Transactions of the Albany Institute-Continued. ARTICLE State of New York, Chancellor of the University, &c., by T. Romeyn Beck, M.D. Delivered by appointment before the Albany Institute, April 23, 1835. 16. Description of a new Animal belonging to the Crustacea, discovered in the Antarctic Seas, by the Author, James Eights (Genus Glyptonotus) 331 17. Observations on the Geological Features of the Post Tertiary formation of the City of Albany and its vicinity, by James Eights CONTENTS OF VOL. III. 1855. 335 Catalogue of the Albany Institute Library, founded 1793. Prepared by George Wood. Preface Books Busts, Portraits, &c. vii 1-437 439 441 Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis. Vol. I., 8vo, pp. 92. St. Louis, 1857. CONTAINING 6s. List of Officers.-Charter.-Constitution.--Bye-Laws. Journal of Proceedings.New Fossils, by Evans and Shumard.-New Species of Productus by Prout.Glycerin by Schiel.-Phyllotaxis by Hilyard.-Mastodon Remains by Koch.Burnt Brick from Nineveh, by Seyffarth.-Indian Stone Graves, by Wislizenus. -New Fossil Crinoidea, by Shumard.-Belcher's Artesian Well, by Litton.Meteorological Observations.-List of Works in the Library. With Plates, illustrating Papers. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 4to. Philadelphia. OLD SERIES, CONTENTS OF VOL. I.—1769. A Description of an Orrery executed on a New Plan, by D. Rittenhouse, A.M. Calculation of the Transit of Venus over the Sun, as it is to happen June 3, 1769, in lat. 40 N., long. 5 h. W. from Greenwich, by D. Rittenhouse, A.M., communicated June 21, 1768. An Account of the Transit of Venus over the Sun, June 3, 1769, as observed at Norriton in Pennsylvania, by the committee appointed for that observation. Drawn up and communicated in behalf of the committee, by Rev. William Smith, D.D. An Account of the Transit of Venus over the Sun, June 3, 1769, and of the Transit of Mercury, Nov. 9, both as observed in the State House Square, Philadelphia, by the committee appointed for those observations. Drawn up and communicated in behalf of the committee, by the Rev. John Ewing, A.M. An Account of the Transit of Venus over the Sun, June 3, 1769, as observed near Cape Henlopen, in Delaware, by the committee appointed for that Observation. Drawn up and communicated in behalf of the committee, by Mr. Owen Biddle. An Account of the Transit of Venus over the Sun, June 3, 1769, as observed at Providence, New England. Drawn up by Benjamin West, A.M., and transmitted to the Society by Mr. Joseph Brown. Observation of the Transit of Venus, and Eclipse of the Sun, June 3, 1769, made at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, by the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, B.D., F.R.S., and Astronomer Royal. Transmitted by himself, and communicated to the American Philosophical Society, by William Smith, D.D. Some Account of the Transit of Venus, and Eclipse of the Sun, as observed at the Lizard Point, June 3, 1769, by Mr. John Bradly, extracted from a paper of the Astronomer Royal. A Letter from the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, B.D., F.R.S., Astronomer Royal, to the Rev. William Smith, D.D., Provost of the College of Philadelphia, giving some account of the Hudson Bay and other northern observations of the Transit of Venus, June 3, 1769. An Account of the Terrestrial Measurement between the Observatories of Norriton and Philadelphia; with the difference of Longitude and Latitude thence deduced, by William Smith, D.D. Apparent Time of the Contacts of the Limbs of the Sun and Venus, with other circumstances of most note in the different European Observations of the Transit, June 3, 1769. An Improvement in the Construction of Godfrey's (commonly called Hadley's) Quadrant, by the Rev. John Ewing, A.M. An Essay on Comets, and an account of their luminous appearance; together with some conjectures concerning the Origin of Heat, by Hugh Williamson, M.D. Observations on the Comet of June and July, 1770, with the Elements of its Motion, and the Trajectory of its Path, in two letters from David Rittenhouse, A.M. to William Smith, D.D., Provost College, Philadelphia. