Volume 31 (1720)

Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)

63 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (16 pages)
• Some Remarks on a Late Essay of Mr. Cassini, Wherein He Proposes to Find, by Observation, the Parallax and Magnitude of Sirius, By Edmund Halley, LL. D. R. S. S.
  Edmund Halley (5 pages)
• An Account of the External Maxillar, and Other Salivary Glands: Also of the Insertions of All the Lymphaticks (as Well above as below the Subclavians) into the Veins; Which Glands and Insertions Have Not Hitherto Been Mention'd, or Not Truly Described by Any Authors. By Richard Hale, M. D. Reg. Soc. & Coll. Med. Lond. Soc.
  Richard Hale (17 pages)
• De Peste Constantinopoli Grassante. Auctore Nupero V. Cl. Emanuele Timone, M. D. Hoc Scriptum ab Auctore Clarissimo, Qui Constantinopoli per Multos Annos Medicinam Fecerat, Excellentissimo Ablegato Britannico. Roberto Sutton, Eq. Aurato, Traditum, Ejusdem Equitis Permissu, cum Societate Regia Communicavit R. Hale, M. D.
  Emanuel Timonius, R. Hale (9 pages)
• An Account of a Luminous Appearance in the Air at Dublin, on January the 12th, 1719/20 By Philip Percival, Esq; Brother to the Right Honourable the Lord Percival, and Communicated by His Lordship to the Royal Society
  Philip Percival (3 pages)
• Of the Infinity of the Sphere of Fix'd Stars. By Edmund Halley, L. L. D. R. S. S.
  Edmund Halley (4 pages)
• Of the Number, Order, and Light of the Fix'd Stars. By the Same
  Edmund Halley (4 pages)
• An Account of the Method of Making Sugar from the Juice of the Maple Tree in New England. By Paul Dudley, Esq; F. R. S. Communicated by John Chamberlayne, Esq.
  Paul Dudley, John Chamberlayne (3 pages)
• Copy of an Affidavit Made in Scotland, concerning a Boy's Living a Considerable Time without Food. Communicated by Patrick Blair, M. D. F. R. S.
  Patrick Blair, Gilbert Anthone, Elizabeth Bell, James Jackson, Charles Browne (4 pages)
• A Discourse concerning a Method of Discovering the Virtues of Plants by Their External Structure. By the Same
  Patrick Blair, Gilbert Anthone, Elizabeth Bell, James Jackson, Charles Browne (10 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Colino MacLaurin (6 pages)
• Erratum
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr. Deverel Surgeon at Bristol; Concerning a Case in Chirurgery, Which is Commonly Mistaken for a Fracture of the Patella
  Mr. Deverel (4 pages)
• A Letter concerning the Antiquity of the Venereal Disease. By Mr. William Becket, Surgeon, F. R. S. to William Wagstaffe, M. D. S. R. & Coll. Med. Lond. Soc. and by Him Communicated to the Royal Society
  William Becket (20 pages)
• A Description of the Great Meteor Which Was on the 6th of March, 1715/6. Sent in a Letter from the Late Reverend Mr. Roger Cotes, Plumian Professor at Cambridge, to Robert Dannye, D. D. Rector of Spofferth in Yorkshire
  Roger Cotes (7 pages)
• A Letter of Dr. John Quincy, to the Late Learned Mr. Sam. Moreland, F.R.S. concerning the Operation of Medicines
  John Quincy (10 pages)
• An Account of Two Extraordinary Cases in Surgery: Communicated by Dr. Steigerthall, F. R. S.
  Dr. Steigerthall, J. Niemeyer (4 pages)
• An Account of an Experiment Made on Thursday the Last Day of June, 1720. before the R. Society, to Shew by a New Proof, That Bodies of the Same Bulk Do Not Contain Equal Quantities of Matter, and Therefore That There is an Interspers'd Vacuum. By J. T. Desaguliers
  J. T. Desaguliers (3 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Anonymous (5 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Historia Portionis Intestini Coli Propendentis Ex Vulnere per 14 Annos. Communicante Abrahamo Vater, Phil. & Med. Doct. Prof. Public. Ord. Anat. & Botan. Substituto Wittembergae, Natur. Curios. Coll.
