Volume 17 (1693)

Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)

84 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (22 pages)
• The Preface
  Anonymous (3 pages)
• A Paper of the Honourable Robert Boyl's, Deposited with the Secretaries of the Royal Society, Octob. 14. 1680. and Opened Since His Death; Being an Account of His Making the Phosphorus, etc.
  Robert Boyl (3 pages)
• Problema Florentinnm, de Mira Templi Testudine Quadrabili. A Doctissimo Dno. Johanne Wallis, S. T. D. Solutum
  Johanne Wallis (4 pages)
• Clarissimo Viro, D. Guilielmo Pontio, Anglice Bridgeman, Johannes Wallis. S.
  Johannes Wallis (8 pages)
• The Abstract of Two Letters Sent Some Time Since by Mr. Anth. Van. Leeuwenhoeek to Dr. Gale and Dr. Hooke
  Anth. Van. Leeuwenhoeek (4 pages)
• Some Observations in the Dissection of a Ratt, Communicated by Mr. R. W. S.R.S.
  R. W. (5 pages)
• 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. By Mr. E. Halley, R.S.S.
  E. Halley (16 pages)
• An Account of Books
  Leonardi Plukenetii, John Ray (13 pages)
• Some Experiments on a Black Shining Sand Brought from Virginia, Suppos'd to Contain Iron, Made in March 1689. By Allen Moulen, M. D. and Fellow of the Royal Society, Since Dead
  Allen Moulen (4 pages)
• An Account of the Honourable Robert Boyle's Way of Examining Waters as to Freshness and Saltness
  Robert Boyle (18 pages)
• Three Queries Relating to Shells Proposed by Mr. Samuel Dale, and Answered by Dr. Martyn Lister. R.S.S.
  Martyn Lister, Samuel Dale (7 pages)
• An Extract of a Letter from Mr. Anth. Van Leuwenhoek, concerning Animalcules Found on the Teeth; Of the Scaleyness of the Skin, &c.
  Anth Van Leuwenhoek (6 pages)
• 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. By Mr. Edm. Halley, S. R. S.
  Edm. Halley (8 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Guilielmo Cole (7 pages)
• Some Further Considerations on the Breslaw Bills of Mortality. By the Same Hand, etc.
  Edmond Halley (4 pages)
• What a Compleat Treatise of Navigation Should Contain. Drawn up in the Year 1685. by Sir William Petty Late Fellow of the Royal Society
  William Petty (4 pages)
• A Letter from Sir Robert Redding, Late Fellow of the R. S. concerning Pearl-Fishing in the North of Ireland; Communicated to the Publisher by Dr. Lister. R. S. S.
  Robert Redding, Dr. Lister (7 pages)
• An Account of Two Plants Lately Brought from the Cape of Good-Hope, Communicated by Dr. Sloane, R.S.S.
  Dr. Sloane (6 pages)
• The Extracts of Four Letters from Mr. John Banister to Dr. Lister, Communicated by Him to the Publisher
  John Banister (10 pages)
• An Account of Digging and Preparing the Lapis Calaminaris, in a Letter from Mr. Giles Pooley to Sir Robert Southwel President of the R. S.
  Giles Pooley (7 pages)
• An Arithmetical Paradox, concerning the Chances of Lotteries, by the Honourable Francis Roberts, Esq; Fellow of the R. S.
  Francis Roberts (6 pages)
• An Account of Books
  T. R., William Somner (11 pages)
• An Advertisement
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Observations of the Comparative, Intensive or Specific Gravities of Various Bodies. Made by Mr. J. C.
  J. C. (3 pages)
• Extracts of Some Letters from Mr. John Sturdie of Lancashire concerning Iron Ore; and more Particularly of the Haematites, Wrought into Iron at Milthrop-Forge in That County. Communicated by Dr. Martin Lister, S. R. S.
  Martin Lister, Sturdie John (6 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Anth. Van Leeuwenhoek concerning the Seeds of Plants, with Observations on the Manner of the Propagation of Plants and Animals
  Anth Van Leeuwenhoek (11 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Sir R. B. S. R. S. to Dr. Lister, concerning the Giants Causway in the County of Atrim iu Ireland
  R. B. (4 pages)
• The Relation of a Storm of Thunder, Lightning and Hail at Oundle in Northamptonshire on the 20th of March 1692/3 By Mr. W. R.
