Volume 58 (1768)

Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)

50 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (15 pages)
• An Account of the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, in 1767: In a Letter to the Earl of Morton, President of the Royal Society, from the Honourable William Hamilton, His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary at Naples
  William Hamilton (23 pages)
• Extract of a Letter, Dated Vienna April 4, 1767, from Father Joseph Liesganig, Jesuit, to Dr. Bevis, F. R. S. Containing a Short Account of the Measurement of Three Degrees of Latitude under the Meridian of Vienna
  Joseph Liesganig (3 pages)
• An Essay on the Force of Percussion, by William Richardson, M. D. Communicated by William Heberden, M. D. F. R. S.
  William Heberden, William Richardson (8 pages)
• An Essay on the Connexion between the Parallaxes of the Sun and Moon; Their Densities; and Their Disturbing Forces on the Ocean. By Patrick Murdoch, D. D. F. R. S.
  Patrick Murdoch (12 pages)
• Observations on the Bones, Commonly Supposed to Be Elephants Bones, Which Have Been Found Near the River Ohio in America: By William Hunter, M. D. F. R. S.
  William Hunter (14 pages)
• Observations Made on the Islands of Saint John and Cape Briton, to Ascertain the Longitude and Latitude of Those Places, Agreeable to the Orders and Instructions of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations: By Captain Holland, Surveyor General in Canada, and His Assistants. Communicated by R. Brocklesby, F. R. S.
  Captain Holland, George Derbage, R. Brocklesby (9 pages)
• A Note concerning the Cold of 1740, and of This Year. By J. Bevis, M. D. F. R. S.
  J. Bevis (2 pages)
• Observations on the Same Subject, by J. Short, F. R. S.
  J. Short (4 pages)
• An Investigation of the Difference between the Present Temperature of the Air in Italy and Some Other Countries, and What It Was Seventeen Centuries Ago: In a Letter to William Watson M. D. F. R. S. by the Honourable Daines Barrington F. R. S.
  Daines Barrington (11 pages)
• An Account of Rings Consisting of All the Prismatic Colours, Made by Electrical Explosions on the Surface of Pieces of Metal, by Joseph Priestley, LL. D. F. R. S.
  Joseph Priestley (8 pages)
• A Letter from John Ellis, Esquire, F. R. S. to the President, on the Success of His Experiments for Preserving Acorns for a Whole Year without Planting Them, so as to be in a State Fit for Vegetation, with a View to Bring Over Some of the Most Valuable Seeds from the East Indies, to Plant for the Benefit of Our American Colonies
  John Ellis, William Aiton (6 pages)
• A Letter from Dr. Donald Monro, F. R. S. to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. Inclosing One from Mr. Farley, of Antigua, on the Good Effects of the Quassi Root in Some Fevers
  James Farley, Donald Monro (4 pages)
• Meteorological Observations for 1767, Made at Carlisle, Bridgwater, and Ludgvan; and Communicated by the Bishop of Carlisle, F. R. S.
  <prefix>Bishop</prefix> of Carlisle, G. Carlyle (9 pages)
• Account of the Different Species of the Birds, Called Pinguins, by Thomas Pennant, Esquire, F. R. S.
  Thomas Pennant (11 pages)
• The Application of Dr. Saunderson's Theorem for Solving Unlimited Equations, to a Curious Question in Chronology: By Mr. James Horsefall, F. R. S.
  James Horsefall (8 pages)
• A Determination of the Solar Parallax Attempted, by a Peculiar Method, from the Observations of the Last Transit of Venus: By Andrew Planman, Professor of Natural Philosophy, in the University of Aboa, and Member of the Academy of Sciences at Stockholm; together with a Letter from Him to Mr. James Short, F. R. S.
  Andrew Planman (23 pages)
• A Short Account of the Manner of Inoculating the Small Pox, on the Coast of Barbary, and at Bengal, in the East Indies, Extracted from a Memoir Written in Dutch, by the Reverend Mr. Chais, at the Hague: By M. Maty, M. D. S. R. S.
