Volume 53 (1763)

Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)

59 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (15 pages)
• An Account of the Sun's Distance from the Earth, Deduced from Mr. Short's Observations Relating to the Horizontal Parallax of the Sun: In a Letter from Peter Daval, Esq; V. P. of R. S. to James Barrow, Esq; V. P. of R. S.
  Mr. Short, Peter Daval (3 pages)
• Observatio Cometae, Qui Mense Maio A. 1759 Apparuit, Facta Hagae-Comit. à Petro Gabry, I. V. D. Societatis Reg. Scientiar. Socio, et Commercio Literar. Cum Academ. Scientiar. Parisiensi et Reg. Societ. Gotting. Juncto: Communicated by Mr. Emanuel Mendez da Costa, Librarian of the Royal Society
  Emanuel Mendez da Costa, Petro Gabry (3 pages)
• Observatio Cujusdam Meteori Igniti Instar Chasmatis, Facta Hagae-Comit. d. 21 Decembr. 1758. Nov. St. à Petro Gabry, I. V. D. Socio Reg. Societat. Scientiar. Londin. et Commercio Literarum Cum Acad. Reg. Scientiar. Parisiens. et Societ. Reg. Scient. Gottingens. Juncto. Communicated by Mr. Emanuel Mendez da Costa, Librarian of the R. S.
  Emanuel Mendez da Costa, Petro Gabry (3 pages)
• An Account of a Remarkable Decrease of the River Eden, in Cumberland: In a Letter to Charles Lord Bishop of Carlisle, F. R. S. from William Milbourne, Esq
  William Milbourne (3 pages)
• An Account of the Rain Fallen in a Foot-Square at Norwich, by Mr. William Arderon, F. R. S. Communicated by H. Baker, F. R. S.
  William Arderon, H. Baker (2 pages)
• Observations upon the Effects of Electricity Applied to a Tetanus, or Muscular Rigidity, of Four Months Continuance. In a Letter to the Royal Society. By William Watson, M. D. F. R. S. Member of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of London and Madrid, and Physician to the Foundling Hospital
  William Watson (18 pages)
• An Account of the Late Mild Weather in Cornwall, of the Quantity of Rain Fallen There in the Year 1762: In a Letter from the Rev. William Borlase, M. A. F. R. S. to Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S.
  William Borlase (4 pages)
• A Delineation of the Transit of Venus Expected in the Year 1769, by Mr. James Ferguson
  James Ferguson (11 pages)
• An Account of an Appulse of the Moon to the Planet Jupiter, Observed at Chelsea, by Mr. Samuel Dunn
  Samuel Dunn (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 1762, Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet, Med. Reg. et Soc. Reg. Nuper Praeses; by John Wilmer, M. D. Clariss. Societatis Pharmaceut. Lond. Soc. Hort. Chelsean. Praefectus et Praelector Botanic
  John Wilmer (6 pages)
• Observations Made by Mr. John Bartram, at Pensilvania, on the Yellowish Wasp of That Country: In a Letter to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S.
  John Bartram (3 pages)
• An Account of the Plague, at Aleppo: In a Letter to the Rev. Charles Lyttelton, LL. D. Dean of Exeter, Now Lord Bishop of Carlisle, and F. R. S. from the Reverend Mr. Thomas Dawes, Chaplain to the Factory at Aleppo
  Thomas Dawes (10 pages)
• Observations on Sand Iron: In a Letter from Mr. Henry Horne, to Mr. John Ellicot, F. R. S.
  Henry Horne (15 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Simon Peter Pallas, M. D. of Berlin, to Mr. Emanuel Mendez da Costa, Librarian to the Royal Society, Relating to the State of the State of the Cold There Last Winter, Dated Feb. 12, 1763
  Simon Peter Pallas (2 pages)
• An Account of a Remarkable Darkness at Detroit, in America: In a Letter from the Rev. Mr. James Stirling, to Mr. John Duncan: Communicated by Samuel Mead, Esq; F. R. S.
  Samuel Mead, James Stirling (3 pages)
• An Account of a Remarkable Marine Insect: In a Letter of Mr. Andrew Peter Du Pont, to Mr. Emanuel Mendez da Costa, Librarian to the R. S.
  Andrew Peter Du Pont (4 pages)
• A Letter from Monsieur Wargentin, Secretary to the Royal Academy of Sciences in Sweden, to Mr. John Ellicott, F. R. S. Relating to the Late Transit of Venus
  Monsieur Wargentin (8 pages)
• Remarks on the Censure of Mercator's Chart, in a Posthumous Work of Mr. West, of Exeter: In a Letter to Thomas Birch. D. D. Secretary to the Royal Society, from Mr. Samuel Dunn
  Samuel Dunn, Mr. West (4 pages)
• A Defence of Mercator's Chart against the Censure of the Late Mr. West of Exeter: In a Letter to Charles Morton, M. D. Secret. R. S. from Mr. William Mountaine, F. R. S.
