Volume 59 (1769)

Front Matter

Anonymous (24 pages)

A Letter from Mr. J. Moult to Dr. Percival, of Manchester, F. R. S. Containing a New Manner of Preparing Salep

J. Moult (4 pages)

Brevis Narratio de Structura et Effectu Speculorum Causticorum Parabolicorum a Defuncto Dno Hoesen Dresdae Elaboratorum, Quae Nunc a Dno Ehrard, Sub Arce Dresdensi Habitante, Possidentur. Auctore Dno Wolfe, M. D.

Dno Wolfe, Hoesen Dresdae, Dno Ehrard (6 pages)

An Extraordinary Case of Three Pins Swallowed by a Girl, and Discharged at Her Shoulder. In a Letter to Frank Nicholls, M. D. F. R. S. from Dr. Lysons, of Gloucester

Dan. Lysons (10 pages)

A Letter from the Honourable William Hamilton, His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary at Naples, to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec.R. S. Containing Some Farther Particulars on Mount Vesuvius, and Other Volcanos in the Neighbourhood

William Hamilton (6 pages)

A Letter to Dr. William Watson, F. R. S. from the Hon. Daines Barrington, F. R. S. on the Trees Which are Supposed to be Indigenous in Great Britain

Daines Barrington (17 pages)

An Account of a Case in Which the Upper Head of the Os Humeri Was Sawed off, a Large Portion of the Bone Afterwards Exfoliated, and Yet the Entire Motion of the Limb Was Preserved. By Mr. White, Surgeon, at Manchester. Communicated by Mr. Watson, F. R. S.

Mr. Watson, C. White (10 pages)

Letters from the Rev. Dr. William Borlase, F. R. S. Rector of Ludgvan in Cornwall, to Charles Morton, M. D. F. R. S. and from Mr. Rosewarne, of Truro, to Dr. Borlase; Giving an Account of a Specimen of Native Tin Found in Cornwall, and Now Deposited in the Museum of the Royal Society

William Borlase, Henry Rosewarne (4 pages)

An Account of an Essay on the Origin of a Natural Paper, Found Near the City of Cortona in Tuscany. In a Letter from John Strange, Esq; F. R. S. to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S.

John Strange (9 pages)

Experiments on the Lateral Force of Electrical Explosions. By Joseph Priestley, L L. D. F. R. S.

Joseph Priestley (7 pages)

Various Experiments on the Force of Electrical Explosions. By Joseph Priestley, LL. D. F. R. S.

Joseph Priestley (9 pages)

Abstract of a Letter from Stephen De Visme, Esq; At Canton, in China, to Henry Baker, F. R. S. containing an Account of an Earthquake at Macao, and a Short Description of a Singular Species of Monkeys without Tails, Found in the Interior Part of Bengal. Communicated by Mr. Baker

Mr. Baker, Stephen de Visme (6 pages)

A Letter from Mr. John Robertson, Lib. R. S. to James West, Esq; President of the Royal Society; Containing the Demonstration of a Law of Motion, in the Case of a Body Deflected by Two Forces Tending Constantly to Two Fixed Points

John Robertson (7 pages)

A Letter from the Rev. Mr. William Paxton, Rector of Buckland Brewer, in the County of Devon, to Dr. Milles, Dean of Exeter, F. R. S. and Pr. S. A.

William Paxton (3 pages)

Abstract from a Meteorological Register Kept at the Royal Hospital Near Plymouth, during the Year 1768. By W. Farr, M. D. Communicated by W. Watson, M. D. F. R. S.

W. Watson, W. Farr (6 pages)

An Account of a Remarkable Aurora Borealis, Observed at the Observatory of the Marine at Paris, by M. Messier, of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and F. R. S. Translated by J. Bevis, M. D. F. R. S.

J. Bevis, M. Messier (5 pages)

Observations on the Expectations of Lives, the Increase of Mankind, the Influence of Great Towns on Population, and Particularly the State of London with Respect to Healthfulness and Number of Inhabitants. In a Letter from Mr. Richard Price, F. R. S. to Benjamin Franklin, Esq; LL.D. and F. R. S.

Richard Price (38 pages)

Dissertatio Epistolaris de Ossibus ei Dentibus Elephantum, Aliarumque Belluarum in America Septentrionali, Aliisque Borealibus Regionibus Obviis; Qua Indigenarum Belluarum esse Ostenditur. Auctore R. E. Raspe, Serenissimo Hassiarum Landgravio a Consiliis, et R. S. S.

