{ "id": "fff3b1048a5c6cae9a05c7dcd5690575958629fa", "text": "ADVERTISEMENT.\n\nThe Committee appointed by the Royal Society to direct the publication of the Philosophical Transactions, take this opportunity to acquaint the Public, that it fully appears, as well from the council-books and journals of the Society, as from repeated declarations which have been made in several former Transactions, that the printing of them was always, from time to time, the single act of the respective Secretaries, till the Forty-seventh Volume: the Society, as a Body, never interesting themselves any further in their publication, than by occasionally recommending the revival of them to some of their Secretaries, when, from the particular circumstances of their affairs, the Transactions had happened for any length of time to be intermitted. And this seems principally to have been done with a view to satisfy the Public, that their usual meetings were then continued, for the improvement of knowledge, and benefit of mankind, the great ends of their first institution by the Royal Charters, and which they have ever since steadily pursued.\n\nBut the Society being of late years greatly enlarged, and their communications more numerous, it was thought advisable that a Committee of their members should be appointed, to reconsider the papers read before them, and select out of them such as they should judge most proper for publication in the future Transactions; which was accordingly done upon the 26th of March 1752. And the grounds of their choice are, and will continue to be, the importance and singularity of the subjects, or the advantageous manner of treating them; without pretending to answer for the certainty of the facts, or propriety of the reasonings, contained in the several papers so published, which must still rest on the credit or judgement of their respective authors.\n\nIt is likewise necessary on this occasion to remark, that it is an established rule of the Society, to which they will always adhere, never to give their opinion, as a Body,\nupon any subject, either of Nature or Art, that comes before them. And therefore\nthe thanks, which are frequently proposed from the Chair, to be given to the authors\nof such papers as are read at their accustomed meetings, or to the persons through\nwhose hands they received them, are to be considered in no other light than as a\nmatter of civility, in return for the respect shown to the Society by those communi-\ncations. The like also is to be said with regard to the several projects, inventions,\nand curiosities of various kinds, which are often exhibited to the Society; the authors\nwhereof, or those who exhibit them, frequently take the liberty to report and even to\ncertify in the public newspapers, that they have met with the highest applause and\napprobation. And therefore it is hoped that no regard will hereafter be paid to such\nreports and public notices; which in some instances have been too lightly credited,\nto the dishonour of the Society.\nI. On the Quantity and Quality of the Gases disengaged from the Thermal Spring which supplies the King’s Bath in the City of Bath. By Charles Daubeney, M.D. F.R.S. Professor of Chemistry in the University of Oxford . . . . page 1\n\nII. On the Empirical Laws of the Tides in the Port of London; with some Reflexions on the Theory. By the Rev. William Whewell, A.M. F.R.S. Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Cambridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15\n\nIII. On the Position of the North Magnetic Pole. By Commander James Clark Ross, R.N. F.R.S. F.R.A.S. F.L.S. &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47\n\nIV. Notice as to the supposed Identity of the large Mass of Meteoric Iron now in the British Museum, with the celebrated Otumpa Iron described by Rubin de Celis in the Philosophical Transactions for 1786. Communicated in a Letter from Woodbine Parish, Esq. F.R.S. to Charles König, Esq. Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53\n\nV. Experimental Researches in Electricity.—Sixth Series. By Michael Faraday, D.C.L. F.R.S. Fullerian Prof. Chem. Royal Institution, Corr. Memb. Royal and Imp. Acadd. of Sciences, Paris, Petersburgh, Florence, Copenhagen, Berlin, &c. &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55\n\nVI. Experimental Researches in Electricity.—Seventh Series. By Michael Faraday, D.C.L. F.R.S. Fullerian Prof. Chem. Royal Institution, Corr. Memb. Royal and Imp. Acadd. of Sciences, Paris, Petersburgh, Florence, Copenhagen, Berlin, &c. &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77\n\nVII. On the Theory of the Moon. By John William Lubbock, Esq. V.P. and Treas. R.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123\n\nVIII. On the Theory of the Moon. By John William Lubbock, Esq. V.P. and Treas. R.