Volume 33 (1724)

Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)

82 articles

Articles

• Volume Information
  Anonymous (5 pages)
• Front Matter
  Anonymous (23 pages)
• Experimenta Circa Gradum Caloris Liquorum Nonnullorum Ebullientium Instituta. A Daniele Gabr. Fahrenheit, R. S. S.
  Daniele Gabr. Fahrenheit (4 pages)
• Observationes Accuratae Captae, Anno xvij = xxiij Lugduni Batavorum, Delphis Bataviae, & in Pago Rhenoburgo. Circa Mediam Barometri Altitudinem, Mediam Thermometri Elevationem, Tum & Hygrometri Varietatem Mediam, Circa Copiam Pluviae, Roris, Nivis, Grandinisque, Simul & Circa Copiam Aquae Quae Exhalavit, & Altitudinem Putealis Aquae in Puteo, Unde Nihil Aquae Exhaustum Fuit Toto Anni Decursu, de Variatione Horologii Portatilis Singulis Mensibus, ut Certa Haec Experimenta Servire Queant Contemplatoribus Historiae Naturalis, Offert Eadem Harum Deliciarum Studiosis Nicolaus Cruquius, Geometra. R. S. S.
  Nicolaus Cruquius (9 pages)
• An Account of a Dropsy in the Left Ovary of a Woman, Aged 58. Cured by a Large Incision Made in the Side of the Abdomen, by Dr. Robert Houstoun
  Robert Houstoun (9 pages)
• Praeparatio Caerulei Prussiaci Ex Germania Missa ad Johannem Woodward, M. D. Prof. Med. Gresh. R. S. S.
  Johannem Woodward (4 pages)
• Observations and Experiments upon the Foregoing Preparation. By Mr. John Brown, Chymist, F. R. S.
  John Brown (9 pages)
• The Remainder of the Bills of Mortality, &c. of the Several Towns of Europe. Extracted from the Acta Breslaviensia. By Dr. Sprengell, F. R. S.
  Dr. Sprengell (12 pages)
• An Account of the Dissection of an Eye with a Cataract. By Mr. John Ranby, Surgeon
  John Ranby (3 pages)
• Observations Upon the Comet, That Appear'd in the Months of October, November, and December, 1723. By the Reverend Mr. Bradley, M. A. Prof. Astron. Oxon. F. R. S.
  Mr. Bradley (10 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from the Right Honourable the Lord Paisley, F. R. S. to Mr. George Graham, F. R. S. With Some Curious Figures of the Same Comet
  Lord Paisley (4 pages)
• Observatio Ejusdem Cometae ab Illustrissimo Domino Francisco Bianchini Habita Albani Mense Octobri, 1723. & ab Eodem Ulysipponem missa P. Joanni Baptistae Carbone Soc J E S U. Commuuicavit Isaacus Samuda, M. D. Col. Med. Lond. L. S. R. S.
  Francisco Bianchini, Isaacus Samuda, P. Joanni Baptistae Carbone (5 pages)
• Observations about Wasps, and the Difference of Their Sexes. By the Reverend Mr. Derham, F. R. S. Prebendary of Windsor
  Mr. Derham (8 pages)
• Observationes Duae Rariores, ex Literis Viri Doctissimi Johannis Huxham, M.D. ad Jacobum Jurin, R. S. Secr.
  Johannis Huxham (8 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr. Thomas Robie, Physician in New-England, to the Reverend Mr. Derham, F. R. S. Concerning the Effects of Inoculation; The Eclipse of the Sun in November 1722; And the Venom of Spiders
  Thomas Robie (5 pages)
• Observations Made in Italy of a Lunar Eclipse, Which Happened the 8th of Sept. 1718. Extracted from the Giornale Di Literati of Venice
  Giornale Di Literati (9 pages)
• Experimenta & Observationes De Congelatione Aquae in Vacuo Factae a D. G. Fahrenheit, R. S. S.
  D. G. Fahrenheit (9 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Part of a Letter from the Reverend Mr. Wasse, Rector of Aynho in Northamptonshire, to Dr. Mead, concerning the Difference in the Height of a Human Body, between Morning and Night
  Mr. Wasse (3 pages)
• Some Remarks upon the Observation Mentioned in the Foregoing Letter. By Mr. William Beckett, Surgeon, F. R. S.
