Volume 25 (1706)

Front Matter

Anonymous (14 pages)

A Letter from Mr Ralph Thoresby, F. R. S. to Dr Hans Sloane, R. S. Secr. concerning Some Roman Inscriptions Found at York, Proving That the Ninth Legion Some Time Resided There

Ralph Thoresby (4 pages)

De Quadrupedibus Philippensibus Tractat. a Reverendo Georg. Jos. Camel. Transmissus Jacobo Petiver, Pharmacop. & Societ. Regiae Soc. Londini

Jacobo Petiver, Georg. Jos. Camel (9 pages)

Microscopical Observations on the Seeds of Several East-India Plants, by Mr Anthony van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S.

Anthony van Leeuwenhoek (6 pages)

A Letter from the Reverend Mr Morton, A. M. and S. R. S. to Dr Hans Sloane, S. R. Secr. Containing a Relation of River and Other Shells Digg'd up, together with Various Vegetable Bodies, in a Bituminous Marshy Earth, Near Mears-Ashby in Northamptonshire: With Some Reflections Thereupon: As Also an Account of the Progress He Has Made in the Natural History of Northamptonshire

J. Morton (6 pages)

An Account of a Very Large Tumour in the Fore Part of the Neck, etc. By Dr James Douglas

James Douglas (8 pages)

Part of a Letter from the Reverend Mr W. Derham, F. R. S. concerning a Glade of Light Observed in the Heavens

W. Derham (3 pages)

An Account of an Experiment Made before the Royal Society, Touching the Proportion of the Weight of Air, to the Weight of a Like Bulk of Water, without Knowing the Quantity of Either. By Mr Fra. Hauksbee, F. R. S.

Fra. Hauksbee (3 pages)

An Experiment Made at Gresham-College, Shewing That the Seemingly Spontaneous Ascention of Water in Small Tubes Open at Both Ends is the Same in Vacuo as in the Open Air. By Mr Fr. Hauksbee, F. R. S.

Fr. Hauksbee (4 pages)

A Description of a Roman Sudatory, or Hypocaustum, Found at Wroxeter in Shropshire, Anno 1701. By Mr John Lyster. Communicated to the Royal Society by John Harwood, LL. D. and F. R. S.

John Harwood, John Lyster (5 pages)

A Letter from Dr John Harwood, LL. D. and F. R. S. to Dr Hans Sloane, R. S. Secr. concerning the Forementioned Hypocaustum. With Part of Two Letters from Mr William Baxter to Dr Harwood, Relating to Wroxeter, and the Hypocausta of the Ancients

John Harwood, William Baxter (7 pages)

A Letter from Dr William Musgrave, Fellow of the College of Physicians, and R. S. to Dr Hans Sloane, R. S. Secr. concerning the Jaundice, Occasioned by a Stone Obstructing the Ductus Communis Bilarius, which was afterwards Voided by Stool

William Musgrave (7 pages)

Part of a Letter from Mr Ralph Thoresby, F. R. S. Giving a Farther Account of an Eruption of Waters in Craven

Ralph Thoresby (3 pages)

Observations of the Solar Eclipse, May 1/12 1706 At the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, etc. Communicated by the Reverend Mr John Flamsted, Math. Reg. & F. R. S.

John Flamsted (6 pages)

An Abstract of a Letter Written from Geneva, May the 31th, 1706. N. S. by Monsieur J. Chr. Facio Duillier, R. S. S. to His Brother Mr Nic. Facio, R. S. S. Containing Some Observations of the Sun's Eclipse, on the 12th of May, 1706. N. S.

J. Chr. Facio Duillier (7 pages)

Pars Epistolae a Cl. D. Joh. Jac. Scheuchzer, M. D. Tigur. & Societat. Reg. Lond. Soc. ad D. Jacobum Petiver, Dictae Societ. Soc. de Eclipsi Solis Totali Die 12 degrees. Maij Tiguri Observata

Joh. Jac. Scheuchzer (4 pages)

An Account of the Death and Dissection of John Bayles, of Northampton, Reputed to Have Been 130 Years Old. By Dr James Keill

James Keill (7 pages)

The Construction and Properties of a New Quadratrix to the Hyperbola, By Mr... Perks. Communicated by Mr Abr. de Moivre, F. R. S.