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127\nIX. On the Tides. By John William Lubbock, Esq. V.P. and Treas. R.S. . . 143\n\nX. On the Nature of Death. By A. P. W. Philip, M.D. F.R.S. L. & E. &c. . . 167\n\nXI. An Account of a Concave Achromatic Glass Lens, as adapted to the Wired Micrometer when applied to a Telescope, which has the property of increasing the magnifying power of the Telescope without increasing the diameter of the Micrometer Wires. By George Dollond, F.R.S. &c. . . . . . . . . . . 199\n\nXII. On the Principle of Construction and general Application of the Negative Achromatic Lens to Telescopes and Eyepieces of every description. By Peter Barlow, Esq. F.R.S. &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205\n\nXIII. Some Suggestions relative to the best Method of employing the New Zenith Telescope lately erected at the Royal Observatory. By John Pond, Esq. A.R. F.R.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209\n\nAPPENDIX.\n\nMeteorological Journal kept at the Apartments of the Royal Society, by order of the President and Council.\nA List of Public Institutions and Individuals, entitled to receive a copy of the Philosophical Transactions of each year, on making application for the same directly or through their respective agents, within five years of the date of publication.\n\nIn the British Dominions.\n\nThe King's Library.\nThe British Museum.\nSion College Library.\nThe Bodleian Library, Oxford.\nThe Radcliffe Library, Oxford.\nThe Cambridge University Library.\nThe Edinburgh College Library.\nAdvocates' Library, Edinburgh.\nThe University of Glasgow.\nThe University of Aberdeen.\nThe University of St. Andrews.\nThe University of Trinity College, Dublin.\nThe Library of King's Inn, Dublin.\nThe Royal College of Physicians.\nThe Society of Antiquaries.\nThe Linnean Society.\nThe Royal Institution of Great Britain.\nThe Society for the Encouragement of Arts.\nThe Geological Society.\nThe Horticultural Society.\nThe Royal Astronomical Society.\nThe Royal Asiatic Society.\nThe Medical and Chirurgical Society.\nThe London Institution.\nThe Cambridge University Philosophical Society.\nThe Royal Society of Edinburgh.\nThe Royal Irish Academy.\nThe Royal Dublin Society.\nThe Asiatic Society at Calcutta.\nThe Royal Artillery Library at Woolwich.\nThe Royal Observatory at Greenwich.\nThe Observatory at Dublin.\nThe Observatory at Armagh.\nThe Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope.\nThe Observatory at Madras.\nThe Observatory at St. Helena.\nThe Observatory at Paramatta.\n\nDenmark.\nThe Royal Society of Sciences at Copenhagen.\nThe Royal Observatory at Altona.\n\nFrance.\nThe Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris.\nThe Royal Academy of Sciences at Thoulouse.\nThe École des Mines at Paris.\nThe Geographical Society at Paris.\nThe Entomological Society of France.\n\nGermany.\nThe University at Göttingen.\nThe Caesarean Academy of Naturalists at Bonn.\nThe Observatory at Manheim.\n\nItaly.\nThe Italian Society of Sciences at Modena.\nThe Royal Academy of Sciences at Turin.\n\nSwitzerland.\nThe Société de Phys. et d'Hist. Nat. at Geneva.\n\nBelgium.\nThe Royal Academy of Sciences at Brussels.\n\nSpain.\nThe Royal Observatory at Cadiz.\n\nPortugal.\nThe Royal Academy of Sciences at Lisbon.\n\nPrussia.\nThe Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin.\n\nRussia.\nThe Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg.\n\nSweden and Norway.\nThe Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm.\nThe Royal Society of Sciences at Drontheim.\n\nUnited States.\nThe American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia.\nThe New York Philosophical Society.\nThe American Academy of Sciences at Boston.\nThe Library of Harvard College.\nThe fifty Foreign Members of the Royal Society.\nA List of Public Institutions and Individuals, entitled to receive a copy of the Astronomical Observations made at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, on making application for the same directly or through their respective agents, within five years of the date of publication.\n\nIn the British Dominions.\n\nThe King's Library.\nThe Board of Ordnance.\nThe British Museum.\nThe Royal Society.\nThe Bodleian Library, Oxford.\nThe Savilian Library, Oxford.\nThe Library of Trinity College, Cambridge.\nThe King's Observatory at Richmond.\nThe Royal Observatory at Greenwich.\nThe University of Aberdeen.\nThe University of St. Andrews.\nThe University of Dublin.\nThe University of Edinburgh.\nThe University of Glasgow.\nThe Observatory at Oxford.\nThe Observatory at Cambridge.\nThe Observatory at Dublin.\nThe Observatory at Armagh.\nThe Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope.\nThe Observatory at Paramatta.\nThe Observatory at Madras.\nThe Observatory at St. Helena.