Volume 51 (1759)

Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)

91 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (18 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• The Greatest Effect of Engines with Uniformly Accelerated Motions Considered. By Francis Blake, Esq; F. R. S.
  Francis Blake (7 pages)
• Observations on the Growth of Trees: By Robert Marsham, of Stratton in Norfolk, Esq; Communicated by the Rev. Steph. Hales, D. D. F. R. S.
  Steph. Hales, Robert Marsham (7 pages)
• An Account of Some Antiquities Found in Cornwall: In a Letter from the Rev. William Borlase, M. A. F. R. S. to the Rev. Charles Lyttelton, L. L. D. Dean of Exeter
  William Borlase (11 pages)
• A New Improved Silk - Reel. By the Rev. Samuel Pullein, M. A.
  Samuel Pullein (15 pages)
• Experiments on Several Pieces of Marble Stained by Mr. Robert Chambers. In a Letter to the Rev. Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S. from Mr. Emanuel Mendez da Costa, F. R. S.
  Emanuel Mendez da Costa, Robert Chambers (7 pages)
• Observations upon the Sea Scolopendre, or Sea Millepes. By John Andrew Peyssonel, M. D. F. R. S. Translated from the French
  John Andrew Peyssonel (4 pages)
• An Account of a Storm of Thunder and Lightning at Norwich, on the 13th of July 1758. By Mr. Samuel Cooper. Communicated by Mr. Joseph Warner, Surgeon of Guy's Hospital, and F. R. S.
  Samuel Cooper, Joseph Warner (4 pages)
• Experiments concerning the Encaustic Painting of the Ancients. In a Letter to the Right Honourable George Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society, from Mr. Josiah Colebrooke, F. R. S.
  Josiah Colebrooke (15 pages)
• A Letter concerning the Success of the Preceding Experiments. In a Letter to the Right Honourable Lord Charles Cavendish, V. P. R. S. from Mr. Josiah Colebrooke, F. R. S.
  Josiah Colebrooke (3 pages)
• An Account of a Particular Species of Cocoon, or Silk-Pod, from America. By the Reverend Samuel Pullein, M. A.
  Samuel Pullein (5 pages)
• A Thermometrical Account of the Weather, for One Year, Beginning September 1753. Kept in Maryland, by Mr. Richard Brooke, Physician and Surgeon in That Province. Communicated by Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S.
  Richard Brooke, Henry Baker (13 pages)
• A Thermometrical Account of the Weather, for Three Years, Beginning September 1754. as Observed in Maryland. By Mr. Richard Brooke. Communicated by Mr. H. Baker, F. R. S.
  H. Baker, Richard Brooke (14 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Benjamin Wilson, F. R. S. to the Rev. Tho. Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S. [Relating] a Letter from Edward Delaval, M. A. and Fellow of Pembroke-Hall Cambridge, to Mr. Benjamin Wilson, F. R. S. Containing Some Electrical Experiments and Observations
  Edward Delaval, Benjamin Wilson (7 pages)
• An Account of the Case of William Carey, Aged Nineteen, Whose Tendons and Muscles are Turning into Bones. In a Letter to the Right Honourable the Lord Cadogan, F. R. S. from the Rev. William Henry, D. D. F. R. S.
  William Henry, William Carey (4 pages)
• A Further Account of the Same Case: In a Letter to the Right Honourable the Lord Cadogan, F. R. S. from the Rev. William Henry, D. D. F. R. S.
  William Henry (3 pages)
• An Account of the Comet Seen in May 1759. By J. Bevis, M. B.
  Nicolas Munckley, J. Bevis (5 pages)
• A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden, Presented to the Royal Society by the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, for the Year 1757, Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet, Med. Reg. & Soc. Reg. Nuper Praeses, by John Wilmer, M. D. Clariss. Societatis Pharmaceut. Lond. Socius, Hort. Chelsean. Praefectus & Praelector Botanic
  John Wilmer (6 pages)
• An Experimental Enquiry concerning the Natural Powers of Water and Wind to Turn Mills, and Other Machines, Depending on a Circular Motion. By Mr. J. Smeaton, F. R. S.
