Volume 41 (1739)

Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)

168 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (30 pages)
• A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden, Presented to the Royal Society by the Company of Apothecaries, for the Year 1737. 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)
• De Mensura & Motu Aquarum Fluentium
  Jacobo Jurin (38 pages)
• Dias Antrorum Mirabilis Naturae, Glacialis Alterius, Alterius Halitus Noxios Eructantis, ad Regiam Societatem Scientiarum Londinensem, a Matthia Belio Pannonio, R. S. S. Missa
  Matthia Belio Pannonio (17 pages)
• An Account of a Very Extraordinary Tumour in the Knee of a Person, Whose Leg Was Taken off by Mr. Jer. Peirce, Surgeon at Bath; Communicated in a Letter to Dr. Mead, Physician to His Majesty, and Fellow of the College of Physicians, and of the Royal Society, London
  Jer. Peirce (7 pages)
• An Experiment concerning the Spirit of Coals, Being Part of a Letter to the Hon. Rob. Boyle, Esq; from the Late Rev. John Clayton, D. D. Communicated by the Right Rev. Father in God Robert Lord Bishop of Corke to the Right Hon. John Earl of Egmont, F. R. S.
  Robert, John Clayton (4 pages)
• An Experiment concerning the Nitrous Particles in the Air; By the Same Hand
  Robert Corke (3 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from John Rutty, M. D. to Dr. Mortimer, Secr. R. S. concerning the Poison of Laurel-Water
  John Rutty (3 pages)
• Tentaminis de Mensura & Motu Aquarum Fluentium, Praecedente Transactionum Numero Communicati, Pars Reliqua; Auctore Jacobo Jurin, M. D. Soc. Reg. & Colleg. Medic. Londinens. Sodale
  Jacobo Jurin (28 pages)
• A Collection of the Observations of the Eclipse of the Sun, August 4th 1738. Which Were Sent to the Royal Society
  George Graham, Jo. Frid. Weidlero, Andrea Celsio, Mr. Short (8 pages)
• Some Electrical Experiments, Chiefly Regarding the Repulsive Force of Electrical Rodies; Communicated in a Letter from Granvile Wheler, Esq; F. R. S. to Cromwell Mortimer, M. D. R. S. Secr.
  Granvile Wheler (15 pages)
• An Account of Some of the Electrical Experiments Made by Granvile Wheler, Esq; at the Royal Society's House, on May 11. 1737. Drawn up by C. Mortimer, M. D. R. S. Secr.
  C. Mortimer, Granvile Wheler (7 pages)
• A Letter from Granvile Wheler, Esq; To Dr. Mortimer, Secr. R. S. Containing Some Remarks on the Late Stephen Gray, F. R. S. His Electrical Circular Experiment
  Granvile Wheler (9 pages)
• An Account of the Influence Which Two Pendulum Clocks Were Observed to Have upon Each Other, by Mr. John Ellicott, F. R. S.
  John Ellicott (4 pages)
• Further Observations and Experiments concerning the Two Clocks Above-Mentioned, by the Same
  John Ellicott (9 pages)
• The Case of a Wound in the Cornea of the Eye Being Successfully Cured by Mr. Tho. Baker, Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, and by Him Communicated to the Royal Society, in a Letter to Dr. Mortimer, R. S. Secr.
  Thomas Baker (3 pages)
• Extract of a Letter Dated at Montpelier, Dec. 27. 1731. N. S. from Andrew Cantwell, M. D. Monspel. to T. S. M. D. and by Him Translated from the French, Giving an Account of a Monstrous Boy
  Andrew Cantwell (3 pages)
• Three Extraordinary Cases in Surgery, by Bezaleel Sherman, Surgeon, at Kelvedon in Essex, Communicated in November 1738
  Bezaleel Sherman (4 pages)
• A Letter from Tho. Stack, M. D. to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pr. R. S. &c. Containing an Account of a Woman Sixty-Eight Years of Age, Who Gave Suck to Two of Her Grand-Children
  Thomas Stack (4 pages)
• A Letter from the Revd Mr. John Clayton, (afterwards Dean of Kildare in Ireland) to Dr. Grew, in Answer to Several Queries Relating to Virginia, Sent to Him by That Learned Gentleman, A. D. 1687. Communicated by the Right Reverend Father in God Robert Lord Bishop of Corke, to John Earl of Egmont, F. R. S.
