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  "text": "PRESENTS\n\nMADE TO THE\n\nROYAL SOCIETY\n\nFrom November 1786 to July 1787;\n\nWITH\n\nThe NAMES of the DONORS.\n\nPresents.\n\nDonors.\n\n1786.\n\nNov. 9. Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, Année 1783. Paris, 1786.\n\n4° Table générale des Matières contenues dans les Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, 1771—1780. Tome IX. Paris, 1786.\n\n4° Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae, pro anno 1780, Pars prior et posterior; 1781, Pars prior et posterior; 1782, Pars prior. Petropoli, 1783—1786\n\n4° Eloge de M. Leonard Euler, par Nic. Fuks. St. Peterbourg, 1783.\n\n4° Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar. Tom. VI. for 1785, 3d and 4th Quarter; and 1st Quarter of Tom. VII. for 1786. Stockholm.\n\n8° Commentationes Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis ad A. 1784 et 1785. Vol. VII. Gottingæ, 1786,\n\n4° The Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris.\n\nThe Imperial Academy of Sciences at Petersburg.\n\nThe Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm.\n\nThe Royal Society of Sciences at Gottingen.\n\nNov.\n1786.\n\nNov. 9. Transactions of the Society for Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. Vol. IV. London, 1786.\n\nTransactions of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia. Vol. II. Philadelphia, 1786.\n\nAtti della Società Patriottica di Milano. Vol. I. Parte I. Milano, 1783.\n\nFlora Rossica, edidit P. S. Pallas. Tom. I. Pars I. Petropoli, 1784.\n\nRogerii Josephi Boscovich Opera pertinentia ad Opticam et Astronomiam. Tomi V. Bassani, 1785.\n\nTraité Analytique des Mouvemens apparens des Corps Célestes, par M. Dionis du Séjour. Tome I. Paris, 1786.\n\nExtrait des Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, pour l'année 1783, sur l'Usage des Horloges Marines, relativement à la Navigation, par M. le Marquis de Chabert. Paris, 1785.\n\nExtrait des Observations Astronomiques et Phyiques, faites à l'Observatoire Royal, en l'année 1785, par M. le Comte de Cassini, Directeur. Paris, 1786.\n\nDescription des gîtes de Mineraï, des Forges et des Salines des Pyrénées, par M. Le Baron de Dietrich. 2 Vol. Paris, 1786.\n\nTeoria e Pratica delle Resistenze de Solidi ne' loro attriti, Parte 2, dall' Abate Leon. Ximenès. Firenze, 1782.\n\nAn Introduction and Notes on Mr. Bird's Method of dividing Astronomical Instruments, by W. Ludlam. London, 1786.\n\nCommentarii de Rebus in Scientia Naturali et Medicina gestis. Volumen XXVII. Lipsiae, 1785—6.\n\nClinical Observations on the Use of Opium in low Fevers, and in the Sy-\n\nDonors.\n\nThe Society for Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce.\n\nThe American Philosophical Society.\n\nThe Patriotic Society of Milan.\n\nThe Empress of Russia.\n\nAbbé Boscovich, F.R.S.\n\nM. Dionis du Séjour, F.R.S.\n\nMarquis de Chabert, F.R.S.\n\nComte de Cassini.\n\nBaron de Dietrich.\n\nAbbé Ximenès.\n\nAlexander Aubert, Esq. F.R.S.\n\nMr. Philip Hurlock, F.R.S.\n\nMartin Wall, M.D.\n1786.\n\nnochus, by M. Wall. Oxford, 1786.  \n8°\n\nNov. 9. Airopaidia, by Th. Baldwin. Chester,  \n1786.  \n8°\n\nAn entire new Work and Method of  \nproceeding to discover the Variation  \nof the Earth's Diameters. London,  \n1786.  \n4°\n\nLa Filosofia dell' Eloquenza. 2 Vol.  \nNapoli, 1783.  \n8°\n\nPro Stabiarum Dynastarum Majestati-  \nbus Elogia.  \n8°\n\nA sa Majesté Imperiale Catherine II.  \noffrande de Fr. Astore.  \n8°\n\nIn Imperatoris Josephi II. effigiem  \nEπιγεγμονα, adscribebat Fr. Ant.  \nAstore. Neapoli, fol.  \nParnasso Italiano dell' anno 1784. Bo-  \nlogna.  \n8°\n\nGiornale Enciclopedico del Regno di  \nNapoli, Ottobre 1785.  \n8°\n\nSaggi Politici di Fr. M. Pagani. 2 Vol.  \nNapoli, 1785.  \n8°\n\nLettera di D. Serafino Serrati ad un suo  \nAmico. Firenze, 1786.  \n16°\n\n16. Dissertations de uniformitate motus  \ndiurni Terræ, Auctoris Joh. Fred.  \nHennert et Paulo Friso. Petropolis. 4°\n\nObservations on certain Parts of the  \nAnimal Oeconomy, by J. Hunter.  \nLondon, 1786.  \n4°\n\nEssai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Roches,  \npar M. de Launay. Bruxelles, 1786.  \n12°\n\nAufmunterung zu sorgfältiger Mitte-  \nforschung der Verhältnisse, welche  \ndie Gewächsarten bey ihrer Vegeta-  \ntion gegen einander beobachten, von  \nF. A. L. von Burgsdorf. 1785.  \n4°\n\nDie Tegelsche Baumzucht in einem  \nGrundverzeichnisse, durch den Forst-  \nrath von Burgsdorf.  \nFol. pat.\n\nDec. 7. Idées sur la Météorologie, par J. A. De  \nLuc. Tome I. 2 Vol. Londres.  \n1786.  \n8°\n\nTracts Mathematical and Philosophical.  \nVol. I. London, 1786.  \n4°\n\nDonors.\n\nThomas Baldwin, Esq.\n\nThomas Williams.\n\nSignor Francesco Antonio  \nAstore.\n\nSign. Francesco Mario Pagano.\n\nD. Serafino Serrati,\n\nThe Imperial Academy of  \nSciences at Petersburg.\n\nJohn Hunter, Esq. F.R.S.\n\nM. de Launay.\n\nM. von Burgsdorf.\n\nM. De Luc, F.R.S.\n\nCharles Hutton, LL.D.\n\nF.R.S.\n\nDec.\nPresents.\n\n1786.\n\nDec. 7. Memoirs of John Fothergill, by J. C. Lettsom, 4th edition. London, 1786. 8°\n\nThe Works of John Fothergill, with some Account of his Life, by J. C. Lettsom. London, 1784. 4°\n\nA Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's Ship the Endeavour, from the Papers of Sydney Parkinson; to which are added, Remarks on the Preface by J. Fothergill, M.D. and an Appendix. London, 1784. 4°\n\n14. Latitudes and Longitudes of several Places, ascertained by Count de Bruhl. London, 1786. 4°\n\nCométographie, par M. Pingré. Tome I. Paris, 1783.; Tome II. 1784. 4°\n\nM. Manilius Astronomicon Libri V. et M. T. Ciceronis Aratea cum Interpretatione Gallica, edente Al. G. Pingré. Tomi II. Parisii, 1786. 8°\n\nEssai sur le Lait, considéré médicinalement, par M. Petit-Radel. Paris, 1786. 8°\n\n21. A Treatise on Elementary Air, by H. Kelso. Strabane, 1786. 8°\n\n1787.\n\nJan. 11. The Marine Atlas, a new Invention for the Preservation of Ships, and Security of Mariners, by T. South, MS. fol.\n\nThe London Medical Journal. Vol. VII. London, 1786. 8°\n\nPractical Observations on the puerperal Fever, by P. P. Walsh. London, 1787. 8°\n\nSamuel Foart Simmons Observationes de Phthisi Pulmonali, ex Anglico vertit F. A. Van Zandycke. Brugis, 1786. 8°\n\nA Meteorological Journal of the Year 1786, kept in Pater-Noster-Row, London, by W. Bent. 4°\n\nFeb. 1. Original Letters, written during the Reigns of Henry VI. Edward IV. John Fenn, Esq.\n\nDonors.\n\nJohn Coakley Lettsom, M.D. F.R.S.\n\nCount de Bruhl. F.R.S.\n\nM. Pingré.\n\nDr. Petit-Radel.\n\nHamilton Kelso, M.D.\n\nThomas South, Esq.\n\nSamuel Foart Simmons, M.D. F.R.S.\n\nPhilip Pitt Walsh, M.D.\n\nDr. F. A. Van Zandycke.\n\nMr. William Bent.\n\nand\nPrefects.\n\n1787.\n\nand Richard III. published by J. Fenn. London, 1787. 2 Vol. 4°\n\nFeb. 1. Aristotelis Liber de mirabilibus Auscultationibus, explicatus a Jo. Beckman. Gottingae, 1786. 4°\n\nFlorulae Insularum Australium prodromus, Auctore G. Forster. Gottingae, 1786. 8°\n\nPoems and Essays, by a Lady lately deceased. The second Edition. Bath, 1786. 