R. E. Raspe (13 pages)

Observations on a Particular Manner of Increase in the Animalcula of Vegetable Infusions, with the Discovery of an Indissoluble Salt Arising from Hemp-Seed Put into Water Till It Becomes Putrid. By John Ellis, Esq; F. R. S.

John Ellis (17 pages)

On the Computation of the Sun's Distance from the Earth, by the Theory of Gravity: In a Letter to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. from the Rev. Mr. Horsley, F. R. S.

Samuel Horsley (3 pages)

Meteorological Observations for 1768, Made at Bridgwater in Somersetshire, and at Ludgvan in Mount's-Bay, Cornwall. Communicated by Dr. Jeremiah Milles, Dean of Exeter, and F. R. S.

William Borlase, Jeremiah Milles (6 pages)

Proposal of a Method for Securing the Cathedral of St. Paul's from Damage by Lightning; In Consequence of a Letter from the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's to James West, Esquire, Pr. R. S.

B. Franklin, W. Watson, John Canton, B. Wilson, Cov., Edward Delaval, S. Barrington, Chr. Wilson, Thomas Bristol, J. Lich (11 pages)

Observation of the Late Transit of Venus: In a Letter to James Burrow, Esquire, V. P. R. S. By Mr. James Horsfall, F. R. S.

James Horsfall (3 pages)

An Account of the Observations of the Transit of Venus and of the Eclipse of the Sun, Made at Shirburn Castle and at Oxford. By the Reverend Thomas Hornsby, M. A. F. R. S. and Savilian Professor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford

Thomas Hornsby (12 pages)

Venus Observed upon the Sun at Oxford, June 3, 1769: By Samuel Horsley, L L. B. Rector of St. Mary, Newington, in Surrey, F. R. S.

Samuel Horsley (8 pages)

Observations of the Last Transit of Venus, and of the Eclipse of the Sun the Next Day; Made at the House of Joshua Kirby, Esquire, at Kew. By John Bevis, M. D. F. R. S.

John Bevis (5 pages)

A Letter to the Astronomer Royal, from John Canton, M. A. F. R. S. Containig His Observations of the Transit of Venus, June 3, 1769, and of the Eclipse of the Sun the Next Morning

John Canton (4 pages)

An Account of Several Sepulchral Inscriptions and Figures in Bas-Relief, Discovered, in 1755, at Bonn in Lower Germany. In a Letter to James West, Esquire, Pr. R. S. from John Strange, Esquire, F. R. S.

John Strange (8 pages)

An Account of the Lymphatic System in Amphibious Animals. By Mr. William Hewson, Lecturer in Anatomy: In a Letter to William Hunter, M. D. F. R. S. and by Him Communicated to the Society

William Hunter, William Hewson (7 pages)

An Account of the Lymphatic System in Fish. By the Same

William Hunter, William Hewson (13 pages)

A Letter from Mr. Lane, Apothecary, in Aldersgate-Street, to the Honourable Henry Cavendish, F. R. S. on the Solubility of Iron in Simple Water, by the Intervention of Fixed Air

T. Lane (13 pages)

Account of Several Phaenomena Observed during the Ingress of Venus into the Solar Disc. By the Reverend W. Hirst, F. R. S. in a Letter to the Astronomer Royal

W. Hirst (10 pages)

Observations Made at Leicester on the Transit of Venus Over the Sun, June 3, 1769. By the Reverend Mr. Ludlam, Vicar of Norton, Near Leicester

Mr. Ludlam (6 pages)

A Letter from John Hope, M. D. F. R. S. Professor of Physic and Botany in the University of Edinburgh, to William Watson, M. D. F. R. S. on a Rare Plant Found in the Isle of Skye

John Hope (9 pages)

Astronomical Observations Made by Samuel Holland, Esquire, Surveyor-General of Lands for the Northern District of North-America; and Others of His Party. Communicated by the Astronomer Royal

Samuel Holland (7 pages)

Observations Made on the Island of Hammerfost, for the Royal Society. By Jeremiah Dixon

Jeremiah Dixon (10 pages)

Astronomical Observations Made at the North Cape, for the Royal Society. By Mr. Bayley

Mr. Bayley (21 pages)

An Account of an Observation of the Transit of Venus, Made at Isle Coudre Near Quebec. In a Letter to the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, from Mr. Thomas Wright, Deputy Surveyor of the Northern District of America

Thomas Wright (9 pages)

Extract of a Letter from Mr. B. Gooch, Surgeon, of Shottisham, Near Norwich, to Mr. Joseph Warner, F. R. S. and Surgeon to Guy's Hospital. Communicated to the Royal Society by Mr. Warner, November 16, 1769

Mr. Warner, B. Gooch (6 pages)

Observatio Ingressus Veneris in Solem 3 Die Junii, 1769, Habita Gryphiswaldiae, ab Andr. Mayer, Prof. Reg. Communicated by Mr. John Ellicot, F. R. S.

