Volume 24 (1704)

Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)

111 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (22 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr Anthony van Leuwenhoek, concerning Worms Observ'd in Sheeps Livers and Pasture Grounds
  Anthony van Leuwenhoek (7 pages)
• Solutio Problematis. A Clariss. viro D. Jo. Bernoulli in Diario Gallico Febr. 1403. Propositi. Quam D. G. Cheynaeo Communicavit Jo. Craig
  Jo. Craig, Jo. Bernoulli (4 pages)
• Part of a Letter from John Fuller of Sussex, Esq, concerning a Strange Effect of the Late Great Storm in That County
  John Fuller (2 pages)
• A Letter for the Reverend Mr William Derham, F. R. S. Containing His Observations concerning the Late Storm
  William Derham (6 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr Anthony van Leuwenhoek, F. R. S. Giving His Observations on the Late Storm
  Anthony van Leuwenhoek (4 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr Anthony van Leuwenhoek, F. R. S. concerning the Figures of Sand
  Anthony van Leuwenhoek (22 pages)
• Part of Two Letters from Mr Thoresby, F. R. S. to the Publisher, concerning an Earthquake, Which Happened in Some Places of the North of England, the 28th of December, 1703
  Mr Thoresby (5 pages)
• An Account of a Book, viz.
  Euclid, David Gregory (4 pages)
• A Letter of Dr William Oliver, F. R. S. Concerning a Calenture
  William Oliver (4 pages)
• Carigueya, Seu Marsupiale Americanum Masculum. Or, The Anatomy of a Male Opossum: In a Letter to Dr Edward Tyson, from Mr William Cowper, Chirurgeon, and Fellow of the Royal Society, London. To Which are Premised Some Further Observations on the Opossum; And a New Division of Terrestrial Brute Animals, Particularly of Those That Have Their Feet Formed Like Hands. Where an Account is Given of Some Animals Not Yet Described. By Edward Tyson, M. D. Fellow of the College of Physicians and of the Royal Society
  Edward Tyson, William Cowper (12 pages)
• A Letter to Dr Edward Tyson. Giving an Acconnt of the Anatomy of Those Parts of a Male Opossum That Differ from the Female. By William Cowper, F. R. S.
  William Cowper (24 pages)
• Tractatulus de Ambaro, a Reverendo D. D. G. J. Camello, Communicatus D. Jacobo Petiverio Societatis Regiae Socio.
  G. J. Camello, Jacobo Petiverio (7 pages)
• A Letter from Dr William Oliver, Physician and Fellow of the Royal Society, to Mr James Petiver, F. R. S. concerning the Jesuits Bark
  William Oliver (2 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr. Caswell of Oxford, F. R. S. to the Reverend Mr Flamsteed, M. R. S. S. Giving an Account of a New Baroscope, Invented by Him, and Communicated by Mr Hodgson, F. R. S.
  Mr. Caswell, Mr Hodgson (8 pages)
• Advertisement
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Part of Two Letters from Mr Edward Lhwyd, Keeper of the Ashmolean Repository in Oxford, to Mr Samuel Dale of Braintree in Essex, concerning Fossils
  Edward Lhwyd (3 pages)
• A Letter from Mr Samuel Dale to Mr Edward Lhwyd, Keeper of the Ashmolean Repository in Oxford, concerning Harwich Cliff, and the Fossil Shells There
  Samuel Dale (12 pages)
• An Instrument, for Seeing the Sun, Moon, or Stars, Pass the Meridian of Any Place. Useful for Setting Watches in All Parts of the World with the Greatest Exactness, to Correct Sun-Dyals; To Assist in the Discovery of the Longitudes of Places, etc. By the Reverend Mr William Derham, F. R. S.
  William Derham (11 pages)
• A Supplement to the Account of the Pediculus Pulsatorius, or Death-Watch, in Philos. Trans. No 271. Serving to the More Perfect Natural History of That Infect. By the Reverend Mr W. Derham, F. R. S.