2 Vol. 12°\n\n8. Ephemerides Societatis Meteorologicae Palatinæ annorum 1781, 1782, et 1783. Manheim, 1783—1785. 3 Vol. 4°\n\nAn Account of the Effects of Swinging, employed as a Remedy in the pulmonary Consumption. London, 1787. 8°\n\n22. J. G. F. Franzii Prolusio de Medicorum Legibus Metricis. Lipf. 1782. 4°\n\nEjusdem Lipsia parturientibus ac puerperis nostris temporibus minus lethifera. Lipf. 1785. 4°\n\nA Defence of the Constitution of Government of the United States of America, by J. Adams. Lond. 1787. 8°\n\nMar. 8. The Nautical Almanac for the Years 1791 and 1792. 2 Vols. London, 1786. 8°\n\nGeneral Tables of the Moon’s Distances from the Sun and ten principal fixed Stars. London, 1787. fol.\n\nMayer’s Lunar Tables, improved by Mr. Ch. Mason. London, 1787. 4°\n\n22. Lucrece Newtonien, par G. L. Le Sage, détaché des Mémoires de l’Académie de Berlin pour 1782. 4°\n\nFriedrichs Sternendenkmal, vom Herrn Bode. Berlin, 1787. 4°\n\nA. J. Testa de Vitalibus Periodis Ægotantium et Sanorum. 2 Vol. Londini, 1787. 8°\n\n29. Meteorological Journal kept at Nain, on the Coast of Labrador, from Aug. 1, 1784, to July 27, 1786, MS. 4°\n\nDonors.\n\nProfessor Beckman of Gottingen.\n\nGeorge Forster, M.D. F.R.S.\n\nThomas Bowdler, Esq. F.R.S.\n\nThe Meteorological Society of Manheim.\n\nJames Carmichael Smyth, M.D. F.R.S.\n\nProfessor Franz of Leipzig.\n\nJohn Adams, LL.D.\n\nThe Commissioners of Longitude.\n\nM. Le Sage, F. R. S.\n\nMr. J. E. Bode, Astron. to the Academy at Berlin.\n\nProfessor Testa of Ferrara.\n\nMr. Philip Hurlock, F.R.S.\n1787.\n\nMar. 29. Meteorological Journal kept at Hoffenthal, on the Coast of Labrador, from Sept. 1, 1785, to Aug. 16, 1786, MS. 8°\n\nLa Meteorologia applicata all' Agricultura, di Gius. Toaldo. Venezia, 1786. 8°\n\nNuove Esperienze intorno alla dolcificazione dell' acqua del Mare, del Sig. Cav. Lorgna. 4°\n\nTertia Dissertatio Botanica; Auctore A. J. Cavanilles. Parisii, 1787. 4°\n\nDe Maximis et Minimis, Pars prior, Auctore Sim. Lhuilier. Varsoviae, 1782. 4°\n\nApril 19. Expériences sur les Végétaux, par J. Ingenhouz. Paris, 1787. 8°\n\nA Treatise on Magnetism, by T. Cavallo. London, 1787. 8°\n\nAn Attempt towards obtaining invariable Measures of Length, Capacity, and Weight, by J. Whitehurst. London, 1787. 4°\n\nMémoire sur la Culture, l'Usage, et les Avantages de la Racine d'Abondance ou de Difette, par l'Abbé de Commerell. Lausanne, 1786. 8°\n\nDella Morte apparente degli Annegati. Firenze, 1780. 8°\n\nA. J. Tetra de re Medica et Chirurgica, Epitome VII. Ferrariae, 1781. 8°\n\n26. Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens nya Handlingar. 2d Quarter of Tom. VII. for 1786. 8°\n\nPremière Continuation des Expériences faites par le moyen de la Machine Electrique Teylerienne, par M. van Marum. Harlem, 1787. 4°\n\nMay 10. Memoirs of the Medical Society of London, instituted in the Year 1773. Vol. I. London, 1787. 8°\n\nPefanteur spécifique des Corps, par M. Briffon. Paris, 1787. 4°\n\nConnoissance des Temps, pour l'année 1789. Paris, 1786. 8°\n\nMémoire sur la Culture de certaines Malvacées, par A. J. Cavanilles. 4°\n\nMr. Philip Hurlock, F.R.S.\n\nProfessor Toaldo of Padua.\n\nCavaliere Lorgna.\n\nAbbé Cavanilles.\n\nM. Lhuillier.\n\nJohn Ingenhouz, M.D. F.R.S.\n\nMr. Cavallo, F.R.S.\n\nMr. Whitehurst, F.R.S.\n\nJonathan Watson, Esq. F.R.S.\n\nProfessor Testa of Ferrara.\n\nThe Royal Academy of Sciences of Stockholm.\n\nMartin van Marum, M.D.\n\nThe Medical Society of London.\n\nM. Briffon.\n\nM. Mechain.\n\nAbbé Cavanilles.\nMay 10. Extrait des Ouvrages de M. l'Abbé Cavanilles. 