Volume 40 (1737)

Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)

85 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (29 pages)
• A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants, from Chelsea-Garden, Presented to the Royal Society by the Company of Apocaries, for the Year 1735. Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Reg. & Soc. Reg. Praes. by Isaac Rand, Apothecary, F. R. S. Hort. Chel. Praes. ac Praelec. Botan
  Isaac Rand (5 pages)
• The Case of a Lad Bitten by a Mad Dog, Communicated in a Letter from Mr. Edward Nourse, F. R. S. and Chirurgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, to Cromwell Mortimer, M. D. Secr. R. S.
  Edward Nourse (4 pages)
• An Explanation of the Runic Characters of Helsingland, by Mr. Andrew Celsius, R. S. Suec. Secr. F. R. S. and Professor of Astronomy at Upsal
  Andrew Celsius (9 pages)
• A Collection of the Observations Made on the Eclipse of the Moon, on March 15. 1735-6. Which Were Communicated to the Royal Society
  Anonymous (6 pages)
• Investigationes Aliquot, ex Quibus Probetur Terrae Figu am Secundum Leges Attractionis in Ratione Inversâ Quadrati Distantiarum Maximè ad Ellipsin Accedere Debere, per Dn. Alexin Clairaut, Reg. Societ. Lond. & Reg. Scient. Acad. Paris. Soc.
  Alexin Clairaut (9 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Stephen Williams, M. B. F. R. S. concerning the Viper-Catchers, (Mention'd in No 443. of These Transactions) and the Efficacy of Oil of Olives in Curing the Bite of Vipers
  Stephen Williams (3 pages)
• A Proposal for the Measurement of the Earth in Russia, Read at a Meeting of the Academy of Sciences of St. Petersbourg, Jan. 21. 1737. by Mr Jos. Nic. de L'Isle, First Professor of Astronomy, and F. R. S. Translated from the French Printed at St. Petersbourgh, 1737. 4to. By T. S. M. D. F. R. S.
  Jos. Nic. De L'Isle, T. S. (24 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Monsr de L'Isle to Mr. Nettleton, Containing the Actual Mensuration of the Basis Proposed p. 42. Translated from the French by T. S. M. D. F. R. S.
  Monsr de L'Isle, T. S. (3 pages)
• A Letter from the Revd Mr. Timothy Neve, Secretary of the Gentlemen's Society at Peterborourg, to C. Mortimer, Secr. R. S. Containing His Observations of Two Parhelia, or Mock-Suns, Seen Dec. 30, 1735. and of an Aurora Borealis, Dec. 11, 1735
  Timothy Neve (4 pages)
• An Observation of Two Parhelia, or Mock-Suns, Seen at Wittemberg in Saxony, on Dec. 31, 1735. O. S. Jan. 11, 1736. N. S. by John-Frid. Weidler, F. R. S. &c. Translated from the Latin by T. S. M. D. F. R. S.
  T. S., John-Frid. Weidler (7 pages)
• An Observation of Three Mock-Suns Seen in London, Friday, Sept. 17, 1736. by Martin Folkes, Esq; V. Pr. R. S.
  Martin Folkes (5 pages)
• De Ruptura Intestini Ilei ex Contusione Externa Sine Vulnere Externé Inflicto ex Litteris à Christiano Wolfio, Prof. Mathem. Marpurg. Reg. Soc. Lond. & Acad. Reg. Scient. Paris. Socio ad Gulielmum Rutty, M. D. Soc. Reg. Lond. Olim Secret. Conscriptis Excerpta Observatio. Mart. 3, 1731
  Christiano Wolfio (3 pages)
• An Account of Some New Statical Experiments, by J. T. Desaguliers, LL. D. F. R. S.
  J. T. Desaguliers (8 pages)
• The Apparent Times of the Immersions and Emersions of Jupiter's Satellites, for the Year 1739. Computed to the Meridian of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, by James Hodgson, F. R. S. and Master of the Royal Mathematical School in Christ s Hospital, London
  James Hodgson (8 pages)
• The Apparent Times of Such of the Immersions and Emersions of Jupiter's Satellites, as are Visible at London, in the Year 1739. By James Hodgson, F. R. S.
