Volume 35 (1727)

Front Matter

Anonymous (22 pages)

A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea-Garden, Presented to the Royal Society, by the Company of Apothecaries, for the Year 1726; Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Reg. Praes Col. R. Med. & Soc. Reg. By Mr. Isaac Rand, Apothecary, F.R.S.

Isaac Rand (5 pages)

Some Farther Remarks on P. Souciet's Dissertations against Sir Isaac Newton's Chronology, by Edmund Halley, L.L.D. Astron. Reg. In a Letter to Dr. Jurin, Coll. Med. & S.R.Soc.

P. Souciet, Edmund Halley (6 pages)

An Account of the Lumen Boreale, as Seen at Several Times. By the Rev. Dr. Langwith, Rector of Petworth in Sussex, communicated in a Letter to the Same

B. Langwith (4 pages)

The Description of an Aurora Borealis Mention'd in the Foregoing Letter

Anonymous (4 pages)

A Letter from the Reverend Mr. Edmund Barrel, Rector of Sutton Near Dartford in Kent, to Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet, concerning a Shock of an Earthquake Felt in That Neighbourhood, &c.

Edmund Barrel (3 pages)

A Species of Subterraneous Fire, Observ'd in the Same County; communicated in a Letter to Dr. Jurin, by Robert Nesbitt, M.D. Coll. Med. Lond. Lic.

Robert Nesbitt (3 pages)

An Account of Some Experiments on the Effects of the Poison of the Rattle-Snake. By Captain Hall. Communicated by Sir Hans Sloane, Bar. Med Reg &c.

Hans Sloane, Captain Hall (8 pages)

Quaedam Notabilia in Cerebris Trium Epilepsia Mortuorum Observata, Quibus Accedit Historia de Substantia Cataractae. Epistola Domini Waltheri Curieusi Rhaeti, ad Dominum J. F. Woolhouse, F. R. S. &c.

Waltheri Curieusi Rhaeti (4 pages)

Two Chirurgical Questions, Stated and Answered by John Douglas, Surgeon, F. R. S.

John Douglas (6 pages)

The Conclusion of Dr. Desagulier's Account of Mr. Hales's Vegetable Staticks

Dr. Desagulier (10 pages)

Anonymous (2 pages)

Observatio Solaris Deliquii Celebrati Die 25. Septemb. 1726. Habita Ulyssipone in Observatorio Regii Palatii A' P. Jo. Baptista Carbone, Soc. Jes.

P. Jo. Baptista Carbone (5 pages)

Lunaris Eclipsis Celebrata die 10. Octob. an. 1726. & in Observatorio Collegii D. Antonii Magni Observata ab Eodem

D. Antonii Magni (6 pages)

Remarks upon Some Experiments in Hydraulics, Which Seem to Prove, That the Forces of Equal Moving Bodies are as the Squares of Their Velocities. By Mr. John Eames, F. R. S.

John Eames (6 pages)

A Copy of a Letter from Dr. David Kinneir, Coll. Med. Edingb. Soc. to Dr. Campbell, Coll. Med. Lond. Soc. Honorar. Touching the Efficacy of Camphire in Maniacal Disorders

David Kinneir (6 pages)

A Method for Determining the Geographical Longitude of Places, from the Appearance of the Common Meteors, Called Falling Stars, Proposed by George Lynn, Esq; of Southwick, Northampton-Shire, in a Letter to Dr. Jurin, R. S. & Coll. Med. Soc.

George Lynn (4 pages)

An Attempt Made before the Royal Society, to Shew How Damps, or Foul Air, May be Drawn out of Any Sort of Mines, &c. by an Engine Contriv'd by the Reverend J. T. Desaguliers, L. L. D. and F. R. S.

J. T. Desaguliers (5 pages)

A Letter to James Theobald, Esq; Giving an Account of the Norwegian Finns, or Finlanders, by Peter Kinck, Esq;

Peter Kinck (5 pages)

A Preternatural Perforation Found in the Upper Part of the Stomach, with the Symptoms it Produc'd, by Mr. Christopher Rawlinson, Surgeon

Christopher Rawlinson (3 pages)

An Account of an Humane Skeleton of an Extraordinary Size, Found in a Repository at Repton in Derby-Shire, Together with Some Examples of Long Life, Communicated by Simon Degg, M. D. & F. R. S.

Simon Degg (4 pages)

A Farther Account of the Bills of Mortality, &c. of Several Considerable Towns in Europe, for the Years 1722 and 1723, Extracted from the Acta Breslaviensia, by Sir Conrad Spengell, R. S. S. & Col. Reg. Medic. Lond. Lic.

Conrad Spengell (11 pages)

Ingens Materiae Purulentae Copia Cariem & Separationem Totius Ossis Mali, &c. Inducens, & per Triennium Ex Ore Pueri Defluens, Observata a Domino Petro Hardisway, M. D.