  J. Smeaton (80 pages)
• An Account of the Remarkable Alteration of Colour in a Negro Woman: In a Letter to the Reverend Mr. Alexander Williamson of Maryland, from Mr. James Bate, Surgeon in That Province. Communicated by Alexander Russel, M. D. F. R. S.
  Alexander Russel, James Bate (5 pages)
• The Case of a Paralytic Patient Cured by an Electrical Application, Inclosed in a Letter from Doctor Himsel, at Riga, to Jacob de Castro Sarmento, M. D. F. R. S. Translated from the French
  John Godfrey Teske, Doctor Himsel (8 pages)
• An Account of Some Observations Relating to the Production of the Terra Tripolitana, or Tripoli. Humbly Addressed to the Royal Society of London, by Martin Hubner, Fellow of the Said Society, Professor of History in the University of Copenhagen, and Member of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Letters of Paris. Translated from the French, by Emanuel Mendes da Costa, F. R. S.
  Martin Hubner, Emanuel Mendes da Costa (10 pages)
• A Remarkable Case of an Empyema. By Mr. Joseph Warner, F. R. S. and Surgeon to Guy's Hospital
  Joseph Warner (8 pages)
• Extracts of Some Letters from Signor Abbate de Venuti, F. R. S. to J. Nixon, A. M. and F. R. S. Relating to Several Antiquities Lately Discovered in Italy
  Abbate De Venuti (7 pages)
• An Account of Some Experiments Relating to the Preservation of Seeds: In Two Letters to the Right Honourable the Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society. From John Ellis, Esq; F. R. S.
  John Ellis (11 pages)
• The Case of a Very Long Suppression of Urine. By Ambrose Dawson, M. D. Communicated by William Heberden, M. D. F. R. S.
  William Heberden, Ambrose Dawson (4 pages)
• Several Accounts of the Fiery Meteor, Which Appeared on Sunday the 26th of November, 1758, between Eight and Nine at Night; Collected by John Pringle, M. D. F. R. S.
  John Pringle (45 pages)
• Some Remarks upon the Several Accounts of the Fiery Meteor (Which Appeared on Sunday the 26th of November, 1758), and upon Other Such Bodies; By John Pringle, M. D. F. R. S.
  John Pringle (17 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Thoughts on the Different Impregnation of Mineral Waters; More Particularly concerning the Existence of Sulphur in Some of Them, by John Rutty, Doctor of Physic
  John Rutty (9 pages)
• An Account of the Effects of a Storm of Thunder and Lightning at Rickmansworth, in Hertfordshire, on the 16th of July, 1759: In a Letter from Mrs. Anne Whitfeld. Communicated by Mr. John van Rixtel, F. R. S.
  Anne Whitfeld, John van Rixtel (6 pages)
• An Account of Some Extraordinary Effects of Lightning, in a Letter to Dr. Gowin Knight: By Mr. William Mountaine, F. R. S.
  William Mountaine, Gowin Knight (15 pages)
• An Account of a Meteor Seen at Shefford, in Berkshire, on Saturday, October 20th, 1759; With Some Observations on the Weather of the Preceding Winter: In a Letter to Thomas Birch, D. D. Sec. R. S. from Richard Forster, M. A. Rector of Shefford
  Richard Forster (3 pages)
• An Account of the Same Meteor, Seen at Bath: In a Letter to Tho. Birch, D. D. Sec. R. S. from Mr. Josiah Colebrooke, F. R. S.