4°\n\n17. A general Synopsis of Birds, with a Supplement. 7 Vol. London, 1781—1787.\n\nIntroduction à l'Etude de l'Astronomie Physique, par M. Cousin. Paris, 1787.\n\n24. The Works of John Jebb, M.D.F.R.S. 3 Vol. London, 1787. 8°\n\nThe one great Argument for the Truth of Christianity from a single Prophecy, evinced in a new Explanation of the Seventh Chapter of Isaiah. Yarmouth, 1787.\n\nJune 7. Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, Année 1784. Paris, 1787. 4°\n\nRapport des Commissaires chargés par l'Académie de l'Examen du Projet d'un nouvel Hotel-Dieu. Paris, 1786.\n\nObservations sur les Obstacles qui s'opposent aux Progrès de l'Anatomie, par M. Tenon. Paris, 1785.\n\nIdées sur la Météorologie, par J. A. De Luc, Tome II. Londres, 1787. 8°\n\nThe Elevation, Section, Plan, and Views of a Triple Vessel and of Wheels, by P. Miller. Edinburgh, 1787. fol.\n\n14. Medical Remarks on natural, spontaneous, and artificial Evacuation, by J. Anderson. London, 1787. 8°\n\n21. Tableau des Variétés de la Vie Humaine, par M. G. Daiguan. Paris, 1786. 2 Vol. 8°\n\n28. Meteorological Journal kept at Odiham, in Hampshire, from April 1, 1786, to April 1, 1787, by A. Baxter, MS. fol.\n\nMeteorological Journal kept at Bencoolen, from Sept. 1. to Nov. 30, 1784, by John Macdonald, MS. 4°\n\nDonors.\n\nAbbé Cavanilles.\n\nMr. Latham, F.R.S.\n\nM. Cousin.\n\nThomas Brand Hollis, Esq. F.R.S.\n\nThe Rev. Samuel Cooper, D.D.\n\nThe Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris.\n\nM. Tenon.\n\nM. De Luc, F.R.S.\n\nPatrick Miller, Esq.\n\nJohn Anderson, M.D.\n\nM. Daignan.\n\nAlexander Baxter, Esq.\n\nCapt. Macdonald,\nAN INDEX TO THE SEVENTY-SEVENTH VOLUME OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS.\n\nA:\n\nAcid, vitriolic, experiments of the action of, on steel and iron, p. 17. Experiments on the congelation of, p. 267.\nAir, deplogisticated, experiments on the production of, from water with various substances, p. 84. Effect of light on the production of, p. 91.\nAir hepatic, sur les gas hépatiques, p. 305.\nAlgebra, on finding the values of algebraical quantities by converging serieses and demonstrating extending propositions, p. 71. Demonstration of some propositions of Pappus, p. 75. Some improvements in, by Descartes, Harriot, Schoolen, Newton, Campbell, and Maclaurin, p. 81.\nAnatomy, difficulties of obtaining knowledge of the larger marine animals, p. 371.\nAnimal bodies, their power of resisting heat and cold, p. 311.\nArteries of Whales, p. 415.\nAurora borealis, effect of, on the magnetic needle, p. 24.\nB.\n\nBaker, Henry, lecture founded by him for magnetical experiments and observations, p. 6.\nBarker, Thomas, Abstract of a Register of the Barometer, Thermometer, and Rain, at Lyndon, in Rutland, in 1786, p. 368.\nBaxter, Alexander, Description of a Set of Halo's and Parhelia seen in 1771, in North America, p. 44.\nBeddoes, Thomas, Experiments on the Production of artificial Cold, p. 282.\nBenjamin Tree of Sumatra, botanical description of, p. 307.\nBennet, Abraham, Description of a new Electrometer, p. 26. Appendix to the description, p. 32. Account of a Doubler of Electricity, p. 288.\nBladder of Whales, p. 413.\nBlagden, Charles, Observations on ancient Inks, with the Proposal of a new Method of recovering the Legibility of decayed Writings, p. 451.\nBlane, William, some Particulars relative to the Production of Borax, p. 297.\n—— Dr. Gilbert, Account of five children born at a birth, p. 345.\nBlood, on the circulation of, in Whales, p. 413. 415.\nBlow-hole in Whales, p. 420.