Volume 73 (1783)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

31 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (10 pages)
• A Letter from William Herschel, Esq. F. R. S.
  William Herschel (4 pages)
• On the Diameter and Magnitude of the Georgium Sidus; With a Description of the Dark and Lucid Disk and Periphery Micrometers. By William Herschel, Esq. F. R. S.
  William Herschel (12 pages)
• Conclusion of the Experiments and Observations concerning the Attractive Powers of the Mineral Acids. By Richard Kirwan, Esq. F. R. S.
  Richard Kirwan (71 pages)
• A Description of a Species of Sarcocele of a Most Astonishing Size in a Black Man in the Island of Senegal; With Some Account of Its Being an Endemial Disease in the Country of Galam. By J. P. Schotte, M. D.; Communicated by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  Joseph Banks, J. P. Schotte (10 pages)
• A Description of a New Construction of Eye-Glasses for Such Telescopes as May be Applied to Mathematical Instruments. By Mr. Ramsden; Communicated by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  Joseph Banks, Mr. Ramsden (9 pages)
• Account of Several Lunar Iris. By Marmaduke Tunstall, Esq. F. R. S. in Two Letters to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  Marmaduke Tunstall (5 pages)
• Account of an Earthquake. By John Lloyd, Esq. in a Letter to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  John Lloyd (3 pages)
• An Account of a New Eudiometer. By Mr. Cavendish, F. R. S.
  Mr. Cavendish (33 pages)
• Experiments upon the Resistance of the Air. By Richard Lovell Edgworth, Esq. F. R. S. In a Letter to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  Richard Lovell Edgworth (9 pages)
• An Answer to the Objections Stated by M. De la Lande, in the Memoirs of the French Academy for the Year 1776, against the Solar Spots Being Excavations in the Luminous Matter of the Sun, Together with a Short Examination of the Views Entertained by Him upon That Subject. By Alexander Wilson, M. D. Professor of Practical Astronomy in the University of Glasgow; Communicated by Nevil Maskelyne, D.D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal
  M. de la Lande, Nevil Maskelyne, Alexander Wilson (29 pages)
• An Account of the Earthquakes Which Happened in Italy, from February to May 1783. By Sir William Hamilton, Knight of the Bath, F. R. S.; in a Letter to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  William Hamilton (41 pages)
• Account of the Earthquake Which Happened in Calabria, March 28, 1783. In a Letter from Count Francesco Ippolito to Sir William Hamilton, Knight of the Bath, F. R. S.; Presented by Sir William Hamilton
  Francesco Ippolito, William Hamilton (16 pages)
• Account of the Black Canker Caterpillar, Which Destroys the Turnips in Norfolk. By William Marshall, Esq. in a Letter to Charles Morton, M. D. F. R. S.
  William Marshall (7 pages)
• A Letter from Mr. Edward Nairne, F. R. S. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S. Containing an Account of Wire Being Shortened by Lightning.
  Edward Nairne (4 pages)
• An Account of Ambergrise, by Dr. Schwediawer; Presented by Sir Joseph Banks, P. R. S.
  Joseph Banks, Dr. Schwediawer (17 pages)
• Extract of a Register of the Barometer, Thermometer, and Rain, at Lyndon, in Rutland, 1782. By Thomas Barker, Esquire
  Thomas Barker (5 pages)
• On the Proper Motion of the Sun and Solar System; With an Account of Several Changes That Have Happened among the Fixed Stars since the Time of Mr. Flamstead. By William Herschel, Esq. F. R. S.
  William Herschel (44 pages)
• Some Experiments upon the Ochra Friabilis Nigro Fusca of Da Costa, Hist. Foss. p. 102.; and Called by the Miners of Derbyshire, Black Wadd. By Josiah Wedgwood, F. R. S.
  Josiah Wedgwood (5 pages)
• Memoire Sur la Maniere de Preparer, Avec le Moins de perte Possible, le Sel Fusible d'Urine Blanc, et pur, et l' Acide Phosphorique Parfaitement Transparent. By the Duke de Chaulnes; F. R. S. Presented by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  Duke De Chaulnes, Joseph Banks (16 pages)
• Experiments for Ascertaining the Point of Mercurial Congelation. By Mr. Thomas Hutchins, Governor of Albany Fort, in Hudson's Bay
  Joseph Black, Thomas Hutchins (71 pages)
• Observations on Mr. Hutchins's Experiments for Determining the Degree of Cold at Which Quicksilver Freezes. By Henry Cavendish, Esq. F. R. S.
  Henry Cavendish (27 pages)
• History of the Congelation of Quicksilver. By Charles Blagden, M. D. F. R. S. Physician to the Army
  Charles Blagden (70 pages)
• Experiments Relating to Phlogiston, and the Seeming Conversion of Water into Air. By Joseph Priestley, LL. D. F. R. S.; Communicated by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  Joseph Priestley, Joseph Banks (38 pages)
• Description of an Improved Air-Pump, and the Account of Some Experiments Made with It. By Mr. Tiberius Cavallo, F. R. S.
  Tiberius Cavallo (31 pages)
• Extract of a Letter from the Rev. James Augustus Hamilton, M. A. to the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. F. R. S. Giving an Account of His Observation of the Transit of Mercury Over the Sun, of Nov. 12, 1782, Observed at Cook's-Town, Near Dungannon, in Ireland
  James Augustus Hamilton (4 pages)
• Methodus Inveniendi Lineas Curvas ex Proprietatibus Variationis Curvaturae. Auctore Nicolao Landerbeck, Mathes. Profess. in Acad. Upsaliensi Adjuncto: Communicated by Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal
  Nicolao Landerbeck, Nevil Maskelyne (19 pages)
• A Series of Observations on, and a Discovery of, the Period of the Variation of the Light of the Bright Star in the Head of Medusa, Called Algol. In a Letter from John Goodricke, Esq. to the Rev. Anthony Shepherd, D. D. F. R. S. and Plumian Professor at Cambridge
  John Goodricke (10 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (20 pages)