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Front MatterSource: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 4 (1799), pp. i-xlivPublished by: American Philosophical SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1005071 .
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LIST Of MEMBERS of the AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIrTY, ele&ed fince January I, I 794.t
AMERICAN MEMBERS.
JAMES Abercrombie. Dr. Bedford, Pittfburg.
Ifaac Briggs, Maryland. Samuel Blair, D. D. William Bache, M. D. Tench Coxe. Dr. Ifaac Cathrall. Charles Caldwell, M. D. Dr. Deveze. James Greenway, M. D. Virginia. Dr.--Graffe. John Heckevelder, Bethlehem. William Hamilton. Dr. Hugh Hodge. Thomas C. James, M. D. Robert Leflie. Valentine Melfcheimer, Hanover, Pennfylvania. Alexander Martin, North Carolina. John F. Mifflin. John Newnan, M. D. North Carolina. John Nancarrow. William Dandridge Peck, New Hampfihre. Timothy Pickering. Thomas Piiikney, Soutth Carolina. Thomas Mann Randolph, Virginia. Richard Peters Srmiith. *
Adam Seybert, M. D. Samuel Harrifon Smith. John Stewart, Virginia. Samuel Wheeler. James Woodhooufe, M. D. James Wilkinfon.
FOREIGN
t All thofe whofe places of abode are not fpecified are of Penufylvania. * Deceafed.
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james Anderfon, L. L. D. Scotland. M. Adet, Paris. Earl of Buchan, P. S. S. A. Scotland. John Frederick Blumenback, M. D. F. R. S. Goettingeri Guftaf Von Carlefon, Sweden. M. F. H. Le Comte, Paris. Joanne Baptifta Cunat, Do&or of Civil Law, Valencia. Earl of Dundonald, Scotland. Louis Etienne Duhail, M. D. France. Cypriano Riberio Friere. John Guillemard, A. M. England. Jacques Marie le Feffor de Grandpre. A. E. Van Braam Houckgeeft. Don Jofeph de Jaudennes, Valencia. Alexander Leribours, France. A. J. Laroque. M. Mozard, France. Julien Nienrcewicz, Poland. M. Talleyrand Perigord, France. M. la Rochefaucault Liancour, France. Edward Stevens, M. D. F. R. S. St. Croix. James Edmund Smith, M. D. F. R. S. J. B. Scandella, M. D. Venice. Don Luis de Urbina, Valencia. M. Volney, France. E. A. W. Zimmerman, Brunfwick. Francifco de Zach, Saxa Gotha.
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I. E xPERIMENTS and obfervations relating to the Analyfi of A- mofpherical air, by the Rev. Dr. J. Prieffley, I
II. Farther Experiments relating to the Generation of Air from Water, by Rev. Dr. J. Priefiley, I I
ITI. To determine the true Place of a Planet, i;n an, Elliptical Orbit, direily from the mean Anomaly, by Converging Series, by David Rittenhoufe, L. L. D. Prefident A. P. S. 21
IV. On the Improvement of Time-keepers, by David Rittenhoufe, L. L. D. Prefident of the Society, 26
V. On the Expanjion of Wood by Heat, in a Letter from David Ritten- houfe, L. L. D. Prefident of the Society, 29
VI. A Letter from Mr. Andrew Eliicott, to Robert Patterfon; in TrWo Parts, 3 z
VII. Of the Aberration of the Stars, Nutation of the Earth': Axis, and Semi-annual Equation, by Andrew Ellicott, 51
VIII. A Letter from Mr. Andrew Ellicott, to Mr. Robert Patterfon. A Method of Calculating the Eccentric Anomaly of the Planets, 67
IX. Method of rajfing the common Logarithm of any Number immediately, 6 by David Rittenhoufe, Prefjident of the Society, 69
X. Ex.periments on Evaporation, by C. Wiflar, M. D. 7 z XI. A Memoir concerning the Fafeinating Faculty which has been aferibed
to the Rattle-Snake, and other American Serpents. By Benijamin Smith Barton, M. D. 74
XII. Some account of an Americani Species of Dipus, or Jerboa. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M. D. 1 4.
