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Volume 78

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Volume 78

1

Of the Methods of Manifesting the Presence, and Ascertaining the Quality, of Small Quantities of Natural or Artificial Electricity. By Mr. Tiberius Cavallo, F. R. S.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

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PDF, 2.14 MB

1788

2

The Croonian Lecture on Muscular Motion. By George Fordyce, M. D. F. R. S.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

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PDF, 1.24 MB

1788

3

An Account of a Mass of Native Iron, Found in South-America. By Don Michael Rubin de Celis. Communicated by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.

de Celis, M. R., Banks, J.

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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

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PDF, 1.10 MB

1788

4

Frigorific Experiments on the Mechanical Expansion of Air, Explaining the Cause of the Great Degree of Cold on the Summits of High Mountains, the Sudden Condensation of Aerial Vapour, and of the Perpetual Mutability of Atmospheric Heat. By Erasmus Darwin, M. D. F. R. S.; Communicated by the Right Honourable Charles Greville, F. R. S.

Darwin, E., Greville, C.

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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

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PDF, 802 KB

1788

5

Some Observations on the Heat of Wells and Springs in the Island of Jamaica, and on the Temperature of the Earth below the Surface in Different Climates. By John Hunter, M. D. F. R. S.; Communicated by the Hon. Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.

Hunter, J., Cavendish, H.

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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

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PDF, 1.07 MB

1788

6

A Table of the Mean Heat of Every Month for Ten Years in London, from 1763 to 1772 Inclusively. By William Heberden, M. D. F. R. S. and A. S.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

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PDF, 87 KB

1788

7

On Centripetal Forces. By Edward Waring, M. D. F. R. S. Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

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PDF, 2.74 MB

1788

8

Experiments on Local Heat. In a Letter from James Six, Esq. to the Rev. Francis Wollaston, LL. B. F. R. S.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

File:

PDF, 1.71 MB

1788

9

Observations on the Manner in Which Glass is Charged with the Electric Fluid, and Discharged. By Edward Whitaker Gray, M. D. F. R. S.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

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PDF, 382 KB

1788

10

Experiments on the Cooling of Water below Its Freezing Point. By Charles Blagden, M. D. Sec. R. S. and F. A. S.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

File:

PDF, 1.89 MB

1788

11

Experiments and Observations Relating to the Principle of Acidity, the Composition of Water, and Phlogiston. By Joseph Priestley, LL. D. F. R. S.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

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PDF, 994 KB

1788

12

Some Observations on the Irritability of Vegetables. By James Edward Smith, M. D. F. R. S.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

File:

PDF, 702 KB

1788

13

An Account of Experiments Made by Mr. John Mc Nab, at Albany Fort, Hudson's Bay, Relative to the Freezing of Nitrous and Vitriolic Acids. By Henry Cavendish, Esq. F. R. S. and A. S.

Nab, J. M., Cavendish, H.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

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PDF, 1.36 MB

1788

14

A Meteorological Journal Kept at the Apartments of The Royal Society, By Order of the President and Council

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

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PDF, 1.88 MB

1788

15

Observations on the Natural History of the Cuckoo. By Mr. Edward Jenner. In a Letter to John Hunter, Esq. F. R. S.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

File:

PDF, 1.62 MB

1788

16

Of the Temperament of Those Musical Instruments, in Which the Tones, Keys, or Frets, are Fixed, as in the Harpsichord, Organ, Guitar, &c. By Mr. Tiberius Cavallo, F. R. S.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

File:

PDF, 1.46 MB

1788

17

Description of a New Electrical Instrument Capable of Collecting Together a Diffused or Little Condensed Quantity of Electricity. By Mr. Tiberius Cavallo, F. R. S.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

File:

PDF, 539 KB

1788

18

On the Conversion of a Mixture of Dephlogisticated and Phlogisticated Air into Nitrous Acid, by the Electric Spark. By Henry Cavendish, Esq. F. R. S. and A. S.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

File:

PDF, 1.96 MB

1788

19

Experiments on the Effect of Various Substances in Lowering the Point of Congelation in Water. By Charles Blagden, M. D. Sec. R. S. and F. A. S.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

File:

PDF, 2.92 MB

1788

20

Additional Experiments and Observations Relating to the Principle of Acidity, the Decomposition of Water, and Phlogiston. By Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F. R. S. With Letters to Him on the Subject, by Dr. Withering, and James Keir, Esq.

