Volume 30 (1717)

Front Matter

Anonymous (19 pages)

Observationes Stellae fixae in Geminis a Corpore Jovis Occultatae, Januarii 11 mo. St. vet. 1717. & Transitus Arctissimi Martis Infra Borealem in Fronte Scorpii Febr. 5. Mane

Jovis (4 pages)

An Accurate Account of a Tessellated Pavement, Bath, and Other Roman Antiquities, Lately Discover'd Near East Bourne in Sussex. Being Part of a Letter of January 26. 1717. from the Learned Dr. John Tabor of Lewis, to Dr. John Thorpe, R. S. S. and by him Communicated to the Royal Society

John Tabor (17 pages)

A Short Account of the Nature and Vertues of the Pyrmont Waters; With Some Observations upon Their Chalybeat Quality. Communicated by Dr. Frederick Slare, R. S. Soc.

Frederick Slare (8 pages)

Remarks on the Second Paper in the History of the Royal Academy of Sciences, for the Year 1711. concerning the Cause of the Variation of the Barometer: To Shew That the Way of Accounting for It in That Paper is Insufficient, and That the Experiment Made Use of to Prove What is There Asserted, Does no Way Prove It. By J. T. Desaguliers, M. A. F. R. S.

J. T. Desaguliers (12 pages)

An Account of an Extraordinary Effect of the Cholick: Communicated to the Royal Society, by That Curious Anatomist Mr. St. Andre, and Read March 21. 1717

St. Andre (5 pages)

An Account of Two Late Northern Aurora's, as They Were Observ'd at the Vicarage of Sutton at Hone in Kent. By the Reverend Edmund Barrell, Prebend of Rochester

Edmund Barrell (2 pages)

Errata

Anonymous (2 pages)

An Account of the Aurora Borealis, Seen at London, on the 30th of March Last, as It Was Curiously Observ d by Martin Folkes, Esq; R. S. Soc.

Martin Folkes (4 pages)

Guilhelmi Musgrave Regiae Societatis Socii, de Britannia quondam poene Insula, Dissertatio

Guilhelmi Musgrave (15 pages)

Extracts from Mr. Gascoigne's and Mr. Crabtrie's Letters, Proving Mr. Gascoigne to Have Been the Inventor of the Telescopick Sights of Mathematical Instruments, and Not the French. By W. Derham, Prebend of Windsor, and R. Soc. Soc.

Mr. Gascoigne, W. Derham, Mr. Crabtrie (9 pages)

An Attempt towards the Improvement of the Method of Approximating, in the Extraction of the Roots of Equations in Numbers. By Brook Taylor, Secretary to the Royal Society

Brook Taylor (14 pages)

Proprietates Quaedam Simplices Sectionum Conicarum ex Natura Focorum deductae; cum Theoremate Generali de Viribus Centripetis; quorum ope Lex Virium Centripetarum ad Focos Sectionum Tendentium, Velocitates Corporum in Illis Revolventium, & Descriptio Orbium Facillime Determinantur. Per Abr. de Moivre. R. S. Soc.

Abr. de Moivre (9 pages)

An Account of the Dissection of a Child. Communicated in a Letter to Dr. Brook Taylor, R. S. Secr. By Dr. Patrick Blair, R. S. S.

Patrick Blair (3 pages)

De Seriebus Infinitis Tractatus. Pars Prima. Auctore Petro Remundo de Monmort. R. S. S.

Petro Remundo de Monmort, Brook Taylor (58 pages)

Erratum

Anonymous (2 pages)

An Advertisement to Astronomers, of the Advantages That May Accrue from the Observation of the Moon's Frequent Appulses to the Hyades, during the Three Next Ensuing Years

Anonymous (5 pages)

Solutio Problematis a Domno G. G. Leibnitio, Geometris Anglis Nuper Propositi. Per Brook Taylor, LL. D. & R. S. Secr.

