| Description | ' The President in the Chair
The followiing Gentlemen had leave to be present, viz
Mr Russell, Dr Siqueira, and Signor Castriato by Mr Van Rixtel
Mr Pallman and Mr Reid, by Dr Maty
Mr Denison, and the Reveerend Mr Richardson by Dr Parsons
Dr Denman, and Mr Magalhaens by Dr Wilkinson
The Count de Verri, of Milan, by the President
Mr Smeathman, and Reverend Mr Putman, by Dr Morton
Mr Lane by Dr Watson
Mr Harris by Mr Robertson
Mr Witchel, by Mr Waring
Mr Gyraldi, and Reverend Mr Forster by Mr Delaval
Joshua Kirby Esqr by Mr Forster
The everend Mr Taylor by the Bishop of Carlisle
John Comyns Esqr by Dr Swinney
Mr Brunnich by Dr Solander
The Minutes of the last Meeting were read
An Impression from a Copper plate etched by Mr Cipriani, representing a taking down from the Cross, Sketched by Vandyke, was presented from Thomas Holliss Esq: and thanks were ordered for the same.
Richard Wright Met, fellow of Emanuel College Cambridge, was recommennded for Election, and the Certificate in his favour was ordered to be fixed up in the publick Meeting room. It was signed Thomas Gisborne, Donald Monro, Will. Blanshard, C Morton , and Edward Waring.
A Letter from Dr Murdock FRS dated Hanpstead October 18 1766, addressed to C Morton, S.R.S. was read, and a Journal of the Weather at Quebec between the 1st April 1765 and 30 April 1766, inclosed therein, was communicated to the Society.
This Paper is abstracted by Mr Rose a young Gentleman of the Army, from his Journal at large; and it contains, in five, respective Columns, the days of the Month, the greatest and least heights of the Thermometer of Fahrenheit Scale, the Winds, and the Weather as to Moist, and dry etc.
Thanks were ordered to Dr Murdock for this Commuhnication.
A Letter addressed to C.Morton SRS dated Christ Church Oxford, June 30. 1766, and signed John Swinton, was read. This letter contains some Account of two Parthian Medals which came into Mr Swinton's hands in the Month of May last; out of the Collection of Dr Pocock, late Lord Bishop of Meath.
Their size is of the smaller middle Roman Porass: Workmanship rather rude; so simila as to be, in a manner, duplicated of the same MEdal: having each on the Anterior part the effigies of the same king : and on the reverse a human head with the hair formed into Curls, And the Letters II, P, O, Z, \O,Y. Besides which there remain, on one of them, the Letters E, A, which Mr Swinton conceives to diorect us top thje City of Elegia, in Armenia. There seem to be also two or three other Elements, or Letters,which have suffered from the Injuries of time. The remainder f tje :etter is a disquisition into these two Medals: which Mr Swinton conceived to be struck by Volageses 2d at the City of Elegia, in Armenia, where the totally destroyed the Roman Army under Severianus, Profect of Cappadocia , in the year of Christ 161. In memory of which Victory he Assumed the Name of Conqueror; Peroz or Perozes in the ARmenian, as Mr Swinton is op Opinion the Medal ahould be read; with t he insertion of the Letter E, between the M and the P. The time did not allow Mr Swinton to send drawings of these Medals : but he promises to transmit them shortly tot he Society.
Thanks were ordered to Mr Swinton for this Commujnication.
A Paper entitled "An Account of a Succesfull Operation for the Hedrops Pectoris, by William Moreland, Surgeon At Greenwich, communicated by William Watson MD FRS" was read. The Patients name was Anne Harmsworth, of a thin hectic Body, and subject to defluxions on the breast. In 1760 she had an Acute pain in her right side, affecting hier breath. A blister and Oily Medecines relieved her for the present. But she had returns of the pains at different times, till November 1762 when the Access was much nore violent, with a difficulty of breathing, Weight on the Doiaphragm, quick Pulse, and heat. December 18 Mr Moreland saw her eith the same ComplaintsAugmented, a sense of great fullness on teh part and an evident flucuation in the whole right CAvity of the Thorax; whilst the left was free from Complaint: Urine limpid, and small in quantity: and no reeif from Medecines.
Every sympton frowing worse, and the Patient unable to breath otherwise than with the Thorax bent forward to the knees; there also being a manifest of distension on the whole right side : an Incision was made between the 6th and 7th rib, about 4 inches long, and in the midst between the spine and sternum, into the CAvity; from whence iussued 7 Pints of of limpid serum. The Respiration was instantlyfree; and only a faintness remained. Before morning she discharged by Urine 3 pints more than she drank; about a Spoonfull of Serum issued forth at the firsst dressingk and in less that a Month, the Patient was wellk and went on with a pregnancy in which she was now near three Months advanced.
Thanks were ordered to Dr Watson and Mr Moreland for this Communication.
A Manuscript paper, in 22 pages quarto was commmunicated from Henry pemberton MD FRS etc : and a Short Preface, containing Dr Pemberton's Account of the said paper was read.
Wherein, the Dr says, that the Calculation of Solar Eclipses having generally been thought Operose, from the repeated Computations required of the Moon's Parallaxes by their continually varying during the progress of the Eclipse: he was once induced to consider Keplers Compendium, for performing this, delivered in his Rudolphine Tables, ad is Epitome of Astronomy; with the demonstration in his treatise entitled Astronomiae Pars Optica. But this demonstration being perplext; and the Method itself wanting correction to render it perfect: he has endeavoured to supply both these defects, by the Propositions in thi9s paper; whereby the Moon's Apparent latitude may be determined, with sufficient exactness, not Only in Eclipses, but in all distances fo the Moon from the line of the Ecliptic.
To these Propositins, Dr Pemberton has remised the Method he has generaly used for computing the Nonagesima degree, and its distance from the Zenith : this form not being encumbered with any diversity from the diversity of cases.
Thanks were ordered to Dr Pemberton, for this valuable Communication.
A Letter addressed to M. Maty MD FRS dated Royal Society December 14, 1766, and signed Emanuel Mendes da Costa, was read.
The Principal part of the Letter is an extract of a Letter fromWilliam Borlase LLD FRS to Mr da Costa, said to be dated "November 23 last past" correcting a passage in a former Letter, concerning the Specimens of Native tin presented by him to the Royal Society: viz that what he then thought to be Quartz mix't or interposed, between the ore and the tin; he now finds to be real Arsenick. Which is a substatntial proof to any that may doubt, whether the Adjoining tin had been previously melted, or no.
Thanks were ordered to Dr Borlase foir this Communication.
Part of a Paper translated from the French, communicated by Mr Le Cat, was read, : and the rest was referred to a future Meeting.
Mr Ellis's Box of Chestnuts preserved in ~Wax, formerly ( Blank) deposited with the Society, was opened, And the Chessnuts contained therein were found rotten.
But some Acorns preserved, and deposited in like manner, appeared to be quite sound.
Adjourned, on Account of the ensuing festival, to Thursday the 8th January 1767. '
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