Volume 42 (1742)

Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)

104 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (24 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Mr. Christopher Mason, concerning a Fire-Ball Seen in the Air, and a Great Explosion Heard, Dec. 11. 1741
  Christopher Mason (2 pages)
• A Letter from Edward Milward, M. D. to Martin Folkes, Esq; President of the Royal Society, concerning an Antidote to the Indian Poison in the West-Indies
  Edward Milward (10 pages)
• A Letter from Edward Nourse, F. R. S. Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, to the President and Fellows of the Royal Society, Giving an Account of Several Stones Found in Bags Formed by a Protrusion of the Coats of the Bladder, as Appeared upon Opening the Body of One Mr. Gardiner
  Edward Nourse (7 pages)
• Some Further Observations concerning Electricity, by J. T. Desaguliers, LL. D. F. R. S.
  J. T. Desaguliers (6 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from the Honble Edward Legge, Esq; F. R. S. Captain of His Majesty's Ship the Severn, Containing an Observation of the Eclipse of the Moon, Dec. 21. 1740 at the Island of St. Catharine on the Coast of Brasil; Communicated to the Royal Society by the Revd Jos. Atwell, D. D. F. R. S.
  Edward Legge, Jos. Atwell (3 pages)
• An Observation of Extraordinary Warmth of the Air in January 1741-2. Communicated in a Letter from the Revd Mr. H. Miles to Mr. John Eames, F. R. S.
  H. Miles (2 pages)
• The Description and Uses of the Steelyard Balance Swing, Invented and Made by Mr. Timothy Sheldrake
  Timothy Sheldrake (6 pages)
• A Letter from Sir Tho. Mostyn, Bart. to Roger Jones, M. D. F. R. S. concerning a Golden Torques Found in England
  Tho. Mostyn (3 pages)
• A Letter from Benj. Cooke, F. R. S. to Peter Collinson, F. R. S. Giving an Account of the Fire-Ball Seen Dec. 11. 1741
  Benj. Cooke (4 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Jacobi Theodori Klein, John Eames (8 pages)
• A Journal of the Shocks of Earthquakes Felt Near Newbury in New-England, from the Year 1727. to the Year 1741. Communicated in a Letter from the Revd Mr. Matthias Plant to the Revd Dr. Bearcroft
  Matthias Plant (11 pages)
• An Account of Mr. Sutton's Invention and Method of Changing the Air in the Hold, and Other Close Parts of a Ship; Communicated to the Royal Society by Richard Mead, M.D. Physician to His Majesty, Fellow of the Royal Society, and of the Royal College of Physicians, London
  Richard Mead (5 pages)
• A Representation of the Parhelia Seen in Kent, Dec. 19. 1741. Communicated in a Letter from the Revd Mr. H. Miles, to John Eames, F. R. S. and an Account of the Same, as Seen by Mrs. Tennison at Canterbury
  H. Miles, Mrs. Tennison (4 pages)
• Experiments, by Way of Analysis, upon the Water of the Dead Sea; Upon the Hot Spring Near Tiberiades; and upon the Hammam Pharoan Water; By Charles Perry, M. D. Made on His Journey through the Holy Land, &c.
  Charles Perry (7 pages)
• An Account of the Case of William Payne, with What Appeared upon Examining His Kidneys and Bladder, When His Body Was Opened; By Mr. George Bell, Surgeon
  George Bell (4 pages)
• Advertisements
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• A Method of Preparing Specimens of Fish, by Drying Their Skins, as Practised by John Frid. Gronovius, M. D. at Leyden
  John Frid. Gronovius (3 pages)
• A Letter from Capt. William Gordon to Capt. Samuel Mead, F. R. S. Inclosing an Account of the Fire-Ball Seen Dec. 11. 1741
  William Gordon (4 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from the Rev. Mr. William Gostling to Peter Collinson, F. R. S. concerning the Fire-Ball Seen Dec. 11. Last, and the Mock-Suns Seen the 19th of the Same Month
  William Gostling (3 pages)
• Some Observations upon Mr. Sutton's Invention to Extract the Foul and Stinking Air from the Well and Other Parts of Ships, with Critical Remarks upon the Use of Windsails, by William Watson, F. R. S.
