Volume 18 (1694)

Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)

54 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (13 pages)
• An Account of the Earthquakes in Sicilia, on the Ninth and Eleuenth of January, 1692/3 Translated from an Italian Letter Wrote from Sicily by the Noble Vincentius Bonajutus, and Communicated to the Royal Society by the Learned Marcellus Malpighius, Physician to His Present Holiness
  Marcellus Malpighius, Vincentius Bonajutus (10 pages)
• A Letter from Monr Buissiere, a French Anatomist and Surgeon, Concerning an Egg Found in the Tuba Fallopiana of a Woman Lately Dissected; with Seueral Remarks Touching Generation
  Monr Buissiere (7 pages)
• Remarks, Taken upon Dissecting the Body of A. M. a Maid of about Thirty Years of Age, Who Dyed of an Ascites, the First of August, 1689
  Anonymous (7 pages)
• Obseruatio Casus Non Uulgaris de Hydrope Intra Uteri Tunicas Contento
  Anonymous (5 pages)
• De Morsu Uenenoso Canis rabidi
  Anonymous (3 pages)
• Solutio Problematis Florentini de Testitudine Veliformi Quadrabili, a Davide Gregorio, M. D. ac R. S. S. Communicata
  Davide Gregorio (8 pages)
• Obseruatio Anatomica Rara de Calculo in Rene Inuento à Cl. Viro Dre. Wittie, R. S. Haud It a Pridem Communicata
  Dre. Wittie (4 pages)
• An Account of Books
  Signior Paul Boccone, Leonardus Capuanus (9 pages)
• An Account of Some Experiments Lately Made on Dogs, and of the Effects of Mr. John Colbatch's Styptick on Humane Bodies. By Mr. William Cowper, Surgeon
  William Cowper (4 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr. Edward Floyd, Cim. Ashm. Oxon. To Dr. M. Lister, Giuing an Account of Locusts Lately Obserued in Wales
  Edward Floyd (4 pages)
• The Extract of Another Letter to the Same Purpose
  Edward Floyd (2 pages)
• An Account of the Burning of Seueral Hay-Ricks by a Fiery Exhalation or Damp: And of the Infectious Quality of the Grass of Seueral Grounds. From the Same Ingenious Person
  Edward Floyd (3 pages)
• Part of a Letter to Dr. Clopton Havers, S. R. S. Giving an Account of an Extraordinary Haemorrhagia at the Glandula Lachrymalis
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• A Letter from Richard Townley, of Townley in Lancashire, Esq; Containing Observations on the Quantity of Rain Falling Monthly, for Several Years Successively: Communicated to the Royal Society
  Richard Townley (9 pages)
• Historia Lumbaginis Rheumaticae Convulsivae, à Roberto Pitt, M. D. & S. R. S. Communicata
  Roberto Pitt (4 pages)
• An Account of a Prodigiously Large Feather of the Bird Cuntur, Brought from Chili, and Supposed to be a Kind of Vultur; and of the Coffee-Shrub. By Hans Sloane, M. D. S. R. S.
  Hans Sloane (7 pages)
• An Account of Books
  Martini Lister, Will. Holder (13 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• A Letter from Hans Sloane, M. D. and S. R. S. with Several Accounts of the Earthquakes in Peru October the 20th 1687. And at Jamaica, February 19th. 1687/8 and June the 7th. 1692
  Hans Sloane, Alvarez de Toledo (25 pages)
• Concerning the Distance of the Fixed Stars. By the Honourable Francis Roberts, Esq; S.R.S.
  Francis Roberts (4 pages)
• An Account of a Stone of a Prodigious Size Extracted by Section out of a Woman's Bladder, Now Living, on the Eighth Day of November, 1693. by Mr. Basil Wood, Surgeon
  Basil Wood (3 pages)
• Dr. Molineux's Historical Account of the Late General Coughs and Colds; with Some Observations on Other Epidemick Distempers
  Dr. Molineux (8 pages)
• Of a Stone Found in the Gall-Bladder of a Woman. By Mr. J. T.
