Philosophical transactions, Vol. L. Part I. For the year 1757. · Various

THE CONTENTS TO PART I. VOLUME L.

I. _AN Account of the Earthquake felt in_ New England, _and the neighbouring Parts of_ America, _on the 18th of_ November _1755. In a Letter to_ Tho. Birch, _D.D. Secret. R.S. by Mr. Professor_ Winthrop, _of_ Cambridge _in_ New England. Page 1. II. _The strange Effects of some effervescent Mixtures; in a Letter from Dr._ James Mounsey, _Physician of the_ Russian _Army, and F.R.S. to Mr._ Henry Baker, _F.R.S. Communicated by Mr._ Baker. p. 19. III. _Extract of a Letter of_ J. Wall, _M.D. to the Rev. Dr._ Lyttelton, _Dean of_ Exeter, _and F.R.S. concerning the good Effects of_ Malverne _Waters in_ Worcestershire. p. 23. IV. _An Account of the_ Carlsbad _Mineral Waters in_ Bohemia: _In a Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of_ Macclesfield, _President of the R.S. by the Rev._ Jeremiah Milles, _D.D. F.R.S._ p. 25. V. _An Essay towards ascertaining the specific Gravity of living Men. By_ Mr. John Robertson, _F.R.S._ p. 30. VI. _An Instance of the Gut_ Ileum, _cut thro’ by a Knife, successfully treated by Mr._ Peter Travers, _Surgeon, at_ Lisbon. _Communicated by_ John Huxham, _M.D. F.R.S._ p. 35. VII. _An Account of a Visitation of the leprous Persons in the Isle of_ Guadaloupe: _In a Letter to Mons._ Damonville, _Counsellor and Assistant-Judge at_ Martinico, _and in the Office of King’s Physician at_ Guadaloupe. _By_ John Andrew Peyssonel, _M.D. F.R.S. Translated from the_ French. p. 38.

VIII. _An Account of the late Discoveries of Antiquities at_ Herculaneum; _in an Extract of a Letter from_ Camillo Paderni, _Keeper of the_ Herculanean Museum, _and F.R.S. to_ Thomas Hollis, _Esq; dated_ Naples, Dec. 16, 1756. p. 49. IX. _An Account of some Trees discovered underground on the Shore at_ Mount’s-Bay _in_ Cornwall: _In a Letter from the Rev. Mr._ William Borlase, _F.R.S. to the Rev. Dr._ Lyttelton, _Dean of_ Exeter. p. 51. X. _Experiments on applying the Rev. Dr._ Hales’_s Method of distilling Salt-water to the Steam-Engine. By_ Keane Fitzgerald, _Esq; F.R.S._ p. 53. XI. _Extract of a Letter of Mr._ Abraham Trembley, _F.R.S. to_ Tho. Birch, _D.D. Secret. R.S. Translated from the_ French. p. 58. XII. _A brief Botanical and Medical History of the_ Solanum Lethale, Bella-donna, _or_ Deadly Nightshade, _by Mr._ Richard Pulteney. _Communicated by Mr._ William Watson, _F.R.S._ p. 62. XIII. _An Account of some of the Antiquities discovered at_ Herculaneum, &c. _In a Letter to_ Thomas Birch, _D.D. Secret. R.S. By_ John Nixon, _A.M. F.R.S._ p. 88. XIV. _An Account of the Effects of a Storm of Thunder and Lightning, in the Parishes of_ Looe _and_ Lanreath, _in the County of_ Cornwall, _on the 27th Day of_ June _1756. Communicated to the Rev._ Jeremiah Milles, _D.D. F.R.S. in two Letters, one from the Rev. Mr._ Dyer, _Minister of_ Looe, _and the other from the Rev. Mr._ Milles, _Vicar of_ Duloe, _in_ Cornwall. p. 104.

XV. _An Account of the Peat-pit near_ Newbury _in_ Berkshire; _in an Extract of a Letter from_ John Collet, _M.D. to the Right Reverend_ Richard _Lord Bishop of_ Ossory, _F.R.S._ p. 109. XVI. _An Account of the Alterations making in the_ Pantheon _at_ Rome: _In an Extract of a Letter from_ Rome _to_ Thomas Hollis, _Esq; Communicated by_ John Ward, _LL.D. R.S. Vice-Præs._ p. 115. XVII. _An Account of a new medicinal Well, lately discovered near_ Moffat, _in_ Annandale, _in the County of_ Dumfries. _By Mr._ John Walker, _of_ Borgue-house _near_ Kirkudbright _in_ Scotland. p. 115. XVIII. _An Account of the State of the Thermometer at the_ Hague _on the 9th of_ January _1757. Extracted from a Letter of Mr._ Abraham Trembley, _F.R.S. to_ Tho. Birch, _D.D. Secret. R.S._ p. 148. XIX. _Experimental Examination of_ Platina. _By_ William Lewis, _M.B. F.R.S. Paper_ V. ibid. XX. _Experimental Examination of_ Platina. _By_ William Lewis, _M.B. F.R.S. Paper_ VI. p. 156. XXI. _An Account of the Temple of_ Serapis _at_ Pozzuoli _in the Kingdom of_ Naples: _In a Letter to_ John Ward, _LL.D. and R.S. Vice-Præs. by the Rev._ John Nixon, _M.A. F.R.S._ p. 166. XXII. _Some Remarks on a_ Parthian _Coin with a_ Greek _and_ Parthian _Legend, never before published. In a Letter from the Rev._ John Swinton, _M.A. of_ Christ-Church, Oxon, _F.R.S. to the Rev._ Tho. Birch, _D.D. Secret. R.S._ p. 175.