  William Watson (10 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Monsieur Claud. Joseph Geoffroy, F. R. S. to David Hartley, M. A. F. R. S. Containing His Method of Making Soap-Lees and Hard Soap, for Medicinal Uses
  Claud. Joseph Geoffroy (8 pages)
• A Letter Written to the Most Reverend Father D. Cla. Fremond Calmad, Publick Professor in the University of Pisa, Giving an Account of the Earthquakes Felt in Leghorn, from the 16th to the 27th of January 1742. With Some Observations Made by the Most Reverend Sig. Pasqual R. Pedini, Principal of the Clergy of the Most Eminent College of the Said City. Communicated to the Royal Society by James Jurin, M. D. F. R. S. &c.
  Pasqual R. Pedini, James Jurin (15 pages)
• J. Castillioneus Dno. De Montagny V. C. Philosophiae Professori in Academia Lauzannensi, Regiae Societatis Londinensis Membro Dignissimo, Sli Evangelii Ministro, &c. &c. S. P. D.
  J. Castillioneus (9 pages)
• Two Histories of Internal Cancers, and of What Appeared upon Dissection, by William Burton, M. D.
  William Burton (14 pages)
• Enarratio Observationum Circa Rorem Deciduum, Factarum Medioburgi in Zeelandis, a Leonardo Stocke, M. D. Super Aperta Planitie Plumbea Turris Astronomicae Joh. Munkii, Architecti Publici; Tempore Nocturno, Inter 25 & 26 Julii 1741. N. S. Cum Figuris Floccorum Nivalium Jan. 1742. Ibidem Observatorum
  Leonardo Stocke (4 pages)
• A Letter from Martin Triewald, F. R. S. Captain of Mechanics, and Military Architect to the King of Sweden, to C. Mortimer, M. D. Sec. R. S. concerning the Vegetation of Melon-Seeds Forty-Two Years Old
  Martin Triewald (3 pages)
• Samuelis Christiani Hollmanni, Leg. Met. & Theol. Natural. in Regia Georgia Augusta, P. P. O. ad Cromwellum Mortimerum, M. D. Regalis Societ. Secr. Epistola de Differentiis Altitudinum Barometrorum
  Samuelis Christiani Hollmanni (8 pages)
• A Letter from John Huxham, M. D. to Dr. Mortimer, Sec. R. S. concerning Polypi Taken out of the Hearts of Several Sailors Just Arrived at Plymouth from the West-Indies
  John Huxham (5 pages)
• An Extract of a Topographical Account of Bridgnorth in the County of Salop, Communicated to the Royal Society by the Rev. Mr. Stackhouse, Minister of St. Mary Magdalen in That Town; Containing an Account of the Situation, Soil, Air, Births and Burials of That Place, and of Some Tumuli Sepulchrales Near It
  Mr. Stackhouse (11 pages)
• Part of a Letter from the Right Honble Robert James Lord Petre, F. R. S. to Martin Folkes, Esq; P. R. S. concerning Some Extraordinary Effects of Lightning
  Robert James Lord Petre (4 pages)
• An Account of a Meteor Seen at Peckham, Dec. 11. 1741. by Tho. Milner, M. D.
  Thomas Milner (3 pages)
• Some Conjectures concerning Electricity, and the Rise of Vapours, by J. T. Desaguliers, LL. D. F. R. S.