XIII. A Letter from Mr. Jolin Heckewelder, to Dr. Barton, giving fome account of the remarkable inflint of a bird called the Nine- Killer, 124
XIV. An Enquiry into the caufes of the Infalubrity of flat and Marjiy Situations; and direlions for preventing or correRing the E.fes thereof, by William Currie, 127
XV. Defeription of a Machine for faving Perfons from the upper Stories of a Houfe on fire, by Nicholas Collin, D. D. the Inventor; witb a Drawing from ihe Model, 143
f XVI. X
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( xlii ) No. Page. XVI. A 'Difqution on 'wool-tearing Animals, by Dr. James Anderfon,
of North Britain, in a letter dated 6th December I 794, 149 XVII. Later Communication by thje Author on tkhL Subjell, 'with a Sample
talken from the F`eece of a Sheep brought from J7amaica to England, 153 XVIII. An eafy and accurate Mlethod of aojt!iig the Glafies of Hadley's
Qjadrant, on Land for the Back-Obferwation, by Robert Patterfon, in a Letter to Dr. David Rittenlhoufe, Prejident of the Society, 154
XIX. An Efay tending to improve intelligible Signall , nd to dif/over an Utniverfil Language. Fromn an anoniymous Correfpondent in France, (probably the Injventor of the Telegraph) tranflatedfrom the French, I62-
XX. Memoir on the SubjeL of a new Plant, growing in Pennfylvania, particularly in the Ficinity of Philadlelphia, by Mr. Beauvois, 173
XXI. A Letter from Colonel Winthrop Sargent, to Dr. Benjamin Smith Barton, accompanying Drawings and fome Account of certain Articles, 'which were taken out of ani ancient Tumulus, or Grave, in the Wejfern-Countty, 177
XXII. A Drawing of fome Utetefls, or Ornamients, taken from an old Indian Grave, at Cincinnati, County of Hamilton, and Territory of the United-States, Nordh-vwef of the River Ohio, Augufi 30th 1794. By Colonel Winthrop Sargent. Communicated by Benjamin Smith Bar- ton, M. D. 179
XXIII. Obfervations and ConjeSures concerninzg certain Articles 'whicb 'were talen out of an ancient Tumulus, or Grave, at Cincinnati, in the County of Hanmilton, and Territory of the United-States, NTorth- Wefi of the River Ohio: in a letterfrom Benjamin Smith Barton, M. D. to the Reverend Jofeph Prieftley, L. L. D. F. R. S. &c. I8i
XXIV. Barometrical Meafurement of the Blue-Ridlge, Warm-Spring, and Alleghany Mlountains, in Virginia, taken in the Summer of the year 179I, 2I6
XXV. Mi/cellaneous Olfervations relative to the TVeJlern Parts of Penlfyl- vania, particularly thofe in the Neighbourhood of Lake Erie. By An- drew Ellicott, 2 2.t
XXVI. Obfervations made on the Old French Lancling at Prefqu' I/le, to determine the Latilude of the Town of Erie. In a Letter from Andrew Ellicott, to Robert Patterfon, Secretary of the Society, 231
XXVII. Hinits relative to the Stimulant EIr/5s of Camphor upon Vegeta- bles. By Benjamin Smith Barton, M. D. 232-
XXVIII. Supplemenitum Indicis Florxe Lancaqjrienfis. Audore Henrico Muhlenberg. Communicated by Dr. Barton, 235
XXIX. On the Mode mo/I eafily and ef?ftually pra7icable of drying up the Marfies of the mtiaritime Parti of North America. By Thomas Wright, Licentiate of the College of Surgeons in Ireland, and Teacher of Anatomy, 243
XXX. A Memoir on the Dlcfovery of certain Bones of a Quadruped of the Clawed Kind in the Weflern Parts of Virginia. By Thomas Jef- ferfon, Efq. 246
XXXI. A Letter from Mr. John Heckewelder, to Benjamin Smith Barton, M. D. containing an A4ccount of an Animal called the Big Naked Bear, 260
XXXII. Ex-
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( xliii ) N?. Page. XXXII. Experiments and Obfervations on Land and Sea Air. By
Adam Seybert, M. D. 262 XXXIII. Tranflation of a Memoir on a new Species of Siren. By M.