\nBones of Whales and Porpoises, observations on, p. 384.\nBorax, on the production of, p. 297. Account of the places where, and manner in which it is produced, Italian, p. 301. English, p. 471.\nBouguer, M. excellency of his hypothesis, p. 211. Table of the degrees of the earth constructed on his hypothesis, p. 220. Observations on his method for obtaining the lengths of degrees of great circles to the meridian, p. 465.\nBradley, Dr. proceedings for ascertaining the latitude of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, p. 153.\nBrain of Whales, p. 423.\nBrafs, on the magnetism of, p. 6. Acquires magnetism by being hammered, p. 7.\nBritain Great, from Eastnesh, in Suffolk, to the western parts of Kent, contains near 12 degrees of longitude, and from the Channel to the Orkney Islands about 9 degrees of latitude, p. 223.\nBrydone, Patrick, Account of a Thunder-storm in Scotland, with some meteorological Observations, p. 61. Remarks on the account, by Charles Earl Stanhope, p. 130.\nBugge, Thomas, Determination of the Heliocentric Longitude of the descending Node of Saturn, p. 37.\nC.\n\nCampbell, on some improvements in algebra, p. 81.\nCayluse renales of Whales, p. 413.\nCartesius, improvements in algebra by him, p. 81.\nCassini, de Thury, Memoire sur la jonction de Douvres à Londres, p. 151. Remarks on the memorial, p. 151.\nCavallo, Tiberius, Magnetical Experiments and Observations, p. 6.\nChloranthus, a new genus of plants, described, p. 359.\nCircles, Observations on M. Bouguer's method for obtaining the length of great circles perpendicular to the meridian, p. 465.\nCold, artificial, experiments on the production of, p. 282.\nComet, account of a new one, p. 1. Remarks on the new, p. 4. Observations on Miss Herschel's comet, p. 55.\nConferva rivularis, power of extracting air from water, p. 109.\nCotton, power of extracting air from water, p. 97.\n\nD.\n\nDephlogistated air, on the production of, from water with various substances, p. 84.\nEffect of light on the production of, p. 91.\nDog, Jackal, and Wolf, observations tending to shew them to be of the same species, p. 253. A litter of puppies from a Pomeranian bitch by a Wolf, p. 255. Method of expressing the passions in, p. 259. On the barking of, p. 265. Experiment of their resisting heat, p. 311.\nDresden, longitude of, from observation of the transit of Mercury, May 4, 1786, p. 47.\nDryander, Jonas, Botanical Description of the Benjamin Tree of Sumatra, p. 307.\n\nE.\n\nEarth, strata in sinking a well at Boston, Lincolnshire, p. 50. Difference of opinions on the figure of, p. 201. Attempts to discover the figure, by the use of pendulums, p. 203.\nEarthquake, account of one, felt in the northern parts of England, p. 35. in Scotland, July 19, 1785, p. 69.\nEast-India Company, called upon to measure two degrees of longitude on the Coasts of Coromandel, p. 224.\nEider Down, power of drawing air from water, p. 96.\nElectricity, the death of James Lauder by an explosion of thunder attempted to be accounted for by the laws of electricity, p. 139. Account of a doubler of, p. 288.\nElectrometer, a new one described, p. 26. Experiments with it, p. 27. Appendix to the description, p. 32.\nEquatorial micrometer, improvements in, p. 318.\n\nEquinoxes,\nEquinoxes, on the Precession of the, p. 363.\nEye of Whales, p. 437.\n\nF.\nFat of animals, observations on the different situation and substance of, p. 387.\nFeeling, sense of, in Whales, p. 426.\nFlannel, advantages of wearing shirts of, p. 243.\nFordyce, George, Account of an experiment on heat, p. 310.