  J. T. Desaguliers (5 pages)
• An Account of Margaret Cutting, a Young Woman, Now Living at Wickham Market in Suffolk, Who Speaks Readily and Intelligibly, Though She Has Lost Her Tongue
  Margaret Cutting (11 pages)
• A Remarkable Conformation, or Lusus Naturae, in a Child; By C. Warwick, Surgeon, in Truro, Cornwall
  C. Warwick (5 pages)
• A True Copy of a Paper Found, in the Hand Writing of Sir Isaac Newton, among the Papers of the Late Dr. Halley, Containing a Description of an Instrument for Observing the Moon's Distance from the Fixt Stars at Sea
  Isaac Newton, Dr. Halley (4 pages)
• The Effects of Cold; Together with Observations of the Longitude, Latitude, and Declination of the Magnetic Needle, at Prince of Wales's Fort, upon Churchill-River in Hudson's Bay, North America; By Capt. Christopher Middleton, F. R. S. Commander of His Majesty's Ship Furnace, 1741-2
  Christopher Middleton (16 pages)
• The Report of the Committee of the Royal Society Appointed to Examine Some Questions in Gunnery
  Anonymous (13 pages)
• An Account of a Meteor Seen Near Holkam in Norfolk, Aug. 1741. Transmitted to the Royal Society by the Right Honble Thomas Lord Lovell, F. R. S.
  Thomas Lord Lovell (3 pages)
• An Account of the Proportions of the English and French Measures and Weights, from the Standards of the Same, Kept at the Royal Society
  Anonymous (5 pages)
• A Method of Making a Gold-Colour'd Glazing for Earthen-Ware; Communicated, in Latin, in a Letter from M. Godofridus Heinsius, Astron. Prof. at St. Petersburgh, to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S.
  M. Godofridus Heinsius (2 pages)
• Excerpta ex Ephemeridibus Meteorologicis Romanis Anni 1741. Observante Didaco de Revillas, Abbate Hieronymiano, in Romana Academia Matheseos Professore, Regiae Societatis Londinensis, Necnon Academiae Instit. Scient. Bonon. Sodali
  Didaco De Revillas (27 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from J. F. Gronovius, M. D. at Leyden, November 1742 to Peter Collinson, F. R. S. concerning a Water Insect, Which, Being Cut into Several Pieces, Becomes So Many Perfect Animals
  J. F. Gronovius (4 pages)
• Some Conjectures concerning the Position of the Colure in the Ancient Sphere; Communicated in a Letter from the Revd Ebenezer Latham, M. D. and V. D. M. to Dr. Mortimer, Secr. R. S.
  Ebenezer Latham (5 pages)
• The Case of an Extraordinary Dropsy, Communicated in a Letter from Tho. Short, M. D. to C. Mortimer, M. D. Sec. R. S.
  Tho. Short (5 pages)
• Part of a Letter from -- of Cambridge, to a Friend of the Royal Society Occasioned by What Has Lately Been Reported concerning the Insect Mentioned in Page 218 of This Transaction
  Anonymous (9 pages)
• A Synopsis of the Calculation of the Transit of Mercury Over the Disk of the Sun, the 25th of October 1743. By Mr. John Catlyn
  John Catlyn (7 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Robert Campbell of Kernan, to Dr. Mortimer, Secr. R. S. concerning a Man Who Lived Eighteen Years on Water
  Robert Campbell (4 pages)
• An Account and Abstract of the Meteorological Observations Communicated to the Royal Society, for the Years 1731, 1732, 1733, 1734 and 1735. By Geo. Hadley, Esq; F. R. S.
  Geo. Hadley (22 pages)
• A Short Account of a Book
  James Parsons, M. le Cat (7 pages)
• Observationes Variae Medico-Chirurgicae a Johanne Daniele Schlichting, Med. & Chir. Doctore, Acad. Caesareo-Leopoldin. Nat. Curios. Membro, & Commercii Literarii Norimberg. Socio.
  Johanne Daniele Schlichting (10 pages)
• Observationes duae Anatomico-Practicae, Una de Infante Nato Cum Sacco Aqua Pleno, ab Osse Sacro Usque ad Talos Propendente; Altera de Hydrocephalo Singulari. Auctore Job. Bastero, M. D. R. S. S.
