Volume 32 (1722)

Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)

96 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (25 pages)
• The Longitude of Buenos Aires, Determin'd from an Observation Made There by Pere Feuillèe. By Edm. Halley LL. D. Astronomer Royal, and F. R. S.
  Edm. Halley, Pere Feuillee (4 pages)
• A Description of an Engine to Raise Water by the Help of Quick Silver, Invented by the Late Mr. Joshua Haskins, and Improv'd by J. T. Desaguliers, LL. D. R. S S.
  Joshua Haskins, J. T. Desaguliers (17 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr. Peter Derante, Chirurgeon in Waterford, to Mr. John Douglas, Chirurgeon, F. R. S. concerning the Coming off of the Scapula and Head of the Os Humeri, upon a Mortification
  Peter Derante (3 pages)
• Hydatidum Ingenti Copiâ in Abdomine Repertorum Historia. Communicavit Cum Societate Regiâ Johannes Thorpe, M. D. S. R. S.
  Johannes Thorpe, Barthol. Anhorn (4 pages)
• An Account of Some Experiments Made with the Bile of Persons Dead of the Plague at Marseilles, with What Appear'd upon the Dissection of the Bodies; As Likewise Some Experiments Made with the Bile of Persons Dead of Other Diseases. By the Learned and Curious Dr. Deidier, Professor of Physick in the Faculty of Montpellier. Communicated by John Woodward, M D. Prof. Med. Gresh. and R. S. S.
  John Woodward, Mons. Fizes, Messieurs Morel, Messieurs Duli, Dr. Deidier (14 pages)
• The Way of Proceeding in the Small Pox Inoculated in New England. Communicated by Henry Newman, Esq; Of the Middle Temple
  Henry Newman (4 pages)
• A Letter from Dr. Nettleton, Physician at Halifax in Yorkshire, to Dr. Whitaker, concerning the Inoculation of the Small Pox
  Thomas Nettleton (15 pages)
• A Letter from the Same Learned and Ingenious Gentleman, concerning His Farther Progress in Inoculating the Small Pox: To Dr. Jurin R. S. Secr.
  Thomas Nettleton (5 pages)
• Observations of the Variation on Board the Royal African Pacquet, in 1721. By Capt. Cornwall
  Capt. Cornwall (3 pages)
• A Letter to Dr. Mead, Coll. Med. Lond. & Soc. Reg. S. concerning an Experiment, Whereby It Has Been Attempted to Shew the Falsity of the Common Opinion, in Relation to the Force of Bodies in Motion. By Henry Pemberton, M. D. R. S. S.
  Henry Pemberton (13 pages)
• An Account of the Falls of the River Niagara, Taken at Albany, Octob. 10. 1721. from Monsieur Borassaw, a French Native of Canada. By the Honourable Paul Dudley, Esq; F. R. S.
  Paul Dudley, Monsieur Borassaw (5 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Leeuwenhoeck, F. R. S. concerning the Muscular Fibres in Several Animals, and the Magnetick Quality Acquired by Iron, upon Standing for a Long Time in the Same Posture
  Antony van Leuwenhoek (5 pages)
• An Account of the Manner of Bending Planks in His Majesty's Yards at Deptford, etc. by a Sand-Heat, Invented by Captain Cumberland. By Robert Cay, Esq;
  Robert Cay, Captain Cumberland (9 pages)
• A Letter from the Reverend Mr. James Field, Rector of St. Johns in Antegoa, concerning Two Cases of Wounds in the Stomach, to Mr. John Douglas, Surgeon, F. R. S.
  James Field (3 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Atkinson, Surgeon in White-Chappel: Concerning an Imposthumation in the Stomach. To the Same
  Mr. Atkinson (3 pages)
• An Account of the Quantity of Resin in the Cortex Eleutheriae, By Mr. John Brown, Chymist, F. R. S.
  John Brown (3 pages)
• An Account of the New Method of Cutting for the Stone, By J. Douglas, Surgeon, F. R. S.
