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"Philosophical Transactions, Vol. L. Part I. For the year 1757" by Various et al. is a scientific publication written in the mid-18th century. This volume of the journal contains a collection of essays and accounts regarding various scientific endeavors and observations prevalent during that time, spanning topics from geological events, such as earthquakes, to medical inquiries and discoveries related to mineral waters. The opening of the volume presents a detailed account of an earthquake that occurred in New England on November 18, 1755, narrated by John Winthrop. He describes the earthquake's progression, its effects on the environment, and the peculiar phenomenon of fish surfacing in the aftermath. Winthrop methodically conveys the duration, intensity, and extent of the earthquake, comparing it to past events and theorizing about its geographical impact. Additionally, he accounts for the local weather conditions leading up to the earthquake, providing a robust context for understanding this seismic event's significance in the scientific discourse of the period. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
The Project Gutenberg eBook ofPhilosophical transactions, Vol. L. Part I. For the year 1757. THECONTENTSTOPart I. Volume L. ERRATA. PHILOSOPHICAL
TRANSACTIONS. II.The strange Effects of some effervescent
Mixtures; in a Letter from Dr.James
Mounsey,Physician of theRussianArmy,
and F.R.S. to Mr.Henry Baker,F.R.S.
Communicated by Mr.Baker. III.Extract of a Letter ofJ. Wall,M. D.
to the Rev. Dr.Lyttelton,Dean ofExeter,and F.R.S. concerning the good Effects
ofMalverneWaters inWorcestershire. IV.An Account of theCarlsbadMineral
Waters inBohemia:In a Letter to the
Right Honourable the Earl ofMacclesfield,President of the R. S. by the Rev.Jeremiah Milles,D.D. F.R.S. V.An Essay towards ascertaining the specific
Gravity of living Men. By Mr.John
Robertson,F.R.S. VI.An Instance of the GutIleum,cut thro' by
a Knife, successfully treated by Mr.Peter
Travers,Surgeon, atLisbon.Communicated
byJohn Huxham,M.D. F.R.S. VII.An Account of a Visitation of the leprous
Persons in the Isle ofGuadaloupe:In a
Letter to Mons.Damonville,Counsellor and
Assistant-Judge atMartinico,and in the
Office of King's Physician atGuadaloupe.ByJohn Andrew Peyssonel,M.D. F.R.S.
Translated from theFrench. VIII.An Account of the late Discoveries of
Antiquities atHerculaneum;in an Extract
of a Letter fromCamillo Paderni,Keeper of theHerculanean Museum,and
F.R.S. toThomas Hollis,Esq; datedNaples, Dec. 16, 1756. IX.An Account of some Trees discovered under-ground
on the Shore atMount's-BayinCornwall:In a Letter from the Rev.
Mr.William Borlase,F.R.S. to the Rev.
Dr.Lyttelton,Dean ofExeter. X.Experiments on applying the Rev. Dr.Hales's Method of distilling Salt-water to
the Steam-Engine. ByKeane Fitzgerald,Esq; F.R.S. XI.Extract of a Letter of Mr.Abraham
Trembley,F.R.S. toTho. Birch,D.D.
Secret. R.S. Translated from theFrench. XII.A brief Botanical and Medical History
of theSolanum Lethale, Bella-donna,orDeadly Nightshade,by Mr.Richard
Pultney.Communicated by Mr.William
Watson,F.R.S. XIII.An Account of some of the Antiquities
discovered atHerculaneum, &c.In a
Letter toThomas Birch,D.D. Secret.
R.S. ByJohn Nixon,A.M. F.R.S. XIV.An Account of the Effects of a Storm
of Thunder and Lightning, in the Parishes
ofLooeandLanreath,in the County
ofCornwall,on the 27th Day ofJune,
1756.Communicated to the Rev.Jeremiah
Milles,D.D. F.R.S. in two Letters, one
from the Rev. Mr.Dyer,Minister ofLooe,and the other from the Rev. Mr.Milles,Vicar ofDuloe,inCornwall. XV.An Account of the Peat-pit nearNewburyinBerkshire;in an Extract of a
Letter fromJohn Collet,M.D. to the
Right ReverendRichardLord Bishop ofOssory,F.R.S. XVI.An Account of the Alterations making
in thePantheonatRome:In an Extract
of a Letter fromRometoThomas Hollis,Esq; Communicated byJohn Ward,LL.D.
R.S. Vice-Præs. XVII.An Account of a new medicinal Well,
lately discovered nearMoffat,inAnnandale,in the County ofDumfries.By
Mr.John Walker,ofBorgue-House,nearKirkudbright,inScotland. XVIII.An Account of the State of the Thermometer
at theHagueon the 9th ofJanuary
1757.Extracted from a Letter of
Mr.Abraham Trembley,F.R.S toTho.
