Volume 48 (1753)

Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)

111 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (21 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• An Account of an Extraordinary Stream of Wind, Which Shot thro' Part of the Parishes of Termonomungan and Urney, in the County of Tyrone, on Wednesday October 11, 1752. by Wm. Henry, D. D. Rector of the Parish of Urney: Communicated by the Right Honourable the Lord Cadogan, F. R. S.
  Lord Cadogan, William Henry (5 pages)
• An Account of a Book
  Pauli Frisii, J. Short (14 pages)
• A Letter from the Rev. Mr. George Costard, Fellow of Wadham-College, Oxford, to Dr. Bevis, concerning the Year of the Eclipse Foretold by Thales
  George Costard, Thales (11 pages)
• An Account of the Case of Anne Elizabeth Queriot, of Paris, Whose Bones Were Distorted and Softened; By Ambrose Hosty, M. D. of the Faculty of Paris
  Anne Elizabeth Queriot, Ambrose Hosty (11 pages)
• An Account of a Roman Altar, with an Inscription upon It, Found in April Last at York, and Communicated to the Society of Antiquaries by Mr. Francis Drake, F.R.S. As Also a Breif Explication of the Inscription by John Ward, LL.D. Professor of Rhetoric in Gresham College, and V. P. R. S.
  Francis Drake, John Ward (12 pages)
• An Account of Several Persons Seized with the Goal-Fever, Working in Newgate; And of the Manner, in Which the Infection Was Communicated to One Intire Family; by John Pringle, M. D. F. R. S.
  John Pringle (15 pages)
• An Account of the Great Alterations Which the Islands of Sylley Have Undergone since the Time of the Antients, Who Mention Them, as to Their Number, Extent, and Position: In a Letter to the Rev. Thomas Birch, D.D. Secr. R. S. by the Rev. Mr. Wm Borlase, M. A. F. R. S.
  Wm Borlase (17 pages)
• An Account of Mr. Appleby's Process to Make Sea-Water Fresh; With Some Experiments Therewith; Communicated to the Royal Society, by W. Watson, F. R. S.
  W. Watson, Mr. Appleby (4 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Signor Camillo Paderni, to Dr. Mead, concerning the Antiquities Dug up from the Antient Herculaneum, Dated from Naples, Nov. 18, 1752. Translated from the Italian
  Camillo Paderni (4 pages)
• A Translation and Explanation of Some Articles of the Book Intitled, Theorie de la Figure de la Terre; By Mons. Clairaut, of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, and F. R. S.
  Mons. Clairaut (14 pages)
• An Account of a Storm of Thunder and Lightning, Near Ludgvan in Cornwall, in a Letter from the Rev. Mr. Wm. Borlase, M. A. F. R. S. to the Rev. Dr. Lyttelton, Dean of Exeter
  Wm. Borlase (10 pages)
• A Second Letter of the Rev. William Henry, D. D. to the Right Honorable the Lord Cadogan, F. R. S. concerning the Copper Springs in the County of Wicklow in Ireland
  William Henry (4 pages)
• The Construction of the Logarithmic Lines on the Gunter's Scale; By Mr. John Robertson, F. R. S.
  John Robertson (9 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. John Dollond to Mr. James Short, F. R. S. concerning an Improvement of Refracting Telescopes
  John Dollond (6 pages)
• An Extract from the Thermometrical Observations Made by Mons. Demidoff at Solikamsky on the Borders of Siberia, Latit. 59, in the Year 1751, by a Thermometer Adapted to Mons. De L'Isle's Scale, Which, in This Extract, are Reduced Likewise to Those of Fahrenheit and Mons. Reaumur; By the Right Honourable George Earl of Macclesfield, Press. R. S.
  Honourable George, Mons. Demidoff (2 pages)
• A Comparison of Different Thermometrical Observations in Sibiria; By Mr. Wm. Watson, F. R. S.
