Volume 34 (1726)

Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)

58 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (19 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• De Salibus Alcalino-Fixis, Auctore C. Neuman, Chym. Prof. Reg. Berolin. R S. S.
  C. Neuman (38 pages)
• Observations of the Eclipse of the Moon, Octob. 10th. 1725. Made at Bristol, by John Burroughs Esq; Communicated in a Letter to Mr. Cheselden, Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, F. R. S.
  John Burroughs (3 pages)
• Sceletwn Duorum Humanorum Petrefactorum Pars. Ex Epistola Joh. Jac. Scheuczer, M. D. R. S. S. ad Dom. Hans Sloane, Baronettum, S. R. V. Pr.
  Joh. Jac. Scheuczer (3 pages)
• A Contrivance to Avoid the Irregularities in a Clock's Motion, Occasion'd by the Action of Heat and Cold upon the Rod of the Pendulum. By Mr. George Graham, Watch-Maker, F. R. S.
  George Graham (6 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• De Salibus Alcalino-Fixis, Auctore C. Neuman Chym. Prof. Reg. Berolin. R. S. S. Pars Reliqua
  Caspar Neuman (22 pages)
• Observations Made at Southwick, in the County of Northampton, Long. West from London, 00 Deg. 30 Min. Lat. 51 Deg. 58 Min. Nearly, with a Thirteen Foot Telescope, Whose Aperture Was 2.4 Inches, and Charge 2.5 Inches, All by Apparent Time. By the Ingenious George Lynn, Esq
  George Lynn (3 pages)
• An Extraordinary High Tide in the River Thames Observ d by Capt. Tho. Jones
  Tho. Jones (2 pages)
• Observations upon the Tides in the River Thames, by Mr. Henry de Saumarez
  Henry de Saumarez (6 pages)
• A New and Exact Table, Collected from Several Observations, Taken in Four Voyages to Hudson's Bay in North America from London: Shewing the Variation of the Magnetical Needle, or Sea Compass, in the Path-Way to the Said Bay, According to the Several Latitudes and Longitudes, from the Year 1721, to 1725 By Mr. Christopher Middleton
  Christopher Middleton (5 pages)
• An Account of Several Experiments concerning the Running of Water in Pipes, as It is Retarded by Friction and Intermixed Air, Some of Which Were Made before the Royal Society on Thursday the 5th of May, 1726. With a Description of a New Machine, Whereby Pipes May be Clear'd of Air, as the Water Runs Along, without Stand-Pipes, or the Help of Any Hand. By the Rev. J. T Desaguliers, LL. D. F. R. S.
  J. T Desaguliers (8 pages)
• The Longitude of Lisbon, and the Fort of New York, from Wansted and London, Determin'd by Eclipses of the First Satellite of Jupiter. By the Reverend Mr. James Bradley, M. A. Astron. Prof. Savil. R. S. S.
  James Bradley (7 pages)
• Observationes Astronomicae Habitae Ulyssipone, Anno 1725, & Sub Init. 1726, a Rev. P. Johanne Baptista Carbone, Soc. Jes. Communicante Isaaco Sequeyra Samuda, M.D. R.S.S. Coll. Med. Lond. Lic.
  Isaaco Sequeyra Samuda, Johanne Baptista Carbone (13 pages)
• Singularia Quaedam in Cadavere Calculoso Dissecto Reperta, ab Abrahamo Vater, M. D. Pr. Anat. Wittemb. R.S.S.
  Abrahamo Vater (3 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Colin Mac Laurin, Professor of Mathematicks at Edinburgh, and F.R.S. to Martin Folkes, Esq; V. Pr. R. S. concerning AEquations with Impossible Roots
  Colin Mac Laurin (10 pages)
• Observations upon the Dissection of an Ostrich, Communicated in a Letter to the Publisher, by the Ingenious Mr. George Warren, Surgeon in Cambridge
  George Warren (6 pages)
• An Account of a Person Kill'd by Lightning at Worcester, Communicated in a Letter to the Publisher, by R. Beard, M. D. R. S. S.