  Abrahamo Vater (4 pages)
• Observations upon the Bones and the Periosteum, in a Letter to the Royal Society, from Mr. Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S.
  Mr. Leeuwenhoek (10 pages)
• An Account of a Praeternatural Tumour on the Loins of an Infant, Attended with a Cloven Spine. By Dr. Rutty, Fellow of the College of Physicians, and of the Royal Society
  Dr. Rutty (6 pages)
• An Account of Two Observations in Gardening, upon the Change of Colour in Grapes and Jessamine. In a Letter from Mr. Henry Cane
  Henry Cane (4 pages)
• An Account of Some New Electrical Experiments. By Mr. Stephen Gray
  Stephen Gray (5 pages)
• A Letter to Dr. Halley, Astronomer Royal, R. S. Soc, in Answer to Some Objections Made to the History of the Antiquity of the Venereal Disease. By Mr. Beckett, Surgeon, F. R. S.
  William Beckett (6 pages)
• An Experiment to Compare the Paris Weights as They are Now Us'd at Paris, with the English Weights. By the Reverend J. T. Desaguliers, LL.D. F. R. S.
  J. T. Desaguliers (2 pages)
• Some Remarks upon the Method of Observing the Differences of Right Ascension and Declination by Cross Hairs in a Telescope. By Dr. Edm. Halley, Astr. Reg. R. S. S.
  Edm. Halley (5 pages)
• A Proposal for Measuring the Height of Places, by Help of the Barometer of Mr. Patrick, in Which the Scale is Greatly Enlarged. By the Same
  Edm. Halley (5 pages)
• Observations upon the Variation of the Needle Made in the Baltick, Anno 1720. By Mr. William Sanderson. Communicated by Capt. Soame
  Capt. Soame, William Sanderson (2 pages)
• An Account of a Large Quantity of Alcalious Salt Produced by Burning Rotten Wood. By Mr. Robie of Harward College in Cambridge, New-England. Communicated by the Rev. Mr. Derham, Prebendary of Windsor, F. R. S.
  Mr. Robie, Mr. Derham (5 pages)
• Books Printed for W. and J. Innys
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• An Account of a Faetus, That Continued 46 Years in the Mother's Body. Communicated by Dr. Steigertahl, Honorary Fellow of the College of Physicians, and Fellow of the Royal Society
  Dr. Steigertahl (6 pages)
• Observations upon the Membranes Enclosing the Fasciculi of Fibres, into Which a Muscle is Divided. By Mr. Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. Translated by Dr. Sprengell, F. R. S.
  Dr. Sprengell, Mr. Leeuwenhoek (8 pages)
• Observations upon the Vessels in Several Sorts of Wood, and upon the Muscular Fibres of Different Animals. By the Same Curious and Inquisitive Person
  Mr. Leeuwenhoek (9 pages)
• Experiments Relating to the Resistance of Fluids, Made before the Royal Society on Thursday, March the 30th, 1721. By the Reverend J. T. Desaguliers, LL.D. F. R. S.
  J. T. Desaguliers (4 pages)
• An Account of the Poyson Wood Tree in New-England. By the Honourable Paul Dudley, Esq, F. R. S. Communicated by John Chamberlain, Esq
  John Chamberlain, Paul Dudley (3 pages)
• A Farther Account of the Same Tree. By William Sherard, LL. D. R. S. S.
  William Sherard (3 pages)
• An Account of a Method Lately Found out in New-England, for Discovering Where the Bees Hive in the Woods, in Order to Get Their Honey. By the Same Mr. Dudley
  Mr. Dudley (5 pages)
• Propositiones Aliquot de Projectilium Motu Parabolico, Scriptae An. 1710. Per B. Taylor, LL. D. R. S. S.
