Volume 62 (1772)

Front Matter

Anonymous (17 pages)

A Letter from James Badenach, M. D. To Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. Containing a Technical Description of an Uncommon Bird from Malacca

James Badenach (5 pages)

Investigation of the Specific Characters Which Distinguish the Rabbit from the Hare: In a Letter to Samuel Wegg, Esq; T. and Vice-President of the R. S. from the Honourable Daines Barrington, V. P. R. S.

Daines Barrington (12 pages)

An Account of the Sulphureous Mineral Waters of Castle-Loed and Fairburn, in the County of Ross; And of the Salt Purging Water of Pitkeathly, in the County of Perth, in Scotland: By Donald Monro, M. D. Physician to the Army, and to St. George's Hospital, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and of the Royal Society

Donald Monro (19 pages)

Extract of a Letter from Mr. George Witchell, F. R. S. and Master of the Royal Academy at Portsmouth, to Charles Morton, M. D. Sec. R. S. Inclosing Some Account of a Solar Eclipse Observed at George's Island, by Captain Wallis; And Several Astronomical Observations Made at Portsmouth

George Witchell, Captain Wallis (10 pages)

Extract of Mr. T. Barker's Meteorological Register at Lyndon in Rutland, in a Letter to James West, Esq; Pres. R. S.

T. Barker (5 pages)

Directions for Using the Common Micrometer, Taken from a Paper in the Late Dr. Bradley's Hand-Writing; Communicated by Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, and F. R. S.

Dr. Bradley, Nevil Maskelyne (9 pages)

A Letter from Mr. John Reinhold Forster, F. R. S. to William Watson, M. D. Giving Some Account of the Roots Used by the Indians, in the Neighbourhood of Hudson's-Bay, to Dye Porcupine Quills

John Reinhold Forster (7 pages)

An Account of a Subaerated Denarius of the Plaetorian Family, Adorned with an Etruscan Inscription on the Reverse, Never before Published or 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 (11 pages)

A Deduction of the Quantity of the Sun's Parallax from the Comparison of the Several Observations of the Late Transit of Venus, Made in Europe, with Those Made in George Island in the South Seas: Communicated by Mr. Euler, Jun. Secretary of the Imperial Academy of Petersburg; In a Letter to Charles Morton, M. D. Sec. R. S. and Acad. Imper. Petroburg, &c. Soc.

Mr. Euler (9 pages)

A Letter to the Rev. Mr. Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, F. R. S. Accompanying a New Chart of the Red Sea, with Two Draughts of the Roads of Mocha and Judda, and Several Observations Made during a Voyage on That Sea, by Capt. Charles Newland

Charles Newland (31 pages)

Remarks and Observations Made on Board the Ship Kelsall, on a Voyage to Judda and Mocha, in 1769, by the Same

Charles Newland (14 pages)

An Easy Method to Distill Fresh Water from Salt Water at Sea; By Capt. Newland

Capt. Newland (6 pages)

Observations on the Milky Appearance of Some Spots of Water in the Sea; By the Same

Capt. Newland (3 pages)

A Letter from Mr. Peter Dollond, to Nevil Maskelyne, F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal; Describing Some Additions and Alterations Made to Hadley's Quadrant, to Render It More Serviceable at Sea

Peter Dollond (5 pages)

Remarks on the Hadley's Quadrant, Tending Principally to Remove the Difficulties Which Have Hitherto Attended the Use of the Back-Observation, and to Obviate the Errors That Might Arise from a Want of Parallelism in the Two Surfaces of the Index-Glass. By Nevil Maskelyne, F. R. S. Astronomer Royal

Nevil Maskelyne (25 pages)

Account of the Irruption of Solway Moss in December 16, 1772; In a Letter from Mr. John Walker, to the Earl of Bute, and Communicated by His Lordship to the Royal Society

John Walker (12 pages)

A Letter from John Zephaniah Holwel, Esq; F. R. S. to John Campbel, Esq; F. R. S. Giving an Account of a New Species of Oak

John Zephaniah Holwel (4 pages)

An Account of the Death of a Person Destroyed by Lightning in the Chapel in Tottenham-Court-Road, and Its Effects on the Building; As Observed by Mr. William Henly, Mr. Edward Nairne, and Mr. William Jones. The Account Written by Mr. Henly

William Henly (9 pages)

A Letter from Thomas Ronayne, Esq; To Benjamin Franklin, LL. D. F. R. S. Inclosing an Account of Some Observations on Atmospherical Electricity; In regard of Fogs, Mists, &c. with Some Remarks; Communicated by Mr. William Henley

Thomas Ronayne, William Henley (12 pages)

Observations on Different Kinds of Air. By Joseph Priestley, L L. D. F. R. S.

