54 | X1309 | | Hallerstein, — | Observations on the comet seen at Peking; 1748 | | —305 | X124 | | Hallet, William, M.D. | Account of an aurora borealis, seen at London, Oct. 8, 1726 | | XXXIV:143 | VI2100 | | — | — | | Halle, Edmund. | A direct and geometrical method by which the aphelia, eccentricities, and proportion of the orbs of the primary planets are found, without supposing the equality of the angle of motion at the other focus of the planet's ellipse | | X1:683 | I258 | | —687 | —278 | | —724 | — | | XIII:82 | —370 | | —208 | II610 | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | XIV:677 | —292 | | XVI:3 | I472 | | —85 | —564 | | —104 | II14 | | —153 | —153 | | —335 | 163 | | —366 | II108 | | —387 | I68 | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | | XVII:468 | II126 | Halley, HALLÉY, EDMUND. A discourse tending to prove at what time and place Julius Cæsar made his first descent upon Britain — An astronomical dissertation of the visible conjunction of the inferior planets with the Sun — Amendments and notes upon three places in the common text of Plin.'s Natural History, falsely edited — Account of the several species of infinite quantity, and of the proportions they bear one to the other — An account of the cause of the change of the variation of the magnetical needle; with an hypothesis of the structure of the internal parts of the earth — An estimate of the degrees of the mortality of mankind, drawn from various tables of the births and funerals at the city of Breslaw, with an attempt to ascertain the price of annuities upon lives — An account of several experiments made to examine the nature of the expansion and contraction of fluids by heat and cold, in order to ascertain the divisions of the thermometer, and to make that instrument in all places, without adjusting it by a standard — On the proportional heat of the Sun in all latitudes, with the method of collecting the same — Emendations and notes upon the antient astro-nomical tables of Albatenius, with the restoration of his luni-solar tables — An instance of the excellence of the modern algebra in the resolution of the problem of finding the foci of optick-glasses universally — Some queries concerning the nature of light and diaphanous bodies — A new and accurate method of finding the roots of equations, of every kind, without previous reduction — An account of the evaporation of water, as it was experimented in Grésham College, in 1693, with some observations thereon — Table of the eclipses of the first satellite of Jupiter — A discourse concerning a method of discovering the true moment of the Sun's ingress into the tropical signs Transl. | Abridg. ---|--- XVII 495 | III 412 — 511 | I 427 — 535 | — 102 — 556 | II 615 — 563 | — 596 — 650 | — 33 — 878 | — 165 — 913 | III 522 — 960 | I 183 — 999 | II 252 XVIII 136 | I 81 — 183 | II 110 — 237 | I 409 XIX 12 | — 266 HALLEY, | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Halley, Edmund. A compendious and facile method for constructing logarithms, exemplified and demonstrated from the nature of numbers, without any regard to the hyperbola, with a speedy method for finding the number from the logarithm given | XIX 58 | 108 | | A proposition of general use in the Art Gunnery shewing the rule of laying a mortar to pals, in order to strike any object above or below the horizon | 68 | 48 | | Some account of the ancient state of the city of Palmyra, with short remarks upon the inscriptions found there | 160 | III 518 | | An easy demonstration of the analogy of the logarithmic tangents to the meridian line, sum of the secants, with various methods for computing the same to the utmost exactness | 202 | I 577 | | Account of a Roman altar found at Chester | 316 | III 425 | | An account of an animal, resembling a whelp voided per anum, by a male greyhound | — | II 904 | | The true theory of the tides, extracted from Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica | 445 | 285 | | Account of an extraordinary hail in Cheshire April 29, 1697 | 570 | 145 | | Account of the Torricellian experiment, tried on the top of Snowdon-Hill, and the success of it | 582 | 13 | | Observations on an eclipse of the moon, Oct. 19, 1697, made at Chester | 784 | i 340 | | An account of the appearance of an extraordinary iris seen at Chester, Aug. 6, 1697 | XX 193 | I 188 | | A geometrical dissertation on the rainbow shewing the means of obtaining the diameter of each bow; the refraction being given; with the solution of the inverse problem, or that of finding the ratio of the refraction, the diameter of the bow being given | XXII 714 | — 195 | | An account of Dr. R. Hook's invention of the marine barometer, with its description and uses | 791 | V 24 | | An account of the appearance of several unusual parhelia, or mock suns, together with several circular arches lately seen in the air | XXIII 1127 | — 228 | | A synopsis of cometic astronomy | XXIV 1862 | IV 345 | | Account of several meteors or lights in the sky | XXIX 159 | IV 2 135 | Halley, HALLEY, EDMUND. Some remarks on the variations of the magnetical compass, published in the Memoirs of the Academy of Sciences, with regard to the general chart of those variations made by Halley; as also concerning the longitude of the Magellan Straights — Observations on the total eclipse of the Sun, on the 22d of April, 1715 — Account of the cause of the saltness of the ocean, and of the several lakes that emit no rivers, with a proposal, by help thereof, to discover the age of the world — A short history of the several new stars that have appeared within these 150 years; with an account of the return of that in Collo Cygni, and of its continuance observed in 1715 — An account of several nebulae, or lucid spots, like clouds, lately discovered among the fixed stars, by help of the telescope — An account of the late surprizing appearance of lights seen in the air on the 6th of March, 1715-16, with an attempt to explain the principal phenomena thereof — Of the same seen on the ocean, near the coast of Spain, with an account of the return of the same sort of appearance on March 31, and April 1 and 2 — A particular method by which the parallax of the Sun, or its distance from the earth, may be ascertained by the assistance of the transit of Venus over the sun — Account of the cause of the late remarkable appearance of the planet Venus, seen this summer for many days together in the daytime — The art of living under water; or a discourse concerning the means of furnishing air at the bottom of the sea, in any ordinary depths — Observations on the Moon's appulses to the Pleiades in the three next years — An account of a small telescopical comet seen at London on the 10th of June, 1717 — Considerations on the change of the latitude of some of the principal fixed stars — An account of the extraordinary meteor seen all over England, on the 19th of March, 1718-9, with a demonstration of the uncommon height thereof Halley, Edmund. An observation of the end of the total lunar eclipse, March 5, 1718, observed near the Cape of Good Hope, serving to determine the longitude thereof; with remarks thereon Account of an aurora borealis seen at London Nov. 10, 1719 Remarks of an essay of Mr. Cassini, wherein he proposes to find by observation the parallax and magnitude of Sirius Of the infinity of the sphere of fixed stars Of the number, order, and light of the fixed stars Remarks upon the method of observing the differences of right ascension and declination, by cross hairs in a telescope A proposal for measuring the heights of places, by help of the barometer of Mr. Patrick, in which the scale is greatly enlarged Some allowances to be made in astronomical observations, for the refraction of the air, with an accurate table of refractions On the method of determining the places of the planets, by observing their near appulses to the fixed stars Observations on a parhelion, Oct. 26, 1721 An observation of an eclipse of the Sun, Nov. 27, 1722, at Greenwich The longitude of Port Royal in Jamaica, determined by the eclipse of the Moon, June 18, 1722 And of Carthagena in America Some considerations about the cause of the universal deluge Some farther thoughts on the same An account of the appearance of Mercury passing over the Sun's disk, on the 29th of October, 1723, determining the mean motion, and fixing the nodes of that planet's orb Remarks upon some dissertations lately published at Paris, by the Rev. P. Souciet, against Sir Isaac Newton's Chronology Some farther remarks on P. Souciet's dissertations against Sir Isaac Newton's chronology Mr. Harris's astronomical observations at Vera Cruz revised | Author | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | Halley, Edmund | A proposal of a method for finding the longitude at sea, within a degree or twenty leagues; with an account of the progress he hath made therein, by a continued series of accurate observations of the Moon Observations of latitude and variation taken on board the Hartford, in her passage from Java Head to St. Helena, 1731-2 Observations on the lunar eclipse, March 15, 1735-6 | XXXVII 185 | VI 401 | | Halton, Immanuel | Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, June 11, 1676 | XL 14 | II 285 | | Hamilton, Hon. Charles | A description of a clepsydra, or water-clock | XLIV 171 | X 428 | | Hamilton, Rev. Hugh | The properties of the mechanic powers demonstrated, with some observations on the methods that have been commonly used for that purpose A dissertation on the nature of evaporation, and several phenomena of air, water, and boiling liquors | LIII 103 | LV 146 | | Hamilton, Robert | An account of a suppression of urine cured by a puncture made in the bladder through the anus | LXVI 578 | | | Hamilton, Sir William | Two letters, giving an account of the late eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Nov. 17, 1764 An account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, in 1767 Some farther particulars of Mount Vesuvius and other volcanos in that neighbourhood An account of a journey to Mount Etna, 1769 Remarks upon the nature of the soil of Naples and its neighbourhood Extract of another letter on the same subject Account of the effects of a thunder-storm on the 15th of March 1773, upon the house of Lord Tylney, at Naples An account of certain traces of volcanos on the banks of the Rhine An account of an eruption of Mount Vesuvius, in Aug. 1779 | LVII 192 | LVIII 1 | | Hampe, John Henry, M.D. | A description of the narwhal, or unicorn fish, taken in the river Oste, in the Duchy of Bremen, 1736 An account of a new species of the manis, or icaly lizard | XL 149 | IX 72 | | | | LX 36 | HANBURY | HANBURY, WILLIAM. Account of the coal balls made at Leige HANCKEWITZ, AMBROSE GODFREY. Experiments upon the phosphorus urinae — Examination of West-Ashton well-water HANLEY, P. M. D. Account of an extraordinary steatomatous tumour in the abdomen of a woman HARDISWAY, P. M. D. Account of the cutting of a man who died of the stone in the kidneys — Account of a rottenness of the cheek-bone HARMER, THOMAS. Remarks on the very different accounts that have been given of the fecundity of fish, with fresh observations on that subject HARRIS, REV. JOHN. Microscopical observations of vast number of animalculæ seen in water — An account of some experiments tried with Mons. Villette's burning concave, in June 1718 HARRIS, JOSEPH. Astronomical observations at Vera Cruz — Some magnetic observations made in the months of May, June, and July, 1732, in the Atlantic and Western Ocean; as also the description of a water spout — An account of an improvement on the terrestrial globe — Observations of the transit of Venus over the Sun, June 3, 1769, made in the Round Tower in Windsor Castle HARRISON, JOHN. Account of two species of wasps in New England HARRISON, REV. JOHN. Account of an agitation of the waters at Hawkshead, in Cumberland, Nov. 1, 1755 HART, CHENEY, M. D. Account of the effects of electricity in the county hospital at Shrewsbury — An account of a cure of a paralytic arm by electricity HARTLEY, DAVID. Case of the effects of Dampier's powder in curing the bite of a mad dog — Case of a calculus making its way through an old cicatrix of the perinæum HARTMANN, PHILIP JAMES. Account of an embryo of seven months, and of a placenta cotiledonyformis — History and demonstration of the Prussian amber HARTMANN, PHILIP JAMES. Account of several curiosities relating to amber HARTOP, MARTIN. Account of the earthquake in Sicily, 1693 HARVEY, WILLIAM, M.D. Anatomical account of Thomas Parr HARWOOD, JOHN. Description of a Roman sudatory, or hypocaustum, found at Wroxeter, in Shropshire, 1701 HASKINS, J. A description of an engine to raise water by the help of quicksilver HASSEL, RICHARD. Case of a large piece of lath being thrust into a man's eye, who recovered of it HASSELQUIST, Dr. Method of making sal ammoniac in Egypt HASTED, EDWARD. On chestnut trees HATLEY, GRIFFIN, M.D. Account of some formed stones found at Hunton, in Kent HAVERS, CLOPTON, M.D. An account of an extraordinary hemorrhage at the glandula lacrymalis — A short discourse concerning concoction HAUKSBEE, FRANCIS. An experiment to shew the cause of the descent of the mercury in the barometer during a storm — An experiment of firing gun-powder on a red-hot iron in vacuo Boyliano — An experiment to try the quality of air produced from gun-powder, fired in vacuo Boyliano — Experiments on the production and propagation of the light from the phosphorus in vacuo — An experiment upon the propagation of sound in condensed air; together with a repetition of the same in the open field — An experiment touching the diminution of sound in air rarified — Experiments on the repletion of bodies in common air, in vacuo, and in air condensed — Experiments on the descent of malt-dust in an evacuated receiver — Several experiments on the mercurial phosphorus — Several experiments on the attrition of bodies in vacuo HAU HAUKSBEE, FRANCIS. An experiment touching the proportion of the weight of air to the weight of a like bulk of water, without knowing the quantity of either Experiment shewing that the seemingly spontaneous ascension of water in small tubes open at both ends is the same in vacuo as in the open air An experiment touching the production of a considerable light upon a slight attrition of the hands on a glass globe exhausted of its air; with other remarkable occurrences An experiment touching the extraordinary electricity of glass, produceable on a smart attrition of it, with a continuation of experiments on the same subject, and other phenomena Several experiments shewing the strange effects of the effluvia of glass, produceable on the motion and attrition of it An experiment touching the quantity of air produced from a certain quantity of gunpowder fired in common air An experiment shewing that the springs or constituent parts of air are capable to suffer such disorder, by a violent impulse, as to require time to recover their natural state An experiment touching the production of light, by the effluvia of one glass falling on another in motion An experiment touching the difficulty of separating two hemispheres, upon the injecting of an atmosphere of air on their outward surfaces, without withdrawing the included air The repetition of an experiment, touching motion given bodies included in a glass, by the approach of a finger near its outside; with other experiments on the effluvia of glass Some experiments touching the electricity and light producible on the attrition of several bodies An experiment touching the different densities of the air from the greatest natural heat to the greatest natural cold in this climate The success of an attempt to continue several atmospheres of air condensed in the space of one, for a considerable time Hauksbee, Francis. An experiment touching the production of light within a globe glass, whose inward surface is lined with sealing-wax, upon an attrition of its outside Some experiments in relation to the weight of common water under different circumstances Several experiments touching the seeming spontaneous ascent of water An experiment touching the different densities of common water from the greatest degrees of heat in our climate, to the freezing point observed by a thermometer Some experiments in relation to the weight of common water under different circumstances An experiment touching the freezing of common water, and water purged of air An experiment touching the freezing of common water, tinged with a liquid said to be extracted from shell-lac An experiment touching the weighing of bodies of the same species, but of very unequal surfaces, in common water, being of an equal weight in common air An account of an experiment shewing that actual sound is not to be transmitted through a vacuum An account of an experiment touching the propagation of sound passing from the sonorous body into the common air in one direction only An experiment touching the propagation of sound through water An account of an experiment, shewing that an object may become visible through such an opake body as pitch in the dark, while it is under the circumstances of attrition and a vacuum An account of an experiment, touching an attempt to produce light on the inside of a glass globe lined with melted flowers of sulphur, as in the experiment of sealing-wax and pitch Experiments concerning the time required in the descent of different bodies of different mag- HAUS nitudes and weights, in common air, from a certain height HAUKSBEE, FRANCIS. Experiments concerning the effects of air passed through red-hot metals — A description of the apparatus for making experiments on the refractions of fluids, with a table of the specific gravities, angles of observations, and ratio of refractions of several fluids — Of two liquors, which, when mixt together will possess less space than when separate — An experiment concerning an endeavour to produce light through a metallic body, under the circumstances of a vacuum and attraction — An experiment touching the direction of a drop of the oil of oranges, between two glass planes, towards any side of them that is nearest pressed together — Some experiments touching the keeping of fishes in water under different circumstances — An experiment concerning the angle required to suspend a drop of oil of oranges, at certain stations, between two glass planes placed in the form of a wedge — Experiments concerning the proportion of the power of the load-stone at different distances — The specific gravity of several metalline cubes, in comparison with their like bulk of water — On the ascent of water between two glass planes — A description of the several strata of earths, stones, coals, &c. found in a coal pit at Dudley, in Staffordshire — An account of an experiment touching the proportions of the ascent of spirit of wine between two glass planes, whose surfaces are placed at certain different distances from each other — An account of some farther experiments — Farther account — The specific gravity of several metalline cubes in comparison with their like bulks of water — An experiment in order to try the law of magnetic attraction HAUTON, M. Way of making sea-water sweet Hauton, M. Two experiments made for finding another passage of the urinary parts Hawkins, Observations on a eclipse of the Sun, Nov. 27, 1722, at Wakefield Haydon, Richard. Observations on the transit of Venus, June 6, 1761, at Leskeard Haygarth, H. M. D. Observations on the bills of mortality of Chester, 1772 —— 1773 —— 1774 Hazem, Willem Van. The quantity of rain which fell at Leyden in 1751 Hearne, Thomas. Account of some antiquities lately discovered near Barham Moor, in Yorkshire —— Account of an aurora borealis, seen Dec. 11, 1719, at Streatham, Surrey Hearne, Urban, M. D. Some remarkable observations on the Lake Vatter Heathcot, Thomas. Observations on the lunar eclipse, Aug. 19, 1681, at St. Lawrence, Madagascar —— Account of the variation of the needle on the coast of Guinea —— Account of the tides on the coast of Guinea, 14th Dec. 1683 Heberden, Thomas, M.D. Account of a very large human calculus —— Observations made in going up the Peak of Teneriffe —— Observations on the weather in Madeira —— Observations on the earthquake at Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1755, made at Madeira —— Account of the earthquake felt in the island of Madeira, March 31, 1761 —— of the effects of lightning at South Weald, in Essex, June 18, 1764 —— of a salt found on the Peak of Teneriffe —— Observations for settling the proportion which the decrease of heat bears to the height of situation —— Account of a stone voided without help from the bladder of a woman —— On the increase and mortality of the inhabitants of Madeira HEBERDEN, THOMAS, M.D. Of the different quantities of rain which appear to fall, at different heights, over the same spot or ground Observations of the immersions and emergences of Jupiter's first satellite, made at Funchal, in Madeira, from 1763 to 1768, with a reflecting telescope of eighteen inches focus HEE, CHRISTIAN. De pressionibus ponderum in Machinis motis HEINSIUS, GODFREY. A method of making a gold-coloured glazing for earthen ware Of the disappearing of Saturn's ring in 1743 and 1744 HEISTER, LAURENCE, M.D. Account of a stone in the bladder breaking spontaneously, and passing through the urethra HELLINS, REV. JOHN. Theorems for computing logarithms HELVETIUS, Dr. Account of the Pareira Brava HENCHMAN, REV. Observations on the effects which the farina of peas of different colours have on each other HENKEL, TILMAN. Observations on the earthquake at Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1755, made at Oporto HENLEY, WILLIAM. Account of a person killed by lightning in Tottenham-court-road-chapel, and its effects on the building Experiments concerning the different efficacy of pointed and blunted rods in securing buildings against the stroke of lightning An account of some new experiments in electricity Remarks on Mr. Haffenden's account of the effects of lightning on a house furnished with a pointed conductor, at Tenterden in Kent Experiments and observations on a new apparatus, called a machine for exhibiting perpetual electricity Experiments and observations in electricity Observations and experiments tending to confirm Dr. Ingenhousz's theory of the electrophorus; and to shew the impermeability of glass to the electric fluid | Author | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Henry, Thomas | An account of the earthquake felt at Manchester and other places, Sept. 14, 1777 | LXVIII 221 | | | Henry, William, D.D. | Account of the copper springs in the county of Wicklow, in Ireland | XLVII 500 | | | | An account of an extraordinary stream of wind, which shot through part of the parishes of Termonomungam and Urney, in the county of Tyrone, Oct. 11, 1752 | XLVIII r | | | | Account of the copper springs in the county of Wicklow, in Ireland | | 94 | | | Case of William Carey, aged 19, whose tendons and muscles were turned into bones | LI 89 | | | | Further account | | 92 | | | Further account | LII 143| | | Henshaw, Thomas | Observations and experiments upon May-dew | I 33 | II 141 | | | Enquiries to be made in Egypt | II 470 | III 632 | | Herissant, M.M.D. | Experiments made on a great number of living animals, with the poison of Lamas and of Ticunas | XLVII 75 | | | Herschel, William | Astronomical observations on the periodical star in Collo Ceti | LXX 333| | | | Astronomical observations relating to the mountains of the Moon | | 507 | | Hevelius, John | Of his promise of discovering the invention of making optick-glasses | I 98 | I 193 | | | Answer to enquiries about cold | | 344 | | | Calculations of the solar eclipse, July 2, 1666 | | 369 | | | A figure of the stars in the constellation of Cygnus, together with the new star in it, discovered some years since, and very lately seen by M. Hevelius again | | 372 | | | Remarks about the new star near the beak of the Swan | V 2023 | | | | Remarks about the new star in the neck of the Whale | | | | | Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, Sept. 29, 1670 | | | | | Observations on the conjunction of the Moon and Venus, Oct. 11, 1670 | | | | | Particulars of a philosophical nature | | | | | Observations on the variation of the magnetic needle at Dantzig in 1670 | | 2059 | | | | | II 609 | Hevelius, HEVELIUS, JOHN. Account of a curious piece of amber Observations on the appearance of Saturn in 1670 On a new star discovered in the constellation of Cygnus in 1670 Further observations on the new star near the beak of the Swan Observations concerning Saturn obscured by the Moon, June 1, 1671 on a lunar eclipse, Sept. 18, 1671 on an occultation of the first of the satellites of Jupiter by the shadow of the planet of a transit of Jupiter and the Moon, Sept. 30, 1671 of a late appearance of Saturn, Sept. 11, 12, 1671 Account of a new comet seen at Dantzick in March, 1672 Account of a phenomenon seen in Prussia about the Sun, a little before his setting and the Moon's conjunction, and the Sun's eclipse The use of telescopic sights in astronomical observations Account of Kepler's manuscripts Observations on an eclipse of the Moon, Jan. 11, 1675, with the occultation of certain fixed stars An account of an eclipse of the Moon, Jan. 1676, at Dantzick Observations on the eclipse of the Sun, June 23, 1675, at Dantzick June 11, 1676 An occultation of Mars and certain fixed stars observed at Dantzick, Sept. 1, 1676 Observations concerning three new stars, one in the Whale's neck, the other two near the head and in the breast of the Swan Observations on the comet of April and May, 1677, at Dantzick An account of the comet of Aug. 1682, at Dantzick Observations on the eclipse of the Moon, Feb. 11, 1682, at Dantzick | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | V 2061 | II 490 | | — 2061 | I 365 | | V 2087 | I 248 | | VI 2197 | — 250 | | — 3027 | — 347 | | — 3048 | — 307 | | — 3029 | — 557 | | — 3031 | — 347 | | — 3032 | — 366 | | VII 4017| — 439 | | IX 26 | | | — 27 | — 221 | | X 289 | — 310 | | XI 589 | — 319 | | — 660 | — 284 | | — 666 | — 288 | | — 721 | — 350 | | XII 853 | | | — 869 | — 444 | | XIII 16 | — 446 | | XIII 146| I 33 | HEVELIUS, HEVELIUS, JOHN. A short account of the three great conjunctions of Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, at Dantzick, in 1682 and 1683 — Observations on the occultations of fixed stars in 1683, at Dantzick — Short history of the comet of 1683, at Dantzick — Eclipsis totatis lune cum mora, Dec. 10, 1685, observata Gedani — Observations of the eclipse of Jupiter by the Moon, March 31, 1686, at Dantzick HEWNDEN, ANTHONY. Observations on the cure of a tumour on the neck full of hydatides HEWSON, WILLIAM. On the lymphatic system in birds — On the lymphatic system in amphibious animals — On the lymphatic system in fish — Experiments on the blood, with some remarks on its morbid appearances — On the degree of heat which coagulates the lymph and the serum of the blood, with an enquiry into the causes of the inflammatory crust, or size, as it is called — Further remarks on the properties of the coagulable lymph, on the stopping of hemorrhages, and on the effects of cold upon the blood — On the figure and composition of the red particles of the blood, commonly called the red globules HICKES, GEORGE. Account of a piece of antiquity lately found in Somersetshire — Letter on the various reading of an inscription which is written upon the statue of Tages, by four Hetruscan alphabets HIGGINS, BRYAN, M.D. Actual fire, or detonation, produced by the contact of tinfoil, with the salt composed of copper and the nitrous acid — On the use of an amalgam of zinc for the purpose of electrical excitation HIGHMORE, —, M.D. Some considerations relating to Dr. Wittie's defence of Scarborough Spaw, with a brief account of a less considerable salt spring in Somersetshire, and of a me- HILL, Mr. Account of Henry Jenkins who died at the age of 169 years HILL, ABRAHAM. Enquiries to be made in Guinea HILL, Sir JOHN, M.D. On the manner of feeding mosses, and in particular of the hypnum terrestre, trichoides, luteovirens, vulgare, majus, capitulis erectis. Raii Synopsis. Ed. 3. p. 84 — Account of the Windsor loam HILLIER, J. An account of the customs of the inhabitants, the air, &c. of Cape Corse, with an account of the weather there from Nov. 24, 1686, to Nov. 24, 1687 HIMSEL, NICOLAS DE, M.D. An account of a rare species of orthoceratites found in Sweden — Case of a paralytic person cured by electrical application — An account of artificial cold produced at Petersburg HIRE, P. DE LA. Letter concerning a new sort of a magnetical compass, with several curious magnetical experiments HIRST, WILLIAM. Account of a fire-ball seen at Hornsey — Account of the transit of Venus over the Sun, June 6, 1761, at Madras — Account of an earthquake, April 2, 1762, at Calcutta — Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, October 17, 1762, at Ghyrotty, in the East Indies — — on an eclipse of the Moon, Nov. 2, 1762, at Calcutta — Several phenomena observed during the ingress of Venus into the solar disk, June 3, 1769 HOARE, —. A short account of some of the principal antique pictures found in the ruins of Herculaneum at Portici, near Naples HOBSON, JOSEPH. Account of the wonderful increase of the seed of the upright mallow HODGSON, JAMES. Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, Dec. 12, 1703, at London — An account of some eclipses of the Sun and Moon, observed by Thomas Brattle, at Cambridge, four miles from Boston, in New Eng- land, whence the difference of the longitude between Cambridge and London is determined from the observation of one of them, made at London. HODGSON, JAMES. A catalogue of the eclipses of the four satellites of Jupiter, for the year 1732 - 1733 - 1734 - 1735 - 1736 The apparent times of such of the immersions and emersions of Jupiter's satellites as are visible at London, in 1736, together with their configurations at those times Some observations of the eclipses of the first satellite of Jupiter, compared with the tables The apparent times of the immersions and emersions of Jupiter's satellites, which will happen in the year 1737, computed to the meridian of Greenwich - 1738 The apparent times of such of the immersions and emersions of Jupiter's satellites as are visible at London in 1738 The apparent times of the immersions and emersions of Jupiter's satellites for the year 1739, computed to the meridian of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich The apparent times of such of the immersions and emersions of Jupiter's satellites as are visible at London in the year 1739 The apparent times of the immersions and emersions of the four satellites of Jupiter, 1740, at Greenwich - at London Astronomical observations made at Pekin, from Nov. 1740 to Oct. 1741 Observations on the comet of March, 1742, by the Jesuits at Pekin A catalogue of the immersions and emersions of the satellites of Jupiter, that will happen in the year 1750, of which there are 173 of the first, 85 of the second, 94 of the third, and none of the fourth, by reason of its great latitude; in all 352, computed by the Flamsteedian tables corrected HODSON, JAMES. A catalogue of the immersions and emersions of the satellites of Jupiter for 1751. — Account of an agitation of the water at Petworth, Nov. 1, 1755 HODSON, LUCAS, M.D. Observations on a subterranean fire in a coal-mine near Newcastle HODY, EDWARD, M.D. Account of a large bony substance found in the womb HOLBROKE, WILLIAM, M.D. Case of stones voided by stool HOLDER, WILLIAM, M.D. An experiment concerning deafness — Reflections on Dr. Wallis's letter to Mr. Boyle concerning an essay of teaching a person deaf and dumb to speak and understand a language HOLDSWORTH, REV. ——. Account of the agitation of the waters, at Dartmouth, November 1, 1755 HOLLAND, SAMUEL. Observations made on the islands of St. John and Cape Breton, to ascertain the longitude and latitude of those places — Observations on the transit of Venus, June 3, 1769, near Quebec — Account of Jupiter's satellites observed near Quebec — Astronomical observations for ascertaining the longitude of several places in the north district of North America HOLLINGS, ——, M.D. An account of what appeared on opening the big-bellied woman near Haman, in Shropshire, who was supposed to have continued many years with child HOLLOWAY, REV. B. An account of the pits of fullers earth in Bedfordshire HOLLMAN, SAMUEL CHRISTIAN. An observation on the double fibres observable in the skeletons prepared from green leaves — Conjectures on the use of double fibres in some leaves, &c. — Observations of the difference of the heights of barometers — Account of a sudden congelation — Of the electric fire — On the application of the micrometer to the microscope Transl. | Abridg. ---|--- XLVI 282 | X 159 XLIX 357 | XI 762 II 383 XXXIX 189 IX 191 XXVII 28 V 265 III 665 III 42 V Supp. to Transf. of July 3, 1679. XLIX 643 LVIII 46 LIX 247 LXIV 171 — 182 XXIX 452 V 293 XXXII 419 VI 2220 XLI 789 VIII 818 — 796 — 820 XLII 116 — 452 XLII 239 X 450 — — 271 — — 29 Hollman, Samuel Christian. On the correspondence of the barometer with the air and weather — Description of some high mountains, in which are great quantities of fossil wood Holmes, Major. A narrative concerning the success of pendulum-watches at sea for the discovery of the longitude Holt, Sir Charles. Account of a disease occasioned by swallowing pebble stones — Account of a child who had its intestines, mesentery, &c., in the cavity of the thorax — A further account of the person who swallowed stones Holwell, John Zephaniah. Account of a new species of oak Home, Robert. Case of the first joint of the thumb torn off, with the flexor tendon in its whole extent torn out Homel, ——. Account of the jaculator fish Hondt, —— M. De. An account of the agitation of the waters, Nov. 1, 1755, at the Hague Hoogvlietius, John. Account of two posthumous letters of Leeuwenhoek relating to the diaphragm Hook, Robert. Observations on a spot in one of the belts of Jupiter — Answer to M. Auzout on optick-glasses — A method by which a glass of a small plano-convex sphere may be made to refract the rays of light to a focus of a far greater distance than is usual — Construction of a new contrivance of a wheel-barometer, much more easy to be prepared than that which is described in the micrography — Observations of the planet Mars, made at London in Feb. and March, 1665-6 — Observations lately made at London concerning the planet Jupiter — A late observation upon Saturn, June 29, 1666 — Observations on the eclipse of the Sun, June 22, 1666, at London — Several inventions for dividing a foot into many thousand parts Hook, Robert. An experiment of preserving animals alive, by blowing through their lungs with bellows — On dividing a foot into many thousand parts — A contrivance to make the picture of any thing appear on a wall, cup-board, or within a picture-frame, &c. in the midst of a light room — Observations on the appearance of Saturn's ring in 1670 — Observations upon the eclipse of the Moon, Sept. 8, 1671 — Observations upon the solar spots lately discovered — An account of what hath been observed concerning the late eclipse of the Moon, Jan. 1 1674-5, at London — Two astronomical observations of the eclipses of the planet Jupiter by the Moon in March and April, 1686, at London — A description of an invention, whereby the divisions of the barometer may be enlarged in any given proportions — A relation of the great effects of a new sort of burning speculum lately made in Germany — Note on the natural productions of Virginia — His invention of a marine barometer Hope, John, M.D. An account of the rheum palmatum, or rhubarb plant raised at Edinburgh — Of a rare plant found in the Isle of Skye, supposed to be the Eriocaulon Decangulare Hope, Thomas, M.D. A remarkable cure performed on the eye of a young woman in Scotland — Extract of two letters concerning Mr. Daviel's method of couching a cataract Hopkins, J. Account of an extraordinary large horn, of the stag kind, taken out of the sea on the coast of Lancashire Hope, Richard. Account of the eruption of a burning spring at Broseley in Shropshire Hornsby, Rev. Thomas. On the parallax of the Sun — Observations on the solar eclipse, April 1, 1764, at Oxford — Account of the improvements to be made by observations of the transit of Venus in 1769 HORNSBY, Rev. Thomas. Observations on the transit of Venus and eclipse of the Sun, June 3, 1769 The quantity of the Sun's parallax, as deduced from the transit of Venus, June 3, 1769 An enquiry into the quantity and direction of the proper motion of Arcturus, with some remarks on the diminution of the obliquity of the ecliptic HORSEFALL, James. The application of Dr. Saunderson's theorem, for solving unlimited equations, to a curious question in chronology Observations on the transit of Venus, June 3, 1769 HORSEMAN, Samuel, M.D. An abstract from Timoni's history of the inoculated small-pox HORSLEY, Rev. Mr. An account of the depth of rain fallen from April 1, 1722, to April 1, 1723, at Widdrington, in Northumberland HORSLEY, John. Letter giving an account of observations at sea for finding out the longitude by the Moon HORSLEY, Rev. Samuel, D.D. A computation of the distance of the Sun from the earth An attempt to determine the height of the Sun's atmosphere from the height of the solar spots above the Sun's surface On the computation of the Sun's distance from the earth by the theory of gravity Observations on the transit of Venus and eclipse of the Sun, June 3, 1769 Difficulties in the Newtonian theory of light considered and removed KoXaXov Epaiooθεωσις, or, the sieve of Eratosthenes, being an account of his method of finding all the prime numbers M. De Luc's Rules for measurement of heights by the barometer, compared with theory, and reduced to English measure of length, and adapted to Fahrenheit's scale of the thermometer; with tables and precepts for expediting the practical application of them An abridged state of the weather at London in the year 1774, collected from the meteorological journal of the Royal Society Horsley, Rev. Samuel, D.D. Theorems concerning the greatest and least areas of polygons, inscribing and circumscribing the circle. An abridged state of the weather at London for one year, commencing with the month of March, 1775; collected from the meteorological journal of the Royal Society. Hosty, Ambrose, M.D. Case of Anne Elizabeth Queriot, of Paris, whose bones were distorted and softened. Hotton, Peter, M.D. Letter concerning Swammerdam's treatise de Apibus, the Ahmell Ceylonensisbus, and the Faba S. Ignatii. An account of the Acemella, and its stone-dissolving faculty. Houghton, John. A discourse on coffee. The conclusion of the Protestant states of the empire, Sept. 23, 1699, concerning the calendar. Houston, Robert, M.D. An account of an extra-uterine fetus, taken out of a woman after death, that had continued five years and half in the body. An account of a dropsy in the left ovary of a woman, aged 58, cured by a large incision made in the side of the abdomen. Account of the contrayerva. Experiments on the perforation of the thorax, and its effects on respiration. Howard, Hon. Charles. Brief directions how to tan leather according to the new invention of the Hon. Charles Howard of Norfolk. An account of the culture or planting and ordering of saffron. Howard, John. Account of the degree of cold observed in Bedfordshire, Nov. 22, 1763. Observations on the heat of the waters at Bath. Observations on the heat of the ground on Mount Vesuvius. Howell, George. Case of a large stone extracted by an aperture in the urethra. Howman, Roger, M.D. Case of a remarkable hydrophobia. Case of an extraordinary flux of the blood by the penis. Hoxton, Walter. An account of an unusual agitation in the magnetical needle, observed to last some time in a voyage from Maryland. The variation of the magnetic needle as observed in three voyages from London to Maryland. Huber. Epistola de cadavere aperto, in quo non existit vesica sellea; et de steno gibbose. Hubner, Martin. An account of some observations relating to the production of the Terra Tripolitana, or Tripoli. Huddart, Joseph. An account of persons who could not distinguish colours. Hudson, William. Catalogue of fifty plants from Chelsea Garden, 1766. 