Birch,D.D. Secret. R.S. XIX.Experimental Examination ofPlatina.ByWilliam Lewis,M.B. F.R.S. XX.Experimental Examination ofPlatina.ByWilliam Lewis,M.B. F.R.S. XXI.An Account of the Temple ofSerapisatPozzuoliin the Kingdom ofNaples:In a Letter toJohn Ward,LL.D. and
R.S. Vice-Præs. by the Rev.John Nixon,M.A. F.R.S. XXII.Some Remarks on aParthianCoin
with aGreekandParthianLegend, never
before published. In a Letter from the Rev.John Swinton,M.A. ofChrist-Church,
Oxon.F.R.S. to the Rev.Thomas Birch,D.D. Secret. R. S. XXIII.An Account of a Red Coral from theEast-Indies,of a very singular Kind: In
a letter from Mr.John Ellis,F.R.S. to
Mr.Peter Collinson,F.R.S. XXIV.An Account of the Effects of a Storm
atWigtoninCumberland.Communicated
by Mr.Philip Miller,F.R.S. XXV.An Account of the Effects of Lightning
upon the Steeple and Church ofLestwithiel,
Cornwall;in a Letter to the Right Honourable
the Earl ofMacclesfield,President
of the R.S. By Mr.John Smeaton,F.R.S. XXVI.An Account of the Case of the late
Right HonourableHoraceLordWalpole;being a Sequel to his own Account published
in thePhilosophical Transactions,Vol.xlvii.p. 43. and 472. XXVII.An Account of the Virtues of Soap
in dissolving the Stone, in the Case of the
Rev. Mr.Matthew Simson.Communicated
byJohn Pringle,M.D. F.R.S. XXVIII.An Account of the Impressions ofPlants on the Slates of Coals: In a Letter
to the Right HonourableGeorgeEarl ofMacclesfield,President of the R.S. from
Mr.Emanuel Mendes da Costa,F.R.S. XXIX.A Catalogue of theFifty PlantsfromChelsea Garden,presented to theRoyal
Societyby the worshipful Company of Apothecaries,
for the Year 1756, pursuant to
the Direction of SirHans Sloane,Baronet,
Med. Reg. & Soc. Reg. nuper Præses, byJohn Wilmer,M. D. clariss. Societatis
Pharmaceut.Lond.Socius, Hort.Chels.Præfect. & Prælector Botan. XXX.Remarks on the Opinion ofHenry
Eeles,Esq; concerning the Ascent of Vapour,
published in thePhilosoph. Transact.Vol.xlix.Parti.p.124.ByErasmus
Darwin,M.D. Communicated by Mr.William Watson,F.R.S. XXXI.An Account of new-discovered Species
of the Snipe or Tringa: In a Letter
to the Rev.Tho. Birch,D.D. F.R.S.
from Mr.George Edwards,Librarian of
the College of Physicians. XXXII.Observationes de Corallinis, iisque insidentibus
Polypis, aliisque Animalculis Marinis:
Quas Regiæ Societati Londinensi
offertJob Baster,Med. Doct. Acad. Cæsar.
Reg. Societ. Lond. & Scient. Holland. Socius. XXXIII.Remarks on Dr.Job Baster's Observationes
de Corallinis, &c.printed
above, p. 258. In a Letter to the Right
HonourableGeorgeEarl ofMacclesfield,President of the R. S. from Mr.John
Ellis,F.R.S. XXXIV.An Account of an extraordinary
Operation performed in the Dock-Yard atPortsmouth:Drawn up by Mr.John
Robertson,F.R.S. XXXV.Observations on an Evening, or rather
Nocturnal, SolarIris.By Mr.George
Edwards,Librarian of the College of
Physicians. XXXVI.The Effects of theOpuntia,or
Prickly Pear, and of theIndigoPlant,
in colouring the Juices of living Animals.
Communicated byH. Baker,F.R.S. XXXVII.Account of an extraordinary
Shower of black Dust, that fell in the
Island ofZetland20thOctober 1755[194].In a Letter from SirAndrew Mitchell,ofWestshore,Bart. toJohn Pringle,M.D. F.R.S. XXXVIII.A Description of some Thermometers
for particular Uses. By the Right
Honourable the LordCharles Cavendish,V.P.R.S. XXXIX.Observationes Anatomico-Medicæ,
de Monstro bicorporeo Virgineo A. 1701.
