Volume 69 (1779)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

42 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (15 pages)
• An Account of a Cure of the St. Vitus's Dance by Electricity. In a Letter from Anthony Fothergill, M. D. F. R. S. at Northampton, to William Henly, F. R. S. Communicated by Mr. Henly
  Anthony Fothergill, Mr. Henly (6 pages)
• A Case in Which the Head of the Os Humeri Was Sawn off, and Yet the Motion of the Limb Preserved. By Mr. Daniel Orred, of Chester, Surgeon. Communicated by Thomas Percival, M. D. F. R. S. and A. S. and Member of the Royal Society of Physicians at Paris
  Thomas Percival, Daniel Orred (6 pages)
• Experiments on Some Mineral Substances. By Peter Woulfe, F. R. S. Communicated at the Desire of William Hunter, F. R. S. and Physician Extraordinary to the Queen
  Peter Woulfe (25 pages)
• Account of a Petrefaction Found on the Coast of East Lothian. By Edward King, Esq. F. R. S.
  Edward King (20 pages)
• Account of Dr. Knight's Method of Making Artificial Loadstones. By Mr. Benjamin Wilson, F. R. S.
  Dr. Knight, Benjamin Wilson (4 pages)
• Account of an Extraordinary Dropsical Case. By Mr. John Latham, in a Letter to Mr. Warner, F. R. S.
  John Latham (6 pages)
• Problems concerning Interpolations. By Edward Waring, M. D. F. R. S. and of the Institute of Bononia, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in the University of Cambridge
  Edward Waring (10 pages)
• Disquisitio De Tempore Periodico Cometae Anno 1770 Observati. Autore J. A. Lexell, Academiae Scientiarum Petrop. Socio. Communicated by Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal
  J. A. Lexell, Nevil Maskelyne (19 pages)
• On the General Resolution of Algebraical Equations. by Edward Waring, M. D. F. R. S. and of the Institute of Bononia, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in the University of Cambridge
  Edward Waring (20 pages)
• Observations on the Total (with Duration) and Annular Eclipse of the Sun, Taken on the 24th of June, 1778, on Board the Espagne, Being the Admiral's Ship of the Fleet of New Spain, in the Passage from the Azores towards Cape St. Vincent's. By Don Antonio Ulloa, F. R. S. Commander of the Said Squadron; Communicated by Samuel Horsley, LL.D. F. R. S.
  Antonio Ulloa, Samuel Horsley (16 pages)
• Tentamen Continens Theoriam Machinae Sublicarum. Autore Thoma Bugge, Astronomo Regio, Astron. et Mathem. Prof. in Academia Havniensi, e Societatibus Scient. Havniens. et Nidros. Communicated by Sir John Pringle, Bart. F. R. S.
  John Pringle, Thoma Bugge (11 pages)
• Account of an Iconantidiptic Telescope, Invented by Mr. Jeaurat, of the Academy of Sciences of Paris. Communicated by John Hyacinth de Magellans, F. R. S.
  Mr. Jeaurat, John Hyacinth De Magellans (10 pages)
• Account of the Organs of Speech of the Orang Outang. By Peter Camper, M. D. Late Professor of Anatomy, &c. in the University of Groningen, and F. R. S. in a Letter to Sir John Pringle, F. R. S.
  Peter Camper (24 pages)
• Account of the Effects of Lightning on Board the Atlas. By Allen Cooper, Esq. Master of the Atlas East India-Man. In a Letter to Joseph Banks, Esq. P. R. S.
  Allen Cooper (4 pages)
• Extracts of Three Letters from John Longfield, M. D. at Corke in Ireland, to the Astronomer Royal, Containing Some Astronomical Observations; Together with the Longitude of Corke, Deduced from the Said Observations, by the Astronomer Royal
  Nevil Maskelyne, John Longfield (20 pages)
• The Latitude of Madrass in the East Indies, Deduced from Observations Made by William Stephens, Chief Engineer. Communicated by John Call, Esq. F. R. S.
  John Call, William Stephens (2 pages)
• Account of an Infant Musician. By Charles Burney, Doctor of Music and F. R. S.
  Charles Burney (25 pages)
• Account of a New Method of Cultivating the Sugar Cane. By Mr. Cazaud; Communicated by Joseph Banks, Esq. P. R. S.
  Joseph Banks, Mr. Cazaud (79 pages)
• Account of the Free Martin. By Mr. John Hunter, F. R. S.