  Robert, John Clayton (21 pages)
• An Experiment to Prove, That Water, When Agitated by Fire, is Infinitely More Elastic Than Air in the Same Circumstances; By the Late Revd John Clayton, Dean of Kildare in Ireland. Communicated by the Same Hand as the Preceding
  Robert, John Clayton (6 pages)
• Part of a Letter from John Green, M. D. Secretary of the Gentlemens Society at Spalding in Lincolnshire, to C. Mortimer, M. D. Sec. R. S. Serving to Inclose a Relation of a Girl Three Years Old, Who Remained a Quarter of an Hour Under Water without Drowning
  John Green (4 pages)
• The Case of Mr..... Cox, Surgeon at Peterborough, Who Fell into a Pestilential Fever, upon Tapping a Corpse Lately Dead of an Hydropsy, Drawn up by Himself, and Read before the Peterborough Society, Sept. 1. 1736. Communicated to the Royal Society by the Revd Mr. Tim. Neve, Sec. Soc. Petroburg
  Mr..... Cox, Tim. Neve (5 pages)
• The Variation of the Magnetic Needle, as Observed in Three Voyages from London to Maryland, by Walter Hoxton
  Walter Hoxton (6 pages)
• Some Thoughts and Conjectures concerning the Cause of Elasticity, by J. T. Desaguliers, LL. D. F. R. S.
  J. T. Desaguliers (14 pages)
• Some Thoughts and Experiments concerning Electricity, by J. T. Desaguliers, LL. D. F. R. S.
  J. T. Desaguliers (9 pages)
• Experiments Made before the Royal Society, Feb. 2. 1737-8. by J. T. Desaguliers, LL.D. F. R. S.
  J. T. Desaguliers (8 pages)
• An Account of Some Electrical Experiments Made before the Royal Society on Thursday the 16th of February 1737-8. By the Same
  J. T. Desaguliers (12 pages)
• An Account of Some Electrical Experiments Made at His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales's House at Cliefden, on Tuesday the 15th of April 1738. Where the Electricity Was Conveyed 420 Feet in a Direct Line. By the Same
  J. T. Desaguliers (3 pages)
• Observationes Botanicae, Plantarum Quarundam Descriptiones Accuratiores Exhibentes; per Dr Paulum Henricum Gerhardum Moehring, M. D. Factae; ad Illustrissimum Dn. Hans Sloane, Bart. R. S. Praes. Missae
  Hans Sloane, Paulum Henricum Gerhardum Moehring (14 pages)
• Observatio Anthelii Vitembergae Spectati; per J. Fried. Weidlerum Mathes. Prof. Ibidem Primar. & R. S. Lond. Soc. Communicata, in Epistola ad C. Mortimerum, R. S. Secr.
  C. Mortimerum, J. Fried Weidlerum (6 pages)
• Occultatio Palilicii, A. 1738. d 23. Decembris St. N. Observata a D. Christfried Kirchio, Astronomo Regio, Berolini. Ex literis ad J. F. Weidlerum Datis Excerpta
  Christfried Kirchio, J. F. Weidlerum (7 pages)
• Eclipsis Solis Observata Vitembergae Saxonum, Die IV. Aug. St. N. Die XXIV. Julii St. Vet. A.[MDCCXXIX]. Post Merid. a Jo. Friderico Weidlero
  Jo. Friderico Weidlero (7 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr. J. Derby to Mr. Henry Sheppard, concerning a Terrible Whirlwind, Which Happen'd at Corne Abbas in Dorsetshire, Oct. 30. 1731. Communicated to the Royal Society by Edmund Halley, LL. D. V. Pr. R. S. and Astronom. Reg.
  Edmund Halley, J. Derby (3 pages)
• An Account of Letters Found in the Middle of a Beech, by J. Theod. Klein, Secretary of Dantzick, F. R. S. Communicated to the Royal Society by Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pr. of the R. S. and Physician to His Majesty, & c. Translated from the Latin by T. S. M. D.
  Hans Sloane, T. S., J. Theod Klein (9 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Sir John Clark, one of the Barons of His Majesty's Exchequer in Scotland, and F. R. S. to Rog. Gale, Esq; Tr. R. S. Nov. 6. 1731
  John Clark (3 pages)
• A Letter from His Excellency Nicolas-Michael d' Aragona, Prince of Cassano, and F. R. S. to the President of the Royal Society, Containing an Account of the Eruption of Vesuvius in May 1737. Translated from the Italian by T. S. M. D. F. R. S.
  T. S., Nicolas-Michael d' Aragona (17 pages)
• An Abstract of a Letter from an English Gentleman at Naples to His Friend in London, Containing an Account of the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, May 18. and the Following Days, 1737. N. S.
  Anonymous (11 pages)
• De Atmosphaera Lunari, Dissertatio Astronomica. Auctore Dno Johanne Paulo Grandjean de Fouchy, in Suprema Galliae Rationum Curia Senatore, & Reg. Scient. Acad. Paris. Socio.
  Johanne Paulo Grandjean De Fouchy (15 pages)
• A Narrative of an Extraordinary Sinking down and Sliding Away of Some Ground at Pardines Near Auvergne, Sent from M. T--to a Relation in England, Translated from the French, and Communicated to the Royal Society by Phil. Henry Zollman, Esq; F. R. S.
