Volume 23 (1702)

Front Matter

Anonymous (23 pages)

An Account of the Taking and Taming of Elephants in Zeylan, by Mr. Strachan, a Physician, Who Lived 17 Years There

Mr. Strachan (5 pages)

An Account of Mr. Sam. Brown His Sixth Book of East India Plants, with Their Names, Vertues, Description, etc. By James Petiver, Apothecary, and Fellow of the Royal Society. To These are Added Some Animals, etc. Which the Reverend Father George Joseph Camel, Very Lately Sent Him from the Philippine Isles

Sam. Brown, James Petiver (15 pages)

A Letter from Mr Jonathan Kay, Chyrurgeon in Newport, Shropshire, concerning a Strange Cancer, of Which His Father Dyed

Jonathan Kay (3 pages)

Part of a Letter from Mr Ralph Thoresby, F. R. S. to the Publisher, concerning Severol Observables in His Musaeum, Near Leeds in Yorkshire

Ralph Thoresby (7 pages)

Extracts of Two Letters from the Reverend Mr Abraham de la Pryme, F. R. S, to the Publisher, concerning Subterraneous Trees, the Bitings of Mad Dogs, etc.

Abraham de la Pryme (6 pages)

Part of a Letter from Mr Alex. Stuart, (a Physician) to the Publisher, concerning Some Spouts He Observed in the Mediterranean

Alex. Stuart (10 pages)

An Account of a Book

Edmund Dickenson (10 pages)

Observations Made in the Island of Ccilan, by Mr Strachan on the Ways of Catching Fowl and Deer, of Serpents, of the Ant Bear and of Cinamon

Mr Strachan (4 pages)

A Letter Written by Monsieur Blondel to a Friend, Informing Him of What Passed in the Last Publick Assembly of the Academy Royal of Sciences at Paris. Held Nov. 12. 1701. Communicated by Monsieur Geoffroy. F. R. S.

Monsieur Geoffroy, Monsieur Blondel (10 pages)

A Letter of Dr Wallis to Captain Edmund Halley; Concerning the Captains Map of Magnetick Variations; And Some Other Things Relating to the Magnet

John Wallis (8 pages)

Methodus Quadrandi Genera Quaedam Curvarum, aut ad Curvas Simpliciores Reducendi. per A. De Moivre R. S. S.

A. de Moivre (18 pages)

An Account of the Appearance of Several Unusual Parhelia, or Mock-Suns, together with Several Circular Arches Lately Seen in the Air by E. Halley

E. Halley (5 pages)

Part of Some Letters from Mr. Christopher Hunter to Dr. Martin Lister, F. R. S. concerning Several Roman Inscriptions, and Other Antiquities in Yorkshire

Christopher Hunter (7 pages)

Observations on the Planting and Culture of Tobacco in Zeylan, by Mr Strachan

Mr Strachan (4 pages)

Part of some Letters from Mr Anthony van Lewuenhocck, F. R. S. to the Royal Society, and the Right Honourable the Lord Somers Their President, Containing Several Microscopical Observations and Experiments concerning the Animalcula in Semine Masculino of Cocks and Spiders, Shortness of Breath, etc

Anthony van Lewuenhoeck (17 pages)

Another Letter from the Same Mr Leewuenhoek, concerning His Observations on Rain Water

Mr Leewuenhoek (5 pages)

Part of a Letter to the Publisher, concerning Some Roman Coins, and Other Matters Lately Observed in Lincolnshire

Anonymous (4 pages)

Part of a Letter from Mr Thoresby, F. R. S. to the Publisher, Giving a Further Account of the Same

Mr Thoresby (4 pages)

Observations on the Class of Sweet Tastes, Made by Comparing the Tastes of Sweet Plants with Monsieur L' Emery's Chymical Analysis of them, in His Treatise of Drugs, by Sir John Floyer

John Floyer (14 pages)

Part of a Letter from Dr. Charles Leigh of Lancashire to the Publisher, Giving an Account of Strange Epileptick Fits

Charles Leigh (4 pages)

An Account of Divers Schemes of Arteries and Veins, Dissected from Adult Human Bodies, and Given to the Repository of the Royal Society by John Evelyn, Esq; E. R. S. To Which are Subjoyn'd a Description of the Extremities of Those Vessels, and the Manner the Blood is Seen, by the Microscope, to Pass from the Arteries to the Veins in Quadrupeds When Living: With Some Chirurgical Observations, and Figures after the Life, by William Cowper, F. R. S.

