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# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 12/Number 137/A Relation concerning Barnacles

In the Western Islands of Scotland much of the Timber, wherewith the Common people build their Houses, is such as the West-Ocean throws upon their Shores. The most ordinary Trees are Firr and Ash. They are usually very large, and without branches; which seem rather to have been broken or worn off than cut: and are so Weather-beaten, that there is no Bark left upon them, especially the Firrs. Being in the Island of East, I saw lying upon the shore a cut of a large Firr-tree of about 2⁠1/2⁠ foot diameter, and 9 or 10 foot long; which had lain so long out of the water, that it was very dry: And most of the Shells, that had formerly cover'd it, were ​worn or rubb'd off. Only on the parts that lay next the ground, there still hung mnltitudes of little Shells; having within them little Birds perfectly shap'd, supposed to be Barnacles.
The Shells hung very thick and close one by another, and were of different sizes. Of the colour and consistence of Muscle-Shells, and the sides or joyn's of them joyned with such a kind of film as Muscle-Shells are; which serves them for a Hing to move upon, when they open and shut. * See Fig. 3. The Figure of the Barnacle-Shell is here represented *. 'Tis thin about the edges, and about half as thick as broad. Every one of the Shells hath some cross Seams or Sutures, which, as I remember, divide it into five parts, near about the manner as in the Figure. These parts are fastened one to another, with such a film as Muscle-Shells are.
These Shells hang at the Tree by a Neck longer than the Shell. Of a kind of Filmy substance, round, and hollow, and creassed, not unlike the Wind-pipe of a Chicken; spreading out broadest where it is fastened to the Tree, from which it seems to draw and convey the matter which serves for the growth and vegetation of the Shell and the little Bird within it.
This Bird in every Shell that I opened, as well the least as the biggest, I found to curiously and compleatly formed, that there appeared nothing wanting, as to the external parts, for making up a perfect Sea-Fowl: every little part appearing so distinctly, that the whole looked like a large Bird seen through a concave or diminishing Glass, colour and feature being every where so clear and neat. The little Bill like that of a Goose, the Eyes marked, the Head, Neck, Breast, Wings, Tail and Feet formed, the Feathers every where perfectly shap'd, and blackish colour'd; and the Feet like those of other Water foul, to my best remembrance. All being dead and dry, I did not look after the Inward parts of them. But having nipt off and broken a great many of them, I carried about 20 or 24 away with me. The biggest I found upon the Tree, was but about the size of the Figure here representing them. Nor did I ever see any of the little Birds alive, nor met with any body that did. Only some credible per​sons have assured me, they have seen some as big as their fist.
# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 14

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# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 14/Title Page

P H I L O S O P H I C A L
T r a n s a c t i o n s.
GIVING SOME
ACCOMPT
OF THE
Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours,
OF THE
I N G E N I O U S
IN MANY
Considerable Parts
OF THE
W O R L D.
Vol. XIV.
For the Year of our Lord, M.DC.LXXXIV.
OXFORD,
Printed at the THEATER, and are to be sold by Moses Pitt at the Angel, and Samuel Smith at the Princes Arms in St. Pauls Church-yard London, 1684.
# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 15

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# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 15/Epistle Dedicatory

To The
RIGHT HONORABLE
FULKE Lord BROOKE
of
Beauchamp's Court.
My Lord;
HAving Compleated the fifteenth Korlume of the Philosophical Transactions, ( which contains part of the great Stock of Experimental Learning, communicated to the Royal Society of the last year,) I now Humbly Dedicate it to Your Lordship; A person of Honor, always ready to Favor, whatever makes for the Improvement of Knowledge, and the Public Good.
But this imperfect Character of Your Lordship, tho' of it self sufficient to Fuftily the present Address, is not the only Inducement to it: I could mention, how much We are all indebted to Your Lordship, for a Uniform and Steddy Loyalty to the King, and a Pious Love for Your Country ​I might add, That Your Lordship's Kindness has reacht the Publisher of these Tracts, and made Him wholly Your Own: But I must take care, not to be Uneasy to Your Lordship; who is more inclined to Do great, things, then to Hear of them after they are done.
Wherefore, I shall only recommedn to Your Lordship's Patronage and Protection, the folliwng Discourses: Some of which retreive lost Peices of Antiquity, ( as the Incombustible Cloth, &c.) and by these means add to the Authority of the Antients, who have suffered in their Reputation by Our Ignorance: Others extend the bounds of Learning, and inform Mankind by New Discoveryes: Thes are all presented to Your Lordship, in token of a much greated Debt, from,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most Obedicnt Humble Servant,
WILLIAM MUSGRAVE, Reg. Soc. Sec
# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 16

