Volume 12 (1677)

Philosophical Transactions (1665-1678)

76 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (46 pages)
• A Preface to March 25. 1677
  Anonymous (3 pages)
• Some Agrestic Observations and Advertisements, from Dr. John Beale Communicated to the Publisher
  John Beale (6 pages)
• Observations, Communicated to the Publisher by Mr. Antony van Leewenhoeck, in a Dutch Letter of the 9th of Octob. 1676. Here English'd: concerning Little Animals by Him Observed in Rain-Well-Sea. and Snow Water; as Also in Water Wherein Pepper Had Lain Infused
  Antony van Leewenhoeck (12 pages)
• Some New Observations Made by Sig. Cassini and Deliver'd in the Journal Des Scavans., Concerning the Two Planets about Saturn, Formerly Discover'd by the Same, as Appears in N. 92. of the se Tracts
  Sig. Cassini (4 pages)
• An Account of Some Books
  Johannis Raii, Nathan Henshaw (7 pages)
• Dr. Wallis's Letter to the Publisher, Concerning a New Musical Discovery; Written from Oxford, March 14. 1676/7
  Dr. Wallis (5 pages)
• An Improvement of the Bononian Stone, Shining in the Dark
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• An Extract of a Letter, Written from Aberdeen Febr. 17.1676/7 Concerning a Man of a Strange Imitating Nature, as Also of Several Human Calculus's of an Unusual Bigness
  Aberdeen (3 pages)
• Monsieur Leewenhoecks Letter to the Publisher, Wherein Some Account is Given of the Manner of His Observing So Great a Number of Little Animals in Divers Sorts of Water, as was Deliver'd in the Next Foregoing Tract: English'd out of Dutch
  Monsieur Leewenhoecks (4 pages)
• The Continuation of the Hortulan and Rural Advertisements, Promised in the Next Foregoing Tract; Communicated by the Same Hand, Dr. John Beale
  John Beale (8 pages)
• A Letter of Monsieur Hevelius; Giving an Account of His Observations, Made for Several Years Together Concerning Three New Stars, One in the Whale's Neck, the Other Two Near the Head and in the Breast of the Swan
  Monsieur Hevelius (7 pages)
• An Account of Two Books
  Wolfgango Ernesto Heidel, Monsieur Mariotte (5 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• An Extract of Two Letters, Written by Dr. Wallis to the Publisher the 20th and 30th of January Last, Concerning a Considerable Meteor Seen in Many Distant Places of England at the Same Time
  John Wallis (5 pages)
• An Account of Four Sorts of Factitious Shining Substances, Communicated to the Publisher from Very Good Hands, Both in Printed Papers and in Letters Not Printed
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Signor Cassini's Letter, Giving Some Account of the Observations Made at Paris of the Late Comet
  Signor Cassini (2 pages)
• Monsieur Hevelius's Letter Written to the Publisher, Containing His Observations of the Late Comet, Seen by Him the 27, 29, and 30 April, and the First of May, 1677. (St. Nov.) in Dantzick
  Monsieur Hevelius (3 pages)
• Another Letter from the Same Hand, upon the Same Subject with the Former
  Monsieur Hevelius (4 pages)
• Mr. Flamstead's Account of His Observations of the Late Comet, Sent in a Letter to the Publisher, Greenwich, May 18. 1677
  Mr. Flamstead (4 pages)
• An Account of Some Books
  Sieur Daffie, F.R.S., Robert Plot, W. Simpson, Christopher Glaser (13 pages)
• Advertisement
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• A Letter of Mr. John Conyers, Citizen of London; the Author of the Hygroscope Described in Numb. 129; in Which Letter is Contained a Draught and Description of a Very Useful and Cheap Pump, Contrived by the said Mr. Conyers; a Trial of Which Was Also Made at the Repairing of the New Canal of Fleet-River in London, and Elsewhere
  John Conyers (5 pages)
• Some Considerations of an Observing Person in the Country upon Numb. 133. of These Tracts, sent in a Letter to the Publisher of May 2, 1677
  Anonymous (4 pages)
• A Demonstration Concerning the Motion of Light, Communicated from Paris, in the Journal des Scavans, and here Made English
  Anonymous (4 pages)