  R. Beard (5 pages)
• An Account of the Strata Met with in Digging for Marle, and of Horns Found under Ground in Ireland; In a Letter from Mr. James Kelly to the Right Honourable Edward Southwell, Esq
  James Kelly (4 pages)
• A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea-Garden, Presented to the Royal Society, by the Company of Apothecaries, for the Year 1725, Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet, Pr.Coll.Med. S.P.V.Pr. By Mr. Isaac Rand, Apothecary, F. R. S.
  Isaac Rand (4 pages)
• An Account of an Aurora Borealis Seen in Ireland in September 1725; in a Letter from Arthur Dobbs, Esq; To His Brother the Reverend Mr. Richard Dobbs, Fellow of Trinity-College, Dublin
  Arthur Dobbs (6 pages)
• An Account of the Aurora Borealis That Appear'd Oct. 8. 1726. In a Letter to the Publisher from the Reverend Dr. Langwith, Rector of Petworth in Sussex
  B. Langwith (6 pages)
• The Same Appearance Describ'd in a Letter to the Publisher, by Dr. Huxham, Physician at Plymouth
  J. Huxham (7 pages)
• A Letter from Dr. Hallet, Physician at Exeter, to Dr. Henry Pemberton, F. R. S. on the Same Subject
  Wm. Hallett (5 pages)
• The Same Appearance Describ'd by John Hadley, Esq; F. R. S.
  John Hadley (5 pages)
• De Eodem Phaenomeno Genevae Viso, Epistola Viri Clarissimi Domini Johannis Ludovici Calandrini, Math. Prof. Ordinar. Genevae, ad Jac. Jurin, R. S. Secr.
  Johannis Ludovici Calandrini (3 pages)
• An Account of a Praeternatural Bony Substance Found in the Cavity of the Thorax, Communicated in a Letter to Dr. Rutty, by Mr. William Giffard, Surgeon
  William Giffard (3 pages)
• Observatio de Succinea Gleba, Plantae Cujusdam Folio Impraegnata, Rarissima. Auctore Dno. Johanne Philippo Breynio, M. D. R. S. S.
  Johanne Philippo Breynio (5 pages)
• Observatio Defectus Solis Habita Patavii VII. Cal. Octob. 1726. a Viro Cl. Domino Johanne Poleno, Astr. Prof. R. S. S.
  Johanne Poleno (2 pages)
• Observatio Defectus Lunae Habita (Tubo Optico Optimae Notae, Longo Pedes Parisienses Septem) Patavii VI. Id. Octob. 1726. ab Eodem Viro Clarissimo
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Two Newly Discover'd Arteries in Women, Going to the Ovaria. By Mr Ranby, Surgeon to His Majesty's Houshold, F. R. S.
  Mr Ranby (2 pages)
• A Short Account of Negativo-Affirmative Arithmetick, by Mr. John Colson, F. R. S.
  John Colson (15 pages)
• Eclipsis Lunae Observata Romae, ad Radices Collis Quirinalis, Nocte Sequente Diem 31. Octobris, 1724. Per Clarissimum Virum Franciscum Blanchinum. Ex Epistola Rev. & Cl. Viri, Johannis Baptistae Carbone, S. Jes. ad Isaacum Sequeyra Samuda, M. D. R. S. S. Coll. Med. Lond. Lic.
  Johannis Baptistae Carbone (5 pages)
• Observationes Aliquot Circum-Jovialium Habitae Eodem Anno 1724. Per Eundem Cl. Blanchinum. Ex Eadem Epistola
  Cl. Blanchinum (5 pages)
• Observatio Lunaris Eclipseos Albani Habita Post Occasum Solis Diei Dominicae 21 Octobris. S. N. 1725. Ab Eodem. Ex Eadem Epistola
  Anonymous (5 pages)
• Conspectus Maculae Platonis in Luna Caelo Clarissimo Nocte Sequente Diem 16 Augusti 1725, Hora Prima Post Occasum Solis Romae in Monte Palatino, Per Tubum Opticum Josephi Campani, Palmorum 150 Romanorum, Spectante Eodem Viro Cl. Ex Eadem Epistola
  Josephi Campani (4 pages)
• A Remark upon the New Opinion Relating to the Forces of Moving Bodies, in the Case of the Collision of Non-Elastic Bodies. By Mr. John Eames, F. R. S.