  James Hodgson (4 pages)
• An Account of the Peruvian or Jesuits Bark, by Mr. John Gray, F. R. S. Now at Cartagena in the Spanish West-Indies; Extracted from Some Papers Given Him by Mr. William Arrot, a Scotch Surgeon, Who Had Gather'd It at the Place Where It Grows in Peru. Communicated by Phil. Miller, F. R. S. &c.
  Phil. Miller, John Gray, William Arrot (7 pages)
• An Account by Mr. John Eames, F. R. S. of a Book Entituled, a Mathematical Treatise, Containing a System of Conic-Sections, with the Doctrine of Fluxions and Fluents, Applied to Various Subjects. By John Muller
  John Muller, John Eames (4 pages)
• Observation of the Moon's Transit by Aldebaran, April 3, 1736. Made at London by John Bevis, M. D.
  John Bevis (3 pages)
• A Collection of the Observations of the Lunar Eclipse, Sept. 8, 1736. Which Were Sent to the Royal Society
  Geo. Graham, Christopher Middleton, J. Bevis, J. F. Weidlero, James Short (8 pages)
• Eclipsis Solaris Observata Londini, Sept. 23. 1736. á J. Bevis, M. D.
  J. Bevis (3 pages)
• Observations of the Occultation of Mars by the Moon, Oct. 7. 1736. Communicated to the Royal Society
  Geo. Graham, J. Bevis (3 pages)
• Observations of the Transit of Mercury Over the Sun, Oct. 31. 1736. Communicated to the Royal Society
  T. S., George Graham, Professor Weidler, Eustachio Manfredio (10 pages)
• A Collection of Observations Communicated to the Royal Society, Relating to the Comet That Appear'd in the Months of January, February, and March 1736-7
  John Hadley, Didaco de Revillas, Rose Fuller, C. M., Dr. Kearsly, Mr. Sartorius, G. R. Vanbrugh, J. Bradley (14 pages)
• A Letter from John Phil. Breyne, M. D. F. R. S. to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pres. R. S. with Observations, and a Description of Some Mammoth's Bones Dug up in Siberia, Proving Them to Have Belonged to Elephants
  T. S., John Phil. Breyne, Michael Wolochowicz (22 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Andrew Cantwell, M. D. Monspel. to Dr. Stack, Dated at Montpellier, June 23. 1732. N. S. Containing an Account of a Large Glandular Tumor in the Pelvis; and of the Pernicious Effects of Crude Mercury Given Inwardly to the Patient
  Andrew Cantwell (5 pages)
• A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea-Garden, Presented to the Royal Society by the Company of Apothecaries, for the Year 1736. Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Reg. & Soc. Reg. Praes. by Isaac Rand, Apothecary, F. R. S. Hort. Chel. Praef. ac Praelec Botan
  Isaac Rand (5 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Dr. Steigertahl, F. R. S. to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pres. R. S. Giving an Account of a Narhual or Unicorn Fish, Lately Taken in the River Ost, Dutchy of Bremen, Dated at Hanover, May 1 /April 20 1736. Translated from the French by T. S. M. D. &c.
  Dr. Steigertahl, T. S. (6 pages)
• A Description of the Same Narhual, Communicated by John Henry Hampe, M. D. F. R. S.
  John Henry Hampe (3 pages)
• Insectum Aquaticum, Antea Non Descriptum, Cujus Iconem & Descriptionem ad Illustr. Dm Hans Sloane, R. S. Praes. Misit Dom. Jacobus Theodor. Klein, Reipubl. Gedan. à Secret. & R. S. Lond. S.
  Hans Sloane, Jacobus Theodor. Klein (6 pages)
• A Letter from the Revd Mr. Littleton Brown, F. R. S. to C. Mortimer, M. D. R. S. Secr. concerning the Same Sort of Insect Found in Kent, Some of Which He Presented to the Royal Society, to Be Kept in Their Museum. With an Addition by the Publisher
  Littleton Brown (4 pages)
• An Account and Abstract of the Meteorological Diaries Communicated to the Royal Society, for the Years 1729 and 1730. By Geo. Hadley, Esq; F. R. S.