  Wm. Watson (3 pages)
• A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden, Presented to the Royal Society, by the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries for the Year 1752, Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet, Med. Reg. & Soc. Reg. Nuper Praeses, by John Wilmer, M. D. Societat. Pharmaceut. Lond. Soc. Hort. Chels. Praefect. et Praelect. Botanic
  John Wilmer (6 pages)
• Observations on a Remarkable Coral-Line, in a Letter from Mr. John Ellis to the Rev. Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S.
  John Ellis (6 pages)
• An Account of Some Uncommon Fossil Bodies, by Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S.
  Henry Baker (9 pages)
• An Abstract of a Discourse Intitled, The History of the Emperor Tetricus, Explained and Illustrated by Medals; Writen in French by Mr. Claude Gros de Boze, Keeper of the Medals in the French King's Cabinet, etc. and Sent by Him to Dr. Mead, to be Communicated to This Society. By John Ward, LL.D. Rhet. Prof. Gresh. and V. P. R. S.
  Claude Gros de Boze, John Ward (21 pages)
• An Account of a Treatise, Presented to the Royal Society, Intitled, Flora Sibirica, Sive Historia Plantarum Sibiriae Tomus Secundus, Extracted and Translated from the Latin of Professor Gmelin, by W. Watson, F. R. S.
  W. Watson, Professor Gmelin (13 pages)
• A Letter to Mr. William Watson, F. R. S. from Mr. Philip Miller, F. R. S. concerning a Mistake of Professor Gmelin, concerning the Sphondylium Vulgare Hirsutum of Caspar Bauhin
  Philip Miller (3 pages)
• A Letter from the Rev. Mr. George Costard to Dr. Bevis, concerning an Eclipse Mention'd by Xenophon
  Xenophon, George Costard (7 pages)
• A Description of a New Method of Opening the Cornea, in Order to Extract the Crystalline Humour; By Mr. Samuel Sharp, Surgeon to Guy's Hospital, and F. R. S.
  Samuel Sharp (4 pages)
• Experiments by Francis Hume, M. D. on Fish and Flesh Preserved in Lime-Water, Communicated by John Clephane, M. D. F. R. S.
  John Clephane, Francis Hume (3 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. James Short, F. R. S. to the Right Honourable the Earl of Macclesfield, President, concerning a Paper of the Late Servington Savery, Esq; Relating to His Invention of a New Micrometer
  James Short, Servington Savery (17 pages)
• A Description of a Contrivance for Measuring Small Angles, by Mr. John Dolland; Communicated by Mr. J. Short, F. R. S.
  J. Short, John Dollond (5 pages)
• A Letter to Sir Peter Thompson; Knt: F. R. S. Containing Experiments on the Copper Springs in Wicklow in Ireland, and Observations Thereon, by John Bond, M. D.
  John Bond (11 pages)
• A Letter from Dr. Bevis to Mr. James Short, F. R. S. concerning Mr. Gascoigne's Invention of the Micrometer
  J. Bevis (4 pages)
• Observations of the Transit of Mercury Over the Sun, May 6, 1753; by Mr. J. Short, F. R. S.
  J. Short (10 pages)
• An Account of a Treatise, Presented to the Royal Society, Intituled, "Letters concerning Electricity; In Which the Latest Discoveries upon This Subject, and the Consequences Which May Be Deduced from Them, are Examined; By the Abbé Nollet, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris, Fellow of the Royal Society, of the Institute of Bologna, &c." Extracted and Translated from the French, by Mr. William Watson, F.R.S.
  Abbé Nollet, William Watson (17 pages)
• The Number of People in the City of Bristol, Calculated from the Burials for Ten Years Successive, and Also from the Number of Houses; By John Browning, Esq; Of Barton-Hill Near Bristol: Communicated by Henry Baker, F. R. S.
  Henry Baker, John Browning (5 pages)
• An Account of the Eclipse Predicted by Thales; By the Rev. William Stukeley, M. D.