\nThe Royal Astronomical Society.\nThe Royal Institution of Great Britain.\nThe Royal Society, Edinburgh.\nThe Astronomical Institution, Edinburgh.\nThe President of the Royal Society.\nThe Lowndes's Professor of Astronomy, Cambridge.\nThe Plumian Professor of Astronomy, Cambridge.\nThe Lord Bishop of Cloyne.\nFrancis Baily, Esq.\nThomas Henderson, Esq. of Edinburgh.\nThe Rev. Thomas John Hussey.\nJohn William Lubbock, Esq. V.P. and Treas. R.S.\nCaptain W. H. Smyth, R.N. of Bedford.\nSir James South, Observatory, Kensington.\nLieutenant Stratford, R.N.\nMr. Thomas Taylor, Greenwich.\nEdward Troughton, Esq.\n\nIn Foreign Countries.\n\nThe Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin.\nThe Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris.\nThe Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg.\nThe Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm.\nThe Royal Society of Sciences at Upsal.\nThe Board of Longitude of France.\nThe University of Göttingen.\nThe University of Leyden.\nThe Academy of Bologna.\nThe American Academy of Sciences at Boston.\nThe American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia.\nThe Library of Harvard College.\nThe Observatory at Åbo.\nThe Observatory at Altona.\nThe Observatory at Berlin.\nThe Observatory at Brussels.\nThe Observatory at Cadiz.\nThe Observatory at Coimbra.\nThe Observatory at Copenhagen.\nThe Observatory at Dorpat.\nThe Observatory at Königsberg.\nThe Observatory at Manheim.\nThe Observatory at Marseilles.\nThe Observatory at Milan.\nThe Observatory at Palermo.\nThe Observatory at Paris.\nThe Observatory at Seeberg.\nThe Observatory at Vienna.\nThe Observatory at Wilna.\nProfessor Bessel, of Königsberg.\nDr. William Olbers, of Bremen.\nROYAL MEDALS.\n\nHIS MAJESTY KING WILLIAM THE FOURTH, in restoring the Foundation of the Royal Medals, graciously Commanded a Letter, of which the following is an extract, to be addressed to the Royal Society, through His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, K.G., President:\n\n\"It is His Majesty's wish,—\n\"First, That the Two Gold Medals, value of Fifty Guineas each, shall henceforth be awarded on the day of the Anniversary Meeting of the Royal Society, on each ensuing year, for the most important discoveries in any one principal subject or branch of knowledge.\n\"Secondly, That the subject matter of inquiry shall be previously settled and propounded by the Council of the Royal Society, three years preceding the day of such award.\n\"Thirdly, That Literary Men of all nations shall be invited to afford the aid of their talents and research: and,\n\"Fourthly, That for the ensuing three successive years, the said Two Medals shall be awarded to such important discoveries, or series of investigations, as shall be sufficiently established, or completed to the satisfaction of the Council, within the last five years of the days of award, for the years 1834 and 1835, including the present year, and for which the Author shall not have previously received an honorary reward.\"\n\n(Signed) \"H. Taylor.\"\n\nThe Council propose to give one of the Royal Medals in the year 1836, to the most important unpublished paper in Astronomy, communicated to the Royal Society for\ninsertion in their Transactions, after the present date and prior to the month of June in the year 1836.\n\nThe Council also propose to give one of the Royal Medals in the year 1836 to the most important unpublished paper in Animal Physiology, communicated to the Royal Society for insertion in their Transactions, after the present date and prior to the month of June in the year 1836.\n\nThe Royal Medals for the year 1833 were awarded to\n\nSir John Frederick William Herschel, K.H. F.R.S.,\n\nfor his Paper on the Investigation of the Orbits of Revolving Double Stars; and to\n\nProfessor Auguste Pyrame de Candolle, of Geneva, Foreign Member of the Royal Society,\n\nfor his Discoveries and Investigations in Vegetable Physiology.\n\nThose for 1834 were awarded to\n\nJohn William Lubbock, Esq., V.P. & Treas. R.S.,\n\nfor his Papers on the Tides published in the Philosophical Transactions; and to\n\nCharles Lyell, Esq.,\n\nfor his Work entitled \"Principles of Geology.\"\n\nThe Council propose to give one of the Royal Medals in the year 1837 to the most important unpublished paper in Physics, communicated to the Royal Society for insertion in their Transactions, after the present date and prior to the month of June in that year.\n\nThe Council also propose to give one of the Royal Medals in the year 1837 to the author of the best paper, to be entitled \"Contributions towards a System of Geological Chronology founded on an examination of fossil remains, and their attendant phenomena,\" such paper to be communicated to the Royal Society after the present date and prior to the month of June 1837.