Volume 36 (1729)

Front Matter

Anonymous (26 pages)

A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea-Garden, Presented to the Royal Society, by the Company of Apothecaries, for the Year 1727, Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Reg. Praes.Col.R. Med. & Soc. Reg. by Isaac Rand Apothecary, F. R. S.

Isaac Rand (4 pages)

Errata

Anonymous (2 pages)

An Account of the First Decade of a Book

Mr. Rand, Johannis Martyn (4 pages)

An Attempt to Solve the Phaenomenon of the Rise of Vapours, Formation of Clouds and Descent of Rain. In a Letter from Dr. J. T. Desaguliers, L L. D. F. R. S. to Dr. Rutty, R. S. Secr.

J. T. Desaguliers (18 pages)

An Account of Some Observations Relating to Natural History, Made in a Journey to the Peak in Derbyshire, by Mr. J. Martyn, F. R. S.

J. Martyn (12 pages)

The Difference in Time of the Meridians of Diverse Places Computed from Observations of the Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites, by the Reverend Mr. Derham Canon of Windsor, and F. R. S.

Mr. Derham (5 pages)

Extract of a Letter to the Publisher from Mons. De Lisle, Astronomer Royal at Peters-Burgh, Containing His Observations of the Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites from July 10th, 1726, to April 12th, 1728, Taken at That Place

Mons De Lisle (3 pages)

Queries, concerning the Cause of Cohesion of the Parts of Matter, Proposed in a Letter to Dr. Desaguliers, F. R. S. By Fr. Triewald, Director of Mechanicks in the Kingdom of Sweden

Fr. Triewald (6 pages)

A Letter to Dr. Rutty, R. S. Secr. Giving a Farther Account of the Nature and Virtues of the Holt-Waters, from the Reverend Mr. J. Lewis, Vicar of the Place

John Lewis (4 pages)

A Further Account of a New Machine, Called the Marine Surveyor, Designed for the Mensuration of the Way of a Ship at Sea, More Correctly Than by the Log, at Present in Use, or Any Other Method Hitherto Invented for That Purpose. By Mr. Henry De Saumarez, of the Island of Guernsey, Part of His Majesty's Antient Dutchy of Normandy

Henry De Saumarez (17 pages)

A Second Letter from Mr. Colin Mc Laurin, Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Edinburgh and F. R. S. to Martin Folkes, Esq; Concerning the Roots of Equations, With the Demonstration of Other Rules in Algebra; Being the Continuation of the Letter Published in the Philosophical Transactions, No 394

Colin Mac Laurin (39 pages)

An Account of the Cinnamon Tree in Ceylon, and Its Several Sorts. Communicated by the Chief Inspector of the Cinnamon Trade and Manufacture in That Island to Albertus Seba, a Noted Druggist at Amsterdam. Translated by the Late Dr. Scheuchzer, F. R. S.

Dr. Scheuchzer, Albertus Seba (14 pages)

The Bills of Mortality in Several Parts of Europe, for the Years 1724 and 1725. Extracted from the Acta Breslaviensia, by the Same

Dr. Scheuchzer (15 pages)

Part of a Letter from the Reverend Mr. Benjamin Colman, of Boston in New England, to the Late Bishop of Peterborough; Giving an Account of the Late Earthquake Which Happened There. Communicated by Dr. Jurin. R. S. S. &c.

Benjamin Colman, Dr. Jurin (5 pages)

A Proposition on the Balance, Not Taken Notice of by Mechanical Writers, Explain d and Confirm'd by an Experiment before the Royal Society, by J. T. Desaguliers, L. L. D. F. R. S.

J. T. Desaguliers (9 pages)

A Letter to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. R.S.Pr.&C. Containing a Description of Some Uncommon Appearances Observed in an Aurora Borealis, by the Reverend Mr. Derham, Canon of Windsor, and F. R. S.