  Job. Bastero (5 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Abstract of Part of a Letter from the Honourable William Bentinck, Esq; F. R. S. to Martin Folkes, Esq; Pr. R. S. Communicating the Following Paper from Mons. Trembley, of the Hague
  Mons. Trembley, William Bentinck (2 pages)
• Observations and Experiments upon the Freshwater Polypus, by Monsieur Trembley, at the Hague. Translated from the French by P. H. Z. F. R. S.
  P. H. Z., Monsieur Trembley (10 pages)
• An Abstract of What is Contained in the Preface to the Sixth Volume of Mons. Reaumur's History of Insects, Relating to the Abovementioned Observations, and Delivered in to the Royal Society, Immediately after the Foregoing Paper
  Anonymous (7 pages)
• Erratum
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Johannis Marchionis Poleni, R. S. S. Dc Novis Quibusdam Cogitationibus ad Explorandum, Num Pendula vi Aliqua Centrifuga Perturbentur, Commentariolum Illustrissimae Societati Regali Londinensi Oblatum
  Johannis Marchionis Poleni (10 pages)
• Observationes Astronomicae Habitae in Collegio Pekinensi a Patribus Societatis Jesu, a Mense Novembri 1740. a Do Jacobo Hodgson, R. S. S. Cum Regia Societate Communicatae
  Jacobo Hodgson (10 pages)
• Extract by John van Rixtel, F. R. S. of Mr. W. Kersseboom's Second and Third Treatise–Confirming the Manner How to Know the Probable Quantity of People in the Provinces of Holland and West-Friesland, besides a Foundation on Which to Prove the Probable Lives of Widows, and Likewise a Rule Whereby to Know the Duration of Marriages
  W. Kersseboom, John van Rixtel (7 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Joseph Hobson to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S concerning the Wonderful Increase of the Seeds of Plants, e.g. of the Upright Mallow
  Joseph Hobson (4 pages)
• Excerpta ex Epistola Cl. Viri Joh. Ambrosii Beureri ad Petr. Collinson, R. S. S. de Natura Succini
  Joh. Ambrosii Beureri (4 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Colin McLaurin (40 pages)
• De Calculo Praegrandi a Muliere Cum Urina Excreto Observatio Dni Antonii Leprotti, R. S. S. Pont. Max. Archiat. per Abbatem Didacum de Revillas, R. S. S. ad D. Smart Lethieullier R. S. S. Transmissa
  Didacum de Revillas, Antonii Leprotti (3 pages)
• Description of a Machine for Dressing and Curing Patients, Who are Very Unwieldy, and are under the Surgeon's Hands for Some Ailment on the Back, the Os Sacrum, &c. or are Apprehensive of It. By M. le Cat, F. R. S. Surgeon to the Hotel Dieu at Rouan, and Royal Demonstrator in Anatomy and Surgery: Abstracted from the French by P. H. Z. F. R. S.
  P. H. Z., M. le Cat (9 pages)
• An Account of a Treatise, (Intituled, D. Alberti Halleri Archiatri Regii & Elect. Medicin. Anatomiae, Botan. Praelect. &c. Enumeratio Methodica Stirpium Helvetiae Indigenarum. Qua omnium Brevis Descriptio & Synonymia, Compendium Virium Medicarum, Dubiarum Declaratio, Novarum & Rariorum Uberior Historia & Icones Continentur. Gottingiae, 1742. in Folio) Extracted and Translated from the Latin by William Watson, F. R. S.
  D. Alberti Halleri, William Watson (13 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Some Account of the Phoca; Vitulus Marinus, or Sea-Calf, Shewed at Charing-Cross, in Feb. 1742-3. By Ja. Parsons, M. D. F. R. S.
  Ja. Parsons (8 pages)
• The Ambe of Hippocrates for Reducing Luxations of the Arm with the Shoulder, Rectified; By M. le Cat, M. D. F. R. S. Surgeon to the Hotel Dieu at Rouen, and Royal Demonstrator in Anatomy and Surgery: Extracted from the French by P. H. Z. F. R. S.
