Volume 114 (1824)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

29 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (39 pages)
• The Croonian Lecture: On the Internal Structure of the Human Brain, When Examined in the Microscope, as Compared with That of Fishes, Insects and Worms
  Everard Home (13 pages)
• Some Observations on the Migration of Birds
  Edward Jenner, G. C. Jenner (35 pages)
• On the Nature of the Acid and Saline Matters Usually Existing in the Stomachs of Animals
  William Prout (6 pages)
• On the North Polar Distances of the Principal Fixed Stars
  John Brinkley (36 pages)
• On the Figure Requisite to Maintain the Equilibrium of a Homogeneous Fluid Mass That Revolves Upon an Axis
  James Ivory (68 pages)
• On the Corrosion of Copper Sheeting by Sea Water, and on Methods of Preventing This Effect; And on Their Application to Ships of War and Other Ships
  Humphry Davy (9 pages)
• A Finite and Exact Expression for the Refraction of an Atmosphere Nearly Resembling That of the Earth
  Thomas Young (4 pages)
• The Bakerian Lecture: On Certain Motions Produced in Fluid Conductors When Transmitting the Electric Current
  J. F. W. Herschel (36 pages)
• Experiments and Observations on the Developement of Magnetical Properties in Steel and Iron by Percussion. Part II
  William Scoresby (26 pages)
• On Semi-Decussation of the Optic Nerves
  William Hyde Wollaston (11 pages)
• Some Curious Facts Respecting the Walrus and Seal, Discovered by the Examination of Specimens Brought to England by the Different Ships Lately Returned from the Polar Circle
  Everard Home (15 pages)
• Additional Experiments and Observations on the Application of Electrical Combinations to the Preservation of the Copper Sheathing of Ships, and to Other Purposes
  Humphry Davy (6 pages)
• On the Apparent Direction of Eyes in a Portrait
  William Hyde Wollaston (17 pages)
• Farther Particulars of a Case of Pneumato-Thorax
  John Davy (10 pages)
• On the Action of Finely Divided Platinum on Gaseous Mixtures, and Its Application to Their Analysis
  William Henry (25 pages)
• A Comparison of Barometrical Measurement, with the Trigonometrical Determination of a Height at Spitzbergen
  Edward Sabine (28 pages)
• Experimental Inquiries Relative to the Distribution and Changes of the Magnetic Intensity in Ships of War
  George Harvey (50 pages)
• Experiments on the Elasticity and Strength of Hard and Soft Steel
  Thomas Tredgold (8 pages)
• A Short Account of Some Observations Made with Chronometers, in Two Expeditions Sent Out by the Admiralty, at the Recommendation of the Board of Longitude, for Ascertaining the Longitude of Madeira and of Falmouth
  John Lewis Tiarks (13 pages)
• Of the Effects of the Density of Air on the Rates of Chronometers
  George Harvey (42 pages)
• A Letter from Lewis Weston Dillwyn, Esq. Addressed to Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. P. R. S.
  Lewis Weston Dillwyn (7 pages)
• An Account of the Organs of Generation of the Mexican Proteus, Called by the Natives Axolotl
  Everard Home (9 pages)
• An Account of Experiments on the Velocity of Sound, Made in Holland
  A. Van Beek, G. Moll (34 pages)
• A Catalogue of Nearly all the Principal Fixed Stars between the Zenith of Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, and the South Pole, Reduced to the 1st. of January, 1824
  Fearon Fallows (15 pages)
• Remarks on the Parallax of α Lyrae
  J. Brinkley (29 pages)
• Erratum
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Meteorological Journal, Kept by the Assistant Secretary at the Apartments of the Royal Society, by Order of the President and Council
  Anonymous (27 pages)
• Observations of the Apparent Distances and Positions of 380 Double and Triple Stars, Made in the Years 1821, 1822, and 1823, and Compared with Those of Other Astronomers; Together with an Account of Such Changes as Appear to Have Taken Place in Them Since Their First Discovery. Also a Description of a Five-Feet Equatorial Instrument Employed in the Observations
  James South, John Frederick William Herschel (431 pages)