Volume 79 (1789)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

27 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (10 pages)
• Erratum
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Description of an Improvement in the Application of the Quadrant of Altitude to a Celestial Globe, for the Resolution of Problems Dependant on Azimuth and Altitude. By Mr. John Smeaton, F. R. S.; Communicated by Mr. William Wales, F. R. S.
  William Wales, John Smeaton (9 pages)
• Objections to the Experiments and Observations Relating to the Principle of Acidity, the Composition of Water, and Phlogiston, Considered; With Farther Experiments and Observations on the Same Subject. By the Rev. Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F. R. S.
  Joseph Priestley (15 pages)
• Observations on the Class of Animals Called, by Linnaeus, Amphibia; Particularly on the Means of Distinguishing Those Serpents Which are Venomous, from Those Which are not So. By Edward Whitaker Gray, M. D. F. R. S.
  Edward Whitaker Gray (17 pages)
• Observations on the Dryness of the Year 1788. In a Letter from the Rev. Mr. B. Hutchinson to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  B. Hutchinson (4 pages)
• On the Method of Determining, from the Real Probabilities of Life, the Value of a Contingent Reversion in Which Three Lives are Involved in the Survivorship. By Mr. William Morgan; Communicated by the Rev. Richard Price, D. D. F. R. S.
  William Morgan, Richard Price (16 pages)
• Result of Calculations of the Observations Made at Various Places of the Eclipse of the Sun, Which Happened on June 3, 1788. By the Rev. Joseph Piazzi, C. R Professor of Astronomy in the University of Palermo; Communicated by Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal
  Joseph Piazzi, Nevil Maskelyne (11 pages)
• An Account of a Bituminous Lake or Plain in the Island of Trinidad. By Mr. Alexander Anderson; Communicated by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  Alexander Anderson, Joseph Banks (7 pages)
• An Account of a Particular Change of Structure in the Human Ovarium. By Matthew Baillie, M. D.; Communicated by John Hunter, Esq. F. R. S.
  John Hunter, Matthew Baillie (9 pages)
• Some Account of the Vegetable and Mineral Productions of Boutan and Thibet. By Mr. Robert Saunders, Surgeon at Boglepoor in Bengal; Communicated by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  Robert Saunders, Joseph Banks (34 pages)
• A Meteorological Journal Kept at the Apartments of The Royal Society, By Order of the President and Council
  Anonymous (27 pages)
• Experiments on the Phlogistication of Spirit of Nitre. By the Rev. Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F. R. S.
  Joseph Priestley (13 pages)
• Observations on a Comet. In a Letter from William Herschel, LL.D. F. R. S. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  William Herschel (4 pages)
• Indications of Spring, Observed by Robert Marsham, Esduire, F. R. S. of Stratton in Norfolk. Latitude 52^⚬45^′
  Robert Marsham (10 pages)
• An Account of a Monster of the Human Species, in Two Letters; One from Baron Reichel to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. and the Other from Mr. James Anderson to Baron Reichel. Communicated by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  T. Reichel, Joseph Banks, James Anderson (5 pages)
• A Supplementary Letter on the Identity of the Species of the Dog, Wolf, and Jackal; From John Hunter, Esq. F. R. S. Addressed to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  John Hunter (3 pages)
• Abstract of a Register of the Barometer, Thermometer, and Rain, at Lyndon in Rutland; By Thomas Barker, Esq. Also of the Rain in Hampshire and Surrey. Communicated by Thomas White, Esq. F.R.S.
  Thomas White, Thomas Barker (5 pages)
• On the Method of Correspondent Values, &c. By Edward Waring, M. D. F. R. S. and Lucasian Professor of the Mathematics at Cambridge
  Edward Waring (20 pages)
• On the Resolution of Attractive Powers. By Edward Waring, M. D. F. R. S. and Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge
  Edward Waring (16 pages)
• Experiments on the Congelation of Quicksilver in England. By Mr. Richard Walker; In a Letter to Henry Cavendish, Esq. F. R. S.
  Richard Walker (14 pages)
• Catalogue of a Second Thousand of New Nebulae and Clusters of Stars; With a Few Introductory Remarks on the Construction of the Heavens. By William Herschel, L L. D. F. R. S.
  William Herschel (45 pages)
• An Attempt to Explain a Difficulty in the Theory of Vision, Depending on the Different Refrangibility of Light. By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal
  Nevil Maskelyne (10 pages)
• Experiments and Observations on Electricity. By Mr. William Nicholson; Communicated by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  Joseph Banks, William Nicholson (26 pages)
• Experiments on the Transmission of the Vapour of Acids through an Hot Earthen Tube, and Further Observations Relating to Phlogiston. By the Rev. Joseph Priestley, L L. D. F. R. S.
  Joseph Priestley (12 pages)
• On the Production of Nitrous Acid and Nitrous Air. By the Rev. Isaac Milner, B. D. F. R. S. and President of Queen's College, Cambridge
  Isaac Milner (15 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (21 pages)