Volume 22 (1700)

Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)

118 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (33 pages)
• The Construction of a Quadratrix to the Circle, Being the Curve Described by Its Equable Evolution
  Anonymous (3 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr Antony Van Lewenhoek, F. R. S. Dated at Delft in Holland, Sept. 25. 1699. concerning the Circulation and Stagnation of the Blood in Tadpoles
  Antony van Lewenhoek (11 pages)
• A Relation of the Cutting an Ivory Bodkin out of the Bladder of a Young Woman in Dublin, by Mr Proby; Communicated by Dr Thomas Molyneux, F. R. S.
  Thomas Molyneux, Mr Proby (7 pages)
• A Discourse of the Viper, and Some Other Poysons, Wrote by Sir Theodore De Mayerne, after Some Discourse He Had with Mr Pontaeus, Communicated by the Late Sir Theodore De Vaux, M. D. and F. R. S.
  Theodore de Vaux, Theodore de Mayerne (6 pages)
• A Letter from Dr George Hickes, Dated May the 22d, 1700 to Dr Sloane, concerning the Saxon Antiquity, Mentioned N. 247. of These Transactions. With an Account of His Book Now in the Press at Oxford
  George Hickes (7 pages)
• Part of a Letter to Dr Sloane, Wherein. is an Account of a Double Pear
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Historia Lumbaginis Rheumaticae Convulsivae. A Christophoro Pitt, M. D. Communicata
  Christophoro Pitt (4 pages)
• The Method, Manner and Order of the Transmutation of Copper into Brass, etc. By Thomas Povey, Esq; Brought into the Royal Soc. of Which He is a Fellow
  Thomas Povey (3 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Deshayes Geudron (8 pages)
• The Conclusion of the Protestant States of the Empire, of the 23rd of Sept. 1699, Concerning the Calendar. Commmunicated by Mr. Houghton, F.R.S.
  Mr. Houghton (6 pages)
• An Account of the Number of Persons Who Have Been Christened, Married, and Buried in the Towns and Villages, of the Old, Middle and Lower Marck, in the Year 1698
  Anonymous (4 pages)
• Part of Two Letters from Dr James Brewer to Dr Sloane, concerning Beds of Oyster-Shells Found Near Reading in Barkshire
  James Brewer (4 pages)
• An Essay concerning Giants. Occasioned by Some Further Remarks on the Large Humane Os Frontis, or Forehead-Bone, Mentioned in the Philosophical Transactions of February, 1684/5 Number 168. By Dr. Thomas Molyneux, M. D. Fellow of the King and Queens Colledge of Physicians in Ireland, and of the Royal Society in England
  Thomas Molyneux (26 pages)
• An Account of the Persons Married, Christened and Deceased in All the Dominions of the Elector of Brandenburg, in the Year 1698
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr Antony van Leeuwenhoek, concerning the Worms in Sheeps Livers, Gnats, and Animalcula in the Excrements of Frogs
  Antony van Leeuwenhoek (14 pages)
• An Account of the Houses and Hearths in Dublin, for the Years Following. Communicated by Captain South
  Captain South (2 pages)
• A Lift of All the Seamen, Fishermen, Water Men, Lightermen, Gabbardmen, Kielmen, Bargemen, Boatmen, Ferrymen, Cottmen, and Seafa Ringmen, of What Kind Soever, in the Kingdom of Ireland, according to a Return Made in 1697. Communicated by Capt. South
  Capt. South (2 pages)
• An Account of the Number of People in the Counties of Ardmagh, Lowth, and Meath, and City of Dublin. With an Estimate of the Number of People That Were in the Kingdom of Ireland, the 10th of January 1695/6 Communicated by Capt. South
  Capt. South (2 pages)
• An Account of the Romish Clergy, according to a Return Made in 1698. Communicated by Capt. South
  Capt. South (3 pages)
• The Way of Making Several China Varnishes. Sent from the Jesuits in China, to the Great Duke of Tuscany, Communicated by Dr William Sherard
  William Sherard (3 pages)
• Part of a Letter from the Reverend Mr Derham to Dr Sloane, Giving an Account of His Observations of the Weather for the Year 99
  W. Derham (16 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr Geoffrey, F. R. S. to Dr Sloane, concerning the Exact Quantity of Acid Salts Contained in Acid Spirits
  Mr Geoffrey (7 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr Gray, concerning an Unusual Parhelion and Halo
  Mr Gray (3 pages)
• Part of a Journal Kept from Scotland to New Caledonia in Darien, with a Short Account of That Country. Communicated by Dr Wallace, F. R. S.
