Bibliographical history of electricity & magnetism, chronologically arranged - Unknown

Næggerath and Steininger (at Chladni, E. F. F., A.D. 1794), [315]
Nairne, Edward (1726–1806), “Experiments ... to show the advantage of elevated pointed conductors” (Phil. Trans., 1778, p. 823), [237], [238], [243], [252], [264], [265].
See also Phil. Trans., 1772, p. 496; 1774, p. 79; 1780, p. 334; 1783, p. 223.
Namias, Giacinto (b. 1810) (“Giornale Veneto di scienze mediche,” V. 3, 1860), “Della elettricità applicata alla medicina,” 1851.
Namur, Jean Pie (b. 1804), “Bibliographie Académique Belge ...,” 1838, [256]
Nancy, Mémoires de, [277]
Nancy, Société Royale, [512]
Napier, James (1810–1884), “A manual of electro-metallurgy,” [339], [359];
“On Electrical Endosmoses” (Chem. Soc. Mem. and Proceed., III. 28).
Napier, Macvey, “Memoir of Sir John Leslie,” [296]
Naples, “Atti, Memorie, Rendiconto, della Reale Academia della scienze ...,” [495]
Naples, the first academy of sciences, established in 1560, [75]
Naples. See [Palmieri, Luigi].
Napoléon Bonaparte, [247], [248], [338], [339], [361]
Naram-Sin (at 2637 B.C.), [2]
Narducci, Enrico (1832–1893), [50]
Narrien, John, “Historical account of astronomy,” [521]
National Academy of Sciences. See [Washington].
“Natura (La),” publication commenced by Rodolfo Capparrera in Florence during 1877, as “L’Elettricita.”
“Naturæ Novitates,” publication commenced in Berlin during 1879.
“Nature” of Parmenides, [532]
“Nature,” publication commenced in London during 1869, [31], [63], [77], [93], [99], [107], [128], [140], [440]
“Naturwissenschaftliche abhandlungen am Dorpat,” 1823, [368]
Nauche, Jacques Louis (1776–1843), “Journal du Galvanisme,” [280], [305], [326], [330], [337], [363], [453]
Naudé, Gabriel (1600–1653), “Apologie ...,” [107], [502], [538].
See account of his many curious books at p. 232, Vol. I. See III. of “Notes and Queries.”
Naumann, Karl Friedrich (b. 1797), “Krystallographie,” 1825, 1830, 1841, 1850, 1852, 1854, 1856 (Pogg. Ann., III. 1825, XXXV. 1835).
Nautical Magazine (or Journal), London, 1832, etc., [61], [468]
Nautonnier—Nautoniez—Guillaume de, Sicur de Castelfranco, “Mécometrie de l’eymant ...,” 1602–1604, [63]
Navagero, A., “Orationes ... carmin ... nonulla ...,” 1555, [553]
Navarrete, D. Martin Fernandez de (1765–1844), “Discurso historico ...,” “Recherches ... sciences nautiques,” [60], [509], [531]
Neander, Johann August Wilhelm, [25]
Nebel, Daniel Wilhelm (1735–1805), “De magnete artificiali”: Utrecht, 1756; “De electricitatis neu medico,” 1758.
Nebel, W. B. (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), [385]
Necker de Saussure, Louis Albert (b. 1786) (Bibl. Univ., Feb. 1830).
Neckham, Alexander (1157–1217), Abbot of St. Mary’s, [31];
“De Utensilibus”; “De natura rerum.”
Needham, John Tuberville. See Mem. de Brux., IV. 1783; “Dict. of Nat. Biogr.,” 1894, Vol. XL. p. 157.
Neef, Christian Ernst (1782–1849) (Pogg. Annal., XXXVI. 1835; XLVI. 1439; L. 1840), “Nachschrift ... über elektromagnetismus,” 1821, [423]
Negro, Salvatore dal (1768–1839), “Dell’ elettricismo idro-metallico”: Padova, 1802; Ann. delle scienze del Regno Lombardo-Veneto, II. 109; III. 1833; IV. 1834; V. 165; Mem. Soc. Ital., XXI. 323, 1837.
Nelis, Corneille François de, of Malines (1736–1798), [288], [434], [435]
Nelli, Giovanni Battista Clemente, “Vita de Galileo,” [116], [117]
Neophron, Athenian poet who flourished fifth century B.C., [543]
Neoplatonism, Plotinus the father of, [534]
Netherlands, Royal Institute of, [272]
Neubauer, Adolf (1832–1907), [35]
“Neudrucke ...” of Dr. G. Hellmann, [531]
“Neue Freie Presse” of Vienna, [421]
“Neues Allgemeines Journal der Chemie.” See [Gehlen, A. F. von,] at [Scherer, A. N.]