1767 1768 1769 Hugens, Christian. Hopes given of his making some improvements in optic-glasses. An observation on Saturn, Aug. 17, 1668, at Paris. Summary account of the laws of motion. Instructions concerning the use of pendulum-watches for finding the longitude at sea, together with a method of a journal for such watches. Discourse concerning the cause of halo's and parelia's. Observations on the appearance of Saturn's ring in 1670. Letter on some observations made at Paris on Saturn's ring. An attempt to render the cause of that odd phenomenon of the quicksilver remaining suspended far above the usual height in the Torricellian experiment. Letters between him and Mr. Slusius, about an optic problem. His thoughts of Mr. Hooke's observations for proving the motion of the earth. Account of very exact and portable watches. Experiments on the air-pump. Experiments made on the air pump upon plants, together with a way of taking exhausted receivers away from off the said engine. XXXVII 53 VI 2 304 XLI 171 VIII 744 XLVI 92 XI 972 LI 186 LXVII 260 LVII 470 LVIII 227 LIX 384 LX 541 I 98 I 193 IV 900 — 365 — 925 — 460 I 547, — 937 555. II 185, V 1065 189 — 2093 I 366 VI 3026 — VII 5027 II 23 VIII 6119 I 172 6139 — 174 IX 90 X 272 — 465 — 443 II 239 — 477 — 205 Hugens. | Author | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Hugens, Christian | Experiments on the preservation of bodies | X 492 | II 245 | | | Experiments on animals in the air pump | | | | | Promiscuous experiments in the air pump | | | | | Description of an aerial telescope | XIV 668| | | Hughes, Rev. Griffith | Description of a zoophyton somewhat resembling the flower of the marigold | XLII 590| IX 111 | | Hume, Francis, M. D. | Experiments of fish and flesh preserved in lime-water | XLVIII 163| | | Hunaud, Francis Joseph, M. D. | Thoughts on the operation of the fistula lacrymalis | XXXIX 54 | 122 | | Hunter, Christopher | Account of some Roman inscriptions found near Durham | XXII 657| III 426 | | | Account of several Roman inscriptions and other antiquities in Yorkshire | XXIII 1129| V 2 44 | | | An account of a Roman inscription lately dug up in the North of England; with some historical and chronological remarks thereon | XXX 701| 49 | | | A copy of an ancient Roman inscription at Rochester, in Northumberland, and two others at Risingham | XLIII 159| X 1271 | | Hunter, John | On the digestion of the stomach after death | LXII 447| | | | Anatomical observations on the torpedo | LXIII 481| | | | Account of certain receptacles of air in birds, which communicate with the lungs, and are lodged both among the fleshy parts, and in the hollow bones of those animals | LXIV 205| | | | Observations on the Gillaroo Trout, commonly called in Ireland the Gizzard Trout | | | | | An account of the Gymnotus electricus | LXV 395 | | | | Experiments on animals and vegetables with respect to their power of producing heat | | | | | Proposals for the recovery of people apparently drowned | | | | | Of the heat of animals and vegetables | LXVI 412| | | | Account of the free martin | LXVIII 7| | | | Account of a woman who had the smallpox during pregnancy, and who seemed to have communicated the same disease to the fetus | LXIX 279| | | | An account of an extraordinary pheasant | LXX 128| | | Hunter, William, M. D. | Account of the structure and diseases of articulating cartilages | XLII 514| IX 267 | Hunter, William, M.D. Observations on the bones, commonly supposed to be elephant tusks, which have been found near the river Ohio in America An account of the Nyl-gnau, or Indian animal, not hitherto described Huntington. An explanation of the cut of two porphyry pillars in Egypt Hutchins, Thomas. Experiments made on the dipping-needle by desire of the Royal Society 1775 An account of the success of some attempts to freeze quicksilver, at Albany Fort, in Hudson's Bay, in the year 1775, with observations on the dipping-needle Hutton, Charles. A new and general method of finding simple and quickly converging series, by which the proportion of a diameter of a circle to its circumference may easily be computed to a great number of places of figures A demonstration of two theorems mentioned in article XXV. of the Philosophical Transactions for the year 1775 The force of fired gunpowder, and the initial velocities of cannon-balls, determined by experiments; from which is also deduced the relation of the initial velocity to the weight of shot and the quantity of powder An account of the calculations made from the survey and measures taken at Schehallien, in order to ascertain the mean density of the earth Calculations to determine at what point in the side of a hill its attraction will be the greatest &c. Of cubic equations and infinite series Huxham, John, M.D. On the praeter-natural structure of the genital parts of a woman Observations on a large omentum on an uncommon-coloured saliva A short account of the anomalous epidemic small-pox at Plymouth, beginning in August, 1724, and continuing to June, 1725 Account of an aurora borealis seen at Plymouth, Oct. 8, 1726 HUXHAM, JOHN, M.D. Two extraordinary cases of a large stone in the urethra, brought on by the venereal infection, and a child born with a remarkable tumour on the loins - XXXVI 257 Account of an extraordinary colic XXXVII 123 Account of an extraordinary hernia inguinalis XLI 640 Observations on the passage of Mercury over the Sun, Oct. 31, 1738 - An extraordinary venereal case - Account of polypi taken out of the heart of several sailors just arrived at Plymouth from the West Indies - Case of Hannah Hitchcock, one of whose ureters was grown up - Account of a beautiful stalactites, now in the Museum of the Royal Society - Account of an extraordinary calculus taken out of the body of a boy - Account of a child born with an extraordinary tumour near the anus, containing some rudiments of an embryo in it - Observations on the northern lights, Feb. 15, 16, 1749-50 - Account of a body found in a vault in the church of Staverton, Devonshire, after lying there upwards of 8 years - Medical and chemic observations on antimony - Relation of the effects of lightning at Plymouth - Account of an agitation of the waters in Devonshire and Cornwall, Plymouth, Mount's Bay, Penzance, &c. Case of a man who died of the effects of the fire at Eddington light-house by melted lead running down his throat - Remarks on the heat of the weather in July, 1757 - An account of an earthquake in Cornwall, July 15, 1757 - An account of the extraordinary heat of the weather in July, 1757, and of the effects of it - Two remarkable cases in surgery - Account of a person struck dead by lightning | J. A. | On the bladder of fishes | X 310 | II 846 | | J. M. | Observations concerning Japan, in answer to queries sent by Mr. Oldenburg | IV 983 | III 620 | | —— | An account of a strange sort of bees in the West Indies | XV 1030 | — 775 | | JACKMAN, Rev. J. | An explanation of the rule for finding Easter | XXIV 2123 | VI 2 27 | | JACKSON, Mr. | Account of the roof of a pot-house at Lambeth being thrown down by the earthquake, March 8, 1749-50 | XLVI 700 | X 507 | | JACKSON, HUMPHREY. | An account of the discovery of the manner of making isinglass in Russia; with a particular description of its manufacture in England, from the produce of British fisheries | LXII 1 | | JACKSON, WILLIAM, M. D. | Inquiries concerning the salt-springs, and the way of salt-making at Nantwich, in Cheshire | IV 1060 | II 352 | | —— | An appendix to the discourse concerning the salt-work | — 1077 | — 353 | | JACOB, ——. | Observations on a solar eclipse, July 2, 1684, at Lisbon | XIV 749 | I 296 | | —— | Observations on the lunar eclipse, Nov. 30, 1685, at Lisbon | XVI 206 | — 338 | | —— | An account of several bones of an elephant found at Leydown, in the Isle of Sheppey | XLVIII 626 | | JAMES, ROBERT, M. D. | Experiments made upon mad dogs with mercury | XXXIX 244 | IX 218 | | JAMINEAU, ISAAC. | On the late eruption of Mount Vesuvius | XLIX 24 | | JARDINE, Lieut. | Observations on the transit of Venus, June 3, 1769, at Gibraltar | LIX 347 | | —— | Observations on the eclipse of the Sun, June 4, 1769, at Gibraltar | —— | | JARTOUX, Father. | Description of the gin feng | XXVIII 237 | IV 2 314 | | JEAKE, SAMUEL. | Elements of a short hand | XLV 345 | XI 1381 | | JEURAT, ——. | Account of an iconantidiptic telescope | LXIX 130 | JENKINS. | Jenkins, Samuel | Figure of his machine for grinding lenses spherically | XLI 555 | VIII 281 | |-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|---------|----------| | Jenty, Nicholas | Case of cohesion of all the intestines | L 550 | | | Jernegan, Charles, M.D. | Case of a cystis in the liver full of water | XLIII 305 | XI 971 | | Jessop, ———— | Account of two mineral substances found in some coal and iron mines in England | VIII 6179 | II 458 | | ———— | Account of damps in mines | X 450 | 376 | | Jesuits | An account of a continued succession of earthquakes at Brigue, in Valais | XLIX 616 | | | ———— | Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, April 1, 1766, in the Roman College | LIV 254 | | | Jesuits, Missionary | On the discovery of the New Philippine Islands, with a map of the same | XXVI 189 | VI 176, 244, 251 | | ———— | Astronomical observations made at Ingolstad, 1726 | XXXV 556 | 210, 245 | | ———— | at Pekin, from November 1727 to November 1728 | XXXVI 366 | 218, 245 | | ———— | 1728, 1729 | 445 | 222, 246 | | ———— | 1746, 1747 | XLVII 319 | | | D'Incarville, Father | Account of the natural and artificial productions of China | XLVIII 253 | | | Ingenhousz, John, M.D. | Some experiments on the torpedo, made at Leghorn, January 1, 1773 | LXV 1 | | | ———— | Easy methods of measuring the diminution of bulk taking place upon the mixture of common air and nitrous air, together with experiments on Platina | LXVI 257 | | | ———— | A ready way of lighting a candle by a very small electrical spark | LXVII 1022 | | | ———— | Electrical experiments to explain how far the phenomena of the electrophorus may be accounted for by Dr. Franklin's theory of positive and negative electricity | 1027 | | | ———— | Account of a new kind of inflammable air or gas | LXIX 376 | | | ———— | Some new methods of suspending magnetical needles | 537 | | | ———— | Improvements in electricity | 661 | | | ———— | On the degree of salubrity of the common air | | | at sea, compared with that of the sea-shore, and that of places far removed from the sea Johnson, Maurice. An account of an earthquake at Scarborough Account of a metallic thermometer in the Museum of the Society at Spalding Account of an earthquake felt Aug. 23, 1759 at Spalding in Lincolnshire Johnson, Sr William. On the customs, manners and language of the northern Indians of America Johnson, M.D. An observation concerning some bones of a perfect gold colour found in animals Johnstone, James, M.D. An account of two extraordinary cases of gall-stones Essay on the use of the ganglia of the nerves History of a fetus born with a very imperfect brain; to which is subjoined a supplement to the essay on the use of ganglia Experiments in support of the uses ascribed to the ganglia of the nerves in vol. LIV. and vol. LVII. Jones, Rev. Hugh. Several observations in Maryland Jones, Jesseel. An account of the Moorish way of dressing their meat (with some remarks) in West Barbary from Cape Spartel to Cape de Geer Jones, Thomas. Account of an extraordinary high tide in the river Thames the high tide in the river Thames, on Feb. 16, 1736 Jones, William. A commodious disposition of equations for exhibiting the relations of geometrical lines Of logarithms Account of the person killed by lightning in Tottenham-Court-Chapel, and its effects on the building Properties of the conic sections, deduced by a compendious method Ironside, Lt. Col. Of the culture and uses of the sun or sun plant of Hindostan, with an account of the manner of manufacturing the Hindostan paper Isle, Jos. Nic. Del. Observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites from July 10, 1726, to April 12, 1728, taken at Petersburg Isle, Jos. Nic. Del'. The construction of a quicksilver thermometer, and his observations on the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites, annis 1731 and 1732 — A proposal of the measurement of the earth in Russia, read at a meeting of the Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg, Jan. 21, 1747 — Letter containing the actual mensuration of the basis of the earth — Comparison of observations relating to the parallax of Mars, made at the Cape of Good Hope, by M. de la Caille, and at Greenwich, by Mr. Bradley Jurin, James, M.D. An account of some experiments, with an enquiry into the cause of the ascent and suspension of water in capillary tubes — Observations on the motion of running water — Remarks on a fragment of an old Roman inscription lately found in the North of England — A discourse on the power of the heart — Conclusion of the discourse — Experiments on the specific gravity of human blood — Letter in defence of his doctrine of the power of the heart against the objections of Dr. Keill — An account of some new experiments relating to the action of glass-tubes upon water and quicksilver — A caution to be used in examining the specific gravity of solids by weighing them in water — A defence of the dissertation on the motion of running water, against the animadversions of P. A. Michelotti — An account of a remarkable instance of the infection of the small-pox — On the danger of the inoculated small-pox compared with the natural — An invitation to an association for forming meteorological diaries, with a specimen — Of the measure and motion of running water JURIN, JAMES, M.D. Meteorological observations made in Charles-Town in South Carolina — Letter concerning the actions of springs — An enquiry into the measure of the force of bodies in motion; with a proposal of an experimentum crucis to decide the controversy about it — Dynamic principles, or meteorological principles of mechanics JUSTEL, ——. Description and representation of the icy Mountain, called the Gletscher, in the canton of Berne, in Helvetia — An account of an engine that consumes smoke, shewn lately at St Germain's Fair in Paris — An account of an extraordinary swarm of grasshoppers in Languedoc KAY, JONATHAN. Case of a strange cancer of which his father died KEARSLER, ——. Observations on the comet of 1735 at Philadelphia — Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, April 18, 1736-7, at Philadelphia — Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, July 15, 1730, at Pekin — Observations on the immersions and emersions of Jupiter's satellites in 1729 at Pekin KEILL, JAMES, M.D. Account of the death and dissection of John Bayles, reputed to have been 130 years old — On the laws of attraction, and other principles of physics — On the laws of centripetal force — Theorems respecting the infinite divisibility of matter | KEILL, JAMES, M.D. | Observations on the physical-mathematical commentaries of J. Bernoulli | | --- | --- | | —— | On the strength of the heart | | KEIR, JAMES. | On the crystallizations observed on glass | | KELLY, JAMES. | Account of horns found underground in Ireland | | KERKRINGIUS, ——, M.D. | An account of what has been of late observed of eggs to be found in all sorts of females | | KERSSEBOOM, WILLIAM. | A view of the relation between Dr. Halley's tables, and the notions of M. de Buffon, for establishing a rule for the probable duration of the life of man | | KIES, ——. | Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, Jan. 8, 1750, at Berlin | | KILPATRICK, Sir THOMAS. | An account of an extraordinary agitation of the water in a small lake at Clofeburn, in the Shire of Dumfries, Feb 1, 1756 | | KINCK, PETER. | An account of the Norwegian Finns or Finlanders | | KING, CHARLES. | On crabs eyes | | KING, sir EDMUND, M.D. | Observations on the parenchymous parts of the body | | —— | Observations on emmets or ants | | —— | An account of an easier and safer way of transfusing blood, viz. by the veins only | | —— | Account of an experiment of transfusion of blood on a man in London | | —— | Observations concerning the organs of generation | | —— | Observations on insects lodging themselves in old willows | | —— | A relation of a petrified glandula pinealis, lately found in the dissection of a brain | | —— | Several observations and experiments on the animalcula in pepper-water | | KING, EDWARD. | An attempt to account for the universal deluge | | —— | An attempt to account for the formation of spars and crystals | | —— | Account of a very remarkable aquatic insect | | Transl. | Abridg. | | --- | --- | | XXIX 91 | IV 367 | | XXX 995 | V 244 | | LXVI 530 | XXXIV 122 VI 224 | | VII 4018 | XLVIII 239 | | XLVI 339 | X 78 | | XLIX 521 | XXXV 357 VII 444 | | XXII 672 | II 831 | | I 316 | I 117 | | II 425 | II 789 | | —— | 449 | | —— | 557 | | —— | 231 | | IV 1043 | — 192 | | V 2098 | II 772 | | XVI 228 | III 157 | | XVII 861 | — 654 | | LVII 44 | — 58 | | —— | 72 | KING, KING, EDWARD. Account of Eidenhole, in Derbyshire — Some observations on a singular sparly incrustation found in Somersetshire — Account of a petrefaction found on the coast of East Lothian KING, WILLIAM. Of the bogs and loughs in Ireland KINNIE, DAVID, M.D. On the efficacy of camphire in maniacal disorders KINNERSLEY, EBENEZER. New experiments in electricity — Electrical experiments with charcoal KIRCH, CHRISTOPHER. Observations on Mars in the autumn of 1736, made at Berlin KIRCH, GODFREY. Account of the different appearances of a new star in the neck of the Swan — Accurate observations on a remarkable comet seen at the end of the year 1680, at Coburg in Saxony, and which was observed thirteen days sooner before by another person — Account of the comet seen at Berlin, in January, 1718 — Observations on the comet seen at Berlin, Jan. 18, 1718 — An account of an occultation of Venus by the Moon, Sept. 19, 1729, at Berlin — An account of an occultation of Venus by the Moon Sept. 19, 1729, at Berlin — Observations on an occultation of Palilicius, at Berlin, Dec. 23, 1738 KIRCHER, ATHANASIUS. An experiment of a way of preparing a liquor that shall sink into and colour the whole body of marble, causing a picture drawn on a surface to appear also in the inmost parts of the stone KIRKBY, CHRISTOPHER. Narrative of two petrefactions in human bodies — A relation of an inland sea, near Danizick, yielding, at a certain season of the year, a green substance, which causeth certain death — An observation about white amber — An odd effect of thunder and lightning upon wheat and rye in the granaries at Dantzick KIRKBY, CHRISTOPHER. Relation of an uncommon case in physic at Dantzick — A relation of an human body opened at Dantzick, and of 38 stones found in the bladder thereof KIRKE, THOMAS. An account of a lamb suckled by a wether sheep for several months after the death of the ewe — Second letter on the same KIRKSHAW, REV SAM. Account of two pigs of lead found near Ripley, with this inscription on them, Imp. Cæs. Domitiano Aug. Cof. — Account of a thunder and lightning storm by which Mr. Heartly of Harrowgate was killed. Sept. 29, 1772 KLEIN, JAMES THEODORE. An anatomical description of worms found in the kidneys of wolves — On an extraordinary fossile skull of an ox, with the cores of the horns — Account of a plica polonica mentioned in vol. XXXVII. — A picture and description of a water insect not before described — Account of letters found in the middle of a beech-tree — A picture of the size of a gigantic bone, with a problem for determining the size of the giant according to the rules of the art of drawing — Ex vete:um pruflorum re antiquaria schedi-asnia — Account of some petrified shells — Natural history of the Alpine Mouse — On the migration of swallows KLINGEN-TERN, SAMUEL. The general quadrature of the triminial hyperbolic curve — Differentiation of the aberration of light refracted at spherical surfaces and lenses KLINKENBURG, D. Observations on the comet of September and October, 1757, at the Hague KNAPTON, GEORGE. Account of some statues, pictures &c. found in a subterraneous town near Naples | Knight, Gowin, M.D. | Magnetic experiments shewed before the Royal Society, Nov. 15, 1744 | |---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------| | | XLIII 161 X 678 | | | On the poles of magnets being variously placed | | | XLIV 656 681 | | | Magnetic experiments in 1746 and 1747 | | | XLVI 111 695 | | | On the effects of lightning destroying the polarity of a mariner's compass | | | 505 689 | | | The mariner's compass improved | | | 603 490 | | | Account of an earthquake at London, Feb. 8, 1749-50 | | | LI 294 | | | Remarks on Mr. Mountaine's account of the effects of lightning, July 16, 1754 | | | XLI 705 IX 182 | | Knight, Thomas | Case of hair voided by urine | | Knowler, Capt. | Observations on the earthquake of Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1755, made at Oporto | | Knowlton, Thomas | On the situation of the ancient town Delgovicia | | | XLIV 100 XI 1245 | | | Account of two men of an extraordinary bulk and weight | | | 101 | | | Account of some tumuli at Danes Grave, near Kilham, Yorkshire | | | An account of two extraordinary deers horns found under-ground in different parts of Yorkshire | | Koegler, Ignatius | Astronomical observations made at Pekin, 1724 | | Konig, Sigismund | Case of Margaret Lower of Berne | | Krake, Christopher | The description of a monstrous child born in South Jutland | | Krieg, David, M.D. | Account of cobalt, and the preparations of smalt and arsenic | | Kuckahn, T.S. | On the preservation of dead birds | | Kuncle, John | The chymical touchstone of Mr. John Kuncle; de acido & urinofo sale calido & frigido, contra Doctor Voight's spirit. vini, vindicatum | | | XV 896 | Lavage LAFAGE, JOHN. An account of an extraordinary aneurism of the arteria aorta near to the bafis of the heart, with the symptoms thereof XXII 696 An account of a dropical body dissected XXIV 1977 V 291 LAMBERT, ——. An account of the effect of lightning on a bullock LXVI 493 LANA, FRANCIS. An account of an odd salt extracted out of a metallic substance VI 3060 III 325 Two observations concerning some of the effects of the burning concave of Lyons VII 4068 II 465 On the formation of crystals VIII 467 III 31 LANCISI, JOHN. Account of the death of Mr. Malpighi, and of the opening of his body LANDE, HIERONIMUS DE LA. Observations of the transit of Venus over the Sun, June 6, 1761, at Paris LII 216 Observations of the transit of Venus over the Sun, June 6, 1761, at Tobolsk, in Siberia — 254 Some observations on Norwood's measure of the figure of the earth — 369 An account of the comet seen at Paris in June, 1762 — 581 Account of occultations of the fixed stars by the Moon, made at Paris, to determine the exact difference of longitude betwixt London, Paris, and Greenwich — 607 Observations on the transit of Venus, June 3, 1769, and the eclipse of the Sun, June 4 at Paris LIX 374 LANDEN, JOHN. An investigation of some theorems which suggest some remarkable properties of the circle, and are of use in resolving fractions whose denominators are certain multinomials, into more simple ones XLVIII 566 | LANDE, JOHN. | A new method of computing the sums of certain series | | --- | --- | | LI 553 | Abridg. | | --- | --- | | —— | A specimen of a new method of observing curvi-lineal areas | | LVIII 174 | Abridg. | | --- | --- | | —— | New theorems for computing the areas of certain curved lines | | LX 441 | Abridg. | | --- | --- | | —— | A disquisition concerning certain figures which are assignable to the arc of conic sections | | LXI 298 | Abridg. | | --- | --- | | —— | An investigation of a general theorem for finding the length of an arc of any conic hyperbola by means of two elliptic arcs, with some other new and useful theorems deduced therefrom | | LXV 283 | Abridg. | | --- | --- | | —— | A new theory of the rotatory motion of bodies affected by forces disturbing such motion | | LXVII 266 | Abridg. | | LANE, THOMAS. | Description of an electrometer invented by him; with an account of some experiments made by him with it | | LVII 451 | Abridg. | | --- | --- | | —— | A letter of the solubility of iron in simple water, by the intervention of fixed air | | LIX 216 | Abridg. | | LANGELOT, JOEL, M.D. | Observations on the chemical operations of digestion, fermentation, and trituration or grinding | | VII 5052 | III 375 | | --- | --- | | —— | Observations upon hurricanes and their prognostics | | XX 407 | II 105 | | LANGRISH, BROWNE. | A new contrivance of applying receivers to retorts in distillation | | XLIII 254 | XI 1225 | | LANGWITH, BENJAMIN, D.D. | Account of a rainbow seen on the ground | | XXXI 229 | VI 280 | | —— | of the appearance of several arches of colours contiguous to the inner edge of a rainbow | | XXXII 241 | VI 122 | | —— | Observations on the figures of snow | | —— | Account of an aurora borealis at Petworth in Sussex, Oct. 8, 1726 | | XXXIV 132 | VI 259 | | LATHAM, REV. EBENEZER, M.D. | A proposal to make the poles of a globe of the heavens move in a circle round the poles of the ecliptic | | XL 201 | VIII 217 | | —— | On the true delineation of the alterations in the ancient sphere | | XLI 730 | — 218 | | —— | Some conjectures concerning the position of the ancient sphere | | XLII 221 | — 216 | | LATHAM, JOHN. | Observations on the earthquake at Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1755, made at Zufusqueira | | XLIX 411 | Abridg. | | —— | Case of a man seized with a fever from the effects of meal-dust | | LX 451 | Abridg. | Latham, John. Account of an extraordinary tropical case Latterman, James. Account of the effects of the agaric of the oak, after some of the most capital operations in surgery — Account of some remarkable experiments on the arteries of horses, with the powder of lyoperdon, or lupi-crepitus Lavington, M.D. Case of a young lady who drank sea-water for an inflammation and tumour in the upper lip Lawrence, Thomas, M.D. Account of the effects of lightning, June 18, 1764, in Essex Street Layard, Daniel Peter, M.D. Case of a fracture of the os illum, and its cure — Account of a young lady who had an extraordinary impostume formed in her stomach — Account of the earthquake, March 8, 1749-50, at London — A discourse of the usefulness of inoculation of horned cattle to prevent the contagious distemper among them — Case of a diseased eye — A letter giving an account of the Somershaw water, in the county of Huntingdon — On the distemper among the horned cattle Lee, Arthur, M.D. Experiments on the Peruvian bark Leeds, John. Observations on the transit of Venus, June 3, 1769, in Maryland Leeuwenhoek, Anthony Van. Observations made with a microscope contrived by him — Figure of his microscopic observations, with their explication — Considerations touching the compression of the air — More microscopic observations — Microscopical observations concerning blood, milk, bones, the brain, spittle, and cuticula, &c. — Observations about sweat, fat, and tears — Microscopical observations — Microscopical observations concerning the optic nerve — Microscopical observations about the texture of the blood, the sap of plants, the figure of | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | sugar and salt, and the probable cause of the difference of their tastes | X 380 | III 683 | | Leeuwenhoek, Anthony, Van. On the texture of tree; with notes thereon | XI 653 | II 783 | | —— A remarkable discovery in wine, with note thereon | | 873 | | —— Observations concerning some little animals, observed in rain, well, sea, and snow water; as also in water wherein pepper had lain infused | XII 821 | III 683 | | —— With the manner of observing them | 844 | | | —— Observations on the calcaneous fibres of a muscle, and the cortical, and medullar part of the brain; as also on moxa and cotton | I 216 | | | —— Microscopical observations of the structure of teeth, and other bones | 899 | III 684 | | —— Microscopical observations on the structure of the hair | 1002 | | | —— Microscopical observations on ivory | 1003 | | | —— Animalcula observed in feminine humano | 1040 | | | —— On the parts of generation | 1044 | | | —— An account of the appearances of several woods and their vessels | XIII 74| | | —— Observations about generation by an animalcula of the male seed; animals in the seed of a frog; some other observables in the parts of a frog; digestion, and the motion of the blood in a fever | 197 | | | —— Microscopical observations about animals in the scurf of the teeth, the substance called worms in the nose, the cuticula consisting of scales | XIV 568| | | —— The anatomy of the slime within the guts, and the use thereof | 586 | | | —— Letter concerning scales within the mouth, and the scaly child that was shewn | 790 | | | —— Observations about the crystalline humour of the eye | | | | —— A letter concerning the parts of the brain of several animals, the chalk stones of the gout, the leprosy, and the scales of eels | XV 883 | | | —— Observations on the salts of wine and vinegar | 963 | 685 | | —— On generation by an insect | 1020 | | | —— On the various figures of salts contained in several substances | 1073 | | | —— On generation by an insect | 1120 | 911 | Leeuwenhoek, | Leeuwenhoek, Anthony Van. Examination of the testicles of a rat, and the seed of muscles, oysters, &c. | XVII 593 | III 685 | | --- | --- | --- | | On animalcules found in the teeth | 646 | 684 | | Of the scalinets of the skin | --- | --- | | Letter concerning the seeds of plants, with observations on the propagation of plants and animals | 700 | 685 | | Observations on cinnabar and gunpowder | 754 | --- | | Observations on the texture of the bones of animals compared with that of wood | 838 | --- | | On the bark of trees | --- | --- | | On the little scales on the cuticula | --- | --- | | Microscopical observations on the seeds of cotton, palm or date stones, cloves, nutmegs, gooseberries, currants, tulips, cassia, lime trees; on the skin of the hand, and pores of sweat, the crystalline humour, optic nerves, gall, and scales of fish, and the figures of several salt particles, &c. | 949 | --- | | The history of the generation of an insect called the Wolf; with observations on insects bred in rain-water, in apples, cheese, &c. | XVIII 194 | --- | | On the differences of