  Dr Wallace (9 pages)
• An Abstract of a Book, viz. An Account of the Islands of Orkney. By James Wallace, M. D. and Fellow of the Royal Society. To Which is Added, an Essay concerning the Thule of the Ancients., 80. London
  James Wallace (5 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• A Letter from Mr Bussiere, F R. S. concerning a Substance Cough'd up Resembling the Vessels of the Lungs
  Mr Bussiere (5 pages)
• A Letter of Dr Wallis to Min Heer Leibnitz at Hannover, concerning Some Easy Methods of His, for the Measuring of Curve-Lined Figures, Plain and Solid
  Johannes Wallis (6 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr Lewenhoek, concerning the Circulation and Globules of the Blood in Butts
  Mr Lewenhoek (12 pages)
• A Letter from the Reverend Mr Abraham de la Pryme, to the Very Reverend Dr G. D. of Y. and F. R. S. concerning Some Roman Antiquities in Lincolnshire
  Abraham de la Pryme (8 pages)
• An Account of Books
  Nicolas Cbevalier (17 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr James Cuningham to the Publisher, from the Cape of Good Hope, Ap. 6. 1700. Giving Anaccount of His Observations on the Thermometer and Magnetick Needle in His Voyage Thither
  James Cuningham (2 pages)
• Of an Accident by Thunder and Lightning at Leedes, by Mr Ralph Thoresby. F. R. S.
  Ralph Thoresby (3 pages)
• An Account of Part of a Collection of Curious Plants and Drugs, Lately Given to the Royal Society by the East India Company
  Sam. Brown, James Petiver (17 pages)
• A Relation of the Bad Condition of the Mountains about the Tungarouse and Batavian Rivers, Having Their Source from Thence, Occasioned by the Earthquake between the 4th and 5th of January, 1699. Drawn up from the Account Given by the Tommagon Porbo Nata, (Who Hath Been There) and Sent to the Burgermaster Witsen, Who Communicated It to the R. Society, of Which He is a Member
  Tommagon Porbo Nata, Burgermaster Witsen (7 pages)
• An Extract of a Letter from Dr James Burrough, to Mr Houghton, F. R. S. concerning a Bulimia
  James Burrough (3 pages)
• Responsio Almi Collegii Romanorum Archiatrorum ad Epistolas Clarissimi D. Raymundi Vieussends Medicinae Doctoris Monspeliensis, in Qua Potissimum Agitur De Existentia Salis Acidi in Sanguine, & De Proportione Principiorum Ejusdem Scripta Per Jo. Mariam Lancisi Olim. S. D. Innocentis XI. Med. a Secretis & Nunc Archiatrum Collegialem, & in Romano Licaeo Theoricae Extraordinariae Professorum
  Jo. Mariam Lancisi Olim (13 pages)
• An Account of Books
  Anonymous (4 pages)
• A Letter from Dr P. Silvestre, of the Coll. of Phy. & F. R. S. to the Publisher, Giving an Account of Some New Books and Manuscripts in Italy
  P. Silvestre (3 pages)
• A Relation of Four Extraordinary Medico-Cirurgical Cases, Communicated to the Publisher by Mr Greenhill
  Mr Greenhill (3 pages)
• A Letter Sent to the Publisher of These Transactions, concerning an Abstract of Some Observations Made of the Eclipse of the Sun, September 13. 1699
  Anonymous (9 pages)
• The Dimension of the Solids Generated by the Conversion of Hippocrates's Lunula, and of Its Parts about Several Axes, with the Surfaces Generated by That Conversion, by Ab. De Moivre, F. R. S.