  William Mountaine, Mr. West (13 pages)
• An Account of a Species of Ophris, Supposed to be the Plant, Which is Mentioned by Gronovius in the Flora Virginica, p. 185, under the Name of Ophris Scapo Nudo Foliis Radicalibus Ovato-Oblongis, Dimidii Scapi Longitudine: By George Dionysius Ehret, F. R. S.
  Gronovius, George Dionysius Ehret (5 pages)
• New Experiments in Electricity: In a Letter from Mr. Ebenezer Kinnersley, to Benjamin Franklin, LL. D. F. R. S.
  Ebenezer Kinnersley (16 pages)
• Observations in Electricity and on a Thunder-Storm: In a Letter from Mr. Torbern Bergman, to Mr. Benjamin Wilson, F. R. S. Acad. Reg. Upsal. Soc.
  Torbern Bergman (5 pages)
• Remarks on Swallows on the Rhine: In a Letter from Mr. Achard, in Privy-Garden, to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S.
  Mr. Achard (3 pages)
• The Properties of the Mechanic Powers Demonstrated, with Some Observations on the Methods That Have Been Commonly Used for That Purpose: In a Letter from Hugh Hamilton, D. D. F. R. S. and Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, to Matthew Raper, Esq; F. R. S.
  Hugh Hamilton (26 pages)
• An Account of Some Subterraneous Apartments, with Etruscan Inscriptions and Paintings, Discovered at Civita Turchino in Italy [Tab. VII. VIII. IX.]: Communicated from Joseph Wilcox, Esq; F. S. A. by Charles Morton, M. D. S. R. S.
  Charles Morton, Joseph Wilcox (10 pages)
• An Account of a New Peruvian Plant, Lately Introduced into the English Gardens; the Several Characters of Which Differ from All the Genera Hitherto Described; Presented to the Royal Society by George Dionysius Ehret, F. R. S.
  George Dionysius Ehret (5 pages)
• Observations on Two Antient Roman Inscriptions Discovered at Netherby in Cumberland: In a Letter to the Right Rev. Charles Lord Bishop of Carlisle, F. R. S. from the Reverend John Taylor, LL. D. Canon Residentiary of St. Paul's, and Chancellor of the Diocese of Lincoln
  John Taylor (10 pages)
• A Method of Lessening the Quantity of Friction in Engines, by Keane Fitzgerald, Esq; F. R. S.
  Keane Fitzgerald (25 pages)
• The Difference of Longitude between the Royal Observatories of Greenwich and Paris, Determined by the Observations of the Transits of Mercury over the Sun in the Years 1723, 1736, 1743, and 1753: By James Short, M. A. F. R. S.
  James Short (13 pages)
• An Account of a Remarkable Fish, Taken in King-Road, Near Bristol: In a Letter from Mr. James Ferguson, to Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S.
  James Ferguson (6 pages)
• Rules and Examples for Limiting the Cases in Which the Rays of Refracted Light May Be Reunited into a Colourless Pencil: In a Letter from P. Murdoch, M. A. and F. R. S. to Robert Symmer, Esq; F. R. S. Jan. 3, 1763
  P. Murdoch (25 pages)
• An Account of the Success of the Bark of the Willow in the Cure of Agues. In a Letter to the Right Honourable George Earl of Macclesfield, President of R. S. from the Rev. Mr. Edmund Stone, of Chipping-Norton in Oxfordshire
  Edmund Stone (7 pages)
• An Account of an Earthquake in Siberia: In a Letter from Mons. Weymarn to Dr. Mounsey, Principal Physician of the Emperor of Russia, F. R. S. Translated from the French. Communicated by Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S.
  Mons. Weymarn, Henry Baker (11 pages)
• Roman Inscriptions at Tunis in Africa, Copied about the Year 1730. By Dr. Carilos, a Native of Madrid, Then Physician to the Bey of Tunis, Communicated by John Locke, Esq. F. R. S.
  John Locke, Dr. Carilos (19 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. George Edwards, F. R. S. to Thomas Birch D. D. Secret. R. S. concerning An Observation Made by Him in Opticks
  George Edwards (3 pages)
• Two Remarkable Cases in Surgery, by Mr. Francis Geach, Surgeon in Plymouth. Communicated by John Huxham, M. D. F. R. S.