  Josiah Colebrooke (3 pages)
• An Account of the Meteor Seen at Chigwell Row, in Essex, on the 20th of October 1759: In a Letter to the Rev. Dr. Birch, Secretary of the Royal Society, from Mr. William Dutton, Watchmaker in Fleet-Street
  William Dutton (3 pages)
• An Account of Two Stones of Remarkable Shapes and Sizes, Which, for the Space of Six Years, Were Firmly Lodged in the Urethra of a Young Man, and at Length Successfully Cut out from Thence. Addressed to the Royal Society, on Thursday December 13, 1759, at Which Meeting the Stones Themselves, and a Drawing of the Stones, Were Presented to the Fellows of the Society, by Joseph Warner, F. R. S. and Surgeon to Guy's Hospital
  Joseph Warner (7 pages)
• Experiments on the Tourmalin: by Mr. Benjamin Wilson, F. R. S. In a Letter to Dr. William Heberden, F. R. S.
  Benjamin Wilson (34 pages)
• New Experiments and Observations concerning Electricity; By Robert Symmer, Esq; F. R. S.
  Robert Symmer, John Mitchell (55 pages)
• Some Observations Relating to the Lyncurium of the Ancients; By William Watson, M. D. F. R. S.
  William Watson (6 pages)
• An Attempt to Account for the Regular Diurnal Variation of the Horizontal Magnetic Needle; And Also for Its Irregular Variation at the Time of an Aurora Borealis: By John Canton, M. A. and F. R. S.
  John Canton (49 pages)
• A Letter to the Right Honourable Hugh Earl of Marchmont. F. R. S. concerning the Sections of a Solid, Hitherto Not Considered by Geometers; From William Brakenridge, D. D. Rector of St. Michael Bassishaw London, and F. R. S.
  William Brakenridge (15 pages)
• A Letter to the Honourable J. Th. Klein, Secretary to the City of Dantzick, from Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. concerning the Migration of Swallows
  Peter Collinson (7 pages)
• Observations on the Comet Seen in January 1760; By James Short, M. A. F. R. S. In a Letter to the Rev. Tho. Birch, D. D. Secretary to the Royal Society
  James Short (2 pages)
• Observations on the Same Comet; By the Rev. John Michell, M. A. Fellow of Queen's College in Cambridge. In a Letter to Mr. James Short, F. R. S.
  John Michell (3 pages)
• An Account of the Same Comet; By Nicolas Munckley, of Lincoln's-Inn, Esq
  Nicolas Munckley (3 pages)
• An Account of the Said Comet; By Mr. Mark Day
  Mark Day (2 pages)
• Of the Vitriolic Waters of Amlwch, in the Isle of Anglesey; With Occasional Remarks on the Hartfell Spaw, Described in the First Volume of the Edinburgh Essays and Observations Physical and Literary, and in the 49th Volume of the Philosophical Transactions, and Their Comparison with Other Waters of the Same Class. By John Rutty, M. D.
  John Rutty (9 pages)
• An Account of That Part of America, Which is Nearest to the Land of Kamtchatka; Extracted from the Description of Kamtchatka by Professor Krashennicoff, Printed at Petersburg, in Two Volumes, 4to. in 1759; And Translated and Communicated by the Rev. D. Dumaresque, D. D. Chaplain to the English Factory at Petersburg
  Professor Krashennicoff, D. Dumaresque (22 pages)
• Remarks on the Mutations of the Stars; By Tho. Barker, Esq; Of Lyndon, in Rutland: Communicated by the Rev. W. Stukeley, M. D. F. R. S.
  W. Stukeley, Tho. Barker (8 pages)
• The Method of Making Sal Ammoniac in Egypt; As Communicated by Dr. Linnaeus, from His Pupil Dr. Hasselquist, Who Had Been Lately in Those Parts: By John Ellis, Esq; F. R. S.
  John Ellis, Dr. Linnaeus (5 pages)
• Montium Quorundam Praealtorum, Magna Ligni Fossilis Copia Quasi Infarctorum, Brevis Descriptio Sam. Christ. Hollmanni, Philosophiae Professor. Goettingensis, et S. R. Sodalis
  Sam. Christ. Hollmanni (10 pages)
• Experiments in Electricity: In a Letter from Father Beccaria, Professor of Experimental Philosophy at Turin, to Benjamin Franklin, L. L. D. F. R. S.