  J. Douglas (7 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• An Account of a Parhelion Seen in Ireland. In Two Letters from Arthur Dobbs Esq; Of Castle Dobbs in the County of Antrim, to His Brother Mr. Richard Dobbs of Trinity-College in Dublin; and by This Last Communicated to the Royal Society
  Arthur Dobbs (7 pages)
• A Letter to the Royal Society concerning the Particles of Fat. By Mr. Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. Translated from the Dutch by John Chamberlayne, Esq
  John Chamberlayne, Mr. Leeuwenhoek (8 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Thomas Forster, Esq; F. R. S. to Mr. Machin, Prof. Astron. Gresham, Secr. R. S. concerning a New Island Lately Raised out of the Sea Near Tercera
  Thomas Forster (3 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Ralph Thoresby, F. R. S. to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. President of the College of Physicians, and Vice-Pres. R. S. concerning the Effects of a Violent Shower of Rain in Yorkshire
  Ralph Thoresby (4 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mons. Couzier, Physician in the Infirmaries at Alais, to Dr. Deidier, Professor of Chymistry in the University of Montpelier, concerning a New Experiment Made with the Blood of a Person Dead of the Plague. Communicated to the Royal Society by Dr. Woodward, F. R. S. Prof. Med. Gresh
  Dr. Woodward, Mons. Couzier (3 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Dr. Deidier, concerning an Experiment Made with the Bile of Persons Dead of the Plague. Communicated by Dr. Woodward
  Dr. Woodward, Dr. Deidier (2 pages)
• Solutio Problematis de Curvis Inveniendis, Quae Quadam Ratione in Situ Inverso Dispositae se Intersecare Possunt in Angulo Dato
  Anonymous (35 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Rogerum Cotesium, Robertus Smith (13 pages)
• Erratum
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Observations upon a Foetus, and the Parts of Generation of a Sheep. In a Letter to the Royal Society, from Mr. Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. Translated from the Dutch by Dr. Sprengell, F. R. S.
  Dr. Sprengell, Mr. Leeuwenhoek (8 pages)
• Observations upon the Callus of the Hands and Feet, by the Same Curious Gentleman. Translated by John Chamberlayne, Esq
  John Chamberlayne, Mr. Leeuwenhoek (8 pages)
• De Fractionibus Algebraicis Radicalitate Immunibus ad Fractiones Simpliciores Reducendis, Deque Summandis Terminis Quarumdam Serierum Aequali Intervallo a Se Distantibus. Auctore Abrahamo de Moivre, S. R. Socio
  Abrahamo de Moivre (18 pages)
• Defensio Dissertationis de Motu Aquarum Fluentium, in Actis Philosophicis, No 355. Editae, Contra Animadversiones Viri Cl. Petri Antonii Michelotti. Auctore Jacobo Jurin, M. D. Coll. Med. Lond. Soc. in Theatro Publico Chirurg. Lond. Praelectore Anatomico, & Soc. Reg. Secr.
  Jacobo Jurin, Petri Antonii Michelotti (13 pages)
• An Account of a Remarkable Instance of the Infection of the Small Pox. By Dr. Jurin, Soc. Reg. Secret
  Dr. Jurin (4 pages)
• An Account of Two Observations upon the Cataract of the Eye; Contain'd in a Letter from Signor Antonio Benevoli, Master-Surgeon in the Hospital of S. Maria Nuova in Florence, to Dr. Valsalva; Printed in Italian at Florence, This Present Year, and Communicated to the Royal Society, at the Desire of the Author, by Sir Thomas Dereham, F. R. S.
  Thomas Dereham, Antonio Benevoli (4 pages)
• Erratum
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Observatio Eclipsis Solaris, ab Edmundo Halleio, L L. D. R. S. S. Astron. Reg. & Geom. Prof. Savil. Oxon. Novem. 27 degrees 1722, p. m. Grenovici
  Edmundo Halleio (2 pages)
• The Same Eclipse Observed in Fleetstreet, London. By Mr. George Graham, F. R. S.
  George Graham (3 pages)
• De Particulis & Structurâ Adamantum. Epistola Domini Antonii Leeuwenhoek, R. S. Soc. ad Jacobum Jurin, M. D. R S. Secret
  Antonii Leeuwenhoek (11 pages)
• An Account of an Optical Experiment Made before the Royal Society, on Thursday, Dec. 6th, and Repeated on the 13th, 1722. By the Reverend J. T. Desaguliers, L L. D. F. R. S.