G. G. Leibnitio, Brook Taylor (8 pages)

Extract of a Letter of Dr. Chr. Hunter, M.D. to Dr. J. Woodward, R. S. S. from Durham, Giving an Account of a Roman Inscription, Lately Dug up in the North of England; With Some Historical and Chronological Remarks Thereon

Chr. Hunter (6 pages)

A New Genus of Plants, Call'd Araliastrum, of Which the Famous Nin-Zin or Ginseng of the Chineses, is a Species. Communicated by Mr. Vaillant Praedemonstrator at the Royal Garden at Paris, to the Learned Dr. Will. Sherrard, LL. D. Late Consul at Smyrna, and by Him to the Royal Society

Mr. Vaillant (4 pages)

Extract of a Letter of Mr. Edw Berkeley from Naples, Giving Several Curious Observations and Remarks on the Eruptions of Fire and Smoak from Mount Vesuvio. Communicated by Dr. John Arbuthnot, M D. and R. S. S.

John Arbuthnot, Edw Berkeley (7 pages)

An Account of an Extraordinary Tumour or Wen Lately Cut off the Cheek of a Person in Scotland. Communicated to the Royal Society by Dr. Thomas Bower, M. D. and F. R. S.

Thomas Bower (6 pages)

An Account of an Experiment to Prove an Interspers'd Vacuum; Or to Shew That All Places are Not Equaly Full

Anonymous (5 pages)

An Account of a Small Telescopical Comet Seen at London on the 10th of June 1717. by Edm. Halley, LL. D. R. Soc. Secr.

Edm. Halley (4 pages)

An Account of Books

Apollonius Rhodius, Joannis Poleni (13 pages)

Considerations on the Change of the Latitudes of Some of the Principal Fixt Stars. By Edmund Halley, R. S. Sec.

Edmund Halley (4 pages)

An Account of Some Experiments Shown before the Royal Society; With an Enquiry into the Cause of the Ascent and Suspension of Water in Capillary Tubes. By James Jurin, M. D. and R. Soc. S.

James Jurin (11 pages)

De Motu Aquarum Fluentium. Authore Eodem D. Jacobo Jurin, M. D.

Jacobo Jurin (21 pages)

An Account of the Sinking of Three Oaks into the Ground, at Manington in the County of Norfolk. Communicated by Peter Le Neve, Esq; Norroy King at Arms, and Fellow of the Royal Society

Peter Le Neve (4 pages)

A Rectification of the Motions of the Five Satellites of Saturn; With Some Accurate Observations of Them, Made and Communicated by the Reverend Mr. James Pound. R. S. Soc.

James Pound (9 pages)

Tabulae Motuum Quinque Satellitum Saturni ad Fidem Nuperarum Observationum Correctae, Coeloque Conformes Redditae

Anonymous (8 pages)

The Rest of the Treatise of That Learned Antiquary Dr. John Tabor of Lewes (Whereof the First Part is Publish'd in No 351. of These Transactions) concerning the Site of the Ancient City of Anderida, and Other Remains of Antiquity in the County of Sussex

John Tabor (21 pages)

Tractatus de Curvarum Constructione & Mensura; ubi Plurimae Series Curvarum Infinitae vel Rectis Mensurantur vel ad Simpliciores Curvas Reducuntur. Autore Colin Maclaurin, in Collegios Novo Abredonensi Matheseos Professore

Colin Maclaurin (11 pages)

Remarks on a Fragment of an Old Roman Inscription Lately Found in the North of England, and Transcribed by the Curious and Learned Dr. James Jurin, M. D. and Reg. Soc. S.

James Jurin (3 pages)

Erratum

Anonymous (2 pages)

Cometae Berolini Nuper Visi Observationes, ut & Eclipseos Solaris Feb. 19no Mane, Noribergae & Berolini Habitae, e Novis Litterariis Berolinensibus, hoc anno Primum edi coeptis, Desumptae

Novis Litterariis Berolinensibus (4 pages)

A Discourse Occasion'd by an Inscription Found, about Three Years Ago, at Langchester in the Bishoprick of Durham, and Communicated to the Royal Society from Dr. Hunter by Dr. Woodward, as It is Printed in the Philosophical Transactions, No 354. By Roger Gale, Esq; R. S. S.

