Volume 89 (1799)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

22 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (10 pages)
• The Croonian Lecture. Experiments and Observations upon the Structure of Nerves. By Everard Home, Esq. F. R. S.
  Everard Home (13 pages)
• The Bakerian Lecture. Observations upon an Unusual Horizontal Refraction of the Air; with Remarks on the Variations to Which the Lower Parts of the Atmosphere are Sometimes Subject. By the Rev. S. Vince, A. M. F. R. S. and Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy, in the University of Cambridge
  S. Vince (14 pages)
• Abstract of a Register of the Barometer, Thermometer, and Rain, at Lyndon, in Rutland, 1797. With Some Remarks on the Recovery of Injured Trees. By Thomas Barker, Esq. Communicated by Mr. Timothy Lane, F. R. S.
  Timothy Lane, Thomas Barker (5 pages)
• Some Additions to a Paper, Read in 1790, on the Subject of a Child with a Double Head. By Everard Home, Esq. F. R. S.
  Everard Home (6 pages)
• Observations on the Manners, Habits, and Natural History, of the Elephant. By John Corse, Esq. Communicated by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S.
  John Corse, Joseph Banks (26 pages)
• On the Decomposition of the Acid of Borax or Sedative Salt. By Lawrence de Crell, M. D. F. R. S. Lond. and Edinb. and M. R. I. A. Translated from the German
  Lawrence de Crell (19 pages)
• A Method of Finding the Latitude of a Place, by means of Two Altitudes of the Sun and the Time Elapsed Betwixt the Observations. By the Rev. W. Lax, A. M. Lowndes's Professor of Astronomy in the University of Cambridge
  W. Lax (50 pages)
• A Fourth Catalogue of the Comparative Brightness of the Stars. By William Herschel, LL. D. F. R. S.
  William Herschel (25 pages)
• On a Submarine Forest, on the East Coast of England. By Joseph Correa de Serra, LL. D. F. R. S. and A. S.
  Joseph Correa de Serra (13 pages)
• Meteorological Journal, Kept at the Apartments Of the Royal Society, By Order of the President and Council
  Anonymous (27 pages)
• An Account of the Dissection of an Hermaphrodite Dog. To Which Are Prefixed, Some Observations on Hermaphrodites in General. By Everard Home, Esq. F. R. S.
  Everard Home (24 pages)
• An Inquiry Concerning the Weight Ascribed to Heat. By Benjamin Count of Rumford, F. R. S. M. R. I. A. &c.
  Benjamin Count of Rumford (17 pages)
• An Account of Some Experiments on the Fecundation of Vegetables. In a Letter from Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, K. B. P. R. S.
  Thomas Andrew Knight (11 pages)
• Observations on the Different Species of Asiatic Elephants, and Their Mode of Dentition. By John Corse, Esq. Communicated by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S.
  John Corse, Joseph Banks (45 pages)
• Some Observations on the Structure of the Teeth of Graminivorous Quadrupeds; Particularly Those of the Elephant and Sus Aethiopicus. By Everard Home, Esq. F. R. S.
  Everard Home (32 pages)
• Experiments to Determine the Quantity of Tanning Principle and Gallic Acid Contained in the Bark of Various Trees. By George Biggin, Esq. Communicated by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S.
  Joseph Banks, George Biggin (7 pages)
• Essay on the Resolution of Algebraic Equations: Attempting to Distinguish Particularly, the Real Principle of Every Method, and the True Causes of the Limitations to Which It is Subject. By Giffin Wilson, Esq. Communicated by Edward Whitaker Gray, M. D. Sec. R. S.
  Giffin Wilson, Edward Whitaker Gray (41 pages)
• On Different Sorts of Lime Used in Agriculture. By Smithson Tennant, Esq. F. R. S.
  Smithson Tennant (11 pages)
• Experiments and Observations on Shell and Bone. By Charles Hatchett, Esq. F. R. S.
  Charles Hatchett (21 pages)
• A Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts Presented to the Royal Society by Sir William and Lady Jones. By Charles Wilkins, Esq. F. R. S.
  Sir William, Charles Wilkins, Lady Jones (11 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (12 pages)