  P. H. Z., M. le Cat (24 pages)
• The Continuation of An Account of a Treatise of Fluxions, &c. Book II. By Colin Mc Laurin, Prof. Mathem. Edinburgh. F. R. S.
  Colin Mc Laurin (14 pages)
• Observations on the Mouth of the Eels in Vinegar, and Also a Strange Aquatic Animal, Sent in a Letter from the Revd Mr. Henry Miles to Mr. Baker, F. R. S. and by Him Communicated to the Royal Society: With a Drawing and Description of the Said Animal, as Viewed in the Microscope, by Mr. Baker
  Henry Miles, Mr. Baker (7 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Mr. Macky, Professor of History, to Mr. Mac Laurin, Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, and by Him Communicated to the President of the Royal Society; Being an Extract from the Books of the Town-Council of Edinburgh, Relating to a Disease There, Supposed to be Venereal, in the Year 1497
  Mr. Macky, Mac Laurin (3 pages)
• Some Account of the Insect Called the Fresh-Water Polypus, Before-Mentioned in These Transactions, as the Same was Delivered at a Meeting of the Royal Society, by the President, on Thursday, March 24. 1742-3
  Anonymous (20 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  B. R. (21 pages)
• Observationes Cometae, a R. P. Frantz Soc. Jes. Factae, Mense Februario Anni MDCCXLIII. Viennae Austriae. Ex Epistola Rev. Petri Isaaci Carnabe, ad Isaacum Lawson, M. D.
  Petri Isaaci Carnabe (3 pages)
• An Abstract of Some New Observations upon Insects: By M. Charles Bonnet of Geneva. Communicated in a Letter to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Late President of the Royal Society, &c. Translated from the French by P. H. Z. Esq; F. R. S.
  P. H. Z., Charles Bonnet (32 pages)
• An Account of an Extraordinary Case of the Bones of a Woman Growing Soft and Flexible; Communicated to the Royal Society by Mr. Sylvanus Bevan, F. R. S.
  Sylvanus Bevan (4 pages)
• Extracts of Two Letters from Dr. John Lining, Physician at Charles-Town in South Carolina, to James Jurin, M. D. F. R. S. Giving an Account of Statical Experiments Made Several Times in a Day upon Himself, for One Whole Year, Accompanied with Meteorological Observations; To Which are Sub-Joined Six General Tables, Deduced from the Whole Year's Course
  John Lining (20 pages)
• Part of a Letter from His Grace the Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Aubigne, F. R. S. to M. Folkes, Esq; Pr. R. S.
  Richmond, Aubigne, Lennox (5 pages)
• Of the Structure and Diseases of Articulating Cartilages, by William Hunter, Surgeon
  William Hunter (10 pages)
• Part of a Letter from the Revd Mr. Thomas Lord, to William Folkes, Esq; F. R. S. concerning Some Worms Whose Parts Live after They Have Been Cut Asunder
  Thomas Lord (3 pages)
• A Letter from Dr. Parsons to Martin Folkes, Esq; President of the Royal Society, Containing the Natural History of the Rhinoceros
  Dr. Parsons (26 pages)
• An Account of a Comparison Lately Made by Some Gentlemen of the Royal Society, of the Standard of a Yard, and the Several Weights Lately Made for Their Use; With the Original Standards of Measures and Weights in the Exchequer, and Some Others Kept for Public Use, at Guild-Hall, Founders-Hall, the Tower, &c.
  Anonymous (17 pages)
• The Description of an Instrument for Reducing a Dislocated Shoulder; Invented by Mr. John Freke, Surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and F. R. S.
