{ "id": "81126a9da3fc4dd9b703f38480a7d7413c78f19b", "text": "The 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.\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 Admiralty Library.\nThe Radcliffe Library, Oxford.\nThe Royal Geographical Society.\nThe United Service Museum.\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 Royal Society of Literature.\nThe Medical and Chirurgical Society.\nThe London Institution.\nThe Entomological Society of London.\nThe Zoological Society of London.\nThe Institute of British Architects.\nThe Institution of Civil Engineers.\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 Paramatta.\nThe Observatory at Edinburgh.\n\nDenmark.\n\nThe Royal Society of Sciences at Copenhagen.\nThe Royal Observatory at Altona.\n\nFrance.\n\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.\nThe Dépôt de la Marine, Paris.\nThe Geological Society of France.\nThe Jardin des Plantes, Paris.\n\nGermany.\n\nThe University at Göttingen.\nThe Cæsarean Academy of Naturalists at Bonn.\nThe Observatory at Manheim.\n\nItaly.\n\nThe Italian Society of Sciences at Modena.\nThe Royal Academy of Sciences at Turin.\n\nSwitzerland.\n\nThe Société de Phys. et d'Hist. Nat. at Geneva.\n\nBelgium.\n\nThe Royal Academy of Sciences at Brussels.\n\nNetherlands.\n\nThe Royal Institute of Amsterdam.\n\nSpain.\n\nThe Royal Observatory at Cadiz.\n\nPortugal.\n\nThe Royal Academy of Sciences at Lisbon.\n\nPrussia.\n\nThe Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin.\n\nRussia.\n\nThe Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg.\n\nSweden and Norway.\n\nThe Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm.\nThe Royal Society of Sciences at Drontheim.\n\nUnited States.\n\nThe American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia.\nThe New York Philosophical Society.\nThe American Academy of Sciences at Boston.\nThe Library of Harvard College.\n\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 two years of the date of publication.\n\nIn the British Dominions.\n\nThe King's Library.\nThe Board of Ordnance.\nThe Royal Society.\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 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.\nFrancis Baily, Esq. V.P. and Treas. R.S.\nThomas Henderson, Esq. of Edinburgh.\nJohn William Lubbock, Esq.\nCaptain W. H. Smyth, R.N. of Bedford.\nSir James South, Observatory, Kensington.\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 Helsingfors.\nThe Observatory at Altona.\nThe Observatory at Berlin.\nThe Observatory at Breslau.\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 Munich.\nThe Observatory at Palermo.\nThe Observatory at Paris.\nThe Observatory at Seeberg.\nThe Observatory at Vienna.\nThe Observatory at Tubingen.\nThe Observatory at Wilna.\nProfessor Bessel, of Königsberg.\nDr. William Olbers, of Bremen.\nThe Dépôt de la Marine, Paris.\nThe Bowden College, United States.\nThe Waterville College, United States.\nROYAL MEDALS.\n\nHER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA, in restoring the Foundation of the Royal Medals, has been graciously pleased to approve of the following regulations for the award of them:\n\nThat the Royal Medals be given for such papers only as have been presented to the Royal Society, and inserted in their Transactions.\n\nThat the triennial Cycle of subjects be the same as that hitherto in operation: viz.\n1. Astronomy; Physiology, including the Natural History of Organized Beings.\n2. Physics; Geology and Mineralogy.\n3. Mathematics; Chemistry.\n\nThat, in case no paper, coming within these stipulations, should be considered deserving of the Royal Medal, in any given year, the Council have the power of awarding such Medal to the author of any other paper on either of the several subjects forming the Cycle, that may have been presented to the Society and inserted in their Transactions; preference being given to the subjects of the year immediately preceding: the award being, in such case, subject to the approbation of Her Majesty.\n\nThe Council propose to give one of the Royal Medals in the year 1840 for the most important unpublished paper in Physics, communicated to the Royal Society for insertion in their Transactions after the termination of the Session in June 1837, and prior to the termination of the Session in June 1840.