  W. Derham (12 pages)
• Defectus Lunae Observatio, Die Solis 12 degrees Decembris, Habita Prope Mercatorium Regium Londini, a J. Hodgson R. S. S. Tempore Matutino, A. 1703
  J. Hodgson (3 pages)
• An Extract of a Letter from Mr Ralph Thoresby, F. R. S. to Dr Nehemiah Grew, Fellow of the College of Physicians and R. S. concerning a Ball Voided by Stool
  Ralph Thoresby (3 pages)
• An Account of Books
  Johanne Jacobo Scheuchzero, Guilhelmo Musgrave, Vincentio Viviani (16 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Advertisement
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• A Letter from Mr Antony Van Leewnenhoek, F. R. S Concerning Cochineel
  Antony van Leewnenhoek (20 pages)
• An Experiment, to Show the Cause of the Descent of the Mercury in the Barometer in a Storm. By Mr Francis Hauksbee
  Francis Hauksbee (6 pages)
• An Account of Some Eclipses of the Sun and Moon, Observed by Mr Tho. Brattle, at Cambridge, about Four Miles from Boston in New-England, Whence the Difference of Longitude between Cambridge and London is Determin'd, from an Observation Made of One of Them at London. By J. Hodgson
  Tho. Brattle, J. Hodgson (10 pages)
• Observations of the Weather, Made in a Voyage to China. Ann. Dom. 1700. by Mr James Cunningham, F. R. S.
  James Cunningham (10 pages)
• A Register of the Winds and Weather, with the Observations of the Mercurial Barometer at Chusan, an Island in 30 degrees. 25^′. N. Latitude upon the Coast of China. By Mr James Cuningham. F. R. S.
  James Cuningham (35 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  J. Harris (5 pages)
• Advertisement
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• De Orbita Cassiniana. By Dr Gregory
  Dr Gregory (4 pages)
• R. P. Georg. Jos. Camel. Tractatus de Plantis Philippensibus Scandentibus, ad Jacobum Petiver, S. R. S. Missus
  Georg. Jos. Camel, Jacobum Petiver (17 pages)
• A Letter from Mr Antony Van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. concerning the Flesh of Whales, Crystalinc Humour of the Eye of Whales, Fish, and Other Creatures, and of the Use of the Eye-Lids
  Antony van Leeuwenhoek (12 pages)
• A Letter from Mr Antony Van Leeuwenhoek, concerning the Tubes or Canals That Convey the Yellow Sap in the Herb Called Chelidonium Majus, or Celandine, etc.
  Antony van Leeuwenhoek (15 pages)
• A Letter from Mr Antony Van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. to John Chamberlain, Esq; S. R. S. concerning Tobacco Ashes
  Antony van Leeuwenhoek (13 pages)
• Cuculus Laevis Caeruleo Flavescens, Cui in Supremo Capite Bronchiarum Opercula. O R, The Yellow Gurnard. By Edward Tyson, M. D. Fellow of the Coll. of Physicians and R. S.
  Edward Tyson (6 pages)
• Problema Medicinae Cultoribus Solvendum Proponit Guilielmus Cockburn, M. D. R. S. S.
  Guilielmus Cockburn (3 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Dr David Kreig, F. R. S. to the Publisher, concerning Cobalt, and the Preparations of Smalt and Arsenic
  David Krieg (6 pages)
• Observations Made by Captain Stannyan of the Spots That Appear'd upon the Body of the Sun in the Months of May, June and July, in the Year 1704. Communicated by Mr Hodgson, F. R. S.
  Captain Stannyan, Mr Hodgson (11 pages)
• Georg. Joseph. Camel. De Plantis Philippen-Sibus Scandentibus; Pars 2da. Ad Jacobum Petiver, S. R. S. Nuper Transmissa
  Georg. Joseph. Camel, Jacobum Petiver (12 pages)
• A Letter from Mr Antony Van Leuwenhoek, F. R. S. Concerning Some Fossils of Swisserland, etc
  Antony van Leuwenhoek (15 pages)
• Experiments about the Motion of Pendulums in Vacuo. By the Reverend Mr. W. Derham, F. R. S.
  W. Derham (7 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Martin Lister, Apicius (2 pages)
• A Letter to the Royal Society, from Mr Anthony Van Leeuwenhock, F. R. S. concerning Animalcula on the Roots of Duck-Weed, etc.
  Anthony van Leeuwenhoek (12 pages)
• Observations on Staining the Fingers with a Solution of Silver in Aqua Fortis, etc. in a Letter from Mr Anthony Van Leuwenhoek, F. R. S.
  Anthony van Leuwenhoek (6 pages)
• A Letter from Dr W. Musgrave, F. R. S. to Dr Hans Sloane, S. R. S. concerning Hydatides Voided by Stool
  W. Musgrave (5 pages)
• A Letter from Mr John Thorpe, M. A. of University College in Oxford, to Dr Hans Sloane, S. R. S. concerning Worms in the Heads of Sheep, etc.
