Volume 76 (1786)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

30 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (10 pages)
• Observations on the Graduation of Astronomical Instruments; With an Explanation of the Method Invented by the Late Mr. Henry Hindley, of York, Clock-Maker, to Divide Circles into any Given Number of Parts. By Mr. John Smeaton, F. R. S.; Communicated by Henry Cavendish, Esq. F. R. S. and S. A.
  Henry Hindley, Henry Cavendish, John Smeaton (48 pages)
• A Series of Observations on, and a Discovery of, the Period of the Variation of the Light of the Star Marked δ by Bayer, Near the Head of Cepheus. In a Letter from John Goodricke, Esq. to Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal
  John Goodricke, Bayerische Staatsoper (15 pages)
• Magnetical Experiments and Observations. By Mr. Tiberius Cavallo, F. R. S.
  Tiberius Cavallo (20 pages)
• On Infinite Series. By Edward Waring, M. D. F. R. S. Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge
  Edward Waring (38 pages)
• Experiments on Hepatic Air. By Richard Kirwan, Esq. F. R. S.
  Richard Kirwan (38 pages)
• Observations on the Affinities of Substances in Spirit of Wine. In a Letter to Richard Kirwan, Esq. F. R. S. by John Elliot, M. D.
  John Elliot (6 pages)
• An Account of Some Minute British Shells, Either not Duly Observed, or Totally Unnoticed by Authors. In a Letter to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S. by the Rev. John Lightfoot, M. A. F. R. S.
  John Lightfoot (15 pages)
• Observations on the Sulphur Wells at Harrogate, Made in July and August, 1785. By the Right Reverend Richard Lord Bishop of Landaff, F. R. S.
  Reverend Richard (19 pages)
• Observations and Remarks on Those Stars Which the Astronomers of the Last Century Suspected to be Changeable. By Edward Pigott, Esq.; Communicated by Sir Henry C. Englefield, Bart. F. R. S. and A. S.
  Henry C. Englefield, Edward Pigott (32 pages)
• An Account of a Subsidence of the Ground Near Folkstone, on the Coast of Kent. In a Letter from the Rev. John Lyon, M. A. to Edward King, Esq. F. R. S. and A. S. Communicated by Mr. King in a Letter to Charles Blagden, M. D. Sec. R. S.; With Remarks
  Edward King, John Lyon (14 pages)
• Particulars Relative to the Nature and Customs of the Indians of North-America. By Mr. Richard Mc Causland, Surgeon to the King's or Eighth Regiment of Foot. Communicated by Joseph Planta, Esq. Sec. R. S.
  Jos. Brant Thayendanega, John Butler, Richard Mc Causland, Joseph Planta (8 pages)
• Abstract of a Register of the Barometer, Thermometer, and Rain at Lyndon in Rutland, in 1785. By Thomas Barker, Esq. Also of the Rain at South Lambeth, in Surrey; And at Selbourn and Fyfield, Hampshire. Communicated by Thomas White, Esq. F.R.S.
  Thomas White, Thomas Barker (6 pages)
• An Account of Experiments Made by Mr. John Mc Nab, at Henley House, Hudson's Bay, Relating to Freezing Mixtures. By Henry Cavendish, Esq. F. R. S. and A. S.
  John Mc Nab, Henry Cavendish (33 pages)
• New Experiments upon Heat. By Colonel Sir Benjamin Thompson, Knt. F. R. S. In a Letter to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  Benjamin Thompson (34 pages)
• History and Dissection of an Extraordinary Introsusception. By John Coakley Lettsom, M. D. F. R. S. and A. S.
  Thomas Whately, John Coakley Lettsom (11 pages)
• New Experiments on the Ocular Spectra of Light and Colours. By Robert Waring Darwin, M. D.; Communicated by Erasmus Darwin, M. D. F. R. S.
  Robert Waring Darwin, Erasmus Darwin (39 pages)
• Observations on Some Causes of the Excess of the Mortality of Males above That of Females. By Joseph Clarke, M. D. Physician to the Lying-In Hospital at Dublin. Communicated by the Rev. Richard Price, D. D. F. R. S. in a Letter to Charles Blagden, M. D. Sec. R. S.
  Joseph Clarke, Richard Price, B. H. Register (21 pages)
• Some Particulars of the Present State of Mount Vesuvius; With the Account of a Journey into the Province of Abruzzo, and a Voyage to the Island of Ponza. In a Letter from Sir William Hamilton, K. B. F. R. S. and A. S. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  William Hamilton (25 pages)
• An Account of a New Electrical Fish. In a Letter from Lieutenant William Paterson to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  William Paterson (4 pages)
• Observation of the Transit of Mercury Over the Sun's Disc, Made at Louvain, in the Netherlands, May 3, 1786. By Nathaniel Pigott, Esq. F. R. S.
  Nathaniel Pigott (6 pages)
• Observation of the Late Transit of Mercury Over the Sun, Observed by Edward Pigott, Esq. at Louvain in the Netherlands; Communicated by Him in a Letter to Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal
  Edward Pigott (2 pages)
• Additional Observations on Making a Thermometer for Measuring the Higher Degrees of Heat. By Mr. Josiah Wedgwood, F. R. S. and Potter to Her Majesty
  Josiah Wedgwood (21 pages)
• The Latitude and Longitude of York Determined from a Variety of Astronomical Observations; Together with a Recommendation of the Method of Determining the Longitude of Places by Observations of the Moon's Transit Over the Meridian. Contained in a Letter from Edward Pigott, Esq. to Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal
  Edward Pigott (18 pages)
• Advertisement of the Expected Return of the Comet of 1532 and 1661 in the Year 1788. By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal
  Nevil Maskelyne (7 pages)
• A New Method of Finding Fluents by Continuation. By the Rev. Samuel Vince, A. M. F. R. S.
  Samuel Vince (12 pages)
• Conjectures Relative to the Petrifactions Sound in St. Peter's Mountain, Near Maestricht. By Petrus Camper, M. D. F. R. S.
  Petrus Camper (24 pages)
• Catalogue of One Thousand New Nebulae and Clusters of Stars. By William Herschel, LL.D. F. R. S.
  William Herschel (44 pages)
• Investigation of the Cause of That Indistinctness of Vision Which Has Been Ascribed to the Smallness of the Optic Pencil. By William Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S.
  William Herschel (9 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (22 pages)