  J. T. Desaguliers (4 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Dr. Nettleton, Physician at Halifax, to Dr. Jurin, R. S. Secr concerning the Inoculation of the Small Pox, and the Mortality of That Distemper in the Natural Way
  Dr. Nettleton (5 pages)
• A Letter to the Learned Dr. Caleb Cotes-Worth, F. R. S. of the College of Physicians, London, and Physician to St. Thomas's Hospital; Containing a Comparison between the Danger of the Natural Small Pox, and of That Given by Inoculation. By James Jurin, M. D. R. S. Secret
  James Jurin (16 pages)
• De Sectione Anguli, Autore A. de Moivre, R. S. S.
  A. de Moivre (4 pages)
• An Account of a New Sort of Molosses Made of Apples; And of the Degenerating of Smelts. By the Honourable Paul Dudley, Esq; F. R. S.
  Paul Dudley (3 pages)
• Observations on the Eclipse of the Moon, June 18, 1722. and the Longitude of Port Royal in Jamaica Determined Thereby. By Dr. Halley, Astronomer Royal, F.R.S.
  Dr. Halley (3 pages)
• The Longitude of Carthagena in America. By the Same
  Dr. Halley (3 pages)
• Cometae Berolini, Anno 1718. Visi Observationes a 18 Januarii, Stylo Novo, ad 5 Febr. ex Epistola Viri Cl. Christfridi Kirchij, Reg. Soc. Scient. Berolin. Astron. ad Edm. Hallejum, LL.D. R. S. S. Desumptae
  Christfridi Kirchij (4 pages)
• Extracts of Several Letters to the Publisher, from the Reverend Dr. Langwith, Rector of Petworth in Sussex, concerning the Appearance of Several Arches of Colours Contiguous to the Inner Edge of the Common Rainbow
  Dr. Langwith (6 pages)
• A Letter to Dr. Jurin, Coll. Med. Lond. Soc. & Secr. R. S. concerning the Abovementioned Appearance in the Rainbow, with Some Other Reflections on the Same Subject. By Henry Pemberton, M. D. R. S. S.
  Henry Pemberton (18 pages)
• Part of Two Letters concerning a Method of Procuring the Small Pox, Used in South Wales. From Perrot Williams, M. D. Physician at Haverford West, to Dr. Samuel Brady, Physician to the Garrison at Portsmouth
  Perrot Williams (4 pages)
• Part of a Letter from the Same Learned and Ingenious Gentleman, upon the Same Subject, to Dr. Jurin, R. S. Secret
  Perrot Williams (4 pages)
• A Letter on the Same Subject, from Mr. Richard Wright, Surgeon at Haverford West, to Mr. Sylvanus Bevan, Apothecary in London
  Richard Wright (4 pages)
• An Account of Some Experiments Made to Prove, That the Force of Moving Bodies is Proportionable to Their Velocities: (Or Rather That the Momentum of Moving Bodies is to be Found by Multiplying the Masses into the Velocities) In Answer to Such Who Have Sometime Ago Affirm'd, That That Force is Proportionable to the Square of the Velocity, and to Those Who Still Defend the Same Opinion. By the Reverend John Theophilus Desaguliers, LL. D. F.R.S.
  John Theophilus Desaguliers (13 pages)
• Erratum
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• A Catalogue of Fifty Plants Lately Presented to the Royal Society, by the Company of Apothecaries of London; Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. President of the College of Physicians, and Vice-President of the Royal Society
  Isaac Rand (7 pages)
• Animadversions upon Some Experiments Relating to the Force of Moving Bodies; with Two New Experiments on the Same Subject. By the Reverend Dr. Desaguliers, F. R. S.
  Dr. Desaguliers (8 pages)
• An Account of an Experiment, Made to Ascertain the Proportion of the Expansion of the Liquor in the Thermometer, with Regard to the Degrees of Heat. By Brook Taylor, LL.D. R. S. S.
  Brook Taylor (2 pages)
• An Account of the Rattlesnake. By the Honourable Paul Dudley, Esq; F. R. S.
  Paul Dudley (5 pages)
• Some Observations upon Vipers; on Occasion of the Foregoing Relation. By C. J. Sprengell, M. D. F. R. S.
