Volume 78 (1788)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

32 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (10 pages)
• Of the Methods of Manifesting the Presence, and Ascertaining the Quality, of Small Quantities of Natural or Artificial Electricity. By Mr. Tiberius Cavallo, F. R. S.
  Tiberius Cavallo (24 pages)
• The Croonian Lecture on Muscular Motion. By George Fordyce, M. D. F. R. S.
  George Fordyce (15 pages)
• An Account of a Mass of Native Iron, Found in South-America. By Don Michael Rubin de Celis. Communicated by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  Joseph Banks, Michael Rubin de Celis (14 pages)
• Frigorific Experiments on the Mechanical Expansion of Air, Explaining the Cause of the Great Degree of Cold on the Summits of High Mountains, the Sudden Condensation of Aerial Vapour, and of the Perpetual Mutability of Atmospheric Heat. By Erasmus Darwin, M. D. F. R. S.; Communicated by the Right Honourable Charles Greville, F. R. S.
  Charles Greville, Erasmus Darwin (11 pages)
• Some Observations on the Heat of Wells and Springs in the Island of Jamaica, and on the Temperature of the Earth below the Surface in Different Climates. By John Hunter, M. D. F. R. S.; Communicated by the Hon. Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.
  John Hunter, Henry Cavendish (14 pages)
• A Table of the Mean Heat of Every Month for Ten Years in London, from 1763 to 1772 Inclusively. By William Heberden, M. D. F. R. S. and A. S.
  William Heberden (2 pages)
• On Centripetal Forces. By Edward Waring, M. D. F. R. S. Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge
  Edward Waring (37 pages)
• Experiments on Local Heat. In a Letter from James Six, Esq. to the Rev. Francis Wollaston, LL. B. F. R. S.
  James Six (21 pages)
• Observations on the Manner in Which Glass is Charged with the Electric Fluid, and Discharged. By Edward Whitaker Gray, M. D. F. R. S.
  Edward Whitaker Gray (5 pages)
• Experiments on the Cooling of Water below Its Freezing Point. By Charles Blagden, M. D. Sec. R. S. and F. A. S.
  Charles Blagden (23 pages)
• Experiments and Observations Relating to the Principle of Acidity, the Composition of Water, and Phlogiston. By Joseph Priestley, LL. D. F. R. S.
  Joseph Priestley (12 pages)
• Some Observations on the Irritability of Vegetables. By James Edward Smith, M. D. F. R. S.
  James Edward Smith (9 pages)
• An Account of Experiments Made by Mr. John Mc Nab, at Albany Fort, Hudson's Bay, Relative to the Freezing of Nitrous and Vitriolic Acids. By Henry Cavendish, Esq. F. R. S. and A. S.
  John Mc Nab, Henry Cavendish (17 pages)
• A Meteorological Journal Kept at the Apartments of The Royal Society, By Order of the President and Council
  Anonymous (29 pages)
• Observations on the Natural History of the Cuckoo. By Mr. Edward Jenner. In a Letter to John Hunter, Esq. F. R. S.
  Edward Jenner (20 pages)
• Of the Temperament of Those Musical Instruments, in Which the Tones, Keys, or Frets, are Fixed, as in the Harpsichord, Organ, Guitar, &c. By Mr. Tiberius Cavallo, F. R. S.
  Tiberius Cavallo (18 pages)
• Description of a New Electrical Instrument Capable of Collecting Together a Diffused or Little Condensed Quantity of Electricity. By Mr. Tiberius Cavallo, F. R. S.
  Tiberius Cavallo (7 pages)
• On the Conversion of a Mixture of Dephlogisticated and Phlogisticated Air into Nitrous Acid, by the Electric Spark. By Henry Cavendish, Esq. F. R. S. and A. S.
  Henry Cavendish (24 pages)
• Experiments on the Effect of Various Substances in Lowering the Point of Congelation in Water. By Charles Blagden, M. D. Sec. R. S. and F. A. S.
  Charles Blagden (37 pages)
• Additional Experiments and Observations Relating to the Principle of Acidity, the Decomposition of Water, and Phlogiston. By Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F. R. S. With Letters to Him on the Subject, by Dr. Withering, and James Keir, Esq.
  James Keir, W. Withering, Joseph Priestley (19 pages)
• On the Probabilities of Survivorships between Two Persons of Any Given Ages, and the Method of Determining the Values of Reversions Depending on Those Survivorships. By Mr. William Morgan; Communicated by the Rev. Richard Price, D. D. F. R. S.
  William Morgan, Richard Price (20 pages)
• An Account of a Remarkable Transposition of the Viscera. By Matthew Baillie, M. D. In a Letter to John Hunter, Esq. F. R. S.
  Matthew Baillie (15 pages)
• On the Georgian Planet and Its Satellites. By William Herschel, LL.D. F. R. S.
  William Herschel (18 pages)
• Experiments on the Formation of Volatile Alkali, and on the Affinities of the Phlogisticated and Light Inflammable Airs. By William Austin, M. D. Fellow of the College of Physicians; Communicated by Charles Blagden, M. D. Sec. R. S.
  William Austin, Charles Blagden (10 pages)
• Some Properties of the Sum of the Divisors of Numbers. By Edward Waring, M. D. F. R. S.
  Edward Waring (8 pages)
• Experiments on the Production of Artificial Cold. By Mr. Richard Walker, Apothecary to the Radcliffe Infirmary at Oxford. In a Letter to Henry Cavendish, Esq. F.R.S. and A.S.
  Richard Walker (9 pages)
• A Description of an Instrument Which, by the Turning of a Winch, Produces the Two States of Electricity without Friction or Communication with the Earth. In a Letter from Mr. William Nicholson to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  William Nicholson (7 pages)
• Abstract of a Register of the Barometer, Thermometer, and Rain at Lyndon in Rutland; With the Rain in Hampshire and Surrey, in 1787. Also Some Account of the Annual Growth of Trees. By Thomas Barker, Esq. Communicated by Thomas White, Esq. F.R.S.
  Thomas White, Thomas Barker (7 pages)
• On the Era of the Mahometans, Called the Hejera. By William Marsden, Esq. F. R. S. and A. S.
  William Marsden (20 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (22 pages)