  Ab. de Moivre (6 pages)
• A Letter from Dr Peter Silvestre, F. R. S. to the Publisher,concerning the State of Learning, and Several Particulars Observed by Him Lately in Italy
  Peter Silvestre (9 pages)
• Part of Two Letters from Mr Anthony Van Leenwenhoek, F. R. S. concerning Worms Pretended to be Taken from the Teeth
  Anthony van Leeuwenhoek (9 pages)
• A Letter from Mr John Monro to the Publisher, concerning the Catacombs of Rome and Naples
  John Monro (9 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Johannis Georgii Volckameri (5 pages)
• A Letter from Mr Christopher Hunter, to Dr Martin Lister, Fellow of the Coll. of Phys. and R. S. concerning Some Roman Inscriptions Found Near Durham
  Christopher Hunter (3 pages)
• A Letter from Mr Anthony van Leuwenhoek, F. R. S. concerning Some Insects Observed by Him Him on Fruit Trees
  Anthony van Leuwenhoek (17 pages)
• A Letter from Mr Charles King to Mr Sam. Doudy, F. R. S. concerning Crabs Eyes
  Charles King (3 pages)
• Part of Monsieur Poupart's Letter to Dr Martin Lister, F. R. S. concerning the Insect Called Libella
  Monsieur Poupart (5 pages)
• Part of a Letter of Dr Jo. Wallis F. R. S. to the Publisher, concerning the Use of the Numeral Figures in England, in the Year 1090
  Jo. Wallis (4 pages)
• A Letter of the Reverend Mr Abr. de la Pryme to the Publisher, concerning Broughton in Lincolnshire, with His Observations on the Shell-Fish Observed in the Quarries about That Place
  Abr. de la Pryme (12 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Dr J. Wallace, F. R. S. to the Publisher, concerning a Stone Cut out of the Bladder, Having Hair in It, etc.
  J. Wallace (3 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Dr George Garden to the Publisher, concerning a Stone Cut from a Child, Having a Flint Within It
  George Garden (3 pages)
• D. Wilhelmi Musgrave Coll. Med. Lond. & Soc. Reg. Soc. Epistola Re Polypo in Cane Reperto
  D. Wilhelmi (2 pages)
• Part of a Letter from the Reverend Mr Gourdon E. R. S. to the Publisher, concerning a Cataract Near Gottenburg and the Remains of the Observatory of the Famous Tycho Brahe
  Tycho Brahe, Mr Gourdon (4 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Sir Robert Sibbald, to the Publisher, Giving an Account of Some Stones and Plants Found Lately in Scotland, and of Some Books Now Printing There
  Robert Sibbald (3 pages)
• An Account of an Extraordinary Aneurisma of the Arteria Aorta Near to the Basis of the Heart, with the Symptoms Thereof; Dissected by Mr Lafage, Surgeon, on the 10th of April, 1700
  Mr Lafage (6 pages)
• An Account of Mr Sam. Brown His Second Book of East India Plants, with Their Names, Vertues, Description, etc. By James Petiver, Apothecary, and Fellow of the Royal Society
  Sam. Brown, James Petiver (24 pages)
• De Iride, Sive de Arcu Caelesti, Differtatio Geometrica, qua Methodo Directâ Iridis Ntriusq; Diameter, Data Ratione Refractionis, Obtinetur: Cum Solutione Inversi Problematis, Sive Inventione Rationis Istius ex Data Arcus Diametro. Per Edm. Halley Reg. Soc. Soc.
  Edm. Halley (15 pages)
• An Advertisement Necessary for All Navigatiors Bound up the Channel of England
  Anonymous (3 pages)
• Modus Colorandi Marmora
  Anonymous (3 pages)
• A Letter from the East Indies, of Mr John Marshal to Dr Coga, Giving an Account of the Religion, Rites, Notions, Customs, Manners of the Heathen Priests Commonly Called Bramines. Communicated by the Reverend Mr Abraham de La Pryme
  John Marshal, Abraham de la Pryme (11 pages)
• A Letter from Mr Anthony Van Lewen-Hoek, F. R. S. concerning His Further Observations on the Animalcula in Semine Masculino
  Anthony van Lewen-Hoek (11 pages)
• Reverendi D. Johannis Craig, Epistola ad Editorem Continens Solutionem Duorum Problematum
  Johannis Craig (7 pages)
• A Letter to the Publisher from Mr Bussiere, F. R. S. concerning a Triple Bladder, etc.
  Mr Bussiere (7 pages)
• An Abstract of Two Letters Written by Dr Francis Monginot, to Dr Peter Silvestre, F. R. S. Giving an Account of an Unusual Medicinal Case
  Francis Monginot (4 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr Clark to Mr Ludlow, concerning Several Roman Antiquities Found Near the Devizes in Wiltshire
  J. Clark (4 pages)
• Excerpta Ex Literis D.Petri Hotton Med. & Botan. Profess in Acad.Lugduno Batava,ad Editorem De Acemella & Ejus Facultate Lithontriptica
  D. Petri Hotton (4 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr Stephen Gray to the Publisher, containing His Observations on the Fossils of Reculver Clisfe,and a New Way of Drawing the Meridian Line, With a Note on This Letter by the Publisher
  Stephen Gray (4 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• An Account of Some Roman, French, and Irish Inscriptions and Antiquities, Lately Found in Scotland and Ireland, by Mr Edw. Lluyd, Communicated to the Publisher from Mr John Hicks, of Trewithier in Cornwall, by Dr Will. Musgrave, F. C. P. & R. S.