  William Stukeley (9 pages)
• A Farther Account of the Giant's Causeway in the County of Antrim in Ireland, by the Rev. Richard Pocock, LL.D. Archdeacon of Dublin, and F. R. S.
  Richard Pocock (14 pages)
• A Letter upon the Same Subject from the Rev. Richard Pococke, LL.D. Archdeacon of Dublin, to the Rev. Tho. Birch, D. D. Secr. R. S.
  Richard Pococke (4 pages)
• A View of the Relation between the Celebrated. Dr. Halley's Tables, and the Notions of Mr. De Buffon, for Establishing a Rule for the Probable Duration of the Life of Man; By Mr. William Kersseboom, of the Hague. Translated from the French, by James Parsons, M. D. and F. R. S.
  William Kersseboom, James Parsons (15 pages)
• A Letter from Father D'Incarville, of the Society of Jesus, at Peking in China, to the Late Cromwell Mortimer, M. D. R. S. Secr.
  Father D'Incarville (9 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. T. Melvil to the Rev. James Bradley, D. D. F. R. S. With a Discourse concerning the Cause of the Different Refrangibility of the Rays of Light
  T. Melvil (11 pages)
• The Case of the Operation for the Empyema, Successfully Performed by Joseph Warner, F. R. S. and Surgeon to Guy's Hospital
  Joseph Warner (5 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Mr. James Dodson to Mr. William Mountaine, F.R.S.
  James Dodson (13 pages)
• A Letter from John Lining, M. D. of Charles-Town, South-Carolina, to the Rev. Thomas Birch, D. D. Secr. R. S. concerning the Quantity of Rain Fallen There from January 1738, to December 1752
  John Lining (5 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Emanuel Mendez da Costa, F. R. S. to the Rev. Thomas Birch, D. D. Secr. R. S. concerning the Fossil, Found at Dudley in Staffordshire, and Described in the Phil. Trans. N. 496
  Emanuel Mendez da Costa (5 pages)
• Letters Relating to a Theorem of Mr. Euler, of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin, and F. R. S. for Correcting the Aberrations in the Object-Glasses of Refracting Telescopes
  L. Euler, James Short, John Dollond (11 pages)
• A Remarkable Case of Fragility, Flexibility, and Dissolution, of the Bones; Communicated by John Pringle, M. D. F. R. S.
  John Pringle (6 pages)
• Astronomical Observations Made in Surry-Street, London, by J. Bevis, M. D. and James Short. A. M. F. R. S.
  J. Bevis, James Short (6 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. John Ellis to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. concerning a Cluster-Polype, Found in the Sea Near the Coast of Greenland
  John Ellis (6 pages)
• Extracts of Two Letters from Father Gaubil, of the Society of Jesus, at Peking in China, Translated from the French
  Father Gaubil (13 pages)
• A Letter of Mr. William Shervington to Benjamin Franklin, Esq; Of Philadelphia, concerning the Transit of Mercury Over the Sun, on the 6 of May 1753, as Observed in the Island of Antigua: Communicated by Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S.
  Peter Collinson, William Shervington (3 pages)
• An Account of the Barometer, and the State of the Weather, at Dublin, from the 7 of March 1752, to the 28 of February 1753, by James Simon, Esquire, F. R. S. and Secretary of the Incorporated Society at Dublin: Communicated by Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S.
  James Simon, Henry Baker (9 pages)
• A Second Account of the New Method of Opening the Cornea, for Taking Away the Cataract; By Samuel Sharp, Surgeon to Guy's Hospital, and F. R. S.
  Samuel Sharp (11 pages)
• An Attempt to Explain an Antient Roman Inscription, Cut upon a Stone Lately Found at Bath. By John Ward, LL.D. Rhet. Prof. Gresh. and V. P. R. S.
  John Ward (18 pages)
• A Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society, from Mr. Benjamin Wilson, F.R.S. concerning Some Electrical Experiments, Made at Paris
  Benjamin Wilson (4 pages)
• Electrical Experiments, with an Attempt to Account for Their Several Phaenomena; Together with Some Observations on Thunder-Clouds, by John Canton, M. A. and F. R. S.
