A TABLE OF THE Discourses contain'd in this Volume.
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An Estimate of the Quantity of Vapours raised out of the Sea, as derived from Experiment: Together with an Account of the Circulation of the wat'ry Vapours of the Sea, and of the Cause of Springs. Presented to the Royal Society by Mr. E. Halley, F. R. S. 1
The True Theory of the Tides, extracted from that admired Treatise of Mr. Isaac Newton, Intituled Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica; being a Discourse presented with that Book to the late King James, by Mr. E. Halley. 13
A Theory of the Variation of the Magnetical Compass, by Mr. E. Halley. 27
An Account of the Cause of the Change of the Variation of the Magnetical Needle, with an Hypothesis of the Structure of the Internal Parts of the Earth; as it was presented to the Royal Society in one of their late Meetings, by Mr. E. Halley. 43
An Historical Account of the Trade-Winds and Monsoons, observable in the Seas between and near the Tropicks; with an Attempt to assign the Physical Cause of the said Winds, by Mr. E. Halley. 61
A Discourse of the Rule of the Decrease of the Heighth of the Mercury in the Barometer, according as Places are elevated above the Surface of the Earth; with an Attempt to discover the true Reason of the rising and falling of the Mercury, upon Change of Weather, by Mr. E. Halley. 81
A Letter from Mr. Isaac Newton, while Professor of the Mathematicks in the University of Cambridge; containing his new Theory about Light and Colours: Sent from Cambridge, Feb. 6. 1671/2. in order to be communicated to the Royal Society. 97
A farther Explanation of the same Theory. 114
A Demonstration concerning the Motion of Light, communicated from Paris. 118
An Introductory Essay to the Doctrine of Sounds, containing some Proposals for the Improvement of Acousticks; as it was presented to the Dublin Society, by the Right Reverend Father in God Narcissus, Lord Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin. 121
A Discourse concerning the Modern Theory of Generation, by Dr. Geo. Garden, of Aberdeen, being part of a Letter to Dr. William Musgrave, L. L. D. Reg. Soc. S. and by him communicated to the Royal Society. 142
A short Discourse concerning Concoction Read at a Meeting of the Royal Society, by Clopton Havers, M. D. Fellow of the Royal Society. 153
A Discourse concerning some Influence of Respiration on the Motion of the Heart hitherto unobserved. By J. Drake, M. D. F. R. S. 171
Some Thoughts and Experiments concerning Vegetation. By John Woodward, M. D. of the College of Physicians and Royal Society, and Professor of Physick in Gresham-College. 203
An Account of the Measure of Gold upon Gilt Wire; together with a Demonstration of the exceeding Minuteness of the Atoms, or constituent Parts of Gold; as it was read before the Royal Society, by Mr. E. Halley. 243
An Account of the several Species of Infinite Quantity, and of the Proportions they bear one to the other; as it was read before the Royal Society, by E. Halley. 246
An Account of Dr. Robert Hook's Invention of the Marine Barometer, with it's Description and Uses. Published by Order of the Royal Society by Mr. E. Halley. 250
A Discourse concerning the Proportional Heat of the Sun in all Latitudes; with the Method of collecting the same, as it was read before the Royal Society in one of their late Meetings, by Mr. E. Halley. 256
Concerning the Distance of the Fixed Stars, by the Honourable Fran. Roberts, Esq; F. R. S. 265
Mr. Isaac Newton's Theory of the Moon. 268
An estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind, drawn from Curious Tables of Births and Funerals at the City of Breslaw; with an Attempt to ascertain the Price of Annuities upon Lives, by Mr. E. Halley. 280
A Discourse concerning Gravity, and its Properties, wherein the Descent of Heavy Bodies, and the Motion of Projects is briefly, but fully handled: Together with the Solution of a Problem of great Use in Gunnery, by Mr. E. Halley. 302
A Proposition of General Use in the Art of Gunnery, shewing the Rule of laying a Mortar to pass, in order to strike any Object above or below the Horizon, by Mr. E. Halley. 326
A Discourse concerning the Measure of the Air's Resistance to Bodies moved in it. By the Learned John Wallis, S. T. D. and F. R. S. 332
An Instance of the Excellency of the Modern Algebra, in the Resolution of the Problem of finding the Foci of Optick Glasses universally. By Mr. E. Halley, S. R. S. 348
Appendix
An Analytical Resolution of certain Equations of the 3d, 5th, 7th, 9th Powers, and so on ad Infinitum, in finite Terms, after the manner of Cardan's Rules for Cubicks. By Mr. A. Moivre, F. R. S. 365
A Discourse concerning the Action of the Sun and Moon on Animal Bodies; and the Influence which this may have in many Diseases. By Richard Mead, M. D. F. R. S. 371