William Cowper, John Evelyn (34 pages)

Part of Two Letters to the Publisher from Mr James Cunningham, F. R. S. and Physician to the English at Chusan in China, Giving an Account of His Voyage Thither, of the Island of Chusan, of the Several Sorts of Tea, of the Fishing, Agriculture of the Chinese, etc. with Several Observations not Hitherto Taken Notice of

James Cunningham (10 pages)

Part of a Letter from Mr James Yonge to Mr John Haughton, F. R. S. concerning the Internal Use of Cantharides

James Yonge (4 pages)

The Following Books are Now in the Press at Paris

Anonymous (2 pages)

Part of a Letter to the Publisher, from the Reverend Mr. Abr. de la Pryme, Giving an Account of Some Observations He Made concerning Vegetation

Abr. de la Pryme (4 pages)

A Discourse concerning Some Influence of Respiration on the Motion of the Heart, Hitherto Unobserved. By J. Drake, M. D. F. R. S.

J. Drake (25 pages)

The Description and Manner of Using a Late Invented Set of Small Pocket-Microscopes, Made by James Wilson; Which with Great Ease are Apply'd in Viewing Opake, Transparent and Liquid Objects: As the Farina of the Flowers of Plants, etc. The Circulation of the Blood in Living Creatures, etc. The Animalcula in Semine, etc.

James Wilson (10 pages)

Part of a Letter from the Reverend Mr Abraham de la Pryme, F. R. S. to the Publisher, concerning a Spout Observed by Him in Yorkshire

Abraham de la Pryme (4 pages)

Part of Two Letters from Mr Henry Vaughan to the Publisher, Containing Some Uncommon Observations Made upon the Dissection of Some Morbid Bodies

Henry Vaughan (4 pages)

Anonymous (2 pages)

Some Observations on Coral, Large Oysters, Rubies, the Growing of a Sort of Ficus Indica, the Gods of the Ceylanese, etc. Made in Ceilan, by Mr Strachan

Mr Strachan (4 pages)

Mr Sam. Brown His Seventh Book of East India Plants, with an Account of Their Names, Vertues, Description, etc. By James Petiver, Apothecary, and Fellow of the Royal Society. These Plants Were Gathered between the 15th and 20th of June, A. D. 1696. in the Ways between Fort St George and Trippetee, which is about 70 Miles off

Sam. Brown, James Petiver (17 pages)

A Letter from Dr Thomas Molyneux, F. R. S. to the Right Reverend St George, Lord Bishop of Clogher in Ireland, Containing Some Thoughts concerning the Ancient Greek and Roman Lyre, and an Explanation of an Obscure Passage in One of Horace's Odes

Thomas Molyneux (15 pages)

A Letter from Mr James Young, F. R. S. to Dr Edward Tyson, F. R. S. concerning a Ball, Extracted from a Person, Who Had Suffered by, It 30 Years,in Which Was a Plumb-Stone

James Younge (8 pages)

Some Instances of Other Persons Who Were Hurt by Swallowing Plumb-Stones, by the Publisher

Anonymous (6 pages)

A Letter from Mr Thoresby, F. R. S. to the Publisher, concerning the Vestigia of a Roman Town Lately Discovered Near Leedes in Yorkshire

Mr Thoresby (6 pages)

Anonymous (2 pages)

Part of a Letter to Dr Mead, concerning Secretions on an Animal Body. By Jos. Morland, M. D.

Jos. Morland (6 pages)

An Abstract of Part of a Letter from Dr Bonomo to Sigmor Redi, Containing Some Observations concerning the Worms of Humane Bodies. By Richard Mead, M. D.

Richard Mead, Dr Bonomo (7 pages)

Observatio de Portione Intestini Canis Faeliciter Abscissa, a Joanne Shipton, Chirurgiae Studioso

Joanne Shipton (8 pages)

Part of a Letter from Mr Antony van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. concerning Green Weeds Growing in Water, and Some Animalcula Found about Them

Antony van Leeuwenhoek (11 pages)

An Account of Books

Sam. Morland, Dr Mead, David Gregory (18 pages)

Books Imported and Sold by Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford, Printers to the Royal Society, at the Princes Arms in St Paul's Churchyard

Benj. Walford, Sam. Smith (2 pages)

Part of a Letter from the Reverend Mr Abraham de la Pryme F. R. S. to the Publisher, concerning a Spout Lately Observed by Him in Hatfield