  Benjamin Franklin, Father Beccaria (15 pages)
• An Uncommon Case of an Haemoptysis; By Erasmus Darwin, M. D.
  Erasmus Darwin (5 pages)
• An Account of the Late Earthquakes in Syria: In a Letter from Dr. Patrick Russell, to His Brother, Alexander Russell, M. D. F. R. S.
  Patrick Russell (7 pages)
• Remarks on the Bovey Coal: In a Letter to the Right Honourable George Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society. By Jeremiah Milles, D. D. F. R. S.
  Jeremiah Milles (21 pages)
• A New Method of Computing the Sums of Certain Series; By Mr. John Landen: Communicated by Mr. Thomas Simpson, F. R. S.
  Thomas Simpson, John Landen (14 pages)
• Conjectures concerning the Cause, and Observations upon the Phaenomena of Earthquakes; Particularly of That Great Earthquake of the First of November, 1755, Which Proved So Fatal to the City of Lisbon, and Whose Effects Were Felt As Far As Africa, and More or Less throughout Almost All Europe; By the Reverend John Michell, M. A. Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge
  John Michell (71 pages)
• An Extract of a Letter from Abbé De la Caille, F. R. S. and Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, to Matthew Maty, M. D. and F. R. S.
  Abbe de la Caille (2 pages)
• Extracts of Some Letters from Signor Abbate De Venuti, F. R. S. to J. Nixon, A. M. and F. R. S. Relating to Several Antiquities in Italy
  Abbate de Venuti, John Nixon (9 pages)
• A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden, Presented to the Royal Society by the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, for the Year 1759, Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet, Med. Reg. & Soc. Reg. Nuper Praeses, by John Wilmer, M. D. Clariss. Societatis Pharmaceut. Lond. Socius, Hort. Chelsean. Praefectus & Praelector. Botanic
  John Wilmer (6 pages)
• Some Account of the Animal Sent from the East Indies, by General Clive, to His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, Which is Now in the Tower of London: In a Letter from James Parsons, M. D. F. R. S. to the Rev. Tho. Birch, D. D. Secretary to the Royal Society
  James Parsons, General Clive (7 pages)
• An Account of the Frog-Fish of Surinam, Addressed to the Royal Society, by Mr. George Edwards, F. R. S.
  George Edwards (10 pages)
• An Account of a Remarkable Operation on a Broken Arm; By Mr. Charles White, Surgeon at Manchester, Communicated by George Lloyd, Esq; F. R. S.
  Charles White, George Lloyd (5 pages)
• An Account of a Bone Found in the Pelvis of a Man at Brussels; By Terence Brady, M. D. In a Letter to the Rev. Tho. Birch, D. D. Secretary to the Royal Society
  Terence Brady (5 pages)
• An Account of an Extraordinary Case of a Lady, Who Swallowed Euphorbium. By Dr. Willis, of Lincoln: Communicated by Sir Francis Dashwood, Bart
  Francis Dashwood, Dr. Willis (9 pages)
• An Account of Artificial Cold Produced at Petersburg: By Dr. Himsel. In a Letter to Dr. De Castro, F. R. S. Translated from the French by James Parsons, M. D. F. R. S.
  Dr. Himsel, James Parsons (8 pages)
• An Account of a Complete Luxation of the Thigh Bone, in an Adult Person, by External Violence; By Mr. Charles White, Surgeon, at Manchester. Communicated by George Lloyd, Esq; F. R. S.
  Charles White, George Lloyd (5 pages)
• Conjectures upon an Inedited Parthian Coin. By the Rev. John Swinton, B. D. of Christ-Church, Oxon. F. R. S.
  John Swinton (16 pages)
• An Account of a Stony Concretion Taken from the Colon of an Horse; By Mr. H. Baker, F. R. S.
