Volume 56 (1766)

Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)

44 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (14 pages)
• Observations of the Eclipse of the Sun on the 16th of August, 1765, Made at Colombes, Near Paris, at the Observatory of the Marquis of Courtenvaux, 5^′ 13,8^{′ ′} North of the Royal Observatory, and 20^{′ ′} 1/3 in Time to the East. By M. Messier, Astronomer, Keeper of the Journals, Plans, and Maps Belonging to the Marine of France, Fellow of the Royal Society in London, and Member of the Society of Sciences in Holland; Translated from the French by Matthew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S.
  Matthew Maty, M. Messier (4 pages)
• Remarks on the Palmyrene Inscription at Teive. In a Letter to the Rev. Thomas Birch, D. D. Secretary to the Royal Society, from the Rev. John Swinton, B. D. F. R. S. Member of the Academy Degli Apatisti at Florence, and of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona in Tuscany
  John Swinton (8 pages)
• A Letter to William Heberden, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in London, and of the Royal Society, from Daniel Peter Layard, M. D. Physician to Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales, Member of the Royal College of Physicians in London, and of the Royal Societies of London and Gottingen; Giving an Account of the Somersham Water, in the County of Huntingdon; And Transmitting a Letter from Michael Morris, M. D. F. R. S. Member of the Royal College of Physicians in London, and Physician to the Westminster Hospital, to Dr. Layard, on the Same Subject
  Daniel Peter Layard, Michael Morris (18 pages)
• Account of an Inedited Coin of the Empress Crispina. In a Letter to the Rev. Thomas Birch, D. D. Secretary to the Royal Society, from the Rev. John Swinton, B. D. F. R. S. Member of the Academy Degli Apatisti at Florence, and of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona in Tuscany
  John Swinton (4 pages)
• Observation of the Eclipse of the Sun, of August 16, 1765, Made at Leyden, by Professor Lulofs, F. R. S. to Charles Morton, M. D. Sec. R. S.
  Professor Lulofs (3 pages)
• A Letter from James Parsons, M. D. F. R. S. to the Right Honourable the Earl of Morton, President of the Royal Society; On the the Double Horns of the Rhinoceros
  James Parsons (5 pages)
• Extract from Two Letters, Dated December 7th and 12th, 1765, from the Rev. Mr. William Borlase, of Ludgvan, in Cornwall, F. R. S. to Emanuel Mendes da Costa, Librarian, &c. to the Royal Society
  William Borlase, Emanuel Mendes da Costa (6 pages)
• A Letter from Edward Wortley Montagu, Esquire, F. R. S. to William Watson, M. D. F. R. S. Containing an Account of His Journey from Cairo, in Egypt, to the Written Mountains, in the Desart of Sinaï
  Edward Wortley Montagu (20 pages)
• A Discovery, with Observations, of Two New Comets in the Marine Obvatory at Paris; By M. Messier, F. R. S. and Member of the Academy of Sciences at Paris; Translated from the French, by M. Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S.
  M. Maty, M. Messier (10 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Alexander Brice, to the Earl of Morton, President of the R. S. Giving an Account of a Comet Seen by Him
  Alexander Brice (4 pages)
• A Report concerning the Microscope-Glasses, Sent as a Present to the Royal Society, by Father Di Torre of Naples, and Referred to the Examination of Mr. Baker, F. R. S.
  Henry Baker (6 pages)
• De Veneris Transitu, per Discum Solis, A. 1761, d. 6 Junii, Auctore F. Mallet, Astronomo Regis Upsal
  Fredericus Mallet (21 pages)
• A Hepatitis, with Unfavourable Symptoms, Treated by Robert Smith, Surgeon at Edinburgh, Now at Leicester
  Robert Smith (5 pages)
• Experiments on the Peruvian Bark, by Arthur Lee, M. D.
  Arthur Lee (11 pages)
• Novorum Quorumdam in Re Electrica Experimentorum Specimen, Quod Regiae Londinensi Societati Mittebat Die 14 Januarii, Anni 1766. Joannes Baptista Beccaria ex Scholis Piis, & R. S. Soc.
  Joannes Baptista Beccaria (17 pages)
• Proposal of a Method for Measuring Degrees of Longitude upon Parallels of the AEquator, by J. Michell, B. D. F. R. S.
  J. Michell (10 pages)
• Observationes de Ascaridibus & Cucurbitinis, & Potissimum de Taenia, Tam Humana Quam Leporina
  Joannes Philippus de Limbourg (9 pages)
• An Account of an Uncommon Large Hernia, in a Letter from Dr. George Carlisle, to the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Carlisle, F. R. S.
  George Carlisle (11 pages)
• Three Papers, Containing Experiments on Factitious Air, by the Hon. Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.
  Henry Cavendish (47 pages)
• A Farther Account of the Polish Cochineal: From Dr. Wolfe, of Warsaw. Communicated by Henry Baker, F. R. S.
  Henry Baker, Dr. Wolfe (5 pages)
• Some Further Intelligence Relating to the Jaculator Fish, Mentioned in the Philosophical Transactions for 1764, Art. XIV. from Mr. Hommel, at Batavia, together with the Description of Another Species, by Dr. Pallas, F. R. S. in a Letter to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. from John Albert Schlosser, M. D. F. R. S.
