Volume 28 (1713)

Front Matter

Anonymous (14 pages)

Problematis Kepleriani, de Inveniendo Vero Motu Planetarum, Areas Tempori Proportionales in Orbibus Ellipticis Circa Focorum Alterum Describentium, Solutio Newtoniana; A D. J. Keill, Astr. Prof. Savil. Oxon. & R. S. S. Demonstrata & Exemplis Illustrata

D. J. Keill (11 pages)

De Inventione Centri Oscillationis- Per Brook Taylor Armig. Regal. Societat. Sodal

Brook Taylor (12 pages)

Epistola D. Josephi Vallettae Nobilis Neopolitani, ad D. Richardum Waller Armig. Reg. Societ.Sec. de Incendio & Eruptione Montis Vesuvii, Anno MDCCVII

Josephi Vallettae (5 pages)

De motu Nervi Tenst. Per Brook Taylor Armig. Regal. Societat. Sodal

Brook Taylor (8 pages)

An Account of Divers Rare Plants, Observed Last Summer in Several Curious Gardens, and Particularly the Society of Apothecaries Physick Garden at Chelsea. By Mr. James Petiver, F. R. S.

James Petiver (33 pages)

Observationes Coelestes Britannicae, Grenovici in Observatorio Regio, a Johanne Flamsteedio, Ast. Reg. Hahitae, Annis MDCCXI & MDCCXII

Johanne Flamsteedio (16 pages)

De Legionibus Epistola, ad Virum Clarissimum Doctissimumque Hans Sloane, M. D. Regiae Societati a Secretis, Coll. Medd. Lond. Sodalem, et Medicum Regium, Data, a Guil. Musgrave, M. D.

De Legionibus (12 pages)

The Husbandry of Canary Seed. By the Reverend Mr. Edward Tenison

Edward Tenison (3 pages)

Extracts of Several Letters from Mr. Edward Lhwyd, (M. A.) Late Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, to Dr. Rich. Richardson, (M. D.) of North Bierly in Yorkshire; Containing Observations in Natural History and Antiquities, Made in His Travels thro' Wales and Scotland. Communicated by Dr. Hans Sloane, R. S. Secr.

Edward Lhwyd, Hans Sloane (11 pages)

An Abridgement of a Book Intitl'd, A Description of the Plague, Which Happened in the Royal City of Dantzick, in the Year 1709. Written in High-Dutch by Dr. John Christoph. Gottwald, and Communicated by Dr. Joh. Phil. Breynius, as the Best Account of That Distemper There Publish'd. Translated by C. J. Spregnell, M.D.

Joh. Phil Breynius, John Christoph Gottwald, C. J. Spregnell (45 pages)

De Aquilis Romanis, Excerpta ex Epistola Guil. Musgrave, M. D. et Utriusq; Societ. Reg. Socij, ad Virum Clariss. Gisb. Cuperum, Consulem Daventriensem

Guil Musgrave, De Aquilis Romanis (8 pages)

An Account of an Experiment Touching the Proportions of the Ascent of Spirit of Wine between Two Glass Planes, Whose Surfaces Were Plac'd at Certain Different Distances from Each Other. By the Late Mr. Francis Hauksbee, F. R. S.

Francis Hauksbee (3 pages)

An Account of Same Farther Experiments Touching the Ascent of Water between Two Glass Planes in an Hyperbolick Curve. By the Late Mr. Fr. Hauksbee, F. R. S.

Fr. Hauksbee (4 pages)

A Farther Account of the Ascending of Drops of Spirit of Wine between Two Glass Planes Twenty Inches and an Half Long; With a Table of the Distances from the Touching Ends, and the Angles of Elevation. By the Late Mr Fr. Hauksbee, F. R. S.

Fr. Hauksbee (3 pages)

Inscriptio Tarraconensis: Cum Commentario Guil. Musgrave, M. D. Coll. Med. et Societ. Reg. Lond. Socij

Guil Musgrave (5 pages)

A Letter from Mr. Anthouy Van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. containing Some Further Microscopical Observations on the Animalcula Found Upon Duckweed, &c.

Anthouy Van Leeuwenhoek (6 pages)

The Case of a Woman Big with Child, Who Recovered of the Small-Pox, and Was Afterwards Delivered of a Dead Child Full of the Pustules of That Distemper. In a Letter from the Reverend Mr. W. Derham, F. R. S. to Dr. Hans Sloane, S. R. Secr.

W. Derham (3 pages)

Several Observations in Natural History, Made at North - Bierley in Yorkshire, by Dr. Richard Richardson (M. D.) Communicated in a Letter to Dr. Hans Sloane, R. S. Secr.