  H. Baker (3 pages)
• An Explanation of the Modes or Tones in the Antient Graecian Music; By Sir Francis Haskins Eyles Stiles, Bart. F. R. S.
  Francis Haskins Eyles Stiles (84 pages)
• An Enquiry into the Measure of the Roman Foot; By Matthew Raper, Esq; F. R. S.
  Matthew Raper (51 pages)
• A Description of a Metalline Thermometer; By Keane Fitzgerald, Esq; F. R. S. Communicated by the Right Hon. George Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society
  Hon. George, Keane Fitzgerald (15 pages)
• An Account of a Bird Supposed to be Bred between a Turkey and Pheasant; By Mr. George Edwards, F. R. S.
  George Edwards (6 pages)
• An Account of a Late Discovery of Asbestos in France: In a Letter to the Rev. Tho. Birch, D. D. Secretary to the Royal Society, from Mr. Turberville Needham, F. R. S.
  Turberville Needham (3 pages)
• An Account of the Hot Baths of Vinadio, in the Province of Coni in Piedmont; With the State of the Weather at Turin in the Year 1759: In an Extract of a Letter from Dr. Joseph Bruni, F. R. S. to Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S.
  Joseph Bruni (6 pages)
• An Account of a Specimen of the Labour of a Kind of Bees, Which Lay up Their Young in Cases of Leaves, Which They Bury in Rotten Wood: In a Letter to Daniel Wray, Esq; F. R. S. from Sir Francis Eyles Styles, Bart. F. R. S.
  Francis Eyles Styles (4 pages)
• An Account of a Case of a Luxated Thigh Bone Reduced; By Mr. Charles Young, Surgeon, at Plymouth: Communicated by John Huxham, M. D. F. R. S.
  Charles Yonge, John Huxham (9 pages)
• Some Observations upon a Samnite-Etruscan Coin, Never before Fully Explained. In a Letter from the Rev. John Swinton, B. D. of Christ-Church, Oxon. F. R. S. to the Rev. Thomas Birch, D. D. Secretary to the Royal Society
  John Swinton (15 pages)
• De Proximo Veneris Sub Sole Transitu
  Rogerius Joseph Boscovich (25 pages)
• A Proposal for Discovering the Annual Parallax of Sirius; By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, A. M. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and F. R. S.
  Nevil Maskelyne (8 pages)
• Farther Experiments in Electricity; By Mr. Benjamin Wilson, F. R. S.
  Benjamin Wilson (12 pages)
• A Letter to Mr. Benjamin Wilson, F. R. S. concerning Electricity; From Mr. Thorbern Bergman, of Upsal
  Thorbern Bergman (5 pages)
• Some Considerations on a Late Treatise Intituled, A New Set of Logarithmic Solar Tables, &c. Intended for a More Commodious Method of Finding the Latitude at Sea, by Two Observations of the Sun; By H. Pemberton, M. D. R. S. Lond. et R. A. Berol. S.
  H. Pemberton (21 pages)
• An Account of the Plants Halesia and Gardenia: In a Letter from John Ellis, Esq; F. R. S. to Philip Carteret Webb, Esq; F. R. S.
  John Ellis (16 pages)
• An Account of an Eclipse of the Moon, 22d November 1760, Observed in Surrey-Street in the Strand, London; By James Short, M. A. F. R. S.
  James Short (2 pages)
• An Account of the Case of a Young Man, Who Had Lost the Use of His Hands by Cleansing Brass Wire; By Mr. Samuel More, Apothecary in Jermyn-Street. Communicated by Charles Morton, M. D. Secretary to the Royal Society
  Charles Morton, Samuel More (7 pages)
• A Further Account of Some Experiments Made on the Bovey Coal
  Jer. Milles (5 pages)
• De Aberratione Luminis, in Superficiebus et Lentibus Sphaericis Refractorum
  S. Klingenstierna (35 pages)
• Erratum
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (24 pages)