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The Croonian Lecture. On the Power of the Eye to adjust itself to

different Distances, when deprived of the Crystalline Lens. By

Everard Home, Esq. F.R.S..

The Bakerian Lecture. On the Theory of Light and Colours. By

Thomas Young, M.D. F.R.S.

An Analysis of a mineral Substance from North America, containing

a Metal hitherto unknown. By Charles Hatchett, Esq. F.R.S.

A Description of the Anatomy of the Ornithorhynchus paradoxus. By

Everard Home, Esq. F.R.Š.

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On the Independence of the analytical and geometrical Methods of

Investigation; and on the Advantages to be derived from their

Separation. By Robert Woodhouse, A.M.

Observations and Experiments upon oxygenized and hyperoxygenized

Muriatic Acid; and upon some Combinations of the Muriatic Acid in

its three States. By Richard Chenevix, Esq. F.R.S. and M.R.I.A..

Experiments and Observations on certain Stony and Metalline Sub-

stances, which at different Times are said to have fallen on the

Earth; also on various Kinds of native Iron. By Edward Howard,

Esq. F.R.S. . . .

Observations on the two lately discovered celestial Bodies. By William

Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S.

Description of the Corundum Stone and its Varieties, commonly known

by the Names of Oriental Ruby, Sapphire, &c.; with Observations

on some other Mineral Substances. By the Count de Bournon, F.R.S.

Analysis of Corundum, and of some of the Substances which accom-

pany it; with Observations on the Affinities which the Earths have

been supposed to have for each other, in the humid Way. By

Richard Chenevix, Esq. F.R.S. and M.R.I.A.

Description of the Anatomy of the Ornithorhynchus Hystrix. By

Everard Home, Esq. F.R.S.

A Method of examining refractive and dispersive Powers, by prismatic

Reflection. By William Hyde Wollaston, M.D. F.R.S. . .

On the oblique Refraction of Iceland Crystal. By William Hyde

Wollaston, M.D. F.R.S.

An Account of some Cases of the Production of Colours, not hitherto

described. By Thomas Young, M.D. F.R.S.

On the Composition of Emery. By Smithson Tennant, Esq. F.R.S..

Quelques Remarques sur la Chaleur, et sur l'Action des Corps qui

l'interceptent. Par P. Prevost.

Of the Rectification of the Conic Sections. By the Rev. John Hellins,

B.D. F.R.S.....

Catalogue of 500 new Nebulæ, nebulous Stars, planetary Nebulæ, and

Clusters of Stars; with Remarks on the Construction of the Heavens.

By William Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S.

The Bakerian Lecture. Observations on the Quantity of horizontal

Refraction; with a Method of measuring the Dip at Sea. By William

Hyde Wollaston, M.D. F.R.S.....

A chemical Analysis of some Calamines. By James Smithson, Esq.

Experiments on the Quantity of Gases absorbed by Water, at different

Temperatures, and under different Pressures. By Mr. William Henry 103

Experiments and Observations on the various Alloys, on the specific

Gravity, and on the comparative Wear of Gold. Being the Sub-

stance of a Report made to the Right Honourable the Lords of the

Committee of Privy Council, appointed to take into Consideration

the State of the Coins of this Kingdom, and the present Establish-

ment and Constitution of His Majesty's Mint. By Charles Hatchett,

Observations on the chemical Nature of the Humours of the Eye. By

Richard Chenevix, Esq. F.R.S. and M.R.I.A.

An Account of some Stones said to have fallen on the Earth in France;

and of a Lump of native Iron, said to have fallen in India. By the

Right Hon. Charles Greville, F.R.S. ...

Observations on the Structure of the Tongue; illustrated by Cases in

which a Portion of that Organ has been removed by Ligature. By

Everard Home, Esq. F.R.S.

Observations of the Transit of Mercury over the Disc of the Sun; to

which is added, an Investigation of the Causes which often prevent

the proper Action of Mirrors. By William Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S.. 112

An Account of some Experiments and Observations on the constituent

Parts of certain astringent Vegetables; and on their Operation in

Tanning. By Humphry Davy, Esq.

Account of some Experiments on the Descent of the Sap in Trees. In

a Letter from Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. to the Right Hon. Sir

Joseph Banks, Bart. K.B. P.R.S.

Inquiries concerning the Nature of a metallic Substance lately sold in

London, as a new Metal, under the Title of Palladium. By Richard

Chenevix, Esq. F.R.S. and M.R.I.A.

An Account of the sinking of the Dutch Frigate Ambuscade, of 32

Guns, near the Great Nore; with the Mode used in recovering her.