  Mr. Chais, M. Maty (5 pages)
• Croton Spicatum, Nova Plantae Species ex America, Quam Descriptione ex Icone Illustravit Petrus Jonas Bergius, M. D. Hist. Nat. et Pharm. Profess. Stockh. R. Colleg. Med. Assessor, Reg. Acad. Scient. Stock. Membr.
  Profess. Stockh., Petrus Jonas Bergius (6 pages)
• Observations on the Barometer and Thermometer, and Account of the Whole Rain in Every Month of the Year 1767, Taken at the Royal Hospital Near Plymouth: By William Farr, M. D. Transmitted to William Watson, M. D. F. R. S.
  William Farr (5 pages)
• An Account of Inoculation in Arabia, in a Letter from Dr. Patrick Russell, Physician, at Aleppo, to Alexander Russell, M. D. F. R. S. Preceded by a Letter from Dr. Al. Russell, to the Earl of Morton. P. R. S.
  Patrick Russell, Al. Russell (12 pages)
• Part of a Letter from Dr. Wolfe, at Warsaw, to Henry Baker, F. R. S. Communicated by Mr. Baker
  Dr. Wolfe, Mr. Baker (2 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Mr. Peter Wargentin, Secretary of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm, and F. R. S. Dated February 23, 1768, to the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, B. D. F. R. S. Astronomer Royal
  Peter Wargentin (3 pages)
• Introduction to Two Papers of Mr. John Smeaton, F. R. S. by the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, B. D. F. R. S. Astronomer Royal
  Nevil Maskelyne, John Smeaton (3 pages)
• A Discourse concerning the Menstrual Parallax, Arising from the Mutual Gravitation of the Earth and Moon; It's Influence on the Observations of the Sun and Planets; With a Method of Observing It: By J. Smeaton, F. R. S.
  J. Smeaton (15 pages)
• Description of a New Method of Observing the Heavenly Bodies out of the Meridian: By J. Smeaton, F. R. S.
  J. Smeaton (5 pages)
• A Specimen of a New Method of Comparing Curvilineal Areas; By Which Many Such Areas May Be Compared as Have not Yet Appeared to be Comparable by Any Other Method. By John Landen, F. R. S.
  John Landen (8 pages)
• Experiments and Observations upon a Blue Substance, Found in a Peat-Moss in Scotland: By Sylvester Douglas, Esquire
  Sylvester Douglas (9 pages)
• Two Medical Observations by Dr. Joseph Benevuti, Physician at Lucca; Communicated to the Late President of the Royal Society, by Dr. Ch. Allioni of Turin, F. R. S. and Translated from the Latin by 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
  Daniel Peter Layard, Ch. Allioni, Joseph Benevuti (4 pages)
• An Account of a Particular Species of Cameleon: By James Parsons, M. D. F. R. S.
  James Parsons (7 pages)
• A Letter from J. A. Rizzi Zannoni, Member of the Academy of Sciences at Gottingen, and Geographer to His Sicilian Majesty, to the Late Earl of Morton, Pr. R. S. Containing Several Astronomical Observations, Made in Several Parts of the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily; Translated from the French, by Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S.
  Mathew Maty, Nevil Maskelyne, J. A. Rizzi Zannoni (8 pages)
• An Account of Some Experiments, by Mr. Miller of Cambridge, on the Sowing of Wheat: By W. Watson, M. D. F. R. S.
  W. Watson, Mr. Miller (5 pages)
• Of the Theory of Circulating Decimal Fractions. By John Robertson, Lib. R. S.