timber growing in different countries, and felled at different seasons of the year | 224 | I 592 | | Microscopical observations on eels, mites, the seeds of figs, strawberries, &c. | XIX 269 | III 685 | | An account of several magnetical experiments, and of a person who pretended to cure or cause diseases at a distance, by applying a sympathetick powder to the urine | 512 | --- | | Observations on the teeth, on young oysters, on the eggs of snails, and on the roots of vegetables | 790 | --- | | On the eyes of beetles | XX 169 | --- | | Answer to the objections made to his opinions concerning the animalcula in femine masculino | XXXI 270 | 686 | | On the animalcula in femine humano | 301 | 688 | | On the circulation of blood in tadpoles | XXII 447 | 685 | | On animalcula in the excrements of frogs | 509 | 688 | | Letter concerning gnats | --- | --- | | On the circulation of blood in botts | 552 | 686 | | On worms pretended to be taken from the teeth | 635 | --- | | On some insects observed upon fruit trees | 659 | --- | Leeuwenhoek, **LEEUVENHOEK, ANTHONY VAN. Further observations on the animacula in urine masculino** | Observations | Trans. | Abbrg. | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------| | On excrescencies growing on willow leaves | XXII | 739 | | On the spawn of cooth, &c. | | 786 | | Letter concerning spiders, their way of killing their prey, spinning their webs, generation, &c. | | 821 | | On the edge of razors, and on the distillates of waters | | 867 | | Microscopical observations | | 899 | | Microscopical observations and experiments concerning the animacula in urine masculino of cocks and spiders, shortness of breath, &c. | | 923 | | Observations on shortness of breath | XXIII | 1143 | | Observations on rain water | | 1152 | | On green weeds growing in water, and animacula found about them | | 1304 | | On the dissolution of silver in water | | 1430 | | On the seeds of oranges | | 1461 | | On worms observed in sheep's livers, and in pasture grounds | XXIV | 1527 | | On a great storm at Delft | | 1535 | | On the figures of land | | 1544 | | On cochineal | | 1537 | | Observations on the crystalline humour in the eye of whales, fish, and other creatures, and of the use of the eye-lids | | 1014 | | Observations on the tubes or canals that convey the yellow sap in the herb called chelidonium majus, or celandine | | 1723 | | Observations on tobacco ashes | | 1730 | | On the fossils of Switzerland | | 1740 | | On the animacula on the roots of duck-weeds | | 1774 | | Observations on staining the fingers, with a solution of silver in aqua-fortis | | 1784 | | On the bark of trees | | 1794 | | On the vitrified salts of calcined hay | | 1843 | | On the seed vessels, and seed of polypodium | | 1856 | | On the figures of the salts of crystals | | 1868 | | On pumice-stone, coral, sponges, &c. | | 1906 | | On the seeds of several East-India plants | XXV | 2205 | LEEUVENHOEK, | Leeuwenhoek, Anthony Van | Trans. | Abridg. | |--------------------------|--------|---------| | On the structure of the spleen, and on the proboscis of fleas | XXV 2305 | V 2 267 | | On the salt of pearls, oyster shells, &c. | 2416 | - | | On the particles of silver dissolved in aqua fortis | 2425 | - | | On the cortex Peruvianus | 2446 | - | | On the whiteness of the tongue in fevers | 2456 | - | | On the blood-vessels and membranes of the intestines | XXVI 53 | - | | On the tongue | 111 | - | | Observations on red coral | 126 | - | | On the white matter on the tongue of feverish persons | 210 | - | | On the circulation of the blood in fishes | 250 | - | | On the palates of oxen | 294 | - | | On Mr. Young's accounts of a bunch of hair voided by urine | 416 | V 284 | | On the circulation of blood in an eel | 444 | V 2 388 | | On the particles of crystallized sugar | - | - | | On the configuration of diamonds | 479 | - | | Observations on the edge of razors | 493, 499 | - | | On the crystallized particles of silver dissolved in aqua fortis | XXVII 20 | - | | On the animalcula in seminal masculino of young rams | 316 | - | | On the production of mites | 398 | - | | On the seminal vessels, muscular fibres, and blood of whales | 438 | - | | On the disposition of the parts, and on the contexture of the skin, of elephants | 518 | - | | On muscles, and the manner of their production | 529 | - | | On the animalcula found upon duck-weed | XXVIII 16c | 267 | | On the fibres of muscles | XXIX 55 | V 390 | | On the frame and texture of muscles | 59 | 393 | | On the membranes of muscles | XXXI 12 | VII 404 | | On the bones, and the periosteum | 91 | 672 | | Observations upon the membranes enclosing the fasciculi of fibres, into which a muscle is divided | 129 | 464 | | On the muscular fibres of different animals | 134 | VI 2 336 | | On the muscular fibres of fish | 140 | VII 43 | | On the seeds of plants | 200 | VI 2 34 | | On the number of pores on the leaves of box | 231 | 327 | Leeuwenhoek | Author | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Leeuwenhoek, Anthony Van | Observations or the magnetic quality acquired by iron upon standing a long time in the same posture | XXXII 72 | I 2 27 | | | On the muscular fibres of several animal's | — — | V.I 468 | | | On the particles of fat | — 93 | 469 | | | On a foetus, and the parts of generation of sheep | — 151 | — 445 | | | On the callus of the hands and feet | — 156 | — 480 | | | On the particles and structure of adamant | — 199 | VI 2 226 | | | On the magnitude of the globules of the blood | — 341 | VII 562 | | | Of the structure of the diaphragm | — 400 | — 687 | | | On the palpitation of the heart | — 436 | — 592 | | | On the generation of animals | — 438 | — 473 | | Legge, Edward | Observations of the eclipse of the Moon, Dec. 21, 1740, at the island of St. Catherine, on the coast of Brazil | XLII 18 | VIII 170 | | Leibnitz, Godfrey William, M.D.| The principles of exactness in the portable watches of his invention | X 285 | I 466 | | | Answer to the Abbé Conti's letter on the dispute about the method of fluxions or differential method | XXX 923 | IV 162 | | Leigh, Charles | Experiments and observations about the natron of Egypt, and the nitric water | XIV 609 | II 5'5 | | | A discourse on digestion | — 694 | III 94 | | | Account of strange epileptic fits | XXIII 1174 | V 211 | | | A description of a water-level to be fixed to Davis's quadrant, whereby an observation may be taken at sea in thick and hazy weather, without seeing the horizon | XL 413 | VIII 360 | | | Description and use of an apparatus added to Davis's quadrant, consisting of a mercurial level, for taking the co-altitude of the sun or a star at sea | — 417 | — 362 | | Lethieulier, Smart | An account of the burning of the steeple at Danbury in Essex by lightning, Feb. 5, 1749-50 | XLVI 611 | X 478 | | Lewis, —— | An easy way of raising fruit-trees | VIII 6067 | II 654 | | Lewis, Rev. George | Account of some Indian MSS. lately sent to the University of Oxford | XX 421 | — 397 | | Lewis, Rev. John | Account of the several strata of earth and fossils found in sinking the mineral Wells at Holt | XXXV 489 | VI 2 225 | LEWIS, | Author | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Lewis, Rev. John | On the nature and virtues of Holt water | XXXVI 43 | VI 2 176 | | Lewis, Mark | On the operation of extracting worms from the tongue | XVIII 222 | I 137- | | Lewis, Richard | Account of an aurora borealis seen at Annapolis in Maryland, October 22, 1730 | XXXVII 69 | VI 2 122 | | | Account of an earthquake at Annapolis in Maryland, Sept. 5, 1725, and of an explosion of the air at the same place | XXXVIII 119 | VIII 685 | | | Account of a remarkable generation of insects at Annapolis in Maryland | | IX 1 | | Lewis, William | Experimental examination of Platina | XLVIII 638 | L 148 | | | | | 156 | | Lexel, I. A. | Occultations of α and γ Tauri by the Moon | LXV 280 | | | | Theorems for making the solution of polygons as easy as that of triangles by common trigonometry | | 281 | | | On the periodical time of the comet of 1770 | LXIX 68 | | | Leyel, Adam | Account of an human body found in a copper mine | XXXIII 136 | VI 2 204 | | Lhwyd, Edward | Account of the fiery exhalation in Merionethshire | XVIII 223 | II 180 | | | Account of a great storm of hail in Monmouthshire | XIX 579 | 148 | | | Description of several figured stones | XX 279 | 511 | | | Account of a figured stone lately found in Wales; with a note on it by Hans Sloane | XXI 187 | 511 | | | Account of some Roman, French, and Irish inscriptions and antiquities lately found in Scotland and Ireland | XXII 768 | IV 2 322 | | | Account of some fossils | XXIV 1566 | 264 | | | Account of a very large stone voided per urethram | 1804 | V 288 | | | Several observations in natural history made in travels through Wales | XXVII 462 | V 2 117 | | | | 456 | V 34 | | | | 467 | V 2 118 | | | | 500 | 120 | | | Several observations relating to the antiquities and natural history of Ireland in his travel through that kingdom | 503 | 125 | | | | 524 | 126 | LHWYD, EDWARD. An account of some uncommon plants growing about Penzance and St. Ives, in Cornwall — Observations on natural history and Antiquities in his travels through Wales and Scotland — Some remarks of an undescribed plant, and some particulars observed in Wales LIESTANIG, —. A short account of the measurement of three degrees of latitude under the meridian of Vienna LIMBOURG, JOHN PHILIP DE, M.D. Observations on various sorts of worms as well human as from hares LINCKIUS, JOHN HENRY Commentary on cobalt LIND, JAMES, M.D. Observations on the transit of Venus, June 3, 1769, at Hawkhill — Observations on an account of the eclipse of the Moon, Nov. 12, 1769, made at Hawkhill near Edinburgh — Description and use of portable wind gage LINDESTELPE, JOHN. Cafe of the head and ribs of a fetus brought forth by the anus LINDO, MOSES. An account of a new dye from the berries of a weed in South Carolina LINING, JOHN. Statical experiments made on himself for one whole year, accompanied with meteorological observations, and six general tables — Additions to his statical experiments — A letter concerning the weather in South Carolina, with abstracts of the tables of his meteorological observations in Charles Town — Account of the quantity of rain fallen at Charles Town in South Carolina from January 1738, to December 1752 — Answer to several queries concerning his experiment of electricity with a kite LINUS, FRANCIS. Animadversions upon Sir Isaac Newton's theory of light and colours — Optical assertions concerning the rainbow — Optical experiments concerning the rainbow LISTER, MARTIN. Account of an insect likely to yield an acid liquor — Note of Pliny about the bleeding of the mulberry tree, and of the sycamore | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | Lister, Martin. On the manner of spiders projecting their threads | V 2104 | II 796 | | Inquiries and experiments touching the motion of sap in trees | VI 2119 | — 686 | | Some observations touching colours, in order to the increase of dyes, and the fixation of colours | — 2132 | III 658 | | An observation concerning certain insect-husks of the kermes kind | — 2165 | II 766 | | Account of a kind of fly that is viviparous | — 2170 | — 787 | | A set of curious inquiries about spiders, and a table of the several sorts of them to be found in England, amounting to at least 33 | — | — 793 | | An account of an insect feeding upon Henbane, the horrid smell of which is in that creature so qualified thereby as to become in some measure aromatical; together with the co'our yielded by the eggs of the same | — 2176 | — 783 | | The kind of insect hatched of the English kermes, also the use of these purple insect husks for tinging, together with a comparison made of this English purple kermes with the scarlet-kermes of the shops | — 2196 | — 766 | | On vegetable excrescences | — 2254 | — 768 | | Observations upon that kind of wasps, called vespa ichneumones; especially their several ways of breeding, and, among them, that odd way of laying their eggs in the bodies of caterpillars, &c. | — 2279 | — 769 | | Confirmation of Mr. Ray's observation about musk scented insects, adding some notes upon Dr. Swammerdam's book of insects, and or that of Steno concerning petrified shells | — 2219 | — 765 | | A letter enlarging his observations about ichneumon worms | — 2281 | — 703 | | Some additions | — 2284 | — 770 | | Discovery of another musk scented insect | — 3002 | — 768 | | An inquiry concerning tarantula's | — | — 784 | | An account of veins observed in plants analogous to human veins | — | — 792 | | An account of a stone cut out from under the tongue of a man | — 3052 | — 691 | | Letter concerning animated horse hairs, rectifying a vulgar error | VII 4662 | II 155 | | Enlargement and correction of his former notes | — 4064 | II 771 | upon kermes; and withal insinuating his conjectures of cochinchils being a sort of kermes. **Lister, Martin.** A description of an odd kind of mushroom yielding a milky juice much hotter upon the tongue than pepper. — A further account concerning the existence of veins in all kind of plants; together with a discovery of the membranous substance of these veins, and of some acids in plants resembling those of fennel; and also of the arrangement of the venial juice in vegetables with blood of animals, &c. — Anatomical observations and experiments concerning the unalterable character of the whitening of the chyle within the lacteal veins; together with divers particulars observed in the guts, especially some sorts of worms found in them. — Letter taking notice of Mr. Wallis's remark on his observations on the veins of plants. — A description of certain stones figured in plants, and by some observing men esteemed to be plants petrified. — A letter concerning the first part of his table of snails, together with some queries relating to these insects, and the tables themselves. — Observations and experiments made for the Royal Society. — Observations on the astroites or star stones. — Relation of some odd worms vomited by children. — Observations made at Barbadoes. — An account of an experiment made for altering the colour of the chyle in the lacteal vein. — Of a Roman monument found in the bishoprick of Durham, and of some Roman antiquities at York. — Relation of a man bitten with a mad dog, and dying of the hydrophobia. — Observations upon Roman antiquities at York. — Some probable thoughts of the whiteness of the chyle. — On the use of the intestinum caecum. | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | VII 5059 | — 623 | | — 5116 | — 623 | | — 5131 | II 693 | | VIII 6060 | — 102 | | — — | — 696 | | — 6181 | — 493 | | IX 96 | — 112 | | — 221 | — 431 | | — 466, 49 | — 505, 518 | | — 555, 624 | X 274 | | — 503 | — 391 | | III 135 | — 399 | | — 560 | XIII 6 | | — 102 | — 70 | | — 423 | — 162 | | II 276 | — 238 | | III 419 | — 242 | | — 106 | XIV 457 | | — 425 | Lister | | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Lister, Martin. Observations of the midland salt-springs of Worcestershire, Staffordshire, and Cheshire | XIV 489 | II 361 | | —— A way (which seems to be the true method of nature) of distilling sweet and fresh water from the sea-water by the breath of sea plants growing in it | —— | —— 297 | | —— The breath of the sea plants probably the material cause of the trade or tropick winds | —— | II 129 | | —— Of the nature of ear-hquakes | —— | —— 420 | | —— Observations concerning the spontaneous firing of the pyrites | —— | —— 515 | | —— Observations concerning thunder and lightning proceeding from pyrites | —— | —— 517 | | —— Account of bees breeding in cases made of leaves | —— | —— 592 | | —— Account of a viviparous fly | —— | —— 787 | | —— Letter on the projection of the threads of riders | —— | —— 796 | | —— Account of some very aged persons in the North of England | —— | III 304 | | —— An ingenious proposal for a new sort of maps of counties, together with tables of sands and clays, such chiefly as are found in the North parts of England | —— | —— 739 | | —— On the rising and falling of the quicksilver in the barometer | —— | —— 790 | | —— Experiments about freezing, and the difference betwixt common fish water ice, and that of the sea water: also a probable conjecture about the original of the nitre of Egypt | XV 836 | —— 164 | | —— Account of a stone grown to an iron bodkin in the bladder of a toy | —— | —— 882 | | —— Letter to Mr. Ray concerning some particulars that might be added to the ornithology | —— | II 162 | | —— Answer to Mr. Dale's three queries relating to shells | —— | —— 1159 | | —— Account of transparent pebbles mostly of the shape of ombriae or brontiae | XVII 641 | III 312 | | —— The manner of making steel, and its temper; with a guess at the way the ancients used to steel their picks, for the cutting and hewing of porphyry | —— | —— 778 | | —— Description of certain shells found in the East Indies | —— | —— 865 | | —— | —— | —— 870 | Lister, | Lister, Martin. An account of the nature and differences of the juices, more particularly of our English vegetables | XIX 365 | II 696 | | --- | --- | --- | | Account of several plants which may be usefully cultivated for producing grass or hay | — 412 | I 748 | | An account of the long worm which is troublesome to the inhabitants of Fort St. George in the East Indies | — 417 | III 138 | | The anatomy of the scallop | — 567 | II 829 | | Of a venomous scratch with the tooth of a porpoise, its symptoms and cure | — 726 | — 842 | | His opinion of Dr. Clarke's observations on the polypus of the lungs | — 779 | III 68 | | Account of two boys bit by a mad dog | XX 247 | | | An objection to the new hypothesis of the generation of animalculæ in female masculino | — 337 | — 685 | | Account of coal borings in Yorkshire | XXI 73 | II 599 | | Remark on Dr. Cay's account of the virtues of the ostracites | — 81 | — 505 | | On the origin of white vitriol, and the figure of its crystals | — 331 | — 537 | | On pondered blues passing in the lacteal veins | XXII 819 | V 259 | | Lloyd, Edward. Account of a paper made of the linum asbestum found in Wales | XIV 823 | II 529 | | Lloyd, John. Account of Elden Hole in Derbyshire | LXI 250 | | | Journal of the quantity of rain that fell at Holme, near Manchester, from 1765 to 1769; and at Barrow, near Leeds, from 1772 to 1777 | LXVIII 571 | | | Lloyd, Philip, M.D. Of the diseases and remedies incident to northern countries | XXI 311 | III 606 | | Locke, John. Account of a poisonous fish in one of the Bahama Islands | X 312 | II 842 | | An account of one who had horny excrescences or extraordinary large nails on his fingers and toes | XIX 694 | III 13 | | Account of a person who can neither read nor write, and yet will reckon sums with great exactness | XXII 893 | V 2 219 | | A register of the weather kept at Oates in Essex | XXIV 1917 | IV 2 48 | | Translation of a letter concerning the books and ancient writings dug out of the ruins of an edifice near the site of the old city of Herculancum | XLIX 112 | | Lodwicke. | LODWICKE, FRANCIS. | An essay towards a universal alphabet and new primer | | --- | --- | | —— | A second essay concerning the universal primer | | LOGAN, JAMES. | Account of Mr. Thomas Godfrey's improvement of Davis's quadrant transferred to the mariner's bow | | --- | --- | | —— | Some experiments concerning the impregnation of the seeds of plants | | —— | On the crooked and angular darts of lightnings in thunder storms | | —— | Thoughts concerning the Sun and Moon, when near the horizon, appearing larger than when in the zenith | | LONG, JOHN. | A new method for making logarithms, and finding the number corresponding to a logarithm given, with tables | | --- | --- | | LONGFIELD, JOHN, M.D. | Longitude of Cork deduced from astronomical observations | | LORD, Rev. THOMAS. | Account of some worms whose parts live after they have been cut asunder | | LORIMER, J. | Description of a new dipping-needle | | LOVELL, Lord. | Account of a meteor seen near Holkham in Norfolk, in Aug. 1741 | | LOWER, RICHARD, M.D. | The success of the experiment of transfusing the blood of one animal into another | | —— | On making a dog draw his breath like a broken-winded horse | | —— | An experiment of transfusion of blood upon a man in London | | —— | An observation concerning a blemish in an horse's eye not hitherto discovered by any author | | LOWTHER, Sir JAMES. | An account of the damp air in a coal-pit of Sir James Lowther, bart., sunk within 20 yards of the sea | | LOWTHORP, J. | An experiment of the refraction of the air | | LUC, JOHN ANDREW DE. | Account of a new hygrometer | | —— | Rule for measuring heights by the barometer, reduced to the English measure of length, and adapted to Fahrenheit's thermometer, and other scales of heat, and reduced to a more convenient expression | | Tranf. | Abridg. | | --- | --- | | XVI 126 | III 373 | | —— 134 | —— 378 | | XXXVIII 441 | VIII 366 | | XXXIX 192 | —— 804 | | —— 240 | —— 507 | | —— 404 | —— 377 | | XXIX 52 | IV 160 | | LXIX 163 | IX 117 | | XLII 522 | VIII 521 | | LXV 79 | I 352 | | XLII 183 | II 544 | | —— 557 | —— 65 | | —— 613 | —— 231 | | —— 864 | II 684 | | XXXVIII 109 | VIII 656 | | XXI 339 | I 228 | | LXIII 404 | LXIV 158 | Luc, J. A. Dr. Barometrical observations on the depth of the mines in the Hartz An essay on pyrometry and areometry, and on physical measures in general A second paper concerning some barometrical measures in the mines of the Hartz Lucas, Anthony. On Mr. Newton's coloured spectrum, and objections to his theory of light and colours Lucas, Charles. A description of the cave of Kilcorney, in the barony of Barten in Ireland The figure of some very extraordinary calculous concretions formed in the kidney of a woman Lucas, Robert. On the relief he found in the stone from the use of Alicant soap and lime-water Lucatelli, Joseph. Description of the Spanish sembrador, or new engine for ploughing, and equal sowing all sorts of grain, and harrowing at once Ludlam, Rev. William. An account of a balance of a new construction, supposed to be of use in the woollen manufacture Observations on the transit of Venus and eclipse of the Sun, June 3, 1769, at Leicester An account of an occultation of the star ρ Tauri, by the Moon, observed at Leicester Astronomical observations made at Leicester for determining the latitude of that place Occultation of α and γ Tauri by the Moon An eclipse of the Sun, June 24, 1778, observed at Leicester The principal properties of the engine for turning ovals in wood or metal, and of the instrument for drawing ovals upon paper demonstrated Luffkin, Thomas. On the application of an air-pump to cupping glasses On the use of numerical figures in England, as old as 1690 On the application of the pneumatick engines to cupping glasses Account of some large bones lately found in a gravel-pit near Colchester LUK LUKENO, JOHN. Observations on the transit of Venus, June 3, 1769, in Philadelphia LULOF, JOHN. Observations on the transit of Venus, June 6, 1761, at Leyden — An account of an eclipse of the Moon, May 8, 1762 — Observations of the eclipse of the Sun of August 16, 1765, made at Leyden LYNN, GEORGE. A method for determining the geographical longitude of places, from the appearance of the common meteors, called falling stars — Observations on the lumen boreale at Southwick in Northamptonshire, Oct. 8, 1726 — Some observations of eclipses of Jupiter's satellites made at Southwick, 1730 — Remarks on the weather, accompanying three synoptical tables of meteorological observations for fourteen years from 1726 to 1739 LYONS, ISRAEL. Calculations in spherical trigonometry abridged LYONS, D. M. D. Description of the Cephus — Case of the late reverend James Bradley — Case of a girl who swallowed three pins, and discharged them at the shoulder LYTTLETON, REV. CHARLES. Description of a beautiful nautilites — Account of a non-descript petrified insect LYT Transf. | Abridg. ---|--- LIX 289 | LII 255 | — 650 | LVI 30 | XXXV 351 | VI 400 XXXIV 253 | VI 2 109 XXXIX 196 | VIII 180 XLI 686 | — 604 LXV 470 | LII 135 | — 635 | LIX 9 | VLV 320 | X 639 XLVI 598, | 600 | — 656 M. MACBRIDE, DAVID, M.D. Account of the reviviscence of some snails which had been preserved many years in Mr. Simon's cabinet An improved method of tanning leather MACCLESFIELD, Earl of. Remarks upon the solar and lunar years, the cycle of 19 years, commonly called the golden number, the epact, and a method of finding the time of Easter as it is now observed in most parts of Europe Thermometrical observations made by M. Demidoff, at Solikamsky, on the borders of Siberia, lat. 59°, in 1751, by a thermometer adapted to M. de l'Isle's scale, which, in this extract, are reduced, likewise to those of Fahrenheit, and M. 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On the construction and measure of curves A new universal method of describing all curves of every order by the assistance of angles and right lines Account of a monstrous birth in Lorrain On equations with impossible roots On the roots of equations, with the demonstration of other rules of algebra The description of curve lines An abstract of what has been printed since the year 1721, as a supplement to a treatise concerning the description of curve lines published in 1719, and of what the author proposes to add to that supplement Observations on the solar eclipse, Feb. 18, 1736-7, at Edinburgh A rule for finding the meridional parts to any spheroid with the same exactness as in a sphere Of the bases of the cells wherein the bees deposit their honey Madden, T. M. D. An account of two women being poisoned by the simple distilled water of laurel leaves, and of several experiments upon dogs An account of what was observed upon opening the corpse of a person who had taken several ounces of crude mercury internally; and of a plum-stone lodged in the coats of the rectum Magee, William. Observations on the transit of Venus, June 6, 1761, at Calcutta Mahon, Lord. Description of a most effectual method of securing buildings against fire Maire, ——. Observations on an eclipse of the Moon, Dec. 23, 1749, at Rome Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, Jan. 8, 1750, at Rome | Author | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | Maitland, William | Remarks on the bills of Mortality of Augsburg, from 1501, to 1720 | XXXVIII | IX 325 | | Makenzy, Sir George | Remarks on the transactions of April, 1675 | X 305 | II 104, 321 | | | Account of an obelisk thrown down by a violent wind, of an extraordinary lake in Scotland, of lake Ness, and of a petrifying rivulet | — 307 | III 603 | | | Observations on natural history made in Scotland | — 396 | — 539 | | Maleverer | Account of coal borings at Arncliffe in Yorkshire | XXI 73 | II 599 | | Mallet F. | of the transit of Venus, June 6, 1761, at Upsal | LVI 72 | | | | Theory of the parallaxes of altitude for the sphere | — 244 | | | Mallet, J.A. | The most advantageous construction of water wheels, &c. | LVII 372| | | | Observations on the transit of Venus, June 3, 1769, at Geneva | LX 363 | | | Malpighi, Marcellus | Discoveries concerning the brain | II 491 | III 23 | | | Discoveries concerning the tongue | — | — 58 | | | An observation about the epiploon, or the double membrane, which covers the entrails of animals, and is filled with fat | — 553 | II 638 | | | Anatomical observations on the structure of the lungs of frogs, tortoises, &c., and pectoral animals, as also the texture of spleen, &c. | VI 2149 | II 653, 817 | | | An improvement of the Bononian stone | XII 842 | III 346 | | | Account of a kidney of an unusual shape and texture taken out of the body of a man, with observations on horns and glandules in general | — | II 855, 662 | | | On the structure of the womb | XIV 601 | — 630 | | | — | — | — 197 | | Mancini, Ch. Ant. | The description of a way, said to be new and universal, for working convex spherical glasses upon a plain, for all practicable lengths, without other dishes or concave moulds | III 837 | | | Manfredi, Eustachius | Observations on the eclipse of the Moon, September 1, 1718, at Bologna | XXXII 75| VI 187 | | | Astronomical observations made at Bologna | XXXV 534| | | | Observations on the eclipse of the Moon, July 28, 1729, at Bologna | XXXVI 215| — 20° | | | Observations on an eclipse of the Moon, Dec. 1, 1732, at Rome | XXXVIII 85| VIII 161| MANFREDI, EUSTACHIUS. Observations on some of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites, 1732, 1733 — on the transit of Mercury, October 31, 1736, at Bologna — On the eclipse of the Sun, August 4, 1738, at Bologna MANGOLD, MATTHIAS, M.D. Description of a mathematico-historical table MANN, THEOD. AUG. On rivers and canals MANSELL, ARNOLD. Method of making magnets without a lodestone MARRIOTTE, Abbé. New discovery on vision — Answer to Mr. Pecquet concerning the opinion that the choroides is the principal organ of vision MARSHAL, Earl (of England). A description of the diamond mines MARSHALL, HUMPHREY. Sketches of the solar spots MARSHALL, JOHN. Account of the Bramines MARSHAM, ROBERT. On the growth of trees — On the usefulness of washing and rubbing the stems of trees MARTELL, DE. Observations made in the southern parts of France — A way of prolongation of the human life MARTIN, MARTIN. Observations made in the north islands of Scotland — A relation of a deaf and dumb person, who recovered his hearing and speech after a violent fever: with some other medicinal and chirurgical observations MARTIN, WILLIAM. Case of an extraneous body forced into the lungs — On the heat of the climate in Bengal MARTINDALE, ADAM. Account of a rock of natural salt at Rotherton in Cheshire MARTINEAU, DAVID. Case of stones voided per anum MARTYN, JOHN. Observations in natural history made in a journey to the Peak, in Derbyshire — Account of a new purging spring at Dulwich in Surry — Observations on an aurora australis, March 18, 1738-9, at London — Account of a new species of fungus Martyn, John. Account of an earthquake, Feb. 8, 1749-50, at Chelsea March 8, 1749-50, at Chelsea On the sex of holly Mascale, Magistrate of. Account of an eruption of Mount Aetna, 1755 Maseres, Francis. A method of finding the value of an infinite series of decreasing quantities of a certain form, when it converges too slowly to be summed in the common way, by the mere computation and addition or subtraction of some of its initial terms A method of finding, by the help of Sir Isaac Newton's binomial theorem, a near value of the very slowly-converging infinite series \( x + \frac{x^2}{2} + \frac{x^3}{3} + \frac{x^4}{4} + \frac{x^5}{5}, \) &c. when \( x \) is very nearly equal to 1. A method of extending Cardan's rule for resolving one case of a cubick equation \( x^3 + qx = r \) to the other case of the same equation, which it is not naturally fitted to solve, and which is therefore called the irreducible case Appendix A conjecture concerning the method by which Cardan's rules for resolving the cubic equation \( x^3 + qx = r \) in all cases (or in all magnitudes of the known quantities \( q \) and \( r \)) and the cubic equation \( x^3 - qx = r \) in the first case of it (or when \( r \) is greater than \( \frac{2q\sqrt{q}}{3\sqrt{3}}, \) or \( \frac{r}{4} \) is greater than \( \frac{q^3}{27} \)), were probably discovered by Scipio Ferreus of Bononia, or whoever else was the first inventor of them Makseyne, Nevil, D. D. A proposal for discovering the annual parallax of Sirius A theorem of the aberration of the rays of light refracted through a lens, on account of the imperfection of the spherical figure Observations to be made on the parallax of the Moon at St. Helena, and recommending the same to be made at Paris and Greenwich, to settle the difference of longitude between Paris and St. Helena Maskelyne, Nevil, D. D. Observations on the transit of Venus, June 6, 1761, at the island of St. Helena — Observations on Mr. John Shelton's clock, made at St. Helena — The results of observations of the distance of the Moon from the Sun and fixed stars, made in a voyage from England to the island of St. Helena, in order to determine the longitude of the ship, from time to time; together with the whole process of computation used on this occasion — Observations on the tides at St. Helena — Proposals for determining the difference of longitude betwixt London, Paris, and Greenwich, by occultations of fixed stars by the Moon — Concise rules for computing the effects of refraction and parallax in varying the apparent distance of the Moon from the Sun or a star; also an easy rule of approximation for computing the distance of the Moon from a star, the longitude and latitude of both being given, with demonstrations of the same — Remarks upon the equation of time, and the true manner of computing it — Astronomical observations at St. Helena — Observations on Mr. Mafon's account of the going of Mr. Ellicott's clock at St. Helena — Astronomical observations at Barbadoes — Introduction to Mr. Smeaton's papers, on the menstrual parallax arising from the mutual gravitation of the earth and Moon, and its influence on the observations of the Sun and planets; and on a new method of observing the heavenly bodies out of the meridian — Introduction to the observations made by Ch. Mafon and Jer. Dixon, for determining the length of a degree of latitude, in the provinces of Maryland and Pennsylvania in North America — Length of a degree of Latitude in the provinces of Maryland and Pennsylvania; deduced from the observations of Messieurs Mason and Dixon Maskelyne, Nevil, D.D. On the proportion of English and French measures — Observations on the transit of Venus over the Sun, and on the eclipse of the Sun, June 3, 1769 — Observations on the eclipses of Jupiter's first satellite in 1769 — Observations on the occultations of fixed stars in 1769, at Greenwich — Observations on the eclipse of the Moon, Dec. 12, 1769, at Greenwich — Description of a method of measuring differences of right-ascension and declination, with Dollond's micrometer, together with other new applications of the same — Remarks on Hadley's quadrant, tending principally to remove the difficulties which have hitherto attended the use of the back observation, and to obviate the errors that might arise from a want of parallelism in the two surfaces of the index glass — M. de Luc's rule for measuring heights by the barometer, reduced to the English measure of length, and adapted to Fahrenheit's thermometer, and other scales of heat, and reduced to a more convenient expression — Observations of eclipses of Jupiter's first satellite at Greenwich, compared with observations of the same, made by Samuel Holland in North America, and the longitudes of places thence deduced — Immersions and emergions of Jupiter's first satellite observed at Jupiter's inlet, on the island of Antecolfa, North America, and the longitude of the place deduced from comparison with observations made at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, by the Astronomer Royal — A proposal for measuring the attraction of some hill in this kingdom by astronomical observations — An account of observations made on the mountain Schehallien for finding its attraction — Longitude of Cork settled from Dr. Longfield's observations MASKELYNE, NEVILLE, D.D. Account of a new instrument for measuring small angles, called the prismatic micrometer MASON, ABRAHAM. Observation on the transit of Venus, June 6, 1761, at the Cape of Good Hope — Relation of an extraordinary agitation of the sea at Barbadoes, March 31, 1761, and an epidemical disorder in that island MASON, CHARLES, D.D. Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, Feb. 18, 1736-7, at Cambridge — Account of a fire ball seen in the air Dec. 11, 1741 — On spelter and melting iron with pit coal — Account of a burning well at Broseley MASON, CHARLES. Observations for proving the going of Mr. Ellicott's clock at St. Helena — Observations for determining a degree of latitude in Maryland and Pennsylvania — Astronomical observations made in the forks of the river Brandivine in Pennsylvania, for determining the going of a clock sent thither by the Royal Society, in order to find the difference of gravity between the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, and the place where the clock was set up in Pennsylvania — Astronomical observations at Cavan in Ireland, 1769 — Observations on the transit of Venus, June 3, 1769, at Cavan MASSON, FRANCIS. An account of three journeys from the Cape Town, in the Southern parts of Africa, undertaken for the discovery of new plants, towards the improvement of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew — Account of the island of St. Miguel MATHER, COTTON. Extracts of several letters from New England MATTHEWS, EDWARD. Account of the sinking of a river near Pontypool in Monmouthshire MAUD, JOHN. On Sir James Lowther's experiment on inflammable air — Account of some oil of sassafras crystallized MAUDUIT, ISRAEL. Observations upon an American wasp's nest MAUNDER, ——. Account of an aurora borealis, Nov. 10, 1699 MAUPERTUIS, PETER LEWIS DE. Conjectures concerning stars which sometimes disappear, and on the annulus round Saturn XXXVII 240 VI 331 Two problems concerning the figures of fluids revolving about an axis MAURICE, M. DE S. M. D. Account of the formation of a fetus in the testicle XIII 285 III 212 MAWRIDGE, ROBERT. Relation of the effects of thunder and lightning on the Trumbull galley Nov. 26, 1696 XIX 782 II 176 MAXWELL, JOHN. Account of the Cape of Good Hope XXV 2423 V 2 115 On the variation of the compass or magnetick needle in the Atlantic and Ethiopick oceans, 1706 — 2433 IV 455 MAYER, CHRISTIAN. Account of the transit of Venus, June 6, 1661, at Schweisingen LIV 163 Observations on the eclipse of the Moon, March 20, 1764, at Schweisingen — 165 Observations on the eclipse of the Sun, April 1, 1764, at Schweisingen — 169 Astronomical observations at Swetzingen in 1767 and 1768 LVIII 345 Observations on the transit of Venus, June 3, 1769, at Gryphifwald LIX 284 MAYERNE, SIR THEODORE, M. D. On the diseases of dogs II 870 A discourse of the viper, and some other poisons, after discoursing with Mr. Pontæus XVI 4c8 II 282 XVIII 162 II 645; 814 MAYNE, ZACHARY. Account of a spout of water that happened at Topsham, at the river between the sea and Exeter XIX 28 II 104 MAZEAS, Abbé. Account of the success of some experiments in electricity lately made in France XLVII 554 Observations upon the electricity of the air made at the Chateau de Maintenon in June, July, and October 1753 XLVIII 377 XLIX 157 On the toxicodendron — 652 On the ancient method of painting, revived by Count Caylus MEAD, RICHARD, M. D. Three cases of the hydrophobia XXVI 433 V 367 MELVILLE, T. On the cause of the different refrangibility of the rays of light XLVIII 261 MERCATOR, NICHOLAS. Problem on some points of navigation I 215 I 576 Mercator, Nicholas. Illustrations of the logarithmo-technia — Considerations concerning his geometrical and direct method for finding the apogees, eccentricities, and anomalies of the planets Merret, Christopher, M.D. Observations on the uniting of bark of trees cut, to the tree itself — Experiment on Aloe Americano ferrati-folia weighed, seeming to import a circulation of the sap of plants — An experiment of making cherry-trees, that have withered fruit, to bear full and good fruit, and of recovering the almost withered fruit — A description of several kinds of granaries, as those of London, of Dantzick, and in Muscovy — A relation of the tin-mines, and working of tin in the county of Cornwall — The art of refining tin — An account of some observables in Lincolnshire, not taken notice of in Camden, or any other author — A table of the washes in Lincolnshire Mertans, Charles de, M.D. Observations on the scurvy Mesaporitus, Anthony. Account of a pain in the belly arising from the intestines being concreted into a cartilaginous substance — Case of an eruption of blood from almost every part of the body Messier, Charles. A table of the places of the comet of 1764, discovered at the Observatory of the Marine at Paris, January 3, about eight o'clock in the evening, in the constellation of the Dragon, concluded from its situation with regard to the stars — A memoir, containing the history of the return of the famous comet of 1632, with observations of the same, made at Paris, from Jan. to June, 1759 — Observations on the eclipse of the Sun on the 16th of August, 1765, made at Coiombes, near Paris — A discovery, with observations of two new comets comets in the Marine Observatory at Paris, March, 1766 MESSIER, CHARLES. Observations on the eclipse of the Sun of August 5, 1766, made at Colombes — Account of an aurora borealis, August 6, 1761, at Paris — Observations on the transit of Venus, June 3, 1769, at Paris — A series of astronomical observations at the Observatory of the Marine at Paris, to wit: 1. of Jupiter's satellites in the years 1767 and 1768; 2. on the shadows of Jupiter's satellites 3. on the variation of the belts on the disc of that planet; 4. of a spot on the disc of the 3d satellite — Observation of a partial eclipse of the Moon, January 3, and of a total one December 23, 1768 — Observations of the Moon's passage over the Pleiades in 1767 — Observations on the belt of Saturn — On a new comet observed at Paris, January 10, 1771 — A belt on the disc of Saturn described MICHELL, REV. JOHN. Observations on the comet of Jan. 1770, at Cambridge — On the cause and phenomena of earthquakes, particularly that of Nov. 1, 1755 — A recommendation of Hadley's quadrant for surveying, especially the surveying of harbours, together with a particular application of it to some cases of pilotage — Proposal of a method for measuring degrees of longitude upon parallels of the equator — An inquiry into the probable parallax and magnitude of the fixed stars, from the quantity of light which they afford us, and the particular circumstances of their situation MICHELOTTO, PET. ANT. M. D. An account of a person vomiting blood by drinking excessive cold liquors in winter MIDDLETON, CHRISTOPHER. A new and exact table, collected from several observations taken on four voyages to Hudson's bay from London, shewing the variation of the magnetical needle or sea compass, in the path way to the said bay, according to the several longitudes and latitudes, from 1721 to 1725. MIDDLETON, CHRISTOPHER. A new and exact table, collected from several observations taken from the year 1721 to 1729, in nine voyages to Hudson's Bay, in North America, shewing the variation of the compass, according to the latitudes and longitudes, accounting the longitudes from the meridian of London. — Observations on the weather in a voyage to Hudson's Bay, 1730 — Observations on the lunar eclipse, Sept. 8, 1736, at Hudson's Bay — An observation of the magnetic needle being so affected by great cold that it could not traverse — The use of a new azimuth compass for finding the variation of the compass or magnetic needle at sea with greater ease and exactness than by any yet contrived for that purpose — An examination of sea water frozen and melted again to try what quantity of salt is contained in such ice, made in Hudson's Straights — The effect of cold; together with observations of the longitude, latitude, and declination of the magnetic needle at Prince of Wales fort upon Churchill river in Hudson's Bay, North America MILBOURNE, WILLIAM. An account of a remarkable decrease of the river Eden in Cumberland Dec. 28, 1762 MILES, REV. HENRY. Observations on red lights in the air, Jan. 23, 1750-1 — Remarks concerning the circulation of the blood as seen in the tail of a water eft through a solar microscope — On the seed of fern — A representation of the Parhelia seen in Kent, Dec. 19, 1741 — Account of the firing of phosphorus by electricity — Observations of luminous emanations from hu | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | Miles, Rev. Henry. An account of some improvements which may be made in cider and perry | XLIII 441 | X 278 | | On the effects of a cane of black sealing wax, and a cane of brimstone, in electrical experiments | XLIV 27 | 317 | | Several electrical experiments | 53 | 319 | | On electrical fire | 73 | 322 | | Some electrical observations | 158 | 325 | | Account of English ants | 351 | XI 833 | | The difference of the degrees of cold marked by a thermometer kept within doors, or without in the open air | 613 | X 433 | | Account of the storm of thunder which happened June 12, 1748 | XLV 383 | 475 | | An essay on quantity, occasioned by reading a treatise, in which simple and compound ratios are applied to virtue and merit, by the Rev. Mr. Reid | 505 | 22 | | On thermometers, with some observations on the weather | XLVI 1 | 447 | | Account of some vertebrae of ammonites or cornua ammonis | 37 | 641 | | Observations on a very cold day, and on another very hot day, in June and July, 1749 | 208 | 471 | | On the near agreement of thermometers in London and at Tooting | | | | On the green mould on fire wood | 334 | 748 | | On the heat of the weather in July and September, 1750 | 571 | 474 | | On an extraordinary heat in Feb. 1749-50 | 619 | | | Account of an earthquake, Feb. 8, 1749-50, at Tooting | 607 | 492 | | March 8, 1749-50, at Tooting | 619 | | | A further account | 628 | 500 | | Addition to the former accounts | 639 | 504 | | Account of the earthquake felt at Tooting, Sept. 30, 1750 | 726 | 523 | | Account of the late hard weather | | | | State of the thermometer, Feb. 8-9, 1755 | | | | Account of a storm of thunder, June 27, 1756, at West-Looe and Lanreath, Cornwall | | L 107 | | Miller, Charles. Account of the island of Sumatra | LXVIII 160 | | MILLER, PHILIP. Method of raising exotick seed: — Account of tulips, and such bulbous roots flowering in bottles of water — Catalogue of 50 plants sent from Chelsea garden 1740 — — 1741 — — 1742 — — 1743 — — 1744 — — 1745 — — 1746 — A mistake of Professor Gmelin concerning the sphondylium vulgare hirtutum of Caspar Banhin — Account of the toxicodendron — Remarks on Ellis's letter on the toxicodendron MILLES, JEREMIAH. D.D. Account of the Carlsbad mineral water — Remarks on the Bovey coal — Meteorological observations at Bridgewater in Somersetshire, 1768 — — 1769 MILLS, HENRY. Account of the agitation of the waters at Rotherhith, Nov. 1, 1755 MILNER, JOHN. Observations on the eclipse of the Sun, May 2, 1733, at Ycovil, in Somersetshire — an eclipse of the Moon, March 15, 1735-6, at Ycovil — Account of a meteor seen at Peckham, Dec. 11, 1741 — On the propriety of burying cows dead of the distemper in lime — Case of Nicholas Reeks, who was born with his feet turned inwards, which came to rights after being some time used to sit cross-legged MILNER, Rev. ISAAC. Reflections on the communication of motion by impact and gravity — Observations on the limits of algebraical equations; and a general demonstration of Cartes' rule for finding their number of affirmative and negative roots — On the procession of the equinoxes produced by the Sun's attraction | Author | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | Milward, Edward, M.D. | Account of an antidote to the Indian poison | XLII 2 | IX 335 | | Mitchell, John, M.D. | On the causes of the different colours of people in different climates | XLIII 102 | XI 926 | | | Of the preparation and uses of various kinds of pot-ash | XLV 541 | X 777 | | | Account of a shower of black dust in Zealand | L 297 | | | | On the force of electrical cohesion | Ll 390 | | | Moehring, Paul Henry Gerrard | Botanical observations giving more accurate descriptions of certain plants | XLI 211 | VIII 760 | | Moivre, Abraham De. | Observations on the transits of Venus and Mercury over the Sun's disk | LXI 433 | | | | Remarkable specimens of the doctrine of fluxions, or examples wherein the use and excellence of that method in solving geometrical problems is shewn | XIX 52 | I 34 | | | A method of raising an infinite multinomial to any given power, or extracting any given root of the same | - 619 | - 90 | | | A method of extracting the root of an infinite equation | XX 190 | - 95 | | | The dimension of the solids generated by the conversion of Hippocrates lunula, and of its parts about several axes, with the surfaces generated by that conversion | XXII 624 | - 29 | | | The method of squaring any kind of curves, or reducing them to more simple curves | XXIII 1113 | IV 15 | | | Analytical solution of certain infinitesimal equations | XXV 2368 | - 77 | | | The laws of chance, in a set of problems | XXVI 213 | V 2 266 | | | A general solution of the fifteenth general problem, proposed by him in his treatise de mensura fortis, with the assistance of combined or infinite series | XXIX 145 | - | | | A ready description and quadrature of a curve of the third order, resembling that commonly called the foliate | - 329 | IV 24 | | | Some simple properties of conic sections deduced from the nature of focus's, &c. | XXX 622 | - 3 | | | The reduction of fractions into more simple ones | XXXII 162 | VI 51 | | | Of the section of an angle | XXXII 228 | VI 65 | Moivre, MOIVRE, ABRAHAM DE. The reduction of roots into more simple forms — The easiest method of calculating the value of annuities MOLLOY. Account of the earthquake at Lisbon, May 31, 1761 MOLYNEUX, WILLIAM. Account of Lough-Neagh in Ireland, and its petrifying qualities — Observations on the eclipse of the Sun, July 2, 1684, at Dublin — A retraction of the 7th and last paragraph of the letter in vol. XIV. p. 552, concerning Lough-Neagh Stone, and its non-application to the magnet upon calcination — Account of the Connough worm — Account of a prodigious os frontis in the medicine school at Leyden — Account of a new hygroscope — On the circulation of blood in the lacerta aquatica — A discourse on this problem, why bodies dissolved in menstrua specifically lighter than themselves swim therein — Some reflexions by T. Molyneux — Account of the dioptrick problem, why four convex glasses in a telescope shew objects erect — Of the course of the tides at Dublin — Observations on the eclipse of the Moon, November 19, 1686 — On the apparent magnitude of the Sun and Moon, or the apparent distance of two stars when nigh the horizon, and when higher elevated — Historical account of colds or epidemical distempers — Notes relating to the Giant's causeway — Account of a not yet described icolopendra marina — A discourse concerning the large horns frequently found under-ground in Ireland, concluding from them that the great American deer, called a moose, was formerly common in that island — A demonstration of an error committed by common surveyors in comparing of surveys taken at long intervals of time, arising from the variation of the magnetick needle MOLYNEUX, WILLIAM. A true description of the bog of Kilpanihan in the county of Limerick; with an account of the motion thereof, June 7, 1797 — Account of the swarms of insects that of late years have much visited some parts of the province of Connought in Ireland — Remarks on the extracting the stone out of the bladder of those of the female sex — Some additional observations on the Giant's Causeway in Ireland — A supplement to the account of the scolopendra marina — Essay concerning giants — Some thoughts concerning the ancient Greek and Roman yre in explanation of an obscure passage in one of Horace's odes — The effects of thunder and lightning in the county of Down, Aug. 9, 1707 — Remarks on an account of some large teeth lately dug up in Ireland MONARTY, MICHAEL. On the irregularity of the tides at Sheerness MONCEAU, DU HAMEL DU. Observations and experiments with madder root, which has the faculty of tinging the bones of living animals of a red colour MONGINOT, FRANCIS, M.D. An unusual hemorrhage of blood from the mouth, nose, ears, and eyes in convulsion fits MONMORT, REMUND DE. A treatise of infinite species MONNIER, PETER LE, M.D. On the communication of electricity read at the meeting of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, November 12, 1746 — Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, July 24, 1748, at Paris MONRO, DONALD, M.D. Account of some neutral salts made with vegetable acids, and with the salt of amber — Account of a pure native crystalized natron found at Tripoli — Account of the sulphurous mineral waters of | MON | MOR | |-----|-----| | Castle Leod and Fairburn, and of the salt waters of Pitkeathly | Transf. LXII 15 Abridg. III 448 | | Monro, John, M.D. Account of the catacombs of Rome and Naples | XXII 643 | | Montague, Edward Wortley. Account of his journey from Cairo to the Written Mountains | LVI 40 LVII 438 XLIII 26 X 788 | | — Observations on Pompey’s pillar | | | Montesquieu, Secondat de. Stones of a regular figure found near Bagnères in Gascogne | | | Morant, Rev. Philip. Case of a boy who had the malleus of each ear and one of the incus’ drop out | LII 264 | | Moray, Sir James. Account of persons killed with subterraneous damps | I 44 II 373 | | — Account of some extraordinary tides in the West Isles of Scotland | — 53 — 291 | | — Account how the adits and mines are worked at Liege without air shafts | — 79 — 372 | | — An unusual way of planting mulberry trees in Virginia, with some particulars for the good of that plantation | — 201 — 653 | | — Considerations and enquiries concerning tides | — 298 I 260 | | — Patterns of tables for observing tides | — 311 II 365 | | — Experiments for improvement in the art of gunnery | II 473 I 493 | | — A relation concerning barnacles | XII 925 II 849 | | — A description of the island of Hirta | — 927 III 541 | | — The manner of making malt in Scotland | — 1069 II 627 | | More, —. Curious remarks in his travels through Italy | XLVI 464 XI 1331 | | — Method of gathering manna near Naples | — 470 X 776 | | More, Henry. Observations on the tides in the Straights of Gibraltar | LII 447 | | More, Robert. Extract from the parish register of Holy Cross in Salop from 1750 to 1760 | — 140 | | More, Samuel. Case of a young man who lost the use of his hands by cleansing brass wire | LI 936 | | Moreland, Sir Samuel. Account of the speaking trumpet | VI 3056 IX 25 I 537 | | — Undertaking for raising water | LVI 302 | | — Account of a successful operation for the hydrospexoritis | XXXIII 71 VI 185 | | Morgagni, John Baptist. Observations on an eclipse of the Moon, September 8, 1718, in Italy | Morland, | | Morland, Joseph | On secretions in an animal body | XXIII 1291 | | --- | --- | --- | | —— Abstract of Dr. Mead's mechanical account of poisons | —— | 1320 | | —— New observations on the parts and the use of the flower in plants | —— | 1474 IV 2 305 | | Morley, Charles, M.D. | Account of the bones of a fetus voided per anus some years after conception | XIX 486 | | Morris, Michael, M.D. | A relation of a monstrous birth | XII 961 III 302 | | —— Observations and experiments on different extracts of hemlock | —— | LIV 172 | | —— Experiments on Somersham water | —— | LVI 22 | | —— Account of some specimens of native lead found in a mine in Monmouthshire | —— | LXIII 20 | | Mortimer, Cromwell, M.D. | Case of some uncommon anastomoses of the spermatic vessels in a woman | XXXVI 373 VII 553 | | —— Account of Catesby's essay towards the natural history of Carolina and the Bahama islands, with extracts | —— | 425 XXXVII 174, 447 XXXVIII 415 XXXIX 112, 251 XL 343 XLIV 599 IX 925 XLV 157 — 926 | | —— Account of Mr. Le Blon's principles of printing in imitation of painting, and of weaving of tapestry in the same manner as brocades | XXXVII 101 VI 469 — 163 VI 2 374 XXXVIII 55 IX 372 — 172 IX 78 | | —— Experiments with laurel water | —— | XXXIX 313 — 221 — 61 | | —— Experiments with the spiritus vini æthereus | —— | XL 153 — 7 | | —— The anatomy of a female beaver, and an account of castor found in her | —— | — 388 — 417 | | —— Remarks on the cure of the bite of a mad dog | —— | | | —— Experiments of the bite of vipers | —— | | | —— Description of a water insect found in Kent | —— | | | —— The description of an antique metal stamp in the collection of the duke of Richmond, being one of the instances how near the Romans had arrived to the art of printing, with some remarks | —— | | Mortimer, Mortimer, Cromwell, M.D. Electrical experiments made by Granville Wheler at the Royal Society's house, May 11, 1731 — Account of Dr. A. Stuart's paper of the muscular structure of the heart — Observations on the aurora australis, March 18, 1739-40, at London — Account of a Capricorn beetle found alive in a cavity within a sound piece of wood — Of the horn of a fish struck several inches into the side of a ship — Abstract of original papers communicated to the Royal Society concerning Frobenius's spiritus vini æthereus — Account of the surprising quantities of food devoured by a boy 12 years old in six successive days — On the natural heat of animals — Of a fiery meteor seen July 16, 1742 — Account of the distemper among horned cattle — Further observations — Third account — Remarks on the precious stone called Turquoise — On the usefulness of thermometers in chemical experiments, and concerning the principles on which the thermometers now in use have been constructed; together with the description and uses of a metallic thermometer newly invented — An account of a very learned divine who was born with two tongues — On checking the progress of fire — Case of a child on which the smallpox appeared in a day or two after its birth — Description of a fish shewed to the Royal Society by Ralph Bigland — A description and figure of a small flat spheroidal stone having lines formed upon it — Further account of the Dudley fossil — Account of an earthquake, March 8, 1749-50, at London Morton, Earl of. Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, July 14, 1748, at Paris — An account of the case of a supposed hydrophobia Morton, Charles, M.D. Observations and experiments upon animal bodies, digested in a philosophical philosophical analysis or inquiry into the cause of voluntary muscular motion Morton, Charles, M.D. A supposed connection between the hieroglyphical writing of ancient Egypt, and the characteristic writing which is in use at this day among the Chinese. Morton, Rev. John. A relation of river, and other shells, dug up together with various vegetable bodies, in a bituminous marshy earth, near Mear's Ashby in Northamptonshire; also an account of the progress he has made in the natural history of Northamptonshire. Moslyn, Sir Roger. A relation of some strange phenomena, accompanied with mischievous effects in a coal-work in Flintshire. Mostyn, Sir Thomas. Account of a golden torques found in England. Moulin, Allen, M.D. On the quantity of blood men, and on its celerity in circulation. — An experiment of the injection of mercury into the blood, and its ill effects on the lungs. — Some experiments on a black shining sand brought from Virginia, supposed to contain iron. — Anatomical observations on the heads of fowls. Moulton, I. A new manner of preparing salep. Mounsey, James, M.D. Case and cure of a woman from whom a fetus had been extracted which had been lodged in one of the Fallopian tubes thirteen years. — Account of the everlasting fire in Persia. — — of the baths at Carlsbad. — — of the Russia caffor. — The strange effects of some effervescent mixture. Mountaine, William. Advantages from a periodic review of the magnetic needle. — On the variation of the magnetic needle with tables of 50,000 observations. — On maps and charts. — Account of some extraordinary effects of lightning, July 16, 1759. — Defence of Mercator's chart against the censures of Mr. West. Mudge, John, M.D. Proposal for removing the only real defect in the lateral operation for the stone. MUDGE JOHN Directions for making the best composition for the metals of reflecting telescopes together with a description of the process of grinding, polishing, and giving the great aperture of the true parabolic curve. MULLEN, M.D. Dissection of a young cat. MULLER, GEO. FRED. Proposal for the improvement of the history of Russia. — Observations on some bivalve insects found in common water. MULLINEUX, M.D. Account of a stone of an extraordinary bigness spontaneously voided through the urethra of a woman at Dublin. MUNCKLEY, NICHOLAS, M.D. Case of the efficacy of bark in the delirium of a fever. — Account of the comet of May 1759. — Observations on the comet of January, 1760, at London. MURALTUS. Account of the icy and crystalline mountains of Helvetia called the Gletscher. MURDOCK, PATRICK. Case of the coats of the stomach changed into an almost cartilaginous substance. — On the mean motion of the Moon's apogee. — Trigonometry abridged. — Of the best form of geographical maps. — Rules and example for limiting the cases in which the rays of refracted light may be reunited into a colourless pencil. — Of the moon's distance and parallax. — Journal of the weather in Quebec from April 1, 1765, to April 30, 1766. — An essay on the connection between the parallax of the Sun and Moon, their densities, and their disturbing motions on the ocean. MURRAY, MUNGO. Observations on the solar eclipse, April 1, 1764, at Chatham. MUSCHENBROEK, PETER VAN, M.D. On the strength of magnets. — Meteorological, barometrical, thermometrical, and epidemical diary kept at Utrecht, 1729. — Experiments on the Indian magnetic sand. Musgrave, William, M.D. Account of the cutting out of the cæcum of a bitch - Observations on a large bed of glands observed in the stomach of a pike - Experiments on digestion - Endeavours to prove that the lacteals frequently convey liquors that are not white - On the Roman eagles - On the cause of the necessity of breathing - An account of what happened on syringing warm water into the thorax of a bitch - Account of one Edward Melloon, born at Port Leicester in Ireland, who was of an extraordinary size - Case of a periodical palsy - Account of a piece of antiquity found in Somersetshire - An argument for the more frequent use of laryngotomy, urged from a remarkable cure in chirurgery - Account of a polypus found in a dog - Case of a periodical hemorrhage - Experiment of transmitting a blue coloured liquor into the lacteals - Case of hydrides voided by a stool - Case of the jaundice, occasioned by a stone - Letter concerning the Roman legion - Inscriptio Tarraconensis, cum commentario - On Britain being formerly a peninsula Musgrave, Samuel, M.D. Reasons for dissenting from the report of the committee appointed to consider of Mr. Wilson's experiments; including remarks on some experiments exhibited by Mr. Nairne Mustel, ——. Observation on vegetation Muys, ——. On the frame and texture of the muscles Muysson, Philip. Observation on the earthquake at Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1755, at Oporto Myddelton, Starkey, M.D. Case of extraordinary uterine conception - Case of a child being taken out of the abdomen having lain there upwards of 16 years Mylius, ——. On extracting electricity from the clouds | Musgrave, William, M.D. | Observations on a large bed of glands observed in the stomach of a pike | |-------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------| | Musgrave, Samuel, M.D. | Reasons for dissenting from the report of the committee appointed to consider of Mr. Wilson's experiments; including remarks on some experiments exhibited by Mr. Nairne | | Mustel, ——. | Observation on vegetation | | Muys, ——. | On the frame and texture of the muscles | | Muysson, Philip. | Observation on the earthquake at Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1755, at Oporto | | Myddelton, Starkey, M.D. | Case of extraordinary uterine conception - Case of a child being taken out of the abdomen having lain there upwards of 16 years | | Mylius, ——. | On extracting electricity from the clouds | | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | XIII 324 | III 112 | | XIV 699 | 93 | | XXI 398 | 61 | | XXII 690 | 85 | | XXIV 1797 | 281 | | XXV 2233 | 279 | | XXVIII 80 | V 2 110 | | XXX 589 | IV 469 | | XXIX 59 | V 393 | | XLIX 422 | | | XLIII 336 | XI 1010 | | XLIV 617 | 1017 | | XLVII 559 | | N. NADI, Jos. Ant. Observations on the eclipse of the Moon, Sept. 8, 1718, at Bologna NAIRNE, Edward. Description and use of a new constructed equatorial telescope or portable observatory — Account of a person killed by lightning in Tottenham Court chapel, and its effects on the building — Experiments on two dipping needles, which were made agreeable to a plan of the reverend Mr. Mitchell — Electrical experiments — Experiments on water obtained from melted ice of sea water — Experiments made with an air pump on Mr. Smeaton's principle; together with some experiments with a common air pump — Experiments on electricity, being an attempt to shew the advantage of elevated conductors — The effect of electricity in shortening wires NAISH, Edward. Case of an ossification of the crural artery NATUS, Peter. A phytological observation concerning oranges and lemons, both separately and in one piece produced on one and the same tree, at Florence NEALE, Thomas. The effects of thunder and lightning in Hampshire, Jan. 24, 1665-6 NEEDHAM, John. An account of a very remarkable case of a boy, who, notwithstanding that a considerable part of his intestines were forced out by the fall of a cart upon him, and afterwards cut off, recovered and continued well NEEDHAM, Walter, M.D. Annotations upon a discovery pretended to have been made by M. Pecquet of a communication between the ductus thoracicus and the inferior vena cava **Needham, Walter, M.D.** Experiments with a liquor stopping the blood of arteries **Needham, Turbevil.** Account of chalky tubulous concretion called malm — Microscopical observations on worms in smutty corn — Electrical experiments lately made at Paris — Account of M. de Buffon's mirror which burns at the distance of 66 feet — Summary of some observations upon the generation, composition, and decomposition of animal and vegetable substances — On the discovery of Asbestos in France **Nelson, Joseph.** The effects of a storm of Thunder at Colchester, July 16, 1708 **Nesbitt, Robert, M.D.** Account of a species of subterraneous fire observed in Kent **Nettis, John.** Method of observing the configurations of snow **Nettleton, Thomas.** On the inoculation of the small pox — Farther account — On inoculation of the small pox, and the mortality in the natural way — Observations concerning the height of the barometer, at different elevations above the surface of the earth **Neuman, Charles.** An account of camphir — On a false but common method of trying French spirit of wine — Dissertation on fixed alkaline salts — Continued — On the camphire of thyme — Treatise on ambergris, p. 1 — p. 2 — p. 3 — Vindication of his own experiments on ambergris **Neve, Peter Le.