de Beauvois, 277 XXXV. Obfervations intended to favour a fuppoJition that the Black Color
(as it is called) of the Negroes is derived from the Leprofy. By Dr. Benjamin Ruth, 289
XXXVI. A,n Improvement in Boats, for River-Navigation, defcribed in a Letter to Air. Robert Patterfon, by Nicholas King, 298
XX XVI I. Genaeral Pr inciples and Conjiruidion of a Sub-marine Vef,e communicated by D. BuJhnell of Conneficut, the inventor, in a letter of (0vber, I787 to Thomas Jefferfoin tben Zklinifier Plenipotentiary of the United States at Paris, 303
XXXVIII. The De/cription of a Mlould-board of the leaji rejiftence, and of the eajieji and moji certain confiruaion, taken from a letter to Sir John Sinclair, P-ejident of the board of agriculture at London, 313
XXX1X. Experiments upon Maonetifm. Communicated in a letter to Tho- mas Jefferfon, Prejident of the Philofophical Society, by the Rev. James MIadifon, Prejident of William and Mary College, 323
XL. Thermiornetrical Ofervatioxs made at Fort Waflington, Conimencing June I790, and Ending April 17B1. By Daniel Britt and G. Tur- ner. To which are addled, for fome time, the RiJe and Fall of the Ohio. Communicated by G. Turner, 329
XLI. Calculations relating to Grif and Saw Mills, for determining the quafti.y of WYater necefazry to produce the dejired efeai when the Head and Fall ate given in order to afcertain the dimenlions of a new invented Steam Enigine, intended to ,ive motion to WVater-wheels in places where there is no Fall, and but a vely finall Stream or Spring. By John Nlancarrow, 348
XLII. Memoir on Amphibia. By M. de Beauvois, 36z XLIII. An Appendix to the tcwo Articles in this Volume, (p. i.) by Dr.
Prieftley, in a letter to B. S. Barton, M. D. 38? LXIV. An Inquliry into the comzparative effees of the Opium Ocicinarum,
extrafled from the Papaver Somniferum or White Poppy of Linnmus; and of that procured from the Lafluca Sativa, or common cultivated Lettuce of the fame author. By John Redman Coxe, M. D. An Ilonorary Member of the Philadelphia Medical Society; and a Senior Member of the Chemical Society of Philadelphia, 387
LXV. Experiments and obfervations, on the atmoofphere of marJhes. By Adam Seybert, M. D. 415
LXVI. An account of a Kettle for. boiling Ingfammable Fluids.-In a let- ter from Thomas P. Smith, to Robert Patterfon, 431
LXV II. An EJfay on a new Method of treating the Eftifon whjich collecs under the Scull ifiter Frafares of the Head. By J. Deveze, Offcer of Health, of the_firf? clafs, in the French Armies, 433
LXVIII. Memoir on tMe Sand-hlils of Cape Henry in Virginia. By B. Henry Latrobe, Engineer, 439
LXIX. Suoppl4mzent to Mr. Latrobe's Mfemoir, 444 LXX. Acu
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( xliv ) N ,) rage. LXX. Account of Chryffallized Bafaltes found in Pennfylvania-By
Thomas P. Smith, 4ya5 LXXI. Ob/ervations for determining the Latitude and Longitude of the
Town of Aratchez-By Andrew Ellicott, Efq. Co;nm/f/ioner on the part of the United States, for running the line of Demarkation between thetn and the SpaniJh Tcrritory. Communicated to the Society by R. Patter- fon, 447
LXXII. An Anf-wer to Dr. Jofeph Prieftley's ConjYderations on the Doc- trine of P'logi/lon, and the Decompofition of Water; founded upon de- monlrative Experiments. By James Woodhoufe, M. D. Profeffior of Cllemiftiy in the Uiniverfity of Pennfylvania, &c. 45Z
LXXIII. Philological View of fome very Ancient Words in feverat Lan- guages. By the Rev. Nicholas Collin, D. D. Retor of the Swediflh Churches in Pennfylvania, 476
LXXIV. i1?emoir on the Extraneous Fojils, denominated Mammotlh Bones: principa/; dfemned to Jhewv, that they are the remaits of more than one fpecies of non-defript Animal. By George Turner, Member of the A. P. S. Honorary and Correfponding Member of the Batlh and Weft of England Society, &c. 5I0
LXXV. Defcription of a Speedy Elevator. By the Inventor, Nicholas Coilin, D. D. with two drawings from a xnodel, reprefinting it fold- ed and wound up, 519
LXXVI. A Defiription of the Bonet depofited, by the Pref dent, in the Mufeum of the Society, and reprefented in the annexed platet. By C. Wiftar, M. D. Adjun1 Profeffor of Anatomy, &c. in the Univer- fjilty of Pennfylvania. 526
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