Volume 87 (1797)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

26 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (10 pages)
• The Croonian Lecture. In Which Some of the Morbid Actions of the Straight Muscles and Cornea of the Eye are Explained, and Their Treatment Considered. By Everard Home, Esq. F. R. S.
  Everard Home (29 pages)
• Observations on Horizontal Refractions Which Affect the Appearance of Terrestrial Objects, and the Dip, or Depression of the Horizon of the Sea. By Joseph Huddart, Esq. F. R. S.
  Joseph Huddart (17 pages)
• Recherches Sur Les Principaux Problèmes de l'Astronomie Nautique. Par Don Josef de Mendoza y Rios, F. R. S. Communicated by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S.
  Joseph Banks, H. Cavendish, Josef de Mendoza y Rios (81 pages)
• On the Nature of the Diamond. By Smithson Tennant, Esq. F. R. S.
  Smithson Tennant (6 pages)
• A Supplement to the Measures of Trees, Printed in the Philosophical Transactions for 1759. By Robert Marsham, Esq. F. R. S.
  Robert Marsham (6 pages)
• On the Periodical Changes of Brightness of Two Fixed Stars. By Edward Pigott, Esq. Communicated by Sir Henry C. Englefield, Bart. F. R. S.
  Henry C. Englefield, Edward Pigott (10 pages)
• Experiments and Observations, Made with the View of Ascertaining the Nature of the Gaz Produced by Passing Electric Discharges through Water. By George Pearson, M. D. F. R. S.
  George Pearson (21 pages)
• An Experimental Inquiry concerning Animal Impregnation. By John Haighton, M. D. Communicated by Maxwell Garthshore, M. D. F. R. S.
  Maxwell Garthshore, John Haighton (39 pages)
• Experiments in Which, on the Third Day after Impregnation, the Ova of Rabbits Were Found in the Fallopian Tubes; and on the Fourth Day after Impregnation in the Uterus Itself; With the First Appearances of the Foetus. By William Cruikshank, Esq. Communicated by Everard Home, Esq. F. R. S.
  William Cruikshank, Everard Home (20 pages)
• Letter from Sir Benjamin Thompson, Knt. Count of Rumford, F. R. S. to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S. Announcing a Donation to the Royal Society, for the Purpose of Instituting a Prize Medal
  Benjamin Thompson (5 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)
• On the Action of Nitre upon Gold and Platina. By Smithson Tennant, Esq. F. R. S.
  Smithson Tennant (4 pages)
• Experiments to Determine the Force of Fired Gunpowder. By Benjamin Count of Rumford, F. R. S. M. R. I. A.
  Benjamin Count of Rumford (78 pages)
• A Third Catalogue of the Comparative Brightness of the Stars; With an Introductory Account of an Index to Mr. Flamsteed's Observations of the Fixed Stars Contained in the Second Volume of the Historia Coelestis. To Which are Added, Several Useful Results Derived from That Index. By William Herschel, LL.D. F. R. S.
  Mr. Flamsteed, William Herschel (33 pages)
• An Account of the Means Employed to Obtain an Overflowing Well. In a Letter to the Right Honourable Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S. from Mr. Benjamin Vulliamy
  Benjamin Vulliamy (8 pages)
• Observations of the Changeable Brightness of the Satellites of Jupiter, and of the Variation in Their Apparent Magnitudes; With a Determination of the Time of Their Rotatory Motions on Their Axes. To Which is Added, a Measure of the Diameter of the Second Satellite, and an Estimate of the Comparative Size of All the Four. By William Herschel, LL.D. F. R. S.
  William Herschel (21 pages)
• Farther Experiments and Observations on the Affections and Properties of Light. By Henry Brougham, Jun. Esq. Communicated by Sir Charles Blagden, Knt. Sec. R. S.
  Henry Brougham, Charles Blagden (41 pages)
• On Gouty and Urinary Concretions. By William Hyde Wollaston, M. D. F. R. S.
  William Hyde Wollaston (16 pages)
• Experiments on Carbonated Hydrogenous Gas; With a View to Determine Whether Carbon be a Simple or a Compound Substance. By Mr. William Henry. Communicated by Mr. Thomas Henry, F. R. S.
  Thomas Henry, William Henry (16 pages)
• Observations and Experiments on the Colour of Blood. By William Charles Wells, M. D. F. R. S.
  William Charles Wells (17 pages)
• An Account of the Trigonometrical Survey, Carried on in the Years 1795, and 1796, by Order of the Marquis Cornwallis, Master General of the Ordnance. By Colonel Edward Williams, Captain William Mudge, and Mr. Isaac Dalby. Communicated by the Duke of Richmond, F. R. S.
  William Mudge, Isaac Dalby, Duke of Richmond, Edward Williams, Marquis Cornwallis (121 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Errata
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (13 pages)