“Neues Conversations-Lexicon”: Köln and Bonn.
“Neues Journal für chemie und physik.” See [Gehlen, A. F. von] at [Scherer, A. N.]
“Neuesten entdeckungen in der Chemie,” Crell, L. F. F., [254]
“Neuestes Conversations-Lexicon”: Wien.
Neumann, Carl, “Theorie der Electricitäts ...,” 1863, 1864.
Neumann, Franz Ernst (at Hare, Robert, A.D. 1819), [449] (Crell’s Journ., XXVI. 1843).
Neumann, K. A., “Über meteorolithen ...,” 1813 (Gilb. Ann., XLII. 1812; XLIII. 1813).
Neumayer, G., “Bericht ... meteorsteines ...,” 1869.
Neve, T., “... concerning an aurora australis ...” (Phil. Trans., XLI. 843).
New Annual Register, [323]
“New Cyclopædia or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences,” 45 Vols. See [Rees, Abraham].
New England Magazine, [499]
New General Biographical Dictionary, Rose, H. James, [2], [20], [24], [40], [43], [45], [68], [95], [107], [122], [156], [163], [202], [296], [533]
“New London Mechanics’ Register and Magazine of Science and the Useful Arts,” publication commenced in London during 1824.
Newton, John, “Astronomia Britannica,” 1657.
“Newton’s Journal of Arts and Sciences,” publication commenced in London by W. Newton during 1820.
Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727), [58], [92], [95], [129], [132–134], [140], [145], [146], [150], [155], [159], [168], [181], [183], [225], [229], [238], [253], [315], [340], [461], [466], [472], [473], [484], [496]
New York Columbian, [418]
Neyreneuf, François Vincent, [426]
Niamias, G. (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), [386]
Nicander of Colophon (fl. second century B.C.), [97], [529]
Nicephorus, Callistus Xanthopoulos (fl. c. A.D. 1330), [142]; “Historia Eccles. ...”
Niceron, Jean Pierre (1685–1738), “Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire des hommes illustres,” [97], [211], [507], [514], [527], [539]
Nicetas—Hicetas—of Syracuse (fl. fourth century B.C.), [519], [530]
Nicholas, Emperor of Russia, [422]
Nicholas of Lynne (Carmelite astronomer, at Lully, Raymond).
Nicholl, J. F., “Life of Sebastian Cabot,” [69]
Nichols, Edward L., [xii]
Nichols, Philip (at Kendal, Abram), [523]
Nichols, Professor, “Cyclopædia of the physical sciences,” [461]
Nicholson and Carlisle, [270], [337], [369], [419], [435]
Nicholson, William (1753–1815), editor of the “Journal of Natural Philosophy,” “British Cyclopædia,” etc.
Nicholson’s “Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts,” commenced in 1802, 36 Vols., [165], [208], [228], [231], [241], [245], [248], [249], [270], [278], [280], [281], [296], [298], [302], [304], [322], [325], [330], [335], [336], [337], [338], [339], [341], [342], [347], [349], [359], [362], [363], [367], [369], [370], [383], [386], [387], [388], [393], [394], [398], [405], [406], [407], [428], [431], [443], [449]
Nicklès, François Joseph Jérôme (b. 1820) (Comptes Rendus, année 1851), “Recherches sur l’aimantation,” 1855.
Nicodemo, Francisco, “Bibliotheca Napolitana,” 1699, [516]
Nicolas, Lieut. Nicolas Harris (at Pasley, C. W., A.D. 1808), [398]
Nicolas, Pierre François (1743–1816), “... électricité comme remède ...,” 1782, [385]
Nicolas, Sir Harris (at A.D. 1327–1377), [59]
Nicolaus Myrepsus (fl. thirteenth century A.D.), [27], [529]
Niebuhr, Karsten—Carstens (1733–1815), celebrated German traveller, “Voyage en Egypte”; “Ansicht der Chemischen Naturgesetze,” [61], [453].
See “Journal des Savants” for Feb. 1818.
Nierembergius, Eusebius (at Zahn, F. J., A.D. 1696), [146]
Nierop, Dirck van, “Nederduytsche Astronomia ...”: Amsterdam, 1658.
Niño, Pedro Alonzo (1468–1505), [60]
Nipher, Francis Eugène, “The Volt, the Ohm and the Ampère”: practical electrical units (Journ. Ass. Engin. Soc., Vol. VII. pp. 83, 89: New York, 1888).