Dr. Hunter, Dr. Woodward, Roger Gale (15 pages)

A Letter of That Curious Naturalist Mr. Henry Barham, R. S. S. to the Publisher, Giving a Relation of a Fiery Meteor Seen by him, in Jamaica, to Strike into the Earth; With Remarks on the Weather, Earthquakes, &c. of That Island

Henry Barham (3 pages)

An Attempt to Prove the Antiquity of the Venereal Disease, Long before the Discovery of the West-Indies; In a Letter from Mr. William Beckett, Surgeon, to Dr. James Douglass, M.D. and R. Soc. Soc. and by him Communicated to the Royal Society

William Beckett (10 pages)

Accuratarum Observationum Astronomicarum, anno Superiore & Currente, cum Reg. Societate Communicatarum Sylloge

Anonymous (13 pages)

Inventio Curvae Quam Corpus Descendens Brevissimo Tempore Describeret; Urgente Vi Centripeta ad Datum Punctum Tendente, Quae Crescat Vel Decrescat Juxta Quamvis Potentiam Distantiae a Centro; dato Nempe Imo Curvae Puncto & Altitudine in Principio Casus. Per Joh. Machin, Aftron. Profess. Gresh. & Reg. Soc. Secret.

Joh Machin (5 pages)

De Potentia Cordis. Dissertatio Authore Jac. Jurin, M.D. Reg. Soc. Sodale

Jacobus Jurin (11 pages)

A Brief Account of the Contagious Disease Which Raged among the Milch Cowes Near London, in the Year 1714. And of the Methods That Were Taken for Suppressing It. Communicated to the Royal Society by Thomas Bates Esq; Surgeon to His Majesties Houshold, and R. S. S.

Thomas Bates (15 pages)

A Description of the Organ of Hearing in the Elephant, with the Figures and Situation of the Ossicles, Labyrinth and Cochlea in the Ear of That Large Animal. Communicated to the Royal Society, by Dr. Patrick Blair, R. S. S.

Patrick Blair (16 pages)

Errata

Anonymous (2 pages)

Curious Observations of the Transit of the Body and Shade of Jupiters Fourth Satellite Over the Disque of the Planet. Communicated by the Reverend Mr. James Pound, R.S.S.

James Pound (4 pages)

A Discourse Tending to Shew the Situation of the Ancient Carteia, and Some Other Roman Towns Near It. By John Conduitt Esq; Fellow of the Royal Society

John Conduitt (21 pages)

A Letter of M. l' Abbe Conti, R. S. S. to the Late M. Leibnitz, concerning the Dispute about the Invention of the Method of Fluxions, or Differential Method; With M. Leibnitz His Answer

M. l' Abbe Conti, M. Leibnitz (7 pages)

Pars Reliqua Dissertationis De Potentia Cordis. Authore Jacobo Jurin, M. D. & R. Societatis Soc.

Jacobo Jurin (11 pages)

Nova Methodus Universalis Curvas Omnes Cujuscunque Ordinis Mechanicae Describendi Sola Datorum Angulorum & Rectarum Ope. Per Colin Maclaurin in Collegio Novo Abredonensi Matheseos Professore

Colin Maclaurin (8 pages)

Extract of a Letter of the Reverend Mr. William Rice, Rector of Caerleon upon Usk, to Charles Williams Esq, Giving an Account of an Ancient Roman Inscription Lately Found There. With Some Conjectures Thereon, by the Reverend Dr. John Harris, S. T. P. and R. S. S.

John Harris, William Rice (3 pages)

De. Maximis & Minimis Quae in Motibus Corporum Coelestium Occurrunt

Anonymous (4 pages)

Apologia D. Brook Taylor, J V D. & R S. Soc. contra V. C J. Bernoullium, Math. Prof. Basileae

Brook Taylor (10 pages)

An Account of the Impression of the Almost Entire Sceleton of a Large Animal in a Very Hard Stone, Lately Presented the Royal Society, from Nottinghamshire. By Dr. William Stukely, M. D. and R. S. Soc.

William Stukely (7 pages)

A Curious Description of the Strata Observ'd in the Coal-Mines of Mendip in Somersetshire; Being a Letter of John Strachey Esq; To Dr. Robert Welsted, M. D. and R.S. Soc. and by Him Communicated to the Society

John Strachey (8 pages)

Some Instances of the Very Great and Speedy Vegetation of Turnips. Communicated by the Rev. Dr. J. Theoph. Desaguliers, R. S. S.

J. Theoph. Desaguliers (3 pages)

An Account of Some Experiments Tried with Mons. Villette's Burning Concave, in June 1718. By the Rev. Dr. J. Harris and Dr. J. T. Desaguliers, Reg. Soc. SS.