  William Beckett (5 pages)
• A Catalogue of Fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden, Presented to the Royal Society for the Year 1723, by the Company of Apothecaries of London, Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. President of the College of Physicians
  Anonymous (4 pages)
• An Account of Observations Made of the Variation of the Horizontal Needle at London, in the Latter Part of the Year 1722, and Beginning of 1723. By Mr. George Graham, Watchmaker, F. R. S.
  George Graham (13 pages)
• Some Observations upon Dr. Eaton's Styptick By Dr. Sprengell, R. S. S. Coll. Med. Lond. Lic.
  Dr. Sprengell (8 pages)
• Materiarum Quarundam Gravitates Specificae, Diversis Temporibus ad Varios Scopos Exploratae a D. G. Fahrenheit, R. S. S.
  D. G. Fahrenheit (6 pages)
• Some Considerations about the Cause of the Universal Deluge, Laid before the Royal Society, on the 12th of December 1694. By Dr. Edmond Halley, R. S. S.
  Edmond Halley (7 pages)
• Some Farther Thoughts upon the Same Subject, Delivered on the 19th of the Same Month. By the Same
  Edmond Halley (4 pages)
• Erratum
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Advertisement
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• An Account of Some New Experiments, Relating to the Different, and Sometimes Contrary Motion of the Sap in Plants and Trees, Made by Thomas Fairchild, Gardener at Hoxton
  Thomas Fairchild (4 pages)
• An Account of an Extraordinary Cure by Sweating in Hot Turff; With a Description of the Indian Hot-Houses; By the Honourable Paul Dudley, Esq; F. R. S.
  Paul Dudley (5 pages)
• An Attempt to Account for the Rising and Falling of the Water of Some Ponds Near the Sea, or Ebbing and Flowing Rivers; Where the Water is Lowest in the Pond, at the Time of High Water in the Sea or River; And the Water is Highest in the Pond, at the Time of Low Water in the Sea or River. As Also for the Increasing or Decreasing of the Water of Such Pools and Brooks as are Highest in the Dry Seasons, and Lowest in the Rainy Seasons: With an Experiment to Illustrate the Solution of the Phaenomena. By the Reverend J. T. Desaguliers, L. L. D. and R. S. S.
  J. T. Desaguliers (7 pages)
• Nobilissimi Viri Adami Leyel Reg. Colleg. Metallici Assessoris Narratio Accurata de Cadavere Humano in Fodina Cuprimontana Ante Duos Annos Reperto. Ex Actis Literariis Sueciae. Ann. 1722. Trimest. I
  Adami Leyel, Cadavere Humano (6 pages)
• Araeometri Novi Descriptio & Usus a D. G. Fahrenheit, R. S. S.
  D. G. Fahrenheit (3 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. John Bonnet, Surgeon at Fowye in Cornwall, to Claudius Amyand, Esq; Serjeant-Surgeon to His Majesty, F. R. S. concerning the Preternatural Structure of the Pudenda in a Woman, Describ'd in Phil. Transact. No 379
  John Bonnet (7 pages)
• Casus Rarissimus. Visus Objectorum Partialis, Communicante Domino Abrahamo Vater, Prof. Med. Wittemb. R. S. S.
  Abrahamo Vater (3 pages)
• Sectio Oculorum Duorum Cataracta Affectorum. Epistola Domini ad Samuelem Molyneux Armigerum, Serenissimo Principi Walliae a Secretis, R. S. S.
  Samuelem Molyneux (3 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Dominici Bottoni, J. G. Scheuchzer (9 pages)
• An Account of the Scarabaeus Galeatus Pulsator, or the Death Watch, by Mr. Hugh Stackhouse. Communicated by John Harwood, L. L. D. R. S. S.
  John Harwood, Hugh Stackhouse (5 pages)
• Observations of the Eclipses of the First Satellite of Jupiter, communicated by His Excellency William Burnet, Esq; Governor of New York, F. R. S.
  William Burnet (5 pages)
• A New Contrivance for Taking Levels, by the Reverend John Theophilus Desaguliers, L. L. D. R. S. S.