• A Relation of Some Strange Phaenomena, Accompanied with Mischievous Effects in a Cole Work in Flint Shire; Sent March 31. 1677. to the Reverend and Eminently Learned Dr. Bathurst, Dean of Bath and Wells, by an Ingenious Gentleman, Mr. Roger Moslyn, of the Inner Temple, Who, at the Said Doctor's Request, Obtained It from His Fathers Steward and Overseer of His Cole-Works, Who was upon the Place when the Thing Was Done; the Same Mr. Moslyn Being Also Assured of It from His Father, Sr. Roger Moslyn, Lord of the Mannor, and Several Others, Who Were Eye Witnesses
  Roger Moslyn (6 pages)
• Mr. Leewenhoecks Letter Written to the Publisher from Delff the 14th of May 1677, Concerning the Observations by him Made of the Carneous Fibres of a Muscle, and the Cortical and Medullar Part of the Brain; as Also of Moxa and Cotton
  Mr. Leewenhoecks (9 pages)
• The Description of a Celestial Globe, Artificially Made, Shewing the Apparent Motions, from East to West, and from West to East, of the Sun, Moon, and Fixed Stars: Made by Monsieur Didier L'Alleman, Master Watchmaker at Paris, and Communicated to the Publisher in French, and here by the Same Made English
  Didier L'Alleman (5 pages)
• A Description of the Diamond-Mines, as It was Presented by the Right Honourable, the Earl Marshal of England, to the R. Society
  Earl Marshal (13 pages)
• An Account of Some Books
  Joh. Sigism. Elsholt, Matthew Hale, J. D. London, Andraea Mullero, Valentino Willio, J.W., T.S., Sanctorius (7 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• The Manner of Hatching Chicken at Cairo, Observed by Mr. John Graves, Sometime Professor of Astronomy at Oxford; and Communicated by Sr. George Ent, Late President of the College of Physitians, London
  George Ent, John Graves (5 pages)
• A Relation Concerning Barnacles, by Sr. Robert Moray, Lately one of His Majesties Council for the Kingdom of Scotland
  Robert Moray (5 pages)
• A Description of the Island Hirta; Communicated Also by Sr. Robert Moray
  Robert Moray (4 pages)
• Some Observations of a Cameleon, Made by Dr. Jonathan Goddard, Late Professor of Physick at Gresham-College, London
  Jonathan Goddard (3 pages)
• An Account of Iron-Works in the Forest of Dean, Communicated by Henry Powle, Esquire
  Henry Powle (7 pages)
• A Relation of the Making of Ceruss, by Sir Philiberto Vernatti
  Philiberto Vernatti (3 pages)
• An Account of Two Books
  John Baptista Tavernier, R. Cudworth (10 pages)
• An Account of the Culture, or Planting and Ordering of Saffron; by the Honourable Charles Howard, Esquire
  Charles Howard (6 pages)
• A Relation of the Tinn-Mines, and Working of Tinn in the County of Cornwal; by Dr. Christopher Merret
  Christopher Merret (5 pages)
• Experiments of Refining Gold with Antimony; Made by Dr. Jonathan Goddard
  Jonathan Goddard (10 pages)
• A Relation of a Monstrous Birth, Made by Dr. S. Morris of Petworth in Suffex, from His Own Observation: And by Him Sent to Dr. Charles Goodall of London; Both of the Colledge of Physicians, London
  S. Morris (3 pages)
• An Account of Three Books
  Moses Charras, Joseph Moxon, Thomas Hobbs (7 pages)
• Societaeis Regiae Anglicae Illustrissimis, Celeberrimis Atque Sapientissimis Viris Ismael Bullialdus, S.P.D.
  Ismael Bullialdus (8 pages)
• Extract of a Letter Sent from Genoua to Sign. Sarotti, the Venetian Resident Here, and by Him Communicated to the Honourable Mr. Boyle
  Genoua, Sign. Sarotti (2 pages)
• Anatomical Observations of the Structure of the Nose: Made by Mons. Du Vernay. Taken out of the Journal Des Scavans
  Mons. Du Vernay (3 pages)
• Observations of Some Animals, and of a Strange Plant, Made in a Voyage into the Kingdom of Congo: by Michael Angelo De Guattini and Dionysius of Placenza, Missionaries Thither. Extracted out of the Journal des Scavans
  Michael Angelo De Guattini (3 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Mr. Edmund Pitt, Alderman of Worcester, a Very Knowing Botanist; Concerning the Sorbus Pyriformis
  Edmund Pitt (3 pages)
• A Relation of a Child which Remained Twenty Six Years in the Mothers Belly. Taken out of the Journal Des Scavans; Being the Extract of a Letter Written from Tolouse 22. June to the Author of That Journal, by Monsieur Bayle, M.D.