  Mr. Hommel, Dr. Pallas, John Albert Schlosser (4 pages)
• An Account of an Amphibious Bipes; By John Ellis, Esq; F. R. S. To the Royal Society
  John Ellis (7 pages)
• Observations upon Animals, Commonly Called Amphibious by Authors. Presented by Dr. Parsons, F. R. S.
  Dr. Parsons (12 pages)
• An Account of Some Peculiar Advantages in the Structure of the Asperae Arteriae, or Wind Pipes, of Several Birds, and in the Land-Tortoise
  Anonymous (18 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. William Mountayne, F. R. S. to the Right Honourable James Earl of Morton, President of the Royal Society, containing Some Observations on the Variation of the Magnetic Needle, Made on Board the Montagu Man of War, in the Years 1760, 1761, and 1762, by Mr. David Ross, Surgeon
  David Ross, William Mountayne (9 pages)
• A Letter to the President of the Royal Society, Containing a New Manner of Measuring the Velocity of Wind, and an Experiment to Ascertain to What Quantity of Water a Fall of Snow is Equal
  Alex. Brice (7 pages)
• Some Observations on the Country and Mines of Spain and Germany, with an Account of the Formation of the Emery Stone; From William Bowles, Esq; Director General of the Mines of Spain; Communicated by P. Collinson, F. R. S.
  William Bowles, P. Collinson (9 pages)
• Commentarius de Indole Electrica Turmalini, Auctore Torberno Bergman, Mathematum & Philosophiae Naturalis ad Reg. Academiam Ups. Adjuncto, Academiae Imper. N. C. Academiae Reg. Scientiarum Stockholmensis & Societatis Regiae Londinensis Membro
  Torberno Bergman (10 pages)
• Theory of the Parallaxes of Altitude for the Sphere, by Mr. F. Mallet, Professor and Astronomer at Upsal; Translated from the French by M. Maty, M. D. R. S. Sec.
  F. Mallet, M. Maty (8 pages)
• A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden, Presented to the Royal Society by the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, for the Year 1765, Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Reg. et Soc. Reg. Nuper Praeses: By William Hudson, Societatis Regiae & Clariss. Societatis Pharmaceut. Lond. Soc. Hort. Chelsean. Praefectus et Praelector Botanic
  William Hudson (10 pages)
• Observations on the Eclipse of the Sun of August 5, 1766, Made at Colombes, the Observatory of the Marquis of Courtenvaux, 20 degrees West of the Royal Observatory at Paris, and in Lat. 48 degrees 55^′ 28^{′ ′}. By M. Messier, Astronomer to the Marine of France, of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, and F. R. S. Translated by M. Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S.
  M. Maty, M. Messier (4 pages)
• A Letter from the Prince de Croy to the Earl of Morton, President of the R. S. Containing the Observations of the Eclipses of the Sun of the 16th of August 1765, and of the 5th of August 1766, Made at Calais, together with Some Remarks on the First of These Eclipses: Translated from the French, by Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S.
  Mathew Maty, Le Prince De Croy (9 pages)
• Observation of the Eclipse of the Sun the 5th of August 1766, Near the Courgain at Calais
  Le Prince De Croy (3 pages)
• An Account of the Extraction of Three Inches and Ten Lines of the Bone of the Upper Arm, Which Was Followed by a Regeneration of the Bony Matter; With a Description of a Machine Made Use of to Keep the Upper and Lower Pieces of the Bone at Their Proper Distances, during the Time That the Regeneration Was Taking Place; And Which May Also be of Service in Fractures Happening Near the Head of That Bone. By Mr. Le Cat Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at Rouen, Member of Several Academines, and F. R. S. Translated from the French by J. O. Justamond, Surgeon to the First Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards
  J. O. Justamond, <prefix>Mr.</prefix> Le Cat (10 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Wargentin, F. R. S. and Secretary of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm, to the Rev. Mr. Maskelyne, M. A. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal at Greenwich, Containing an Essay of a New Method of Determining the Longitude of Places, from Observations of the Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites
  Petro Wargentin (10 pages)
• A Letter from John Ellis, Esq; F. R. S. to the President, on the Coluber Cerastes, or Horned Viper of Egypt
  John Ellis (6 pages)
• Abstract of a Journal of the Weather in Quebec, between the 1st of April 1765, and 30th of April 1766. By Cap. Alex. Rose, of the 52d Regiment; Communicated by the Rev. P. Murdoch, D. D. F. R. S.
  Alexander Rose, P. Murdoch (6 pages)
• Description of Two Parthian Coins, Never Hitherto Published. By the Rev. John Swinton, B. D. F. R. S. Member of the Academy Degli Apatisti at Florence, and of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona in Tuscany, in a Letter to Charles Morton, M. D. Sec. R. S.
  John Swinton (8 pages)
• Erratum
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• An Account of a Successful Opeation for the Hydrops Pectoris, by William Moreland, Surgeon at Greenwich; Communicated by W. Watson, M. D. F. R. S.
  W. Watson, William Moreland (4 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Emanuel Mendes da Costa, Librarian, &c. to the Royal Society, to M. Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. Containig a Supplement to the Account of the Discovery of Native Tin, Art. VII
  Emanuel Mendes da Costa (3 pages)
• A Supplement to the Account of an Amphibious Bipes; By John Ellis, Esq; (Art. XXII.) Being the Anatomical Description of the Said Animal, by Mr. John Hunter, F. R. S.
  John Hunter, John Ellis (5 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (20 pages)