  John Canton (10 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Professor Bose, of Wittemberg, to the Right Honourable George Earl of Macclesfield, Pr. R. S. with Observations Thereupon, by Mr. Wm. Watson, F. R. S.
  Professor Bose, Wm. Watson (4 pages)
• An Account of a Memoir Read at the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, by M. De Barros, a Portuguese Gentleman, concerning Certain Phaenomena Observed by Him at Paris, in the Last Transit of Mercury Over the Sun: By J. Short, A.M. F.R.S.
  J. Short (8 pages)
• An Explication of an Obscure Passage in Albert Girard's Commentary upon Simon Stevin's Works (Vide Les Oeuvres Mathem. de Simon Stevin, à Leyde, 1634, p. 169, 170); By Mr. Simson, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Glasgow: Communicated by the Right Honourable Philip Earl Stanhope
  Mr. Simson, Honourable Philip (11 pages)
• Observations upon the Electricity of the Air, Made at the Chateau de Maintenon, during the Months of June, July, and October, 1753; Being Part of a Letter from the Abbé Mazeas, F.R.S. to the Rev. Stephen Hales, D. D. F.R.S. Translated from the French by James Parsons, M. D. F. R. S.
  James Parsons, W. Mazeas (9 pages)
• A Treatise on the Precession of the Equinoxes, and in General on the Motion of the Nodes, and the Alteration of the Inclination of the Orbit of a Planet to the Ecliptic. Inscribed to the Gentlemen of the Royal Society, by M. De St. Jaques Silvabelle Translated from the French M. S. by J. Bevis, M. D.
  M. de St. Jaques Silvabelle, J. Bevis (61 pages)
• A Letter to the Right Honourable George Earl of Macclesfield, P. R. S. concerning the Ages of Homer and Hesiod. By George Costard, M. A.
  George Costard (45 pages)
• An Additional Remark to One of Mr. William Watson, F. R. S. in His Account of the Abbé Nollet's Letter concerning Electricity. By Thomas Birch, D. D. Secr. R. S.
  Abbé Nollet, Thomas Birch (4 pages)
• Extract of a Letter of the Reverend Mr. Joseph Spence, Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford, to Dr. Mead, F. R. S.
  Joseph Spence (2 pages)
• A Letter to the Right Honourable George Earl of Macclesfield, P. R. S. concerning the Value of an Annuity for Life, and the Probability of Survivorship. By Mr. James Dodson
  James Dodson (14 pages)
• A Letter to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. concerning the Pheasant of Pensylvania, and the Otis Minor. By Mr. George Edwards
  George Edwards (8 pages)
• A Letter to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. concerning a Particular Species of Coralline. By Mr. John Ellis, F. R. S.
  John Ellis (7 pages)
• Observations on the Late Severe Cold Weather. By William Arderon, F. R. S. and Henry Miles, D. D. F. R. S.
  William Arderon, Henry Miles (6 pages)
• A Letter from Monsieur De L'Isle, of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, to the Reverend James Bradley, D. D. Astronomer Royal, and Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford. Translated from the French
  Monsieur De L'Isle (10 pages)
• Description of a Piece of Mechanism Contrived by James Ferguson, for Exhibiting the Time, Duration, and Quantity, of Solar Eclipses, in All Places of the Earth
  James Ferguson (8 pages)
• A Letter from the Reverend Henry Miles, D. D. F. R. S. to Mr. John Canton, F. R. S. concerning the Late Hard Weather
  Henry Miles (4 pages)
• A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea-Garden, Presented to the Royal Society by the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, for the Year 1753. Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Reg. & Soc. Reg. Nuper Praef.; By John Wilmer, M. D. Clariss. Societatis Pharmaceut. Lond. Soc. Hort. Chels. Praef. & Praelect. Botan
  John Wilmer (6 pages)
• An Account of Some Experiments upon a Machine for Measuring the Way of a Ship at Sea. By Mr. J. Smeaton, F. R. S.