  John Hunter (16 pages)
• Meteorological Journal Kept at the House of The Royal Society, By Order of the President and Council
  Anonymous (30 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Account of the Manner in Which the Russians Treat Persons Affected by the Fumes of Burning Charcoal, and Other Effluvia of the Same Nature. In a Letter from Matthew Guthrie, M. D. to Joseph Priestley, LL. D. F. R. S.
  Matthew Guthrie (8 pages)
• An Account of an Apparatus Applied to the Equatorial Instrument for Correcting the Errors Arising from the Refraction in Altitude. By Mr. Peter Dollond, Optician; Communicated by the Astronomer Royal
  Peter Dollond (7 pages)
• Experiments and Observations on the Inflammable Air Breathed by Various Animals. By the Abbe Fontana, Director of the Cabinet of Natural History Belonging to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Tuscany; Communicated by John Paradise, Esq. F. R. S.
  John Paradise, Abbe Fontana (26 pages)
• On the Variation of the Temperature of Boiling Water. By Sir George Shuckburgh, Baronet, F. R. and A. S. and Member of the Academy of Sciences and Belles Lettres at Lyon
  George Shuckburgh (15 pages)
• Account of a New Kind of Inflammable Air or Gass, Which Can Be Made in a Moment without Apparatus, and is as Fit for Explosion as Other Inflammable Gasses in Use for That Purpose; Together with a New Theory of Gun-Powder. By John Ingen-Housz, Body Physician to Their Imperial Majesties, and F. R. S.
  John Ingen-Housz (45 pages)
• The Description of Two New Micrometers. By Mr. Ramsden, Optician; Communicated by Joseph Banks, Esq. P. R. S.
  Joseph Banks, Mr. Ramsden (19 pages)
• Account of the Airs Extracted from Different Kinds of Waters; With Thoughts on the Salubrity of Air at Different Places. In a Letter from the Abbe Fontana, Director of the Cabinet of Natural History Belonging to His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Tuscany, to Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F. R. S.
  Abbe Fontana (23 pages)
• Account of Some Experiments in Electricity. In a Leter from Mr. William Swift to the Rev. Dr. King, F. R. S.
  William Swift (13 pages)
• Sitodium Incisum et Macrocarpon, Ususque Fructuum Qui Exinde Nascuntur, Descripta a Carolo Petro Thunberg, M. D.; Communicated by Joseph Banks, Esq. P. R. S.
  Carolo Petro Thunberg, Joseph Banks (24 pages)
• A Second Paper concerning Some Barometrical Measures in the Mines of the Hartz. By Mr. John Andrew De Luc, F. R. S.
  John Andrew De Luc (21 pages)
• On the Precession of the Equinoxes Produced by the Sun's Attraction. By the Rev. Mr. Isaac Milner, M. A. and Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge; Communicated by the Rev. Dr. Shepherd, F. R. S.
  Isaac Milner, Dr. Shepherd (25 pages)
• An Examination of Various Ores in the Museum of Dr. William Hunter. By George Fordyce, M. D. F. R. S. and Mr. Stanesby Alchorne
  William Hunter, Stanesby Alchorne, George Fordyce (11 pages)
• On Some New Methods of Suspending Magnetical Needles. By John Ingen Housz, Body Physician to Their Imperial Majesties, and F. R. S.
  John Ingen Housz (12 pages)
• Abstract of a Register of the Barometer, Thermometer, and Rain, at Lyndon, in Rutland, 1778. By Thomas Barker, Esquire. Communicated by Thomas White, Esquire, F. R. S.
  Thomas White, Thomas Barker (5 pages)
• Extract of a Meteorological Journal for the Year 1778, Kept at Bristol, by Samuel Farr, M. D.
  Samuel Farr (5 pages)
• A Treatise on Rivers and Canals. By Theod Aug. Mann, Member of the Imperial and Royal Academy of Sciences at Brussels; Communicated by Joseph Banks, Esq. P. R. S.
  Joseph Banks, Theod Aug. Mann (103 pages)
• Extract of Two Meteorological Journals of the Weather, Observed at Nain, in 57 degrees North Latitude, and at Okak, in 57 degrees 30^′ North Latitude, Both on the Coast of Labradore. Communicated by Mr. De la Trobe to the President, and by Him to the Society
  <prefix>Mr.</prefix> De la Trobe (3 pages)
• Improvements in Electricity. By John Ingenhousz, F. R. S. Body Physician to Their Imperial Majesties. Who was Nominated by the President and Council to Prosecute Discoveries in Natural History, Pursuant to the Will of the Late Henry Baker, Esq. F. R. S.
  John Ingenhousz (15 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (22 pages)