Volume 66 (1776)

Front Matter

Anonymous (17 pages)

On the Nature of the Gorgonia; That It is a Real Marine Animal, and Not of a Mixed Nature, between Animal and Vegetable. By John Ellis, Esq. F. R. S. in a Letter to Daniel Solander, M. D. F. R. S.

John Ellis (24 pages)

The Variation of the Compass; Containing 1719 Observations to, in, and from, the East Indies, Guinea, West Indies, and Mediterranean, with the Latitudes and Longitudes at the Time of Observation. The Longitude for the Most Part Reckoned from the Meridian of London; If Otherwise, It is Taken Notice of in the Margin. By Mr. Robert Douglass. Recommended to the Public by the Late Dr. Halley. Communicated by the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, F. R. S. with a Letter Prefixed from William Mountaine, Esq. F. R. S. to Mr. Maskelyne

William Mountaine, Edm. Halley, Robert Douglass, Nevil Maskelyne (56 pages)

Propositions Selected from a Paper on the Division of Right Lines, Surfaces, and Solids. By James Glenie, A. M. of the University of Edinburgh. Communicated by the Astronomer Royal

James Glenie (20 pages)

A New Method of Finding Time by Equal Altitudes. By Alexander Aubert, Esq. F. R. S.

Alexander Aubert (8 pages)

An Account of Falkland Islands. By William Clayton, Esq. of His Majesty's Navy

William Clayton (11 pages)

Short and Easy Theorems for Finding, in All Cases, the Differences between the Values of Annuities Payable Yearly, and of the Same Annuities Payable Half-Yearly, Quarterly, or Momently. By the Rev. Richard Price, D. D. F. R. S. In a Letter to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P. R. S.

Richard Price (21 pages)

An Account of the Romansh Language. By Joseph Planta, F. R. S. In a Letter to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P. R. S.

Joseph Planta (32 pages)

A Supplement to a Paper, Entitled, Observations on the Population of Manchester. By Thomas Percival, M. D. F. R. and A. S.

Thomas Percival (9 pages)

Violent Asthmatic Fits, Occasioned by the Effluvia of Ipecacoanha. By William Scott, M. D. of Stamfordham, Northumberland

William Scott (7 pages)

An Account of the Success of Some Attempts to Freeze Quicksilver, at Albany Fort, in Hudson's Bay, in the Year 1775: With Observations on the Dipping-Needle. By Thomas Hutchins, Esquire, in a Letter to Dr. Maty, Sec. R. S.

Thomas Hutchins (9 pages)

Astronomical Observations Made in the Austrian Netherlands in 1772 and 1773. By Nathanael Pigott, Esquire, F. R. S. Foreign Member of the Academies of Brussels and Caen. In a Letter to the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, F. R. S.

Nathanael Pigott (15 pages)

An Account of Some Attempts to Imitate the Effects of the Torpedo by Electricity. By the Hon. Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.

Henry Cavendish (33 pages)

Observations on Respiration, and the Use of the Blood. By Joseph Priestley, LL. D. F. R. S.

Joseph Priestley (24 pages)

Experiments on Water Obtained from the Melted Ice of Sea-Water, to Ascertain Whether It be Fresh or Not; And to Determine Its Specific Gravity with Respect to Other Water. Also Experiments to Find the Degree of Cold in Which Sea-Water Begins to Freeze. By Mr. Edward Nairne. Addressed to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P. R. S.

Edward Nairne (9 pages)

Easy Methods of Measuring the Diminution of Bulk, Taking Place upon the Mixture of Common Air and Nitrous Air; Together with Experiments on Platina. By John Ingenhousz, M. D. F. R. S. Physician to Their Imperial Majesties at Vienna. In a Letter to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P. R. S.

John Ingenhousz (12 pages)

An Account of Three Journeys from the Cape Town into the Southern Parts of Africa; Undertaken for the Discovery of New Plants, towards the Improvement of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew. By Mr. Francis Masson, One of His Majesty's Gardeners. Addressed to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P. R. S.

Francis Masson (51 pages)

Meteorological Journal Kept at the House of The Royal Society, By Order of the President and Council

Anonymous (34 pages)

An Abridged State of the Weather at London for One Year, Commencing with the Month of March 1775, Collected from the Meteorological Journal of the Royal Society. By S. Horsley, LL. D. Sec. R. S.

S. Horsley (13 pages)

Extract of a Meteorological Journal for the Year 1775, Kept at Bristol, by Samuel Farr, M. D.

Samuel Farr (4 pages)

Extract of a Register of the Barometer, Thermometer, and Rain, at Lyndon, in Rutland, 1775. By Thomas Barker, Esquire. Communicated by Sir John Pringle, Bart. P. R. S.

John Pringle, Thomas Barker (6 pages)

An Account of the Meteorological Instruments Used at the Royal Society's House. By the Hon. Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.