  J. Smeaton (16 pages)
• Observationes Eclipsium Satellitum Jovis Habitae Ulissipone in Regali Collegio Beatissimae Virginis à Necessitatibus, Dictae à Joanne Chevalier, Praesbytero Seculari Congregationis Oratorii, Anno 1753
  Joanne Chevalier (2 pages)
• Observatio Solis Defectus Ulissipone Habita, in Aede Beatissimae Virginis à Necessitatibus, Nuncupatae à Joanne Chevalier, Praeshytero Congregationis Oratorii, Die 26a Octobris 1753
  Joanne Chevalier (4 pages)
• An Account of Some Astronomical Observations Taken at Lisbon by M. John Chevalier in the Year 1753. By James Short, M. A. and F. R. S.
  John Chevalier, James Short (4 pages)
• An Explanation of an Instrument for Measuring Small Angles, the First Account of Which Was Read before the Royal Society May 10, 1753. By Mr. John Dollond. In a Letter to James Short, M. A. and F. R. S.
  John Dollond (15 pages)
• An Account of an Earthquake Felt at York on the 19th of April 1754. In a Letter from Mr. David Erskine Baker to Tho. Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S.
  David Erskine Baker (4 pages)
• An Investigation of Some Theorems Which Suggest Some Remarkable Properties of the Circle, and are of Use in Resolving Fractions, Whose Denominators are Certain Multinomials, into More Simple Ones. By Mr. John Landen
  John Landen (15 pages)
• An Account of an Extraordinary Disease of the Skin, and Its Cure. Extracted from the Italian of Carlo Crusio; Accompanied with a Letter of the Abbé Nollet, F. R. S. to Mr. William Watson, F. R. S. by Robert Watson, M. D. F. R. S.
  Robert Watson, Abbé Nollet (10 pages)
• Experiments concerning the Use of the Agaric of Oak in Stopping of Haemorrhages
  Samuel Sharp, Joseph Warner (12 pages)
• Description of a New Pyrometer, with a Table of Experiments Made Therewith. By Mr. J. Smeaton, F. R. S.
  J. Smeaton (20 pages)
• A Remark concerning the Sex of Holly. By Mr. John Martyn, F. R. S. Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge
  John Martyn, William Watson (5 pages)
• A Continuation of the Account of the Weather in Madeira. By Dr. Thomas Heberden. Communicated by Dr. W. Heberden, F. R. S.
  W. Heberden, Thomas Heberden (5 pages)
• Observations upon Father Kircher's Opinion concerning the Burning of the Fleet of Marccllus by Archimedes. By James Parsons, M. D. F. R. S.
  James Parsons (6 pages)
• An Account of Several Bones of an Elephant Found at Leysdown in the Island of Sheppey. In Two Letters from Mr. Jacob, Surgeon at Feversham, to James Parsons, M. D. F. R. S. Dated May 24, 1754
  Mr. Jacob (3 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. John Ellis, F. R. S. to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. concerning the Animal Life of Those Coral-Lines, That Look Like Minute Trees, and Grow upon Oysters and Fucus's All Round the Sea-Coast of This Kingdom
  John Ellis (12 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Camillo Paderni, Keeper of the Museum Herculaneum, to Tho. Holles, Esq; Dated at Naples, April 27, 1754
  Camillo Paderni (6 pages)
• Experimental Examination of a White Metallic Substance Said to be Found in the Gold Mines of the Spanish West-Indies, and There Known by the Appellations of Platina, Platina di Pinto, Juan Blanca. By William Lewis, M. B. F. R. S.
  William Lewis (53 pages)
• An Explication of All the Inscriptions in the Palmyrene Language and Character Hitherto Publish'd. In Five Letters from the Reverend Mr. John Swinton, M. A. of Christ-Church, Oxford, and F. R. S. to the Reverend Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S.