Abraham de la Pryme (3 pages)

De Curvarum Tangentibus è Maximorum ac Minimorum Theoriâ Immediatè Deductis: Unâ cùm Theorem: Quibusdam ad Sectiones Conicas Pertinentibus, Ejusdem Calculi Auxilio Investigatis. Autore Humphrido Dittono

Humphrido Dittono (14 pages)

Specimen Methodi Generalis Determinandi Figurarum Quadraturas. Autore Jo. Craig

Jo. Craig (16 pages)

An Extract of Some Letters Sent to Sir C. H. Relating to Some Microspocal Observations. Communicated by Sir C. H. to the Publisher

C. H. (18 pages)

An Account of a Book

Martin Lister (5 pages)

A Letter to Dr John Wright, F. Col. Phys. Lond. to Mr Wm Cowper, F. R. S. concerning the Cure of an Apostemation of the Lungs

John Wright (10 pages)

An Answer to Dr Wright's Letter, concerning the Cure of an Aposthumation of the Lungs, by William Cowper, F. R. S.

William Cowper (11 pages)

Georgij Josephi Cameli Observationes de Avibus Philippensibus; Communicatae a Jacobo Petiver. S. R. S.

Jacobo Petiver, Georgij Josephi Cameli (7 pages)

A Letter from Dr William Oliver to the Publisher, Giving His Remarks in a Late Journey into Denmark and Holland

William Oliver (12 pages)

An Account of a Book

Jacobo Petiver (11 pages)

Errata

Anonymous (2 pages)

An Extract of a Letter to Dr Edward Tyson from the Reverend Mr Charles Ellis, Giving an Account of a Young Lady, Born Deaf and Dumb, Taught to Speak. That Costerus First Invented Printing, Anno 1430. Of the Physick Garden at Amsterdam, and the Chamber of Rarities at Boln. Of a Monstrout Birth. Of the Quarry at Maestricht. Fr. Linus's Dyals at Leige. The Cachot or Rooms Cut in the Rock of the Castle in Namur. Sir Jo. Mandevil's Tomb at Leige. The Friesland Boy with Letters in His Eye

Fr. Linus, Jo. Mandevil, Charles Ellis (4 pages)

A Description of Some Coralls, and Other Curious Submarines Lately Sent to James Petiver, Apothecary and Fellow of the Royal Society, from the Philippine Isles by the Reverend George Joseph Camel; As Also an Account of Some Plants from Chusan an Island on the Coast of China; Collected by Mr James Cuninghame, Chyrurgeon & F.R.S.

George Joseph Camel, James Cuninghame (19 pages)

Part of a Letter from Mr Anthony van Lewenhock, F. R. S. Containing His Observations on Some Animalcula in Water, the Dissolntion of Silver, etc

Anthony van Lewenhock (16 pages)

A Letter from the Reverend Mr William Derham, F. R. S. to Mr John Haughton, F. R. S. Containing His Observations on the Weather, etc. for Some Years Last Past

William Derham (7 pages)

The Eighth Book of East India Plants, Sent from Fort St George to Mr James Petiver Apothecary, and F. R. S. with His Remarks on Them

Fort St George (12 pages)

A Letter from Mr Anthony van Leuwenhoek, concerning the Seeds of Oranges, etc.

Anthony van Leuwenhoek (17 pages)

Some New Observations upon the Parts and Use of the Flower in Plants. By Mr Sam. Morland

Sam. Morland (9 pages)

Experimentum Anatomicum ad Veram Durae Matris motus causam detegendam institutum, ab H. Ridley

H. Ridley (6 pages)

An Account of a Book

William Cole (9 pages)

Errata

Anonymous (2 pages)

Two Letters from a Gentleman in the Country, Relating to Mr Leuwenhoeck's Letter in Transaction, No. 283. Communicated by Mr C.

Mr C. (15 pages)

Part of Two Letters from Mr Stephen Gray, concerning the Spots of the Sun, observ'd by Him in June Last

Stephen Gray (10 pages)

Some Observations on the Spots of the Sun, by the Reverend Mr William Derham, F. R. S.

William Derham (11 pages)

Some Observations concerning the Invention and Progress of Printing, to the Year 1465. Occasioned by by the Reverend Mr Ellis's Letter, Exhibited in Phil Trans. No 286. Pag. 1416

Mr Ellis (11 pages)

Back Matter

Anonymous (9 pages)

Articles