W. Derham (3 pages)

A Remarkable Conformation of the Urinary Parts, Communicated in a Letter to the Same, by Mr. John Budgen

John Budgen (3 pages)

An Observation of the Eclipse of the Moon, by Arthur Dobs, Esq; At Castle-Dobbs Near Carrickfergus in Ireland, Feb. the 2d, 1728-9; Communicated by Oliver St. John, Esq; F.R.S.

Oliver St. John, Arthur Dobs (3 pages)

De Frigidae in Febribus Usu. Auctore Cl. Nicolao Cyrillo Prim. Med. Prof. Neapol. & R. S. S.

Nicolao Cyrillo (11 pages)

A Short Account of the Different Kinds of Ipecacuanha, by Dr. Douglass, Med. Regin. Extr. & R. S. S.

Dr. Douglass (8 pages)

An Account of a Book

John Hadley, Francisco Blanchino (7 pages)

Observations On a Treatise Wrote by Mons. Helvetius of Paris, Designed to Prove That the Lungs Do Not Divide and Exspand the Blood, but That on the Contrary, They Cool and Condense It. By F. Nicholls, M. B. Prael. Anat. Oxon & F. R. S.

F. Nicholls, Mons. Helvetius (8 pages)

Observationes Diversae Lunaris Deliquii Die 2 Februarii, A. D. 1728

Anonymous (6 pages)

Observationes Quaedam Eclipseos Lunaris Die 29 Julii Habitae A. D. 1729

Jo. Friderico Weidlero, Hans Sloane (4 pages)

A Letter to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. R. S. Praes. Containing a Geographical Description and Map of the Kingdom of Tunis, with a Postscript Relating to the Cure of Intermittent Fevers in Those Parts; By the Reverend Mr. Tho. Shaw, Chaplain to the English Factory at Algier

Tho. Shaw (15 pages)

A Brief Account of Some of the Effects and Properties of Damps, in a Letter to William Rutty, M. D. R. S. Secr. from Mr. Isaac Greenwood, Professor of Mathematicks at Cambridge, New England

Isaac Greenwood (9 pages)

A Letter from the King's Officers at Sheerness and Chatham, to the Honourable the Commissioners of the Navy, giving an Account of What They Met with in Opening an Antient Well Near Queenborough in Kent, Communicated by Mr. Peter Collison, F. R. S. on January 8, 1729

Peter Collison (5 pages)

Some Observations on the Crane, with Improvements on That Machine, by J. T. Desaguliers, F. R. S. Shewn the Society in Models, but Here Exemplified by Figures

J. T. Desaguliers (16 pages)

Of the Meteor Called the Ignis Fatuus, from Observations Made in England, by the Reverend Mr. W. Derham, F. R. S. and Others in Italy, Communicated by Sir Tho. Dereham, Bart. F. R. S.

Tho. Dereham, W. Derham (12 pages)

Duae Observationes Eclipsis Lunae Totalis Nocte Sequente Diem 28 Julij 1729. S. V. Communicate Cl. Thomâ Dereham, Bart, & R. S. S.

Thoma Dereham (5 pages)

A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea-Garden, Presented to the Royal Society, by the Company of Apothecaries, for the Year 1728; Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Reg. Praes. Col. Reg. Med. & Soc. Reg. By Isaac Rand, Apothecary, F. R. S.

Isaac Rand (5 pages)

An Examination of Monsieur Perault's New-Invented Axis in Peritrochio, Said to be Entirely Void of Friction: With an Experiment to Confirm the Reasoning Made upon an Axis in Peritrochio First Us'd in Mons. Perault's Manner, Then in the Common Way, by J. T. Desaguliers, L L. D.

J. T. Desaguliers, Monsieur Perault (8 pages)

A Farther Examination of the Machine's Said to be without Friction. By the Same

J. T. Desaguliers (5 pages)

De Eqvvleo: Auctore Joanne Wardo, Rhet. Prof. Gresh. et R. S. S.