Mr. Perks, Abr. de Moivre (11 pages)

An Account of a Book

Samuelis Dale (6 pages)

Errata

Anonymous (2 pages)

De Monstris, Quasi Monstris & Monstrosis; Item de Serpentibus, etc. Philippensibus, ex MS. R. P. Geo. Jos. Camelli. Communicavit D. Jac. Petiver. Pharmacop. Lond. & S. R. S.

Jac. Petiver, Geo. Jos. Camelli (13 pages)

An Account of an Experiment Made before the Royal Society at Gresham College, Together with a Repetition of the Same, Touching the Production of a Considerable Light upon a Slight Attrition of the Hands on a Glass Globe Exhausted of Its Air: With Other Remarkable Occurrences. By Mr Fra. Hauksbee, F. R. S.

Fra. Hauksbee (7 pages)

A Letter from Mr Samuel Dale to Dr Hans Sloane, R. S. Secr. Giving an Account of What Manuscripts Were Left by Mr John Ray, Together with Some Anatomical Observations Made at Padua by the Said Mr Ray

Samuel Dale, John Ray (23 pages)

Of Hydatides Inclosed with a Stony Crust in the Kidny of a Sheep. By Mr W. Cowper, F. R. S.

W. Cowper (4 pages)

Microscopical Observations on the Structure of the Spleen, and the Proboscis of Fleas. By Mr Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S.

Anthony van Leeuwenhoek (10 pages)

Part of a Letter from Robert Sibbald, Knight, to Dr Hans Sloane, R. S. Secr. concerning a Second Volume of His Prodromus Historiae Naturalis Scotiae; With a Description of the Pediculus Caeti, etc.

Robert Sibbald (8 pages)

An Account of a Hydrops Ovarii, with a New and Exact Figure of the Glandulae Renales, and of the Uterus in a Puerpera. Communicated by Dr Douglas, F. R. S.

Dr Douglas (15 pages)

An Account of an Experiment Made before the Royal Society at Gresham-Colledge, Touching the Extraordinary Elistricity of Glass, Produceable on a Smart Attrition of It; With a Continuation of Experiments on the Same Subject, and Other Phenomena. By Mr Fra. Hauksbee, F. R. S.

Fra. Hauksbee (10 pages)

Vindiciae Matheseos Universalis Gregorianae Contra Secundos Abbatis Galloysii Impetus in Historia Acad. Scient. An. MDCCIII

Gregorianae (7 pages)

An Account of a Storm of Rain That Fell at Denbigh in Wales: Communicated to Dr Hans Sloane, R. S. Secr.

Anonymous (4 pages)

An Observation of a Tumor on the Neck, Full of Hydatides, Cured by Mr Anthony Hewnden, Surgeon: Communicated by Dr Edw. Tyson, F.R.S.

Edw. Tyson, Anthony Hewnden (3 pages)

Part of a Letter from Mr Robert Taylor to Dr Hans Sloane, R. S. Secr. concerning a Monstrous Birth

Robert Taylor (3 pages)

An Account of Dr Ehm's Treatise of St George's Bath by Landeck, in the Lordship of Glats Near Silesia

Landeck (3 pages)

Errata

Anonymous (2 pages)

Observations Made at Rome, by the Late Reverend Mr. John Ray, of the Comet Which Appeared Anno 1664. Communicated to the Publisher by Mr. Samuel Dale

Samuel Dale, John Ray (8 pages)

Aequationum Cubicarum & Biquadraticarum, tum Analytica, tum Geometrica & Mechanica, Resolutio Universalis, a J. Colson

J. Colson (17 pages)

Aequationum Quarundam Potestatis Tertiae, Quintae, Septimae, Nonae, & Superiorum, ad Infinitum Usque Pergendo, in Terminis Finitis, ad Instar Regularum pro Cubicis Quae Vocantur Cardani, Resolutio Analytica

Ab. de Moivre (5 pages)

Several Experiments Shewing the Strange Effects of the Effluvia of Glass, Produceable on the Motion and Attrition of It. By Mr. Fr. Hauksbee, F.R.S.

