Volume 60 (1770)

Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)

56 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (19 pages)
• An Account of a Journey to Mount Etna, in a Letter from the Honourable William Hamilton, His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary at Naples, to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S.
  William Hamilton (20 pages)
• A Letter from Philip Carteret Esquire, Captain of the Swallow Sloop, to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. on the Inhabitants of the Coast of Pantagonia
  Philip Carteret (8 pages)
• A Letter on a Camelopardalis Found about the Cape of Good Hope, from Capt. Carteret to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S.
  Ph. Carteret (5 pages)
• Experiments in Support of the Uses Ascribed to Ganglions of the Nerves, in Philosophical Transactions, Vol. LIV. and Vol. LVII. By James Johnstone, M. D.
  James Johnstone (7 pages)
• An Account of a New Species of the Manis, or Scaly Lizard, Extracted from the German Relations of the Danish Royal Missionaries in the East Indies, of the Year 1765, Published at Hall, in Saxony, by Dr. Hampe, F. R. S.
  H. Hampe (5 pages)
• An Account of the Result of Some Attempts Made to Ascertain the Temperature of the Sea in Great Depths, Near the Coasts of Lapland and Norway; as Also Some Anecdotes, Collected in the Former. By Charles Douglas Esquire, F. R. S. Then Captain of His Majesty's Ship the Emerald, Anno 1769
  Charles Douglas (7 pages)
• De Modo Marmoris Albi Producendi, Dissertatio Epistolaris Domino Maty, Societatis Regiae Londinensis Secretario, Auctore R. E. Raspe, Sereniss. Hass. Landgravio a Consiliis, S. Reg. Sodali
  R. E. Raspe (8 pages)
• Account of a Very Remarkable Young Musician. In a Letter from the Honourable Daines Barrington, F. R. S. to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S.
  Daines Barrington (12 pages)
• A Determination of the Exact Moments of Time When the Planet Venus Was at External and Internal Contact with the Sun's Limb, in the Transits of June 6th, 1761, and June 3d, 1769, By Samuel Dunn
  Samuel Dunn (16 pages)
• An Account of Some Improvements Made in a New Wheel Barometer, Invented by Keane Fitz Gerald, Esquire, F. R. S. In a Letter to Charles Morton, M. D. Sec. R. S.
  Keane Fitz Gerald (8 pages)
• Some Observations upon an Inedited Greek Coin of Philistis, Queen of Syracuse, Malta, and Gozo, Who Has Been Passed Over in Silence by All the Ancient Writers. 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 (16 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Thomas Woolcomb, Surgeon, to the Late Doctor Huxham, F. R. S. on the Case of a Boy, Who Died of a Gun Shot Wound, and Communicated by the Rev. J. Cor. Huxham, A. M. F. R. S.
  J. Cor. Huxham, Thomas Woollcombe (7 pages)
• Journal of a Voyage, Made by Order of the Royal Society, to Churchill River, on the North-West Coast of Hudson's Bay; Of Thirteen Months Residence in That Country; and of the Voyage Back to England; In the Years 1768 and 1769: By William Wales
  William Wales (38 pages)
• Observations on the State of the Air, Winds, Weather, &c. Made at Prince of Wales's Fort, on the North-West Coast of Hudson's Bay, in the Years 1768 and 1769, by Joseph Dymond and William Wales
  Joseph Dymond, William Wales (43 pages)
• An Account of Some Very Perfect and Uncommon Specimens of Spongiae from the Coast of Italy: In a Letter to James West, Esquire, President of the Royal Society; From John Strange, Esquire, F. R. S.
  John Strange (7 pages)
• A Letter from Captain Davies to John Ellis, Esquire, F. R. S. on a Method of Preparing Birds for Preservation
  Tho. Davies (5 pages)
• A Letter to Dr. Benjamin Franklin, F. R. S. Giving an Account of the Appearance of Lightning on a Conductor Fixed from the Summit of the Mainmast of a Ship, down to the Water: By Capt. J. L. Winn
  J. L. Winn (6 pages)
• An Investigation of the Lateral Explosion, and of the Electricity Communicated to the Electrical Circuit, in a Discharge: By Joseph Priestley, LL. D. F. R. S.