** Account of a number of urns dug up at North Elmham, Norfolk — Account of the sinking of three oaks into the ground at Manington in Norfolk NEVE, PETER LE. Account of two parhelia, seen December 30, 1735 — Observations on the aurora australis, March 18, 1738-9, at Peterborough NEVIL, FRANCIS. Account of some urns and sepulchral monuments found in Ireland — Observations on Lough Neagh in Ireland — Account of some trumpets and other pieces of antiquity found in Ireland — Account of a quarry of marble in the county of Fermanagh in Ireland — Account of some large teeth lately dug up in the North of Ireland NEWCOME, PETER. Account of an earthquake felt at Hackney, March 18, 19, 1749-50 NEWLAND, CHARLES. Account of a new chart of the Red Sea; with two draughts of the road of Mocha and Judda, and several observations made during a voyage on that sea — Remarks and observations made on board the ship Kelsall, on a voyage to Judda and Mocha in 1769 — Method to distill fresh water from salt water at sea — On the milky appearance of some spots of water in the sea NEWMAN, HENRY. Way of proceeding in the inoculated small pox in New England NEWTON, JAMES. On the effects of the papaver corniculatum luteum NEWTON, Sir ISAAC. Theory of light and colours — A series of queries, to be determined by experiments, positively and directly concluding his new theory of light and colours — Account of a new catadioptrical telescope — Farther suggestions about his reflecting telescope together with his table of apertures and charges for the several lengths of that instrument — Answer to some objections made by an ingenious French philosopher, to the new reflecting telescope — Some considerations upon part of a letter of M de Bercé concerning the catadioptrical telescope pretended to be improved and refined by M. Cassigrain | Newton, Sir Isaac. Experiments proposed in relation to Mr. Newton's theory of light; with observations | Trans. | Abridg. | | --- | --- | --- | | Answer to Mr. Pardie's letter on Newton's theory of light | VII 4059 | I 135 | | Answer to Mr. Pardie's second letter | 4091 | 139 | | Answer to some considerations on Newton's doctrine of light and colours | 5014 | 142 | | Answer, further explaining his theory of light and colours | 5084 | 144 | | Hopes of perfecting telescopes by reflections rather than refractions | VIII 6087 | 158 | | On the number of colours | 6108 | 157 | | Answer to M. Linus's letter, animadverting on the theory of light and colours | IX 218 | 161 | | Considerations on M. Linus's reply | X 500 | 161 | | Another letter on the same argument | 503 | 164 | | A particular answer to Mr. Linus's letter, &c. | XI 556 | 163 | | Answer to Mr. Lucas's letter of exceptions to the theory of light and colours | 698 | 168 | | Remarks on the observations on Sir I. Newton's chronological index | XXXIII 316 | 168 | | Description of an instrument for observing the Moon's distance from the fixed stars at sea | XLII 155 | VIII 129 | Nicholls, Frank, M.D. Observations towards composing a natural history of mines and metals | Observations on aneurisms | XXXV 402 | VII 4 102 | | Farther observations on mines and metals | 440 | VII 569 | | Observations on a treatise of M. Hevelius, designed to prove that the lungs do not divide and expand the blood, but on the contrary cool and condense it | 480 | II 187 | | Account of the dissection of an hermaphrodite lobster | XXXVI 163 | VII 500 | | Account of the veins and arteries of leaves | 290 | 421 | | An account of a polypus, resembling a branch of the pulmonary vein coughed up by an astmatic person | 371 | VI 2 304 | | Account of worms found in animal bodies | XXXVII 123 | VII 540 | | Observations on the body of his late majesty, Oct. 27, 1760 | XLIX 246 | LII 265 | Nicholson, Mr. Account of a storm of lightning, March 1, 1774, near Wakefield, Yorkshire. Nicholson, David. Query concerning the scurvy-grass of Greenland NIC Nicholson, William. Account of a Runic inscription at Bauscastle — Account of a Runic inscription at Bridekirk Nickson, Edward. Account of the accident by lightning, May 15, 1777, at Purfleet Nicolaus. Account of the agitation of the waters at Kinshie, Nov. 1, 1755 Nicolini, Marquis. Observations on a mirror burning at 150 feet distance Nierop, Dirick Rembrantz Van. Observations made upon several voyages to find a way for sailing about the North to the East Indies, and for returning the same way from thence hither; together with the instructions given by the Dutch East India Company for the discovery of Jesso near Japan. To which is added a relation of sailing through the Northern America to the East Indies Nixon, John. Account of an earthquake felt in Northamptonshire, Sept. 30, 1750 — Further particulars — Account of some of the antiquities discovered at Herculaneum — Account of the temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli near Naples — On the antiquity of glass in windows — Remarks on Venuti's account of antiquities at Herculaneum — Observations on some plates of white glass found at Herculaneum Nollet, John Anthony. New experiments upon ice — Observations on electricity — Examination of certain phenomena in electricity — Observations made in the grotto de Cani in Italy — On extracting electricity from the clouds — Case of an extraordinary disease of the skin, and its cure Nooth, John Mervin, M.D. Some improvement in the electrical machine — The description of an apparatus for impregnating water with fixed air, and of the manner of conducting that process Norris, Henry. An inquiry to shew, what was the ancient English weight and measure according to the laws or statutes prior to the reign of Henry the Seventh NOR Transf. Abridg. XV 1287 III 433 — 1291 — 435 LXVIII 232 XLIX 391 XLIV 495 X 195 IX 197 XLVI 705 — 515 — 710 — 516 L 88 — 166 — 601 LI 639 LII 123 XL 307 VIII 503 XLV 187 X 382 XLVI 368 — 414 XLVII 48 — 553 XLVII:1 579 LXIII 333 LXV 59 — 48 | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | Norwood, Richard. An account of the whale fishing at Bermudas, and of such whales as have the sperma-ceti in them | II 565 | II 268, 844 | | Account of the course of the tides at Bermudas | | 268 | | An account of wells both salt and sweet digged near the sea at Bermudas | | 298 | | Particulars respecting Jamaica | III 824 | III 559 | | Nourse, Edward. Case of the praeter-natural delivery of a foetus, at the anus | XXXVI 435 | VII 55, 559 | | Case of a lad bitten by a mad dog | XL 5 | IX 222 | | An account of several stones found in bags formed by a protrusion of the coats of the bladder, as appeared on opening the body of Mr. Gardiner | | | | Case of the cure of wounded intestines | XLII 11 | 176 | | Oakes, ————. Account of an earthquake, March 18, 19, 1749-50, at Portsmouth | XLVI 646 | X 507 | | Oldenburg, Henry. Character of M. de Fermat | I 15 | | | Account of Mr. Hooke's micographia | | 27 | | Account of Mr. Boyle's experimental history of cold | | 46 | | On the breeding of silk worms, and making silk in France | | 87 | | On the method of making salt petre in the Mogul's dominions | | 103 | | Account of Hevelius's prodromus cometicus | | II 559 | | On M. du Sons progres in making parabolic glasses | | 104 | | Account of the rise and attempts of a way to convey liquors immediately into the mafs of blood | | 119 | | Observables of odd constitutions of some bodies | | 128 | | | | 138 | Oldenburg | Oldenburg, Henry | Observations on the bodies of snakes and vipers | |-----------------|-----------------------------------------------| | | Some observations concerning Jupiter; of the shadow of his satellites, seen by a telescope, passing over the body of Jupiter | | | Of a permanent spot in Jupiter, by which is manifested the conversion of Jupiter about his own axis | | | Of the correspondency, to be procured, for the finding out the true distance of the Sun and Moon from the earth, by the parallax, observed under (or near) the same meridian | | | A relation of some mercurial observations, and their result | | | On the effects of touch and friction | | | Ways of founding the depth of the sea without a line, and fetching up water from the bottom of it | | | Engagements for observing of tides | | | Suggestions for remedies against cold | | | Observations about load stones and sea compasses | | | On the invention of the transfusion of blood | | | Account of some trials of transfusion | | | On the antiquity of transfusion | | | The variation of the magnetic needle predicted | | | A narrative of the conjunction of the two seas, the Ocean and the Mediterranean, by a channel cut out through Languedoc in France | | | Account of the stone quarries and talc rocks in Hungary | | | Directions and inquiries concerning the mines, minerals, and baths, of Hungary | | | Discovery of a new star in the constellation of the Swan | | | Directions for enquiries concerning stones and other materials for the use of building, together with a suggestion for retrieving the art of hardening and tempering steel for cutting porphyre and other hard marbles | | | Breviat of Mr. Picart's account of the measure of the earth | | | The quantity of a degree of a great circle by English measures | | | Account of four sorts of fictitious shining substances | | | Answer to Leeuwenhoek's observations on animalculæ in semine humano | | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | I 138 | III 811 | | | I 383 | | | 400 | | | II 2 | | | III 10 | | | II 364 | | | 365 | | | 639 | | | I 584 | | | III 232 | | | 230 | | | II 610 | | IV 1123 | III 683 | | | II 339 | | V 1044 | III 605 | | | II 523 | | | 585 | | | I 248 | | VIII 6010 | III 419 | | X 261 | I 587 | | XI 636 | | | XII 867 | III 345 | | | 1043 | | Author | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Oldenburg, Henry | On the effect of a thunderclap on the compass of a ship on the coast of New England | XIV 520 | | | | Remarks on Molyneux's account of the course of the tides at Dublin | XVI 193 | II 263 | | Oliver, Andrew | An account of an extraordinary disease among the Indians in the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard in New England | LIV 386 | | | Oliver, William, M.D. | Experiments of sinking a bottle close corked under various depths of water | XVII 908 | 305 | | | Account of Lay Well which ebbs and flows | | | | | Answer to several queries relating to Lay Well | | | | | Remarks on a late journey into Denmark and Holland | XXIII 1400 | V 2 123 | | | Account of a calenture | XXIV 1562 | V 364 | | | Account of Jesuits bark | | | | | Case of an extraordinary sleepy person | | | | | History of a woman whose genital parts were praeter-naturally formed | | | | | Cases of Dropshes cured by sweet oil | XXXII 413 | VII 548 | | | XLIX 46 | | | | Oram, Richard | Case of a boy cured of convulsive fits by a discharge of worms | L 518 | | | Orred, Daniel | A case in which the head of the os humeri was fawn off, and yet the motion of the limb preserved | XLIX 6 | | | Osborne, John | On the success of inoculation at Boston in New England | XXXII 225 | 617 | | Osborne | Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, July 2, 1684, at Tredagh | XIV 749 | | | Oxford Philosophical Society | Table of the weight of a cubic foot of grain of various sorts | XV 926 | I 522 | | | Account of a w. man who voided the bones of a fetus, above the os pubis, and by other extraordinary ways | XX 292 | III 219 | | | Concerning rusma and alcanna | | II 458, 645 | P. R. An account of an extraordinary eruption of water in June, 1686, in Yorkshire Packer, Philip. Instance of petrefaction Paderni, Camillo. Account of some statues, pictures, and other curiosities, found in a subterraneous town lately discovered near Naples — Account of some antiquities dug up at Herculaneum — Account of the late discoveries at Herculaneum — Account of an earthquake and eruption of Mount Vesuvius, March 24, 1758 Paisley, Lord. Observations on the comet of 1723, with some curious figures Paitoni, John Baptist, M.D. Anatomical observations on a defect of the right lobe of the lungs Pallas, Simon Peter, M.D. State of the cold at Berlin in the Winter of 1762-3 — Account of the jaculator fish — Account of iron ore lately found in Siberia Palmer, ——. Observations on an eclipse of the Moon, Sept. 8, 1761, at Eaton in Northamptonshire Palmer, Joseph. Account of the effects of lightning at South Moulton, Devonshire Panton, Paul. On the increase of population in Anglesey Papa, Joseph del. On the strange effects of the Indian varnish | Author | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | Papin, Denys | Experiment on animals in the air pump | X 443, 447 | II 205, 239, 215 | | | Experiments in the air pump | 477, 492, 542 | 250 | | | Description of a Syphon performing the same things as the Sypho Wurtembergicus | XV 847 | I 538 | | | A new way of raising water | XV 1093 | I 539 | | | Observations on a French paper concerning perpetual motion | — 1240 | — 594 | | | Description and use of a new contrivance for raising water | — 1274 | — 540 | | | Experiment of shooting by the rarefaction of the air | XVI 21 | — 496 | | | On the instrument for effecting a perpetual motion | — 138 | — 497 | | | Demonstration of the velocity wherewith the air rushes into an exhausted receiver | — 193 | — 497 | | | Answer to M. Nuis's objections to the engine for raising water by the rarefaction of the air | — 263 | — 542 | | | Answer to the author on perpetual motion | — 267 | — 447 | | | Account of the Heffian bellows | XXIV 1990 | IV 447 | | Papin, Father | Observations on the physic and mechanic arts of the Indians | XXVIII 225 | V 2 182 | | Paradice, William| The effects of the lightning at Steeple Aston and Holt, Wilts, June 20, 1772 | LXIII 240 | | | Pardies, Ignatius Gaston | Animadversions upon Newton's theory of light | VII 4087 | I 137 | | | Letter to Mr. Newton on his answer to the animadversions | — 5012 | — 141 | | Parisi, Wil. Caesar | Observations on an eclipse of the Moon, Sept. 8, 1718, at Bologna | XXXIII 72 | VI 187 | | Parker, Lord | Account of an extraordinary agitation of the waters at Shirburn castle, Oxfordshire | XLIX 386 | | | Parker, John | Account of a late eruption of Mount Vesuvius | XLVII 474 | | | Partington, Miles | A cure of muscular contraction by electricity | LXVIII 97 | | | Parsons, James, M. D. | Account of the phoca, vitulus marinus, or sea calf | XLII 383 | IX 74 | | | Natural history of the rhinoceros | — 523 | — 93 | | | The Crounian lectures on muscular motion, 1744 and 1745 | XLIII 1 | XI 1226 | | | Observations on the seeds of vegetables | — 184 | X 750 | | | Account of a quadruped brought from Bengal | — 465 | XI 899 | Parsons, | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Parsons, James, M.D. Account of perfect minute crystal stones | XLIII 468 | X 612 | | — Instance of the happy effects of musk in a dangerous case | XLIV 75 | XI 1055 | | — Case of a woman who speaks distinctly though she has lost the apex and body of her tongue | — 621 | — 956 | | — Observations on shell fish, lodged in a large stone brought from Mahon harbour | XLV 44 | — 862 | | — Account of a praeter-natural conjunction of two female children | — 526 | — 1209 | | — Account of the rana piscatrix | XLVI 126 | — 866 | | — Account of an earthquake, March 8, 1749 at London | — 633 | X 502 | | — Dissertation on the clas of phocae marinæ | XLVII 109 | | | — Letter concerning an hermaphrodite shewn in London | — 142 | | | — Account of a very small monkey | — 146 | | | — On the shells of crabs | — 439 | | | — On the formation of corals and coralines | — 505 | | | — Observations on Father Kircher's opinion concerning the burning of the fleet of Marcellus by Archimedes | — | XLVIII 621 | | — On the use of lycoperdon, in stopping blood after amputation | — | XLIX 38 | | — Remarks on a petrified echinus | — | — 155 | | — Account of a sheep having a monstrous horn growing from his throat | — | — 183 | | — Observations on the Abbé Mazeas's letter on the Count de Caylus's method of imitating the antient painting, in burnt wax | — | — 655 | | — Account of some extraordinary tumours on the head | L 350 | | | — Account of some fossils, fruits, and other bodies found in the isle of Shepey | — | — 396 | | — Account of an animal of the cat kind sent from the East Indies | LI 648 | | | — Account of the pholas conoides | LV 1 | | | — Account of a white negro | — | — 45 | | — On the double horns of the rhinoceros | LVI 32 | | | — Observations on amphibious animals | — | — 139 | | — On the structure of the asperæ arteriæ, or wind-pipes of birds, and the land tortoise | — | — 204 | | — Account of a particular species of camelion | LVIII 192 | | | Pascal, John. Observations on the motion of diseases, and on the births and deaths of men and other animals in different times of the Nuxbrüche | XVII 815 | III 311 | Patouillat, | Author | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Patouillat, M.D. | On the poison of henbane roots | XL 446 | VIII 841| | Paxton, Rev. William | Account of a remarkable storm at Buckland Brewer, Devon, March 2, 1769 | LIX 79 | | | Payen | Observations on the eclipse of the Sun, June 22, 1666, at Paris | I 296 | I 281 | | Payne, John | A narrative of a new invention of expanding fluids by their being conveyed into certain ignited vessels, where they are immediately rarified into an elastic impelling force, sufficient to give motion to hydraulo-pneumatical and other engines for raising water, and other uses, &c. | XLI 821 | VIII 638 | | Payne, Robert | Account of a fork put up the anus, and drawn through the buttock | XXXIII 408 | VII 521 | | Pecquet, John | A new discovery of the communication of the ductus thoracicus with the emunctive vein | II 461 | III 258 | | | Answer to Marriotte's discovery touching vision | III 669 | | | Pedini, Pasqual R. | Account of the earthquakes felt at Leghorn, January 1742, with some observations | XLII 77 | VIII 697 | | Peirce, Jeremiah | Extraordinary case of a tumour in the knee of a person whose leg was taken off | XLI 56 | IX 271 | | Peirce, Robert, M.D. | Instance of the bath curing the palsy and barrennesses | XV 944 | II 339 | | | Case of a shell found in one of the kidneys of a woman | - 1018 | III 162 | | Pemberton, Henry, M.D. | Experiments on the force of bodies in motion | XXXII 57 | VI 276 | | | On the appearance of several arches of colours contiguous to the inner edge of the rainbow | - 245 | - 123 | | | Considerations on a treatise on a new set of logarithmic solar tables | LI 910 | | | | On the locus for three or four lines celebrated among the ancient geometers | LIII 496 | | | | Kepler's method of comparing the moon's parallax in solar eclipses, demonstrated and extended | LXI 437 | | | | Geometrical solutions of three celebrated astronomical problems | LXII 434 | | | Pennant, Thomas | Account of an earthquake felt in Flintshire, April 2, 1750 | XLVI 6S7 | X 511 | | | Account of some fungitae and other curious coralloid fossil bodies | XLIX 513 | | | Author | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Pennant, Thomas | Account of the different species of pinguins | LVIII | 91 | | | Account of two new tortoises | LXI | 266 | | Pepusch, John Christopher | Mus. D. On the music of the ancients | XLIV | 266 | X 261 | | Percival, Philip | Account of a luminous appearance in the air at Dublin, January 12, 1719-20 | XXXI | 21 | VI 281 | | Percival, Thomas M.D. | On the Roman colonies and stations in Cheshire and Lancashire | XLVII | 216 | | | Account of a double child | | 360 | | | Experiments on the Peruvian bark | LVII | 221 | | | Experiments and observations on the waters of Buxton and Matlock | LXII | 455 | | | On the population of Manchester and other adjacent places | LXIV | 54 | | | Supplement | LXV | 322 | | | New and cheap method of preparing pot-ash | LXVI | 160 | | | | LXX | 545 | | Pereyra, Andr. | Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, July 15. 1730, made at Pekin | XXXVII | 179 | VI 183 | | | on the immersions and emersions of Jupiter's satellites made at Pekin, 1730 | | 316 | 249 | | Perks, I. | Construction and properties of a new quadratrix to the hyperbola | XXV | 2253 | IV 37, 66 | | | An easy mechanical way to divide the nautical line in Mercator's projection, with an account of the relation of the same meridian line to the curva catenaria | XXIX | 331 | 456 | | Perry, Charles M.D. | Experiments upon the water of the dead sea upon the hot springs near Tiberiades, and upon Hamman Pharaon water | XLII | 48 | VIII 643 | | | An account of an earthquake felt in the island of Sumatra in Nov. and Dec. 1756 | L | 491 | | Peters, Charles M.D. | Case of a person bit by a mad dog | XLIII | 257 | | Petit, Pierre | Advice touching the conjunction of the ocean with the Mediterranean | I | 41 | III 683 | | | Letter about the load stone | II | 527 | II 607 | | Petiver, James | Catalogue of some Guinea plants, with their native names and virtues, and its marks on them | XIX | 677 | 752 | | | Account of some Indian plants, &c. with their names descriptions, and virtues | XX | 313 | 725 | | | Remarks on some animal plants, &c. sent from Maryland | | 393 | 253 | Petiver, James. Some attempts made to prove that herbs of the same make or class for the generality, have the like effect and tendency to work the same effects An account of part of a collection of curious plants and drugs lately given to the Royal Society by the East India Company, with their names, virtues, and descriptions First book of East India plants Second book, with remarks Third book, with remarks Fourth book, with remarks Fifth book, with remarks Sixth book, with remarks Seventh book, with remarks Eighth book, with remarks Description of some shells found on the Molucca islands Description of some corals, and other curious submarines found in the Philippine isles Account of some plants collected at Chutan Account of some animals, and shells sent from Carolina Catalogue of fossils, shells, metals, minerals, &c. sent from Zurich Catalogue of some minerals, petrified shells, and other fossils sent from Berlin The manner of making styrax liquida, alias rosa mallas Account of divers rare plants observed about London, and particularly in the physic garden at Chelsea Petre, Lord. On some extraordinary effects of lightning Petto, Rev. Samuel. Account of some parhelion seen at Sudbury, Suffolk, December 28, 1698 Petty, Sir William. Experiments to be made relating to land carriage Queries whereby to examine mineral waters. Catalogue of mean, vulgar, cheap, and simple experiments An extract of two essays on political arithmetick | Concerning the comparative magnitudes of London and Paris | XVI 152 | Abridg. | | --- | --- | --- | | What a complete treatise of navigation should contain | XVII 657 | I 571 | | Peysonnel, John Andrew, M.D. Observations on the brimstone hill in the island of Guadeloupe | XLIX 564 | --- | | Observations upon the currents of the sea at the Antilles of America | --- | 624 | | --- in the Mediterranean | --- | 634 | | --- at Bizerty in Barbary | --- | 635 | | --- at Marfeilles | --- | 637 | | --- at Bonne, called also Hipone, in Barbary | --- | 638 | | Of the visitation of the leprous persons in the island of Guadaloupe | L 38 | --- | | Observations on the naked snail producing purple | --- | 585 | | Observations on the worms that form sponges | --- | 590 | | Observations on the sea alga with broad leaves | --- | 631 | | Observations on a slight earthquake which may lead to the knowledge of the cause | --- | 645 | | Observations on the Manchenille apple | --- | 772 | | Observations on the American sea fun-crown | --- | 843 | | Observations on the sea milipes | --- | Ll 35 | | Philips, Henry. Observations on the eclipse of the Sun, June 22, 1666, at London | I 295 | --- | | --- On the true time of the tides | III 656 | II 261 | | Philips, Richard. Account of the agitation of the water at Reading, November 1, 1755 | XLIX 365 | --- | | Picart, Michael. Observations on Saturn made at Paris, Aug. 16, 1668 | IV 900 | I 365 | | Observations on the eclipse of the Moon, Jan. 11, 1675, at Paris | X 257 | --- | | Breviat of his account of the measure of the earth | --- | 261 | | Pickering, Rev. Roger. Observations on the seeds of mushrooms | XLII 593 | VIII 812 | | --- A scheme of the diary of the weather | XLIII 1 | XI 1226 | | --- Description of the thermometer | --- | 5 | | --- Description of the hygrometer | --- | 6 | | --- Description of the anemoscope | --- | 9 | | --- Description of the ombrometer | --- | 12 | | Pickering, Rev. Roger. On the propagation and culture of mushrooms | XLIII 96 | X 788 | | --- On the manuring land with fossil shells | --- | 191 | | --- Account of the earthquake, March 8, 1749-50, at London | XLVI 622 | --- | | --- | --- | 498 | | Author | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------| | Pickersgill, Richard | Track of the brig Lion from England to Davis's Straights and Labrador, with observations for determining the longitude, as also the variation of the compass and dip of the needle | LXVIII | 1057 | | Picolo, Francis Maria | On the discovery of a passage by land to California; with a map and description of the country | XXVI | 232 | | Pigott, Thomas | Account of the earthquake Sept. 17, 1683, at Oxford | XIII | 311 | | Pigott, Nathaniel | Observations on the eclipse of the Sun, Aug. 11, 1765, at Caen in Normandy | LVII | 402 | | | Observations on the transit of Venus, Jan. 3, 1769, at Caen | LX | 257 | | | Meteorological observations at Caen for 1765-69 | LXI | 274 | | | Astronomical observations in the Austrian Netherlands | LXVI | 182 | | Pinelli, Michael | On the causes of the gout | XXXV | 491 | | Pingre, Alexander Guy | Observations on the transit of Venus, June 6, 1769, at the island of Rodriguez | LII | 371 | | | Supplement to his memoir on the parallax of the Sun | LIV | 152 | | | Astronomical observations in America | LX | 497 | | | in the Austrian Netherlands | LXVIII | 637 | | Pitcairn, Robert | The effects of lightning at Steeple Aston and Holt, June 20, 1772 | LXIII | 231 | | Pitt, Christopher, M.D. | Account of the dissection of a dog which had mercury injected into one of the jugulars | XX | 184 | | | Of the motion of the stomach observed in a dog | | 278 | | Pitt, Edmund | Account of the forbis pyriformis | XII | 978 | | Pitt, Robert | History of a convulsive rheumatic lumbago | XVIII | 58 | | Planman, — | A determination of the solar parallax attempted from the observations on the last transit of Venus | LVIII | 107 | | Plant, Rev. Matthias | Journal of the shocks of earthquakes felt in New England from 1727 to 1747 | XLII | 33 | | Planta, Joseph | Account of the Romanish language | LXVI | 129 | | Platt, Joshua | Account of a flat spheroidal | | | stone, having lines regularly crossing it — Account of a fossil thigh bone — Account of the belemnite fossils PLATT, THOMAS. Experiments made upon vipers, at Florence PLAXTON, REV. GEORGE. Natural observations made in the parishes of Kenardsey and Dongington, Shropshire PLAYFAIR, REV. JOHN. On the arithmetic of impossible quantities PLESSIS, M. DU. Anatomico-medical observations on a monstrous double child PLOTT, ROBERT, M.D. Observations on the sand found in the brine of the salt-works in Staffordshire — On the sepulchral lamps of the ancients — History of the wind, weather, and height of mercury in the barometer at Oxford, with the use to be made of it — Account of some incombustible cloth — The most seasonable time for the felling of timber — Observations on black lead — Catalogue of electrical bodies PLUCHE, ABBE. On the smut of corn PLUMMER. Observations on the earthquake at Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1755, made at Oporto POCOCKE, REV. RICHARD. Account of the Giants Causeway in Ireland — Account of the Dudley fossil — Further account of the Giants Causeway POLENSUS, JOHN. Observations on the eclipse of the Moon, Sept. 8, 1718, at Padua — Observations on the eclipse of the Sun, Sept. 23, 1726, at Padua — Observations on an eclipse of the Moon, Oct. 2, 1726, at Padua — February 2, 1729, at Padua — July 29, 1729, at Padua — Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, July 14, 1730, at Padua — Meteorological observations made at Padua during six years — A summary of meteorological observations made at Padua during six years Polenus, John. Observations on red lights in the air, Dec. 5th 1737, at Padua — New observations to discover whether pendulums are obstructed by any centrifugal force Pollhill, Nathaniel. On Mr. Debray's improvement in the culture of bees Pond, Arthur. Account of some stones found in Antigua Pooley, Giles. Account of the digging and preparing lapis calaminaris Pope, Walter. Account of the mines of mercury in Friuli — A way of producing wind by the fall of water — Observations on the eclipse of the Sun, June 22, 1666 at London Porter, Sir James. Answer to queries sent to Constantinople concerning the plague — Answer to queries respecting the population of Constantinople — On the practice of inoculation at Constantinople — Account of several earthquakes felt at Constantinople, May 15, 1755 — Astronomical and physical observations made in Asia — Observations on the transit of Venus made at Constantinople Pott, Percival. Account of some tumours which rendered the bones soft — Of an hernia in the urinary bladder including a stone Povey, Thomas. The method, manner, and order of the transmutation of copper into brass Pound, Rev. James. Astronomical observations made at Wanstead — Some observations of the planets, and especially of the occultation of a certain fixed star, by the interposition of the body of Jupiter — A rectification of the motions of the five satellites of Saturn, with some accurate observations on them — Corrected table of the motion of the five satellites of Saturn | Author | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | POUND, Rev. JAMES | Observations of the transit of the body and shade of Jupiter's fourth satellite over the disc of the planet | XXX 900 | IV 307 | | | New and accurate tables for the ready computing of the eclipses of the first satellite of Jupiter by addition only | — 1021 | — 308 | | | Observations made with Mr. Hadley's reflecting telescope | XXXII 382 | VI 221 | | POUPART, FRANCIS | Anatomical history of the leech | XIX 722 | II 819 | | | Account of the insect called libella | XXII 673 | — 762 | | | Strange effects of the scurvy at Paris in 1699 | XXVI 223 | V [359] | | POWELL, JOHN | Case of a woman who voided, with her urine, hairy crustaceous substances | XLI 699 | IX 180 | | POWLE, HENRY | Account of the iron-works in the forest of Dean | XII 931 | II 558 | | PRESTON, CHARLES, M.D. | Account of a stone of the bladder which weighed 51 ounces, and of a stone out of the bladder which adhered to it | XIX 310 | III 154 | | | An anatomical account of some remarkable things found on the dissection of a woman who died of a dropsy, after the paracentesis was performed, with a small reflection on the causes of dropsies | — 330 | — 141 | | | An account of the opening of the body of a boy who died suddenly, and what observable was found therein | — 362 | — 32 | | | A general idea of the structure of the internal parts of fish | — 419 | II 847 | | | Account of a child born alive without a brain | — 457 | III 24 | | PRESTON, THOMAS | Account of the island of Zetland | XLIII 57 | XI 1328 | | PRICE, CHARLES | Remarks on the villi of the stomach of oxen, and the expansion of the cuticle through the ductus alimentalis | XXXV 532 | VI 441 | | PRICE, RICHARD, D.D. | A demonstration of the second rule in the essay towards the solution of a problem in the doctrine of chances, published in vol. 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An account of rings consisting of all the prismatic colours, made by electrical explosions on the surface of pieces of metal — Experiments on the lateral force of electrical explosions — Various experiments on the force of electrical explosions — An investigation of the lateral explosion, and of the electricity communicated to the electrical circuit in a discharge — Experiments and observations on charcoal — Observations on different kinds of air — An account of a new electrometer, contrived by Mr. William Henley, and of several electrical experiments made by him — On the noxious quality of putrid marshes — Further discoveries on air — On respiration, and the use of the blood PRINCE, Rev. ———. Account of an universal agitation of the sea at Ildfarcombe in Devonshire, Feb. 27, 1756 PRINGLE, Sir JOHN, M. D. Account of some substances resisting putrefaction — Further experiments — An account of several persons seized with the goal-fever, working in Newgate, and of the manner in which the infection was communicated to one entire family — Case of fragility, flexibility, and dissolution of the bones. — Account of an agitation of the waters, Nov. 1, 1755, at Chevening — Account of the earthquakes felt, Dec. 26, 27, and Feb. 18, 1756, at Bruffels — Account of the agitation of the waters, November 1, 1756, in Scotland, and at Hamburg PRINGLE, Sir John, M.D. Case of the late Horace Lord Walpole — On the virtues of soap in dissolving the stone — Remarks on the several accounts of the fiery meteor which appeared, Nov. 26, 1758, and on other such bodies PROBY, THOMAS. Case of an ivory bodkin cut out of the bladder of a young woman PRYME, ABRAHAM DE LA. Account of some Roman antiquities found in Lincolnshire — Letter concerning Broughton in Lincolnshire with observations on the shell fish observed in the quarries about that place — Account of trees found under ground in Hatfield Chase — On the biting of mad dogs — Account of subterraneous trees — Observations concerning vegetation — Observations on water spouts seen in Yorkshire — Observations on a water spout seen at Hathfield PULLEIN, Rev. SAMUEL. Description of a new improved silk reel — Account of a particular species of cocoon or silk pod, from America PULLEYN, OCTAVIAN. Account of an Etruscan inscription found on an old urn at Rome — Account of a Palerine inscription found at Rome PULTENEY, RICHARD, M.D. Account of some rare plants found in Leicestershire — Observations upon the sleep of plants; with an account of that faculty, which Linnæus calls vigilæ florum; with an enumeration of several plants which are subject to that law — Case of a man whose heart was enlarged to a very uncommon size — On the medicinal effects of a poisonous plant, exhibited instead of the water-parsnip — An account of baptisms, marriages, and burials during forty years, in the parish of Blandford Forum, Dorset PURCELL, JOHN, M.D. Description of a double uterus and vagina PYE, WILLIAM. Description of the island of Manilla — Account of the earthquakes at Manilla, 1750 | Author | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Pyke, Isaac | Method of making the best mortar at Madras in the East Indies | XXXVII231 | VI 465 | | Pylarinus, James, M.D. | A new and safe method of procuring the smallpox by transplantation, lately invented and drawn into use | XXIX 393 | V 377 | | Quet, Andrew Du | Method of rowing men of war in a calm | XXXI 239 | VI 439 | | Quincy, John, M.D. | On the operation of medicines | — 71 | VII 586 | | Quintinie, John De La. | On the ordering of melons | IV 901, 923 | II 638 | | R.B. | On the incandescence of quicksilver with gold | X 515 | II 580 | | R.W. | The relation of a storm of thunder, lightning, and hail, at Oundle in Northamptonshire | XVII 710 | | | Ramazzini, Bernard | Account of the distemper among the black cattle in the Venetian territories, with a recipe for the same | XXIX 46 | V 183 | | Ramsden, John | Description of a new micrometer | LXIX 419 | | | Ranby, John | Dissection of an eye with a cataract | XXXIII 3c | VII 488 | | | Observations on the dissection of an ostrich | — 223 | — 435 | | | An enquiry into a discovery said to have been made | | | RANBY, JOHN. Two newly discovered arteries in women going to the ovaria — Anatomy of the poisonous apparatus of a rattlesnake, with an account of the quick effects of its poison — Observations made on the dissection of three subjects — Observations on dissecting an ostrich — An account of opening the body of a woman who had a large umbilical rupture RAND, ISAAC. Catalogue of fifty plants sent from Chelsea Garden to the Royal Society, 1724 — 1725 — 1726 — 1727 — 1728 — 1729 — 1730 — 1731 — 1732 — 1733 — 1734 — 1735 — 1736 — 1737 — 1738 — 1739 RAPER, MATTHEW. Enquiry into the measure of the Roman foot — Remarks on a passage of the editor of the Connoissance des Mouvements Celestes pour l'Annee, 1762 — Observations on the solar eclipse, April 1, 1764, at Thorley Hall — Inquiry into the value of Greek and Roman money RASPE, R. E. A dissertation on the bones and teeth of elephants, and other beasts found in America and other northern regions, by which it appears they are the bones of indigenous beasts — On the manner of producing white marble — Account of some basalt hills in Hesse RASTELL, THOMAS, M.D. Account of the salt waters of Droytwich in Worcestershire | Author | Title | Transl | Abridg | |-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|--------| | Rastrick, William | Observations on the northern lights for 4 years | XXXIV | VI 2 | | Rawlinson, Christopher | Case of a praeter-natural perforation found in the upper part of the stomach, with the symptoms it produced | XXXV | VII 507| | Ray, Rev. Benjamin | Account of a water spout at Deeping-Fen, Lincolnshire | XLVII | IV 963 | | Ray, John | On the motion of the sap in trees | | II 682 | | | On spontaneous generation, and also of some insects smelling of musk | VI | 765 | | | Account of the dissection of a porpoise | VII | 839 | | | On the swimming bladders in fishes | X | I 846 | | | Observations on the French Macreuse | XV | II 850 | | | On the improvement to be made by maize | XVII | 634 | | | Observations on the effects of a poisonous root and on the virtues of the leaves of hemlock | XIX | 640 | | | On the poisonous qualities of hemlock-water-drop-wort | XX | 641 | | | Anatomical observations on a body dissected by him at Padua | XXV | V 184 | | | Observations on the comet of 1664, at Rome | | IV 339 | | Reaumur, Rene-Antoine Forchault de | On the fresh water polypus | XLII | IX 26 | | | Means for preserving dead birds, quadrupeds, reptiles, fishes, &c. | XLV | | | | Account of an earthquake, Oct 11, 1749, in France | XLVI | X 526 | | | | XVI | I 607 | | Redding, Sir Robert | Account of the pearl fishery in the North of Ireland | XVII | II 644 | | Redi, Francis | Observations on vipers | I | 160 | | | Remarks concerning factitious salts | XX | III 339| | | Account of his MSS. | XXI | II 789 | | Reed, Richard | On the reason for transplanting vegetables | VI | 2128 | | | On an early swarm of bees | | 655 | | | On the descent of sap | | 687 | | | On cider | | 690 | | Regnart, N. | Of a pin found in the gizzard of a fowl | XXIV | V 53 | | Reid, Alexander | On the effects of the Tunqueneic medicine | XLIII | XI 1044| | | Case of a person cut for the stone, by the lateral way | XLIV | 991 | | | Essay on quantity | XLV | X 22 | | Reisel, Solomon, M.D. | Of an extraordinary tincture given to a stone | XVI | I 604 | | Author | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | Reisel, Salomon, M. D. | Account of the Sipho Wirtembergicus, at Stutgard | XV 1272 | I 539 | | Renaume, —— | Description of a new walnut tree | XXII 908| IV 2 323| | Revillas, Didacus De. | Account of an halo observed Aug. 11, 1732, at Rome | XXXIX 