Volume 75 (1785)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

28 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (11 pages)
• An Account of an Artificial Spring of Water. By Erasmus Darwin, M. D. F. R. S.
  Erasmus Darwin (8 pages)
• An Account of an English Bird of the Genus Motacilla, Supposed to be Hitherto Unnoticed by British Ornithologists; Observed by the Rev. John Lightfoot, M. A. F. R. S. In a Letter to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  John Lightfoot (10 pages)
• An Account of Morne Garou, a Mountain in the Island of St. Vincent, with a Description of the Volcano on Its Summit. In a Letter from Mr. James Anderson, Surgeon, to Mr. Forsyth, His Majesty's Gardener at Kensington; Communicated by the Right Honourable Sir George Yonge, Bart. F. R. S.
  George Yonge, James Anderson (18 pages)
• A Supplement to the Third Part of the Paper on the Summation of Infinite Series, in the Philosophical Transactions for the Year 1782. By the Rev. S. Vince, M. A.; Communicated by Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal
  S. Vince, Nevil Maskelyne (5 pages)
• Description of a Plant Yielding Asa Foetida. In a Letter from John Hope, M. D. F. R. S. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  John Hope (15 pages)
• Catalogue of Double Stars. By William Herschel, Esq. F. R. S.
  William Herschel (89 pages)
• Observations of a New Variable Star. In a Letter from Edward Pigott, Esq. to Sir H. C. Englefield, Bart. F. R. S. and A. S.
  Edward Pigott (11 pages)
• Astronomical Observations. In Two Letters from M. Francis de Zach, Professor of Mathematics, and Member of the Royal Academies of Sciences at Marseilles, Dijon, and Lyons, to Mr. Tiberius Cavallo, F. R. S.
  M. Francis de Zach (18 pages)
• Observations of a New Variable Star. By John Goodricke, Esq.; Communicated by Sir H. C. Englefield, Bart. F. R. S. and A. S.
  John Goodricke, H. C. Englefield (13 pages)
• On the Motion of Bodies Affected by Friction. By the Rev. Samuel Vince, A. M. of Cambridge; Communicated by Anthony Shepherd, D. D. F. R. S. Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge
  Anthony Shepherd, Samuel Vince (27 pages)
• Observations and Experiments on the Light of Bodies in a State of Combustion. By the Rev. Mr. Morgan; Communicated by the Rev. Richard Price, LL.D. F.R.S.
  Richard Price, Mr. Morgan (24 pages)
• On the Construction of the Heavens. By William Herschel, Esq. F. R. S.
  William Herschel (58 pages)
• Remarks on Specific Gravities Taken at Different Degrees of Heat, and an Easy Method of Reducing Them to a Common Standard. By Richard Kirwan, Esq. F. R. S.
  Richard Kirwan (6 pages)
• Electrical Experiments Made in Order to Ascertain the Non-Conducting Power of a Perfect Vacuum, &c. By Mr. William Morgan; Communicated by the Rev. Richard Price, LL.D. F.R.S.
  William Morgan, Richard Price (9 pages)
• Experiments and Observations Relating to Air and Water. By the Rev. Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F.R.S.
  Joseph Priestley (32 pages)
• Of the Rotatory Motion of a Body of any Form Whatever, Revolving, without Restraint, about any Axis Passing through Its Center of Gravity. By Mr. John Landen, F.R.S.
  John Landen (24 pages)
• Description of a New Marine Animal. In a Letter from Mr. Everard Home, Surgeon, to John Hunter, Esq. F.R.S. with a Postscript by Mr. Hunter, Containing Anatomical Remarks upon the Same
  John Hunter, Everard Home (15 pages)
• A Description of a New System of Wires in the Focus of a Telescope, for Observing the Comparative Right Ascensions and Declinations of Coelestial Objects; Together with a Method of Investigating the Same When Observed by the Rhombus, Though It Happen not to be Truly in an Equatorial Position. By the Rev. Francis Wollaston, LL.B. F.R.S.
  Francis Wollaston (9 pages)
• An Account of a Stag's Head and Horns, Found at Alport, in the Parish of Youlgreave, in the County of Derby. In a Letter from the Rev. Robert Barker, B.D. to John Jebb, M.D. F.R.S.
  Robert Barker (4 pages)
• An Account of the Sensitive Quality of the Tree Averrhoa Carambola. In a Letter from Robert Bruce, M.D. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P.R.S.
  Robert Bruce (6 pages)
• An Account of Some Experiments on the Loss of Weight in Bodies on Being Melted or Heated. In a Letter from George Fordyce, M.D. F.R.S. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P.R.S.
  George Fordyce (6 pages)
• Sketches and Descriptions of Three Simple Instruments for Drawing Architecture and Machinery in Perspective. By Mr. James Peacock; Communicated by Robert Mylne, Esq. F.R.S.
  Robert Mylne, James Peacock (10 pages)
• Experiments on Air. By Henry Cavendish, Esq. F.R.S. and A.S.
  Henry Cavendish (16 pages)
• An Account of the Measurement of a Base on Hounslow-Heath. By Major-General William Roy, F.R.S. and A.S.
  William Roy (130 pages)
• Abstract of a Register of the Barometer, Thermometer, and Rain, at Lyndon, in Rutland, 1784. By Thomas Barker, Esq. Also of the Rain at South Lambeth, Surrey; And at Selbourn and Fyfield, Hampshire. Communicated by Thomas White, Esq. F.R.S.
  Thomas White, Thomas Barker (4 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (22 pages)