  Joseph Priestley (20 pages)
• Experiments and Observations on Charcoal: By Joseph Priestley, LL. D. F. R. S.
  Joseph Priestley (18 pages)
• Meteorological Observations for 1769, Made at Bridgewater in Somersetshire. Communicated by Dr. Jeremiah Milles, Dean of Exeter, and F. R. S.
  Jeremiah Milles (3 pages)
• Meteorological Observations at Ludgvan in Mount's-Bay, Cornwall, 1769: By William Borlase, D. D. F. R. S. Communicated by Dr. Jeremiah Milles, Dean of Exeter, and F. R. S.
  William Borlase, Jeremiah Milles (4 pages)
• A Letter to Dr. William Watson, F. R. S. Giving Some Account of the Manna Tree, and of the Tarantula: By Dominico Cirillo, M. D. Professor of Natural History at the University of Naples
  Dominico Cirillo (7 pages)
• Observations Made at Dinapoor, June 4, 1769, on the Planet Venus, When Passing Over the Sun's Disk, June 4, 1769, with Three Different Quadrants, and a Two Foot Reflecting Telescope: Communicated to the Royal Society, by the Court of Directors of the East India Company
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Directions for Making a Machine for Finding the Roots of Equations Universally, with the Manner of Using It: By the Rev. Mr. Rowning, to John Bevis, M. D. F. R. S.
  J. Rowning (21 pages)
• On the Late Transit of Venus: By Nathan Pigott, Esq; To Dr. Bevis, F. R. S.
  Nathan Pigott (12 pages)
• Observations on the Proper Method of Calculating the Values of Reversions Depending on Survivorships: By Richard Price, D. D. F. R. S.
  Richard Price (10 pages)
• De Athmosphaera Electrica Joannis Baptistae Beccariae, R. S. S. ex Scholis Piis ad Regiam Londinensem Societatem, Libellus
  Joannis Baptistae Beccariae (26 pages)
• Four Letters from Mr. T. S. Kuckhan, to the President and Members of the Royal Society, on the Preservation of Dead Birds
  T. S. Kuckhan (20 pages)
• Description of the Blunt-Headed Cachalot: By James Robertson, Esq; Of Edinburgh. Communicated by Thomas Pennant, Esq; F. R. S.
  James Robertson, Thomas Pennant (6 pages)
• Experiments and Observations on Various Phaenomena Attending the Solution of Salts: By R. Watson, A. M. F. R. S. Fellow of Trinity College, and Professor of Chemistry, in the University of Cambridge
  R. Watson (31 pages)
• An Account of an Occultation of the Star χ Tauri by the Moon, Observed at Leicester: By the Rev. Mr. Ludlam, in a Letter to the Rev. Mr. Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal
  W. Ludlam (4 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from John Winthrop, Esq; F. R. S. Hollisian Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, at Cambridge, N. England; To B. Franklin, LL. D. F. R. S. Dated Sept. 6. 1769
  John Winthrop (6 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Mr. Mallet, of Geneva, to Dr. Bevis, F. R. S.
  J. A. Mallet (6 pages)
• Experiments on the Blood, with Some Remarks on Its Morbid Appearances; By William Hewson, F. R. S.
  William Hewson (17 pages)
• On the Degree of Heat Which Coagulates the Lymph, and the Serum of the Blood; With an Enquiry into the Causes of the Inflammatory Crust, or Size, as It is Called: By the Same
  William Hewson (15 pages)
• Further Remarks on the Properties of the Coagulable Lymph; On the Stopping of Haemorrhages; and on the Effects of Cold upon the Blood: By the Same
  William Hewson (17 pages)
• Account of Some Bones Found in the Rock of Gibraltar, in a Letter from John Boddington, Esq; To Dr. William Hunter, F. R. S. with Some Remarks from Dr. Hunter in a Letter to Dr. Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S.