  Henry Zollman, M. T (6 pages)
• A Dissertation on the Worms Which Destroy the Piles on the Coasts of Holland and Zealand, by Job Baster, M. D. F. R. S. Communicated by the President of the Royal Society. Translated from the Latin by T. S. M. D. F. R. S.
  T. S., Job Baster (16 pages)
• Two Observations of Explosions in the Air; one Heard at Halsted in Essex, by the Rev. Mr. A. Vievar, Minister of That Place; The Other by Sam. Shepheard, Esq; of Spring-Field in the Same County
  A. Vievar, Sam. Shepheard (4 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden, Presented to the Royal Society by the Company of Apothecaries, for the Year 1738. Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Reg. & Soc. Reg. Praef. By Isaac Rand, Apothecary, F. R. S. Hort. Chel. Praef. ac Praelec. Botan
  Isaac Rand (5 pages)
• Some Reflections on Generation, and on Monsters, With a Description of Some Particular Monsters: By Daniel de Superville, Privy Counsellor and Chief Physician to His Most Serene Highness the Margrave of Brandenburg-Bareith, President of the College of Physicians, Director of the Mines and of All Medicinal Affairs in the Margravite, Member of the Imperial Academy Naturae Curiosorum, and of the Royal Society of Berlin. Translated from the French by Phil. Hen. Zollman, F. R. S.
  Phil. Hen. Zollman, Daniel De Superville (17 pages)
• Ossis Bregmatis Giganteae Magnitudinis Icon; cum Problemate de Gigantis Statura Determinanda Secundum Regulas Artis Delineatoriae: Quae ad Illustr. Regalis Societatis Praesidem Dum Hans Sloane, Bart. Transmisit Jac. Theodor. Klein Reipubl. Gedan. a Secretis & Reg. Soc. Lond. Soc.
  Hans Sloane, Jac. Theodor Klein (10 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Mons. Fourmount, Zachary Pearce (6 pages)
• A Query Proposed to Such Curious Persons as Use the Greenland Trade, Occasioned by the Annexed Letter from Mr. David Nicolson, Surgeon, to Dr. Mortimer, Sec. R. S.
  David Nicolson (3 pages)
• A Letter from Edmund Stone, F. R. S. to--concerning Two Species of Lines of the Third Order, Not Mentioned by Sir Isaac Newton, Nor Mr. Sterling
  Edmund Stone (4 pages)
• An Account of an Improvement on the Terrestrial Globe, by Joseph Harris, Gent
  Joseph Harris (7 pages)
• A New Method of Improving and Perfecting Catadioptrical Telescopes, by Forming the Speculums of Glass Instead of Metal. By Caleb Smith
  Caleb Smith (16 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from the Honble Henry Temple, Esq; To His Father the Right Honble the Lord Viscount Palmerston, concerning an Earthquake at Naples; Communicated to the Royal Society by Claudius Amyand, Esq; F.R.S. and Sergeant Surgeon to His Majesty
  Claudius Amyand, Henry Temple (3 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Timothy Sheldrake to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pr. R. S. &c. concerning a Monstrous Child Born of a Woman under Sentence of Transportation
  Timothy Sheldrake (6 pages)
• A Paper concerning the Mola Salu. or Sun-Fish, and a Glue Made of It; Communicated by the Rev. Mr. William Barlow to the President of the Royal Society
  William Barlow (4 pages)
• An Account of the Discovery of the Remains of a City Under-Ground, Near Naples; Communicated to the Royal Society by William Sloane, Esq; F. R. S.
  William Sloane, William Hammond, John Green (3 pages)
• An Account of a Meteor Seen in the Air in the Day-Time, on Dec. 8. 1733; Communicated by Mr. Crocker to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pr. R. S. &c.
  Mr. Crocker (3 pages)
• An Account of a Luminous Appearance in the Sky, Seen at London on Thursday March 13. 1734-5. by John Bevis, M. D.
  John Bevis (4 pages)
• An Account of the Case of a Calculus Making Its Way Through an Old Cicatrix in the Perinaeum, by David Hartley, M. A. F. R. S.
  David Hartley (3 pages)
• An Account of a Stone, or Calculus, Making Its Way Out Through the Scrotum; Communicated by Mr. John Sisley, Surgeon, to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pr. R. S. &c.
  John Sisley (3 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Moreton Gilks, F. R. S. to Dr. Mortimer, Sec. R. S. Giving Some Account of the Petrefactions Near Mat-Lock Baths in Derbyshire; With His Con-Jectures concerning Petrefaction in General
  Moreton Gilks (6 pages)
• Part of a Letter from the Abbe Pluche to Dr. Mortimer, Sec. R. S. concerning the Smut of Corn. Translated from the French by T. S. M. D. F. R. S.