\nFur of Hares, power of extracting air from Water, p. 97.\n\nG.\nGarthshore, Maxwell, a remarkable Case of numerous Births, with Observations, p. 344.\nGeneration, effect on the extirpation of one of the ovaria, p. 233. Parts of, in Whales, p. 441.\nGeorgian planet, account of the discovery of two satellites revolving round it, p. 125.\nGlass spun, power of extracting air from water, p. 113.\nGreenwich, on the latitude and longitude of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, p. 151.\nAt Paris, p. 168. The mode proposed for determining the relative situation of the Observatories of Greenwich and Paris, p. 188. Supplement, p. 465.\n\nH.\nHair, human, power of extracting air from water, p. 99.\nHalley, Dr. errors in his tables, p. 38.\nHalos, seen in North America, 1771, p. 44.\nHarriot, improvements in algebra by him, p. 87.\nHassenfratz, M. sur les Gas Hepatiques, p. 305.\nHearing, sense of, in Whales, p. 430.\nHeart of Whales, p. 414.\nHeat, an experiment on, p. 310.\nHepatic air, sur les gas hepatisques, p. 305.\nHerschel, Caroline, Account of a new Comet, p. 1. Observations on Miss Herschel's comet, p. 55.\nHerschel, William,, Remarks on the new Comet, p. 4. Account of the Discovery of Two Satellites revolving round the Georgian planet, p. 125. Account of Three Volcanos in the Moon, p. 229.\nHorjes, two killed by thunder, p. 62.\nHull, Mr. account of five children at a birth, p. 346.\nHunter, John, an Experiment to determine the Effect of extirpating one Ovarium on the number of young produced, p. 233. Observations tending to shew, that the Wolf, Jackal, and Dog, are all of the same Species, p. 253. Observations on the Structure and Oeconomy of Whales, p. 371.\n\nJackal,\nI.\n\nJackal, Wolf, and Dog, observations tending to shew them to be of the same species, p. 253.\nInks of the ancients, observations on, p. 451. Method of recovering decayed writings, p. 451.\nIntestines of Whales, p. 409.\n\nK.\n\nKeir, James, Experiments on the Congelation of the Vitriolic Acid, p. 267\nKidneys of Whales, p. 412.\nKöhler, Observations on the Transit of Mercury, May 4, 1786, p. 47.\n\nL.\n\nLamb killed suddenly, p. 67.\nLande, M. de la, errors in his tables, p. 38.\nLarynx of Whales, p. 416.\nLauder, James, killed by thunder, p. 62.\nLight, effect of, in the production of dephlogisticated air, p. 91.\nLimbird, James, Strata of earth observed in sinking for Water at Boston, Lincolnshire, p. 50.\nLinens, ravelings of, power of extracting air from water, p. 98.\nLiver of Whales, p. 410.\nLogarithms, the principles and illustration of an advantageous method of arranging the difference of logarithms on lines graduated for the purpose of computation, p. 246.\nLongitude of Dresden, from observations on the transit of Mercury, May 4, 1786, p. 47. On the differences of, p. 212. Correction of the method for determining the longitude by the pole star, p. 468.\nLungs of Whales, p. 418.\n\nM.\n\nMaclaurin, on some improvements in algebra by him, p. 81.\nMagnetism, experiments and observations, p. 6. Needle suspended to a chain of hair; a good way of trying the magnetism of bodies, p. 6. Of bodies best tried on a surface of quicksilver, p. 7. Directions for making experiments, p. 10. Effect of, on heated iron and steel, p. 12. Iron and steel lose some degree of strength by being heated, p. 15. Effect by decomposing the iron, p. 16. Observations on the variation of the needle, p. 22. Effect of the aurora borealis on magnets, p. 24.\n\nManuscripts,\nManuscripts, method of recovering the legibility of, p. 451.