Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Volume 54Taylor & Francis, 1894 - Electronic journals |
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Page 379 - Piscium," had exhausted the Society's finances to such an extent that the salaries even of its officers were in arrears. Accordingly, at the council meeting of June 2, it was ordered that "Mr. Newton's book be printed, and that Mr. Halley undertake the business of looking after it, and printing it at his own charge, which he engaged to do.
Page xvii - During the same period he wrote a very important short paper for the Royal Society " On the Connection of the Himalaya Snowfall with Dry Winds and Seasons of Drought in India " (
Page 374 - Catalogue of a Stratigraphical Collection of Canadian Rocks prepared for the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893.
Page 380 - under the circumstances it is hardly possible to form a sufficient estimate of the immense obligation which the world owes in this respect to Halley, without whose great zeal, able management, unwearied perseverance, scientific attainments, and disinterested generosity the ' Principia' might never have been published.
Page 380 - The third I now design to suppress. Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious Lady, that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits, as have to do with her. I found it so formerly, and now I am no sooner come near her again, but she gives me warning.
Page 386 - ... dark space" in the neighbourhood of the negative electrode in partial vacuum. In [1523] of his I2th series, he says, " The results connected with the different conditions of positive and negative discharge will have a far greater influence on the philosophy of electrical science than we at present imagine.
Page 379 - Naturalis Principia Mathematica ' be printed forthwith in quarto, in a fair letter ; and that a letter be written to him to signify the Society's resolution, and to desire his opinion as to the volume, cuts, &c.
Page 243 - Rep >rt on an experimental investigation of the nerve roots which enter into the formation of the Brachial Plexus of the dog.
Page 482 - During a twentyfour hours' fast, on one day, water alone was drunk ; on another, 500 grammes of sugar was taken in an equal quantity of water. It was thus found that the sugar not only prolonged the time before fatigue occurred, but caused an increase of 61 to 76 per cent, in the muscular work done. In the next place, the effect of sugar added to the meals was investigated. The...
Page 379 - It is recorded in the Minutes of Council that the arrears of salary due to Hooke and Halley were resolved to be paid by copies of Willughby's work. Halley appears to have assented to this unusual proposition, but Hooke wisely " desired six months' time to consider of the acceptance of such payment.