XXIII. _An Account of a Red Coral from the_ East-Indies, _of a very singular Kind: In a Letter from Mr._ John Ellis, _F.R.S. to Mr._ Peter Collinson, _F.R.S._ p. 189. XXIV. _An Account of the Effects of a Storm at_ Wigton _in_ Cumberland. _Communicated by Mr._ Philip Miller, _F.R.S._ p. 194. XXV. _An Account of the Effects of Lightning upon the Steeple and Church of_ Lestwithiel, Cornwall; _in a Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of_ Macclesfield, _President of the R.S. By Mr._ John Smeaton, _F.R.S._ p. 198. XXVI. _An Account of the Case of the late Right Honourable_ Horace _Lord_ Walpole; _being a Sequel to his own Account published in the_ Philosophical Transactions, _Vol._ xlvii. _p._ 43 _and_ 472. p. 205. _Postscript to Dr._ Whytt_’s Observations on Lord_ Walpole_’s Case_. p. 385. XXVII. _An Account of the Virtues of Soap in dissolving the Stone, in the Case of the Rev. Mr._ Matthew Simpson. _Communicated by_ John Pringle, _M.D. F.R.S._ p. 221. XXVIII. _An Account of the Impressions of Plants on the Slates of Coals: In a Letter to the Right Honorable_ George _Earl of_ Macclesfield, _President of the R.S. from Mr._ Emanuel Mendes da Costa, _F.R.S._ p. 228. XXIX. _A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from_ Chelsea Garden, _presented to the_ Royal Society _by the worshipful Company of Apothecaries, for the Year_ 1756, _pursuant to the Direction of Sir_ Hans Sloane, _Baronet, Med. Reg. & Soc. nuper Præses, by_ John Wilmer, _M.D. clariss. Societatis Pharmaceut. Lond. Socius, Hort._ Chels. _Præfect. & Prælector Botan._ p. 236.

XXX. _Remarks on the Opinion of_ Henry Eeles, _Esq; concerning the Ascent of Vapour, published in the_ Philosoph. Transact. _Vol._ xlix. _Part_ i. _p._ 124. _By_ Erasmus Darwin, _M.D. Communicated by Mr._ William Watson, _F.R.S._ p. 240. XXXI. _An Account of a new-discovered Species of the Snipe or Tringa: In a Letter to the Rev._ Tho. Birch, _D.D. Secret. R.S. from Mr._ Geo. Edwards, _Librarian of the College of Physicians_. p. 255. XXXII. _Observationes de Corallinis, iisque insidentibus Polypis, aliisque Animalculis Marinis: Quas Regiæ Societati Londinensi offert_ Job Baster, _Med. Doct. Acad. Cæsar. Reg. Societ. Lond. & Scient. Holland. Socius._ p. 258. XXXIII. _Remarks on Dr._ Job Baster’s Observationes de Corallinis, &c. _In a Letter to the Right Hon._ George _Earl of_ Macclesfield, _President of the R.S. from Mr._ John Ellis, _F.R.S._ p. 280. XXXIV. _An Account of an extraordinary Operation performed in the Dock-Yard at_ Portsmouth: _Drawn up by Mr._ John Robertson, _F.R.S._ p. 288. XXXV. _Observations on an Evening, or rather Nocturnal, Solar_ Iris. _By Mr._ George Edwards, _Librarian of the College of Physicians_. p. 293. XXXVI. _The Effects of the_ Opuntia, _or Prickly Pear, and of the_ Indigo _Plant, in colouring the Juices of living Animals. Communicated by_ H. Baker, _F.R.S._ p. 296. XXXVII. _An Account of an extrordinary Shower of black Dust, that fell in the Island of_ Zetland _20th_ October 1755. _In a Letter from Sir_ Andrew Mitchell, _of_ Westshore, _Bart. to_ John Pringle, _M.D. F.R.S._ p. 297.