Priestley, J., Withering, W., Keir, J.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

File:

PDF, 1.38 MB

1788

21

On the Probabilities of Survivorships between Two Persons of Any Given Ages, and the Method of Determining the Values of Reversions Depending on Those Survivorships. By Mr. William Morgan; Communicated by the Rev. Richard Price, D. D. F. R. S.

Morgan, W., Price, R.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

File:

PDF, 1.47 MB

1788

22

An Account of a Remarkable Transposition of the Viscera. By Matthew Baillie, M. D. In a Letter to John Hunter, Esq. F. R. S.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

File:

PDF, 1.14 MB

1788

23

On the Georgian Planet and Its Satellites. By William Herschel, LL.D. F. R. S.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

File:

PDF, 1.35 MB

1788

24

Experiments on the Formation of Volatile Alkali, and on the Affinities of the Phlogisticated and Light Inflammable Airs. By William Austin, M. D. Fellow of the College of Physicians; Communicated by Charles Blagden, M. D. Sec. R. S.

Austin, W., Blagden, C.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

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PDF, 760 KB

1788

25

Some Properties of the Sum of the Divisors of Numbers. By Edward Waring, M. D. F. R. S.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

File:

PDF, 516 KB

1788

26

Experiments on the Production of Artificial Cold. By Mr. Richard Walker, Apothecary to the Radcliffe Infirmary at Oxford. In a Letter to Henry Cavendish, Esq. F.R.S. and A.S.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

File:

PDF, 709 KB

1788

27

A Description of an Instrument Which, by the Turning of a Winch, Produces the Two States of Electricity without Friction or Communication with the Earth. In a Letter from Mr. William Nicholson to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

File:

PDF, 506 KB

1788

28

Abstract of a Register of the Barometer, Thermometer, and Rain at Lyndon in Rutland; With the Rain in Hampshire and Surrey, in 1787. Also Some Account of the Annual Growth of Trees. By Thomas Barker, Esq. Communicated by Thomas White, Esq. F.R.S.

Barker, T., White, T.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

File:

PDF, 499 KB

1788

29

On the Era of the Mahometans, Called the Hejera. By William Marsden, Esq. F. R. S. and A. S.

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

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PDF, 1.62 MB

1788

30

Front Matter

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

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english

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english, 1788

31

The Croonian Lecture on Muscular Motion. By George Fordyce, M. D. F. R. S

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.33 MB

english, 1788

32

Frigorific Experiments on the Mechanical Expansion of Air, Explaining the Cause of the Great Degree of Cold on the Summits of High Mountains, the Sudden Condensation of Aerial Vapour, and of the Perpetual Mutability of Atmospheric Heat. By Erasmus Darwin, M. D. F. R. S.; Communicated by the Right Honourable Charles Greville, F. R. S

Erasmus Darwin and Charles Greville

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 881 KB

english, 1788

33

Some Observations on the Heat of Wells and Springs in the Island of Jamaica, and on the Temperature of the Earth below the Surface in Different Climates. By John Hunter, M. D. F. R. S.; Communicated by the Hon. Henry Cavendish, F. R. S

John Hunter and Henry Cavendish

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.16 MB

english, 1788

34

Experiments on Local Heat. In a Letter from James Six, Esq. to the Rev. Francis Wollaston, LL. B. F. R. S

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 2.48 MB

english, 1788

35

Observations on the Manner in Which Glass is Charged with the Electric Fluid, and Discharged. By Edward Whitaker Gray, M. D. F. R. S

Edward Whitaker Gray

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 440 KB

english, 1788

36

Some Observations on the Irritability of Vegetables. By James Edward Smith, M. D. F. R. S

James Edward Smith

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 773 KB

english, 1788

37

A Meteorological Journal Kept at the Apartments of The Royal Society, By Order of the President and Council

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 2.02 MB

english, 1788

38

Observations on the Natural History of the Cuckoo. By Mr. Edward Jenner. In a Letter to John Hunter, Esq. F. R. S

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.74 MB

english, 1788

39

Description of a New Electrical Instrument Capable of Collecting Together a Diffused or Little Condensed Quantity of Electricity. By Mr. Tiberius Cavallo, F. R. S

Tiberius Cavallo

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 605 KB

english, 1788

40

On the Conversion of a Mixture of Dephlogisticated and Phlogisticated Air into Nitrous Acid, by the Electric Spark. By Henry Cavendish, Esq. F. R. S. and A. S

Henry Cavendish

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 3.12 MB

english, 1788

41

Experiments on the Effect of Various Substances in Lowering the Point of Congelation in Water. By Charles Blagden, M. D. Sec. R. S. and F. A. S