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# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 17

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# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 24

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# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 26

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# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 27

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# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 28

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# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 29

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P H I L O S O P H I C A L
T R A N S A C T I O N S
GIVING SOME
ACCOUNT
OF THE
Preſent Undertakings, Studies, and Labours
OF THE
I N G E N I O U S
In Many
Conſiderable Parts of the W O R L D
Vol XXIX. For the Years 1714, 1715, 1716.
L O N D O N,
Printed for W. Innys at the Princes Arms in St, Paul's Church Yard. MDCCXVII.
TO
Sir Iſaac Newton, Kt.
PRESIDENT,
And to the
Council and Fellows
Royal Society
OF
L O N D O N
Inſtieuted for the
Advancement of Natural Knowledge;
THIS
Twenty Ninth VOLUME
OF
Philoſophical Tranſactions
IS
humbly dedicated,
BY
Edmond Halley, R.S. Secr.
Number 3381 Number 33951 Number 34087 Number 341129 Number 342169 Number 343225 Number 344265 Number 345313 Number 346353 Number 347389 Number 348429 Number 349465 Number 350505
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# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 29/Number 338/Preface

THE
PREFACE.
THE Philofophical Tranſactions, begun to be Publiſhed by that indefatigably diligent Promoter of Learned Correſpondence, Mr Oldenburgh, the firſt who attempted any thing of this Nature) having been ſufficiently known to the Curious, and always acceptable to the Learned, when due care has been taken in the choice of the Collections ſo recommended to the inquifitive and intelligent Reader; a long Preface muſt appear wholly unneceſſary.
However, it may not be amiſs to inform the Learned and Ingenious, of ſome Particulars of the preſent Putliſher’s Deſign: Which is;
Firſt, To prefent the Publick with ſuch ſhort Tracts, as might otherwiſe be loſt a Poſterity, if printed in single Sheets or Pamphlets.
Secondly, To give the Extracts, for the moſt part, of the Material, omitting the Preambles and Concluſions, and the uſeleſs parts of ſuch Letters as Correſpondents ſhall pleaſe to honour him with, relating to the Improvement of Natural Philoſophy, Mathematicks, or Mechanicks.
Thirdly, To give an exacct account of ſuch Experiments, as having been made before the Illuſtrious Royal Society, they ſhall pleaſe to order or permit the Publication of.
​Fourthly, To give, as Opportunity offers, the Abſracts or Accounts: of ſuch Books, relating to the Ends of the Royal Society's Inſtitution, at the Authors ſhall pleaſe to communicate themſelves; which ſhall be diſtinguiſhed from others: or of ſuch as are with diffculty to he procured in England, or extraordinary in their kind; upon which there shall ſometimes be added ſome Remarks.
To this Undertaking the Publiſher invites and deſires all real Lovers of Knowledge to contribute their Aſſiſtance, by communicating their Obſervations, Diſcoveries, or Inventions; which ſhall not only be faithfully and duly Publiſhed, with due Acknowledgment; but ſome Returns made them, by Informations of what ſhall be thonght acceptable to the Gentlemen, who ſhall think fit to entertain a Philoſophical Correſpondence: Who are deſired, in any Tract or Diſcourſe they ſhall ſo communicate, to omit all Perſonal Reflectſions; for if ſuch should happen to be inſerted the Publiſher shall take the liberty of leaving them out; it being his Opinion, that Diſputes on Philosophical Subjects, may be managed with the utmoſt Candor, Reſpect and Friendſhip by the Diſputants, whoſe only Aim ought to be the Search of Truth.
The Gentlemen willing to encourage this Undertaking, are deſired to direct their Letters, To be left at the Royal Society's House, in Crane-Court, in Fleetſtreet, London, for the Secretary of the ROYAL SOCIETY.
# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 29/Number 338