Fr. Hauksbee (7 pages)

Tabula Exhibens Coelitempestates, & Mutationes, ter Unoquoque Die: Item Plagam Ventorum, & Nubium; Altitudinem Mercurii in Barometro, & Spirituum in Thermometro; & Denique Pluviae Quantitatem, Quae Quibusdam Diebus, & Unoquoque Mense, per Infundibulum 12 Pollices Latum, apud Upminster in Comitatu Essexiae Decidebat Anno 1705. Per W. Derham Rectorem Upminsterensem, & S. R. S.

W. Derham (11 pages)

An Account of Balls of Hair Taken from the Uterus and Ovaria of Several Women; By Mr. James Yonge, F.R.S. Communicated to Dr. Hans Sloane, R.S. Secr.

James Yonge (7 pages)

Eclipsis Lunaris Tiguri Observata a Joh. Jacobo, & Johanne Schevchzeris, Fratribus, M D. Die 17 Apr. 1707

Johanne Schevchzeris, Joh. Jacobo (4 pages)

An Essay on the Invention of Printing, by Mr. John Bagford; with an Account of His Collections for the Same, by Mr. Humtrey Wanley, F.R.S. Commnicated in Two Letters to Dr. Hans Sloane, R. S. Secr.

Humfrey Wanley, John Bagford (15 pages)

An Account of a Pyramidal Appearance in the Heavens, Observed Near Upminster in Essex, by the Reverend Mr. William Derham, F. R. S.

William Derham (4 pages)

An Account of an Experiment, Confirming One Lately Made, Touching the Production of Light, by the Effluvia of One Glass Falling on Another in Motion. By Mr. Fr. Hauksbee, F. R. S.

Fr. Hauksbee (5 pages)

An Account of an Experiment Made before the Royal Society at Gresham College, May 28. 1707. Touching the Difficulty of Separating Two Hemispheres, upon the Injecting of an Atmosphere of Air on Their Outward Surfaces, without Withdrawing the Included Air. By Mr. Fr. Hauksbee, F. R. S.

Fr. Hauksbee (4 pages)

Some Natural Observations Made in the Parishes of Kinardsey and Donington in Shropshire, by the Reverend Mr. George Plaxton. Communicated by Mr. Ralph Thoresby, to Dr. Hans Sloane, R. S. Secr.

George Plaxton, Ralph Thoresby (7 pages)

An Account of the Cape of Good Hope, by Mr. John Maxwell: Communicated by the Reverend Dr. John Harris, F. R. S.

John Harris, John Maxwell (13 pages)

Epistola, in Qua Ratio Redditur Librinuper Editi, Cui Titulus, de Arthritide Anomala, Sive Interna, Dissertatio. Auctore Guilliano Musgrave, M. D. Colt. Med. Lond. & Reg. Societ. Socio. Viro Clariffimo, Hans Sloane, Med. Doct. Regiae Societatis a Secretis, S. P. D. Guith. Musgrave

Guilliano Musgrave (9 pages)

An Account of a Book

J. M. (4 pages)

De Conchy Liss Turbinatis, Bivalvibus & Univalvibus, Item de Mineralibus, Fossilibus, & Thermis Phillippensibus, ex M S S. R. P. Geo. Jos. Kamel. Communicavit D. Jacobus Petiver, Pharmacop. Londin. & Soc. Reg. S.

Geo. Jos. Kamel, Jacobus Petiver (13 pages)

An Account of an Experiment, Touching the Quantity of Air Produced from a Certain Quantity of Gunpowder Fired in Common Air; By Mr.F.Hauksbee,F.R.S.