  John Thorpe (7 pages)
• An Account of very Large Stones Voided per Urethram. in a Letter from Mr Edw. Lhwyd, Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, to Dr Hans Sloane, S. R. S.
  Edw. Lhwyd (5 pages)
• An Experiment Made at a Meeting of the R. Society, Decemb. 20. 1704. of Firing Gun-Powder on a Red Hot Iron in Vacuo Boyliano. By Mr Fr. Hauksbee
  Fr. Hauksbee (3 pages)
• An Account of an Experiment Made Decemb. the 26th, 1704. To Try the Quality of Air, Produc'd from Gunpowder, Fir'd in Vacuo Boyliano. By Mr Fr. Hauksbee
  Fr. Hauksbee (4 pages)
• Georg. Joseph. Camel. de Plantis Philippensibus Scandentibus; Pars Tertia. Ad Jacobum Petiver, S. R. S. Nuper Transmissa
  Georg. Joseph. Camel (11 pages)
• Theorema Spherico-Catoptricum Universale. Per D. Humfredum Ditton
  Humfredum Ditton (6 pages)
• R. P. Geo. Jos. Camelli, De Plantis Philippen-Sibus Scandentibus, Pars Quarta. Ad D. Jacobum Petiver, S. R. S. Nuper Transmissa
  Geo. Jos. Camelli (21 pages)
• A Letter from Mr Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. concerning the Barks of Trees
  Anthony van Leeuwenhoek (17 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. to John Chamberlayne, Esq; F. R. S. concerning the Vitrifyed Salts of Calcin'd Hay
  Anthony van Leeuwenhoek (5 pages)
• An Account of Insects in the Barks of Decaying Elms and Ashes. In a Letter from Sir Matthew Dudley, Knight, F. R. S.
  Matthew Dudley (9 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr Ralph Thoresby, F. R. S. to Dr Hans Sloane, S. R. S. concerning a Leaden Coffin, etc. Taken out of a Roman Burying-Place Near York
  Ralph Thoresby (3 pages)
• Experiments on the Production and Propagation of Light from the Phosphorus in Vacuo, Made before the Royal Society, by Mr. Fra. Hauksbee
  Fra. Hauksbee (3 pages)
• Observations on the Seed-Vessels and Seeds of Polypodium. In a Letter from Mr Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S.
  Anthony van Leeuwenhoek (9 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr Ralph Thoresby, F. R. S. concerning Pewter Money, Coyn'd in Ireland, by the Late King James
  King James, Ralph Thoresby (3 pages)
• Prospect of the Weather, Winds, and Height of the Mercury in the Barometer, on the First Day of the Month; And of the Whole Rain in Every Month the Year 1703, and the Beginning of 1704. Observed at Towneley in Lancashire, by Ri. Towneley, Esq;, And at Upminster in Effex. By the Revere Mr W. Derham, F. R. S.
  W. Derham, Ri. Towneley (8 pages)
• Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, Autore Edmundo Halleio apud Oxonienses. Geometriae Professore Saviliano, & Reg. Soc. S.
  Edmundo Halleio (19 pages)
• Part of Two Letters from the Reverend Dr Rich. Wroe, Warden of Manchester Colledge, to Dr Hans Sloane, S. R. S. concerning Horn-Like Excrescences Growing on the Fingers, etc.
  Rich. Wroe (3 pages)
• An Extract of a Letter from Mr Ralph Thoresby, F. R. S. to Dr Hans Sloane, S. R. S. concerning Some Swedish Coyns; And a Calculation for the Finding of Easter
  Ralph Thoresby (3 pages)
• An Account of an Experiment Made at a Meeting of the Royal Society at Gresham College, upon the Propagation of Sound in Condensed Air. Together with a Repetition of the Same in the Open Field, by Mr F. Hauksbee
  F. Hauksbee (4 pages)
• An Experiment Made at a Meeting of the Royal Society, Touching the Diminution of Sound in Air Rarefy'd. By Mr Fr. Hauksbee
  Fr. Hauksbee (2 pages)
• A Letter from Mr Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. concerning the Figures of the Salts of Crystal
  Anthony van Leeuwenhoek (14 pages)
• A Register of the Weather for the Year 1692, Kept at Oates in Essex. By Mr John Locke
  John Locke (22 pages)
• Memorabilia Nonnulla Lacus Vetteri, Auctore Urbano Hearne, M. D. Serenissimae Reg. Majest. Suecicae Archiatro, & Conciliario Collegij Metallici Ord. Nec Non Societat. Regiae Londinensis Socio
  Urbano Hearne (10 pages)
• Experiments on the Resilition of Bodies in Common Air, in Vacuo and in Air Condens'd, Made at a Meeting of the Royal Society at Gresham College. By Mr Francis Hauksbee
  Francis Hauksbee (4 pages)
• An Experiment on the Descent of Malt Dust in the Evacuated Receiver, at Gresham College. By Mr Fr. Hauksbee
  Fr. Hauksbee (2 pages)
• An Account of Animals and Shells Sent from Carolina to Mr James Petiver, F. R. S.