  C. J. Sprengell (3 pages)
• Observations on the Figures of Snow. By the Reverend Benj. Langwith, D. D. Rector of Petworth in Sussex. In a Letter to Dr. Jurin, R. S. Secr.
  Benj. Langwith (5 pages)
• Observationes Aurorae Borealis per Quadriennium Factae, Lennae Regis in Norfolciâ. Ex epistolâ Doctissimi Observatoris ad Martinum Folkes, Arm. Reg. Soc. Vice-Praes
  Martinum Folkes (5 pages)
• An Account of a Catadioptrick Telescope, Made by John Hadley, Esq; F. R. S. With the Description of a Machine Contriv'd by Him for the Applying It to Use
  John Hadley (15 pages)
• Anatomia Senis Decrepiti, Annorum 109. Facta Tiguri, Die 2. Feb. 1723. A Joh. Jacobo Scheuchzero, Tigurino, Med. Doct. Matheseos Prof. & Regiae Societatis Socio
  Joh. Jacobo Scheuchzero (5 pages)
• A Letter from Dr. George Mackenzie, to Sir Hans Sloane, Bar. Coll. Med. Lond. Praes. concerning the Coati Mondi of Brasil
  George Mackenzie (7 pages)
• Imber Calculorum Inter Aquarum Pyrmontanarum Usum, in Viro Nunquam Antehac Calculum Experto, ac Alias Perfecte Sano, Subsequente Postea Mictu Cruento, Tandemque Vesicae Ulcere. Communicante Viro Clarissimo Abrahamo Vatero, M. D. Anat. & Botan. Prof. Wittemb. R. S. S.
  Abrahamo Vatero (5 pages)
• Observations upon Dissecting the Body of a Person Troubled with the Stone. By Dr. Perrot Williams, Physician at Haverford-West in South-Wales
  Perrot Williams (2 pages)
• Historia Sectionis Viri ex Renum Calculo Defuncti. Ex Epistolâ Viri Doctissimi P. Hardisway, M. D. ad Gulielmum Stukeley, M. D. Coll. Med. Lond. & Reg. Soc. Soc.
  P. Hardisway (3 pages)
• An Account of the Depth of Rain Fallen from April 1, 1722, to April 1, 1723. Observed at Widdrington in Northumberland, and Communicated to the Publisher by the Reverend Mr. Horsley
  Mr. Horsley (3 pages)
• Pappi Alexandrini Propositiones duae Generales, Quibus Plura ex Euclidis Porismatis Complexus Est, Restitutae a Viro Doctissimo Rob. Simson, Math. Prof. Glasc. Vid. Pappi Praefationem ad Lib. 7. Coll. Math. Apollonii de Sectione Rationis Libris Duobus a Clariss. Hallejo Praemissam Pag. VIII. & XXXIV
  Euclidis, Pappi Alexandrini, Hallejo, Rob. Simson (13 pages)
• De Globulorum Sanguineorum Magnitudine, &c. ex Epistola D. Antonii a Leuwenhoek ad Jacobum Jurin, M. D. R. S. Secr.
  Antonii a Leuwenhoek (4 pages)
• Some Amendments and Additions to the Account of Things Found under Ground in Lincolnshire, in the Transactions of May and June, An. Dom. 1702, Numb. 279. Sect. 4, 5. By Mr. Ralph Thoresby, F. R. S.
  Ralph Thoresby (5 pages)
• An Account of a Monstrous Double Birth in Lorrain. Communicated to the Publisher by Mr. Colin Mac Laurin, Prof. Math. Abredon. R. S. S.
  Colin Mac Laurin (7 pages)
• Observations and Experiments on the Sal Catharticum Amarum, Commonly Called the Epsom Salt. By Mr. John Brown, Chymist, F. R. S.
  John Brown (8 pages)
• Florum Geometricorum Manipulus Regiae Societati Exhibitus à D. Guidone Grandi Abbate Camaldulensi, Pisani Lycaei Mathematico, R. S. S.
  Abbate Camaldulensi, D. Guidone Grandi (20 pages)
• The Remaining Part of the Observations and Experiments on the Sal Catharticum Amarum, Commonly Called the Epsom Salt. By Mr. John Brown, Chymist. F. R. S.