118| VIII 108| | —— | Observations on an eclipse of the earth, May 3, 1734 | — 294 | — 138 | | —— | Observations on the comet of 1736-7, at Rome | XL 118 | — 213 | | —— | Observations on the eclipse of the Sun, Feb. 18, 1736-7, at Rome | — 200 | — 152 | | —— | Extracts from diaries of the weather kept at Rome | XLI 193 | — 422 | | —— | Observations on red lights in the air, Dec. 5, 1757, at Rome | — 601 | | | —— | Case of a large stone voided by a woman with her urine | XLII 363| IX 179 | | Reynardson, Jacob | State of the English weights and measures of capacity | XLVI 54 | XI 1356 | | Reynell, Richard | Case of a cataleptic woman | XXXIX 49| IX 216 | | Rhætus, Walther Curieusus | Remarkable appearances in the brain of three persons who died of epilepsy | XXXV 31 | VII 486 | | —— | History of the substance of a cataract | — 315 | | | Rice, Rev. William | Conjectures on an ancient Roman inscription found at Caerleon | XXX 945 | | | Richardson, Richard, M. D. | Relation of trees dug up at Youle in Yorkshire | XIX 526 | II 842 | | —— | Observations in natural history made at North Bierley in Yorkshire | XXVIII 167| V 2 115| | —— | Relation of a water spout on the Moors in Lancashire | XXX 1097| IV 2 108| | —— | Account of the squilla aquæ dulcis | XXXVIII 331| IX 54 | | —— | Case of a large piece of a thigh bone taken out, and its place supplied by a callus | XLI 761 | | | Richardson, William, M. D. | On the force of percussion | LVIII 17| | | —— | Observations on the Aphides of Linnæus | LXI 182 | | | Richmond, Duke of | Account of a shock of an earthquake, Oct. 25, 1734, felt in Sussex | XXXIX 561| VIII 690| | —— | Account of the polypus | XLII 510| IX 35 | | Richmond, L. | Account of a moving moss near Church Town, Lancashire | XLI! 282| X 596 | | Ridley, Humphrey M. D. | Experiments on the motion of the dura mater | XXII 1480| V 201 | | Author | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Rinaldini, Charles | On the difference of ice made without air, and that made with air | VI 2169 | II 164 | | Robartes, Francis | On the proportion of mathematical points to each other | XXVII 470 | IV 1 | | Roberts, Francis | On the musical notes of the trumpet, and trumpet marine | XVII 559 | I 607 | | | Arithmetical paradox on the chances of lotteries | — 677 | III 679 | | | On the distance of the fixed stars | XVIII 101 | I 233 | | Robertson, James | Description of the blunt headed cachaiot whale | LX 321 | | | Robertson, John | An explanation of the late Dr. Halley's demonstration of the analogy of the logarithmic tangents to the meridian line, or sum of the secants | XLVI 559 | X 256 | | | The construction of the logarithmic lines on the Gunter's scale | XLVIII 96 | | | | Account of an agitation of the waters observed at Portsmouth, Nov. 1, 1755 | XLIX 351 | | | | An essay towards ascertaining the specific gravity of living men | L 30 | | | | An account of an extraordinary operation of raising a ship in the Dock yard at Portsmouth | — 288 | | | | Problems concerning the fall of water under bridges, applied to the falls under London and Westminster bridges | — 492 | LVIII 207 | | | Of the theory of circulating decimal fractions | LIX 74 | | | | A demonstration of a law of motion, in the case of a body; deflected by two forces tending constantly to two fixed points | LX 508 | | | | Investigation of twenty cases of compound interest | XXXI 121 | VI 727 | | Robie, Thomas, M.D. | Account of a large quantity of alcalious salt produced by burning rotten wood | XXXIII 67 | — 172 | | | Account of the eclipse of the Sun, Nov. 27, 1722, in New England | — — | VII 621 | | | The effects of inoculation in New England | — — | — 408 | | | On the venom of spiders | XXXVII 272 | VI 215 | | | Observations on the eclipse of the Moon, June 28, 1721 | — 273 | | | | Observations on the eclipse of the Sun, Nov. 27, 1722 | XXXIV 250 | VI 60 | | Robins, Benjamin | Demonstration of the 11th proportion of Sir I. Newton's treatise of quadratures | XLIV 242 | X 328 | | | On the electricity of glass disturbing the mariner's compass, and other nice balances | ROBINS, | | | Author | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------| | Robins, Benjamin | On the height to which rockets will ascend | XLVI | X 201 | | Robinson, Henry | A relation of the raining of fishes in the Archipelago, upon the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, some years ago | I | II 143 | | Robinson, Tankred | Account of the bridge of St. Esprit in France | XIV | I 293 | | | A further account, with a parallel history of other bridges at Rome | | 712 | | | Observations on boiling fountains, and subterraneous steams | XV | II 349 | | | Observations on the Scotch barnacle | | 1036 | | | Observations on the French Macreuse | | | | | Account of boiling and other fountains | | | | | Account of the tubera terrae or truffles | | | | | Account of Henry Jenkins, who lived to the age of 169 years | | | | | Miscellaneous observations made about Rome, Naples, and some other countries, in 1683-1684 | XIX | III 307| | Roche, Robert | Account of a fustian frock being set on fire by electricity | XXIX | V 2 142| | Roebuck, John, M.D. | Comparison between the heat of London and Edinburgh | XLV | X 406 | | | Experiments on ignited bodies | LXV | | | | LXVI 509 | | | | Rogers, Woods | The variation of the magnetical compass observed in a passage from Cape St. Lucar in California to the isle of Guam or Guana, one of the Ladrones, with some remarks thereon | XXXI | VI 2 286| | | On the art of living under water | | VI 350 | | Rolli, Paul | Account of the death of the Countess Cornelia Zangari and Bandi di Cesena. Also of John Hitchell, who was burned to death by lightning; and of Grace Pett, of Ipswich, whose body was consumed to a coal | XLIII | XI 1068| | Romer | Demonstrations concerning the motion of light | XII | I 409 | | Romilly, Isaac | Account of several rare species of barnacles | L | 845 | | Ronayne, Thomas | Observations on atmospheric electricity in regard of togs, mills, &c. | LXII | | | Rondelli, Geminiani | Observations on an eclipse of the Moon, Sept. 8, 1718, at Bologna | XXXIII | VI 186 | | Rook | New method for observing eclipses of the Moon | I | 388 | ROSE, ALEXANDER. Account of a voyage to Bengal, with observations made there ROSEWARNE, HENRY. Account of a specimen of native tin, found in Cornwall ROSS. Observations on the variation of the magnetic needle, made on board the Montagu man of war in 1760, 1761, 1762 ROWLANDS. On the stocking the river Menai with oysters ROWNING, JOHN. A description of a barometer wherein the scale of variation may be increased at pleasure — Direction for making a machine for finding the roots of equations universally, with the manner of using it ROXBURGH, WILLIAM. A meteorological diary kept at Fort St. George, in the East Indies from Oct. 1, 1776, to Feb. 28, 1777 — from March 1777, to May 1778 ROY, WILLIAM. Experiments and observations made in Britain, in order to obtain a rule for measuring heights with barometers ROYAL SOCIETY. Inquiries proposed to be made concerning agriculture — Directions for seamen bound for long voyages — Inquiries for Suratte, and other parts of the East Indies — Inquiries for Virginia, and the Bermudas — Inquiries for Persia — Inquiries for Quiana, and Brazil — Inquiries to be made in Hungary, and Transylvania — Inquiries to be made in Greenland — A table shewing to what degree air is compressible in sea water, from the depth of one foot to 1947 feet, useful to divers — A supplement — Declaration of the council on Mr. Hooke’s Lampas — Report of the committee on some questions in gunnery — Proposal of a method for securing the cathedral of St. Paul’s from damage by lightning in consequence of a letter from the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s to James West, Esq. Transf. | Abridg. ---|--- LX 444 | LIX 47 | LVII 216 | XXXI 250 | VII 420 XXXVIII 39 | VIII 445 LX 240 | LXVIII 18 | LXX 246 | LXVII 653 | I 91 | II 752 — 140, 147 | III 631 II 415 | III 632 — 420 | III 631 — 422 | III 632 — 467 | III 631 — 554 | VI 2192 | II 201 — 2239 | — 202 XI 749 | I 586 XLII 172 | VIII 253 LIX 160 | ROYAL ROYAL SOCIETY. A report of the committee appointed by the Royal Society, to consider of a method for securing the powder magazine at Purfleet from lightning — Mr. Wilson's dissent to part of the above report — 48 — Answer of the committee to the above objections — 66 — Meteorological Journal kept at the house of the Royal Society by order of the President and Council, 1776 — LXVII 357 — The report of the committee to consider of the best method of adjusting the fixed points of thermometers, and of the precautions necessary to be used in making experiments with those instruments — 816 — Meteorological journal, 1777 — LXVIII 573 — — — — — — — — 1778 — LXIX 295 — — — — — — — — 1779 — LXX 279 RUSSEL, ALEXANDER, M.D. Account of an earthquake, March 8, 1749-50, at London — Account of four undescribed fishes at Aleppo — Account of the late earthquakes in Syria — Account of a remarkable marine production — Account of inoculation in Arabia RUSSEL, RICHARD. Relation of a schirrous tumour included in a cystus, &c. RUTHERFORTH, THOMAS, D.D. Account of an agitation of the waters in several ponds in Hertfordshire, Nov. 1, 1755 RUTTY, JOHN, M.D. On the poison of laurel water — Account of the copper springs lately discovered in Pennsylvania — Thoughts on the different impregnations of mineral waters, more particularly concerning the existence of sulphur in some of them — Occasional remarks on the Hartfell Spaw, and their comparison with other waters of the same class — 470 RUTTY, WILLIAM, M.D. Account of a praeter-natural tumour on the loins of an infant, attended with a cloven spine — Account of a praeter-natural bony substance found in the cavity of the thorax — Two cases of tumours in the abdomen — Method of making tin plates — Natural history of cochineal RYCAUT, Sir PAUL. A relation of the small creatures called sable mice, which have lately come in troops into Lapland, about Thorne, and other places adjacent to the mountains, in innumerable multitudes S. S. Sir P. Account of some Saxon coins found in Suffolk S. Sir R. The effect of a thunder clap on the compass of a ship on the coast of Coromandel SACCHETTI, JOHN MENDES, M.D. Observations on the earthquake at Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1755 SACHETTE, Rev. JOHN. Account of a very uncommon sinking of the earth near Folkestone, Kent SAINT CLARE, JOHN. A new way of orthographically delineating, by parallel rays, the postures and actions of an human body, exactly observing the symmetry and proportion of the parts SAINT CLAIR, ROBERT, M.D. Contrivance of a lamp to be kept full whilst it burns Account of a very odd eruption of fire out of a spot of earth near Fierenzola in Italy SAINT JOHN, OLIVER. Account of the arcution to lay children in SALMON, Rev. THOMAS. The theory of music reduced to arithmetical and geometrical proportions SALTER, SAMUEL, D.D. Efficacy of bark in preventing the catching of cold SAMBER, ROBERT, M.D. Case of a polypus coughed up SAMPSON, HENRY, M.D. Observations on a man whose howels were inverted | SAM | SCH | |-----|-----| | Sampson, Henry. Anatomical observations on the body of a woman, about 50 years of age, who died hydropical in her left testicle | Transf. XII 1000 Abridg. III 206, 218 | | — Relation of an extraordinary child of six years old, who, in face, &c. was as large as a full-grown woman; and of what appeared on the dissection of the body | XIX 80 III 20 | | Sanderson, William. Observation on the variation of the needle made in the Baltic in 1720 | XXXI 120 IX 11 II 827 | | Sandius, Christopher. On the origin of pearls | I 296 I 281 | | Sandwich, Etri of. Observations on the eclipse of the Sun, June 22, 1666, at Madrid | XL 274 IX 224 | | Sandys, Francis. The effects of Dampier's powder in curing the bite of a mad dog | XXXVII 199 IV 2 182 | | Sarmento, Jacob De Castro. Account of diamonds lately found in Brazil | XLV 667 X 118 | | — Astronomical observations at Paraguay from 1706 to 1730 | XL 122 VIII 215 | | Sartorius, ——. Observations on the comet of 1736-7 at Madrid | XIX 314 III 214 | | Savard, ——. Account of a fetus lying without the uterus | XXXVI 295 VI 2 260 | | Savery, Servington. Magnetical observations and experiments | XXI 228 I 544 | | Savery, Thomas. Account of his engine for raising water by the help of fire | XIX 266 | | Saville, Ann. Account of Henry Jenkins who attained 169 years | XX 425 — 463 | | Sault, R. Analytic investigation of the curve of quickest descent | XXXIII 411 VI 444 | | Saumarez, Henry De. Account of the marine surveyor | XXXIV 68 VI 2 167 | | — Observations on the tides of the river Thames | XXXVI 45 VI 456 | | — Further account of the marine surveyor | XXXIV 213 — 267 | | Saunderson, William. Observations on the comet of Oct. 1723, made at Bombay | — — — — | | — Observations on the eclipse of the Moon, Oct. 21, 1724, at Gomroon in Persia | XIX 659 II 104 | | Scarburgh, ——. The effect of a storm at Acomack in America, October 19, 1692 | XXVII 459 | | Schehammer, G. Ch. Remarks on a Mr. o ancient chirurgical writers in the Grand Duke's library | XXV 2246 IV 254 | | Scheuchzer, John James. Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, May 12, 1706, at Zurich | — — — — | Scheuchzer, | Author | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------| | Scheuchzer, John James | Observations on an eclipse of the Moon, April 17, 1708 | XXV | IV | | | Barometrical altitudes at Zurich in 1708, also of the rain, wind, heat, cold, &c. | XXVI | | | | Barometrical experiments for discovering the electricity of air in different parts of Switzerland | XXIX | IV | | | Anatomy of a man aged 109 years | XXXII | VII | | | Account of part of two human skeletons petrified | XXXIV | VI | | | Anatomy of the Alpine mouse | XXXV | - | | | Account of some rare crystals | XXXVII | VI | | | Barometrical method of measuring the height of mountains | XXXVII | - | | | Remarks on the height of mountains | XXXVII | - | | | Bills of mortality in several parts of Europe for 1724, 1725 | XXXVI | VII | | | Botanical invitation to forward an history of the plants of Switzerland | XXXVII | VI | | Schlichting, John Daniel| Medico-chirurgical observations | XLII | IX | | Schlosser, Joh. Albert | Chymical experiments on the effects of quick lime, or alkaline volatile | XLI | | | | Account of a curious fleshy coral-like substance | LIV | | | | Account of the jaculator fish from Batavia | LV | | | | Farther intelligence relating to the jaculator fish | LVI | | | Schotte, J. P. M. D. | Remarks on the country of Senegambia, with a journal of the weather during the prevalence of a very fatal putrid disorder | LXX | | | Scilla, Agostino | Account of petrified marine bodies found in different parts of the earth | XIX | | | Scott, J. | Account of a remarkable imperfection of sight | LXVIII | | | Seba, Albertus | Account of the cinnamon tree | XXXVI | VI | | | The anatomical preparation of vegetables | - | - | | Seddon, | Account of an earthquake felt at Warrington, Lancashire, April 2, 1750 | XLVI | X | | Sedileau, | Observations on the eclipse of the Sun, July 12, 1684, at Paris | XIV | | | Seehl, Ephraim Rinhold | Easy method of procuring the volatile acid of sulphur | XLIII | XI | | Segner, John Andrew, M.D.| Description of a machine to represent eclipses of the earth | XLI | VIII | | Author | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | Seip, John Philip | Relation of a stone quarry at Pyrmont, from which a sulphureous smoke issues, like the cave at Naples, called The Grotto of Dogs | XL 266 | VIII 65 | | Sellers, John | Answer to some magnetical enquiries | II 478 | II 601 | | | Observations on the transit of Venus, June 3, 1769, at Norriton in Philadelphia | LIX 289 | | | Senckenberg, Conrad Hieronymus | An examination of the Chiltenham mineral waters, which may serve as a method in general for examining mineral waters | XLI 830 | VIII 650 | | Senex, John | A contrivance to make the poles of the diurnal motion, in a celestial globe, pass round the poles of the ecliptic | XI 203 | — 217 | | Senex, Mrs. | Account of the large globes prepared by her late husband, and now sold by herself | XLVI 290 | X 158 | | Septalius, Manfredus | Observations on quicksilver found at the roots of plants | II 493 | II 425 | | | Observations on shells found on inland mountains | | | | Shadwell, Sir John | Account of an extraordinary skeleton | XLI 820 | IX 247 | | Sharp, Abraham | Account of an eclipse of the Sun, May 12, 1706, at Horton, Yorkshire | XXV 2239| IV 251 | | Sharp, Samuel | A new method of opening the cornea, in order to extract the crystalline humour | XLVIII 161 | | | | Second account | — 322 | | | | On the use of agaric in stopping haemorrhages | — 588 | | | Sharp, William | An account of a new-invented instrument for fractured legs | LVII 80 | | | Shaw, Rev. Thomas | A geographical description and map of the kingdom of Tunis, with a postscript relating to the cure of intermittent fevers in those parts | XXXVI 177 | VI 423 | | Sheerman, Bazaleel | Three extraordinary cases in surgery | XLI 138 | IX 253 | | Sheldrake, Timothy | Case of a monstrous child born of a woman under sentence of transportation | | | | | Description and use of the steel yard balance spring | — 341 | — 313 | | Shepheard, Samuel | Account of two explosions in the air in Essex | XLI 288 | VIII 526 | | Author | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | Sherard, William| The way of making several China varnishes sent from the Jesuits in China to the Great Duke of Tuscany | XXII 525 | I 602 | | | An account of a new island raised near Saint Erini, in the Archipelago | XXVI 67 | V 2 196 | | | Account of the poison tree wood | XXXI 147| VI 2 308| | Sherman, B. | Case of a cottish person | XXIV 2111| V 273 | | | Case of a callus that supplied the place of the os femoris | XXVI 450| — 54 | | | On the bones of a foetus taken out of the uterus of a cow | — | — | | Sherwood, Noah | Case of some remarkable stones taken out of the kidneys | XLI 610 | IX 502 | | | On the minute eels in past being viviparous | XLIV 67 | XI 799 | | Shervington, William | Account of the transit of Mercury over the Sun, May 6, 1753, as observed at the island of Antigua | XLVIII 318| — | | Shipton, John | Observations on part of the intestine of a dog unsuccessfully cut away | XXII 1299| V 275 | | | On the use of the Peruvian bark in a gangrene | XXXVII 434| VII 647 | | Shirley, Thomas | The description of a well and earth in Lancashire taking fire by a candle approached to it | II 482 | III 149 | | Short, James | Observations on the eclipse of the Sun, Aug. 4, 1738, at London | XLI 91 | VIII 153| | | Account of an aurora borealis at Edinburgh | — 368 | — 552 | | | of lights in the air, Dec. 5, 1737, at Edinburgh | — 605 | — 538 | | | Account of several meteors | — 625 | — 518 | | | Observations of an eclipse of the Sun, Dec. 19, 1739 | — 633 | — 172 | | | Observations on the planet Venus | — 646 | — 208 | | | Case of an extraordinary dropfy | XLII 223| IX 150 | | | Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, July 14, 1748 | XLV 582 | X 96 | | | Description and use of an equatorial telescope | XLVI 241| — 154 | | | Observations on an eclipse of the Moon, June 8, 1750, at London | — 523 | — 92 | | | Dec. 2, 1750 | — 575 | — 94 | | | Account of a remarkable appearance in the Moon, April 22, 1751 | XLVII 164| — | | | Account of an eclipse of the Moon, November 21, 1751 | — 317 | — | | | Account of an horizontal top | — 352 | — | | | On the inventor of the contrivance in the | — | — | pendulum of a clock to prevent the irregularity of its motion by heat and cold **SHORT, JAMES.** Letter concerning a paper of Servington Savery, relating to his invention of a new micrometer — A description of a new instrument for taking small angles — Observations on the transit of Mercury over the Sun, May 6, 1753 — Letters relating to a theorem of Mr. Euler for correcting the aberrations in the object glasses of refracting telescopes — Astronomical observations made in London — Account of M. Baron's observations on the late transit of Mercury made at Paris — Observations on the comet of Jan. 1760 — Account of the eclipse of the Moon, November 22, 1760 — Observations on the transit of Venus, June 6, 1761, at London — On Mr. Mason's paper concerning the going of Mr. Ellicot's clock at St. Helena — Observations on an eclipse of the Moon, May 8, 1762 — The observation, on the internal contact of Venus with the Sun's limb, on the late transit, made in the different parts of Europe, compared with the time of the same contact observed at the Cape of Good Hope, and the parallax of the Sun thence determined — The difference of longitude between the Royal Observatories of Greenwich and Paris, determined by the observations of the transits of Mercury over the Sun in 1723, 1736, 1743 and 1753 — Second paper concerning the parallax of the Sun, determined from the observations of the late transit of Venus — Observations on the eclipse of the Sun, April 1, 1764 — Observations on the cold of 1740, and 1768 — A method of working the object glasses of telescopes truly spherical **SHORT, THOMAS, M.D.** Case of an extraordinary impostumation of the liver **SHUCKBURGH, Sir GEORGE.** Observations made in Savoy, in order to ascertain the height of mountains, by means of the barometer, being an examination of Mr. de Luc's rules, delivered in his "Recherches sur les Modifications de l'Atmosphere" **SHUCKBURGH, Sir GEORGE.** Comparison between Sir George Shuckburgh and Colonel Roy's rules for the measurement of heights with the barometer — On the variation of the temperature of boiling water **SHULDHAM, MOLYNEUX.** Account of the sea cow, and the use made of it **SIBBALD, Sir ROBERT.** Account of several shells observed in Scotland — Account of several stones voided by a boy — Account of some stones and plants lately found in Scotland — Description of the pediculus ceti — Letter concerning a second volume of his Prodromus historiae naturalis Scotiae **SIGORGNE, PIERRE DE.** Demonstration of the impossibility and insufficiency of vortices **SILVABELLE, Sir JAMES.** A treatise on the precession of the equinoxes, and in general on the motion of the nodes, and the alteration of the inclination of the orbit of a planet to the ecliptic **SILVESTRE, PETER, M.D.** The state of learning, and several particulars observed by him lately, in Italy — Dissection of a woman who died in child-bed **SIMMONS, SAMUEL FOART, M.D.** Case of a patient voiding stones through a fistulous sore in the loins, without any concomitant discharge of the urine by the same passage **SIMON, JAMES.** Case of the bones of a foetus voided per anus — Account of some fossils found in Ireland — On the petrifications of Lough Neagh — Account of the barometer and state of the weather at Dublin, from March 7, 1752, to Feb. 28, 1753 — Journal of the weather at Dublin, 1753, 1754, 1755 **SIMON, STUCKEY.** On the reviviscence of snails which had SIMSON, THOMAS. On the motion of projectiles near the earth's surface — Of the fluents of multinomials, and series affected by radical signs, which do not begin to converge till after the second term — An investigation of a general rule for the resolution of isoperimetrical problems of all orders — On the advantage of taking the mean of a number of astronomical observations — A resolution of a general proposition for determining the horary alteration of the terrestrial equator, from the attraction of the Sun and Moon: with some remarks on the solutions given by other authors to that difficult and important problem — A further attempt to facilitate the resolution of isoperimetrical problems — An invention of a general method for determining the sum of every 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th, &c. term of a series, taken in order, the sum of the whole being known SIMSON, ROBERT. An explication of an obscure passage in Albert Girard's commentary upon S. Stevin's works — Pappus of Alexandria's two general propositions restored SISLEY, JOHN. Account of a stone or calculus making its way through the scrotum SKELTON, Rev. PHILIP. Account of the Corn caterpillar SKIPPOON, Sir PHILIP. Case of the bones of an human foetus voided through an imposthume in the groin SLADE, ——. Account of an earthquake, Feb. 8, 1749-50, at Plymouth SLARE, FRANCIS, M. D. Account of the murrel in Switzerland — An account of some experiments made before the Royal Society, with short applications of them to physical matters: I. A parallel between lightning and phosphorus: II. By mixing two liquors actually cold to produce such sparkling and fiery bodies as are not only visible in the dark, but at noon-day in the enlightened air: III. By the addition of an oil to the foregoing mixture to produce a flame: IV. A refutation of Mr. Ennus's experiment that pretends to ascension: V. A new experiment with ebullition and incalcescence: VI. Of cold produced by ebullition, giving some account of hysterical paroxysms: VII. Of cold produced by very great ebullition, wherein the cold and hot fits of an ague are resembled by a mixture of liquors | Slare, Francis, M.D. Answer to Sir John Hokin's queries on the calculus | | --- | | Account of two human calculi of unusual form and bigness | | Examen of stones taken out of a woman at Burne | | Account of a ruminating man | | An experiment of a change of colour from a pale, transparent, and clear liquor, to a blue and cerulous one, by the admission of air only | | Experiments on the production of fire and flame, together with an explosion made by a mixture of two liquors actually cold | | An examen of the chaiybeat, or Spa waters called by the Germans acid, or fowre brunns, or fountains; but proved to be alkalies | | Case of a person who had a new set of teeth after 80 years, with some observations on the virtues of sugar | | On the nature and virtues of Pyrmont waters | | Sloane, Sir Hans, M.D. Description of the cortex winteranus, or wild cinnamon tree | | --- | | Description of the Pimienta, or the Jamaica pepper tree | | Account of two plants from the Cape of Good Hope | | Strange effects from eating dog mercury, with remarks | | Account of the true cortex winteranus, and the tree that bears it | | Account of the coffee shrub | | Account of a feather of a bird cuntrur from Chili | | Account of three earthquakes, October 20. | | Transf. | Abridg. | | --- | --- | | XIII 289 | III 350 | | XIV 523 | 178 | | XVI 140, 145 | 177 | | XVII 525 | 110 | | XVIII 201 | 359 | | XXVIII 247 | IV 2 198 | | XXX 564 | IV 2 201 | | XVII 462 | II 663 | | 664 | 672 | | 875 | 640 | | 922 | 666 | | XVIII 61 | 659 | | 860 | 1687 | | Topic | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Case of a person who swallowed a knife, which lay in his stomach a year and 7 months, and then worked out at an apothecary on his breast | XVIII 78 | II 91 | | Account of four sorts of strange beans frequently cast on shore on the Orkney islands | XIX 180 | III 540 | | Account of the tongue of a pastinaca marina, frequent in the seas about Jamaica, and lately dug up in Maryland and England | — 298 | II 431 | | On the cure of the bitings of mad creatures, with remarks | — 674 | | | On the use of ipecacuanha in loosenesses | XX 49 | III 284 | | Account of a China cabinet | — 69 | II 114 | | Some wonderfull contrivances in some plants to propagate their species | {— 461} | II 252; | | Case of an odd kind of dropsy | XXI 44,70 | 646 | | Remarks on a disease occasioned by swallowing pebble stones | — 113 | III 207 | | On the fossils of Reculver cliff | — 150 | | | Instances of persons hurt by swallowing plumb stones | — 190 | IV 92 | | Answer to the Earl of Cromartie's account of mosses in Scotland | XXII 762 | IV 461 | | Account of a pair of extraordinary large horns found in Wapping | XXIII 1283 | V 264 | | Account of elephants teeth and bones found underground | XXVII 302 | IV 2 256 | | De sciuro volante, five mure pontico aut scythio Gesneri & vesperilione admirabili Bontii dissertatio | XXXIV 222 | VII 441 | | Symptoms on eating the seed of henbane, with the cure | XXXV 457, 497 | VI 2 205; 211 | | Conjectures on the charming or fascinating power of the rattle snake | XXXVIII 32 | IX -6 | | Answer to the Marq. of Caumont's account of an extraordinary stone | — 99 | VIII 841 | | On the discovery of the remains of a city underground, near Naples | — 321 | IX 55 | | Observations on substance voided by the urinary passages | XL 374 | — 174 | | A description of a curious sea-plant, frutex marinus flabelliformis cortice verrucofo obductus Doodii, Raii Hist. Tom. 111, p. 7, et Synopsis | XLI 345 | — 440 | | | — 699 | — 180 | | SLU | SME | |-----|-----| | edit. 3, p. 32. Coralloides granulosa alba; J. B. Tom. III. p. 899, Erica marina alba frutescens. Mus. Pet. 50. Keratophyton flabelliforme, cortice verrucoso obductum. Raii Syn. edit. 3, p. 32 | XLIV 51 | X 706 | | Account of the pietra del mombozza, or rhinoceros stone | XLVI 118 | XI 910 | | Report on M. Canton's method of making artificial magnets | XLVII 31 | XLIX 516 | | Account of inoculation in 1736 | VII 5143 | I 18 | | Slusius, Renatus Francis. Short and easy method of drawing tangents to all geometrical curves | VIII 6059 | — 21 | | Demonstration of the short and easy method, &c. | — 6119, 6139 | — 172, 174 | | On the optic problem of Alhazen | LXVI 439 | X 693 | | Small, Alexander. Addition to Dr. Cleghorn's account of Minorca | XLVI 513 | XLVII 415 | | Smeaton, John. Account of Dr. Knight's improvements of the mariners compass | — 436 | — 494 | | Some improvements in the air pump | — | — | | An engine for raising water by fire; being an improvement on Savery's construction, to render it capable of working itself: invented by M. de Moura, of Portugal | — | — | | Description of a new tackle, or combination of pulleys | — | — | | Experiments upon a machine for measuring the way of a ship at sea | XLVIII 532 | — 598 | | Description of a new pyrometer | L 198 | — | | The effects of lightning on the steeple and church of Leftwithiel in Cornwall, Jan. 25, 1757 | LI 488 | — | | Remarks on the different temperature of the air at Eddystone lighthouse, and at Plymouth between the 7th and 14th of July, 1757 | — | — | | Experimental enquiry concerning the natural powers of water and wind, to turn mills and other machines depending on a circular motion | LVIII 156 | — | | On the menstrual parallax arising from the mutual gravitation of the earth and moon, its influence on the observation of the Sun and planets, with a method of observing it | — | — | | Description of a new method of observing the heavenly bodies out of the meridian | — | — | | Observations on a solar eclipse, June 4, 1760, at Authorpe, near Leeds, Yorkshire | LIX 286 | — | Smeaton, Smeaton, John. Description of a new hygrometer — An experimental examination of the quantity and proportion of mechanical power, necessary to be employed in giving different degrees of velocity to heavy bodies from a state of rest. Smethurst, —. Account of the shwan pan, or Chinese account table. Smethwick, Francis. Of an invention of grinding optick and burning glasses of a figure not spherical — Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, Jan. 1, 1676. Smith, Caleb. A new method of improving and perfecting catadioptrical telescopes by forming the speculum of glass instead of metal. Smith, Edward. Account of a strange kind of earth taken up near Sinynna, of which soap is made, together with the way of making it. Smith, Robert. A hepatites, with unfavourable symptoms, successfully treated. Smith, Thomas, D. D. Historical observations relating to Constantinople — Continuation — Account of the city of Prusa, in Bithynia — A conjecture about an under current at the Straight's mouth — Journal of a voyage from London to Constantinople, 1668. Smith, William. Account of an earthquake, Sept. 30, 1750, at Peterborough — Account of a fire ball, July 22, 1750 — Observations on the transit of Venus over the Sun's disk, at Norriton in Pennsylvania, Jan. 3, 1769 — Observations on the transit of Mercury, Nov. 9, 1769, at Norriton. Smithson, Richard. Account of a passage by sea to the East Indies. Smyth, Edward. Answer to some queries concerning Lough Neagh — On the use of opium amongst the Turks. Solander, Daniel, M.D. Account of the Gardenia. Son, M. Du. A way to break easily and speedily the hardest rocks — Of M. Hevelius's promise of imparting to the world his invention of making optick glasses; and of the hopes given by M. Hugens of Zulichem, to perform something of the like nature, as also of the expectations conceived of some persons in England to improve telephones SOUTH, Capt. Account of the houses and hearths in Dublin — A list of seamen of Ireland, 1697 — An account of the number of people in the counties of Ardmagh, Lowth, and Meath, and the city of Dublin; with an estimate of the number of people in the kingdom of Ireland 1695-6 — Account of the Romish clergy in Ireland, according to the return made, 1698 SOUTHWELL, Sir ROBERT. Description of Pen-Park-Hole in Gloucestershire — The method of dressing buck and doe skin, by the Indians of Virginia and Carolina — Account of the damage that happened in the isle of Portland, Feb. 3, 1695-6 — Experiments for preserving flowers, fruits, &c. — Account of a calf with two heads — Experiments of giving variety of tinctures to water — Method to give iron the colour and tincture of copper — A way of gilding gold upon silver — Some philosophical experiments SOUTHWELL, ROBERT, Esq. Account of some extraordinary echoes SPARRMAN, ANDREAS, M.D. Description of a new species of cuckow — Account of a journey into Africa from the Cape of Good Hope SPENCE, JOSEPH. Account of some antiquities at Herculaneum SPOTTSWOOD, ———. Catalogue of plants growing within the fortifications of Tangier, 1673 SPRENGELL, CONRAD JOACHIM, M.D. Observations upon vipers — Bills of Mortality of several considerable towns in Europe, from Christmas 1716, to Christmas 1717 — Observations on Eaton’s styptic | Author | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | Sprengell, Conrad Joachim | Account of the Bills of Mortality, 1722 and 1723 | XXXV | VII | | | Account of the plica Polonica | XXXVII | IX | | | Observations on the Bills of Mortality of Dresden, from 1617 to 1717 | XXXVIII | IX | | | Observations on the Bills of Mortality of Augsburg, from 1591 to 1720 | | | | Sproule, George | Observations on the immersions and emersions of the satellites of Jupiter, 1768 | LXIV | | | Spry, Edward | Case of a morbid eye | XLIX | | | | Case of a man who died of the effects of the fire at Eddington lighthouse by melted lead running down his throat | | 477 | | | A new improvement of the portable barometer | LV | 83 | | | Case of a locked jaw and paralysis cured by electricity | LVII | 88 | | Squire, Samuel | The case of Henry Axford, who recovered the use of his tongue, after having been four years dumb, by means of a frightful dream | XLV | XI | | Stack, Thomas | Account of a woman, 63 years of age who gave suck to two of her grand children | XLI | IX | | Stackhouse, Hugh | Account of the scarabaeus galeatus pullator, or death-watch | XXXIII | VII | | Stackhouse, Rev. Thomas | Extract from a topographical account of Bridgenorth in Salop | XLII | VIII | | Stafford, Richard | Account of the whales at Bermudas, and of