  Abbe Pluche, T. S. (3 pages)
• A Letter from John Bartram, M. D. to Peter Collinson, F. R. S. concerning a Cluster of Small Teeth Observed by Him at the Root of Each Fang or Great Tooth in the Head of a Rattle-Snake, upon Dissecting It
  John Bartram (3 pages)
• Notices of Some Meteors Observed at Philadelphia in North-America by Joseph Breintnall, Extracted out of a Letter from Him to Peter Collinson, F. R. S.
  Joseph Breintnall (3 pages)
• A Description of the Cave of Kilcorny in the Barony of Burren in Ireland, Contained in a Letter from Mr. Charles Lucas, Apothecary at Dublin, to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pr. R. S. &c.
  Charles Lucas (6 pages)
• The Case of Grace Lowdell, Aged about Sixty Years, Who Had an Extraordinary Tumour on Her Thigh; Communicated by John Chandler, F. R. S. from Mr. Mizael Malfalguerat, Surgeon, at St. Edmund's-Bury
  Mizael Malfalguerat, John Chandler (4 pages)
• An Extract of a Letter from Mr. James Short, of the College at Edinburgh, to Mr. Richard Graham, F. R. S.
  James Short (3 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. John Freke, F. R. S. Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital to the Royal Society, Relating a Case of Extraordinary Exostoses on the Back of a Boy
  John Freke (3 pages)
• An Account by John Eames, F.R.S. of a Dissertation, Containing Remarks upon the Observations Made in France, in Order to Ascertain the Figure of the Earth, by Mr. Celsius, Intituled, De Observationibus Pro Figura Telluris Determinanda, in Gallia Habitis, Disquisitio. Auctore Andrea Celsio, in Acad. Upsal. Astronom. Prof. Regio, & c. Upsaliae, 1738. 4to.
  Andrea Celsio, John Eames, Mr. Celsius (13 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. J. Alexander to Peter Collinson, F.R.S. concerning a Place in New-York for Measuring a Degree of Latitude
  J. Alexander (2 pages)
• Ex Veterum Prussorum Re Antiquaria Schediasma, a D. Jac. Theodoro Klein Reipubl. Gedan. a Secretis, R.S.S. Cum D. Hans Sloane, Bart. R.S. Pr. Communicatum
  Hans Sloane, Jac. Theodoro Klein (8 pages)
• Observations and Experiments with Madder-Root, Which Has the Faculty of Tinging the Bones of Living Animals of a Red Colour, by M. Du Hamel du Monceau, F.R.S. & c. Communicated in a Letter to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pr. R.S. Translated from the French by T.S. M.D.F.R.S.
  T. S., M. Du Hamel du Monceau (18 pages)
• A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden, Presented to the Royal Society by the Company of Apothecaries, for the Year 1739. Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Reg. & Soc. Reg. Praef. By Isaac Rand, Apothecary, F.R.S. Hort. Chel. Praef. ac Praelec. Botan
  Isaac Rand (5 pages)
• A Physico-Mathematical Demonstration of the Impossibility and Insufficiency of Vortices: By M. De Sigorgne. Translated from the French by T.S. M.D. F.R.S.
  T. S., M. De Sigorgne (28 pages)
• An Account of Dr. Trew's Dissertation Concerning the Differences of a Human Body before and after Birth
  David Hartley, Christoph. Jacobo Trew (7 pages)
• Some Curious Experiments and Observations on a Beetle, That Lived Three Years without Food: Communicated to the Royal Society in a Letter from Mr. Henry Baker to Alexander Stuart, M.D.F.R.S.
  Henry Baker (10 pages)
• The Discovery of a Perfect Plant in Semine; By Mr. Henry Baker
  Henry Baker (10 pages)
• Books Lately Published
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• An Account of the Analogy betwixt English Weights and Measures of Capacity, by the Revd Mr. William Barlow of Plymouth
  William Barlow (4 pages)
• An Account of a Tract Intituled, Jo. Friderici Weidleri Commentatio de Parheliis Mense Januario Anni 1736. Prope Petroburgum Angliae & Vitembergae Saxonum visis. Accedit de Rubore Coeli Igneo Mense Decembri Anni 1737. Observato Corollarium. Vitembergae, 1738. 4 degrees. Drawn up by Tho. Stack, M. D. F. R. S.
  Tho. Stack (8 pages)
• An Attempt to Examine the Barrows in Cornwall, by Stephen Williams, M. D. F. R. S.