  Francis Geach, John Huxham (8 pages)
• An Account of a New Die from the Berries of a Weed in South Carolina: In a Letter from Mr. Moses Lindo, Dated at Charles Town, September 2, 1763, to Mr. Emanuel Mendez da Costa, Librarian of the Royal Society
  Moses Lindo (3 pages)
• An Account of the Eclipse of the Sun, April 1, 1764: In a Letter to the Right Honourable George Earl of Macclesfield, Pres. R. S. from Mr. James Ferguson, F. R. S.
  James Ferguson (12 pages)
• An Account of an Earthquake at Chattigaon: Translated from the Persian by Mr. Edward Gulston, in the Service of the Honourable East India Company, and Communicated by Him to the Reverend Mr. Hirst
  Edward Gulston (7 pages)
• An Account of an Earthquake in the East Indies, of Two Eclipses of the Sun and Moon, Observed at Calcutta: In a Letter to the Reverend Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S. from the Reverend William Hirst, M. A. F. R. S.
  William Hirst (8 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Mr. Edward Gulston, at Chittigong, to Major John Carnac, at Calcutta
  Edward Gulston (3 pages)
• An Account of the Earthquakes That Have Been Felt in the Province of Islamabad, with the Damages Attending Them, from the 2d to the 19th of April, 1762: Translated from the Persian, and Communicated to Henry Vansittart, Esq; President and Governor of Fort William in Bengal, by Mr. Verelst, Chief of the Hon. East India Company's Affairs at Islamabad
  Mr. Verelst (6 pages)
• A Letter from the Late Reverend Mr. Thomas Bayes, F. R. S. to John Canton, M. A. and F. R. S.
  Thomas Bayes (4 pages)
• An Account of the Insect Called the Vegetable Fly: by William Watson, M. D. F. R. S.
  William Watson (5 pages)
• An Attempt to Explain a Punic Inscription, Lately Discovered in the Island of Malta. In a Letter to the Reverend Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S. from the Reverend John Swinton, B. D. of Christ-Church, Oxon. F. R. S. and Member of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona in Tuscany
  John Swinton (20 pages)
• Problems by Edward Waring, M A. and Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in the University of Cambridge, F. R. S.
  Edward Waring (7 pages)
• Second Paper concerning the Parallax of the Sun Determined from the Observations of the Late Transit of Venus, in Which This Subject is Treated of More at Length, and the Quantity of the Parallax More Fully Ascertained. By James Short, M. A. and F. R. S.
  James Short (49 pages)
• An Account of a Case, in Which Green Hemlock Was Applied: In a Letter to the Rt. Hon. Hugh Lord Willoughby of Parham, V. P. of the R. S. by Mr. Josiah Colebrook, F. R. S.
  Josiah Colebrook (7 pages)
• An Account of a Remarkable Meteor: In a Letter to the Reverend Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. of R. S. from Mr. Samuel Dunn
  Samuel Dunn (3 pages)
• An Account of a Blow upon the Heart, and of Its, Effects: By Mark Akenside, M. D. F. R. S. and Physician to Her Majesty
  Mark Akenside (4 pages)
• Ratio Conficiendi Nitrum in Podolia: Authore -- Wolf, M. D. Communicated by Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S.
  Henry Baker, Wolf (16 pages)
• An Essay towards Solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances. By the Late Rev. Mr. Bayes, F. R. S. Communicated by Mr. Price, in a Letter to John Canton, A. M. F. R. S.
  Mr. Price, Mr. Bayes (50 pages)
• An Account of the Sea Pen, or Pennatula Phosphorea of Linnaeus; Likewise a Description of a New Species of Sea Pen, Found on the Coast of South-Carolina, with Observations on Sea-Pens in General. In a Letter to the Honourable Coote Molesworth, Esq; M. D. and F. R. S. from John Ellis, Esq; F. R. S. and Member of the Royal Academy at Upsal
  John Ellis (25 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. B. Wilson, F. R. S. and Member of the Royal Academy at Upsal, to Mr. Aepinus, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg, and Member of the Academies of Berlin, Stockholm, and Erfurth
  B. Wilson (35 pages)
• A Discourse on the Parallax of the Sun. By the Rev. Thomas Hornsby, M. A. Savilian Professor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford, and F. R. S.
  Thomas Hornsby (30 pages)
• A Discourse on the Locus for Three and Four Lines Celebrated among the Ancient Geometers, by H. Pemberton, M. D. R. S. Lond. et R. A. Berol. S. In a Letter to the Reverend Thomas Birch, D. D. Secretary to the Royal Society
  H. Pemberton (39 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (13 pages)