Joseph Priestley, Wm Hey (121 pages)

An Essay on the Periodical Appearing and Disappearing of Certain Birds, at Different Times of the Year. In a Letter from the Honourable Daines Barrington, Vice-Pres. R. S. to William Watson, M. D. F. R. S.

Daines Barrington (63 pages)

KOΣ KINON EPATOΣ Θ ENOΥ Σ . or, The Sieve of Eratosthenes. Being an Account of His Method of Finding All the Prime Numbers, by the Rev. Samuel Horsley, F. R. S.

Samuel Horsley (22 pages)

A Letter from Mr. Christopher Gullet to Matthew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. on the Effects of Elder, in Preserving Growing Plants from Insects and Flies

Christopher Gullet (6 pages)

A Letter from John Call, Esq; To Nevil Maskelyne, F. R. S. Astronomer Royal, Containing a Sketch of the Signs of the Zodiac, Found in a Pagoda, Near Cape Comorin in India

John Call (6 pages)

An Account of the Flowing of the Tides in the South Sea, as Observed on Board His Majesty's Bark the Endeavour, by Lieut. J. Cook, Commander, in a Letter to Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, and F. R. S.

J. Cook (3 pages)

An Account of a New Electrometer, Contrived by Mr. William Henly, and of Several Electrical Experiments Made by Him, in a Letter from Dr. Priestley, F. R. S. to Dr. Franklin, F. R. S.

J. Priestley, William Henly (8 pages)

Meteorological Observations at Ludgvan in Mount's-Bay, Cornwall, 1771: By William Borlase, D. D. F. R. S. Communicated by Dr. Jeremiah Milles, Dean of Exeter, and F. R. S.

William Borlase, Jeremiah Milles (6 pages)

Account of Several Quadrupeds from Hudson's Bay, by Mr. John Reinhold Forster, F. R. S.

John Reinhold Forster (13 pages)

An Account of the Birds Sent from Hudson's Bay; With Observations Relative to Their Natural History; And Latin Descriptions of Some of the Most Uncommon. By J. R. Forster, F. R. S.

J. R. Forster (53 pages)

Geometrical Solutions of Three Celebrated Astronomical Problems, by the Late Dr. Henry Pemberton, F. R. S. Communicated by Matthew Raper, Esq; F. R. S.

Matthew Raper, Henry Pemberton (16 pages)

On the Digestion of the Stomach after Death, by John Hunter, F. R. S. and Surgeon to St. George's Hospital

John Hunter (9 pages)

Experiments and Observations on the Waters of Buxton and Matlock, in Derbyshire, by Thomas Percival, of Manchester, M. D. and F. R. S.

Thomas Percival (11 pages)

Some Account of a Body Lately Found in Uncommon Preservation, under the Ruins of the Abbey, at St. Edmund's-Bury, Suffolk; With Some Reflections upon the Subject: By Charles Collignon, M. D. F. R. S. and Professor of Anatomy at Cambridge

Charles Collignon (5 pages)

A Letter from Richard Pulteney, M. D. F. R. S. to William Watson, M. D. F. R. S. concerning the Medicinal Effects of a Poisonous Plant Exhibited Instead of the Water Parsnep

Richard Pulteney (8 pages)

April 21, 1772. Experiments on Two Dipping-Needles, Which Dipping-Needles Were Made Agreeable to a Plan of the Reverend Mr. Mitchell, F. R. S. Rector of Thornhill in Yorkshire, and Executed for the Board of Longitude, by Mr. Edward Nairne, of Cornhill, London

Edward Nairne, Mr. Mitchell (10 pages)

Errata

Anonymous (2 pages)

Back Matter

Anonymous (17 pages)

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