spermaceti | III | II | | | Account of strange spiders webbs at Bermudas | | 561 | | | Account of some rare plants at Bermudas | | | | | Account of the tides at Bermudas, and of the longevity of the inhabitants | | II | | Stanyan, Captain | Observations of the spots upon the body of the Sun, in May, June, and July 1704 | XXIV | IV | | | Account of the eclipse of the Sun, May 12, 1706, at Berne | XXV | | | Star | Account of the morbus strangulatorius | XLVI | XI | | | Case of a horse bit by a mad dog | | 913 | | Stedman, John, M.D. | Thermometrical observations | XLVII | | 5 D 2 | Author | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | Stedman, John, M.D. | The effects of the hyoscyamus albus, or white henbane | XLVII 194 | | | | Of triangles described in circles, and about them | LXV 296 | | | | Of the wind requisite to move the heavier kind of wind machines | LXVII 493 | | | Steele, Joshua | Account of a musical instrument brought from the isle of Amsterdam in the South seas, by Captain Fourneaux, 1774 | LXV 67 | | | | Remarks on a larger system of reed pipes from the isle of Amsterdam, with some observations on the nose flute of Otaheite | — 72 | | | Steigerthall, John George, M.D. | Two remarkable cases in surgery | XXXI 79 | VII 665 | | | Case of a foetus that continued 46 years in the mother's belly | — 126 | — 554 | | | Case of a particular naevus maternus or mole | XXXIII 347 | — 485 | | | Description of the cereus peruvianus, which flourished at Norimberg in 1730 | XXXVI 462 | VI 2 330 | | | Account of the narwhal or unicorn fish lately taken in the river Orf, Duchy of Bremen | XL 147 | IX 71 | | Stehlin, M.D. | Account of a specimen of native iron | LXIV 461 | | | Steno, Nicholas | On the mistake of salamanders living in fire | I 377 | II 816 | | Stephens, John | Account of flames arising out of the earth in Dorsetshire | LII 119 | | | Stephens, William | The latitude of Madras in the East Indies, deduced from observations | LXIX 182 | | | Steplin, Joseph | Account of an agitation of the waters at Toplitz in Bohemia | XLIX 395 | | | Stevenson, William | Observations on an eclipse of the Moon, July 29, 1729, at Barbadoes | XXXVI 440 | | | | Account of an agitation of the waters, Nov. 1, 1755, at Edinburgh | XLIX 387 | | | Steward, Rev. Thomas | Account of the virtues of the star of the earth, coronopus or buckshorn plaintain, in the cure of the bite of a mad dog | XL 449 | VIII 83 | | Stewart, John | Account of the kingdom of Thibet | LXVII 465 | | | Stiles, Sir Francis Haskins Eyles | An explanation of the modes or tones in the ancient Grecian music | LI 695 | | STILES, Sir Francis Haskins Eyles. An account of a specimen of the labour of a kind of bees, which lay up their young in cases of leaves, which they bury in rotten wood Two accounts of an eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Dec. 23, 1760 Account of some new microscopes made at Naples, and their use in viewing the smallest objects Microscopical observations on the human blood On the sexes of plants, and the impregnation of vegetables STIRLING, James. The Newtonian method of difference illustrated Of the figure of the earth, and the variation of the gravity of the surface Description of a machine to blow fire by the fall of water STIRLING, Rev. James. Account of a remarkable darkness at Detroit in America, October 19, 1762 STONE, Edmund. Account of two species of lines of the third order, not mentioned by Sir Isaac Newton, or Mr. Stirling STONE, Rev. Edmund. Account of the success of the bark of the willow in the cure of agues STOQUER, ——. Observations on the earthquake at Lisbon, Nov 1, 1755, at Colares, within 20 miles of Lisbon STORKE, Leonard, M.D. Observations concerning the falling dew, made at Middleburg in Zeeland in the night, between the 25th and 26th of July, 1741, with the figures of the fleeces of snow, observed at the same place, Jan. 1742 STOVIN, G. Account of an antique shoe found in the isle of Axholm, Lincolnshire Account of the body of a woman found in a morass, in the isle of Axholm in Lincolnshire STRACHAN, ——. Account of the taking and taming of elephants in Zeylon Method of catching fowl and deer in Ceilan, with an account of the cinnamon An account of the serpents in the island of Ceilan Account of the ant bear of Ceilan | Author | Title | Transl. | Abridg. | |-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | STRACHAN | Observations on the planting and culture of tobacco in Ceylon | XXIII | IV 2 | | | Some observations on coral, large owls, rubies, the growing of a sort | 1134 | 312 | | | of ficus indica, the gods of the Ceylanese, &c., made in Ceylon | 1248 | V 2 | | STRACHY, JOHN | Account of the strata in the coal mines of Mendip, Somersetshire | XXX | IV 2 | | | On the strata of coal mines | 968 | 260 | | STRANGE, JOHN | On the origin of natural paper, found near Cortona in Tuscany | XXXI | VI 2 | | | An account of several Roman sepulchral inscriptions and figures in bas | 395 | 222 | | | relief, discovered in 1755, at Bonn, in Lower Germany | 195 | | | | Account of some specimens of sponges from Italy | LIX | 50 | | | An account of two Giants Causeways, or groups of prismatic basaltine | LX | 179 | | | columns, and other curious volcanic concretions, in the Venetian state | 5 | | | | in Italy, with some remarks on the characters of these and other | | | | | similar bodies, and of the physical geography of the countries in | | | | | which they are found | | | | | An account of a curious Giant's Causeway, or group of angular columns, | LXV | 5 | | | newly discovered in the Euganean hills near Padua in Italy | 418 | | | | Account of the tides in the Adriatic | LXVII | 144 | | STREET, | Observations on the eclipse of the Moon, Sept. 8, 1671, at London | VI | 2272 | | STRUYCK, NICHOLAS| Paths of 19 comets, according to the hypothesis which makes them | XLVI | 89 | | | describe a parabola about the Sun | | X 117 | | STUART, ALEXANDER, M.D.| Account of some water-spouts observed in the Mediterranean | XXIII | 1077 | | | Explanation of the figures of a Pagan temple, and some unknown | XXVI | 372 | | | characters at Cannara in Salset | | | | | An essay on the use of the bile in the animal economy, founded on an | XXXVI | 341 | | | observation of a wound in the gall bladder | | VII | | | Experiments to prove the existence of a fluid in the nerves | XXXVII | 327 | | | On the use of the bile in the animal economy | XXXVIII | 5 | | | Observations on a white liquor resembling milk which appeared instead | XXXIX | 289 | | | of serum separated from the blood after it had stood some time | | IX | | | Observations on the case of M. le Grange | XL | 325 | | | On the muscular structure of the heart | XLI | 675 | STUBBS, | Stubbe, Henry, M.D. | Observations made by a curious and learned person sailing from England to the Caribbee islands | |---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | With an enlargement of the observations | | | Other observations on the same voyage | | Stukeley, Rev. William, D.D. | An account of the impression of the almost entire skeleton of a large animal, in a very hard stone, found at Elton, near Newark, Nottinghamshire | |------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | A description of a Roman pavement found near Grantham in Lincolnshire, with the economy of the Roman times in this part of England | | | Copy of a Roman inscription found at Bath | | | Account of an ancient shrine formerly belonging to the abbey of Croyland | | | Explanation of a bas-relief of Mithras found at York | | | On the causes of earthquakes | | | Continued | | | On the philosophy of earthquakes | | | An account of a fire-ball seen in the air, July 22, 1750 | | | Account of the eclipse predicted by Thales | | Sturdie, John. | Extracts of some letters concerning iron ore, and more particularly of the haematites, wrought into iron at Milthorpe forge in Lancashire | |----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Sturmy, Samuel. | Observations made in the road near Bristol, in answer to some queries concerning the tides | |-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Suarez. | Astronomical observations at Paraguay | |---------|--------------------------------------| | Superville, Daniel De, M.D. | Observations on generation, and on monsters, with a description of some particular monsters | |-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Supple, Richard. | An account of an eruption of Mount Vesuvius, 1751 | |------------------|----------------------------------------------------| | Sutton. | An account of an invention and method of changing the air in the hold, and other close parts of a ship | |--------|----------------------------------------------------------| | Swammerdam, John. | An account of some animals that having lungs are yet without the arterious vein; together with some other curious particulars | |-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Swift, William. | Electrical experiments | |-----------------|------------------------| | Tranf. | Abridg. | |--------|---------| | II 494 | III 546 | | III 699 | 551 | | 717 | 557 | | XXX 963 | IV 2 272 | | XXXV 428 | VII 4 29 | | XLV 409 | XI 1272 | | 579 | 1313 | | XLVI 214 | 1311 | | 641 | | | 657 | X 529 | | 731 | 541 | | XLVII 1 | | | XLVIII 221 | | | XVII 695 | II 551 | | III 813 | 265 | | XLVI 3 | X 123 | | XLI 294 | IX 304 | | XLVII 315 | | | XLII 42 | VIII 601 | | VIII 6040 | III 256 | | X 273 | 113 | | I.XVIII 155 | | | SWIFT, WILLIAM. Electrical experiments | LXIX 454 | | SWINDEN, J. H. van. Observations on the intense cold in the month of January 1767-8, and November 1770, at Franeker | LXIII 89 | | SWINTON, Rev. JOHN, D.D. An explication of all the inscriptions in the Palmyrene language and character hitherto published | XLVIII 690 | | — A dissertation upon a Parthian coin, with characters on the reverse resembling those of the Palmyrenes | XLIX 593 | | — Remarks on a Parthian coin, with a Greek and Parthian legend | L 175 | | — A dissertation upon the Phoenician numeral characters antiently used at Sidon | — 791 | | — Conjectures on an inedited Parthian coin | LI 680 | | — Some observations upon a Samnite-Etruscan coin, never before fully explained | — 853 | | — A dissertation upon a Samnite denarius | LII 28 | | — Account of an anthelium seen at Witemberg, Jan. 17, 18, 1738 | — 94 | | — An account of a remarkable meteor seen at Oxford, Sept. 21, 1760 | — 99 | | — An attempt to explain a Punic inscription lately discovered in the island of Malta | LIII 274 | | — Observations upon two antient Etruscan coins never before illustrated or explained | LIV 99 | | — Some remarks upon the first part of M. l'Abbé Barthelemy's memoir on the Phœnician letters, relative to the inscription in the island of Malta | — 119 | | — Account of a remarkable meteor seen at Oxford, March 5, 1764 | — 326 | | — An account of a remarkable meteor seen at Oxford, April 28, 1764 | — 332 | | — Further remarks upon M. l'Abbé Barthelemy's memoir on the Phœnician letters, containing his reflections on certain Phœnician monuments, and the alphabets resulting from them | — 393 | | — Remarks on the Palmyrene inscription at Teive | LV1 4 | | — An account of an unedited coin of the Empress Crispina | — 27 | | — Description of two Parthian coins, never hitherto published | — 296 | | — Description of a meteor seen at Oxford, Oct. 12, 1766 | LVII 108 | | — Some observations on swarms of gnats, particularly one seen at Oxford, August 29, 1766 | — III | SWINTON, Swinton, Rev. John, D.D. An attempt to interpret the legend and inscription of a very curious Phoenician medal, never hitherto explained Further remarks upon a denarius of the Veturian family, with an Etruscan inscription on the reverse Interpretation of the inscription on a Punic coin, struck in the isle of Gozo Elucidation of an Etruscan coin of Poetum in Lucania, emitted from the mint there about the time of the social war Remarks upon a denarius of the Veturian family, with an Etruscan inscription on the reverse Description of a Punic coin appertaining to the isle of Gozo, hitherto attributed to that of Malta Observations on an inedited coin, adorned with two Punic characters on the reverse Observations on two aurora boreales, Aug. 6, and Dec. 5, 1768 An attempt to elucidate two Samnite coins, never before fully explained Some observations on an inedited Greek coin of Philistis Queen of Syracuse, Malta, and Gozo, who has been passed over in silence by all the antient writers An account of an extraordinary meteor seen at Oxford, Oct. 24, 1769 Explication of an inedited coin, with two legends, in different languages, on the reverse Remarks upon two Etruscan weights or coins never before published Interpretation of two Punic inscriptions, on the reverses of two Siculo-Punic coins, published by the Prince of Torremuzza, and never hitherto explained Observations on five antient Persian coins, struck in Palestine, or Phoenicia, before the dissolution of the Persian empire An account of a suberrated denarius of the Praetorian family, adorned with an Etruscan inscription on the reverse, never before published or explained Remarks upon a denarius of the Veturian family, with an Etruscan inscription on the reverse, formerly considered Swinton, Rev. John, D.D. Explication of a most remarkable monogram on the reverse of a very antient quinarius, never before published or explained Symmer, Robert. New experiments and observations in electricity Sympson, Thomas. An account of the remains of a Roman hypocaustum, or sweating-room, discovered under ground at Lincoln, in 1739 T. T. J. Case of a stone found in the gall-bladder of a woman Tabor, John. Account of a tessellated pavement at Bath, and other Roman antiquities, lately discovered at East Bourne in Sussex — The rest of the treatise concerning the site of the ancient city of Anderida, and other remains of antiquity in the county of Sussex Tailor, Robert. An account of a great hail storm at Hitchin in Hertfordshire, May 4, 1697 Talbot, Sir Gilbert. A description of a Swedish stone, which affords sulphur, vitriol, allum, and minium Taube, H.W. Account of a rupture in the navel Taylor, Brooke. Account of the ascent of water between two glass planes — On the finding of the center of oscillation — On the motion of a stretched string — An experiment in order to discover the law of magnetical attraction — An attempt towards the improvement of the method method of approximating, in the extraction of the roots of equations in numbers Taylor, Brooke. Solution of De Moivre's 15th problem, with the assistance of combinations and infinite series — A solution of the problem of G. G. Leibnitz lately proposed to the English — Apology against J. Bernoulli's objections — Propositions on the parabolic motion of projectiles — Some experiments relating to magnetism — An experiment made to ascertain the proportion of the expansion of the liquor in the thermometer with regard to the degrees of heat Taylor, John. An explanation of an ancient inscription at Rutchester, upon the Roman wall, 1744 — Account of an earthquake, March 18, 19, 1749-50, felt at Portsmouth — Observations on two antient Roman inscriptions discovered at Netherby in Cumberland Taylor, Robert. Case of a monstrous birth Taylor, Silas. The way of killing rattle snakes Taylor, Walter. Account of the irregularities of the tides at Woolwich Temple, Hon. Henry. Account of an earthquake at Naples Templeman, Peter, M. D. Case of a polypus at the heart — Case of a schirrous tumour of the uterus Templer, John. Relation of two hurricanes in Northamptonshire, Oct. 30, 1669, and Oct. 13, 1670 — Observations on glow-worms — On the structure of the lungs — On the motion of the heart of two urchins after their being cut out — A way of making vines grow to advantage all over the roof of a house — Observations on a pleasant way of catching carp Tenison, Rev. Edward. The husbandry of Canary seed — A representation of the parrhelia seen in Kent, Dec. 19, 1741 | Author | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | Tenon, William | Account of Dr. Papin's new water engine | XV 1254 | I 539 | | Tentzelius, William Ernest | Account of the skeleton of an elephant lately dug up at Tonnington | XIX 757 | II 438 | | Thomas, Albert | Specimens of fossils at one guinea a set | XXVI 77 | IV 2 286| | Thomas, David | Observations on a monstrous calf | I 20 | II 899 | | Thomlinson, Rev. | Account of an agitation of the water at Rochford, Essex, Nov. 1, 1755 | XLIX 364| | | Thomlinson, Thomas | Account of the effects of a storm at Wigton in Cumberland | L 194 | | | Thoresby, Ralph | Account of a Roman pottery near Leeds, Yorkshire | XIX 319 | III 418 | | | An account of two Roman altars lately found in the North of England, with notes by Thomas Gale | - 663 | - 424 | | | Account of some Roman antiquities found in Yorkshire | - 738 | - 421 | | | Account of a Roman shield | XX 205 | | | | Account of some Roman antiquities found in Yorkshire | - 310 | | | | An account of a young man killed by thunder and lightning, Dec. 22, 1698 | XXI 51 | II 179, 836 | | | Account of the cures done by Mr. Greatrix the stroker | - 332 | - 11 | | | Account of an accident by thunder and lightning at Leeds, April 27, 1700 | XXII 507| | | | Observables in his museum | XXIII 1070| V 2 220 | | | Account of some Roman coins and other matters lately observed in Lincolnshire | - 1158 | IV 2 246| | | Account of the vestigia of a Roman town near Leeds in Yorkshire | - 1285 | V 2 37 | | | Account of an earthquake which happened in some places of the North of England, 18th of December, 1703 | XXIV 1555| IV 2 210| | | Cafe of a ball voided by stool | - 1595 | V 281 | | | Account of a leaden coffin taken out of a Roman burying place near York | - 1864 | V 2 41 | | | Account of pewter money coined in Ireland by the late King James | - 1875 | - 31 | | | A calculation for finding Easter | - 1901 | - 27 | | | Account of some Swedish coins | - | - 30 | | | Account of some Norman coins found near York | - 2127 | | Thoresby, | Author | Title | Trans. | |-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------| | Thoresby, Ralph | Account of a Roman inscription found at York | XXIV | | | An account of some Roman coins found in Clifton, near Edlington, Yorkshire | | | | Case of a large ball voided by stool | | | | Account of some Roman inscriptions found at York, proving that the ninth legion some time resided there | | | | of an eruption of waters in Craven | XXV | | | of some Roman coins found in Yorkshire | XXVI | | | of a storm of thunder and lightning, and rain at Leeds, and of some Roman antiquities found in Yorkshire, August 5, 1708 | | | | of some Roman antiquities found in Yorkshire | | | | An account of a lunar rainbow seen in Derbyshire, 1710-11 | XXVII | | | of a storm of thunder and lightning which happened near Leeds in Yorkshire | | | | of a meteor, which was seen in Yorkshire, and other neighbouring countries, May 18, 1710 | | | | of some brass instruments found in Yorkshire | | | | of the damage done by a storm of hail which happened near Rotherham in Yorkshire | | | | Case of large stones voided per urethram | | | | The effects of a violent shower of rain in Yorkshire, May 18, 1722 | XXXII | | | Addition to the account of things found underground in Lincolnshire | | | Thornhill, William | Account of the success of agaric in amputations | XLIX | | Thornycroft, Edward | The doctrine of combinations and alternations improved and completed | | | Thorpe, John, M.D. | On worms in the needs of sheep | | | | An account of a great quantity of hydatides found in the abdomen | XXXII | | Thorpe, John. | Account of chestnut trees | LXI | | Threapland, Samuel, M.D. | Account of stones voided by siege | XV | | Thunberg, Charles Peter, M.D. | Account of the bread fruit trees, and the fruit of them | LXIX | | | Translation of a short extract from a journal | | kept by C. P. Thunberg, M. D., during his voyage to, and residence in, the empire of Japan. Tilli, Michael Angelo. Barometrical altitudes at Pisa in Italy, as also of the rain, winds, heat, cold, &c. Timon, Emanuel. An account or history of procuring the small pox by incision or inoculation, as it has for some years been practised at Constantinople. — Account of the plague at Constantinople Timmerman. An account of an eclipse of the Moon, observed at Moscow in Russia, April 5, 1688, compared with the same observed at Lipstick, whereby the longitude of the former is ascertained, together with the latitude of several principal places in the empire of Russia. Tissot, Andrew, M. D. An account of the disease called Ergot in French, from its supposed cause, viz. vitiated rye. Toaldo, Abbé Joseph. Account of the tides in the Adriatic. Todd, Hugh. An account of a salt spring on the banks of the river Weare, or Ware, in the bishoprick of Durham. — An account of some antiquities found at Corbridge, Northumberland. Toledo, Alvarez de. Account of the earthquake at Lima, Oct. 20, 1687. Tommagon Porbo Nata. A relation of the bad condition of the mountains about the Tungaroule and Batavian rivers, having their source from thence, occasioned by the earthquake between the 4th and 5th of January, 1699, drawn up from the account given by Tommagon Porbo Nata (who hath been there). Toncke, Ezekiel. Answer to some queries on vegetation. — Answer to some queries. — Promiscuous additions on vegetation. — Observations, directions, and inquiries concerning the motion of sap in trees. — Enquiries relating to the bleeding of walnut trees. Tonge, Ezekiel. Some observations concerning the variety of the running of sap in trees, compared with a weather-glass, in April 1760. — Particulars about retarding the ascent of sap, with other queries relating to that subject. — Further enquiries concerning the running of sap in trees, the keeping of such sap, and brewing with it. — A way of colouring leaves, fruits, &c. — Method to multiply crab-stocks, and propagate trees by layers. Torkos, Justus John. Anatomico-medical observations on a monstrous double-bodied child, born October 29, 1701. Torres, Ignatius Joseph. Case of the heart of a child turned upside down. — Description of a new microscope, invented by him. Townley, Richard. The invention of dividing a foot into many thousand parts, for mathematical purposes. — Description of the instruments for dividing a foot. — Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, June 11, 1676. Townley, Richard. Account of the quantity of rain fallen monthly for several years at Townley in Lancashire. — 1697, 1698, with other observations on the weather. — A prospect of the weather, wind, and height of mercury in the barometer on the first day of the month, and of the whole rain in every month in 1703, and beginning of 1704, at Townley in Lancashire. Travers, Peter. An instance of the gut ilium, being cut through by a knife and cured. Tredway, Robert. Account of a piece of amber-grease thrown on the island of Jamaica. Trembley, Abraham. On the fresh-water polypus. — On several newly discovered species of freshwater polypi. — On the light caused by quicksilver shaken in a glass tube, proceeding from electricity. Trembley, Abraham. Observations on several species of small water insects of the polypus kind — Account of an earthquake, Feb. 8, 1749-50, at Harwich — Observations on an earthquake, Nov. 9, 1755, at Geneva — Account of the earthquake on the 14th of November, 1755, in Valais in Switzerland — Remarks on the stones in the country of Nassau, and the territories of Treves and Cologne, resembling those of the Giant's Causeway in Ireland — An account of an earthquake felt at Cologne, Liege, Maestricht, &c., on the 19th of November, 1756 — Account of a slight shock of an earthquake, August 13, 1756, at Turin, and another Nov. 9, 1756, at Genoa — Of a coral, and that it is a mass of animals of the polype kind — Of a bed of marine bodies which crosses the highest mountains which separate Provence from Piedmont; also a rock considerably above the surface of the sea, entirely pierced with pholades, and whether these are evidences of a universal deluge — An account of the state of the thermometer at the Hague, Jan. 9, 1759 Triewald, Francis. Queries on the cause of cohesion — An extraordinary instance of the almost instantaneous freezing of water; and an account of tulips, and such bulbous plants, flowering much sooner when their bulbs are placed upon bottles filled with water, than when planted in the ground — An improvement of the diving bell — Description of a new invented water bellows — Account of the vegetation of melon seed, forty-two years old Tripe, Nicholas. Account of a body found in a vault in the church of Staverton in Devonshire, entire after being buried upwards of 80 years Trobe, de la. Two meteorological journals Tucker, Josiah, D.D. An account of a remarkable tide at Bristol, Feb. 11, 1764 Tulpeus, Nicholas, M.D. Observations on a case of a dropsy mistaken for gravidation Turberville, Dawbenev. Several cases of the eyes —— Considerable observations on the practice of physic Turner, Daniel, M.D. Two cases of insects voided by the urinary passages Tyrel, Richard. Observations on the transit of Mercury over the Sun, May 6, 1753, at Antigua Tyson, Edward, M.D. Anatomical observations on an abscess in the liver, a great number of stones in the gall bag and bilious vessels; an unusual conformation of the emulgents and pelvis; a strange conjunction of both kidneys, and a great dilatation of the vena cava —— Remarks on the glandulae renales —— Anatomical observations on four ureters found in an infant —— The anatomy of a rattle snake —— Discourse on the jointed worm —— Anatomical observations on the round worm, bred in human bodies —— Reflections on an extraordinary birth in Staffordshire —— The anatomy of the Mexican musk-hog —— Observations on opening the body of Mr. Smith of Highgate —— Lumbricus hydropicus, or an essay to prove that the hydatides, often met with in morbid animal bodies, are a species of worms, or imperfect animals —— An observation on an infant, where the brain was depressed into the hollow of the vertebra of the neck —— An observation on one hemisphere of the brain sphacelated, and on a stone found in the substance of the brain itself —— The anatomy of an Opossum —— Answer to Dr. Wallis's letter on man's feeding on flesh Tyson, Edward, M.D. The anatomy of a male Opossum, with observations A description of the cuculus laevis caeruleo flavescens, cui in supremo capite bronchiarum opercula, or the yellow gurnard Letter containing an account of a singular fish from the South Seas Ulloa, Antonio. Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, July 14, 1748, at Madrid Observations on the earthquake of November 1, 1755, made at Cadiz Observations on the eclipse of the Sun taken the 24th of June, 1778, on board the Espagne, in the passage from the Azores | Author | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------| | Vaillant | Account of a new genus of plants, called Araliastrum, of which the famous zinzin or ginseng, of the Chinese, is a species | XXX 705 | IV 2319 | | Valvasor, John Wetchard | Method of casting statues in metal; together with an invention of his for making such cast statues of an extraordinary thinness, beyond anything hitherto known or practised | XVI 259 | I 599 | | | Description of the lake of Zirknits, in Carniola | | II 307 | | Vallemont, Peter Lorrain de | Account of a small egg found within an ordinary one | XIX 632 | | | Valletta, Joseph | Account of the burning and eruption of Mount Vesuvius, 1707 | XXVIII 22 | IV 2207 | | Valsalva, Antony Maria | An account of an excretory duct from the glandula renalis | XXXIII 190 | VII 540 | | Valtravers, Rodolph de | Observations on the earthquake of November 1, 1755, made at Neufchatel in Switzerland | XLIX 436 | | | Van, Robert | Account of an extraordinary meteor, or kind of dew resembling butter, that fell in Ireland | XIX 223 | | | Vanbrugh, G. R. | Observations on the comet of 1736-7, at Lisbon | XL 123 | | | | Account of an earthquake, February, 1749-50, at Plymouth | XLVI 693 | | | Varelaiz, Joseph | On the disparition of Saturn's ring | LXIV 112 | | | Vassal | Account of a woman who had a double matrix | IV 969 | III 205 | | Vassenius, Birger | Observations on a total eclipse of the Sun, at Gothoberg in Sweden, May 2, 1733, Lat. 57°, 40', 54" | XXXVIII 134 | VIII 137 | | Author | Title | Transf. | Abridg. | |------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------| | Vater, Abraham | Case of part of the colon hanging out of a wound for 14 years | XXXI 89 | VII 515 | | | Case of a partial sight of objects | XXXIII 147 | VIII 490 | | | Observations on the dissection of the body of a person who died of the stone | XXXIV 102 | VII 531 | | | Case of a very large plica Polonica | XXXVII 50 | — 496 | | | Account of the filtering stone of Mexico | XXIX 106 | VIII 728 | | | Case of a remarkable disease of the skin | — 193 | IX 117 | | Vaughan, Henry | Uncommon observations on the dissection of mangled bodies | XXIII 1244 | V 261, 272, 291 | | Vaux, Sir Theodore | An account of the diseases of dogs, and several receipts for the cure of their madness, and of those bitten by them, extracted from the papers of Sir T. Mayerne, by Sir Theodore de Vaux | XVI 308 | II 870 | | Veay | Account of an extraordinary hermaphrodite at Toulouse | — 82 | III 283 | | Veicht, Robert | An account of the effects of lightning on three ships in the East Indies, Aug. 1, 1750 | LIV 284 | — | | Venuti, Abbate de | Account of some antiquities lately discovered in Italy | LI 201, 636 | — | | Verelst | Account of several earthquakes from April 2, to 19, 1762, in the province of Islamabad, with the damages attending them, translated from the Persian | LIII 265 | — | | Vernati, Sir Philibert | Of the nature of a certain stone, found in the Indies, in the head of a serpent | I 102 | II 814 | | | Answer to some queries recommended by Sir R. Moray | III 863 | III 617 | | | Relation of the making of cerus | XII 935 | II 576 | | Verneke | Account of the earthquakes at Maastricht, from Feb. 18, to the beginning of April, 1756 | XLIX 663 | — | | Verney, Guichard Joseph du | Anatomical observations on the structure of the nose | — 976 | III 56 | | Vernon, Francis | Observations in his travels from Venice through Illyria, Dalmatia, Greece, and the Archipelago, to Smyrna | XI 575 | — | | Verny | On the use of the grain Kermes for coloration | I 362 | II 765 | | Vievar, Rev. A. | Observations on two explosions in the air | XLI 288 | VIII 526 | | Vieuzein, Raymond | On the human blood | XX 224 | III 220 | | | On the organ of hearing | XXI 370 | — 43 | Villette Vilette, ——. An account of a not ordinary burning concave, lately made at Lyons, and compared with several others made formerly Vince, Rev. S. An investigation of the principles of progressive rotatory motion Vincent, Nathaniel. On Dr. Papin's way of raising water Visme, Stephen de. An account of an earthquake at Macao, November 23, 1767 —— Description of a singular species of monkey without a tail, found in the interior part of Bengal —— The manner in which the Chinese heat their rooms Volkamer, J.G. Observations on the variation of the magnetic needle Vossius, ——. An uncommon inscription lately found on a very great basis of a pillar dug up at Rome, with an interpretation of the same Voye, —— de la. A relation of worms that eat out stones W. W. I. Account of an aurora borealis, Feb. 6, 1720-1, at Dublin W. R. Observations on the dissection of a rat —— Account of a storm of thunder, lightning, and rain at Oundle W. T. On the term and period of human life, with observations on the Breslaw table W. W. Remarks on some Saxon coins, found in Suffolk Waddel, ——. On the effects of lightning in destroying destroying the polarity of the mariner's compass; with some remarks by Gowen Knight Wainhouse, Rev. William. Account of the effects of lightning in Wiltshire, June 20, 1772 Waite, Nicholas. Account of an incombustible cloth Wales, William. Astronomical observations made by order of the Royal Society at Prince of Wales's Fort, on the north-west coast of Hudson's Bay — Observations on the transit of Venus, June 3, 1769, at Prince of Wales's Fort — Journal of a voyage made by order of the Royal Society to Churchill river on the north-west coast of Hudson's Bay; of thirteen months' residence in that country; and of the voyage back to England in 1768 and 1769 — Observations on the state of the air, winds, weather, &c. at Prince of Wales's Fort in the north-west coast of Hudson's Bay in 1768, and 1769 — Observations on the solar eclipse, June 24, 1778 — Astronomical observations at Prince of Wales's Fort, on the north-west coast of Hudson's Bay Walker, —. Experiments and observations concerning sounds Walker, John. An account of a new medicinal well lately discovered near Moffat in Annandale, in the county of Dumfries — An account of the irruption of Solway Moss, on December 16, 1772 — An account of the cavern in Dunmore Park, near Kilkenny in Ireland Wall, —. Experiments on the luminous qualities of amber, diamonds, and gum-lac Wall, J. M. D. On the extraordinary effects of musk in convulsive disorders — On the use of the bark in the small-pox — Essay on the waters of the Holy Well, at Malvern, Worcestershire — Observations on the case of a boy cured of convulsive fits by a discharge of worms WALLACE, JAMES. Part of a journal kept from Scotland to New Caledonia, in Darien, with a short account of that country An abstract from an account of the island of Orkney On a stone cut out of the bladder, having hair on it WALLER, RICHARD. Observations on the Cicindela volans, or flying glow worm, with the figure A catalogue of simple and mixed colours, with a specimen of each colour, fixed to its proper name Some observations made on the spawn of frogs, and the production of tadpoles therein Observations on the dissection of a parrot Some observations sent from the East Indies, in answer to some queries sent thither An account of two deaf persons who can speak and understand one another by the motion of the lips A description of that curious natural machine, the wood-pecker's tongue WALLIS, JOHN. Observations of the scaled weather-glass, and the barometer A relation concerning the late earthquake near Oxford, Jan. 19, 1665 A relation of an accident by thunder and lightning at Oxford, May 10, 1666 An essay exhibiting the hypothesis of the flux and reflux of the sea An appendix by way of answer to some objections to the above essay Animadversions of Dr. Wallis, upon Mr. Hobbes's book, De Principiis & Ratioeinatione Geometricarum Some inquiries and directions concerning tides proposed by Dr. Wallis, for the proving and disproving of his lately published discourse concerning them Account of the variety of annual high-tides, as to several places; with respect to his own hypothesis. (v. I. p. 263) Some mistakes to be found in a book intitled "specimina mathematica F. du T. u.e.s," especially touching a certain problem affirming to have been proposed by Dr. Wallis to the mathematicians of all Europe, to solve it **WALLIS, JOHN, D.D.