  John Robertson (8 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. J. R. Forster, F. A. S. to M. Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. Containing Some Account of a New Map of the River Volga
  John Reinhlod Forster (16 pages)
• An Account of the Lymphatic System in Birds; By Mr. William Hewson, Reader in Anatomy: In a Letter to William Hunter, M. D. F. R. S. and by Him Communicated to the Society
  William Hunter, William Hewson (15 pages)
• A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden, Presented to the Royal Society by the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, for the Year 1767, 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 Botanici
  Hans Sloane, William Hudson (9 pages)
• Interpretation of the Inscription on a Punic Coin, Struck in the Isle of Gozo, Never Hitherto Explained. In a Letter to Charles Morton, M. D. Sec. R. S. from the Rev. John Swinton, B. D. F. R. S. Custos Archivorum of the University of Oxford, Member of the Academy Degli Apatisti at Florence, and of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona in Tuscany
  John Swinton (13 pages)
• Elucidation of an Etruscan Coin of Paestum, in Lucania, Emitted from the Mint There, about the Time of the Social War. In a Letter to Charles Morton, M. D. Sec. R. S. from the Rev. John Swinton, B. D. F. R. S. Custos Archivorum of the University of Oxford, Member of the Academy Degli Apatisti at Florence, and of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona in Tuscany
  John Swinton (8 pages)
• Remarks upon a Denarius of the Veturian Family, with an Etruscan Inscription on the Reverse, Never before Published. In a Letter to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. from the Rev. John Swinton, B. D. F. R. S. Custos Archivorum of the University of Oxford, Member of the Academy Degli Apatisti at Florence, and of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona in Tuscany
  John Swinton (10 pages)
• Description of a Punic Coin Appertaining to the Isle of Gozo, Hitherto Attributed to That of Malta, by the Learned. In a Letter to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. from the Rev. John Swinton, B. D. F. R. S. Custos Archivorum of the University of Oxford, Member of the Academy Degli Apatisti at Florence, and of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona in Tuscany
  John Swinton (5 pages)
• Observations on an Inedited Coin, Adorned with Two Punic Characters on the Reverse. In a Letter to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. from the Rev. John Swinton, B. D. F. R. S. Custos Archivorum of the University of Oxford, Member of the Academy Degli Apatisti at Florence, and of the Etruscan Academy of Cortona in Tuscany
  John Swinton (6 pages)
• Introduction to the Following Observations, Made by Messieurs Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, for Determining the Length of a Degree of Latitude, in the Provinces of Maryland and Pennsylvania, in North America; By the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, B. D. F. R. S. Astronomer Royal
  Jeremiah Dixon, Charles Mason, Nevil Maskelyne (5 pages)
• Observations for Determining the Length of a Degree of Latitude in the Provinces of Maryland and Pennsylvania, in North America, by Messieurs Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon
  Jeremiah Dixon, Charles Mason (58 pages)
• Astronomical Observations, Made in the Forks of the River Brandiwine in Pennsylvania, for Determining the Going of a Clock Sent Thither by the Royal Society, in Order to Find the Difference of Gravity between the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, and the Place Where the Clock Was Set up in Pennsylvania; To Which are Added, an Observation of the End of an Eclipse of the Moon, and Some Immersions of Jupiter's First Satellite Observed at the Same Place in Pennsylvania: By Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon
  Jeremiah Dixon, Charles Mason (8 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Rome, to M. Maty, M.D. Sec. R. S. on the Extraordinary Heats Observed There This Last Summer
  James Byres (2 pages)
• An Easy Method of Making a Phosphorus, That Will Imbibe and Emit Light, like the Bolognian Stone; With Experiments and Observations; By John Canton, M. A. and F. R. S.
  John Canton (9 pages)
• Astronomical Observations Made at Swetzingen, in the Years 1767 and 1768; Extracted from Several Letters Written to Charles Morton, M. D. Sec. R. S. and One to the Late Earl of Morton. By Father Christian Mayer, F. R. S. Astronomer to the Elector Palatine
  Christian Mayer (11 pages)
• Observations of the Transit of Venus Over the Sun, and the Eclipse of the Sun, on June 3, 1769; Made at the Royal Observatory. By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, B. D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal
  Nevil Maskelyne (12 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (17 pages)