  Stephen Williams (25 pages)
• Extracts of Two Letters from Sigr. Camillo Paderni at Rome, to Mr. Allan Ramsay, Painter, in Covent-Garden, concerning Some Antient Statues, Pictures, and Other Curiosities, Found in a Subterraneous Town, Lately Discovered Near Naples. Translated from the Italian by Mr. Ramsay, and Sent by Him to Mr. Ward, F. R. S. Prof. Rhet. Gresh
  Mr. Ramsay, Camillo Paderni (7 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Mr. George Knapton to Mr. Charles Knapton, upon the Same Subject
  George Knapton (6 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Mr. Crispe to Mr. George Knapton, upon the Same Subject as the Two Preceding Papers
  Mr. Crispe (4 pages)
• A Remarkable Cure Performed by John Cagua, Surgeon, at Plymouth-Dock, of a Wound of the Head Complicated with a Large Fracture and Depression of the Skull, the Dura Mater and Brain Wounded and Lacerated: Communicated in a Letter to William Cheselden, Esq; F. R. S. &c.
  John Cagua (10 pages)
• A Case Communicated by Mr. J. Mackarness, Apothecary, in Chipping-Norton, in Oxfordshire, of an Extraordinary Stone Voided by the Anus
  J. Mackarness (7 pages)
• An Account of Mr. Leeuwenhoek's Microscopes; By Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S.
  Henry Baker, Mr. Leeuwenhoek (20 pages)
• An Inquiry into the Causes of a Dry and Wet Summer. By an Anonymous Hand
  Anonymous (29 pages)
• Notabilia Quaedam in Itinere Alpino-Tyrolensi Observata per Balthasarem Ehrhartum, M. D. Memingensem in Epistola ad C. Mortimerum, R. S. Secr. Missa
  Balthasarem Ehrhartum, C. Mortimerum (9 pages)
• The Figure of a Machine for Grinding Lenses Spherically, Invented by Mr. Samuel Jenkins, and Communicated by Him to the Honble Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pr. R. S. &c.
  Samuel Jenkins (5 pages)
• Observatio de Immodico & Funesto Lapidum Cancrorum, Similiumque Terrestrium Absorbentium Usu, Indeque Ortis Calculis in Ventriculo & Renibus: a Joh. Philippo Breynio, M. D. R. S. S. cum D. Hans Sloane, R. S. Pr. &c. Communicata
  Joh. Philippo Breynio, Hans Sloane (6 pages)
• A Letter from the Revd Mr. S. Kirkshaw to William Sloane, Esq; F. R. S. concerning Two Pigs of Lead, Found near Ripley, with This Inscription on Them, Imp. CAEs. Domitiano Aug. Cos. VII
  S. Kirkshaw (6 pages)
• The Description and Draught of a Machine for Reducing Fractures of the Thigh, by Mr. Henry Ettrick, Surgeon
  Henry Ettrick (10 pages)
• De Ostreis Petrefactis Relatio Cornelii le Bruyn, Illustrata per Jac. Theodor. Klein, R. S. S. Reip. Gedan. a Secret
  Jac. Theodor. Klein (7 pages)
• Observationes Martis, Autumno Anni 1736. Berolini Habitae, a Christfr. Kirch, Regiae Societatis Ibidem Astronomo
  Christfr. Kirch (13 pages)
• A Collection of the Observations of the Remarkable Red Lights Seen in the Air on Dec. 5. 1737. Sent from Different Places to the Royal Society
  John Fuller, T. S., Didaco De Revillas, Prince of Cassano, Eustachio Zanotti (26 pages)
• A Short Account of Dr. Jurin's Ninth and Last Dissertation De Vi Motrice, by Mr. John Eames F. R. S.
  John Eames, Dr. Jurin (5 pages)
• An Account of Some Remarkable Stones, Taken out of the Kidneys of Mrs. Felles, upon Opening Her Body after Her Decease, by Noah Sherwood, Surgeon
  Noah Sherwood (3 pages)
• A Description of a Large Lake Called Malholm Tarn, Near Skipton in Craven, in the County of Yorkshire; by John Fuller, Esq; Jun. F. R. S.
  John Fuller (4 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Monsieur De Bremond, M. D. to Dr. Mortimer, concerning a File Rendered Magnetical by Lightning. Translated from the French by T. S. M. D. F. R. S.
  T. S., Monsieur De Bremond (4 pages)
• An Account of Tumours, Which Rendered the Bones Soft. Communicated to the Royal Society by Mr. Pott, Surgeon
  Mr. Pott (8 pages)
• A Case Wherein Part of the Lungs Were Coughed up. Presented to the Royal Society by William Watson, F. R. S.
  William Watson (3 pages)
• An Account of Several Meteors, Communicated in a Letter from Thomas Short, M. D. to the President
  Thomas Short (7 pages)
• Mercurius a Venere Sublatus Maii 17. 1737. Grenovici in Observatorio Regio Observatus, per J. Bevis, M. D.
  J. Bevis (4 pages)
• An Occultation of Aldebaran by the Moon, Dec. 12. 1738. p. m. Observed in Fleetstreet with a Reflecting Telescope of 15 Inches in Length, by Mr. G. Graham, F. R. S.
