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Volume 121
Volume 121 (1831)
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
33 articles
Articles
Front Matter
Anonymous
(10 pages)
Observations of the Second Comet of 1822, Made at Rio de Janeiro
William Robertson
(9 pages)
On the Performance of Fluid Refracting Telescopes, and on the Applicability of This Principle of Construction to Very Large Instruments
Peter Barlow
(8 pages)
Researches in Physical Astronomy
John William Lubbock
(51 pages)
On the Transient Magnetic State of Which Various Substances are Susceptible
William Snow Harris
(27 pages)
On the Nature of Negative and of Imaginary Quantities
Davies Gilbert
(9 pages)
On the Probable Electric Origin of All the Phenomena of Terrestrial Magnetism; With an Illustrative Experiment
Peter Barlow
(11 pages)
On the Equilibrium of Fluids, and the Figure of a Homogeneous Planet in a Fluid State
James Ivory
(38 pages)
On a Simple Electro-Chemical Method of Ascertaining the Presence of Different Metals; Applied to Detect Minute Quantities of Metallic Poisons
Edmund Davy
(19 pages)
On the Chemical Action of Atmospheric Electricity
Alexander Barry
(3 pages)
An Account of Operations Carried on for Ascertaining the Difference of Level between the River Thames at London Bridge and the Sea; And Also for Determining the Height above the Level of the Sea, &c. of Intermediate Points Passed Over between Sheerness and London Bridge
John Augustus Lloyd
(53 pages)
On the Variable Intensity of Terrestrial Magnetism, and the Influence of the Aurora Borealis upon It
Robert Were Fox
(10 pages)
Description of a Graphical Registrer of Tides and Winds
Henry R. Palmer
(13 pages)
On the Errors in the Course of Vessels, Occasioned by Local Attraction; With Some Remarks on the Recent Loss of His Majesty's Ship Thetis
Peter Barlow
(8 pages)
On the Meteorological Observations Made at the Apartments of the Royal Society during the Years 1827, 1828, and 1829
J. W. Lubbock
(9 pages)
Meteorological Journal, Kept by the Assistant Secretary at the Apartments of the Royal Society, by Order of the President and Council
Anonymous
(8 pages)
Researches in Physical Astronomy
J. W. Lubbock
(53 pages)
Researches in Physical Astronomy [Continued]
John William Lubbock
(17 pages)
On a Peculiar Class of Acoustical Figures; and on Certain Forms Assumed by Groups of Particles upon Vibrating Elastic Surfaces
M. Faraday
(43 pages)
A Table for Facilitating the Computations Relative to Suspension Bridges
Davies Gilbert
(4 pages)
An Account of the Construction and Verification of a Copy of the Imperial Standard Yard Made for the Royal Society
Henry Kater
(4 pages)
On the Theory of the Elliptic Transcendents
James Ivory
(30 pages)
On the Tides in the Port of London
J. W. Lubbock
(38 pages)
On the Extensive Atmosphere of Mars
James South
(7 pages)
On the Friction and Resistance of Fluids
George Rennie
(23 pages)
Further Experiments with a New Register-Pyrometer for Measuring the Expansion of Solids
J. Frederick Daniell
(17 pages)
Errata
Anonymous
(2 pages)
Experiments on the Length of the Seconds Pendulum at the Royal Observatory of Greenwich
Edward Sabine, Thomas Glanville Taylor
(31 pages)
On the Sources and Nature of the Powers on Which the Circulation of the Blood Depends
A. P. W. Philip
(9 pages)
On the Influence of Screens in Arresting the Progress of Magnetic Action
William Snow Harris
(6 pages)
On the Power of Masses of Iron to Controul the Attractive Force of a Magnet
William Snow Harris
(8 pages)
Meteorological Journal, Kept by the Assistant Secretary at the Apartments of the Royal Society, by Order of the President and Council
Anonymous
(32 pages)
Back Matter
Anonymous
(9 pages)