  Carolina (13 pages)
• The Doctrine of Combinations and Alternations, Improv'd and Compleated, by Major Edward Thornycroft
  Edward Thornycroft (11 pages)
• Of Ossifications or Petrifactions in the Coats of Arteries, Particularly in the Valves of the Great Artery, by William Cowper, Surgeon, and F. R. S.
  William Cowper (13 pages)
• An Account of a Dropsical Body Dissected by Mr John Lafage
  John Lafage (3 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Antonio Maria Valsalva, James Douglas (12 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr D. Papin to Dr Frederick Slare, Fellow of the College of Physicians and of the Royal Society, concerning an Improvement of the Hessian Bellows, etc
  D. Papin (5 pages)
• Part of a Letter, Written to a Most Reverend Prelate, in Answer to One Written by His Grace, Judging of the Age of MSS. the Style of Learned Authors, Painters, Musicians, etc. By Mr Humfrey Wanley
  Humfrey Wanley (17 pages)
• An Account of a Person Deceased of a Scirrhous Tumor in His Breast. By Mr Tho. Greenhill, Surgeon
  Tho. Greenhill (4 pages)
• An Abstract of a Book
  Olaui Rudbeckij (30 pages)
• Catalogus Concharum Fossilium, Metallorum, Mineralium, etc. quae a Cl. D. Johanne Jacobo Scheuchzero, M. D. Tiguri, & Societat. Reg. Angl. Soc. Nuper Accepit D. Jacobus Petiver, S. R. S.
  Johanne Jacobo Scheuchzero (4 pages)
• Epistola D. Joannis Philippi Breynii, M. D. & Societat. Reg. Soc. De Plantis & Insectis Quibusdam Rarioribus in Hispania Observatis
  Joannis Philippi Breynii (13 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr N. Regnart, concerning a Pin Found in the Gizard of a Fowl
  N. Regnart (3 pages)
• Olavi Rudbeckij Atlanticae, seu Manheimij, Pars Tertia. In qua Vetustissima Majorum Nostroram Atlantidum Lapidibus, Fago, aeri, Sive cortici Runas Suas Incidendi Ratio, una cum Tempore, Quo illa Primo caeperit, Exponitur. Necnon Aurei Numeri Singulis annis Tributi, & Signorum Coelestium, Quae Abhinc ad Graecos & Latinos sunt Translata, Vera origo & Significatio traditur. Et illae a diliuvio Noachi primae aetates, atque in illis prima Atlantidurn nostrorum forma describuntur; quae migrationes & bella sub Boreo, seu Saturno, ejusq; filio Thoro seu Jove gesta sunt, recensentur; & Denique Scytharum, Phoenicum & Amazonum His ducibus in Indo-Scythiam & Phoeniciam seu Palaestinam e Sueonia factae expeditiones enarrantur. Quibus omnibus mythologiae perplures, quarum sensus in hunc usque diem incognitus, hic Demum detectus prodit, jucundae sane & perquam utiles adjunguntur. Upsalae in fol. 1698
  Olavi Rudbeckij Atlanticae (26 pages)
• Mineralia Quaedam, Conchylia Petrefacta, & Alia Fossilia a Berolina a Clariss. Christian. Maximiliano Spener, Doct. Med. Reg. Pruss. Aul. Acad. S. R. I. Cur. & Soc. Scient. Reg. Brandenburg. Colleg. ad Amicum Suum Curiosissimum D. Jacob. Petiver, Pharmacop. London. & Societ. Reg. Soc. Missa.