Petro Hardisway (5 pages)

Errata

Anonymous (2 pages)

The Anatomy of the Poisonous Apparatus of a Rattle-Snake, Made by the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Praes. Soc. Reg. & Coll. Med. together with an Account of the Quick Effects of Its Poison; by John Ranby, Esq; Surgeon to His Majesty's Houshold, and F. R. S.

Hans Sloane, John Ranby (7 pages)

A Letter from the Rev. Dr. Samuel Clarke to Mr. Benjamin Hoadly, F. R. S. Occasion'd by the Present Controversy among Mathematicians, concerning the Proportion of Velocity and Force in Bodies in Motion

Samuel Clarke (9 pages)

Astronomical Observations Made at Vera Cruz, by Mr. Joseph Harris. Revised and Communicated by Edm. Halley, L. L. D. Astron. Reg. & R. S. S.

Joseph Harris, Edm. Halley (3 pages)

A New Method for Composing a Natural History of Meteors Communicated in a Letter to Dr. Jurin, R. S. & Coll. Med. Lond. Soc. By Mr. Isaac Greenwood, Professor of Mathematicks at Cambridge, New-England

Isaac Greenwood (14 pages)

Some Observations towards Composing a Natural History of Mines and Metals, Communicated in a Letter to Dr. Rutty, S. R. Secr. & Coll. Med. Lond. Soc. By Dr. Frank Nicholls, Professor of Anatomy at Oxford

Frank Nicholls (9 pages)

Observationes Astronomicae Habitae Ulyssipone, Anno 1726. a Rev. P. Joh. Baptista Carbone, Soc. Jes. Communicante Isaaco Sequeyra Samuda, M. D. R. S. S. & Coll. Med. Lond. Lic.

Isaaco Sequeyra Samuda, Joh. Baptista Carbone (7 pages)

Some Observations Made in the Dissection of Three Subjects; By Mr. Ranby, F. R. S.

Mr. Ranby (3 pages)

Observations of the Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites, from 1700, to the Year 1727. By the Reverend W. Derham, M A Canon of Windsor and F. R. S. Communicated by Sr. Hans Sloane, Bart. President of the College of Physicians and Royal Society, &c.

Hans Sloane, W. Derham (15 pages)

A Description of a Roman Pavement Found Near Grantham in Lincolnshire, with the Oecenomy of the Roman Times in This Part of England, Communicated in a Letter to Dr. Rutty, R. S. Secr. By W. Stukeley, M. D. Col. Med. Lond. & R. S. Soc.

William Stukeley (8 pages)

Some Reflections on Mr. De Lisle's Comparison of the Magnitude of Paris with London and Several Other Cities, Printed in the Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris for the Year 1725. Communicated in a Letter to Dr. Rutty, Secretary to the Royal Society, by Peter Davall, of the Middle Temple, Esq.

Peter Davall (6 pages)

An Account of an Aneurysm of the Aorta, (Dissected in St. Bartholomew's Hospital) by Pierce Dod, M. D. Fellow of the College of Physicians, and Physician to That Hospital

Pierce Dod (6 pages)

Some Observations on Aneurysms in General, and in Particular, on the Fore-Going. By F. Nicholls, M. B. Prael. of Anatomy, Oxon. & F. R. S.

F. Nicholls (6 pages)

A Letter to Dr. Halley, Astron. Reg. & F. R. S. Relating to a Surprising Shoal of Pumice-Stones Found Floating on the Sea, by Mr. John Dove

John Dove (4 pages)

An Account of Some Observations Made by a Young Gentleman, Who Was Born Blind, or Lost His Sight so Early, That He Had no Remembrance of Ever Having Seen, and Was Couch d between 13 and 14 Years of Age. By Mr. Will. Chesselden, F. R. S. Surgeon to Her Majesty, and to St. Thomas's Hospital

Will. Cheselden, Will. Chesselden (5 pages)

An Explication of the Instruments Used, in a New Operation on the Eyes, by the Same

Will Chesselden (4 pages)

An Account of Several Stones Found in the Kidneys of a Person Opened by Mr. John Dobyns, Surgeon and Lithotomist to St. Bartholomew's Hospital and F. R. S.

John Dobyns (4 pages)

Extract of Several Letters &c. from Different Parts of Europe, Relating to the Aurora Borealis Seen Oct. 19. N. S. 1726

Anonymous (5 pages)

Erratum

Anonymous (2 pages)

An Account of Elephants Teeth and Bones Found under Ground. By Sir Hans Sloane, Bart

Hans Sloane (18 pages)

Observationes Astronomicae a R. P. Joh. Baptista Carbone Transmissae, Communicante Is. De Seguera Samuda, M. D. R. S. S. & Coll. Med. Lond. Lic.

Is. De Seguera Samuda, Joh. Baptista Carbone (12 pages)

A Second Letter to Dr. Rutty, R. S. Secr. Containing Farther Observations towards Composing a Natural History of Mines and Metals. By Dr. Nichols, Prael. Anat. Oxon, and R. S. S.