  G. Graham (2 pages)
• An Eclipse of the Sun, Dec. 19. 1739. in the Morning, Observed by Mr. Short in Surrey-Street, with a Reflecting Telescope of 16 Inches Focus, That Magnified about 40 Times
  Mr. Short (2 pages)
• An Eclipse of the Moon, Jan. 2. 1740. Observed at Mr. Graham's House in Fleetstreet, by Mr. Short, with a Reflecting Telescope of Nine Inches Focus, That Magnified about 40 Times
  Mr. Short (2 pages)
• Some Things concerning Electricity, by the Rev. J. T. Desaguliers, LL. D. F. R. S.
  J. T. Desaguliers (5 pages)
• An Account of Some Electrical Experiments Made before the Royal Society, on Thursday the 22d of January 1740-1. by the Same
  J. T. Desaguliers (4 pages)
• Electrical Experiments Made before the Royal Society, on Thursday, March 15th 1740-1. by the Same
  J. T. Desaguliers (3 pages)
• A Letter from John Huxham, M. D. F. R. S. to C. Mortimer, M. D. Secr. R. S. concerning an Extraordinary Hernia Inguinalis; And an Observation of the Passage of Mercury Over the Sun, Oct. 31. 1738
  John Huxham (7 pages)
• An Observation on the Planet Venus, (with Regard to Her Having a Satellite) Made by Mr. James Short, F. R. S. at Sunrise, October 23. 1740
  James Short (3 pages)
• An Occultation of Jupiter and His Satellites by the Moon, October 28. 1740. in the Morning; Observed at Mr. George Graham's, F. R. S. House in Fleetstreet, London, by Dr. Bevis and Mr. James. Short, F. R. S.
  James Short, Dr. Bevis (4 pages)
• A Letter from James Parsons, M. D. F. R. S. to the Royal Society, Giving a Short Account of His Book Intituled, A Mechanical Critical Inquiry into the Nature of Hermaphrodites. London, 1741. in 8vo
  James Parsons (4 pages)
• An Account of an Antient Date in Arabian Figures, upon the North Front of the Parish Church of Rumsey in Hampshire. By the Rev. Mr. William Barlow
  William Barlow (4 pages)
• Some Observations concerning the Virtue of the Jelly of Black Currants, in Curing Inflammations in the Throat. By Henry Baker, F. R. S.
  Henry Baker (7 pages)
• Several Electrical Experiments, Made at Various Times, before the Royal Society, by the Rev. J. T. Desaguliers, LL. D. F. R. S.
  J. T. Desaguliers (8 pages)
• A Letter from John Huxham, M. D. F. R. S. to Thomas Stack, M. D. F. R. S. concerning an Extraordinary Venereal Case
  John Huxham (7 pages)
• An Account of Coal-Balls Made at Liege, by William Hanbury, Esq; F. R. S.
  William Hanbury (4 pages)
• A Letter from Cromwell Mortimer, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians London, Secretary to the Royal Society of London, Member of the Gentlemens Society at Spalding, &c. to William Bogdani, Esq; F. R. S. and Member of the Said Society at Spalding, &c. Containing a Short Account of Dr. Alexander Stuart's Paper concerning the Muscular Structure of the Heart: Which Was Read at Several Meetings of the Royal Society in May and June 1735. Drawn up at the Request of Several Gentlemen of the Spalding Society. Now Published with Some Additions
  Cromwell Mortimer (10 pages)
• A Letter from M. le Cat, M. D. F. R. S. Surgeon to the Hotel Dieu at Rouen, and Royal Demonstrator in Anatomy and Surgery, to C. Mortimer, M. D. Secr. R. S. concerning the Foramen Ovale Being Found Open in the Hearts of Adults, and of the Figure of the Canal of the Urethra. Translated from the French by T. S. M. D. F. R. S.
  T. S., M. le Cat (9 pages)
• A Letter from George Lynn, Esq; To Ja. Jurin, M. D. F. R. S. Containing Some Remarks on the Weather, and Accompanying Three Synoptical Tables of Meteorological Observations for 14 Years, viz. from 1726 to 1739. Both Inclusive
  George Lynn (12 pages)
• Remark of the Case of a Poor Woman Who Had a Foetus in Her Abdomen for Nine Years, Opened May 6th 1739. by William Bromfeild, Surgeon
  William Bromfeild (4 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. John Powell, to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pr. R. S. &c. concerning a Gentlewoman Who Voided with Her Urine, Hairy Crustaceous Substances: To Which is Annexed Sir Hans Sloane's Answer, Containing Several Observations of Extraordinary Substances Voided by the Urinary Passages
  Hans Sloane, John Powell (8 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. T. Knight to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pr. R. S. &c. concerning Hair Voided by Urine
  T. Knight (4 pages)
• An Account of an Extraordinary Case Communicated by Dr. Walter Graham, Physician at Mansfeild, to Dr. Mortimer, Secr. R. S. concerning a Large Quantity of Matter or Water Contained in Cystis's or Bags Adhering to the Peritonaeum, and Not Communicating with the Cavity of the Abdomen
  Walter Graham (5 pages)
• An Observation by Mr. William Watson, F. R. S. of Hydatides Voided per Vaginam
  William Watson (3 pages)
• Two Medico-Chirurgical Observations, by Monsieur Le Cat: Communicated in a Letter to Mr. Serjeant Amyand, Dated at Rouen, Feb. 10. 1740. N. S. Translated from the French by T. S. M. D. F. R. S.