  John Swinton (76 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from John Lining, M. D. of Charles Town, in South Carolina, to Charles Pinckney, Esq; In London: With His Answers to Several Queries Sent to Him concerning His Experiment of Electricity with a Kite
  John Lining (9 pages)
• An Answer to Dr. Lining's Query Relating to the Death of Professor Richman. By Mr. William Watson, F. R. S.
  William Watson (13 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from John Henry Winkler, Professor of Natural Philosophy at Leipsic, and Fellow of the Royal Society, to Thomas Birch, D. D. Secretary of the Royal Society, Relating to Two Electrical Experiments; Translated from the Latin
  John Henry Winkler (3 pages)
• An Account of a Fire-Ball, Seen at Hornsey, by William Hirst, F. R. S. Communicated in a Letter to Samuel Mead, Esq; F. R. S.
  William Hirst (7 pages)
• A Letter from Monsieur Clairaut, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, and F. R. S. to Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S. Containing a Comparison between the Notions of M. de Courtivron and Mr. Melvil, concerning the Difference of Refrangibility of the Rays of Light
  Monsieur Clairaut (6 pages)
• A Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society, concerning Some New Electrical Experiments, by John Canton, M.A. and F. R. S.
  John Canton (9 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Cheney Hart, M. D. to William Watson, F. R. S. Giving Some Account of the Effects of Electricity in the County Hospital at Shrewsbury
  Cheney Hart (4 pages)
• A Letter from the Reverend William Brakenridge, D.D. and F.R.S. to George Lewis Scot, Esq; F. R. S. concerning the Number of Inhabitants within the London Bills of Mortality
  William Brakenridge (14 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. William Watson, F. R. S. to Charles Gray, of Colchester, Esq; F. R. S. in Relation to a Large Calculus Found in a Mare
  William Watson (4 pages)
• A Dissertation on the Belemnites, in a Letter to Smart Lethieullier, Esquire, F. R. S. by Mr. Gustavus Brander, F. R. S.
  Gustavus Brander (11 pages)
• Some Observations upon the Agaric, Lately Applied after Amputations, with Regard to the Determining Its Species. By Mr. William Watson, F. R. S.
  William Watson (3 pages)
• Two Letters concerning the Use of Agaric, as a Styptic
  Joseph Warner, B. Gooch (7 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Mons. Bonnet, F. R. S. of Geneva, to John Clephane, M. D. F. R. S. Translated from the French
  Mons. Bonnet (3 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Constantinople, of the 16th September 1754, from Murdock Mackenzie, M. D. concerning the Late Earthquake There
  Murdock Mackenzie (4 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Camillo Paderni, Keeper of the Herculaneum Museum, to Thomas Hollis, Esq; Relating to the Late Discoveries at Herculaneum
  Camillo Paderni (6 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Sir James Gray, Bart. His Majesty's Envoy to the King of Naples, to the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Robinson, Knight of the Bath, One of His Majesty's Secretaries of State, Relating to the Same Discoveries at Herculaneum
  James Gray (3 pages)
• An Account of Some Trials to Keep Water and Fish Sweet, with Lime-Water. By Stephen Hales, D. D. F. R. S.
  Stephen Hales (7 pages)
• Medical and Chemical Observations upon Antimony. By John Huxham, M. D. F. R. S.
  John Huxham (39 pages)
• An Account of Mr. Samuel Tull's Method of Castrating Fish. Communicated by W. Watson, F. R. S.
  Samuel Tull, William Watson (6 pages)
• An Attempt to Point out, in a Concise Manner, the Advantages Which Will Accrue from a Periodic Review of the Variation of the Magnetic Needle, Throughout the Known World; Addressed to This Royal Society by William Mountaine and James Dodson, Fellows of the Said Society, and Requesting Their Contribution Thereto, by Communicating Such Observations concerning It, as They Have Lately Made, or Can Procure From Their Correspondents in Foreign Parts
  William Mountaine, James Dodson (7 pages)
• Additions and Corrections in Vol. XLVIII
  Anonymous (3 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (19 pages)