F. Nicholls (8 pages)

A Method of Raising Some Exotick Seeds, Which Have Been Judged Almost Impossible to be Raised in England, Communicated in a Letter to Dr. Douglas, Coll. Med. Soc. Honorar. and R. S. S. By Mr. Philip Miller, Gardiner to the Physick-Garden at Chelsea

Philip Miller (5 pages)

An Account of the Several Strata of Earths and Fossils Found in Sinking the Mineral Wells at Holt. By the Reverend Mr. Lewis, Vicar of the Place. Communicated by John Brome, Esq;

John Brome, Mr. Lewis (4 pages)

An Extract of a Letter of Signior Michele Pinelli, concerning the Causes of the Govt. Translated from the Italian by Joh. James Scheutzer, M. D. F. R. S. and Coll. Med. Lond. Lic.

Michele Pinelli, Joh. James Scheutzer (5 pages)

Of Fossile Teeth and Bones of Elephants. Part the Second. By Sir Hans Sloane, Bart.

Hans Sloane (21 pages)

A Method for Determining the Number of Impossible Roots in Adfected AEquations. By Mr. George Campbell

George Campbell (18 pages)

A Letter from Charles Price, Esq; of Trinity-Coll. Oxon, Relating to the Villi of the Stomach of Oxen, and the Expansion of the Cuticle through the Ductus Alimentalis. Communicated by Dr. F. Nicholls, F. R. S. and Prael. Anat. Oxon.

Charles Price, F. Nicholls (3 pages)

Observationes Astronomicae Habitae in Observatorio Bononiensi Anno 1727, a Cl. Eustachio Mansredi, R. S. S. Ex Epistola J. Baptistae Carbone ad Isaacum De Sequeyra Samuda M. D. Coll. Med. Lic. & R. S. S.

J. Baptistae Carbone, Eustachio Mansredi (3 pages)

Anonymous (2 pages)

Erratum

Anonymous (2 pages)

The Barometrical Method of Measuring the Height of Mountains, with Two New Tables Shewing the Height of the Atmosphere at Given Altitudes of Mercury. Extracted Chiefly from the Observations of John James Scheuchzer, M. D. Professor of Mathematicks at Zuric, and a Member of the Imperial, and Royal Societies of London and Prussia. By J. G. Scheuchzer, M. D. F. R. S. & Coll. Med. Lond. Lic.

John James Scheuchzer, J. G. Scheuchzer (14 pages)

Observations of a Difference of Sex in Misleto, in a Letter from the Reverend Mr. Edmund Barrel to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. &c.

Edmund Barrel (6 pages)

An Uncommon Sinking of the Ground in Kent. Communicated in a Letter to Mr. Peter Collinson

Anonymous (3 pages)

Observationes Astronomicae Pekini Habitae a R.P. Ignatio Kogler Soc. Jesu Tribun, Math. in Sinis Praeside. Ex Epistola R.P. Joh. Bapt. Carbone ad Isaacum de Sequeyra Samuda, R.S.S. &c

Joh. Bapt. Carbone, Ignatio Kogler (5 pages)

Observationes Aliae Selectiores Ingolstadii Habitae Anno 1726. a Patribus Soc. Jesu. Ex eadem Epistola

Patribus Soc. Jesu. (5 pages)

An Account of a Machine for Measuring any Depth in the Sea, with Great Expedition and Certainty; Shewn to the Royal Society, by J. T. Desaguliers, L. L. D. and R. S. S. Contriv'd by the Rev. Mr. Stephen Hales, F. R. S. and Himself

Stephen Hales, J. T. Desaguliers (6 pages)

Extract of Two Uncommon Cases of Tumours of the Abdomen, from a Latin Tract Publish'd at Strasburgh, Anno 1728, and Entituled, Joannis Boecleri, M. D. &c. ad Exteros Medicos Epistola; by W. Rutty, M. D. R. S. Secr.

W. Rutty, Joannis Boecleri (6 pages)

An Account of the Culture and Management of Saffron in England, by James Douglass, M. D. Med. Regin. Extr. & S. R. S.

James Douglass (10 pages)

Remarks on the Height of Mountains in General, and of Those of Swisserland in Particular, with an Account of the Rise of Some of the Most Considerable Rivers of Europe. By J. G. Scheuchzer, M. D. &c.

J. G. Scheuchzer (20 pages)

Optical Experiments Made in the Beginning of August 1728, before the President and Several Members of the Royal Society, and Other Gentlemen of Several Nations, upon Occasion of Signior Rizzetti's Opticks, with an Account of the Said Book, By J. T. Desaguliers, L L. D. and F. R. S.

J. T. Desaguliers (36 pages)

The Method of Making Tin-Plates, Extracted from the Memoirs of the Academy of Sciences, for the Year 1725, by William Rutty, M. D. R. S. Secr.

William Rutty (9 pages)

A Letter from the Reverend Mr. James Bradley Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford, and F.R.S. to Dr.Edmond Halley Astronom. Reg. &c. Giving an Account of a New Discovered Motion of the Fix'd Stars.

James Bradley (26 pages)

Errata

Anonymous (2 pages)

Back Matter

Anonymous (5 pages)

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