  T. S., Monsieur Le Cat (16 pages)
• Some Remarks concerning the Circulation of the Blood, as Seen in the Tail of a Water-Est, through a Solar Microscope, by the Revd Mr. Henry Miles; Communicated in a Letter to Mr. John Eames, F. R. S.
  Henry Miles (8 pages)
• A Letter from the Revd Ebenezar Latham, V. D. M. and M. D. to C. Mortimer, M. D. S. R. S. concerning the True Delineation of the Asterisms in the Antient Sphere
  Ebenezar Latham (17 pages)
• Lumen Australe Romae Observatum Die 27 Jan. An. 1740. a Didaco de Revillas, Abbate Hieronym. P. Math. Prof. & R. S. S.
  Didaco De Revillas (4 pages)
• Corrigenda
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Books Lately Published by C. Davis
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• A New Plotting-Table for Taking Plans and Maps, in Surveying: Invented in the Year 1721. by Henry Beighton, F. R. S. Inscribed to the Royal Society
  Henry Beighton (17 pages)
• A Letter from Richard Richardson, M. D. and F. R. S. to Sir Hans Sloane, Pr. R. S. &c. Inclosing a Paper from William Wright, Surgeon, concerning a Large Piece of the Thigh-Bone, Which Was Taken out, and Its Place Supplied by a Callus
  Richard Richardson, William Wright (6 pages)
• An Account of a Monstrous Faetus, Resembling a Hooded Monkey: Communicated by Mr. William Gregory of Rochester
  William Gregory (5 pages)
• The Case of Mary Howell, Who Had a Needle Run into Her Arm, and Came Out at Her Breast
  Anonymous (3 pages)
• Mr. Alexander Orme's Pectoral Syrup, Sent in a Letter to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. etc. from Culcutte, Dated Jan. 25. 1733
  Alexander Orme (3 pages)
• A Letter from the Revd Mr. Henry Miles to Mr. John Eames, F. R. S. concerning the Seed of Fern
  Henry Miles (8 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Jos. Ignat. De Torres, M. D. to the Royal Society, Containing an Extraordinary Case of the Heart of a Child Turned Upside down
  Jos. Ignat De Torres (4 pages)
• Johannes Castillioneus Dno. de Montagny, V. D. Philosoph. Prof. in Acad. Lauzannesi, Reg. Soc. Lond. Soc. &c. De Curva Cardioide, de Figura sua Sic Dicta
  Johannes Castillioneus (6 pages)
• Ad Eclipses Terrae Repraesentandas, Machina J. And. Segneri, Med. Physic. & Mathem. Prof. Goetting, R. S. S.
  J. And Segneri (11 pages)
• Samuelis Christiani Hollmanni, Logic. & Metaph. in Nova Gottingensi Academia, P. P. O. Observatio de Sceletorum, ex Foliis Virentibus Paratorum, Quorumcunque Duplicatura
  Samuelis Christiani Hollmanni (10 pages)
• Samuelis Christiani Hollmani, Logic. & Metaph. in Nova Gottingensi Academia, P. P. O. de Duplicaturae Fibrarum, in Foliis Quibuscunque Conspicuae Usu, Aliisque Huc Pertinentibus, Conjecturae
  Samuelis Christiani Hollmani (10 pages)
• An Account of an Earthquake at Scarborough, on Dec. 29. 1737. Communicated in a Letter from Maurice Johnson, Esq; Jun. Secr. of the Gentlemens Society at Spalding, to C. Mortimer, M. D. Secr. R. S.
  Maurice Johnson (4 pages)
• An Examination of Sea-Water Frozen and Melted Again, to Try What Quantity of Salt is Contained in Such Ice, Made in Hudson's Streights by Capt. Christopher Middleton, F. R. S. at the Request of C. Mortimer, R. S. Secr.
  Christopher Middleton (3 pages)
• A Rule for Finding the Meridional Parts to Any Spheroid, with the Same Exactness as in a Sphere, by Colin Mac Laurin, F. R. S. Communicated by Andrew Mitchel, Esq; F. R. S.