Numb. 338. Beginning the 29th Volume
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS.
For the Months of January, February and March, 1714
The CONTENTS.
I.THE Preface to the Reader, giving an Account of the Publiſher's Deſign and Method; aid inviting the curious Obſervers of the Phænomena, the diligent Inquirers into the Powers and Operations of Natural Agents, and the happy Inventors of new Diſcoveries, to contribute towards the carrying on thefe Publications with Succeſs, by generouſly communicating their Obſervations, Diſcoveries and Inventions to the Publiſher.
II. Logometria: Auctore Rogero Cotes, Trin. Coll. Cantab. Socio. Aſtronomiæ & Philoſophiæ ​Experimentalis Profeſſore Plumiano, & R. S. S.
III. An Extract from the Acta Eruditorum, for the Month of March, 1713. p. 111 Being a Diſſertation concerning, the dreadful contagious Diſtemper, ſeizing the Black Cattle in the Venetian Territories, and more eſpecially about Padua.
IV. A Recipe: Or the Ingredients of a Medicine for the late ſpreading Diſtemper amongſt Cows. Sent lately from Holland, where it was. made uſe of with Succeſs.
# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 29/Number 347

Numb. 347.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS.
For the Months of Jan. Febr. and March, 1716
The CONTENTS.
I. An Account of ſeveral Nebulæ or lucid Spots like Clouds lately diſcovered among the Fixt Stars by help of the Teleſcope.
II. Nova & tuta Variolas excitandi per Tranſplantationem Methodus, nuper inventa & in uſum traéta: Per Jacobum Pylarinum, Venetum, M. D. & Reipublicæ Venctæ apud Smyrnenſes nuper Conſulem.
III. Problematis olim in Actis Eruditorum Lipſiæ propoſiti Solutio Generalis.
IV. Some late curious Aſtronomical Obſervations communicated by the Reverend and Learned Mr James Pound, Rector of Wanſted, and R. Soc. Soc.
V. An Account of the late ſurprizing Appearance of the Lights ſeen in the Air, on the ſixth of March laſt with an Attempt to explain the Principal Phænomena thereof; As it was laid before the Royal Society by Edmund Halley, J. V. D. Savilian Profeſſor of Geom, Oxon, and Reg. Soc. Sect.
# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 30

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# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 31

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# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 32

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# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 33

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# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 36

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| Number 416 | 433 |
| Errata | 465 |
| Index | 466 |
# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 36/Epistle Dedicatory

TO
Sir HANS SLOANE, Bar$^{t.}$ PRESIDENT,
AND TO THE
COUNCIL and FELLOWS
OF THE
ROYAL SOCIETY
Of LONDON, for
Improving Natural Knowledge,
This Thirty-sixth Volume of
Philosophical Transactions
is humbly Dedicated
BY
Their most Devoted, And most Obliged Servant,
Cromwell Mortimer, R.S. Secr.
# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 36/Title Page

PHILOSOPHICAL
TRANSACTIONS
GIVING SOME
ACCOUNT
OF THE
Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours
OF THE
INGENIOUS,
IN MANY
Considerable Parts of the WORLD.
VOL. XXXVI.For the Years 1729, 1730.
LONDON
Printed for W. Innys, Printer to the Royal Society at the West End of St. Paul's.1731.
# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 37

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# Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 37/Epistle Dedicatory

To His Grace
C H A R L E S
Duke of Richmond and Lenox, &c.
My Lord,
I Beg Leave to present, to Your Grace this Volume of Philosophical Transactions, being a Collection of several Tracts lately read before the Royal Society, whose Meetings You have so frequently honour'd with Your Presence. Arts and Sciences always flourish most under the Protection of Princes and Great Men, who, themselves engaging in the Search after Learning, do by their Examples excite an Emulation among those, whose Business and Profession call them more immediately to the Improvement of the several Branches thereof. I am persuaded these Papers will meet with ​ a favourable Reception from Your Grace; who have not only sewn Your Inclination to encourage Knowledge in General, by becoming one of the Members of the Society, but have likewise done a particular Honour to the Faculty of Physick, by condescending to join to the Noble Titles of Your High Rank, those of Doctor in that Profession, and of Fellow of the College of Physicians, London.
I therefore gladly take this Opportunity of acknowledging that I am,
    With the greatest Submission,
       My Lord,
          Your Grace's,
             Most Obedient, and
                Most Humble Servant,
Cromwell Mortimer, M. D.
R. S. Secr.
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P H I L O S O P H I C A L
T R A N S A C T I O N S.
GIVING SOME
A C C O U N T
OF THE
Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours
OF THE
I N G E N I O U S,
IN MANY
Considerable Parts of the W O R L D.
VOL. XXXVII. For the Years 1731, 1732.
L O N D O N:
Printed for W. INNYS and R. MANBY, Printers to the Royal Society, at the West End of St. Paul's. 1733.