\n\nMaskelyne, Nevil, concerning the latitude and longitude of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, with remarks on a memorial of the late M. Cassini de Thury, p. 151.\n\nMercury, observation on the transit, May 4, 1786, at Dresden, p. 47. At St. Petersburg, p. 48. Observation of the right ascension and declination of Mercury out of the meridian, near his greatest elongation, Sept. 1786, p. 318.\n\nMeridian, difference of, between Greenwich and Paris, p. 180.\n\nMeteorological observations in Scotland, p. 61. Observations in 1786, p. 369.\n\nMicrometer, Equatorial, Improvements in, by Mr. Smeaton, p. 318.\n\nMidwifery, remarkable case of five children at one birth, p. 345. Proportion of twins to single births, p. 350. Instances of numerous births, p. 353.\n\nMoisture, on the quantity absorbed from the atmosphere by various substances under similar circumstances, p. 240.\n\nMoon, three volcanos in, p. 229. Observation on the Corona observed round it, p. 370.\n\nMore, Samuel, Account of an Earthquake felt in the Northern Parts of England, p. 35.\n\nMules, on their producing young, p. 253.\n\nN.\n\nNewton, Sir Isaac, on some improvement in algebra by him, p. 81.\n\nNicholson, William, the Principles and Illustration of an advantageous Method of arranging the Difference of Logarithms on Lines graduated for the Purpose of Computation, p. 246.\n\nO.\n\nOil of Whales, observations on, p. 391.\n\nOvarium; on the effect of extirpating one ovarium upon the number of young produced, p. 233.\n\nP.\n\nPappus, demonstration of propositions given by him, p. 75.\n\nParhelia, seen in North America, 1771, p. 44.\n\nParis, enquiry into the latitude of the Royal Observatory, p. 168. The mode proposed for determining the relative situations of the Royal Observatories of Greenwich and Paris, p. 188. Supplement, 465.\n\nPendulums, effect of heat and cold on, p. 203. Use of in discovering the figure of the earth, p. 203.\n\nPigs, experiment on the effect of one of the ovaria being extirpated, p. 236. Remarks on Hunter's experiments on the procreation of, p. 357.\n\nPlatina, on the magnetism of, p. 7.\n\nPoplar, cotton, power of extracting air from water, p. 105. 110.\n\nPorpoise, number of vertebrae in, p. 383. Number of ribs, p. 383.\nPortuguese, called upon to measure two degrees of longitude near the Fort of Macapa, p. 224.\n\nPotatoes, power of extracting air from water, p. 121.\n\nPrecepts made to the Royal Society, p. 458.\n\nQ.\n\nQuicksilver, the best surface for trying the magnetism of bodies, p. 8. Method of cleansing the surface of, p. 9.\n\nR.\n\nRain, Register of, at Lyndon, at Rutland, South Lambeth in Surrey, and Selborne and Fyfield, Hampshire, in 1786, p. 368.\n\nRamden, on his instrument for trigonometrical operations, p. 220.\n\nRefraction, tables of, should be made from the same instrument, by turning it to the North and to the South alternately, p. 180. Investigation of a method of allowing for refraction in astronomical observations, p. 318. Investigation of the effects of, p. 334.\n\nRovato, Joseph da, Account of the Places where, and the Manner in which, Borax is produced, Italian, p. 301. English, p. 471.\n\nRoy, William, an Account of the mode proposed to be followed in determining the relative Situation of the Royal Observatories of Greenwich and Paris, p. 188. Supplement to the account, p. 465.\n\nRumovsky, M., Observation of the Transit of Mercury, May 4, 1786, p. 47.\n\nRuffia, Empress, called upon to measure two degrees of longitude in high Northern latitudes, p. 225.\n\nS.