Richard Richardson (6 pages)

Epistola Nicolai Facij, Reg. Soc. Lond. Sod. ad Fratrem Joh. Christoph. Facium Dictoe Societatis Sodalem, qua Vendicat Solutionem Suam Problematis de Inveniendo Solido Rotundo seu Tereti in Quod Minima Fiat Resistentia

Nicolai Facij (6 pages)

Botanicum Hortense. III. Giving an Account of Divers Rare Plants, Observed This Summer, A. D. 1713, in Several Curious Gardens about London, and Particularly the Society of Apothecaries Physick Garden at Chelsea. by James Petiver, F. R. S.

James Petiver (46 pages)

A Short Account of Some Swedish Minerals, &c. Sent from Mr Angestein, Overseer of the King of Sweden's Mines, to Mr James Petiver, Apothecary, and F. R. S.

Mr Angestein (4 pages)

A Letter from Father Papin, to Father Le Gobien, Containing Some Observations upon the Mechanic Arts and Physick of the Indians. Taken from the Ninth Volume of Letters of the Missionary Jesuits, Printed at Paris in Octavo

Father Papin (7 pages)

A Letter from Father Bourzes to Father Estienne Souciet, concerning the Luminous Appearance Observable in the Wake of Ships in the Indian Seas, &c. Taken from the Ninth Volume of Letters of the Missionary Jesuits

De Bourzes (7 pages)

A Letter from Mr. James Younge, F. R. S. to Dr. Hans Sloane, R. S. Secr. Containing the Case of a Woman Who Had Her Menses Regularly to 70 Years of Age

James Yonge (3 pages)

The Description of a Tartarian Plant, Call'd Gin-Seng; with an Account of Its Virtues. In a Letter from Father Jartoux, to the Procurator General of the Missions of India and China. Taken from the Tenth Volume of Letters of the Missionary Jesuits, Printed at Paris in Octavo, 1713

Father Jartoux (14 pages)

An Examen of the Chalybeat, or Spa-Waters, Called by the Germans Acid or Sowre-Brunns, or Fountains; But Prov'd to be of a Contrary Nature, That is, Alkali's. by Dr. Fred. Slare, Fellow of the Coll. of Physicians and Royal Society

Fred. Slare (6 pages)

Part of a Letter from Francis Nevill, Esq; To the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Clogher, Containing a Relation of Several Urns and Sepulchral Monuments Lately Found in Ireland

Francis Nevill (6 pages)

An Extract of a Letter, Giving an Account of a Large Number of Urns Dug Up at North Elmham in Norfolk. Communicated by Peter Le Neve, Esq; Norroy, F. R. S.

Peter Le Neve (5 pages)

Some Observations upon Lough-Neagh in Ireland. In a Letter from Francis Nevill Esq; To the Lord Bishop of Clogher

Francis Nevill (6 pages)

Part of a Letter from Mr. Samuel Bowdich, to Dr. William Musgrave, F. R. S. Giving an Account of a Woman Who Had Lain Fix Days Covered with Snow, without Receiving Any Nourishment, &c.

Samuel Bowdich (4 pages)

An Account of the Subsiding, or Sinking down of Part of a Hill Near Clogher in Ireland. Communicated by the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Clogher, F. R. S.

Lord Bishop of Clogher (6 pages)

An Account of Some Ancient Trumpets, and Other Pieces of Antiquity, Found in the County of Tyrone in Ireland. In a Letter from Francis Nevill, Esq; to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Clogher, F. R. S.

Francis Nevill (6 pages)

Part of a Letter from Dr. Fred. Slare to Dr. Hans Sloane; Concerning a Person Who Had a New Set of Teeth after 80 Years of Age; With Some Observations Upon the Virtues and Properties of Sugar

Fred. Slare (5 pages)

An Extract of a Letter from the Late Mr. Edward Lhwyd, to Dr. Richard Richardson; Containing Some Remarks on an Undescribed Plant, and Other Particulars, Observed by Him in Wales

Edward Lhwyd (5 pages)

A Relation of a Scirrhous Tumour, Included in a Cystis, &c. By Mr. Richard Russell, Surgeon, at Lewes in Sussex; And Communicated by Mr William Cheselden, Surgeon, F. R. S.

Richard Russell, William Cheselden (4 pages)

An Extract of a Letter from Francis Nevill, Esq; To the Lord Bishop of Clogher, F. R. S. concerning a Quarry of Marble Discover'd by him in the County of Farmanagh in Ireland

Francis Nevill (3 pages)

Remarks Upon the Plague at Copenhagen in the Year 1711. Communicated by John Chamberlayne, Esq; F. R. S.

John Chamberlayne (4 pages)

Some Anatomical Observations. By Mr. William Cheselden, Surgeon, F. R. S.

William Cheselden (5 pages)

An Account of a Book

Richard Musgrave, Julius Vitalis, Henry Dodwell (12 pages)

Back Matter

Anonymous (9 pages)

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