  J. T. (3 pages)
• An Account of Books
  Johanne Craig, Michael Geddes (5 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• A Letter from Monsieur N. Witsen to Dr. Martin Lister, with Two Draughts of the Famous Persepolis
  N. Witsen (6 pages)
• Dr. Gwither's Discourse of Physiognomy. Communicated by Mr. Owen Lloyd, Secretary of the Philosophical Society at Dublin
  Dr. Gwither, Owen Lloyd (4 pages)
• A Continuation of Mr. John Clayton's Account of Virginia
  John Clayton (16 pages)
• Methodus Nova Accurata et Facilis Inveniendi Radices AEqúationum Quarumcumque Generaliter, Sine Praevia Reductione. Per Edm. Halley
  Edm. Halley (15 pages)
• An Epistle Writ by Josephus de Aromatariis, Concerning the Seeds of Plants, and Generation of Animals
  Josephus de Aromatariis (4 pages)
• Observations in the Dissection of a Paroquet, Made and Communicated to the Royal Society by Mr. Rich. Waller
  Rich Waller (7 pages)
• An Abstract of a Letter from Mr. Samuel Dale, to Dr William Briggs, M. D. F. R. S. Concerning a Contumaecious Jaundise, Accompanied with a Very Odd Case in Vision
  Samuel Dale (3 pages)
• Librorum Manuscriptorum Academiarum Oxoniensis et Cantabrigiensis, et Celebrium Per Angliam Hiberniamque Bibliothecarum Catalogus Cum Indice Alphabetico, Cura Edvardi Bernardi. Tomis Duobus in Folio
  Angliam Hiberniamque (3 pages)
• A Discourse of the Viper, and Some Other Poysons, Wrote by Sr. Theodore de Mayerne, after Discoursing with Mr. Pontaeus. Communicated by Sir Theodore de Vaux, M. D. and S. R. S.
  Theodore de Vaux, Theodore de Mayerne (6 pages)
• An Account of Books
  John Narborough, John Wood, Jasmen Tasman, Frederick Marten (4 pages)
• An Account of the Giants Caus-Way in the North of Ireland: By the Reverend Dr. Sam. Foley
  T. Molyneux, Sam. Foley (20 pages)
• An Account of the Evaporation of Water, as It Was Experimented in Gresham Colledge in the Year 1693. With Some Observations Thereon. By Edm. Halley
  Edm. Halley (9 pages)
• A Letter from Sir Dudley Cullum, to John Evelin, Esq; Concerning the Lately Invented Stove for Preserving Plants in the Green House in Winter, Published at the End of the Calcndarium Hortense
  Dudley Cullum (2 pages)
• A Post-Script of a Letter, Bearing Date August the 4th. 1694. from Warrington in Northampton-Shire
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• An Extract of a Letter from Monsieur Anthony van Leuwenhock to the Royal Society, Containing the History of the Generation of an Insect, by Him Called, The Wolf. With Observations on Insects Bred in Rain-Water, in Apples, Cheese, etc.
  Anthony Van Leuwenhock (10 pages)
• An Account of Some Experiments Relating to the Production of Fire and Flame, Together with an Explosion; Made by the Mixture of Two Liquors Actually Cold. By Frederick Slare, M. D. Censor and Fellow of the Colledge of Physicians: and of the Royal Society
  Frederick Slare (19 pages)
• A Letter from the Reverend Mr. Thomas Dent, to Sir Edmund King, Kt. M. D. et S. R. S. Concerning a Sort of Worms Found in the Tongue, and Other Parts of the Body, etc.
  Thomas Dent (4 pages)
• The Extract of a Letter from Mr. Mark Lewis, Confirming the Same Operation on Other Persons
  Mark Lewis (3 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr. Edw. Lhwyd, to Dr. Lister; Giving Some Farther Account of the Fiery Exhalation in Merionydh-Shire
  Edw. Lhwyd (2 pages)
• The Extract of Another Letter from Mr. Anthony van Leuwenhock, to the Royal Society; Concerning the Difference of Timber Growing in Different Countries, and Felled at Different Seasons of the Year
  Anthony Van Leuwenhock (3 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  William Cowper (8 pages)
• Nobilissimo et Doctissimo Viro D. Roberto Southwell, Equiti Aurato Societatis Regiae Praesidi Dignissimo, S. D. David Gregory, Aftr. Prof. Savilianus
  David Gregory (5 pages)
• Monsieur Cassini His New and Exact Tables for the Eclipses of the First Satellite of Jupiter, Reduced to the Julian Stile, and Meridian of London
  Monsieur Cassini (21 pages)
• A Paper about Magnetism, or Concerning the Changing and Fixing the Polarity of a Piece of Iron. By Mr. J. C.
  J. C. (7 pages)
• An Account of a Lamb Suckled by a Weather Sheep for Several Months after the Death of the Ewe. Communicated by Mr. Tho. Kirke from Cookridge in Yorkshire
  Tho. Kirke (2 pages)
• A Second Letter Concerning the Same
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• An Account of Books
  T. R., W. Wotton (18 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (5 pages)