By Mr. Joseph Whidbey . . .

Observations on a new Species of hard Carbonate of Lime; also on a

new Species of Oxide of Iron. By the Count de Bournon, F.R.S.

Account of the Changes that have happened, during the last Twenty-

five Years, in the relative Situation of Double-stars; with an Inves-

tigation of the Cause to which they are owing. By William Her-

schel, LL.D. F.R.S....

An Account of the Measurement of an Arc of the Meridian, extending

from Dunnose, in the Isle of Wight, Latitude 50° 37' 8", to Clifton

in Yorkshire, Latitude 53° 27' 31", in course of the Operations car-

ried on for the Trigonometrical Survey of England, in the Years

1800, 1801, and 1802. By Major William Mudge, F.R.S.

The Bakerian Lecture. Experiments and Calculations relative to phy-

sical Optics. By Thomas Young, M.D. F.R.S. . .
page 131

Continuation of an Account of a peculiar Arrangement in the Arteries

distributed on the Muscles of slow-moving Animals, &c. In a Letter

from Mr. Anthony Carlisle to John Symmons, Esq. F.R.S...... 132

An Account of a curious Phenomenon observed on the Glaciers of

Chamouny; together with some occasional Observations concerning

the Propagation of Heat in Fluids. By Benjamin Count of Rumford,

Description of a triple Sulphuret, of Lead, Antimony, and Copper,

from Cornwall; with some Observations upon the various Modes of

Attraction which influence the Formation of Mineral Substances,

and upon the different Kinds of Sulphuret of Copper. By the Count

de Bournon, F.R.S. and L.S...

Analysis of a triple Sulphuret, of Lead, Antimony, and Copper, from

Cornwall. By Charles Hatchett, Esq. F.R.S...

Observations on the Orifices found in certain poisonous Snakes, situated

between the Nostril and the Eye. By Patrick Russell, M.D. F.R.S.

With some Remarks on the Structure of those Orifices; and the

Description of a Bag connected with the Eye, met with in the same

Snakes. By Everard Home, Esq. F.R.S..

An Inquiry concerning the Nature of Heat, and the Mode of its Com-

munication. By Benjamin Count of Rumford, V.P.R.S. . . . . . .

Experiments and Observations on the Motion of the Sap in Trees. In

a Letter from Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. to the Right Hon. Sir

Joseph Banks, Bart. K.B. P.R.S.

Analytical Experiments and Observations on Lac. By Charles Hat-

chett, Esq. F.R.S.

On the Integration of certain differential Expressions, with which

Problems in physical Astronomy are connected, &c. By Robert

Woodhouse, A.M. F.R.S..

Observations on Basalt, and on the Transition from the vitreous to the

stony Texture, which occurs in the gradual Refrigeration of melted

Basalt; with some geological Remarks. In a Letter from Gregory

Watt, Esq. to the Right Hon. Charles Greville, V.P.R.S.

An Analysis of the magnetical Pyrites; with Remarks on some of the

other Sulphurets of Iron. By Charles Hatchett, Esq. F.R.S. . . . 155

Remarks on the voluntary Expansion of the Skin of the Neck, in the

Cobra de Capello or hooded Snake of the East Indies. By Patrick

Russell, M.D. F.R.S. With a Description of the Structure of the

Parts which perform that Office. By Everard Home, Esq. F.R.S. . 157

Continuation of an Account of the Changes that have happened in the

relative Situation of double Stars. By William Herschel, LL.D.

Observations on the Change of some of the proximate Principles of

Vegetables into Bitumen; with analytical Experiments on a pecu-

liar Substance which is found with the Bovey Coal. By Charles

Hatchett, Esq. F.R.S.

On two Metals, found in the black Powder remaining after the Solu-

tion of Platina. By Smithson Tennant, Esq. F.R.S....

On a new Metal, found in crude Platina. By William Hyde Wollas-

ton, M.D. F.R.S.

The Croonian Lecture, on Muscular Mion. By Anthony Carlisle,

Experiments for ascertaining how far Telescopes will enable us to

determine very small Angles, and to distinguish the real from the

spurious Diameters of celestial and terrestrial Objects: with an

Application of the Result of these Experiments to a Series of Ob-

servations on the Nature and Magnitude of Mr. Harding's lately

discovered Star. By William Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S. . . .

An Essay on the Cohesion of Fluids. By Thomas Young, M.D. For.

Concerning the State in which the true Sap of Trees is deposited during

Winter. In a Letter from Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. to the

Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K.B. P.R.S..