  Edw Lluyd, Will Musgrave (4 pages)
• A Letter of Dr Wallis to Dr Tyson, concerning Mens Feeding on Flesh
  John Wallis (18 pages)
• Part of a Letter of Mr Anthony van Leuwenhoeck, F. R. S. concerning Excrescencies Growing on Willow Leaves, etc
  Anthony van Leuwenhoeck (9 pages)
• Dissectio Puerperae, Comunicata a Petro Silvestre, M. D Soc. Reg. Socio
  Petro Silvestre (6 pages)
• An Account of Dr Robert Hook's Invention of the Marine Barometer, with Its Description and Uses, Published by Order of the R. Society, by E. Halley, R. S. S.
  Robert Hook, E. Halley (7 pages)
• An Account of a Polypus Taken out of the Vnena Pulmoalis, and of the Structure of That Vessel. By Will. Cowper, F.R.S.
  Will. Cowper (11 pages)
• Epistola D. Johannis Friend ad Editorem Missa, de Spasmi Rarioris Historia
  D. Johannis Friend (7 pages)
• Part of a Letter from the Reverend Mr Patrick Gordon, F. R. S. to the Publisher, concerning a Water-Spout Observed in the Downs
  Patrick Gordon (3 pages)
• Some Observations concerning Insects Made by Mr John Banister in Virginia, A. D. 1680. with Remarks on Them by Mr James Petiver, Apothecary and Fellow of the Royal Society
  John Banister, James Petiver (9 pages)
• A Letter from Mr Stephen Gray, concerning Drawing the Meridian Line by the Pole Star, and Finding the Hour by the Same
  Stephen Gray (6 pages)
• A Letter from Dr Martin Lister, F. R. S. to Dr Tancred Robinson, F. R. S. concerning Pouder'd Blues Passing the Lacteal Veins, etc.
  Martin Lister (3 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr Anthony Van Lewuenhoek, Dated Delft 15. April 1701. N. S. concerning the Spawn of Codfisb, etc.
  Anthony van Lewuenhoek (5 pages)
• Scala Graduum Caloris. Calorum Descriptiones & Figna
  Anonymous (7 pages)
• An Account of Books
  William Cockburn, Martini Lyster (5 pages)
• A Letter from the Reverend Mr William Derham to the Publisher, concerning an Insect That is Commonly Called the Death-Watch
  William Derham (4 pages)
• The Humane Allantois Fully Discovered and the Reasons Assigned Why It Has not Hitherto Been Found out, Even by Those Who Believed Its Existence. With an Answer to Their Objections, Who Deny It Still. By Rich Hale, M. D. of Trinity College in Oxford. Communicated to the R. S. by Edward Tyson. M. D.
