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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

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    Published:01 January 1788Page(s): iii-iv

    https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0000

    Errata
    Errata
      Published:01 January 1788Page(s): i-i

      https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0001

      Article
      I. Of the methods of manifesting the presence, and ascertaining the quality, of small quantities of natural of artificial electricity. By Mr. Tiberius Cavallo, F. R. S. The Lecture founded by the late Henry Baker, Esq. F. R. S
      Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 1-22

      https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0002

      Lecture
      II. The Croonian Lecture on muscular motion. By George Fordyce, M. D. F. R. S
      Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 23-36

      https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0003

      Experiment
      IV. Frigorific experiments on the mechanical expansion of air, explaining the cause of the great degree of cold on the summits of high mountains, the sudden condensation of aerial Vapour, and of the perpetual mutability of atmospheric Heat. By Erasmus Darwin, M. D. F. R. S. ; communicated by the Right Honorable Charles Greville, F. R. S
      Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 43-52

      https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0005

      Article
      V. Some observations on the heat of wells and springs in the island of Jamaica, and on the temperature of the Earth below the surface in different climates
      Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 53-65

      https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0006

      Article
      VI. A table of the mean heat of every month for ten years in London, from 1763 to 1772 inclusively
      Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 66-66

      https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0007

      Article
      VII. On centripetal forces
      Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 67-102

      https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0008

      Experiment
      VIII. Experiment on local heat. In a letter from James Six, Esq. to the Rev. Francis Wollaston, LL. B. F. R. S
      Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 103-120

      https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0009

      Article
      IX. Observations on the manner in which glass is charged with the electric fluid, and discharged
      Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 121-124

      https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0010

      Experiment
      X. Experiments on the cooling of water below its freezing point
      Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 125-146

      https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0011

      Article
      XI. Experiments and observations relating to the principle of acidity, the composition of water, and phlogiston. By Joseph Priestley, LL. D. F. R. S
      Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 147-157

      https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0012

      Article
      XII. Some observations on the irritability of vegetables
      Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 158-165

      https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0013

      Article
      XIII. An account of experiments made by Mr. John McNab, at Albany Fort, Hudson's Bay, relative to the freezing of nitrous and vitriolic acids
      Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 166-181

      https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0014

      Meteorological observation
      Meteorological journal 1787
        Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 191-218

        https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0015

        Letter
        XIV. Observation on the natural history of the cuckoo. By Mr. Edward Jenner. In a letter to John Hunter, Esq. F. R. S
        Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 219-237

        https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0016

        Article
        XV. Of the temperament of those musical instruments, in which the tones, keys of frets, are fixed, as in the harpsichord, organ, guitar, &c
        Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 238-254

        https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0017

        Article
        XVI. Description of a new electrical instrument capable of collecting together a diffused or little condensed quantity of electricity
        Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 255-260

        https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0018

        Article
        XVII. On the conversion of a mixture of dephlogisticated and phlogisticated air into nitrous acid, by the electric spark
        Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 261-276

        https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0019

        Experiment
        XVIII. Experiments on the effect of various substances in lowering the point of congelation in water
        Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 277-312

        https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0020

        Experiment
        XIX. Additional experiments and observations relating to the principle of acidity, the decomposition of water, and phlogiston. By Joseph Priestly, LL. D. F. R. S. With Letters to him on the subject, by Dr. Withering, and James Keir, Esq
        Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 313-330

        https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0021

        Article
        XX. On the probabilities of survivorships between two persons of any given ages, and the method of determining the values of reversions depending on those survivorships
        Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 331-349

        https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0022

        Letter
        XXI. An account of a remarkable transposition of the viscera. By Matthew Baillie, M. D. In a letter to John Hunter, Esq. F. R. S
        Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 350-363

        https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0023

        Article
        XXII. On the georgian planet and its satellites
        Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 364-378

        https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0024

        Experiment
        XXIII. Experiments on the formation of volatile alkali, and on the affinities of the phlogisticated and light inflammable airs
        Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 379-387

        https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0025

        Article
        XXIV. Some properties of the sum of the divisors of numbers
        Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 388-394

        https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0026

        Experiment
        XXV. Experiments on the production of artificial cold. By Mr. Richard Walker, Apothecary to the Radcliffe Infirmary at Oxford. In a letter to Henry Cavendish, Esq. F. R. S. and A. S
        Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 395-402

        https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0027

        Letter
        XXVI. A description of an instrument which, by the turning of a winch, produces the two states of electricity without friction or communication with the earth. In a letter from Mr. William Nicholson to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S
        Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 403-407

        https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0028

        Article
        XXVII. Abstract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain at Lyndon in Rutland; with the rain in Hampshire and Surrey, in 1787. Also some account of the annual growth of trees
        Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 408-413

        https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0029

        Article
        XXVIII. On the era of the mahometans, called the Hejerà (هجرة)
        Published:01 January 1788Page(s): 414-432

        https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1788.0030