\n\nThe Council propose also to give one of the Royal Medals in the year 1840 for the most important unpublished paper in Geology or Mineralogy, communicated to the\nRoyal Society for insertion in their Transactions after the termination of the Session in June 1837, and prior to the termination of the Session in June 1840.\n\nThe Council propose to give one of the Royal Medals in the year 1841 for the most important unpublished paper in Mathematics, communicated to the Royal Society for insertion in their Transactions after the termination of the Session in June 1838, and prior to the termination of the Session in June 1841.\n\nThe Council propose also to give one of the Royal Medals in the year 1841 for the most important unpublished paper in Chemistry, communicated to the Royal Society for insertion in their Transactions after the termination of the Session in June 1838, and prior to the termination of the Session in June 1841.\n\nThe Council propose to give one of the Royal Medals in the year 1842 for the most important unpublished paper in Astronomy, communicated to the Royal Society for insertion in their Transactions after the termination of the Session in June 1839, and prior to the termination of the Session in June 1842.\n\nThe Council propose also to give one of the Royal Medals in the year 1842 for the most important unpublished paper in Physiology, including the Natural History of Organized Beings, communicated to the Royal Society for insertion in their Transactions after the termination of the Session in June 1839, and prior to the termination of the Session in June 1842.\nADJUDICATION of the Medals of the Royal Society for the year 1838 by His Royal Highness the President and Council.\n\nThe Rumford Medal to James David Forbes, Esq., F.R.S., for his \"Experiments on the Polarization of Heat,\" published in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.\n\nA Copley Medal to Professor K. F. Gauss, For. Memb. R.S., for his \"Inventions and Mathematical Researches on Magnetism.\"\n\nAnother Copley Medal to Michael Faraday, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S., for his \"Researches on Specific Electrical Induction.\"\n\nThe Royal Medal, in the department of Chemistry, to Thomas Graham, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., for his paper entitled \"Inquiries respecting the Constitution of Salts, of Oxalates, Nitrates, Phosphates, Sulphates, and Chlorides,\" published in the Philosophical Transactions for 1836.\n\nThe Royal Medal, in the department of Mathematics, to William Henry Fox Talbot, Esq., F.R.S., for his papers entitled \"Researches in the Integral Calculus,\" published in the Philosophical Transactions for 1836 and 1837.\nCONTENTS.\n\nI. Experimental Researches in Electricity.—Fifteenth Series. By Michael Faraday, Esq., D.C.L. F.R.S. Fullerian Prof. Chem. Royal Institution, Corr. Memb. Royal and Imp. Acad. of Sciences, Paris, Petersburgh, Florence, Copenhagen, Berlin, Gottingen, Modena, Stockholm, &c. &c. . . . . . . . . . page 1\n\nII. On the Application of the Conversion of Chlorates and Nitrates into Chlorides, and of Chlorides into Nitrates, to the determination of several equivalent numbers. By Frederick Penny, Esq. Communicated by H. Hennell, Esq. F.R.S. . . . . . . . . 13\n\nIII. Researches on the Chemical Equivalents of Certain Bodies. By Richard Phillips, F.R.S., &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35\n\nIV. Observations on the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy, and of other parts of Lochaber in Scotland, with an attempt to prove that they are of marine origin. By Charles Darwin, Esq., M.A. F.R.S. Sec. G.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39\n\nV. An Account of the Fall of a Meteoric Stone in the Cold Bokkeveld, Cape of Good Hope. By Thomas Maclear, Esq. F.R.S. &c., in a Letter to Sir John F. W. Herschel, Bart. V.P.R.S. &c. &c. Communicated by Sir J. F. W. Herschel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83\n\nChemical Account of the Cold Bokkeveld Meteoric Stone. By Michael Faraday, Esq. D.C.L. F.R.S. &c., in a Letter to Sir J. F. W. Herschel, Bart. V.P.R.S. &c. &c. Communicated by Sir J. F. W. Herschel, Bart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86\n\nVI. Fifth Letter on Voltaic Combinations, with some Account of the Effects of a large Constant Battery. Addressed to Michael Faraday, Esq. D.C.L. F.R.S., Fullerian Prof. Chem. Royal Institution, &c. &c. &c. By J. Frederic Daniell, Esq. F.R.S., Prof. Chem. in King's College, London . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89\n\nVII. On the Electrolysis of Secondary Compounds. In a Letter addressed to Michael Faraday, Esq. D.C.L. F.R.S., Fullerian Prof. Chem. Royal Institution, &c. &c. &c. By J. Frederic Daniell, Esq. F.R.S., Prof. Chem. in King's College, London . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97\n\nVIII. On a new Equiatomic Compound of Bicyanide with Binoxide of Mercury. By\nJames F. W. Johnston, Esq. M.A. F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy in the University of Durham\n\nIX. On the Constitution of the Resins. By James F. W. Johnston, Esq. M.A. F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy in the University of Durham.\n\nX. On the Male Organs of some of the Cartilaginous Fishes. By John Davy, M.D. F.R.S., Assistant Inspector of Army Hospitals\n\nXI. Researches on the Tides.—Tenth Series. On the Laws of Low Water at the Port of Plymouth, and on the Permanency of Mean Water. By the Rev. W. Whewell, B.D. F.R.S., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge\n\nXII. Researches on the Tides.—Eleventh Series. On certain Tide Observations made in the Indian Seas. By the Rev. W. Whewell, B.D. F.R.S., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge\n\nXIII. Account of Experiments on Iron-built Ships, instituted for the purpose of discovering a correction for the deviation of the Compass produced by the Iron of the Ships. By George Biddell Airy, Esq. A.M. F.R.S., Astronomer Royal\nADJUDICATION of the Medals of the Royal Society for the year 1839 by the President and Council.\n\nThe Copley Medal to Robert Brown, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S., for his discoveries, during a series of years, on the subject of Vegetable Impregnation.\n\nThe Royal Medal, in the department of Astronomy, to James Ivory, Esq., K.H., F.R.S., for his paper entitled \"On the theory of the Astronomical Refractions,\" published in the Philosophical Transactions for 1838.\n\nThe Royal Medal, in the department of Physiology, including the Natural History of Organized Beings, to Martin Barry, M.D., for his papers entitled \"Researches in Embryology,\" published in the Philosophical Transactions for 1838 and 1839.\nXIV. THE BAKERIAN LECTURE.—Inquiries concerning the Elementary Laws of Electricity.—Third Series. By W. Snow Harris, Esq. F.R.S. . . . . . page 215\n\nXV. On the Conditions of Equilibrium of an Incompressible Fluid, the Particles of which are acted upon by Accelerating Forces. By James Ivory, K.H. M.A. F.R.S. L. & E., Instit. Reg. Sc. Paris, Corresp. et Reg. Sc. Gottn. Corresp. . . . 243\n\nNote of Mr. Ivory relating to the correcting of an error in a Paper printed in the Philosophical Transactions for 1838, pp. 57, &c. . . . . . . . . 265\n\nXVI. Report of a Geometrical Measurement of the Height of the Aurora Borealis above the Earth. By the Rev. James Farquharson, LL.D. F.R.S., Minister of the Parish of Alford. Communicated by Major Sabine, R.A. F.R.S. &c. . . . 267\n\nXVII. On the Constitution of the Resins. Part II. By James F. W. Johnston, Esq. M.A., F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy in the University of Durham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281\n\nXVIII. On the Constitution of the Resins. Part III. By James F. W. Johnston, Esq. M.A., F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy in the University of Durham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n\nXIX. Researches in Embryology.—Second Series. By Martin Barry, M.D. F.R.S.E., Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh. Communicated by P. M. Roget, M.D. Sec. R.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307\n\nXX. Researches in Physical Geology. By W. Hopkins, Esq. M.A. F.R.S., Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, of the Geological Society, and of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.—First Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381\n\nXXI. A Description of a Hydropneumatic Baroscope. By John Thomas Cooper, Esq. Communicated by William Thomas Brande, Esq. F.R.S. . . . . . . . . . . 425\n\nIndex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433\n\nAPPENDIX.\n\nPresents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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