  Geo. Hadley (23 pages)
• A Collection of the Observations of the Solar Eclipse, Feb. 18. 1736-7. Sent to the Royal Society
  Geo. Graham, John Clerk, J. Fredcrico Weidlero, Edm. Halley, Didaco de Revillas, J. Bevis, Charles Mason, Roger Gale, Abbate Hieronym, Colin Mac Laurin (30 pages)
• A Letter from the Revd Ebenezer Latham, M. D. and V. D. M. to C. Mortimer, M. D. Sec. R. S. Containing a Proposal to Make the Poles of a Globe of the Heavens Move in a Circle Round the Poles of the Ecliptic; Read at a Meeting of the Royal Society, April 17. 1738
  Ebenezer Latham (3 pages)
• A Contrivance to Make the Poles of the Diurnal Motion in a Celestial Globe Pass Round the Poles of the Ecliptic. Invented by John Senex, F. R. S. Read at a Meeting of the Royal Society, May 4. 1738
  John Senex (5 pages)
• The Solution of Kepler's Problem, by J. Machin, Astr. Prof. Gresh. and Secr. R. S.
  J. Machin (27 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• A Description of a New Invention of Bellows, Called Water-Bellows, by Martin Triewald, F. R. S. Captain of Mechanics, and Military Architect to His Swedish Majesty; Communicated to the Royal Society by Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pres. R. S. &c. See the Fig. in Tab. Prefixed
  Hans Sloane, Martin Triewald (11 pages)
• Viri Celeberrimi Johannis Marchionis Poleni, R. S. Lond. S. ad Virum Doctissimum Jacobum Jurinum, M. D. R. S. S. Epistola, Qua Continetur Summarium Observationum Meteorologicarum per Sexennium Patavii Habitarum
  Johannis Marchionis Poleni (11 pages)
• The Imperfections of the Common Barometers, and the Improvement Made in Them, by Mr. Cha. Orme of Ashby-De-La-Zouche in Leicestershire, Where They are Perfected and Rectified; With Some Observations, Remarks and Rules for Their Use, by Hen. Beighton, F. R. S.
  Cha. Orme, Hen. Beighton (19 pages)
• Relatio de Caverna Vaporifera Sulphurea in Lapicidina Pyrmontana, Quae Similis Est Foveae Neapolitanae Grotta Del Cane Dictae, á Dno Misson, & Aliis Descriptae, Regali Societati Communicata à Johanne Philippo Seip, M. D. Consil. Aulic. & Archiatro Sereniss. Principis á Waldeck, Necnon R. S. Lond. Socio.
  Dno Misson, Waldeck, Johanne Philippo Seip (8 pages)
• A Letter from John Fuller, Esq; Jun. F R. S. to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pres. R. S. & c. concerning the Effects of Dampier's Powder, in Curing the Bite of a Mad Dog
  John Fuller (3 pages)
• Another Case of a Person Bit by a Mad-Dog, Drawn up by David Hartley, M. A. and Mr. Fr. Sandys, Communicated to the Royal Society by Francis Wollaston, Esq; F. R. S.
  David Hartley, Fr. Sandys, Francis Wollaston (4 pages)
• An Inquiry concerning the Figure of Such Planets as Revolve about an Axis, Supposing the Density Continually to Vary, from the Centre towards the Surface; By Mr. Alexis Clairaut, F. R. S. and Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. Translated from the French by the Rev. John Colson Lucas. Prof. Math. Cantab. and F. R. S.
  Alexis Clairaut, John Colson (32 pages)
• New Experiments upon Ice; Taken from Abbé Nolet, F. R. S. at Paris, and Communicated by J. T. Desaguliers, F. R. S.
  Abbé Nolet, J. T. Desaguliers (5 pages)
• An Observation of the Magnetic Needle Being So Affected by Great Cold, That It Would Not Traverse; By Capt. Christopher Middleton, F. R. S.
  Christopher Middleton (3 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Dr. Andrew Cantwell of Montpelier, to Dr. Thomas Stack, Dated June 23. 1732. concerning an Uncommon Palsey of the Eye-Lids
  Andrew Cantwell (3 pages)
• An Account of the Man Whose Arm with the Shoulder-Blade Was Torn off by a Mill, the 15th of August 1737. by Mr. John Belchier, F. R. S. Surgeon to Guy's Hospital
  John Belchier (5 pages)
• An Account of the Wound, Which the Late Lord Carpenter Received at Brihuega; Whereby a Bullet Remained Near His Gullet for a Year Wanting a Few Days; Communicated to the Royal Society by His Son the Right Honourable George Lord Carpenter, F. R. S. &c.