  John Theophilus Desaguliers (9 pages)
• Intestinum Parturiens, Seu Casus Oppido Rarus de Cranio & Costis Foetus per Anum Ejectis, Descriptus a Johanne Lindestolpe, M. D. & Reg. Colleg. Medic. Stockholmensis Assessore. Ex Actis Literariis Sueciae, An. 1723. Trimestr. 1
  Johanne Lindestolpe (5 pages)
• Observatio Circa Lumen Boreale d. 20. Sept. An. 1717. Prope Upsal. Per E. J. Burman. Ex Actis Liter. Sueciae An. 1724. Trimestr. 3
  E. J. Burman (5 pages)
• Barometri Novi Descriptio, a D. G. Fahrenheit, R. S. S.
  D. G. Fahrenheit (4 pages)
• Observatio Lunaris Eclipsis Habita Ulyssipone in Palatio Regio Die 1. Novembris 1724. A PP. Joanne Baptista Carbone, & Dominico Capasso, Soc. Jesu. Communicante Excellentissimo Domino, Dno de Galvaon, Commendatore Villae Meam & Francae, Equ. Ord. Christ. Legato Sereniss. Reg. Portugall. ad Sereniss. Regem Magn. Britan. S. R. S.
  Dominico Capasso, Joanne Baptista Carbone, De Galvaon (7 pages)
• Meridianorum Ulyssiponensis, Parisiensis & Londinensis Differentia, ex Literis Clarissimi Doctissimique Viri, Reverend. Patr. Johannis Baptistae Carbone Soc. Jes. ad Isaacum Sequeyra Samuda M. D. Coll. Med. Lond. Lic. S. R. S.
  Johannis Baptistae Carbone (5 pages)
• An Excretory Duct from the Glandula Renalis. Extracted from the Giornale Di Literati of Venice, for the Year 1719
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Of the Currents at the Streights Mouth. By Capt. - - - - Communicated by Dr. Hudson
  Dr. Hudson (3 pages)
• Ambergris Found in Whales. Communicated by Dr. Boylston of Boston in New-England
  Dr. Boylston (2 pages)
• Observations on Some of the Plants in New-England, with Remarkable Instances of the Nature and Power of Vegetation. In a Letter to the Publisher from the Honourable Paul Dudley, Esq; F. R. S.
  Paul Dudley (8 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• A Dissertation concerning the Figure of the Earth, by the Reverend John Theophilus Desaguliers, LL. D. F. R. S.
  John Theophilus Desaguliers (24 pages)
• Some Observations Made in an Ostrich, Dissected by Order of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. By Mr. John Ranby, Surgeon. F. R. S.
  Hans Sloane, John Ranby (10 pages)
• An Account of the Appearance of Mercury, Passing Over the Sun's Disk, on the 29th of October, 1723 Determining the Mean Motion, and Fixing the Nodes of That Planet's Orb. By Edmund Halley, LL. D. Astron. Reg. and R. S. S.
  Edmund Halley (12 pages)
• The Dissertation concerning the Figure of the Earth Continued; By the Reverend J. T. Desaguliers, LL. D. F. R. S.
  J. T. Desaguliers (22 pages)
• An Essay upon the Natural History of Whales, with a Particular Account of the Ambergris Found in the Sperma Ceti Whale. In a Letter to the Publisher, from the Honourable Paul Dudley, Esq; F. R. S.
  Paul Dudley (15 pages)
• An Enquiry into a Discovery, Said to Have Been Made by Signor Valsalva of Bologna, of an Excretory Duct from the Glandula Renalis to the Epididymis. By Mr. John Ranby, Surgeon, F. R. S.
  John Ranby (3 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Mauritio Antonio Cappeler, J. G. Scheuchzer (6 pages)
• A Dissertation concerning the Figure of the Earth. Part the Second. By the Reverend J. T. Desaguliers, LL. D. F. R. S.
  J. T. Desaguliers (36 pages)
• A Catalogue of the 50 Plants, from Chelsea Garden, Presented to the Royal Society, for the Year 1724. by the Company of Apothecaries, Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane Bart. Pr. Coll. Med. S. P. V. Pr. By Mr. Isaac Rand, Apothecary, F. R. S.