F. Hauksbee (4 pages)

An Experiment Shewing, That the Springs or Constituent Parts of Air are Capable to Suffer Such Disorder, by a Violent Impulse, as to Require Time to Recover Their Natural State; By Mr. Fr. Hauksbee, F. R. S.

Fr. Hauksbee (3 pages)

Part of a Letter from Dr. Archibald Adams of Norwich, to Dr. Edwaid Tyson, Fellow of the College of Physicians and Royal Society; Concerning a Monstrous Calf, and Some Things Observable in the Anatomy of a Human Ear

Archibald Adams (3 pages)

An Extract of a Letter to His Excellency Signior Francisco Cornaro, Ambassador from the Republick of Venice, to the Queen of Great Britain, etc. By Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek, F.R.S. Containing Microscopical Observations of the Salts of Pearls, Oyster-Shells, etc.

Anthony van Leeuwenhoek (10 pages)

Part of a Letter Written to Signior Antonio Magliabechi, by Mr Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. concerning the Particles of Silver Dissolved in Aqua Fortis, etc.

Anthony van Leeuwenhoek (10 pages)

An Account of a Book

Hans Sloane (6 pages)

A Letter from Mr William Baxter to Dr Hans Sloane, R. S. Secr. Containing an Account of a Book Intituled, Archaeologia Britannica, Giving Some Account Additional to What Has Hitherto Been Publish'd, of the Languages, Histories and Customs of the Original Inhabitants of Great Britain: From Collections and Observations in Travels through Wales, Cornwal, Bas Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland, By Edward Lhuyd, M. A. of Jesus College, Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Vol. I. Containing; I. A Comparative Etymology; or; Remarks on the Alteration of Languages. 2. A Latin Celtick Dictionary: Or, a Vocabulary of the Original Languages of Britain and Ireland. 3. An Armoric Grammar. 4. An Armoric English Vocabulary. 5. Some Welsh Words Omitted in Dr Davies's Dictionary. 6. A Cornish Grammar. 7. A Catalogue of British Manuscripts. 8. An Essay towards a British Etymologicon. 9. A Brief Introduction to the Irish or Ancient Scotish Language. 10. An Irish-English Dictionary. Oxford, Printed at the Theatre for the Author, MDCCVII. And Delivered at the Ashmolean Museum

Edward Lhuyd, William Baxter (8 pages)

Microscopical Observations on the Cortex Peruvianus: By Mr. Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S.

Anthony van Leeuwenhoek (12 pages)

A Letter to the Royal Society, from Mr. Anthony Van Leeuwenkoek, F. R. S. concerning the Whiteness on the Tongue in Fevers, etc.

Anthony van Leeuwenkoek (9 pages)

Part of a Letter from Dr. Scipio des-Moulins, to Dr. Hans Sloane, R. S. Secr. concerning a Mineral Water at Canterbury

Scipio Des-Moulins (6 pages)

An Account of the Cure of Two Sinuous Ulcers Possessing the Space of the Whole Arm, with an Extraordinary Supply of a Callus which Fully Answers the Purposes of the Os Humeri Lost in Time of Cure. From Mr. John Fawler, Surgeon to the Sick and Wounded at Deal, to Dr. William Cockburn, F. R. S.

John Fawler (4 pages)

Part of a Letter from Richard Waller, Esq; S R. S. to Dr. Hans Sloane, R. S. Secr. concerning Two Deaf Persons, Who can Speak and Understand What is Said to Them by the Motion of the Lips

Richard Waller (3 pages)

A Relation of a Deaf and Dumb Person, Who Recovered His Speech and Hearing after a Violent Fever: With Some Other Medicinal and Chirurgical Observations. By Mr. Martin Martin

Martin Martinez (3 pages)

Observatio Eclipsis Lunaris Peracta Bostony Nov. Angtorum, Die Quinto Aprilis Vespere, A. D. 1707. a Tho. Brattle

Tho. Brattle (3 pages)

Back Matter

Anonymous (9 pages)

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