  Andrew Mitchel, Colin Mac Laurin (3 pages)
• The Parabolic Orbit for the Comet of 1739. Observed by Signor Eustachio Zanotti at Bologna
  Eustachio Zanotti (2 pages)
• A Letter from the Right Revd Father in God Robert Lord Bishop of Corke, to the Right Honble John Earl of Egmont, F. R. S. concerning an Extraordinary Skeleton, and of a Man Who Gave Suck to a Child
  Anonymous (7 pages)
• Extracts of Two Letters from the Revd Dean Copping, F. R. S. to the President, concerning the Caesarian Operation Performed by an Ignorant Butcher; And concerning the Extraordinary Skeleton Mentioned in the Foregoing Article
  John Copping (8 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mrs.--to Sir John Shadwell, Knt. M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London, concerning the Extraordinary Skeleton Mentioned in the Two Preceding Papers
  Anonymous (4 pages)
• A Narrative of a New Invention of Expanding Fluids, by Their Being Conveyed into Certain Ignified Vessels, Where They are Immediately Rarefied into an Elastic Impelling Force, Sufficient to Give Motion to Hydraulopneumatical and Other Engines, for Raising Water, and Other Uses, &c. by John Payne
  John Payne (11 pages)
• An Examination of Westashton Well-Waters, Belonging to Tho. Beach, Esq; A Well about Four Miles from That of Holt; By Ambrose Godfrey Hankewitz
  Ambrose Godfrey Hankewitz (4 pages)
• An Examination of the Chiltenham Mineral Water, by Conradus-Hieronymus Senckenberg; Which May Serve as a Method in General for Examining Mineral Waters
  Conradus-Hieronymus Senckenberg (6 pages)
• An Account of a New Purging Spring Discovered at Dulwich in Surrey, by Mr. John Martyn, F. R. S. Prof. Botan. Cantab
  John Martyn (5 pages)
• An Observation of the Lights Seen in the Air, an Aurora Australis, on March 18. 1738-9. at London, by Cromwell Mortimer, M. D. Secr. to the Royal Society
  Cromwell Mortimer (3 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. John Martyn, F.R.S. Prof. Botan. Cantab. to John Machin, Esq; Secr. R. S. and Prof. Astron. Gresham. concerning an Aurora Australis, Seen March 18. 1738-9. at Chelsea, Near London
  John Martyn (4 pages)
• Part of a Letter from the Reverend Mr. Timothy Neve, Secretary of the Gentlemens Society at Peterborough, to Dr. Mortimer, Member of the Same Society, and Secr. R. S. concerning the Same Aurora Australis
  Timothy Neve (2 pages)
• A Description of a Catheter, Made to Remedy the Inconveniencies Which Occasioned the Leaving off the High Operation for the Stone; By Archibald Cleland, Surgeon to General Wade's Regiment of Horse
  Archibald Cleland (7 pages)
• A Description of Needles Made for Operations on the Eyes, and of Some Instruments for the Ears, by the Same
  Archibald Cleland (8 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr. Stephen Fuller, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, to His Father John Fuller, Esq; Senior, F. R. S. concerning a Violent Hurricane in Huntingtonshire, Sept. 8. 1741. Communicated by Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Late Pr. R. S.
  Hans Sloane, Stephen Fuller (6 pages)
• Extract of Letters from Mr. T. Sympson, to Brown Willis, Esq; Member of the Society of Antiquaries, and to James West, Esq; Member of the Same, and Treas. R. S. by the Publisher, concerning the Remains of a Roman Hypocaustum or Sweating-Room, Discovered Under-Ground at Lincoln, Anno 1739
  T. Sympson (9 pages)
• Accounts of a Capricorn Beetle, Found Alive in a Cavity within a Sound Piece of Wood, and of the Horn of a Fish Struck Several Inches into the Side of a Ship; By C. Mortimer, M. D. Secr. R. S.
  C. Mortimer (7 pages)
• Abstracts of the Original Papers Communicated to the Royal Society by Sigismond Augustus Frobenius, M. D. concerning His Spiritus Vini Aethereus: Collected by C. Mortimer, M. D. Secr. R. S.
  C. Mortimer, Sigismond Augustus Frobenius (8 pages)
• An Account of the Fire-Ball Seen in the Air, and of the Explosion Heard, on Dec. 11. 1741. by the Right Honourable the Lord Beauchamp, Near London
  Lord Beauchamp (3 pages)
• A Letter from John Fuller, Esq; jun. F. R. S. to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Late President of the Royal Society, concerning the Same Meteor, in Sussex
  John Fuller (3 pages)
• A Letter from the Reverend Mr. William Gostling, Minor Canon of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury, to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. concerning the Same Meteor, in Kent
  William Gostling (3 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (22 pages)