  Isaac Rand (4 pages)
• Observations concerning the Height of the Barometer, at Different Elevations above the Surface of the Earth, in a Letter to the Publisher from the Learned Dr. Nettleton
  Dr. Nettleton (6 pages)
• Experimentum, in Argenti-Fodina Salana, Circa Ascensum' Mercurii in Barometro, Institutum. per And. Celsium. Ex Actis Literariis Sueciae Ann. 1724. Trimestr. IV
  And. Celsium (3 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Remarks upon the Observations Made upon a Chronological Index of Sir Isaac Newton, Translated into French by the Observator, and Publish'd at Paris
  Isaac Newton (8 pages)
• De Camphora. Auctore Dno. Carolo Neuman, Chym. Prof. Reg. Berolin. S. R. S.
  Carolo Neuman (13 pages)
• Observations of the Dipping Needle, Made at London, in the Beginning of the Year 1723. By Mr. George Graham, Watchmaker, F. R. S.
  George Graham (9 pages)
• An Extraordinary Case in Surgery, Communicated by Mr. Joseph Atkinson Senior, Surgeon
  Joseph Atkinson (5 pages)
• An Experiment to Illustrate What Has Been Said in the Philosophical Transactions, No. 386, 387, 388, concerning the Figure of the Earth, by the Rev. J. T. Desaguliers, L. L. D. F. R. S.
  J. T. Desaguliers (3 pages)
• Some Experiments concerning the Cohesion of Lead, by the Same
  J. T. Desaguliers (5 pages)
• Extract of Several Letters and Certificates Sent to His Majesty the King of Great Britain, concerning a Very Particular Naevus Maternus, or Mole. Communicated by Dr. Steigertahl, Physician to His Majesty, F. R. S.
  Dr. Steigertahl (4 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Joanne Flamsteedio (4 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Dissertatiuncula de Agno Vegetabili Scythico, Borametz Vulgo Dicto. Auctore Dno Joh. Phil. Breynio, M. D. Dantisc. R. S. S.
  Joh. Phil. Breynio (10 pages)
• De Camphora. Auctore Dno Joh. Brown, Chym. R. S. S.
  Joh. Brown (7 pages)
• Two Letters on the Effects of Lightning, from the Reverend Mr. Jos. Wasse, Rector of Aynho in Northamptonshire, to Dr. Mead
  Jos. Wasse (6 pages)
• De Viribus Magneticis. Epistola Viri Doctissimi P. Muschenbroek, M. D. ad Revm. J. Th. Desaguliers, LL. D. R. S. S.
  P. Muschenbroek (10 pages)
• A Short Account of the Anomalous Epidemic Small-Pox, beginning at Plymouth in August 1724, and Continuing to the Month of June 1725. By the Learned and Ingenious Dr. Huxham, Physician at Plymouth
  Dr. Huxham (17 pages)
• Erratum
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• An Account of the Strata in Coal-Mines, & c. by John Strachey, Esq; F. R. S.
  John Strachey (7 pages)
• De Experimento Probandi Spiritum Vini Gallici, Perquam Usitato, Sed Revera Falso et Fallaci. Auctore C. Neuman, Chym. Prof. Reg. Berolin. R. S. S.
  C. Neuman (12 pages)
• An Account of a Fork Put up the Anus, That Was Afterwards Drawn out Through the Buttock; Communicated in a Letter to the Publisher, by Mr. Robert Payne, Surgeon at Lowestofft
  Robert Payne (3 pages)
• Two Cases of Insects Voided by the Urinary Passage, Communicated in a Letter to the Publisher, by Dr. Daniel Turner, Coll. Med Lond. Lic.
  Daniel Turner (3 pages)
• An Account of a New Machine, Called the Marine Surveyor, Contrived for the Mensuration of the Way of a Ship in the Sea, More Correctly Than by the Log, or Any Other Method Hitherto Used for That Purpose; Together with Several Testimonials, Setting Forth the Usefulness of This Invention. By Mr. Henry de Saumarez of the Island of Guernsey
  Henry de Saumarez (24 pages)