** Animadversions on a printed paper, intituled Responfio F. du Laurens ad Epift. D. Wallifi ad Oldenburgium scriptam - Second letter on the same paper - Continuation of the second letter - Account of the Logarithmotechnia of Mercator - A summary of the general laws of motion - Some observations concerning the baroscope and thermoscope - Letter to Mr. Boyle concerning an essay of teaching a person deaf and dumb to speak and understand a language, with the success of it - Answer to Mr. Childrey's animadversions upon his hypothesis of the flux and reflux of the sea - Answer to Mr. Hobbes's Rosetum geometricum - His opinion concerning the hypothesis physica nova of Leibnitz - Answer to four papers of Mr. Hobbes lately published - Breviat concerning Dr. Wallis's two methods of Tangents - Answer to the Lux mathematica - On the center of gravity of hyperbolas - On the suspension of quicksilver well purged of air, much higher than the ordinary standard of the Torricellian experiment - A confirmation of the account of a strange frost at Bristol - A note upon Mr. Lister's observations concerning the veins of plants - Letter asserting the first invention and demonstration of the equality of the curve line of a paraboloid to a straight line, and next the finding a straight line equal to that of a cycloid and of the parts thereof - Two other letters to the same purpose - A letter gratulatory to M. Hevelius, for his Organographia, and particularly concerning divisions by diagonals - On a new musical discovery - An account of a considerable meteor seen in many distant places in England, September 20, 1676 | Trans. | Abridg. | |--------|---------| | III 654 | | | — 744 | | | — 775 | | | — 825 | | | — 759 | VI 456 | | — 864 | I 457 | | IV 1113 | II 5 | | V 1087 | III 388 | | — 2068 | II 283 | | VI 2202 | I 247 | | — 2227 | | | — 2241 | | | VII 4010| — 126 | | — 5067 | | | — 5074 | | | — 5160 | II 24 | | VIII 5196| — 152 | | — 6060 | — 696 | | — 6146 | I 116 | | IX 243 | | | XII 839 | — 606 | | — 863 | II 200 | **WALLIS,** **WALLIS, JOHN, D.D.** Account of an antient date in Northamptonshire in numeral figures - An account of two large stone chimney pieces, with a peculiar sort of archwork thereon - On the collection of secants, and the true division of the meridian in the sea chart - On the air's gravity - Treatise of algebra, historical and practical - Account of the strength of memory when applied with due attention - On the measures of the air's resistance to bodies moved in it - On the apparent magnitude of the Sun and Moon, or the apparent distance of two stars when near the horizon, and when higher elevated - The Florentine problem concerning the quadrature of an hemispherical cupola of a temple - A proposal concerning the parallax of the fixed stars, in reference to the earth's annual orb - A discourse concerning the methods of approximation in the extraction of surd roots - On the spaces in the cycloid, which are perfectly quadruple - An extraordinary cure of a horse that was staked into his stomach - Letter concerning the cycloid known to Cardinal Cusanus about the year 1450, and to Carolus Bovillus about 1500 - On the generation of hail, of thunder and lightning, and the effects thereof - A correction on the 109th chapter of his book on algebra - Account of the effects of thunder and lightning at Everdon, Northamptonshire - A question in musick lately proposed to Dr. Wallis, concerning the division of the monochord, or section of the musical canon; with his answer to it - On the observation of Easter April 24, 1698 - On some supposed imperfections in an organ - On the strange effects of music in former times - A method of instructing deaf and dumb persons - Account of some passages between him and M. Leibnitz | Transf. | Abridg. | |---------|---------| | XIII 399 | I 107 | | XIV 800 | — 595 | | XV 1002 | II 122 | | — 1193 | I 527 | | — 1095 | III 661 | | — 1269 | I 484 | | XVI 269 | — 225 | | XVII 584 | — 844 | | XIX 2 | — 98 | | — 111 | — 116 | | — 118 | — 116 | | — 561 | — 116 | | — 653 | II 183 | | — 729 | — 177 | | XX 5 | — 177 | | — 80 | I 610 | | — 185 | III 402 | | — 249 | I 612 | | — 297 | — 618 | | — 353 | III 393 | | XXI 273 | II 2 | *Wallis,* WALLIS, JOHN. Letter to Leibnitz — On some supposed alterations of the meridian line, which may affect the declination of the magnetic needle, and the pole's elevation — On the alteration (suggested) of the Julian account for the Gregorian — The quadrature of the parts of the lunula of Hippocrates, performed by Mr. John Perks; with the further improvements of the same by Dr. David Gregory and John Caldwell — Some easy methods, for the measuring of curvilinear figures, plain and solid — On the use of the numeral figures in England, in 1690 — Two letters on men feeding on flesh — Chartham news; or a brief relation of some strange bones lately digged up in some grounds of Mr. John Sommers in Canterbury — Some letters relating to Mr. Sommers treatise of Chartham news — Letter relating to that isthmus, or neck of land, which is supposed to have joined England and France in former times, where now is the passage between Dover and Calais — Captain Edmund Halley's map of magnetic variation; and some other things relating to the magnet — An account of two deaf persons who can speak and understand one another by the motion of the lips WALLIS, Capt. Account of a solar eclipse observed at George's island, July 25, 1767 WALMESLEY, CHARLES. Essay on the precession of the equinoxes and the nutation of the earth's axis — A theory of the irregularities that may be occasioned in the annual motion of the earth by the actions of Jupiter and Saturn — Of the irregularities of the motion of a satellite arising from the spheroidal figure of its primary planet — Of the irregularities in the planetary motions, caused by the mutual attraction of the planets WALPOLE, Horace. Càc (of the stone) as drawn up by himself. XLVII 43 — Sequel to his case — 472 WALSH, John. On the electric property of the torpedo LXIII 461 — On torpedos found on the coast of England LXIV 464 WANLEY, Humphrey. Letter judging of the age of MSS. by the style of learned authors, painters, musicians, &c. XXIV 1993 V 21 — An essay on the invention of printing, by John Bagford; with an account of his collections for the same XXV 2397 — 18 WARD, John. Account of the Equulæus XXXVI 231 VII 431 — Remarks on an antient date, at Widgehall, Hertfordshire XXXIX 120 IX 421 — Remarks on an antient date, over a gate-way, near the Cathedral, at Worcester — 136 — Remarks on an inscription cut formerly in a window belonging to the parish church of Ramsey in Hampshire XLIII 79 — An explanation of a Roman inscription found not long since at Silchester in Hampshire — 200 XI 1264 — A brief inquiry into the reading of two dates in Arabian figures cut upon stones, which were found in Ireland — 283 — 1260 — Explanation of some remains of antiquity found in Lincolnshire — 349 — 1298 — An attempt to explain two Roman inscriptions, cut upon two altars, which were dug up some time since at Bath XLIV 285 — 1021 — Brief account of a Roman tessera XLV 224 — 1321 — A description of the town of Silchester in its present state; with a short account of an antient date in Arabian figures at Walling, near Aldermaryton, in Berkshire — 603 — 1267 — Remarks upon an antient Roman inscription found in that part of Italy which formerly belonged to the Sabines XLVI 293 — 1273 — An attempt to explain an antient Greek inscription, engraven upon a curious bronze cup with two handles, and published with a draught of the cup, by Dr. Pocock, in his description of the East, vol. 2, part 2, page 207 — 488 — 1278 — An account of a Roman altar, with an inscription upon it, found at York, and communicated to the Society of Antiquaries, by F. Drake. As also a brief explication of the inscription, by John Ward Ward, John. An attempt to explain an antient Roman inscription cut upon a stone lately found at Bath An account of a Roman inscription found at Malton in Yorkshire, in the year 1753 An account of four Roman inscriptions, cut upon three large stones, found in a ploughed field near Wroxeter in Shropshire, in the year 1752; with some observations upon them Some considerations on two pieces of lead with Roman inscriptions upon them, found several years since, in Yorkshire Wardle, John Fred. On the destruction of the canker worms and locusts, which destroyed the fields at Wirtemberg, for several years Wargentin, Peter. On the variation of the magnetic needle Observations on the transit of Venus over the Sun, on June 6, 1761, and on an eclipse of the Moon, May 8, 1761, taken in Sweden An account of the observations made upon the transit of Venus, over the Sun, June 6 1761, at Cajaneburg in Sweden Relation of the late transit of Venus An essay on a new method of determining the longitude of places, from observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites Meteorological observations made at Stockholm, in the winter of 1767-8 Observations on the transit of Venus, June 3, 1769, in Sweden Observations on the occultations of the stars α and γ Tauri, and other stars, by the Moon On the difference of longitude of the Royal Observatories at Paris and Greenwich, resulting from the eclipse of Jupiter's first satellite, observed during the last ten years; to which is added, a comparative table of the corresponding observations of the first satellite, made in the principal observatories Waring, Edward. Mathematical problem New properties in conic sections Two theorems in mathematics WAR WARING, EDWARD. Problems concerning interpolations — A general resolution of algebraical equations WARING, RICHARD HILL. Account of some plants found in several parts of England WARK, Rev. DAVID. On the use of furze, in fencing the banks of rivers WARNER, JOSEPH. Case of an extraordinary tumour growing on the inside of the bladder, successfully extracted — Case of a successful operation performed on the empyema — Case of a piece of a bone, together with a stone in the bladder successfully extracted — Case of the operation for the empyema successfully performed — On the use of the agaric of the oak in stopping hemorrhages — On the use of agaric, as a styptic — Two singular cases of diseased knee joints, successfully treated, the first by topical applications, the second by operation — Case of an aneurism on the thigh, and on the uncertainty of the distinguishing symptoms — An instance of four rough stones that were discovered in an human urinary bladder, contrary to the received opinion; and successfully extracted by the lateral method of cutting for the stone — Remarkable case of an empyema — An account of two stones of remarkable shapes and sizes, which, for the space of six years, were firmly lodged in the urethra of a young man, and successfully cut out from thence — An account of a very small fetus brought into the world at the same time with a child at its full growth WARREN, GEORGE. Observations on the dissection of an ostrich — Account of the earthquake, felt Feb. 18, off the coast of England, near Dover WARRICK, CHRISTOPHER. A remarkable ulcer nature in a child — An improvement in the practice of tapping — On the success of injecting medicated liquors into the abdomen, in an ascites WARRICK, CHRISTOPHER. Experiments on injecting claret, &c. into the abdomen, after tapping. WASSE, Rev. ——. On the difference of the height of a human body, between morning and night. —— On the effects of lightning, July 3, 1725, in Northamptonshire. —— Account of an earthquake, in Oct. 1731, in Northamptonshire. WATHEN, JONATHAN. A method proposed to restore the hearing when injured, from an obstruction of the Tuba Eustachiana. WATKINS, THOMAS. Rules for correcting the usual methods of computing amounts and present values, by compound as well as simple interests; and of stating interest accounts. WATSON, HENRY. A description of the lymphatics of the urethra and neck of the bladder. —— Account of the stomach of the Gillaroo trout. —— A short account of Dr. Maty's illness, and of the appearances in the dead body, which was examined on the 3d of August, 1776, the day after his decease. WATSON, REV. RICHARD, Bishop of Landaff. Experiments and observations on various phenomena attending the solution of salts. —— Remarks on the effects of cold in February, 1771. —— Account of an experiment made with a thermometer, whose bulb was painted black, and exposed to the direct rays of the Sun. —— Chemical experiments and observations on lead ore. WATSON, WILLIAM, M.D. A Case wherein part of the lungs were coughed up. —— An observation upon hydatides voided per vaginam. —— Observations upon Mr. Sutton's invention to extract foul and stinking air out of ships, with critical remarks upon the use of windfalls. —— On the seed of mushrooms. —— Account of some persons poisoned by eating boiled hemlock. —— Further remarks concerning mushrooms occasioned. **WATSON** | Title | Trans. | Abridg. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------| | An account of a plant (Gaster volvæ rufis et operculo elevatis) little known and hitherto undescribed | XLIII 51 | X 790 | | Account of a large stone found in the stomach of a horse | - 234 | - 703 | | Experiments and observations tending to illustrate the nature and properties of electricity | - 268 | XI 904 | | Further experiments and observations tending to illustrate the nature and properties of electricity | - 481 | X 280 | | Critical observations concerning the Genanthia aquatica, succo viroto cruciante, of Lobel | XLIV 41 | - 290 | | Observations upon so much of M. le Monnier jun. memoir, as relates to the communication of the electric virtue to non-electrics | - 227 | - 765 | | A continuation of a paper concerning electricity from vol. XLIII. page 507 | - 388 | - 339 | | A sequel to the experiments and observations tending to illustrate the nature and properties of electricity | - 695 | | | A collection of electrical experiments | - 704 | - 290 | | Further inquiries into the nature of electricity | XLV 49 | - 347 | | Enquiry concerning the respective velocities of electricity and sound | - 93 | - 368 | | An account of the experiments made by some gentlemen of the Royal Society, in order to measure the absolute velocity of electricity | - 49 | - 347 | | Account of the black vomit of South America | XLVI 134 | XI 1003 | | Some account of the remains of John Tradescant's garden, at Lambeth | - 160 | X 740 | | Some account of the fetus in utero being differently affected by the smallpox | - 235 | XI 1042 | | Letter declaring that he as well as many other have not been able to make odours pass through glass, by means of electricity; and giving particular account of Professor Boze's experiment of beatification, or caufin a glory to appear round a man's head by electricity | - 348 | X 410 | | Several papers concerning a new semi-metal called Platina | - 584 | - 671 | | Observations upon the sex of flowers | XLVII 109 | | | Observations on the effects of white henbane | - 196 | | | An account of B. Franklin's treatise, entitled Experiments and observations in electricity made at Philadelphia | - 202 | | --- **WATSON, WILLIAM, M.D.** WATSON, WILLIAM, M.D. An account of the result of some experiments made with globes and tubes; transmitted by Mr. Winkler in order to verify the facts of odours passing through them. — An account of the Bishop of London's garden at Fulham, with a catalogue of the exotic trees remaining in it, June 25, 1751 — XLVII 236 — Account of the cinnamon tree — 241 — On the phænomena of electricity in vacuo — 301 — An account of the Aphyllon and Dentaria hep-tophyllos of Clusius, written by Mr. Ray — 362 — An account of S. de Peyssonel's MS: treatise upon coral, and several other productions of the sea, in order to illustrate the natural history thereof — 428 — Remarks on Mr. Dixon's account of vegetable bills which grow in a lake near the Humber, Yorkshire — 445 — Electrical experiments in England, under thunder-clouds — 498 — An account of Mr. Appleby's process to make sea water fresh — 567 — A comparison of different thermometrical observations in Siberia — XLVIII 69 — Observations on the Byssus of the antients — 108 — Remarks on the sex of the holly — 359 — Answer to Dr. Lining's query relating to the death of Professor Richman — 615 — Relation of a large calculus found in a mare — 765 — Observations upon agaric — 800 — An account of Mr. Tall's method of castrating fish — 811 — Account of a species of plant, from which the agaric used as a styptic is prepared — 870 — A brief botanical and medical history of the Solanum lethalis, Bella-donna, or deadly nightshade — XLIX 28 — Remarks on the heat of the air, in July, 1757 — L 62 — An historical memoir concerning a genus of plants called Lichen, by Micheli, Haller, and Linnæus, and comprehended by Dillenius under the terms Usnea, Coralloides, and Lichenoides; tending principally to illustrate their several uses — 429 — An account of some extraordinary effects arising from convulsions — 652 — A further account of the poisonous effects of the — 743 Oenanthe aquatica succo viroso crocante of Lobel, or hemlock dropwort Watson, William, M.D. Some observations concerning the Lyncurium of the ancients — The effects of electricity on a tetanus — An account of the cicuta, recommended by Dr. Storke — Some suggestions concerning the preventing the mischiefs which happen to ships and their masts by lightning — Some remarks upon the catarrhal disorder, which was very frequent in London and in its neighbourhood, in May, 1762; and upon the dysentery which prevailed in the following autumn — Observations upon the effects of electricity, applied to a tetanus, or muscular rigidity, of four months continuance — An account of the insect called the vegetable fly — Account of an American armadilla — Observations upon the effects of lightning, with an account of the apparatus to prevent its mischiefs to buildings, more particularly powder magazines — Account of the opening of the body of an asthmatic person — Account of the late cold weather, Jan. and Feb. 1767, at London — An account of some experiments by Mr. Miller, of Cambridge, on the sowing of wheat — An account of oil obtained from the ground-nuts of North Carolina — On pointed conductors Watson, jun., William, M.D. An account of the blue shark Webb, Philip Carteret. An account of an inverted iris, observed on the grass in September, and another in October, 1751 — Account of an agitation of the waters in Sussex and Surrey, Nov. 1, 1755 Weidler, John Frederick. Observations of an eclipse of the Moon, July 29, 1729, at Würtemberg — An account of the eclipse of the Sun, July 15, 1734, at Würtemberg — Account of an aurora borealis, 1732 — A narrative of the destruction of the cankerworms worms and locusts which destroyed the fields near Würtemberg for several years **WEIDLER, JOHN FREDERICK.** An account of the eclipse of the Sun, observed May 2, 1733, at Würtemberg - Astronomical, physical and meteorological observations in 1733, at Würtemberg - Account of several aurora boreales - Observation on the eclipse of the Moon, Oct. 2, 1724, at Würtemberg - An observation of two parhelia, or mock suns seen at Würtemberg in Saxony, Dec. 31, 1735 - Observations on the lunar eclipse, Sept. 8, 1736, at Würtemberg - Observations of the transit of Mercury over the Sun, Oct. 31, 1736 - Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, Feb. 18, 1736-7 - Observations on an eclipse of the Sun, Aug. 4, 1738 - Observations on an Anthelion seen at Würtemberg, Jan. 17, 18, 1738 - Observations of an occultation of Palilicius, at Würtemberg, Dec. 23, 1738 - Observations on the eclipse of the Sun, Aug. 4, 1739, at Würtemberg **WENDLINGEN, JOHN.** Observations on the eclipse of the Moon, July 30, 1757, at Madrid, and Jan. 24, 1758 **WEST, THOMAS.** Account of a volcanic hill near Inverness **WEYMAR, ——.** Account of an earthquake in Siberia, Nov 28, 1761 **WHEELER, REV. MAURICE.** Account of a movement that measures time after a particular manner, with an account of the reason of the said motion **WHELER, GRANVILLE.** Account of an eclipse of the Sun, May 2, 1733, at Norton Court, and Otterden Place - Some electrical experiments chiefly regarding the repulsive force of electrical bodies - Letter of remarks on the late Stephen Gray, his electrical circular experiment - Two letters concerning the rotatory motion of glass tubes about their axes, when placed in a certain manner before the fire WHISTON, GEORGE. An account of four mock suns, seen at Kensington, March 1, 1726 WHISTON, Rev. WILLIAM. An account of two mock suns, and an arc of a rainbow inverted, with an halo, and its brightest arc, seen Oct 22, and 23, 1721, at Lyndon, Rutland WHITE, CHARLES. Account of a remarkable operation on a broken arm — An account of a complete luxation of a thigh bone, in an adult person, by external violence — Case in which the upper head of the os humeri was sawed off, a large portion of the bone afterwards exfoliated, and yet the entire motion of the limb was preserved WHITE, GILBERT. Account of the house Martin, or Martlet — Of the house-Swallow, Swift, and Sand-Martin WHITE, TAYLOR. A discourse on the cinnamon, cassia or canella WHITE, WILLIAM. Experiments upon air, and the effects of different kinds of effluvia upon it WHITFIELD, ANNE. An account of the effects of a storm of thunder and lightning, at Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, July 16, 1759 WHITEHURST, JOHN. Thermometrical observations at Derby — An account of a machine for raising water, executed at Oulton in Cheshire, in 1772 — Experiments on ignited substances WHYTT, ROBERT, M.D. An account of the earthquake, felt at Glasgow and Dumbarton, December 30, 1755; also of a shower of dust falling on a ship between Shetland and Iceland — Observations on the case of Horace Lord Walpole — Postscript to observations on Lord Walpole's case, with observations on the lithontriptic quality of Carlsbad water, lime waters and soap — Cases of the remarkable effects of blisters, in lessening the quickness of the pulse in coughs attended with an incarceration of the lungs and fever WILBRAHAM, THOMAS. Account of an hydrophobia WILCOX, JOSEPH. An account of some subterraneous apartments with Etruscan inscriptions and paintings paintings discovered at Civita Turchino in Italy WILKINSON, JOHN, M.D. A course of experiments to ascertain the specific buoyancy of cork in different waters; the respective weights and buoyancy of salt water and fresh water; and for determining the exact weights of human and other bodies in fluids WILLIAMS, REV. ANTHONY. An account of a remarkable thunder storm, Feb. 18, 1770, at Keverne in Cornwall WILLIAMS, PERROT, M.D. A method of procuring the small pox, used in South Wales — Another letter on the same subject — Observations upon dissecting the body of a person troubled with the stone WILLIAMS, STEPHEN, M.D. Account of the viper catchers, and the efficacy of oil of olives in curing the bite of vipers — An attempt to explain the barrows in Cornwall WILLIAMS, HUGH. Experiments and observations on the Gymnotus electricus, or electrical eel WILLIAMSON, JOSEPH. A letter wherein he asserts his right to the curious and useful invention of making clocks to keep time with the Sun's apparent motion WILLIS, —, M.D. Case of a lady who swallowed euphorbium WILLOUGHBY, FRANCIS. Observations on the eclipse of the Sun, June 22, 1666, at London — Experiment on the motion of sap in trees — Observations, directions and inquiries concerning the motion of sap in trees — Thoughts on dwarf oaks — Thoughts on the stellar fish — Observations on the black poplar — Observations on sycamore trees — Observations on the walnut trees — Observations on the insects and carriages lodging themselves in old willows — Observations on Mr. Lister's communications on the motion of the sap in trees — Account of the hatching of a kind of bee lodged in old willows — Account of the stellar fish and of some other curiosities | Author | Title | Year | Trans. | Abridg. | |-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|------|--------|---------| | Willoughby, Francis | Observations on the wasps called Vespa ichneumones | | VI 2279| II 769 | | Wilmer, John, M.D. | Catalogue of fifty plants from Chelsea garden | 1747 | XLVI 331| | | | | 1748 | | | | | | 1749 | | | | | | 1750 | XLVII 166| | | | | 1751 | | | | | | 1752 | XLVIII 110| | | | | 1753 | | | | | | 1754 | XLIIX 78| | | | | 1755 | | | | | | 1756 | L 236 | | | | | 1757 | | | | | | 1758 | LI 96 | | | | | 1759 | | | | | | 1760 | LII 85| | | | | 1761 | | | | | | 1762 | LIII 32| | | | | 1763 | LIV 137| | | | | 1764 | LV 91 | | | Wilmer, B. | Account of a woman accidentally burnt to death at Coventry | | LXIV 340| | | Wilmot, Edward | On the use of the Peruvian bark in the small-pox | | XLIV 583| XI 1035| | Wilson, | Account of the lapis amianthus, or Linum incombustible, in Scotland | | XXII 1004| IV 2 283| | Wilson, Alexander | Observations on the transit of Venus over the Sun, made at Glasgow | | LIX 333| | | | Jupiter's first satellite observed at Glasgow, with an eighteen inch reflector of Mr. Short | | | | | | Account of a remarkable cold at Glasgow, in Jan. 1768 | | LXI 326| | | | Observations on the solar spots | | LXIV 1 | | | | Improvements proposed in the cross wires of telescopes | | | 105 | | Wilson, Benjamin | Electrical experiments at Paris | | XLVIII 347| | | | Retraction of his former opinion, concerning the Leyden experiment | | XLIX 682| | | | Some electrical experiments | | LI 83 | | | | Experiment on tourmalin, with some experiments in electricity | | | 308 | | | Letter on electricity | | | 896 | | | Observations on some gems similar to the tourmalin | | LII 443| | | | Experiments in electricity | | LIII 436| | WILSON, BENJAMIN. Considerations to prevent lightning from doing mischief to great works, high buildings, and large magazines — His dissent to part of the report of the committee of the Royal Society, on the powder magazine at Purfleet — Observations upon lightning, and the method of securing buildings from its effects — His dissent from the report of the committee to examine the accident by lightning at Purfleet, May 15, 1777 — Experiments and observations on the nature and use of conductors — New experiments upon the Leyden phial, respecting the termination of conductors — Account of Dr. Knight's method of making artificial loadstones — New experiments and observations on the use of conductors WILSON, JAMES. A description and manner of using a late invented set of small pocket microscopes, which with great ease are applied in viewing opake, transparent, and liquid objects, &c. WILSON, PATRICK. M. A. An account of a most extraordinary degree of cold, at Glasgow, in January, 1780, together with some new experiments and observations on the comparative temperature of hoar-frost, and the air near to it, made at Glasgow WINCLER, ———, M. D. Account of the murrain in Switzerland, and its cure WINKLER, JOHN HENRY. New observations in electricity — On the effect of electricity upon himself and his wife — Description and figures of his electrical pyrographum — A discovery in electricity, useful in medicine — Experiments relating to odours passing through electrified globes — Account of two electrical experiments WINN, Capt. I. L. An account of the appearance of lightning on a conductor fixed from the summit of the main mast of a ship down to the water WINN, I. S. Remarks on the aurora borealis, in Sept. 1769 WINTHROP, JOHN. Account of some natural curiosities, and a strange and curiously contrived fish from New England — The description, culture, and use of maize — Observations on the transit of Mercury, over the Sun, April 21, 1740, and of an eclipse of the Moon, Dec. 21, 1740, in New England — Caft. of the bones of a foetus coming away by the anus — An account of the earthquake felt in New-England and the neighbouring parts of America, Nov. 18, 1755 — An account of a meteor seen in New England, May 10, 1760, and of a whirlwind felt in that country, July 10, 1760 — An account of several fiery meteors seen in North America — Observations on the transit of Venus, at St. John's in Newfoundland — Thoughts concerning comets — Observations on the transit of Venus over the Sun, June 3, 1769 — Observations of the transit of Mercury over the Sun, October 25, 1743 — Phases of the transit of Venus, supposed to be retarded by the aberration of light — Observations on the transit of Mercury over the Sun, Oct. 25, 1743 — Remarks upon a passage in Cassini's life of Sir Isaac Newton WISEMAN, RICHARD. Experiments with a liquor for stopping the blood of cut arteries WHITCHELL, GEORGE. A general investigation of the nature of the curve, formed by the shadow of a prolate spheroid upon a plane standing at right angles to the axis of the shadow — Some account of a solar eclipse observed at George's Island, by Capt. Wallis, July 25, 1767 WITHERING, WILLIAM, M.D. Experiments on the different kinds of marle found in Staffordshire WITSEN, NICHOLAS. Account of a large and curious map of Great Tartary — Description of certain shells found in the East Indies WITSEN, NICHOLAS. Letter with two draughts of Persepolis — Account of the upper part of the burning mountain, in the isle of Ternata — An account of the sad mischief befallen the inhabitants of Soreo, near unto the Molucco's; by subterraneous fire, for which they were forced to leave their country — A farther relation of the horrible burning of some mountains on the Molucco islands — Observations on New Holland WITTE, ROBERT. Answer to the Hydrologia chymica, of W. Simpson — Observations on the notes of Dr. Foot, and Dr. Highmore on mineral waters — Observations on a stone found in the kidneys WOLFALL, RICHARD. Account of the earthquake at Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1755 WOLFE, CHRISTIAN, Account of a rupture of the ilium WOLFE, NATHANIEL MATTHEW, M.D. Descriptio Fontis Hieronis in Metallifodinis Chemnicensibus in Hungaria, anno 1756, extructi; with a theory of congelation drawn from some appearances of ice and snow there — Manner of preparing nitre in Podolia — Account of the Polish cochineal — Meteorological observations in Poland, in the winter of 1768 — A short narrative of the structure and effects of parabolic burning glasses, made by Mr. Hoesen of Dresden, and an account of experiments made with them, on the fusion of different substances — Account of a portrait of Copernicus, presented to the Royal Society WOLLASTON, CHARLTON, M.D. Case of mortification of limbs, in a family at Wattisham in Suffolk — Further account of the said case WOLLASTON, REV. FRANCIS. Observations of the eclipse of the Sun, June 4, 1769, in the morning — Observations of the transit of Venus over the Sun, June 3, 1769, made at East Dereham in Suffolk — Account of the going of an astronomical clock WOLLASTON, Rev. Francis. Astronomical observations at Chislehurst, Kent, 1772 Woop, Bazil. An account of a stone of prodigious size extracted by section out of a woman's bladder, who survived the operation Woodward, John, M.D. Thoughts and experiments on vegetation Woolcombe, Thomas. Case of a locked jaw Wooler, ——. Account of the fossil bones of an alligator found on the sea shore near Whitby, Yorkshire Woulfe, Peter. Experiments on the distillation of acids, volatile alkalies, &c. shewing how they may be condensed without loss, and how thereby we may avoid disagreeable and noxious fumes Experiments to shew the nature of Aurum Mosaicum Experiments on a new colouring substance from the island of Amsterdam in the South Seas Experiments on some mineral substances Wray, John. Experiments on the motion of sap in trees On the manner of spiders projecting their threads Wren, Christopher. Theory of motion The description of an instrument invented years ago, for drawing the outlines of any object in perspective The generation of an hyperbolical cylindroid: demonstration; and the application thereof for grinding hyperbolical glasses, hinted at A description of Dr. Chr. Wren's engine, designed for grinding hyperbolical glasses On finding a straight line equal to that of a cycloid Wright, Edward, M.D. Microscopical observations Dec. 26, 1755 Account of a remarkable fossil Orthoceratites Account of an experiment by which it appears that salt of steel does not enter into the lacteal vessels; with remarks Wright, John. Case of a cure of an aposthumation of the lungs Wright, Richard. A method of procuring the small-pox at Haverfordwest Wright, Thomas. Relation of a land-flood, which has lately overwhelmed a great tract of land in the county of Suffolk, together with an account of the check, in part, given to it Account of two ancient camps in Hampshire Account of an extraordinary tide in the river of Forth Account of the transit of Venus made at the isle of Coudre, near Quebec Immersions and emersions of Jupiter's first satellite, observed at Jupiter's inlet in the island of Anticosta, North America; and the longitude of the place deduced from comparison, with observations made at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, by the Astronomer Royal Wright, William, M.D. Description of the Jesuits-bark tree of Jamaica, and the Caribbees Description and use of the cabbage-bark-tree in Jamaica Wroe, Rev. Richard. Two letters concerning horn-like excrescences growing on the fingers, &c. Wurtzelbaur, John Philip. Observations on the variation of the magnetic needle, made at Nuremberg some years past, and in the present year 1685 Observations of an eclipse of the Moon, Nov. 30, 1685 Observations of the eclipse of Jupiter's satellites, March 31, 1686, at Nuremberg An account shewing that the latitude of Nuremberg has continued without sensible alteration for 200 years last past, as likewise the obliquity of the ecliptick, by comparing them with what was observed, by B. Walther, in 1487 An observation of a transit of Mercury under the Sun, Oct. 31, 1690, at Nuremberg Observations of an eclipse of the Sun, Sept. 13, 1699, at Nuremberg Observations of an eclipse of the Sun, Feb. 19, 1718 ### Y. **Yonge, James.** Concerning the internal use of cantharides - Case of a ball extracted from a person who had suffered by it 30 years, and in which was a plumb-stone - An account of balls of hair taken from the uterus and ovaria of several women - Account of a bunch of hair voided by urine - Account of several solid bodies voided by urine - Account of an unusual blackness of the face, and of several extra-uterine foetus's - A relation of an hydropical case, in which the gall-bladder was distended to an unusual degree - The case of a woman who had her menes regularly to 70 years of age **Young, Charles.** Case of a luxated thigh bone reduced | Trans. | Abridg. | |--------|---------| | XXIII 2010 | V 405 | | - 1279 | - 261 | | XXV 2387 | XXVI 414 | | - 420 | - 286 | | - 424, 432 | - 199, 306 | | XXVII 426 | XXVIII 236 | | LI 846 | | ### Z. **Zanoni, —.** Astronomical observations in Naples and Sicily **Zanotti, Eustachio.** Account of red lights seen in the air, Dec. 5, 1737, at Bononia - The parabolic orbit of the comet of 1739, observed at Bologna - Observations on the transit of Venus, June 6, 1761, at Bologna **Zimmerman, James.** Observations on the eclipse of Jupiter by the Moon, March 31, 1686 **Zollman, Philip Henry.** An extract of a philosophical account of a new opinion concerning the origin of petrifications found in the earth, which have hitherto been ascribed to the universal deluge, written by Sig. Antonio Lazzaro Moro | Trans. | Abridg. | |--------|---------| | I.VIII 196 | XLI 593 | | - 809 | - 215 | | LII 399 | XVI 177 | | XLV 163 | X 615 | FINIS. FROM THE PRESS OF J. NICHOLS.