Volume 84 (1794)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

34 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (10 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• An Account of the Discovery of a Comet. In a Letter from Miss Caroline Herschel, to Joseph Planta, Esq. Sec. R. S.
  Caroline Herschel (2 pages)
• Account of a New Pendulum. By George Fordyce, M. D. F. R. S.; Being the Bakerian Lecture
  George Fordyce (25 pages)
• Some Facts Relative to the Late Mr. John Hunter's Preparation for the Croonian Lecture. By Everard Home, Esq. F. R. S.
  John Hunter, Everard Home (9 pages)
• Observations of a Quintuple Belt on the Planet Saturn. By William Herschel, LL. D. F. R. S.
  William Herschel (7 pages)
• Observations on the Fundamental Property of the Lever; With a Proof of the Principle Assumed by Archimedes, in His Demonstration. By the Rev. S. Vince, A. M. F. R. S.
  S. Vince (7 pages)
• Account of Some Particulars Observed during the Late Eclipse of the Sun. By William Herschel, LL. D. F. R. S.
  William Herschel (6 pages)
• The Latitudes and Longitudes of Several Places in Denmark; Calculated from the Trigonometrical Operations. By Thomas Bugge, F. R. S. Regius Professor of Astronomy at Copenhagen
  Thomas Bugge (7 pages)
• On the Rotation of the Planet Saturn upon Its Axis. By William Herschel, LL. D. F. R. S.
  William Herschel (21 pages)
• Erratum
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• An Account of a Method of Measuring the Comparative Intensities of the Light Emitted by Luminous Bodies. By Lieutenant-General Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count of Rumford, F. R. S. In Two Letters to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  Benjamin Thompson (46 pages)
• An Account of Some Experiments upon Coloured Shadows. By Lieutenant-General Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count of Rumford, F. R. S. In a Letter to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  Benjamin Thompson (13 pages)
• Investigations, Founded on the Theory of Motion, for Determining the Times of Vibration of Watch Balances. By George Atwood, Esq. F. R. S.
  George Atwood (54 pages)
• Meteorological Journal, Kept at the Apartments of the Royal Society, by Order of the President and Council
  Anonymous (27 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• On the Conversion of Animal Muscle into a Substance Much Resembling Spermaceti. By George Smith Gibbes, B. A. of Magdalen College, Oxford. Communicated by George Shaw, M. D. F. R. S.
  George Shaw, George Smith Gibbes (6 pages)
• Abstract of a Register of the Barometer, Thermometer, and Rain, at Lyndon, in Rutland, 1793. By Thomas Barker, Esq. Communicated by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  Joseph Banks, Thomas Barker (4 pages)
• Observations on Some Egyptian Mummies Opened in London. By John Frederick Blumenbach, M. D. F. R. S. Addressed to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  John Frederick Blumenbach (21 pages)
• Observations on Vision. By David Hosack, M. D. Communicated by George Pearson, M. D. F. R. S.
  David Hosack, George Pearson (25 pages)
• Dr. Halley's Quadrature of the Circle Improved: Being a Transformation of His Series for That Purpose to Others Which Converge by the Powers of 80. By the Rev. John Hellins, Vicar of Potter's Pury, in Northamptonshire. Communicated by Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal
  John Hellins, Nevil Maskelyne, Dr. Halley (7 pages)
• On the Method of Determining, from the Real Probabilities of Life, the Values of Contingent Reversions, in Which Three Lives are Involved in the Survivership. By William Morgan, Esq. F. R. S.
  William Morgan (40 pages)
• Observation of the Great Eclipse of the Sun of Sept. 5, 1793. By John Jerome Schroeter, Esq. Communicated by George Best, Esq. F. R. S.
  George Best, John Jerome Schroeter (5 pages)
• Experiments and Observations Made with the Doubler of Electricity, with a View to Determine Its Real Utility, in the Investigation of the Electricity of Atmospheric Air, in Different Degrees of Purity. By Mr. John Read. Communicated by Richard Henry Alexander Bennet, Esq. F. R. S.
  Richard Henry Alexander Bennet, John Read (10 pages)
• Tables for Reducing the Quantities by Weight, in Any Mixture of Pure Spirit and Water, to Those by Measure; And for Determining the Proportion, by Measure, of Each of the Two Substances in Such Mixtures. By Mr. George Gilpin, Clerk to the Royal Society. Communicated by Sir Charles Blagden, Knt. Sec. R. S.
  George Gilpin, Charles Blagden (109 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Observations and Experiments on a Wax-Like Substance, Resembling the Pe-La of the Chinese, Collected at Madras by Dr. Anderson, and Called by Him White Lac. By George Pearson, M. D. F. R. S.
  Dr. Anderson, George Pearson (20 pages)
• Account of Some Remarkable Caves in the Principality of Bayreuth, and of the Fossil Bones Found Therein. Extracted from a Paper Sent, with Specimens of the Bones, as a Present to the Royal Society, by His Most Serene Highness the Margrave of Anspach, &c.
  Anonymous (6 pages)
• Observations on the Fossil Bones Presented to the Royal Society by His Most Serene Highness the Margrave of Anspach, &c. By the Late John Hunter, Esq. F. R. S. Communicated by Everard Home, Esq. F. R. S.
  John Hunter, Everard Home (14 pages)
• Account of a Mineral Substance, Called Strontionite, in Which are Exhibited Its External, Physical, and Chemical Characters. By Mr. John Godfrey Schmeisser, F. R. S.
  John Godfrey Schmeisser (9 pages)
• Account of a Spontaneous Inflammation. By Isaac Humfries, Esq. In a Letter from Thomas B. Woodman, Esq. to George Atwood, Esq. F. R. S.
  Isaac Humfries, Thomas B. Woodman (4 pages)
• An Account of an Appearance of Light, like a Star, Seen in the Dark Part of the Moon, on Friday the 7th of March, 1794, by William Wilkins, Esq. at Norwich. In Extracts of a Letter to the Rev. Samuel Vince, F. R. S. and of Three Letters to the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal; And Communicated by the Latter
  William Wilkins, Nevil Maskelyne (7 pages)
• An Account of an Appearance of Light, like a Star, Seen Lately in the Dark Part of the Moon, by Thomas Stretton, in St. John's Square, Clerkenwell, London; with Remarks upon This Observation, and Mr. Wilkins's. Drawn up, and Communicated by the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal
  Thomas Stretton, Mr. Wilkins, Nevil Maskelyne (8 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (12 pages)