  Monsieur Bayle (4 pages)
• An Account of Some Books
  Martini Lister, Johannis Wallisii, Robert Hooke (9 pages)
• An Advertisement of the Monthly Continuation of the Mechanick Exercises; by Mr. Joseph Moxon
  Joseph Moxon (3 pages)
• Anatomical Observations in the Body of a Woman about 50 Years Old, who Died Hydropical in her Left Testicle, Decemb, 30 1677. Made and Communicated by the Learned Dr. Henry Sampson. Extracted out of His Latine Copy, by the Author of These Transactions
  Henry Sampson (4 pages)
• Microscopical Observations of the Structure of Teeth and other Bones: Made and Communicated, in a Letter by Mr. Anthony Leeuwenhoeck
  Anthony Leeuwenhoeck (3 pages)
• Of The Grain of Ivory
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Microscopical Observations of the Structure of Hair: Made Also and Communicated by the above Said Mr. Anthony Leeuwenhoeck
  Anthony Leeuwenhoeck (4 pages)
• Extract of a Letter Written by Signior Borelli, about the Price of His Telescopes: Communicated to Sir Jonas Moore
  Signior Borelli (2 pages)
• A New Invention of a Clock Ascendent on a Plain Inclin'd: By Mr. De Gennes, an Officer Belonging to the Sea. Extracted out of the Journal Des Scavans
  <prefix>Mr.</prefix> De Gennes (3 pages)
• A New Engin to Make Linen-Cloth Without the Help of an Artificer, Presented to the Royal Academy, by Monsieur De Gennes, an Officer Belonging to the Sea. Extracted out of the Journal de Scavans
  Monsieur de Gennes (5 pages)
• A Relation of a Worm Voided by Urine; Communicated by Mr. Ent: to Whom It Was Sent by Mr. Matthew Milford
  Matthew Milford, Mr. Ent (2 pages)
• An Essay Tending to Make a Probable Conjecture of Tempers and Dispofitions by the Modulations of the Voice in Ordinary Discourse. Communicated Also by the Forementioned Person
  Mr. Ent (3 pages)
• An Account of Some Books Extracted out of the Journal des Scavans
  M. Duncan, Ferdinando Cospi, Carolo du Fresue (5 pages)
• Clarissimo Viro Domino Nehemiae Greuio Regiae Societatis a Secretis Jo. Dominicus Cassinius S. P. D.
  Jo. Dominicus Cassinius (7 pages)
• Monsieur Gallet's Observation of the Solar Eclips on the 11th of June, 1676
  Monsieur Gallet (7 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Mr. Buttersield Mathematique Instrument-Maker to the French King, about the Making of Microscopes with Very Small and Single Glasses: and of Some Other Instruments
  Mr. Buttersield (3 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Mr. John Conyers, of His Improvement of Sir Samuel Moreland's Speaking Trumpet,etc.
  John Conyers (4 pages)
• An Account of Two Books
  Thomas Trapham, Edmundo Halleio (6 pages)
• Anatomical Observations of an Abscess in the Liver; a Great Number of Stones in the Gall-Bag and Bilious Vessels; an Un-Usual Conformation of the Emulgents and Pelvis; A Strange Conjunction of Both Kidneys; and Great Dilatation of the Vena Cava, Communicated by Edw. Tyson A. M. and M.S. Oxon
  Edw. Tyson (12 pages)
• An Anatomical Observation of Four Ureters in an Infant, and Some Remarks on the Gladulae Renales, Made by the Same Ingenious Person
  Edw. Tyson (9 pages)
• Observationes D. Anthonii Lewenhoeck, De Natis E Semine Genitali Animalculis
  D. Anthonii Lewenhoeck (14 pages)
• The Art of Refining, Communicated by Dr. Christopher Merrit
  Christopher Merrit (8 pages)
• An Account of the English Alum-Works, Communicated by Daniel Colwall Esquire
  Daniel Colwall (6 pages)
• An Account of the Way of Making English Green-Copperas, Communicated by the Same
  Daniel Colwall (5 pages)
• An Account of the Salt Waters of Droytwich in Worcestershire; Sent by Dr. William Cole from Dr. Tho. Rastell, who Hath Lived Many Years upon the Place, and Hath There Several Phats of His Own
  Tho. Rastell, William Cole (7 pages)
• The Description, Culture, and Use of Maiz. Communicated by Mr. Winthorp
  Mr. Winthorp (6 pages)
• An Account of the Manner of Making Malt in Scotland; by Sir Robert Moray
  Robert Moray (4 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Georgio Entio (4 pages)