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Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol 1 Containing a collection of some of the principal phaenomena in nature, accounted for by the greatest philosophers of this age
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great many Truths, when their Numbers is considerable, shew so near a Relation to, and so mutual a Dependance upon one another, that it seems, that notwithstanding their violent Separation, they have a natural Tendency to be re-united.
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 KingJames, 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 |