Andr. Mayer, John Ellicot (3 pages)

Observation of a Solar Eclipse the 4th of June, 1769, at the Observatory at Austhorpe, Near Leeds, in the County of York. By J. Smeaton, F. R. S.

J. Smeaton (4 pages)

Account of the Transit of Venus Over the Sun's Disk, as Observed at Norriton, in the County of Philadelphia, and Province of Pennsylvania, June 3, 1769. By William Smith, D. D. Provost of the College of Philadelphia; John Lukens, Esquire, Surveyor-General of Pennsylvania; David Rittenhouse, A. M. of Norriton; And John Sellers, Esquire, One of the Representatives in Assembly for Chester County; The Committee Appointed for That Observation, by the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge. Communicated to the Said Society, in Behalf, and by Direction, of the Committee, by Doctor Smith; And to the Royal Society of London, by Nevil Maskeline, B. D. Astronomer Royal

John Lukens, William Smith, David Rittenhouse, Doctor Smith, John Sellers, Nevil Maskeline (42 pages)

Observationes Transitus Veneris per Discum Solis, Die 3 Junii, 1769, Habitae in Suecia, et Societati Regiae Londinensi Communicatae, a Petro Wargentin, Ejusdem Societatis Sodali, et Academiae Regiae Scient. Stockholmensis Secretario. Communicated by Mr. John Ellicott, F. R. S.

Petro Wargentin, John Ellicott (7 pages)

Observations of the Transit of Venus Over the Sun, Contained in a Letter to the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, from Dr. Alexander Wilson, Professor of Astronomy in the Universitv of Glasgow

Alexander Wilson (7 pages)

An Account of the Late Transit of Venus, Observed at Hawkhill, Near Edinburgh. In a Letter to the Astronomer Royal, from James Lind, M. D. at Edinburgh. To Which are Added Some Remarks by the Astronomer Royal; And Further Particulars Relative to the Observations Communicated in Other Letters

James Lind (9 pages)

Observation of the Transit of Venus, and Other Astronomical Observations, Made at Gibraltar; Contained in a Letter to the Astronomer Royal from Lieutenant Jardine

Alexander Jardine, Nevil Maskelyne (5 pages)

Observations of the Transit of Venus Over the Sun, June 3, 1769. In a Letter to the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, F. R. S. Astronomer Royal, from John Winthrop, Esquire, F. R. S. Hollisian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, in New England

John Winthrop (9 pages)

Of the Different Quantities of Rain, Which Appear to Fall, at Different Heights, Over the Same Spot of Ground. By William Heberden, M. D. F. R. S.

William Heberden (5 pages)

An Account of an Observation of an Eclipse of the Moon, Made at Hawkhill, Near Edinburgh. In a Letter to the Astronomer Royal, from James Lind, M. D.

Nevil Maskelyne, James Lind (5 pages)

An Account of Two Aurorae Boreales Observed at Oxford. In Two Letters 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 (8 pages)

Observations of the Transit of Venus on June 3, 1769, and the Eclipse of the Sun on the Following Day, Made at Paris, and Other Places. Extracted from Letters Addressed from M. De la Lande, of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, and F. R. S. to the Astronomer Royal; And from a Letter Addressed from M. Messier to Mr. Magalhaens

M. de la Lande, M. Messier (5 pages)

Transit of Venus Over the Sun, Observed June 3, 1769, by Alexander Aubert, in Austin Friars, London, Three Seconds of Time East of St. Paul's, with a Cassegrain Reflector of J. Short, Having a Metal of Two Feet Focal Length, and Magnifying about 110 Times

Alexander Aubert, J. Short (2 pages)

Some Account of an Oil, Transmitted by Mr. George Brownrigg, of North Carolina. By William Watson, M. D. R. S. S.