  George Lord Carpenter (3 pages)
• Of an Obstruction of the Biliary Ducts, and an Impostumation of the Gall-Bladder, Discharging Upwards of 18 Quarts of Bilious Matter in 25 Days, without Any Apparent Defect in the Animal Functions. By Claudius Amyand, Esq; Serjeant Surgeon to His Majesty, and F. R. S.
  Claudius Amyand (12 pages)
• Some Observations on the Case of Mr. Le Grange, by Alexander Stuart, M. D. F. R. S. &c.
  Alexander Stuart (8 pages)
• The Apparent Times of the Immersions and Emersions of the Four Satellites of Jupiter, for the Year 1740. Computed to the Meridian of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, by James Hodgson, F. R. S. Master of the Royal Mathematical School in Christ's Hospital, London. In All 374
  James Hodgson (9 pages)
• The Apparent Times of Such of the Immersions and Emersions of Jupiter's Satellites, as are Visible at London, in the Year 1740. By the Same
  James Hodgson (4 pages)
• A Continuation of an Account of An Essay towards a Natural History of Carolina, and the Bahama Islands; By Mark Catesby, F. R. S. with Some Extracts out of the Ninth Set, by Dr. Mortimer, Secr. R. S.
  Mark Catesby, Dr. Mortimer (9 pages)
• Matthiae Belii Pannonii, Reg. Soc. Lond. S. & Reg. Soc. Scient. Berolin, Collegae, &c. Observatio Historico-Physica, de Aquis Neosoliensium Aeratis, Vulgo. Cement-Waszser Dictis, Ferrum Aere Permutantibus, in Epistolâ ad Illust. Dn. Hans Sloane, Bart. R.S. Pr. Scripta Communicata
  Matthiae Belii (12 pages)
• Of a Bubonocele or Rupture in the Groin, and the Operation Made upon It; By Claud. Amyand, Esq; Serjeant Surgeon to His Majesty, and F. R. S.
  Claud. Amyand (8 pages)
• An Account of a Pin Taken out of the Bladder of a Child, by Mr. William Gregory, Surgeon; Communicated in a Letter to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pr. R. S.
  William Gregory (4 pages)
• A Letter from the Marquis de Caumont to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. President of the Royal Society, Containing the Description of a Very Extraordinary Stone or Calculus Taken out of the Bladder of a Man after Death; Translated from the French by T. S. M. D. F. R. S.
  T. S., Marquis de Caumont (5 pages)
• An Account of the Case Above-Mentioned, Translated from the French by Mr. Zollman, F. R. S.
  Mr. Zollman (6 pages)
• Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pr. R. S. His Answer to the Marquis de Caumont's Letter, concerning This Stone; Translated from the Latin by Tho. Stack, M. D. F. R. S.
  Hans Sloane, Tho. Stack (5 pages)
• An Account of Some Oil of Sassafras Crystallized, by Mr. John Maud, Chemist, F. R. S.
  John Maud (3 pages)
• An Observation of an Extraordinary Damp in a Well in the Isle of Wight; Communicated in a Letter from Mr. Benj. Cooke, F. R. S. to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S.
  Benj. Cooke (6 pages)
• An Extract from the Journal Books of the Royal Society, concerning Magnets Having More Poles Than Two; by John Eames, F. R. S. with Some Observations by Dr. Desaguliers on the Same Subject
  John Eames, Dr. Desaguliers (3 pages)
• An Account of Some Magnetical Experiments Made before the Royal Society, on Thursday the 24th Day of June 1736. by the Revd. J. T. Desaguliers, LL.D. F. R. S.
  J. T. Desaguliers (4 pages)
• The Description of an Antique Metal Stamp, in the Collection of His Grace Charles Duke of Richmond, Lenox and Aubigny, F. R. S. &c. Being One of the Instances, How Near the Romans Had Arrived to the Art of Printing; With Some Remakrs by C. Mortimer, M. D. Fellow of the College of Physicians, and Secr. R. S. Lond.
  Charles Duke of Aubigny, C. Mortimer, Charles Duke of Richmond, Charles Duke of Lenox (8 pages)
• Mercurius a Venere Occultatus Maii 17. 1737. in Observatorio Regio Grenovici, ab J. Bevis, M. D. Observatus.
  J. Bevis (4 pages)
• The Use of a New Azimuth Compass for Finding the Variation of the Compass or Magnetic Needle at Sea, with Greater Ease and Exactness Than by Any Ever Yet Contriv'd for That Purpose;By Captain Christopher Middleton, F. R. S.