  John Brown (11 pages)
• A Letter from the Rev. Mr. James Pound, Rector of Wanstead, F. R. S. to Dr. Jurin, Secr. R. S. concerning Observations Made with Mr. Hadley's Reflecting Telescope
  James Pound (4 pages)
• Observations on the Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn, Made with the Same Telescope. By John Hadley, Esq; F. R. S. Extracted from the Minutes of the Royal Society, Apr. 6. 1721
  John Hadley (3 pages)
• An Account of an Extra-Uterine Faetus, Taken out of a Woman after Death, That Had Continued Five Years and an Half in the Body. By Robert Houstoun, M. D.
  Robert Houstoun (6 pages)
• Erratum
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Advertisement
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• An Account of a Roman Inscription, Found at Chichester. By Roger Gale, Esq; F. R. S.
  Roger Gale (15 pages)
• De Structura Diaphragmatis. Epistola Domini Antonii van Leeuwenhoek, R. S. S. ad Societatem Regiam
  Antonii van Leeuwenhoek (9 pages)
• Partium Genitalium in Muliere Structura Praeternaturalis. Ex Epistola Viri Doctissimi Johannis Huxham, M. D. ad Jacobum Jurin, R. S. Secr.
  Johannis Huxham (6 pages)
• Mulieris Ejusdem Historia, ex Epistola Medici Doctissimi, Gulielmi Oliver, ad Richardum Mead, M. D. R. S. & Coll. Med. Lond. Soc.
  Gulielmi Oliver (7 pages)
• Fluxus Sanguinis per Penem Mirabilis. Ex Epistola Viri Doctissimi Domini Howman, M. D. ad Dominum Hans Sloane, Baronettum. Coll. Med. Lond. Praes. R. S. Vice Praes
  Domini Howman (2 pages)
• An Account of the Pits for Fullers-Earth in Bedfordshire; In a Letter from the Reverend Mr. B. Holloway, F. R. S. to Dr. Woodward, Pr. Med. Gresh. S. R. & Coll. Med. Lond. Soc.
  B. Holloway (4 pages)
• Invitatio ad Observationes Meteorologicas Communi Consilio Instituendas. A Jacobo Jurin, M. D. Soc. Reg. Secr. & Colleg. Med. Lond. Socio.
  Jacobo Jurin (7 pages)
• Account of a Book
  Frederico Ruysch (5 pages)
• Erratum
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. David Martineau Surgeon in Norwich, to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Coll. Med. Lond. Pr. S. R. V. Pr. Concerning Stones Voided per Anum
  David Martineau (4 pages)
• Epistola Viri Doctissimi Johannis Hoogvlietii ad Jacobum Jurin, M. D. R. S. Secr. de Epistolis Duabus Posthumis Viri Celeberrimi Antonij a Leeuwenhoek, R. S. S.
  Antonij a Leeuwenhoek, Johannis Hoogvlietii (2 pages)
• De Globulis in Sanguine & in Vini Faecibus. Epistola Posthuma Domini Antonij a Leeuwenhoek, Societatis Regiae Londinensis, Dum Viveret, Sodalis Dignissimi, ad Jacobum Jurin, R. S. Secr.
  Antonij a Leeuwenhoek (3 pages)
• Ejusdem Viri Clarissimi ad Eundem Epistola Posthuma. De Generatione Animalium, & de Palpitatione Diaphragmatis
  Anonymous (4 pages)
• A Botanical Description of the Flower and Seed-Vessel of the Plant, Called Crocus Autumnalis Sativus, That Produces the True English Saffron of the Shops: With a Figure. By Dr. James Douglas, Honorary Fellow of the College of Physicians, and Fellow of the Royal Society
  James Douglas (7 pages)
• Some Account of Mr. Leeuwenhoek's Curious Microscopes, Lately Presented to the Royal Society. By Martin Folkes, Esq; Vice-President of the Royal Society
  Martin Folkes, Mr. Leeuwenhoek (9 pages)
• The Bills of Mortality, &c. of Several Considerable Towns in Europe. Beginning with the Year 1717, i. e. from Christmas 1716, to Christmas 1717. Extracted from the Acta Breslaviensia. By Conr. Joach. Sprengell, M. D. R. S. S. & Coll. Med. Lond. Lu.
  Conr. Joach. Sprengell (17 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (5 pages)