Volume 85 (1795)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

25 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (10 pages)
• The Croonian Lecture on Muscular Motion. By Everard Home, Esq. F. R. S.
  Everard Home (25 pages)
• The Bakerian Lecture. Observations on the Theory of the Motion and Resistance of Fluids; With a Description of the Construction of Experiments, in Order to Obtain Some Fundamental Principles. By the Rev. Samuel Vince, A. M. F. R. S.
  Samuel Vince (26 pages)
• On the Nature and Construction of the Sun and Fixed Stars. By William Herschel, LL.D. F. R. S.
  William Herschel (28 pages)
• An Account of the Late Eruption of Mount Vesuvius. In a Letter from the Right Honourable Sir William Hamilton, K. B. F. R. S. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  William Hamilton (59 pages)
• New Observations in Further Proof of the Mountainous Inequalities, Rotation, Atmosphere, and Twilight, of the Planet Venus. By John Jerome Schroeter, Esq. Communicated by George Best, Esq. F. R. S.
  George Best, John Jerome Schroeter (65 pages)
• Experiments on the Nerves, Particularly on Their Reproduction; And on the Spinal Marrow of Living Animals. By William Cruikshank, Esq. Communicated by the Late John Hunter, Esq. F. R. S.
  John Hunter, William Cruikshank (15 pages)
• An Experimental Inquiry concerning the Reproduction of Nerves. By John Haighton, M. D. Communicated by Maxwell Garthshore, M. D. F. R. S.
  Maxwell Garthshore, John Haighton (14 pages)
• The Croonian Lecture on Muscular Motion. By Everard Home, Esq. F. R. S.
  Everard Home (20 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Meteorological Journal, Kept at the Apartments of the Royal Society, by Order of the President and Council
  Anonymous (27 pages)
• Some Observations on the Mode of Generation of the Kanguroo, with a Particular Description of the Organs Themselves. By Everard Home, Esq. F. R. S.
  Everard Home (25 pages)
• On the Conversion of Animal Substances into a Fatty Matter Much Resembling Spermaceti. By George Smith Gibbes, B. A. Communicated by George Shaw, M. D. F. R. S.
  George Shaw, George Smith Gibbes (8 pages)
• Observations on the Influence, Which Incites the Muscles of Animals to Contract in Mr. Galvani's Experiments. By William Charles Wells, M. D. F. R. S.
  William Charles Wells (18 pages)
• Observations on the Structure of the Eyes of Birds. By Mr. Pierce Smith, Student of Physic. Communicated by George Pearson, M. D. F. R. S.
  Pierce Smith, George Pearson (9 pages)
• Observations on the Best Methods of Producing Artificial Cold. By Mr. Richard Walker. Communicated by Martin Wall, M. D. F. R. S.
  Richard Walker, Martin Wall (22 pages)
• Observations on the Grafting of Trees. In a Letter from Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  Thomas Andrew Knight (7 pages)
• On Welding Cast Steel. By Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart. F. R. S.
  Thomas Frankland (3 pages)
• The Binomial Theorem Demonstrated by the Principles of Multiplication. By Abram Robertson, A. M. of Christ Church, Oxford, F. R. S. In a Letter to the Rev. Dr. Maskelyne, F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal
  Abram Robertson (26 pages)
• Experiments and Observations to Investigate the Nature of a Kind of Steel, Manufactured at Bombay, and There Called Wootz: With Remarks on the Properties and Composition of the Different States of Iron. By George Pearson, M. D. F. R. S.
  George Pearson (26 pages)
• Description of a Forty-Feet Reflecting Telescope. By William Herschel, LL. D. F. R. S.
  William Herschel (97 pages)
• Abstract of a Register of the Barometer, Thermometer, and Rain, at Lyndon, in Rutland, 1794. By Thomas Barker, Esq. Communicated by Thomas White, Esq. F. R. S.
  Thomas White, Thomas Barker (5 pages)
• An Account of the Trigonometrical Survey Carried on in the Years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794, by Order of His Grace the Duke of Richmond, Late Master General of the Ordnance. By Lieut. Col. Edward Williams, and Capt. William Mudge, of the Royal Artillery; And Mr. Isaac Dalby. Communicated by the Duke of Richmond, F. R. S.
  William Mudge, Isaac Dalby, Duke of Richmond, Edward Williams, Hounslow Heath, Mr. Ramsden (205 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (13 pages)