  Christopher Middleton (5 pages)
• An Account of a Book Presented to the Royal Society
  Zachary Pearce, Matth. Belio (4 pages)
• A Short Account of Mr. Kersseboom's Essay [Intituled, Verhandeling Tot Een Proeve Om Te Weeten de Probable Menigte des Volks in de Proventie van Hollandt en Westfrieslandt. Hage 1738. in 4to. Door W. Kersseboom] upon the Number of People in Holland and West-Friezland, as Also in Harlem, Gouda and the Hague; Drawn from the Bills of Births, Burials, or Marriages, in Those Places. By John Eames, F. R. S.
  Mr. Kersseboom, John Eames (7 pages)
• An Answer to That Part of Mr. W. Kersseboom's Essay, Which Treats of the Number of the Inhabitants of London; By Wm. Maitland, F. R. S.
  Wm. Maitland (7 pages)
• A Description of a Water-Level to be Fix'd to Davis's Quadrant, Whereby an Observation May Be Taken at Sea, in Thick and Hazy Weather, without Seeing the Horizon; By Charles Leigh, Gent
  Charles Leigh (8 pages)
• The Description and Use of an Apparatus Added as an Improvement to Davis's Quadrant, Consisting of a Mercurial Level, for Taking the Co-Altitude of Sun or Star at Sea, without the Usual Assistance of the Sensible Horizon, Which Frequently is Obscured. By Charles Leigh, Gent
  Charles Leigh (9 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. John Ferguson, Surgeon, to William Chiselden, Esq; Surgeon to Chelsea College, F. R. S. &c. Containing an Account of the Extirpation of Part of the Spleen of a Man
  John Ferguson (4 pages)
• A Letter from Benjamin Cook, F. R. S. to Peter Collinson, F. R. S. concerning a Ball of Sulphur Supposed to Be Generated in the Air
  Benjamin Cook (6 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Joanne Huxham, Thomas Stack (13 pages)
• An Abstract by C. Mortimer, M. D. Secr. R. S. of an Inaugural Dissertation Published at Wittemberg 1736. by Dr. Abraham Vater, F. R. S. concerning the Cure of the Bite of a Viper, Cured by Sallad-Oil
  Abraham Vater, C. Mortimer (6 pages)
• Abstracts of Two Letters from M. Dufay, F. R. S. &c. to Dr. Mortimer, Secr. R. S. concerning the Efficacy of Oil of Olives in Curing the Bite of Vipers
  M. Dufay, T. S. (3 pages)
• Extract of a Letter concerning the Poison of Henbane-Roots, from Dr. Patouillat, Physician at Toucy in France, to M. Geoffroy, F. R. S. and Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, Communicated to the Royal Society, London, by Sir Hans Sloane, Med. Reg. and Pres. R. S. Translated from the French by T. S. M. D. F. R. S.
  Hans Sloane, Dr. Patouillat, T. S. (4 pages)
• A Letter from the Revd. Mr. Tho. Steward, V. D. M. to Dr. Mortimer, Secr. R. S. concerning the Virtues of the Star of the Earth, Coronopus, or Bucks-Horn Plantain, in the Cure of the Bite of the Mad-Dog. See Trans. No 443. p. 319. and 360
  Tho. Steward (15 pages)
• De Reductione Radicalium ad Simpliciores Terminos, Seu de Extrahenda Radice Quacunque Data ex Binomio <tex-math>$a+\sqrt{+b}$</tex-math>, vel <tex-math>$a+\sqrt{-b}$</tex-math>. Epistola
  Gulielmo Jones (17 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Erratum
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Three Lectures on Muscular Motion, Read before the Royal Society in the Year MDCCXXXVIII: As Appointed by the Will of Lady Sadleir, Pursuant to the Design of Her First Husband William Croone, M. D. Fellow of the College of Physicians, and of the Royal Society: Being a Supplement to the Philosophical Transactions for That Year. Wherein the Elasticity of Fluids, and the Immediate Cause of the Cohesion and Elasticity of Solids, are Proved by Experiments, &c. and Shewn to Arise from the Same Principle as Gravity: With a General Scheme of Muscular Motion, Founded on Anatomy, Experiments, etc.
  Alexander Stuart (75 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (22 pages)