  William Hunter, John Boddington (6 pages)
• Difficulties in the Newtonian Theory of Light, Considered and Removed, by the Rev. S. Horsley, LL. B. F. R. S.
  S. Horsley (25 pages)
• Some New Theorems for Computing the Areas of Certain Curve Lines: By Mr. John Landen, F. R. S.
  John Landen (4 pages)
• Extract of Two Letters from the Late Capt. Alexander Rose, of the 52d Regiment, to Dr. Murdoch, F. R. S.
  Alexander Rose (8 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from Mr. John Latham, Surgeon and Midwife, at Dartford, in Kent, to Mr. Warner, Fellow of the Royal Society, and Senior Surgeon to Guy's Hospital. Communicated to the Royal Society by Mr. Warner
  John Latham, Joseph Warner (4 pages)
• Astronomical Observations Made at Cavan, Near Strabane, in the County of Donegal, Ireland, by Appointment of the Royal Society, by Mr. Charles Mason
  Charles Mason (44 pages)
• A Letter from M. Pingre, of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, to the Rev. Mr. Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, F. R. S.
  M. Pingre (6 pages)
• Observations of Immersions and Emersions of Jupiter's First Satellite, Made at Funchal, in Madeira, with a Reflecting Telescope of 18 Inches Focus, Made by Mr. Short. The Time Was Found by Taking Equal Altitudes, with a Quadrant of 12 Inches Radius, Made by Mr. Bird, and with the Help of a Good Pendulum Clock Made in London. By the Late Thomas Heberden, M. D. F. R. S.
  Thomas Heberden, Mr. Bird, Mr. Short (3 pages)
• Account of the Transit of Mercury, Observed at Norriton, in Pennsylvania, Nov. 9. 1769 Agreeable to an Appointment of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge. By William Smith, D. D. Provost of the College of Philadelphia; John Lukens Esq; Surveyor General of Pennsylvania; David Rittenhouse, M. A. and Mr. Owen Biddle. Communicated by Benjamin Franklin, LL. D. F. R. S. and President of the Philosophical Society at Philadelphia
  John Lukens, Owen Biddle, William Smith, Benjamin Franklin, David Rittenhouse (5 pages)
• A Letter to James West, Esq; President of the Royal Society, Containing the Investigations of Twenty Cases of Compound Interest, by J. Robertson, Lib. R. S.
  John Robertson (11 pages)
• A Copy of a Letter from John Ellis, Esq; F. R. S. to Dr. Linnaeus, F. R. S. &c. With the Figure and Characters of That Elegant American Evergreentree, Called by the Gardiners the Loblolly-Bay, Taken from Blossoms Blown Near London, and Shewing That It is not an Hibiscus, as Mr. Miller Calls It; Nor an Hypericum, as Dr. Linnaeus Supposes It; But an Intire New Genus, to Which Mr. Ellis Gives the Name of Gordonia
  John Ellis (10 pages)
• The Copy of a Letter from John Ellis, Esq; F.R.S. to Mr. William Aiton, Botanic Gardener to Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales, at Kew, on a New Species of Illicium Linnaei, or Starry Aniseed Tree, Lately Discovered in West Florida
  John Ellis (10 pages)
• An Account of a Very Remarkable Meteor Seen at Oxford. 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)
• A Letter from Richard Price, D. D. F. R. S. to Benjamin Franklin, L L. D. F. R. S. on the Effect of the Aberration of Light on the Time of a Transit of Venus Over the Sun
  Richard Price (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 1769, 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
  William Hudson (9 pages)
• A Short Account of the Observations of the Late Transit of Venus, Made in California, by Order of His Catholic Majesty; Communicated by His Excellency Prince Masserano, Ambassador from the Spanish Court, and F. R. S.
  Prince Masserano (3 pages)
• Extract of a Letter, Dated Paris, Dec. 17, 1770, to Mr. Magalhaens, from M. Bourriot; Containing a Short Account of the Late Abbe Chappe's Observation of the Transit of Venus, in California. Translated by Dr. Bevis, F. R. S.
  M. Bourriot, Abbe Chappe, Dr. Bevis (3 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (32 pages)