  W. R. (3 pages)
• Anatomical Observations in the Heads of Fowl Made at Several Times. By the Late Allen Moulen, M. D. S.R.S. Read before the Royal Society, Feb. 1. 1687/8
  Allen Moulen (8 pages)
• An Account of Books
  Richardo Morton, Jo. Fredericum Spoor (17 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• The Method, Manner and Order of the Transmutation of Copper into Brass, etc. by Thomas Povey, Esq; Brought into the Royal Society, of Which He is a Fellow
  Thomas Povey (3 pages)
• Two Letters concerning Several Copper Mines, in Answer to Some Queries Proposed by Dr. Lister, S. R. S. Who Communicated Them to the Publisher
  Dr. Lister (10 pages)
• Eduardi Luidii Apud Oxonienses Cimeliarchae Ashmoleani, ad Clariss. V. D. Christophorum Hemmer, Epistola; In qua Agit De Lapidibus Aliquot Perpetua Figura Donatis, Quos Nuperis Annis in Oxoniensi et Vicinis Agris, Adinuenit
  Eduardi Luidii (11 pages)
• The Extract of a Letter from Mr. Anthony Van Leuwenhoek, S. R. S. to the R. Soc. Containing Several Observations on Cinnabar and Gunpowder
  Anthony Van Leuwenhoek (9 pages)
• The Description of the American Tomineius, or Humming Bird, Communicated by Nehemiah Grew, M. D. and Fellow of the Royal Society
  Nehemiah Grew (3 pages)
• An Account of Books
  John Ray (11 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. F. A. Esq; R. S. S. to the Publisher, with a Paper of Mr. S. Flowers Containing the Exact Draughts of Several Unknown Characters, Taken from the Ruines at Persepolis
  F. A. (8 pages)
• An Account of Certain Transparent Pebles, Mostly of the Shape of the Ombriae or Brontiae: Wherefore I Have Called Them Brontiae Laeves, Pellucidae, Resplendentes, Adamantum Aemulae
  Anonymous (5 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. John Clayton Rector of Crofton at Wakefield in Yorkshire to the Royal Society, May 12. 1688. Giving an Account of Several Observables in Virginia, and in His Voyage Thither, More Particularly concerning the Air
  John Clayton (16 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Dr. Burnet, R. N. (18 pages)
• An Advertisement
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• A Query Put by Dr. N. Grew, concerning the Food of the Humming Bird; Occasioned by the Description of It in the Transactions. Numb. 200
  N. Grew (2 pages)
• Some Observations Made by Mr. Paschall, on the Motions of Diseases, and on the Births and Deaths of Men, and Other Animals in Different Times of the?????
  Mr. Paschall (3 pages)
• Dr. Mullineux His Account of a Stone of an Extraordinary Bigness, Spontaneously Uoided Through the Urethra by a Woman in Dublin
  Dr. Mullineux (10 pages)
• An Account of the Tubera Terrae, or Truffles Found at Rushton in Northamptonshire; With Some Remarks Thereon. By Tancred Robinson, M. D. and R. S. S.
  Tancred Robinson (5 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Martin Hartop at Naples, to the Publisher. Together with an Account of the Late Earthquake in Sicily
  Martin Hartop (4 pages)
• An Extract of the Account Mentioned in the Foregoing Letter, Taken out of an Italian Paper. Written by P. Alessandro Burgos. Printed First at Palermo, and Afterwards at Naples. 1693
  Alessandro Burgos (10 pages)
• An Extract of a Letter from Mr. Anth. Van. Leeuwenhoek, 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, etc.
  Anth. Van. Leeuwenhoek (8 pages)
• A Proposal concerning the Parallax of the Fixed Stars, in Reference to the Earths Annual Orb. In Several Letters of May the 2d, June 29. and July 20 1693. from Dr. John Wallis to William Molineux Esq
  John Wallis (7 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Joanne Raio (9 pages)
• The Extract of a Letter from Lisle in Flanders, May 25. N.S. 1686. Giving an Account of an Unusual Storm of Hail which Fell There
  Lisle (2 pages)
• Observatio Solaris Eclipsis Habita Die 12. Julii, 1684. Bononiae, a Cl. V. Dono. Dominico Gulielmino
  Dominico Gulielmino (4 pages)
• Several Observations and Experiments on the Animalcula, in Pepper-Water, &c. by Sir Edm. King, M. D. and S. R. S.