J. Harris, J. T. Desaguliers (3 pages)

An Account of the Extraordinary METEOR Seen All over England, on the 19th of March 1718/9 With a Demonstration of the Uncommon Height Thereof. By Edm. Halley, LL. D. and Secretary to the Royal Society

Edm. Halley (14 pages)

An Observation of the End of the Total Lunar Eclipse on the 5th of March 1718. Observed Near the Cape of Good Hope, Serving to Determine the Longitude Thereof. With Remarks Thereon. By E. Halley, R S. Secr.

E. Halley (4 pages)

Jacobi Keill, M. D. De Viribus Cordis Epistola

Jacobus Keill (7 pages)

An Account of Some Experiments Relating to the Specifick Gravity of Human Blood. By James Jurin, M. D. and F. R. S.

James Jurin (16 pages)

An Acconnt of the Sunk Island in Humber, Some Years Since Recover'd from the Sea. Being an Extract of a Letter Communicated to the Royal Society by John Chamberlayne, Esq; R. S. S.

John Chamberlayne (4 pages)

A Way for Myopes to Use Telescopes without Eye-Glasses, an Object Glass Alone Becoming as Useful to Them, and Sometimes More Than a Combination of Glasses. Communicated to the Royal-Society, by the Reverend J. T. Desaguliers, LL.D. and F. R. S.

J. T. Desaguliers (7 pages)

New and Accurate Tables for the Ready Computing of the Eclipses of the First Satellite of Jupiter, by Addition Only. By the Reverend Mr James Pound, R. S. S.

James Pound (15 pages)

A Letter of the Curious Mr. Henry Barham, R. S. Soc. to Sir Hans Sloan, Bart. Vice-President of the Royal Society; Giving Several Experiments and Observations on the Production of Silk-Worms, and of Their Silk in England, as Made by Him Last Summer

Henry Barham (4 pages)

Epistola Dni. Jacobi Jurin, M. D. & R. S. Socii, Qua Doctrinam Suam De Potentia Cordis, Contra Nuperas Objectiones Viri Clariss. D. Jacobi Keillii, M. D. in Num. 361. Philos. Transact. Editas, Defendit

Jacobus Jurin (14 pages)

Methodus Differentialis Newtoniana Illustrata. Authore Jacobo Stirling, e Coll. Balliol. Oxon

Jacobo Stirling (22 pages)

An Account of Some Experiments Made on the 27th Day of April, 1719. to Find How Much the Resistance of the Air Retards Falling Bodies. By J. T. Desaguliers, LL. D. & F. R. S.

J. T. Desaguliers (10 pages)

Errata

Anonymous (2 pages)

A Letter of Mr. Joseph Williamson Watchmaker, to the Publisher, Wherein He Asserts His Right to the Curious and Useful Invention of Making Clocks to Keep Time with the Suns Apparent Motion

Joseph Williamson (4 pages)

An Account of Some New Experiments, Relating to the Action of Glass Tubes upon Water and Quicksilver. By James Jurin, M. D. Reg. Soc. & Coll. Med. Lond. Soc.

James Jurin (16 pages)

Part of a Letter from Dr. Rich. Richardson, to Will. Sherard, LL. D. & R. S. S. Giving a Relation of a Wonderful Fall of Water from a Spout, upon the Mores in Lancashire

Rich. Richardson (3 pages)

An Account of the Phaenomena of a Very Extraordinary Aurora Borealis, Seen at London on November 10. 1719. Both Morning and Evening. By Dr. Edmond Halley. R.S. Secr.

Edmond Halley (3 pages)

A Relation of the Same Appearance, Seen at Cruwys Morchard in Devonshire. Being Part of a Letter to Sam. Cruwys, Esq; R. S. S. and by Him Communicated to the Royal Society

Will. Maunder (5 pages)

A Further Relation of the Same Appearance as Seen at Dublin, Communicated to the Publisher by an Unknown Hand

Anonymous (5 pages)

An Account of Another Very Considerable Aurora Borealis Observed at Streatham in Surrey, by Mr. Thomas Hearne; And Communicated by Coll. Francis Nicholson, R. S. S.

Francis Nicholson, Thomas Hearne (4 pages)

Nuperae Observationes Astronomicae cum Regia Societate Communicatae

Anonymous (7 pages)

Erratum

Anonymous (2 pages)

Back Matter

Anonymous (5 pages)

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