  B. Taylor (15 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• A Description of the Moose-Deer in America. By the Honourable Paul Dudley, Esq; F. R. S. Communicated by John Chamberlayne, Esq;
  Paul Dudley, John Chamberlayne (5 pages)
• Some Remarks on the Allowances to be Made in Astronomical Observations for the Refraction of the Air. By Dr. Edm. Halley, R. S. S. Astronomer Royal. With an Accurate Table of Refractions
  Edm. Halley (5 pages)
• The Variation of the Magnetical Compass, Observed by Capt. Rogers, Commander of the Ship Duke, in His Passage from Cape St. Lucar in Calefornia to the Isle of Guam or Guana, One of the Ladrones, with Some Remarks Thereon. Communicated by the Same
  Capt. Rogers (5 pages)
• An Addition to the Description of the Art of Living under Water, Publish'd in Phil. Transact. No. 349. By the Same
  Capt. Rogers (5 pages)
• An Account of an Aurora Borealis, Observed at Dublin, on Monday the Sixth of February, 1720-1. By J. W.
  J. W. (8 pages)
• A Description of an Aurora Borealis, Seen on the Same Day at Cruwys-Morehard, in Devonshire. By Samuel Cruwys, Esq; F.R.S.
  Samuel Cruwys (6 pages)
• Observations on the Muscular Fibres of Fish. By Mr. Leeuwenhoeck, F. R. S.
  Mr. Leeuwenhoeck (12 pages)
• Observations upon the Seeds of Plants. By the Same. Translated by John Chamberlayne, Esq;
  John Chamberlayne, Mr. Leeuwenhoeck (5 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Dr. Brook Taylor, F. R. S. to Sir Hans Sloan, Dated 25. June, 1714. Giving an Account of Some Experiments Relating to Magnetism
  Brook Taylor (6 pages)
• On the Method of Determining the Places of the Planets by Observing Their Near Appulses to the Fixed Stars. By Edmund Halley, LL. D. Astron. Reg. & Reg. Soc. Soc.
  Edmund Halley (4 pages)
• Observation of a Parhelion, Oct. 26th, 1721. By the Same
  Edmund Halley (3 pages)
• An Account of Two Mock-Suns, and an Arc of a Rainbow Inverted, with an Halo, and Its Brightest Arc, Seen on Sunday and Monday, Octob. 22, & 23. 1721. at Lyndon, Comitat' Rutland, Communicated by the Rev. Mr. William Whiston, M. A. Sometime Professor of the Mathematicks in the University of Cambridge
  William Whiston (6 pages)
• Observations upon the Generation of Plants, in a Letter to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pr. Coll. Med. By Patrick Blair, M. D. F. R. S.
  Patrick Blair (7 pages)
• Observation of an Extraordinary Height of the Barometer, December 21. 1721. By Mr. George Graham, Watchmaker, F. R. S.
  George Graham (2 pages)
• A Caution to be Used in Examining the Specifick Gravity of Solids, by Weighing Them in Water. By James Jurin, M. D. R. S. Secr.
  James Jurin (5 pages)
• A Lettrr from Mr. Edward Naish, Surgeon in York, to Claudius Amyand, Esq; Serjeant-Surgeon to His Majesty, and F. R. S. concerning an Ossification of the Crural Artery
  Edward Naish (4 pages)
• An Account of a Rainbow Seen on the Ground. Communicated in a Letter from the Reverend Benj. Langwith, D. D. Rector of Petworth, to Dr. Jurin, Secr. R. S.
  Benj. Langwith (4 pages)
• Epistola Domini Antonij van Leeuwenhoek, R. S. S. de Osculis, Sive Spiraculis Foliorum Buxi, Item de Lanugine Malorum Persicorum & Cydoniorum
  Antonij van Leeuwenhoek (6 pages)
• Remarks on Some Attempts Made towards a Perpetual Motion, by the Reverend Dr. Desaguliers. F. R. S.
  Dr. Desaguliers (8 pages)
• A Method for Rowing Men of War in a Calm. Communicated by Monsieur Du Quet
  Monsieur Du Quet (13 pages)
• Part of a Letter from the Reverend Mr. Rowlands, to the Reverend Mr. Derham, Prebendary of Windsor, and F. R. S. concerning the Stocking of the River Mene with Oysters
  Mr. Rowlands (3 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (5 pages)