  Edm. King (10 pages)
• The Manner of Making Steel, and Its Temper; With a Guess at the Way the Ancients Used to Steel Their Picks, for the Cutting or Hewing of Prophyry. Communicated by Martin Lister, M. D. and S. R. S.
  Martin Lister (7 pages)
• The Descriptions of Certain Shells Found in the East Indies, Communicated by Mr. Witzen to Dr. Lister, and by Him to the Publisher, with Some Remarks of His Own
  Mr. Witzen (8 pages)
• A Paper of Mr. Flowers, Containing Some Unknown Ancient Characters, with Remarks Thereon by Francis Aston Esq; S. R. S.
  Mr. Flowers, Francis Aston (3 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Samuel Dale, Giving a Further Account of Some Coins Found at Honedon in Suffolk
  Samuel Dale (6 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr. T. M. in Salop, to Mr. William Baxter, concerning the Strange Effects from the Eating Dog-Mercury with Remarks thereon by Hans Sloan M. D. and S. R. S.
  Hans Sloan, T. M. (4 pages)
• A Discourse concerning the Proportional Heat of the Sun in all Latitudes, with the Method of Collecting the Same, as It was Read before the Royal Society in One of Their Late Meetings. By E. Halley
  E. Halley (13 pages)
• An Account of Books
  S. Smith, John Beaumont, B. Walford (12 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• An Experiment Made before the President and Fellows of the Royal Society, in which a Surprizing Change of Colour from a Pale Transparent or Clear Liquor, to a Very Blue Ceruleous One Was Exhibited, and That in an Instant, by the Admission of Air only: Apply'd to Illustrate Some Changes of Colour, and Other Effects on the Blood of Respiring Animals. By Fr. Slate, M. D. Fellow of R. S. and Censor of the Colledge of Physicians
  Fr. Slate (13 pages)
• An Extract of a Letter from Dr. William Oliver, Communicated by Walter Moyle, Esq
  William Oliver, Walter Moyle (3 pages)
• An Extract of a Second Letter from Dr. Oliver, Communicated by Walter Moyle, Esq
  Dr. Oliver, Walter Moyle (4 pages)
• Emendationes ac Notae in Vetustas Albatenii Observationes Astronomicas, Cum Restitutione Tabularum Lunisolarium Eiusdem Authoris. Per Edm. Halley, S. R. S.
  Edm. Halley (10 pages)
• An Account of the True Cortex Winteranus, and the Tree That Hears It. By Hans Sloan, M. D. and S. R. S.
  Hans Sloan (5 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Samuele Dale (12 pages)
• Advertisements
  Anonymous (3 pages)
• The Extract of a Letter from Sir Richard Bulkley, S. R. S. to Dr. Lister, concerning the Improuement to be Made by Maize; With a Note on the Same By John Ray, S.R.S.
  Richard Bulkley, John Ray (4 pages)
• A Continuation of Mr John Clayton's Account of Virginia
  John Clayton (9 pages)
• An Extract of a Letter from Mr. Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek, to the R. S. Containing His Obseruations on the Seeds of Cotton, Palm, or Date-Stones, Cloves, Nutmegs, Goose-Berries, Currans, Tulips, Cassia, Lime-Tree: On the Skin of the Hand, and Pores, of Sweat, the Crystalline Humour, Optic Nerues, Gall, and Scales of Fish: and the Figures of Seueral Salt Particles, etc.
  Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek (14 pages)
• An Instance of the Excellence of the Modern Algebra, in the Resolution of the Problem of Finding the Foci of Optick Glasses Uniuersally. By E. Halley, S. R. S.
  E. Halley (12 pages)
• An Abstract of a Letter Sent from Mr. Samuel Dale to Mr. John Houghton, S. R. S. concerning the Making of Turnep-Bread in Essex
  Samuel Dale (2 pages)
• An Extract of a Letter from Sir R. Bulkley concerning the Propagation of Elms by Seed
  R. Bulkley (2 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Roberto Sibbald (6 pages)
• Mr. John Clayton, Rector of Crofton at Wake-Field, His Letter to the Royal Society, Giving a Farther Account of the Soil, and Other Observables of Virginia
  John Clayton (22 pages)
• Some Queries concerning the Nature of Light, and Diaphanous Bodies. Proposed to the Royal Society by E. Halley
  E. Halley (3 pages)
• An Account of 2 Books
  William Salmon, Carolo Leigh (7 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (35 pages)