On the Action of Platina and Mercury upon each other. By Richard

Chenevix, Esq. F.R.S. M.R.I.A. &c.

An Investigation of all the Changes of the variable Star in Sobieski's

Shield, from five Years' Observations, exhibiting its proportional il-

luminated Parts, and its Irregularities of Rotation; with Conjectures

respecting unenlightened heavenly Bodies. By Edward Pigott, Esq. 180

An Account of some analytical Experiments on a mineral Production

from Devonshire, consisting principally of Alumine and Water. By

Humphry Davy, Esq. F.R.S.

Experiments on Wootz. By Mr. David Mushet

Abstract of Observations on a diurnal Variation of the Barometer be-

tween the Tropics. By J. Horsburgh, Esq. . . .

Concerning the Differences in the magnetic Needle, on Board the In-

vestigator, arising from an Alteration in the Direction of the Ship's

Head. By Matthew Flinders, Esq.

The Physiology of the Stapes, one of the Bones of the Organ of Hear-

ing; deduced from a comparative View of its Structure and Uses in

different Animals. By Anthony Carlisle, Esq. F.R.S.

On an artificial Substance which possesses the principal characteristic

Properties of Tannin. By Charles Hatchett, Esq. F.R.S. . . . . . 190

The Case of a full-grown Woman in whom the Ovaria were deficient.

By Mr. Charles Pears, F.L.S.

A Description of Malformation in the Heart of an Infant. By Mr.

Hugh Chudleigh Standert. . .

On a Method of analysing Stones containing fixed Alkali, by Means of

the Boracic Acid. By Humphry Davy, Esq. F.R.S.

On the Direction and Velocity of the Motion of the Sun, and Solar

System. By William Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S.

On the Reproduction of Buds. By Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. F.R.S. 200

Some Account of two Mummies of the Egyptian Ibis, one of which was

in a remarkably perfect State. By John Pearson, Esq. F.R.S.

Observations on the singular Figure of the Planet Saturn. By William

Herschel, LL.D. F.R.S.

On the magnetic Attraction of Oxides of Iron. By Timothy Lane,

Additional Experiments and Remarks on an artificial Substance, which

possesses the principal characteristic Properties of Tannin. By

Charles Hatchett, Esq. F.R.S.

On the Discovery of Palladium; with Observations on other Substances

found with Platina. By William Hyde Wollaston, M.D. Sec. R.S. 207

Experiments on a Mineral Substance formerly supposed to be Zeolite ;

with some Remarks on two Species of Uran-glimmer. By the Rev.

William Gregor. .

The Croonian Lecture, on the Arrangement and mechanical Action of

the Muscles of Fishes. By Anthony Carlisle, Esq. F.R.S. F.L.S.. page 210

The Bakerian Lecture, on the Force of Percussion. By William Hyde

Wollaston, M.D. Sec. R.S. . .

Mémoire sur les Quantités imaginaires. Par M. Buée . . . .

Chemical Experiments on Guaiacum. By Mr. William Brande.

On the Direction of the Radicle and Germen during the Vegetation of

Seeds. By Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. F.R.S.

A third Series of Experiments on an artificial Substance, which pos-

sesses the principal characteristic Properties of Tannin; with some

Remarks on Coal. By Charles Hatchett, Esq. F.R.S.

The Application of a Method of Differences to the Species of Series

whose Sums are obtained by Mr. Landen, by the Help of impossible

Quantities. By Mr. Benjamin Gompertz.

An Account of a small Lobe of the human prostate Gland, which has

not before been taken notice of by Anatomists. By Everard Home,

On the Quantity and Velocity of the Solar Motion. By William Her-

schel, LL.D. F.R.S..

Observations upon the Marine Barometer, made during the Examina-

tion of the Coasts of New Holland and New South Wales, in the

Years 1801, 1802, and 1803. By Matthew Flinders, Esq.

Account of a Discovery of Native Minium. In a Letter from James

Smithson, Esq. F.R.S. to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart.

Description of a rare Species of Worm Shells, discovered at an Island

lying off the North-west Coast of the Island of Sumatra, in the East

Indies. By J. Griffiths, Esq.

Observations on the Shell of the Sea Worm found on the Coast of Su-

matra, proving it to belong to a Species of Teredo; with an Account

of the Anatomy of the Teredo Navalis. By Everard Home, Esq. F.R.S. 234

On the inverted Action of the alburnous Vessels of Trees. By Thomas

Andrew Knight, Esq. F.R.S. . .

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