\n\nSatellites, account of two revolving round the Georgian planet, p. 125.\n\nSaturn, determination of the heliocentric longitude of the descending node, p. 37.\n\nSchouten, improvements in algebra by him, p. 81.\n\nSense, organs of, in Whales, p. 425.\n\nSight, organ of, in Whales, p. 437.\n\nSilk, raw, power of attracting and separating air from water, p. 84, 100, 108, 110.\n\nSmeaton, John, an Observation of the right Ascension and Declination of Mercury out of the Meridian, near his greatest Elongation, Sept. 1786, p. 318.\n\nSmelling, Sense of, in Whales, p. 428.\n\nSpermaceti, on the situation of, in Whales, p. 390.\n\nSpleen of Whales, p. 412.\n\nStanhope, Charles Earl, Remarks on Mr. Brydone's Account of a remarkable Thunderstorm in Scotland, p. 130.\n\nStomach,\nStomach of the Whale, p. 407.\nSwartz, Olof, Description of the Chloranthus, a new Genus of Plants, p. 359.\n\nT.\n\nTeeth of Whales, p. 398.\nTelescope, Dollond's 9-feet refractor magnifies 104 times, p. 47. Use of a wire apparatus for, p. 55.\nThermometer, register of, at Lyndon in Rutland, in 1786, p. 368.\nThompson, Sir Benjamin, Experiments on the Production of dephlogisticated Air from Water with various Substances, p. 84. Experiments made to determine the positive and relative quantities of moisture absorbed from the atmosphere by various substances under similar circumstances, p. 240.\nThorax of Whales, p. 414.\nThunder-storm in Scotland, p. 61. Man and two horses killed, p. 62. Remarks on the account, p. 130.\nTime, methods of observing the astronomical differences of, p. 214.\nTongue of Whales, p. 426.\nTrigonometry, an operation in, proposed by Gen. Roy, p. 188.\n\nU.\n\nVegetables, power of extracting air from water, p. 99, 117.\nVertebræ, in Whales, p. 383. In the Porpoise, p. 383.\nVince, Samuel, on the Precession of the Equinoxes, p. 363.\nVitriolic acid, experiments on the action of on steel and iron, p. 17. Experiments on the congelation of, p. 267.\nVolcanos, three observed in the moon, p. 229.\nUreter of Whales, p. 413.\n\nW.\n\nWaddington, Margaret, case of her having five children at one birth, p. 346.\nWalker, experiments on the production of artificial cold, p. 282.\nWaring, Edward, on finding the values of algebraical quantities by converging series, and demonstrating and extending propositions given by Pappus and others, p. 71.\nWhales, observations on the structure and economy of, p. 371. Number of vertebrae in different species of, p. 383. Number of ribs, p. 383. Fins, p. 385. Flesh and muscles, p. 385. The tail, p. 386. The fat, p. 387. The skin, p. 394.\nTheir mode of catching food, p. 397. Whalebone, p. 400. The intestines, p. 405. Proportion of the several parts, p. 407. Stomach, p. 407. Intestines, p. 409. Liver, p. 410. Food, p. 411. Spleen, p. 412. Kidneys, p. 412. Ureter, p. 413. Bladder, p. 413. Capsules renales, p. 413. Blood, p. 413. Thorax, p. 414. Heart, p. 414. Arteries and blood of, p. 415. Larynx of, p. 316. Lungs, p. 418. Blow-hole, p. 420. Brain, p. 423. Organs of Sense, p. 425. Organ of sight in, p. 437. Parts of generation, p. 441. Explanation of plates, p. 447.\n\nWhirlwind on the Tweed, p. 67.\n\nWires, use of applying them to telescopes, p. 55.\n\nWolf, Jackal, and Dog, observations tending to shew them to be of the same species, p. 253. A litter of puppies from a Pomeranian bitch by a Wolf, p. 255.\n\nWollaston, Francis, Observations of Miss Herschel's Comet in August and September, p. 53.\n\nWool, power of drawing air from water, p. 96.\n\nFROM THE PRESS OF J. NICHOLS.",
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