Joanne Wardo (17 pages)

An Account of a Treatise Entituled, Calculations and Tables Relating to the Attractive Virtue of Loadstones, &c. Printed Anno 1729

Anonymous (7 pages)

An Account of a Book

J. Frider. Weidleri (8 pages)

Occultatio Veneris à Lunâ Subeunte Berolini Visa Die 19 Septembris 1729, N. S. P. Mer. à D. Kirchio. Ex Diario Meteorologico (M.S.) J. Fred. Weidleri, L. L. D. & Math. Prof. Prim. Wittembergae

J. Fred Weidleri (2 pages)

Casus Rarissimus. Ex Epistolâ Doctissimi Virt J. Huxham ad Gul. Rutty, M. D. R. S. Secr.

J. Huxham (5 pages)

An Account of the Imperial Salt-Works of Sóowár in Upper Hungary, Translated from the High-Dutch of Ernest Bruckman of the Academy of Brunswick, M. D. Communicated by Sir Hans Sloane

Hans Sloane (6 pages)

The Natural History of Cochineal; Being an Account of a Book Entituled, Histoire Naturelle de La Cochinelle Justifiée Par Des Documens Authentiques Amsterdam, 1729. By W. Rutty, M. D. R. S. Secr.

W. Rutty (6 pages)

An Anatomical Description of Worms, Found in the Kidneys of Wolves, in a Letter from Mr. James Theodorus Klein, Secretary of the City of Dantzick, F. R. S. to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. &c.

James Theodorus Klein (10 pages)

Some Material Observations upon Dissecting an Ostrich, Made Lately by Mr. Ranby, Surgeon to His Majesty's Houshold, and F. R. S.

Mr. Ranby (3 pages)

A New Kind of Hydrometer Made by Mr. Clarke, and Communicated to the Society by J. T. Desaguliers, L. L. D. F. R. S.

Mr. Clarke, J. T. Desaguliers (4 pages)

An Account of an Aurora Borealis Attended with Unusual Appearances, in a Letter from the Learned Mr. G. Cramer, Prof. Math. Genev. to James Jurin, M. D. and F. R. S.

G. Cramer (5 pages)

An Account of a Spiritus Vini AEthereus, Together with Several Experiments Tried Therewith: By Dr. Frobenius, F. R. S.

Dr. Frobenius (8 pages)

An Account of the Hermaphrodite Lobster Presented to the Royal Society on Thursday May the 7th, by Mr. Fisher of Newgate-Market, Examined and Dissected, Pursuant to an Order of the Society. By F. Nicholls, M. D. Proel. Anat. Oxon. F. R. S.

Mr. Fisher, F. Nicholls (12 pages)

Magnetical Observations and Experiments; By Servington Savery, Esq; Of Shilston

Servington Savery (48 pages)

An Essay upon the Use of the Bile in the Animal Oeconomy, Founded on an Observation of a Wound in the Gall-Bladder. By Alexander Stuart, M. D. Physician to Her Majesty, and F. R. S.

Alexander Stuart (24 pages)

Observatio Lunaris Eclipseos, Ulïssipone Habita Die 2 Februarii, An. 1730, N. S. in Collegio Divi Antonii Magni à Rev. P. Joanne Baptista Carbone, Soc. Jes. Ex Ejusdem Cl. Viri Epistola ad Jacobum. De Castro Sarmento, M. D. Coll. Med. Lond. Lic. & R. S. S.

P. Joanne Baptista Carbone (4 pages)

Observationes Caelestes Multifariae Inter Menses Novemb. 1727, & Novemb. 1728, Pekini in SINIS, Habitae & ad Rev. P. Joannem Baptistam Carbone, Soc. Jes. Transmissae. Ex Eadem Epistola Descriptae

P. Joannem Baptistam Carbone (7 pages)

An Account of the Veins and Arteries of Leaves. By Frank Nicholls, M. D. Prael. Anat. Oxon. F. R. S.

Frank Nicholls (4 pages)

An Account of Some Uncommon Anastomoses of the Spermatic Vessels in a Woman, Observed by Cromwell Mortimer, M. D. R. S. Secr. & Coll. Med. Lond. Soc.