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society—Continued. An Account of the same Comet, in a letter from the Right Hon, William Earl of Stirling, to William Smith, D.D., Provost College, Philadelphia. An Easy Method of Deducing the Time of the Sun's passing the Meridian, per clock, without the help of the Equation Tables, by equal altitudes, taken on two succeeding days, by David Rittenhouse, A.M. Communicated by William Smith, D.D., Provost College, Philadelphia. An Account of the Transit of Mercury over the Sun, Nov. 9, as observed at Norriton in Pennsylvania, by the committee appointed for that Observation. Drawn up and communicated by direction and in behalf of the committee, by William Smith, D.D., Provost College, Pennsylvania. The Sun's Parrallax deduced from a comparison of the Norriton Observations of the Transit of Venus, 1769, with the Greenwich and other European Observations of the same, by William Smith, D.D., Provost College, Philadelphia, An Essay on the Cultivation of the Vine, and the Making and Preserving of Wines suited to the different climates of North America, by the Hon. Edward Antill, Esq. Communicated by Mr. Charles Thompson. The Method of Curing Figs, and Observations on the Raising and Dressing of Hemp, by the Hon. Edward Antill, Esq. Observations concerning the Fly Weevil, that destroys the Wheat; with some useful discoveries and conclusions concerning the Propagation and Progress of that pernicious Insect; and the methods to be used for preventing the destruction of the Grain by it, by Colonel Langdon Carter, of Sabine Hall, Virginia. Communicated by Colonel Lee, of Virginia. Observations on the same subject, by the Committee of Husbandry, &c. Observations on the Native Silk Worm of North America, by Mr. Moses Bartram. A Memoir on the Distillation of Persimons, by Mr. Isaac Bartram. Account of an Oil made from the Seeds of the Sunflower, by Dr. Otto of Bethlehem. Communicated by Dr. Thomas Bond. An Essay on the Expressing of Oil from the Sunflower Seed, by John Morgan, M.D. A Letter on the Expressing of a fine Oil from Bean Seed, by Mr. John Morel, of Georgia. Communicated by Mr. Charles Thompson. The Method of Destroying Wild Garlic, by Mr. Henry Hollingsworth, of Elk Ridge. A Method of Preserving Pease from the Worms, by Mr. Peter Miller, of Eprata. Communicated by Mr. Charles Thompson. An Easy Method of Preserving Subjects in Spirits, by L. Nicola, Esq. A Letter from Bethlehem, on making Currant Wines. A Letter from Dr. Lorimer, of West Florida, to Hugh Williamson, M.D., containing some remarks on the Climate, Vegetable Productions, &c. A Catalogue of such Foreign Plants as are worthy of being encouraged in the American Colonies, for the purposes of Medicine, Agriculture, and Commerce. Directions for Putting up Seeds and Plants so as to preserve them in a State of Vegetation, for being transported to distant countries. An attempt to account for the change of climate which has been observed in the Middle Colonies in North America, by Hugh Williamson, M.D. An Account of the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1767; in a letter from an English gentleman residing at Naples, to John Morgan, M.D., Prof. Med. Coll. Philadel. A Description of a Self-moving or Sentinel Register, invented by Mr. William Henry, of Lancaster, in Pennsylvania. An Account of a Machine for Pumping Vessels at Sea without the Labour of Men, by Richard Wells, Esq. An Abstract of sundry Papers and Proposals for Improving the Inland Navigation of Pennsylvania and Maryland, by opening a communication between the Tide Waters of Delaware and Chesapeake Bay; illustrated with a Map, &c. A Description of a Machine for Cutting Files. An Analysis of Chalybeate Waters of Bristol, in Pennsylvania, in two Letters from Dr. John De Normandie of Bristol, to Dr. Thomas Bond of Philadelphia, V. P. of the American Philosophical Society. Remarkable case of a Tetanus and Locked Jaw cured by amazing quantities of Opium, by Dr. Archibald Gloster of Antigua. Communicated by John Morgan, M.D., Prof. of Physic, Coll. Philadelphia. An Account of the Effects of the Strammonium, or Thorn Apple, by Benjamin Rush, M.D., Prof. of Chym., Coll. Philadelphia. An Inquiry into the Nature, Cause, and Cure of the Angina Suffocativa, Sore Throat Distemper, by Samuel Bard, M.D., Prof. Physic, King's Coll. New York; communicated by John Morgan, M.D., Prof. Physic, Coll. Philadelphia. An Account of an Aurora Borealis, from a correspondent at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. An Account of a Horizontal Wind-Mill, by Mr. Thomas Gilpin, An Account of a New Species of Grape Vines, by Mr. John Jones, at Indian, Worcester County, Maryland. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society—Continued. OLD SERIES, VOL. II.-1786. A Letter from Dr. B. Franklin to Dr. Ingenhausz, Physician to the Emperor at Description of the White Mountains, in New Hampshire, by the Rev. J. Belknap. Description of a remarkable Rock and Cascade, near the western side of the Youghiogeny River, by Thos. Hutchins, Esq. Description of a New Stove for burning Pit-coal, and Consuming all its Smoke, by Dr. Franklin. Letter to Mr. Nairne, of London, from Dr. Franklin, proposing a slowly sensible Hygrometer for certain purposes. A Theory of Lightning and Thunder Storms, by Andrew Oliver, Esq., of Salem, in the State of Massachusetts. Theory of Water-spouts, by Andrew Oliver, Esq. Experiments on Evaporation, and Meteorological Observations made at Bradfield, New England, by the Rev. Samuel Williams, A.M. A Letter from J. Madison, Esq., to D. Rittenhouse, Esq., containing Meteorological Observations. Description of a Machine for Measuring a Ship's Way through the Sea, by F. Hopkinson, Esq. Account of an Electrical Eel; or, the Torpedo of Surinam, by William Bryant, Esq. Observations on the Numb Fish, or Torporific Eel, by H. C. Flagg, of South Carolina. A Letter to David Rittenhouse, Esq., from John Page, Esq., and from D. Rittenhouse, to J. Page, concerning a remarkable Meteor seen in Virginia and Pennsylvania. Description of the Grotto at Suatara, by the Rev. Peter Miller, of Ephrata, communicated by William Barton, Esq. An Account of some Experiments on Magnetism, in a Letter to John Page, Esq., at Williamsburg, from D. Rittenhouse, Esq. New Method of placing a Meridian Mark, in a Letter to the Rev. Dr. Ewing, Provost of the University, by D. Rittenhouse, Esq. Account of a Worm in a Horse's Eye, by F. Hopkinson, Esq. Observations on a Comet lately discovered, communicated by D. Rittenhouse, Esq. Extract from a Letter from the Rev. Jeremy Belknap, containing observations on the Aurora Borealis. A Letter from J. Madison, Esq., to D. Rittenhouse, Esq., containing Experiments and Observations upon what are commonly called the Sweet Springs. A Letter from the Rev. Jeremy Belknap, on the Preserving of Parsneps by drying. An Account of the late Dr. Hugh Martin's Cancer Powder, with Brief Observations on Cancers, by Dr. Benjamin Rush. Majores Observationes Astronomicæ, Observations on the Cause and Cure of the Tetanus, by Dr. Benjamin Rush. Letter concerning Chimneys, addressed to his Excellency, Benjamin Franklin, LL.D., President of the State of Pennsylvania, and of the American Philosophical Society, &c., by Dr. Rufton. Observations on the Annual Passage of Herrings, by Mr. John Gilpin. Observations on a Solar and Lunar Eclipse, communicated to the Society by M. M. de Grauchain, Major-General of the French Squadron. An Account of the Transit of Venus over the Sun, June, 1769, as observed at Newbury, Massachusetts, by the Rev. Samuel Williams, A.M. An easy and accurate Method of finding a true Meridian Line, and thence the Variation of the Compass, by Robert Patterson. Astronomical Observations, communicated by Mr. Rittenhouse. A Letter from Mr. Otto to Dr. Franklin, with a Memoir on the Discovery of America. The Antiseptic Virtues of Vegetable Acid and Marine Salt, combined in various Disorders accompanied with putridity, communicated in a Letter to John Morgan, M.D., F.R.S., and Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic at Philadelphia, by William Wright, M.D., of Trelawney, in Jamaica. Medical History of the Cortex Ruber, or Red Bark, communicated by Dr. J. Morgan. Account of Two Hearts found in one Partridge. Conjectures concerning Wind and Water Spouts, Tornados, and Hurricanes, communicated by Dr. John Perkins, of Boston, to Dr. John Morgan. The whole Process of the Silk-Worm, from the Egg to the Cocoon, communicated to Dr. John Morgan, in Two Letters from Messrs. Hare and Skinner, &c., in London, July 27th, 1774, and February 24th, 1775. The Art of making Anatomical Preparations by Corrosion, by Dr. John Morgan. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society—Continued. Of a living Snake in a living Horse's Eye, and of other unusual Productions of Animals, by Dr. John Morgan. Some Account of a Motley-coloured or Pied Negro Girl and Mulatto Boy, exhibited before the Society, in the month of May, 1784, for their examination, by Dr. John Morgan, from the History given of them by their owner, Mons. Le Valois, Dentist to the King of France, at Guadalupe, in the West Indies. Extract of a Letter from Bernard Romans, of Pensacola, dated August 20th, 1773, on an improved Sea Compass. OLD SERIES, VOL. III.-1793. Conjectures concerning the Formation of the Earth, in a Letter from Dr. B. Franklin to the Abbé Soulaire. A New and curious Theory of Light and Heat, in a Letter from Dr. B. Franklin to David Rittenhouse, Esq. Description of the Process to be observed in making large Sheets of Paper in the Chinese manner, with one smooth surface, communicated by Dr. Franklin. Queries and Conjectures relative to Magnetism and the Theory of the Earth, in a Letter from Dr. B. Franklin to Mr. Bowdoin, Explanation of a singular Phenomenon, first observed by Dr. Franklin, and not hitherto satisfactorily accounted for, in a Letter from Mr. R. Patterson to Dr. Benjamin Rush. An Account of an Earthy Substance found near the Falls of Niagara, and vulgarly called the "Spray of the Falls;" together with some Remarks on the Falls, by Robert M'Cauflin, M.D., communicated by Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D. Observations on the Probabilities of the Duration of Human Life, and the Progress of Population in the United States of America, in a Letter from William Barton, Esq., to David Rittenhouse, Esq. Extract of a Letter from Andrew Ellicott to David Rittenhouse, Esq., dated at Pittsburg, November 5th, 1787, containing Observations made at Lake Erie, on that singular Phenomenon, by Seamen termed Looming. An Account of the Sugar Maple Tree of the United States, and of the Methods of obtaining Sugar from it; together with Observations upon the advantages both public and private of this Sugar, in a Letter to Thomas Jefferson, Esq., Secretary of State to the United States, and one of the Vice-Presidents of the American Philosophical Society, by Dr. B. Rush. Memoir of Jonathan Williams, on the Use of the Thermometer in discovering Banks, Soundings, &c. An Account of the most effectual means of preventing the deleterious consequences of the bite of the Crotalus Horndus, or Rattle-snake, by Benjamin Smith Barton. Magnetic Observations made at the University of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the year 1788, by Dr. S. Williams. Accurate Determination of the Right Ascension and Declination of Bootes and the Pole Star, in a Letter from Mr. Andrew Ellicott to Mr. R. Patterson. Account of several Houses in Philadelphia struck with Lightning, June 7th, 1789, by D. Rittenhouse, Esq., and Dr. John Jones. An Account of the Effects of a Stroke of Lightning on a House furnished with two Conductors, in a Letter from Messrs. David Rittenhouse and Francis Hopkinson, to Mr. R. Patterson. Experiments and Observations on Evaporation in Cold Air, by C. Westar, M.D. Postscript to Mr. Barton's Letter to Dr. Rittenhouse, of the 17th of March, 1791. New Notation of Music, in a Letter to Francis Hopkinson, Esq., by Mr. R. Patterson. Observations on the Theory of Water-Mills, &c., by W. Waring. Astronomical Observations, communicated by David Rittenhouse, Esq. A Letter from Dr. Rittenhouse to Mr. Patterson, relative to the method of finding the Sum of the several Powers of the Sines, &c. Index Flora Lancastriensis auctore Henrico Muhlenburg, D.D. Investigation of the Power of Dr. Barker's Mill, as improved by James Rumsey, with a Description of the Mill, by W. Waring. A Thermometrical Journal of the Temperature of the Atmosphere and Sea, on a A Letter from Major Jonathan Heart, to Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D., containing An Account of some of the Principal Dyes employed by the North American Indians, extracted from a Paper communicated by the late Mr. Hugh Martin. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society—Continued. An Account of the Beneficial Effects of the Caffia Chamacrifla in recruiting worn-out lands, and enriching such as are naturally poor, together with a Botanical Description of the Plant, by Dr. James Greenway, of Dinwiddie Co., in Virginia. An Account of a Hill, on the borders of North Carolina, supposed to have been a Volcano, in a Letter from a Continental Officer residing in that neighbourhood, to Dr. J. Greenway, near Petersburg in Virginia. An Account of a Poisonous Plant growing spontaneously in the Southern part of Virginia, extracted from a Paper communicated by Dr. James Greenway. Description of a Machine for Measuring a Ship's Way, in a Letter from Francis Hopkinson, Esq., to Mr. John Vaughan. An Inquiry into the question, Whether the Apis Mellifica, or Tree-Honey Bee, is a Native of America, by Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D. An Account of a Comet, in a Letter to Mr. R. Patterson, by D. Rittenhouse, Esq. Cadmus; or, a Treatise on the Elements of Written Language, illustrating, by a philosophical division of speech, the power of each Character, thereby mutually fixing the Orthography and Orthoepy with an Essay on the Mode of Teaching the Surd, or Deaf, and consequently Dumb, to speak, by William Thornton, M.D., honoured with the Magellanic Gold Medal, by the Philosophical Society, in December, 1792. : Observations on the Theory of Water-Mills (continued from p. 193), by W. Waring. An Improvement on Metallic Conductors, or Lightning Rods, in a Letter to D. Rittenhouse, Esq., from Mr. R. Patterson, honoured with the Magellanic Premium, by an award of the Society, in December, 1792. An easy and expeditious Method of dissipating the Noxious Vapour commonly found in Wells and other Subterraneous Places, by Ebenezer Robinson, of Philadelphia. A Method of Draining Ponds in Level Grounds, by Jeffi Higgins, of Delaware. Observations on the Severity of the Winter, 1779 and 1780, by the Rev. Matthew Wilson, of Lewis, dated 22nd June, 1780. A Description of a New Standard for Weights and Measures, in a Letter from Mr. John Cooke, of Tipperary, in Ireland, to Thomas Jefferson, Esq. Description of a Spring Block, designed to assist a Vessel in Sailing, by Francis Hopkinson, Esq., of Philadelphia, honoured with the Magellanic Gold Medal, by an award of the Society, in December, 1790. A Botanical Description of the Podophyllum Diphyllum of Linnæus, in a Letter to Charles Peter Thunberg, M.D., Knight of the Order of Wasa, Professor of Medicine and Botany, in the University of Upsal, &c., &c. Observations on the Construction of Hospitals, by Mr. Le Roy, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, extracted from an Essay on the subject, which, with several elegant plans, was transmitted by the Author to the Society, but could not be inserted entire, as it contained many remarks of local nature, respecting Paris only. OLD SERIES, VOL. IV.-1799. Experiments and Observations relating to the Analysis of Atmospherical Air, by the Rev. Dr. J. Priestly. Further Experiments relating to the Generation of Air from Water, by the Rev. Dr. J. Priestly. To Determine the true Place of a Planet, in an Elliptical Orbit, directly from the Pean On the Improvement of Time-keepers, by David Rittenhouse, President of the Society. Of the Aberration of the Stars, Mutation of the Earth's Axis, and Semi-annual Equation, by Mr. Andrew Ellicott. A Letter from Mr. Andrew Ellicott to Mr. R. Patterson. A Method of calculating the Eccentric Anomaly of the Planets. Method of raising the Common Logarithm of any number immediately, by David Rittenhouse, Esq. Experiments on Evaporation, by C. Wistar, M.D. A Memoir concerning the Fascinating Faculty which has been ascribed to the Rattle-Snake and other American Serpents, by Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D. Some Account of an American Species of Dipus or Jerboa, by B. Smith Barton, M.D. A Letter from Mr. John Heckewelder to Benjamin Smith Barton, M.D., giving some account of the remarkable instinct of a bird called the Nine Killer. An Inquiry into the Causes of the Insalubrity of Flat and Marshy Situations; and directions for preventing or correcting the effects thereof, by William Currie. Description of a Machine for saving Persons from the upper stories of a house on fire, by Nicholas Collin, D.D., the inventor; with a drawing from the Model. A Disquisition on Wool-bearing Animals, by Dr. James Anderson, of North Britain, in a letter dated December 6, 1794. |