Volume 91 (1801)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

27 articles

Articles

• Front Matter
  Anonymous (10 pages)
• The Croonian Lecture: On the Irritability of Nerves
  Everard Home (24 pages)
• The Bakerian Lecture: On the Mechanism of the Eye
  Thomas Young (73 pages)
• On the Necessary Truth of Certain Conclusions Obtained by means of Imaginary Quantities
  Robert Woodhouse (32 pages)
• On the Production of Artificial Cold by means of Muriate of Lime
  Richard Walker (21 pages)
• Account of a Monstrous Lamb
  Anthony Carlisle (8 pages)
• An Anatomical Description of a Male Rhinoceros
  H. Leigh Thomas (10 pages)
• Demonstration of a Theorem, by Which Such Portions of the Solidity of a Sphere Are Assigned as Admit an Algebraic Expression
  Robert Woodhouse (7 pages)
• Account of the Discovery of Silver in Herland Copper Mine
  Malachy Hitchins (10 pages)
• Account of an Elephant's Tusk, in Which the Iron Head of a Spear Was Found Imbedded
  Charles Combe (6 pages)
• Description of the Arseniates of Copper, and of Iron, from the County of Cornwall
  Count de Bournon (28 pages)
• Analysis of the Arseniates of Copper, and of Iron, Described in the Preceding Paper; Likewise an Analysis of the Red Octaedral Copper Ore of Cornwall; With Remarks on Some Particular Modes of Analysis
  Richard Chenevix (49 pages)
• Meteorological Journal, Kept at the Apartments of the Royal Society, by Order of the President and Council
  Anonymous (27 pages)
• A Historical and Anatomical Description of a Doubtful Amphibious Animal of Germany, Called, by Laurenti, Proteus anguinus
  Charles Schreibers (28 pages)
• Observations Tending to Investigate the Nature of the Sun, in Order to Find the Causes or Symptoms of Its Variable Emission of Light and Heat; With Remarks on the Use That May Possibly Be Drawn from Solar Observations
  William Herschel (57 pages)
• Observations on the Structure, and Mode of Growth, of the Grinding Teeth of the Wild Boar, and Animal Incognitum
  Everard Home (19 pages)
• Account of Some Experiments on the Ascent of the Sap in Trees
  Thomas Andrew Knight (28 pages)
• Additional Observations Tending to Investigate the Symptoms of the Variable Emission of the Light and Heat of the Sun; With Trials to Set Aside Darkening Glasses, by Transmitting the Solar Rays through Liquids; And a Few Remarks to Remove Objections That Might Be Made against Some of the Arguments Contained in the Former Paper
  William Herschel (11 pages)
• On an Improved Reflecting Circle
  Joseph de Mendoza Rios (20 pages)
• Observations and Experiments upon Dr. James's Powder; With a Method of Preparing, in the Humid Way, a Similar Substance
  Richard Chenevix (8 pages)
• Case of a Young Gentleman, Who Recovered His Sight When Seven Years of Age, after Having Been Deprived of It by Cataracts, before He Was a Year Old; With Remarks
  James Ware (16 pages)
• An Account of Some Galvanic Combinations, Formed by the Arrangement of Single Metallic Plates and Fluids, Analogous to the New Galvanic Apparatus of Mr. Volta
  Humphry Davy (7 pages)
• A Continuation of the Experiments and Observations on the Light Which is Spontaneously Emitted from Various Bodies; With Some Experiments and Observations on Solar Light, When Imbibed by Canton's Phosphorus
  Nathaniel Hulme (25 pages)
• Experiments on the Chemical Production and Agency of Electricity
  William Hyde Wollaston (9 pages)
• Farther Observations on the Effects Which Take Place from the Destruction of the Membrana Tympani of the Ear; With an Account of an Operation for the Removal of a Particular Species of Deafness
  Astley Cooper (18 pages)
• Erratum
  Anonymous (2 pages)
• Back Matter
  Anonymous (11 pages)