Charles Blagden

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 3.08 MB

english, 1788

42

Additional Experiments and Observations Relating to the Principle of Acidity, the Decomposition of Water, and Phlogiston. By Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F. R. S. With Letters to Him on the Subject, by Dr. Withering, and James Keir, Esq

Joseph Priestley, W. Withering and James Keir

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.49 MB

english, 1788

43

Experiments on the Formation of Volatile Alkali, and on the Affinities of the Phlogisticated and Light Inflammable Airs. By William Austin, M. D. Fellow of the College of Physicians; Communicated by Charles Blagden, M. D. Sec. R. S

William Austin and Charles Blagden

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 836 KB

english, 1788

44

Abstract of a Register of the Barometer, Thermometer, and Rain at Lyndon in Rutland; With the Rain in Hampshire and Surrey, in 1787. Also Some Account of the Annual Growth of Trees. By Thomas Barker, Esq. Communicated by Thomas White, Esq. F.R.S

Thomas Barker and Thomas White

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 567 KB

english, 1788

45

Errata

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 93 KB

english, 1788

46

Experiments on the Cooling of Water below Its Freezing Point. By Charles Blagden, M. D. Sec. R. S. and F. A. S

Charles Blagden

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 2.02 MB

english, 1788

47

Experiments and Observations Relating to the Principle of Acidity, the Composition of Water, and Phlogiston. By Joseph Priestley, LL. D. F. R. S

Joseph Priestley

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.05 MB

english, 1788

48

A Table of the Mean Heat of Every Month for Ten Years in London, from 1763 to 1772 Inclusively. By William Heberden, M. D. F. R. S. and A. S

William Heberden

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 134 KB

english, 1788

49

On Centripetal Forces. By Edward Waring, M. D. F. R. S. Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 2.91 MB

english, 1788

50

An Account of Experiments Made by Mr. John Mc Nab, at Albany Fort, Hudson's Bay, Relative to the Freezing of Nitrous and Vitriolic Acids. By Henry Cavendish, Esq. F. R. S. and A. S

John Mc Nab and Henry Cavendish

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.47 MB

english, 1788

51

Of the Temperament of Those Musical Instruments, in Which the Tones, Keys, or Frets, are Fixed, as in the Harpsichord, Organ, Guitar, &c. By Mr. Tiberius Cavallo, F. R. S

Tiberius Cavallo

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.56 MB

english, 1788

52

On the Probabilities of Survivorships between Two Persons of Any Given Ages, and the Method of Determining the Values of Reversions Depending on Those Survivorships. By Mr. William Morgan; Communicated by the Rev. Richard Price, D. D. F. R. S

William Morgan and Richard Price

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.59 MB

english, 1788

53

An Account of a Remarkable Transposition of the Viscera. By Matthew Baillie, M. D. In a Letter to John Hunter, Esq. F. R. S

Matthew Baillie

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.24 MB

english, 1788

54

Back Matter

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.53 MB

english, 1788

55

An Account of a Mass of Native Iron, Found in South-America. By Don Michael Rubin de Celis. Communicated by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S

Michael Rubin de Celis and Joseph Banks

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

File:

PDF, 1.19 MB

1788

56

A Description of an Instrument Which, by the Turning of a Winch, Produces the Two States of Electricity without Friction or Communication with the Earth. In a Letter from Mr. William Nicholson to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S

William Nicholson

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 804 KB

english, 1788

57

Of the Methods of Manifesting the Presence, and Ascertaining the Quality, of Small Quantities of Natural or Artificial Electricity. By Mr. Tiberius Cavallo, F. R. S

Tiberius Cavallo

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 2.22 MB

english, 1788

58

On the Georgian Planet and Its Satellites. By William Herschel, LL.D. F. R. S

William Herschel

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.92 MB

english, 1788

59

Experiments on the Production of Artificial Cold. By Mr. Richard Walker, Apothecary to the Radcliffe Infirmary at Oxford. In a Letter to Henry Cavendish, Esq. F.R.S. and A.S

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 777 KB

english, 1788

60

Some Properties of the Sum of the Divisors of Numbers. By Edward Waring, M. D. F. R. S

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 583 KB

english, 1788

61

On the Era of the Mahometans, Called the Hejera. By William Marsden, Esq. F. R. S. and A. S

William Marsden

Journal:

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 1.70 MB

english, 1788

62

Errata

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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Year:

1788

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PDF, 138 KB

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63

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1788

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