\nXIV. On some Elementary Laws of Electricity. By W. Snow Harris, Esq. F.R.S. &c. .................................................. page 213\n\nXV. On a General Method in Dynamics; by which the Study of the Motions of all free Systems of attracting or repelling Points is reduced to the Search and Differentiation of one central Relation, or characteristic Function. By William Rowan Hamilton, Member of several scientific Societies in the British Dominions, and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Andrews' Professor of Astronomy in the University of Dublin, and Royal Astronomer of Ireland. Communicated by Captain Beaufort, R.N. F.R.S. ........................................................................... 247\n\nXVI. An Investigation of the Laws which govern the Motion of Steam Vessels, deduced from Experiments. By Peter W. Barlow, Esq. Civil Engineer. Communicated by Peter Barlow, Esq. F.R.S. ........................................................................................................ 309\n\nXVII. On the Generation of the Marsupial Animals, with a Description of the Impregnated Uterus of the Kangaroo. By Richard Owen, Esq., M.R.C.S. and Assistant Conservator of the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, London. Communicated by Sir Anthony Carlisle, F.R.S. ........................................................................................................ 333\n\nXVIII. Some Observations on the Structure and Functions of tubular and cellular Polypi, and of Ascidiae. By Joseph Jackson Lister, Esq. F.R.S. ........................................................................................................ 365\n\nXIX. On the Nervous System of the Sphinx ligustri, Linn., (Part II.) during the latter stages of its Pupa and its Imago state; and on the Means by which its Development is effected. By George Newport, Esq. Communicated by P. M. Roget, M.D. Sec. R.S. ........................................................................................................ 389\n\nXX. Experimental Researches in Electricity.—Eighth Series. By Michael Faraday, D.C.L. F.R.S. Fullerian Prof. Chem. Royal Institution, Corr. Memb. Royal and Imp. Acad. of Sciences, Paris, Petersburg, Florence, Copenhagen, Berlin, &c. .................................................................................................................................. 425\n\nXXI. On the Functions of some parts of the Brain, and on the relations between the Brain and Nerves of Motion and Sensation. By Sir Charles Bell, F.R.S. .................................................................................................................................. 471\n\nXXII. On the repulsive Power of Heat. By the Rev. Baden Powell, M.A. F.R.S. Savilian Professor of Geometry in the University of Oxford ......................................................................................... 485\nXXIII. *On the Equilibrium of a Mass of Homogeneous Fluid at liberty.* By James Ivory, K.H. M.A. F.R.S. Institut. Reg. Sc. Paris. Corresp., et Reg. Sc. Gottin. Corresp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 491\n\nXXIV. *Observations on the Torpedo, with an account of some additional Experiments on its Electricity.* By John Davy, M.D. F.R.S. Assistant Inspector of Army Hospitals. Communicated by Sir James McGrigor, Bart. F.R.S. Director General of the Army Medical Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531\n\nXXV. *Some Remarks in reply to Dr. Daubeney's Note on the Air disengaged from the Sea over the Site of the recent Volcano in the Mediterranean.* By John Davy, M.D. F.R.S. Assistant Inspector of Army Hospitals . . . . . . . . . . . . 551\n\nXXVI. *On the Ova of the Ornithorhynchus paradoxus.* By Richard Owen, Esq. Assistant Conservator of the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in London. Communicated by Sir Anthony Carlisle, F.R.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . 555\n\nXXVII. *Observations on the Motions of Shingle Beaches.* By Henry R. Palmer, Esq. F.R.S. Civil Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567\n\nXXVIII. *Analysis of the Moira Brine Spring near Ashby-de-la-Zouche, Leicestershire; with Researches on the Extraction of Bromine.* By Andrew Ure, M.D. F.R.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577\n\nXXIX. *An Account of some Experiments to measure the Velocity of Electricity and the Duration of Electric Light.* By Charles Wheatstone, Esq. Professor of Experimental Philosophy in King’s College, London. Communicated by Michael Faraday, Esq. F.R.S. &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583\n\nIndex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593\n\n**ERRATA.**\n\nPhil. 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