die 26 Oct. inPannonia,infraComaromium,in PossessioneSzony,quondam QuiritumBregetione,in lucem edito, atque
A. 1723. die23 Febr. Posoniiin Cœnobio
MonialiumS. Ursulæmorte functo
ibidemque sepulto. AuthoreJusto Johanne
Torkos,M.D. Soc. Regalis Socio. XL.Observations on the Origin and Use of
the Lymphatic Vessels of Animals: being
an Extract from theGulstonianLectures,
read in the Theatre of the College of Physicians
ofLondon,inJune 1755.ByMark Akenside,M.D. Fellow of the College
of Physicians, and of the Royal Society. XLI.A Letter to the Right Honourable the
Earl ofMacclesfield,President, theCouncil,andFellows,of theRoyal Society,concerning the Variation of the Magnetic
Needle; with a Sett of Tables annexed,
which exhibit the Result of upwards of
Fifty Thousand Observations, in Six periodic
Reviews, from the year 1700 to the
year 1756, both inclusive; and are adapted
to every Five Degrees of Latitude
and Longitude in the more frequented
Oceans. ByWilliam MountaineandJames Dodson,Fellows of the Royal Society. Chapter 45 XLII.An Account of some extraordinary
Tumors upon the Head of a labouring
Man, now inSt. Bartholomew'sHospital.
ByJames Parsons,M.D. F.R.S. XLIII.An Extract of the Register of the
Parish ofGreat Shefford,nearLamborne,inBerkshire,for Ten Years: With Observations
on the same: In a Letter toTho. Birch,D. D. Secret. R. S. from the
Rev. Mr.Richard Forster,Rector ofGreat
Shefford. XLIV.A remarkable Case of an Aneurism,
or Disease of the principal Artery of the
Thigh, occasioned by a Fall. To which is
prefixed a short Account of the Uncertainty
of the distinguishing Symptoms of
this Disease. ByJos. Warner,F.R.S.
and Surgeon toGuy's Hospital. XLV.Farther Experiments for increasing
the Quantity of Steam in a Fire-Engine.
ByKeane Fitz-Gerald,Esq; F.R.S. XLVI.Observatio Eclipsis Lunæ Die 27Martii,Ann. 1755. habita Ulissipone in Domo
Patrum Congregationis Oratorii àJoanne
Chevalierejusdem Congregationis Presbytero,
RegiæLondinensisSocietatis Socio,
RegiæqueParisiensisScientiarum Academiæ
correspondente. XLVII.Eclipsis Lunæ Die 4ᵃFebruarii,Ann. 1757. habita Ulissipone àJoanne
ChevalierPresbytero Congregationis Oratorii,
RegiæLondinensisSocietatis Socio,
Regiæque ScientiarumParisiensisAcademiæ
correspondente, et aTheodoro de Almeidaejusdem Congregationis Presbytero,
ac Physicæ publico Professore. XLVIII.Observationes Eclipsium SatellitumJovis Ulissipone habitæ àJoanne Chevalier,Presbytero Congregationis Oratorii,
RegiæqueLondinensisSocietatis Socio,
Anno 1757. XLIX.A remarkable Case of the Efficacy of
the Bark in a Mortification. In a Letter
toWilliam Watson,M.D. F.R.S. from
Mr.Richard Grindall,Surgeon to theLondonHospital. L.A Letter to the Rev.Tho. Birch,D.D.
Secret. R.S. fromJohn Pringle,M.D.
F.R.S. inclosing Two Papers communicated
to him byRobert Whytt,M.D. F.R.S. LI.An Account of some fossile Fruits, and
other Bodies, found in the Island ofShepey.ByJames Parsons,M.D. F.R.S. LII.Observations upon the Comet that appeared
in the Months ofSeptemberandOctober1757, made at the Royal Observatory
byJa. Bradley,D.D. Astronomer
Royal, F.R.S. and Member of the Royal
Academy of Sciences atParis. LIII.The Resolution of a General Proposition
for Determining thehoraryAlteration of
the Position of the Terrestrial Equator, from
the Attraction of the Sun and Moon: With
some Remarks on the Solutions given by
other Authors to that difficult and important
Problem. By Mr.Tho. Simpson,F.R.S. LIV.Remarks upon the Heat of the Air inJuly 1757.in an Extract of a Letter
fromJohn Huxham,M.D. F.R.S. toWilliam Watson,M.D. F.R.S. dated atPlymouth19th of that Month. With additional
Remarks by Dr.Watson. LV.Remarks upon the Letter of Mr.John
Ellis,F.R.S. toPhilip Carteret Webb,Esq; F.R.S. printed in thePhilosophical
Transactions,Vol.xlix.Partii.p.806.By Mr.Philip Miller,F.R.S. LVI.An Answer to the preceding Remarks.
By Mr.John Ellis,F.R.S. LVII.A Letter to the Rev.Thomas Birch,D. D. Secr. R.S. concerning the Number
of the People ofEngland;by the Rev.
Mr.Richard Forster,Rector ofGreat
SheffordinBerkshire. LVIII.A Letter to the Right Honourable
the Earl ofMacclesfield,President of theRoyal Society,from the Rev.William
Brakenridge,D.D. F.R.S. containing an
Answer to the Account of the Numbers and
Increase of the People of England, by the
Rev. Mr.Forster. Corrections THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE Chapter 65
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