  John Eames (6 pages)
• Remarks upon a Supposed Demonstration, That the Moving Forces of the Same Body are Not as the Velocities, But as the Squares of the Velocities, By the Same
  John Eames (6 pages)
• Brevis Commentatio de Cobalto, Auctore Viro Clarissimo, Joh. Henr. Linckio, Lipsiensi, Acad. Caesar. Leopold. Carolin. Nat. Curios. & Soc. Reg. Anglic. Sodale
  Joh. Henr. Linckio (13 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Remarks upon Some Dissertations Lately Publish'd at Paris, by the Rev. P. Souciet, against Sir Isaac Newton's Chronology. By Dr. Edmund Halley, Astronomer Royal, F. R. S.
  Edmund Halley (7 pages)
• An Account of a Large Stone Voided through the Urinary Passage, by a Woman. Communicated by Dr. Richard Beard, F. R. S. Physician at Worcester
  Richard Beard (4 pages)
• Observations upon the Comet, That Appear'd in October 1723, Made at Bombay; And upon an Eclipse of the Moon, Oct. 21, 1724, at Gomroon in Persia. By Mr. William Saunderson. Communicated by Dr. Halley, Astron. Reg. R. S. S.
  William Saunderson, Dr. Halley (3 pages)
• A Letter from the Reverend Mr. Edmond Barrel, Rector of Sutton in Kent, to Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet, President of the Royal Society and the College of Physicians, concerning the Propagation of Misselto
  Edmond Barrel (8 pages)
• An Account of a Pair of Very Extraordinary Large Horns Found in Wapping Some Years since, with a Probable Account, Whence They Came, and to What Animal They Belonged. By Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet, President of the Royal Society, and of the College of Physicians
  Hans Sloane (10 pages)
• A Demonstration of the 11th Proposition of Sir Isaac Newton's Treatise of Quadratures. By Mr. Benjamin Robins
  Isaac Newton, Benjamin Robins (9 pages)
• Muris Alpini Anatome. A Joh. Jacobo Scheuczero, Tigurino, M. D. R. S. S.
  Joh. Jacobo Scheuczero (10 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Observations on the Lumen Boreale, or Streaming on Oct. 8, 1726, by the Reverend Mr. W. Derham, F. R. S.
  W. Derham (11 pages)
• The Same Observ'd at Southwick in Northamptonshire. By George Lynn, Esq
  George Lynn (3 pages)
• Registrum Observationum de Lumine Boreali per Quadriennium. Ex Epistola Viri Cl. Gulielmi Rastrick, ad Martinum Folkes, Arm. R. S. V. Pr. Lennae Regis, Martii 20, 1726/7
  Gulielmus Rastrick (3 pages)
• An Account of Four Mock-Suns, Seen at Kensington, March 1st 1726 - 7. By Mr. George Whiston
  George Whiston (4 pages)
• Crystallorum Quarundam Rarissimarum Nuper Detectarum Descriptio, Ex Literis Viri Cl. Johannis Jacobi Scheuczer, ad Dominum Hans Sloane, Bar. Reg. Soc. & Coll. Med. Lond. Praesidem
  Johannis Jacobi Scheuczer (2 pages)
• An Account of a Stone Taken out of a Horse, at Boston in New England, in the Year 1724. By the Honourable Paul Dudley, Esq; F. R. S.
  Paul Dudley (3 pages)
• An Account of a Polypus Cough'd up from the Windpipe; In a Letter from the Ingenious Dr. Samber, Physician at Salisbury, to Dr. Jurin, Secr. R. S.
  Dr. Samber (3 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Stephen Hales, John Theoph. Desaguliers (29 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (5 pages)