Volume 90 (1800)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

23 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (12 pages)
• The Croonian Lecture. On the Structure and Uses of the Membrana Tympani of the Ear. By Everard Home, Esq. F. R. S.
  Everard Home (22 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 Survivorship. By William Morgan, Esq. F. R. S.
  William Morgan (25 pages)
• Abstract of a Register of the Barometer, Thermometer, and Rain, at Lyndon, in Rutland, for the Year 1798. By Thomas Barker, Esq.
  Thomas Barker (4 pages)
• On the Power of Penetrating into Space by Telescopes; With a Comparative Determination of the Extent of That Power in Natural Vision, and in Telescopes of Various Sizes and Constructions; Illustrated by Select Observations. By William Herschel, LL.D. F. R. S.
  William Herschel (38 pages)
• A Second Appendix to the Improved Solution of a Problem in Physical Astronomy, Inserted in the Philosophical Transactions for the Year 1798, Containing Some Further Remarks, and Improved Formulae for Computing the Coefficients A and B; By Which the Arithmetical Work is Considerably Shortened and Facilitated. By the Rev. John Hellins, B. D. F. R. S. and Vicar of Potter's Pury, in Northamptonshire
  John Hellins (13 pages)
• Account of a Peculiarity in the Distribution of the Arteries Sent to the Limbs of Slow-Moving Animals; Together with Some Other Similar Facts. In a Letter from Mr. Anthony Carlisle, Surgeon, to John Symmons, Esq. F. R. S.
  Anthony Carlisle (13 pages)
• Outlines of Experiments and Inquiries Respecting Sound and Light. By Thomas Young, M. D. F. R. S. In a Letter to Edward Whitaker Gray, M. D. Sec. R. S.
  Thomas Young (56 pages)
• Observations on the Effects Which Take Place from the Destruction of the Membrana Tympani of the Ear. By Mr. Astley Cooper. In a Letter to Everard Home, Esq. F. R. S. by Whom Some Remarks are Added
  Astley Cooper, Everard Home (11 pages)
• Experiments and Observations on the Light Which is Spontaneously Emitted, With Some Degree of Permanency, from Various Bodies. By Nathaniel Hulme, M. D. F. R. S. and A. S.
  Nathaniel Hulme (28 pages)
• Account of a Series of Experiments, Undertaken with the View of Decomposing the Muriatic Acid. By Mr. William Henry. Communicated by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.
  Joseph Banks, William Henry (17 pages)
• On a New Fulminating Mercury. By Edward Howard, Esq. F. R. S.
  Edward Howard (37 pages)
• Meteorological Journal, Kept at the Apartments of the Royal Society, by Order of the President and Council
  Anonymous (27 pages)
• On Double Images Caused by Atmospherical Refraction. By William Hyde Wollaston, M. D. F. R. S.
  William Hyde Wollaston (19 pages)
• Investigation of the Powers of the Prismatic Colours to Heat and Illuminate Objects; With Remarks, That Prove the Different Refrangibility of Radiant Heat. To Which is Added, an Inquiry into the Method of Viewing the Sun Advantageously, with Telescopes of Large Apertures and High Magnifying Powers. By William Herschel, LL. D. F. R. S.
  William Herschel (31 pages)
• Experiments on the Refrangibility of the Invisible Rays of the Sun. By William Herschel, LL. D. F. R. S.
  William Herschel (11 pages)
• Experiments on the Solar, and on the Terrestrial Rays that Occasion Heat; With a Comparative View of the Laws to Which Light and Heat, or Rather the Rays Which Occasion Them, are Subject, in Order to Determine Whether They are the Same, or Different. Part I. By William Herschel, LL. D. F. R. S.
  William Herschel (42 pages)
• Chemical Experiments on Zoophytes; With Some Observations on the Component Parts of Membrane. By Charles Hatchett, Esq. F. R. S.
  Charles Hatchett (77 pages)
• On the Electricity Excited by the Mere Contact of Conducting Substances of Different Kinds. In a Letter from Mr. Alexander Volta, F. R. S. Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Pavia, to the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S.
  Alexander Volta (31 pages)
• Some Observations on the Head of the Ornithorhynchus paradoxus. By Everard Home, Esq. F.R.S.
  Everard Home (8 pages)
• Experiments on the Solar, and on the Terrestrial Rays that Occasion Heat; With a Comparative View of the Laws to Which Light and Heat, or Rather the Rays Which Occasion Them, are Subject, in Order to Determine Whether they are the Same, or Different. Part II. By William Herschel, LL. D. F. R. S.
  William Herschel (112 pages)
• An Account of the Trigonometrical Survey, Carried on in the Years 1797, 1798, and 1799, by Order of Marquis Cornwallis, Master-General of the Ordnance. By Captain William Mudge, of the Royal Artillery, F. R. S. Communicated by His Grace the Duke of Richmond, F. R. S.
  William Mudge (214 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (13 pages)