Cromwell Mortimer (7 pages)

Memoirs Communicated by Mons. Garcin to Mons. St. Hyacinthe, F. R. S. Containing a Description of a New Family of Plants Called Oxyoïdes; Some Remarks on the Family of Plants Called Musa; And a Description of the Hirudinella Marina, or Sea Leäch. Translated from the French, by Mr. John Martyn, F. R. S.

John Martyn, Mons Garcin (20 pages)

Typus Eclipseos Solaris Observatae Julii 15, S. N. 4, S. V. Anno 1730. Witebergae Saxonum, a Joh. Frider. Weidler, J. U. D. Mathem. Prof. Ordin. Reg. Soc. Scientiar. Pruss. Sodali

Joh. Frider Weidler (4 pages)

Observatio Ejusdem Defectûs Solis Habita Patavii, ab J. Poleno

J. Poleno (2 pages)

An Explanation of the New Chronological Table of the Chinese History, Translated into Latin from the Original Chinese, by Father Johannes Franciscus Foucquet, Soc. Jes. Bishop of Eleutheropolis, and Published at Rome in the Year 1730. Collected from Two Accounts Thereof, Written in French, One Sent from Rome by Sir Tho. Dereham, Bart. to the Royal Society, the Other Sent from Father Foucquet to Father Eustache Guillemeau, a Barnabite at Paris, and by Him Transmitted to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pr. R. S.

Tho. Dereham, Eustache Guillemeau, Johannes Franciscus Foucquet (31 pages)

An Account of Mr. Mark Catesby's Essay Towards the Natural History of Carolina and the Bahama Islands, with Some Extracts out of the First Three Sets. By Dr. Mortimer, R. S. Secr.

Mark Catesby, Dr. Mortimer (11 pages)

Errata

Anonymous (2 pages)

An Account of the Praeternatural Delivery of a Foetus at the Anus; Communicated by Mr. Nourse, One of the Assistant Surgeons to St. Bartholomew's-Hospital; Demonstrator of Anatomy at Surgeons-Hall, and F. R. S.

Mr. Nourse (8 pages)

An Extract of a Letter from Mr. William Stevenson to Benj. Hoadly, M. D. F. R. S. Containing an Account of an Observation of an Eclipse of the Moon, on July 29, 1729, Made in Barbados by Mr. Stevenson's Brother

William Stevenson (3 pages)

The Anatomical Preparation of Vegetables, by Albertus Seba, F. R. S. Communicated to the Royal Society by Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pr. R. S. and Col. Med. Lond. Translated from the German, by Mr. Zolman, F. R. S.

Hans Sloane, Mr. Zolman, Albertus Seba (5 pages)

An Account of What Happened from Thunder in Carmarthenshire; Partly Had from the Woman's Mouth That Suffered by It, Partly from What Was Observed by Others, Communicated to the Royal Society, by John Eames, F. R. S. as He Received It in a Letter from Mr. Evan Davies

Evan Davies, John Eames (6 pages)

The Postscript of a Letter from George Martin, M. D. to William Graeme, M. D. F. R. S. Giving an Account of the Operation of Bronchotome, as It Was Performed at St. Andrews

George Martin (9 pages)

Observationes Coelestes Multifariae, Annis 1728 & 1729. Pekini in Sinis Habitae, & ad Rev. P. Johannem Baptistam Carbone, Soc. Jes. Transmissae; ex Ejusdem Cl. Viri Epistola ad Jacobum De Castro Sarmento, M. D. Col. Med. Lond. Lic. & R. S. S.

P. Johannem Baptistam Carbone, Jacobum De Castro Sarmento (8 pages)

Nova Literaria Physico-Medica Curiosa; Containing a Description of the Cereus Which Flowered at Norimberg in the Year 1730. Communicated by Jo. Georg Steigertahl Arch. Reg. Hanov. Prof. Helm. Soc. Honorar. Coll. Med. Lond. & R. S. S. to Sir Hans Sloane Bart. Pr. R. S. & Coll. Med. Lond. Translated from the Latin by T. Stack, M. D.

T. Stack, Jo. Georg Steigertahl (5 pages)

Errata

Anonymous (2 pages)

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Anonymous (11 pages)

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