Henry Cavendish (31 pages)

The Method Taken for Preserving the Health of the Crew of His Majesty's Ship the Resolution during Her Late Voyage Round the World. By Captain James Cook, F. R. S. Addressed to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P. R. S.

James Cook (6 pages)

Extraordinary Electricity of the Atmosphere Observed at Islington on the Month of October, 1775. By Mr. Tiberius Cavallo. Communicated by William Watson, M. D. V. P. R. S.

Tiberius Cavallo, William Watson (6 pages)

Proposals for the Recovery of People Apparently Drowned. By John Hunter, Esq. F. R. S.

John Hunter (15 pages)

An Extraordinary Cure of Wounded Intestines. By Charles Nourse. Surgeon, at Oxford

Charles Nourse (14 pages)

Extract of a Letter from Mr. Alexander Small, Surgeon to the Train of Artillery at Minorca, to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P. R. S. Dated St. Philip's, Aug. 8, 1775

Alexander Small (9 pages)

Of the Tides in the South Seas. By Captain James Cook, F. R. S.

James Cook (4 pages)

An Experimental Examination of the Quantity and Proportion of Mechanic Power Necessary to be Employed in Giving Different Degrees of Velocity to Heavy Bodies from a State of Rest. By Mr. John Smeaton, F. R. S.

John Smeaton (28 pages)

A New and General Method of Finding Simple and Quickly-Converging Series; By Which the Proportion of the Diameter of a Circle to Its Circumference May Easily be Computed to a Great Number of Places of Figures. By Charles Hutton, Esq. F. R. S.

Charles Hutton (18 pages)

An Account of a Very Extraordinary Effect of Lightning on a Bullock, at Swanborow, in the Parish of Iford Near Lewes, in Sussex. In Sundry Letters, from Mr. James Lambert, Landscape-Painter at Lewes; And One from William Green, Esquire, at Lewes, to William Henly, F. R. S.

James Lambert, William Green (12 pages)

Of the Light Produced by Inflammation. By George Fordyce, M. D. F. R. S.

George Fordyce (6 pages)

Experiments on Ignited Bodies. By John Roebuck, M. D. F. R. S.

John Roebuck (5 pages)

Experiments and Observations on a New Apparatus, Called, A Machine for Exhibiting Perpetual Electricity. In a Letter to the Rev. Dr. Horsley, Sec. R. S. from Mr. William Henly, F. R. S.

William Henly (11 pages)

Account of the Iron Ore Lately Found in Siberia. In a Letter to Dr. Maty, Sec. R. S. by Petr. Simon Pallas, M. D. F. R. S.

Petr. Simon Pallas (8 pages)

On the Crystallizations Observed on Glass. By James Keir, Esquire, of Stourbridge. Communicated by G. Fordyce, M. D. F. R. S.

James Keir, G. Fordyce (16 pages)

A Belt on the Disc of Saturn Described in an Extract of a Letter from Mr. Messier, F. R. S. to Mr. Magellan, F. R. S. Dated Paris, May 29, 1776

Mr. Messier (2 pages)

An Account of Some Poisonous Fish in The South Seas. In a Letter to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P. R. S. from Mr. William Anderson, Late Surgeon's Mate on Board His Majesty's Ship the Resolution, Now Surgeon of That Ship

William Anderson (10 pages)

Experiments on Ignited Substances. By Mr. John Whitehurst, in a Letter to James Stuart, Esquire, F. R. S.

John Whitehurst (4 pages)

An Account of a Suppression of Urine Cured by a Puncture Made in the Bladder through the Anus; Being an Extract of a Letter from Dr. Robert Hamilton, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh, and Physician at King's-Lynn, in Norfolk, to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P. R. S.

Robert Hamilton (10 pages)

Observations Made during the Late Frost at North-Hampton. By A. Fothergill, M. D. Communicated by William Henley, F. R. S.

A. Fothergill, William Henley (5 pages)

An Account of the Magnetical Machine Contrived by the Late Dr. Gowin Knight, F. R. S. and Presented to The Royal Society, by John Fothergill, M. D. F. R. S.

Gowin Knight, John Fothergill (13 pages)

A Demonstration of Two Theorems Mentioned in Art. XXV. of the Philosophical Transactions for the Year 1775. In a Letter from Charles Hutton, Esq. F. R. S. to the Rev. Dr. Horsley, Sec. R. S.

Charles Hutton (5 pages)

Experiments Made in Order to Ascertain The Nature of Some Mineral Substances; And, in Particular, To See How Far the Acids of Sea-Salt and of Vitriol Contribute to Mineralize Metallic and Other Substances

Peter Woulfe (19 pages)

Errata

Anonymous (2 pages)

Back Matter

Anonymous (35 pages)

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