Volume 111 (1821)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

32 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (12 pages)
• On the Black Rete Mucosum of the Negro, Being a Defence against the Scorching Effect of the Sun's Rays
  Everard Home (13 pages)
• On the Magnetic Phenomena Produced by Electricity
  H. Davy (14 pages)
• A Communication of a Singular Fact in Natural History
  Earl of Morton (4 pages)
• Particulars of a Fact, Nearly Similar to That Related by Lord Morton, Communicated to the President in a Letter from Daniel Giles, Esq
  Daniel Giles, Lord Morton (3 pages)
• The Croonian Lecture: Microscopical Observations on the Following Subjects. On the Brain and Nerves; Showing That the Materials of Which They are Composed Exist in the Blood. On the Discovery of Valves in the Branches of the Vas Breve, Lying between the Villous and Muscular Coats of the Stomach. On the Structure of the Spleen
  Everard Home (32 pages)
• On Two New Compounds of Chlorine and Carbon, and on a New Compound of Iodine, Carbon, and Hydrogen
  Mr. Faraday (29 pages)
• An Account of the Comparison of Various British Standards of Linear Measure
  Henry Kater (21 pages)
• An Account of the Urinary Organs and Urine of Two Species of the Genus Rana
  John Davy (7 pages)
• An Account of a Micrometer Made of Rock Crystal
  G. Dollond (5 pages)
• The Bakerian Lecture: On the Best Kind of Steel and Form for a Compass Needle
  Henry Kater (27 pages)
• Notice Respecting a Volcanic Appearance in the Moon
  Henry Kater (5 pages)
• A Farther Account of Fossil Bones Discovered in Caverns Inclosed in the Lime Stone Rocks at Plymouth
  Joseph Whidbey (4 pages)
• On the Aeriform Compounds of Charcoal and Hydrogen; With an Account of Some Additional Experiments on the Gases from Oil and from Coal
  William Henry (27 pages)
• Meteorological Journal, Kept at the Apartments of The Royal Society, by Order of the President and Council
  Anonymous (27 pages)
• An Account of Experiments to Determine the Acceleration of the Pendulum in Different Latitudes
  Edward Sabine (40 pages)
• Some Observations and Experiments on the Papyri Found in the Ruins of Herculaneum
  Humphry Davy (27 pages)
• Observations on Naphthaline, a Peculiar Substance Resembling a Concrete Essential Oil, Which is Apparently Produced during the Decomposition of Coal Tar, by Exposure to a Red Heat
  J. Kidd (14 pages)
• On the Aberrations of Compound Lenses and Object-Glasses
  John F. W. Herschel (48 pages)
• An Account of the Skeletons of the Dugong, Two-Horned Rhinoceros, and Tapir of Sumatra, Sent to England by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Governor of Bencoolen
  Everard Home (14 pages)
• On the Mean Density of the Earth
  Charles Hutton (18 pages)
• On the Separation of Iron from Other Metals
  J. F. W. Herschel (8 pages)
• On the Re-Establishment of a Canal in the Place of a Portion of the Urethra Which Had Been Destroyed
  Henry Earle (12 pages)
• Calculations of Some Observations of the Solar Eclipse on the 7th of September, 1820
  Charles Rumker (6 pages)
• An Account of the Re-Measurement of the Cube, Cylinder, and Sphere, Used by the Late Sir George Shuckburgh Evelyn, in His Enquiries Respecting a Standard of Weights and Measures
  Henry Kater (12 pages)
• An Account of Observations Made with the Eight Feet Astronomical Circle, at the Observatory of Trinity College, Dublin, since the Beginning of the Year 1818, for Investigating the Effects of Parallax and Aberration on the Places of Certain Fixed Stars; Also the Comparison of These with Former Observations for Determining the Effects of Lunar Nutation
  John Brinkley (35 pages)
• On the Effects Produced in the Rates of Chronometers by the Proximity of Masses of Iron
  Peter Barlow (31 pages)
• On the Peculiarities That Distinguish the Manatee of the West Indies from the Dugong of the East Indian Seas
  Everard Home (8 pages)
• On a New Compound of Chlorine and Carbon
  Michael Faraday, Richard Phillips (7 pages)
• On the Nerves; Giving an Account of Some Experiments on Their Structure and Functions, Which Lead to a New Arrangement of the System
  Charles Bell (29 pages)
• Farther Researches on the Magnetic Phaenomena Produced by Electricity; With Some New Experiments on the Properties of Electrified Bodies in Their Relations to Conducting Powers and Temperature
  Humphry Davy (16 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (18 pages)