XXXVIII. _A Description of some Thermometers for particular Uses. By the Right Honourable the Lord_ Charles Cavendish, _V.P.R.S._ p. 300. XXXIX. _Observationes Anatomico-Medicæ de Monstro bicorporeo Virgineo A. 1701. die 26_ Oct. _in_ Pannonia, _infra_ Comaromium, _in Possessione_ Szony, _quondam Quiritum_ Bregetione, _in lucem edito, atque A. 1723. die 23_ Febr. Posonii _in Cœnobio Monialium_ S. Ursulæ _morte functo ibidemque sepulto. Authore_ Justo Johanne Torkos, _M.D. Soc. Regalis Socio._ p. 311. XL. _Observations on the Origin and Use of the Lymphatic Vessels of Animals: Being an Extract from the_ Gulstonian _Lectures, read in the Theatre of the College of Physicians of_ London, _in_ June 1755. _By_ Mark Akenside, _M.D. Fellow of the College of Physicians, and of the Royal Society_. p. 322. XLI. _A Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of_ Macclesfield, _President, the_ Council, _and_ Fellows, _of the_ Royal Society, _concerning the Variation of the Magnetic Needle; with a Sett of Tables annexed, which exhibit the Result of upwards of Fifty Thousand Observations, in Six periodic Reviews, from the Year 1700 to the Year 1756, both inclusive; and are adapted to every Five Degrees of Latitude and Longitude in the more frequented Oceans. By_ William Mountaine _and_ James Dodson, _Fellows of the Royal Society_. p. 329. XLII. _An account of some extraordinary Tumors upon the Head of a labouring Man, now in_ St. Bartholomew’s _Hospital. By_ James Parsons, _M.D. F.R.S._ p. 350.

XLIII. _An Extract of the Register of the Parish of_ Great Shefford, _near_ Lamborne, _in_ Berkshire, _for Ten Years: With Observations on the same: In a Letter to_ Tho. Birch, _D.D. Secret. R.S. from the Rev. Mr._ Richard Foster, _Rector of_ Great Shefford. p. 356. XLIV. _A remarkable Case of an Aneurism, or Disease of the principal Artery of the Thigh, occasioned by a Fall. To which is prefixed a short Account of the Uncertainty of the distinguishing Symptoms of this Disease. By_ Jos. Warner, _F.R.S. and Surgeon to_ Guy’s Hospital. p. 363. XLV. _Farther Experiments for increasing the Quantity of Steam in a Fire-Engine. By_ Keane Fitz-Gerald, _Esq; F.R.S._ p. 370. XLVI. _Observatio Eclipsis Lunæ Die 27_ Martii, _Ann. 1755. habita Ulissipone in Domo Patrum Congregationis Oratorii à_ Joanne Chevalier _ejusdem Congregationis Presbytero, Regiæ_ Londinensis _Societatis Socio, Regiæque_ Parisiensis _Scientiarum Academiæ correspondente_. p. 374. XLVII. _Eclipsis Lunæ Die_ 4 Februarii, _Ann._ 1757. _habita Ulissipone à_ Joanne Chevalier _Presbytero Congregationis Oratorii, Regiæ_ Londinensis _Societatis Socio, Regiæque Scientiarum_ Parisiensis _Acadaemiæ correspondente, et a_ Theodoro de Almeida _ejusdem Congregationis Presbytero, ac Physicæ publico Professore_ p. 376. _Observationes Eclipsium Satellitum Jovis Ulissipone habitæ a_ Joanne Chevalier, _&c._ p. 377. XLVIII. _Observationes Eclipsium Satellitum Jovis Ulissipone habitæ à_ Joanne Chevalier, _Presbytere Congregationis Oratorii, Regiæque_ Londinensis _Societatis Socio, Anno_ 1757. p. 378. XLIX. _A remarkable Case of the Efficacy of the Bark in a Mortification: In a Letter to_ William Watson, _M.D. F.R.S. from Mr._ Richard Grindall, _Surgeon to the_ London _Hospital_. p. 379.

L. _A Letter to the Rev._ Tho. Birch, _D.D. Secret. R.S. from_ John Pringle, _M.D. F.R.S. inclosing Two Papers communicated to him by_ Robert Whytt, _M.D. F.R.S._ p. 383. 1. _Some Observations on the lithontriptic Virtue of the_ Carlsbad _Waters, Lime-water, and Soap: In Letter to Dr._ John Pringle, _F.R.S. from Dr._ Robert Whytt, _F.R.S. and Professor of Medicine in the University of_ Edinburgh. p. 386. 2. _An Instance of the Electrical Virtue in the Cure of a Palsy. By Mr._ Patrick Brydone. p. 392. LI. _An Account of some fossil Fruits, and other Bodies, found in the Island of_ Shepey. _By_ James Parsons, _M.D. F.R.S._ p. 396. LII. _Observations on the Comet, that appeared in the Months of_ September _and_ October 1757, _made at the Royal Observatory by_ Ja. Bradley, _D.D. Astronomer Royal, F.R.S. and Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at_ Paris. p. 408. LIII. _The Resolution of a General Proposition for determining the_ horary _Alteration of the Position of the Terrestrial Equator, from the Attraction of Sun and Moon: With some Remarks on the Solutions given by other Authors to that difficult and important Problem. By Mr._ Tho. Simpson, _F.R.S._ p. 416. LIV. _Remarks upon the Heat of the Air in_ July 1757, _in an Extract of a Letter from_ John Huxham, _M.D. F.R.S. to_ William Watson, _M.D. F.R.S. dated at_ Plymouth _19th of the same Month. With additional Remarks by Dr._ Watson. p. 428.

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