  Jacob. Petiver, Maximiliano Spener (4 pages)
• De Piscibus, Moluscis & Crustaceis Philippensibus, Ex MSS. R. P. Geo. Jos. Camelli ad D. Jacobum Petiver, S. R. S. Transmissis
  Geo. Jos. Camelli (7 pages)
• Epistola Viri Reverendi D. Georgij Hickes, S.T.P. ad D. Hans Sloane, M. D. & S. R. Secr. De Varia Lectione Inscriptionis Quae in statua TAGIS exaratur, per Quatuor Alphabeta Hetrusca
  Georgij Hickes (9 pages)
• The Theory of Musick Reduced to Arithmetical and Geometrical Proportions, by the Reverend Mr Tho. Salmon
  Tho. Salmon (13 pages)
• Part of a Letter from the Late Sir Philip Skippon, Kt, to the Late Reverend Mr John Ray, concerning the Bones of a Humane Foetus Voided thro' an Impostume in the Groin. Communicated to the Publisher, by Mr Samuel Dale
  Philip Skippon, Samuel Dale (2 pages)
• An Abstract of a Book
  Tho. Greenhill (10 pages)
• An Extraordinary Case of a Costive Person, in a Letter from Mr B. Sherman to Dr Beeston of Ipswich, with a Note on the Same by Mr William Cowper, F. R. S.
  William Cowper, B. Sherman (5 pages)
• Epistola D. Antonii Mesaporiti, M. C. Genuensis ad Cl. Antonium Vallesnerium, Med. Pract. Prof. P. Patavin. de Eruptione Sanguinis e Singulis Fere Corporis Humani Partibus; & de Dolore Ventris ab Intestinis in Crassam & Cartilagineam Substantiam Concretis Orto
  Antonii Mesaporiti (8 pages)
• Gulielmi Cockburni M. D. Solutio Problematis de Purgantium & Emeticorum Medicamentorum Dosibus Determinandis in Quacunque Hominis AEtate, Temperamento, Temperamenti Varietate per Universum Terrarum Orbem, ab Ipso Mense Martio Proxime Elapso, in Actis Philosophicis Propositi. Et Illustri Admodum Doctoque D. Edwardo Southwell, Annae Reginae a Secretis Hibernicis, etc. Consecrata
  Gulielmi Cockburni, Edwardo Southwell (5 pages)
• An Explanation of the Rule for the Finding of Easter. In a Letter from the Reverend Mr J. Jackman to Dr Hans Sloane, S. R. S.
  J. Jackman (5 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr Ralph Thoresby, F. R. S. to Dr Hans Sloane, S. R. S. concerning Some Norman Coyns Found at York
  Ralph Thoresby (3 pages)
• Several Experiments on the Mercurial Phosphorus, Made before the Royal Society, at Gresham-College, by Mr Fra. Hauksbee, F. R. S.
  Fra. Hauksbee (9 pages)
• An Account of Some Magnetical Experiments and Observations. By W. Derham, Rector of Upminster in Essex, and F. R. S.
  W. Derham (4 pages)
• Farther Observations and Remarks on the Same Subject
  Anonymous (8 pages)
• A Letter from Mr Ralph Thoresby, F. R. S. concerning a Roman Inscription Lately Found at York, etc.
  Ralph Thoresby (5 pages)
• An Account of Some Roman Coyns Found at Clifton Near Edlington in Yorkshire. By Mr Ralph Thoresbv, F. R. S.
  Ralph Thoresbv (4 pages)
• An Accouut of a Book
  Joh. Conradi Beckeri (5 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Books Printed for and Sold by Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford, (Printers to the Royal Society) at the Princes Arms in St Paul's Church-Yard
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Several Microscopical Observations on the Pumice-Stone, Coral, Spunges, etc. In a Letter from Mr Anthony Van Leuwenhock, F. R. S.
  Anthony van Leuwenhock (13 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr Ralph Thoresby, F. R. S. concerning a Large Ball Voided by Stool
  Ralph Thoresby (2 pages)
• Several Experiments on the Attrition of Bodies in Vacuo. Made before the Royal Society at Gresham College, by Mr Fr. Hauksbee, F. R. S.
  Fr. Hauksbee (13 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr Samuel Brady, to Dr William Cockburn, F. R. S. Giving an Account of a Puppy in the Womb That Receiv'd no Nourishment by the Mouth
  Samuel Brady (2 pages)
• A Relation of an Extraordinary Sleepy Person, at Tinsbury, Near Bath. By Dr William Oliver, F. R. S.
  William Oliver (7 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (11 pages)