George Brownrigg, William Watson (6 pages)

A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden, Presented to the Royal Society by the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, for the Year 1768, Pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Med. Reg. et Soc. Reg. Nuper Praeses. By William Hudson, Societatis Regiae et Clariss. Societatis Pharmaceut. Lond. Soc. Hort. Chelsean. Praefectus et Praelector Botanicus

Hans Sloane, William Hudson (9 pages)

A Description of the Lymphatios of the Urethra and Neck of the Bladder. By Henry Watson, Surgeon to the Westminster Hospital, and F. R. S.

Henry Watson (9 pages)

Eclipses of Jupiter's First Satellite, the Eclipse of the Moon, and Occultations of Fixed Stars by the Moon. Observed at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, in the Year 1769. Communicated by the Astronomer Royal

Anonymous (4 pages)

Eclipses of Jupiter's First Satellite, with an Eighteen Inch Reflector of Mr. Short's. Observed by Dr. Wilson at the Glasgow Observatory

Dr. Wilson (3 pages)

Extract of a Letter to the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, from Mr. Benedict Ferner, F. R. S. Dated Stockholm, June 9, 1769. Translated from the French

Benedict Ferner (4 pages)

Observations of the Transit of Venus Over the Sun, on June 3, 1769; and the Eclipse of the Sun the Next Morning; Made at East Dereham, in Norfolk, by the Rev. Francis Wollaston, F. R. S. Extracted from Some Letters Addressed to the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal

Francis Wollaston (9 pages)

Observations of the Transit of Venus Over the Sun, June 3, 1769; Made by Mr. Owen Biddle and Mr. Joel Bayley, at Lewestown, in Pennsylvania. Communicated by Benjamin Franklin, L L. D. F. R. S.

Owen Biddle, Joel Bayley, Benjamin Franklin, Nevil Maskelyne (9 pages)

Observations of the Transit of Venus Over the Sun, Made at the Round Tower in Windsor Castle, June 3, 1769. By Daniel Harris, Master of the Royal Mathematical School in Christ's Hospital, and F. R. S. In a Letter to the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, B. D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal

Daniel Harris (11 pages)

An Attempt to Elucidate Two Samnite Coins, Never before Fully Explained. 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 (14 pages)

Observation of the Transit of Venus, on June 3, 1769. In a Letter from John Leeds, Esquire, Surveyor General of the Province of Maryland, to John Bevis, M. D. F. R. S.

John Leeds (3 pages)

Experiments to Prove That the Luminousness of the Sea Arises from the Putrefaction of Its Animal Substances. By John Canton, M. A. and F. R. S.

John Canton (9 pages)

A Series of Astronomical Observations Made at the Observatory of the Marine at Paris, to Wit, 1 degrees. Observations of Jupiter's Satellites in the Years 1767 and 1768. 2 degrees. Observations on the Shadows of Jupiter's Satellites. 3 degrees. On the Variation of the Belts on the Disc of That Planet. 4 degrees. Observation of a Spot on the Disc of the 3d Satellite. 5 degrees. Observation of the Belts of Saturn. 6 degrees. Observation of the Moon's Passage Over the Pleiades, in 1767. 7 degrees. Observation of a Partial Eclipse of the Moon, January 3, and of a Total One, December 23, 1768. 8 degrees. Observations of Two Aurorae Boreales, August 6, and December 5, of the Same Year. By M. Messier, Astronomer of the Marine, F. R. S. and of the Academies of Holland and Italy

M. Messier (15 pages)

Astronomical Observations Made by Order of the Royal Society, at Prince of Wales's Fort, on the North-West Coast of Hudson's Bay. By William Wales and Joseph Dymond

William Wales, Joseph Dymond (23 pages)

Extract from the Journals of the Royal Society, June 23, 1768, Respecting a Letter Addressed to the Society by a Member of the House of Jesuits at Pekin in China; By Charles Morton, M. D. Sec. R. S. and Fellow of the Imperial Acadd. Natur. Curios. & Petropol. and of the Royal Academy of Gottingen

Charles Morton (44 pages)

Observation of the Transit of Mercury Over the Sun, October 25, 1743. In a Letter to Professor Bliss, Late Astronomer Royal and F. R. S. from John Winthrop, F. R. S. Professor of Astronomy in Cambridge, New England

John Winthrop (3 pages)

A Method of Working the Object Glasses of Refracting Telescopes Truly Spherical. By the Late Mr. James Short, F. R. S.

James Short (6 pages)

Errata

Anonymous (2 pages)

Back Matter

Anonymous (19 pages)

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