  Rich Hale, Edward Tyson (21 pages)
• An Account of Mr Sam. Brown, his Third Book of East India Plants, with Their Names, Vertues, Description, &c. By James Petiver, Apothecary, and Fellow of the Royal Society. To Which are Added Some Animals Sent Him from Those Parts
  James Petiver (21 pages)
• A Letter from Dr William Musgrave, F. R. S. to the Publisher, concerning a Very Extraordinary Periodical Haemorrhage
  William Musgrave (4 pages)
• A Letter from Mr Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. concerning Spiders, Their Way of Killing Their Prey, Spinning Their Webbs, Generation, etc
  Anthony van Leeuwenhoek (28 pages)
• Chartham News: Or a Brief Relation of Some Strange Bones There Lately Digged up, in Some Grounds of Mr John Somner's in Canterbury
  John Somner (16 pages)
• Part of a Letter, Giving an Account of a Person Who can Neither Read nor Write, Yet Will Reckon Summs to Great Exactness. Communicated by Mr Locke
  Mr Locke (3 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• A Letter from Dr Davies to Sir Charles Holt, Containing a Relation of a Person Who Voided Many Hydatides in Her Urine
  Dr Davies (3 pages)
• A Letter from Mr Antony van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. to Mr Chamberlaine, concerning the Causes of the Different Tastes of Waters and Edge of Razors
  Antony van Leeuwenhoek (7 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr Anthony van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. to the Pablisher, concerning Several Microscopical Observations
  Anthony van Leeuwenhoek (6 pages)
• A Description of a New Kind of Walnut Tree, Discovered by Monsieur Reneaume, of the Royal Academy of Sciences
  Monsieur Reneaume (5 pages)
• An Abstract of a Letter, Wrote Some Time Since, by Signior John Ciampini of Rome, to Father Bernard Joseph a Jesu Maria, etc. Concerning the Asbestus, and Manner of Spinning and Making an Incombustible Cloath Thereof
  John Ciampini (5 pages)
• An Account of Books
  Gaveti Academ, Dominici Sanguineti (10 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr John Luffkin to the Publisher, concerning Some Large Bones, Lately Found in a Gravel-Pit Near Colchester
  John Luffkin (4 pages)
• A Description of Some Shells Found on the Molucca Islands; as Also an Account of Mr Sam. Brown, his Fourth Book of East India Plants, with Their Names, Vertues, etc. By James Petiver, Apothecary and Fellow of the Royal Society
  Sam. Brown, James Petiver (21 pages)
• An Account of the Strange Effects of the Indian Varnish. Wrote by Dr Joseph Del Papa, Physician to the Cardinal De Medices, at the Desire of the Great Duke of Tuscany. Communicated by Dr William Sherard
  Joseph Del Papa, William Sherard (6 pages)
• Observations Upon the Dissolutions and Fermentations Which We May Call Cold, because They are Accompanied with a Coolness of the Liquors into Which They Pass. And of a New Thermometer. Extracted Out of a Discourse, Which Mr Geoffroy, F. R. S. Made in the Public Meeting of the Royal Academy of Sciences, the 21st of April, 1700
  Mr Geoffroy (14 pages)
• Part of a Letter to the Publisher from Dr Davies concerning an Unusual Colic
  Dr Davies (3 pages)
• A Letter of Dr John Wallis, D. D. Professor of Geometry in the University of Oxford, and Fellow of the Royal Society in London; To Dr Hans Sloane, Secretary to the Said Royal Society; Relating to That Isthmus, or Neck of Land, Which is Supposed to Have Joyned England and France in former Times, Where Now is the Passage Between Dover and Calais
  John Wallis (15 pages)
• Part of a Letter from the Reverend Mr Abraham Dela Pryme to the Publisher, concerning Trees Found Under Ground in Hatfield Chace
  Abraham de la Pryme (14 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Sir Charles Holt to the Publisher, concerning a Child Who Had Its Intestines, Mesentery, etc. in the Cavity of the Thorax, and a Further Account of the Person Mentioned to Have Swallowed Stones, in No 253. of these Iransactions
  Charles Holt (6 pages)
• A Letter from Dr William Musgrave, F R. S. to the Publisher, concerning Some Experiments Made for Transmitting a Blue Coloured Liquor In-Into the Lacteals
  William Musgrave (4 pages)
• An Account of a Person Who Took a Great Quantity of Opium, without Causing Sleep
  Anonymous (3 pages)
• An Account of a Woman, Who Voided the Greatest Part of a Foetus by the Nnvel. By Mr Christopher Birbeck
  Christopher Birbeck (4 pages)
• A Letter from Mr Wilson to the Publisher, Giving an Account of the Lapis Amianthus, Asbestos, or Linum Incombustible, Lately Found in Scotland
  Mr Wilson (4 pages)
• An Account of Mr Sam. Brown his Fifth Book of East India Plants, with Their Names, Vertues, Description, &c by James Petiver, Apothecary and Fellow of the Royal Society. To Which are Added Some Animals Sent Him from Those Parts
  Sam. Brown, James Petiver (25 pages)
• A Second Letter of Dr Wallis to the Publisher, Relating to Mr Somner's Treatise of Chartham News: And, Some Magnetick Affairs
  John Wallis (10 pages)
• Account of a Book, viz.
  Aloysi Ferdinandi Comit. Marsigli (5 pages)
• Extracts of Some Letters to the Publisher, Giving an Account of Some Books Now Printing and Lately Printed in Italy, France, Germany, Holland and Scotland
  Anonymous (4 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (9 pages)