  John Freke (6 pages)
• A Letter from Pierce Dodd, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London, and Physician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, to the President of the Royal Society, concerning a Person Who Made Bloody Urine in the Small-Pox, and Recovered
  Pierce Dodd (6 pages)
• Books Lately Published by C. Davis
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Of the Bases of the Cells Wherein the Bees Deposite Their Honey. Part of a Letter from Mr. Mac Laurin, Professor of Mathematics at Edinburgh, and F. R. S. to Martin Folkes, Esq; Pr. R. S.
  <prefix>Mr.</prefix> Mac Laurin (10 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. John Winthrop, Hollisian Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Cambridge in New-England, to C. Mortimer, M. 'D. Sec. R. S. concerning the Transit of Mercury Over the Sun, April 21. 1740. and of an Eclipse of the Moon, Dec. 21. 1740
  John Winthrop (8 pages)
• An Account of the Transit of Mercury Over the Sun, Oct. 25. 1743. in the Morning, Observed at Mr. Geo. Graham's House in Fleetstreet
  Anonymous (4 pages)
• Eclipse of the Moon, Oct. 22. 1743. in the Morning, Observed at Mr. Graham's House in Fleetstreet
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Part of a Letter from the Right Reverend Father in God Robert Lord Bishop of Corke, and F. R. S. to the Right Honourable John Earl of Egmont, F. R. S. concerning the Remains of an Antient Temple in Ireland, of the Same Sort as the Famous Stonehenge, and of a Stone-Hatchet of the Antient Irish
  Robert Corke (14 pages)
• A Letter from the Revd Mr. Griffith Hughes, Minister of St. Lucy's Parish in Barbadoes, to Martin Folkes, Esq; Pr. R. S. concerning a Zoophyton, Somewhat Resembling the Flower of the Marigold
  Griffith Hughes (6 pages)
• A Letter from the Reverend Mr. Roger Pickering, V. D. M. to Cromwell Mortimer, M. D. Secr. R. S. concerning the Seeds of Mushrooms
  Roger Pickering (8 pages)
• Some Remarks Occasioned by the Precedeing Paper, Addressed to the Royal Society by Mr. William Watson, Apothecary, and F. R. S.
  William Watson (4 pages)
• De Disparitione Annuli Saturni An. 1743. et 1744. ex Epistola a Dno Godofredo Heinsio ad Dnum Petrum Collinsonum, R. S. S. Data
  Godofredo Heinsio (6 pages)
• An Abstract of a Natural History of Greenland, by Hans Egedius, Intituled, Det Gamle Gronlands Perlustraction, Eller Naturel-Historie, af Hans Egede. Biobenhabn, 1741. 4to. Communicated by John Green, M. D. Secretary of the Gentlemens Society at Spalding
  Hans Egedius, John Green (10 pages)
• Some Observations on a Polype Dried. By Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S.
  Henry Baker (6 pages)
• A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden, Presented to the Royal Society by the Company of Apothecaries, for the Year 1740. Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Reg. et Soc. Reg. Praes. By Joseph Miller, Apothecary, Hort. Chel. Praef. et Praelec. Botan
  Joseph Miller (4 pages)
• Epistola Johannis Bevis, M. D. ad Gul. Jones, Armig. R. S. S. de Transitibus Mercurii Sub Sole, Oct. 31. 1736. et Oct. 25. 1743
  Johannis Bevis (6 pages)
• Part of a Letter from M. Geoffroy, F. R. S. and Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Late President of the Royal Society, concerning a Child of a Monstrous Size
  M. Geoffroy (2 pages)
• Two Remarkable Medical Cases, One of an Extraordinary Haemorrhage, the Other an Ascites Cured by Tapping; Communicated by Henry Banyer, M. D. Extra-Licentiate of the College of Physicians, London, to C. Mortimer, M. D. Secr. R. S.
  Henry Banyer (7 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Turbevil Needham, to the President; Concerning Certain Chalky Tubulous Concretions, Called Malm: With Some Microscopical Observations on the Farina of the Red Lily, and of Worms Discovered in Smutty Corn
  Turbervill Needham (9 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (21 pages)