Nivelet, François, “Electricité médicale ...,” 1860–1863, [386]
Noad, Henry Minchin (1815–1877), “Lectures on electricity ...,” 1839, 1844; “A manual of electricity ...,” 1855, 1857, [77], [122], [140], [145], [150], [176], [181], [196], [205], [206], [207], [225], [227], [228], [231], [239], [250], [252], [271], [274], [287], [291], [292], [297], [308], [318], [325], [330], [334], [335], [337], [339], [340], [347], [355], [356], [373], [378], [379], [380], [391], [407], [409], [418], [423], [437], [440], [447], [448], [455], [457], [458], [459], [460], [465], [467], [469], [470], [471], [475], [476], [481], [483], [489], [493]
Nobili and Antinovi, “Sopra la forza elettromotrice del magnetismo,” 1831, 1832 (Ann. del Reg. Lomb. Veneto, II. 96, 832; Phil. Mag. for June 1832).
Nobili, Leopoldo (1784–1835), [285], [413], [472], [473], [475], [477], [479]
(Bibl. Univ., XXV. 1824; Ital. Soc. Mem., XX. p. 173; Pogg. Annal., XXXIII. 1834).
Noectus, C. (at Dalton, John, A.D. 1793), [308]
Noël, Bonaventura d’Argonne. See [Vigneul-Marville].
Noggerath, Jacob (b. 1788), [314]
(Phil. Mag. or Annals, II. 46, 1827; Schweigg. Journ., III. p. 224, 1828).
Noggerath, J., and Bischof, C. G. C. (Schweigg. Journ., XLIII. 825, 1825).
Noggerath, J., and Reuss, G. C. H. (Phil. Mag., VIII. 174, 1830).
Nollet, Jean Antoine (1700–1770) (Mém. de Paris, 1745, Hist., p. 4, Mém., p. 107; also 1746, Hist., p. 1, Mém., p. 1, and 1747, Hist., p. 1, Mém., p. 102; Phil. Trans., XLV. 187; XLVI. 368), [168], [174], [179], [180], [181–183], [185], [187], [188], [189], [193], [199], [201], [220], [224], [249], [257], [282], [320], [332], [554]
Nomak. See Romisch.
Nonius, Petrus. See [Nuñez].
Nooth, John Merwin, M.D., [278]
Nordenskjold, Nils Adolf Erik (1832–1901), “Periplus,” 1897, [63], [139]
“Nordisches Archiv. für d. Nat. v. Arzeneiw.,” [257]
“Nördlischen Kätter für die chemie ...” See [Scherer, A. N.]
Norman, Robert (fl. 1590), “The newe attractive, or account of the first invention of the dipping needle,” [xiv], [70], [75–77], [97], [112], [115], [250], [266]
“North British Review,” [466]
Norumbega, the lost city of New England, [115]
Norwood, Richard (1589–1675), “The Seaman’s Practice ...,” 1719.
“Notes and Queries,” [75]
Nouveau Larousse, Claude Augé, [1], [25], [131], [262]
“Nouvelle Biographie Générale depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu’à nos jours,” edited by Dr. Hœfer, [2], [5], [10], [16], [21], [24], [25], [31], [32], [38], [39], [41], [44], [45], [54], [58], [64], [68], [71], [79], [80], [81], [90], [93], [95], [97], [104], [106], [108], [109], [117], [122], [130], [137], [141], [145], [163], [164], [166], [170], [179], [186], [187], [190], [192], [196], [202], [205], [207], [233], [253], [255], [259], [262], [263], [265], [281], [282], [288], [289], [294], [296], [298], [301], [312], [347], [350], [359], [361], [367], [383], [386], [401], [434], [455], [462], [464], [483], [498], [501], [502], [504], [505], [506], [507], [508], [509], [510], [512], [513], [514], [515], [516], [517], [518], [519], [520], [521], [525], [526], [527], [528], [529], [530], [531], [532], [533], [534], [536], [537], [538], [539], [540]
Nouvelliste, Le, [298]
Novara. See [Dominicus Maria Ferrariensis].
Novelli. See Paola Antonia (at Aquinas), [505]
Novellucci, his electric plate machine, [256], [482]
(Antologia di Firenze, August 1824, p. 159).
Novum Organum—Novum Organon—of Francis Bacon; Novum Organum, London, 1620, 1650, 1802; Lug. B., 1645, 1650; Oxford, 1878, 1889; Novum Organon, Lips., 1840; Clarend., 1813; Nuovo Organo, Bassano, 1788; Neues Organon, Berlin, 1793, [xiv], [90], [92], [99], [103]
Noya-Caraffa, Giovanni, Duke of (1715–1768), “Recueil de Mém. Æpinus” (Phil. Trans., LI. Pt. I, p. 396, 1759), [17], [193], [218]
Numa Pompilius, the second King of Rome, [9]
Nuneberg, M. (at Ingen-housz, A.D. 1779), [257] (Scelta d’Opus., XVII. 113).
Nuñez—Nonius—Petrus (1492–1577), [530]
Nouva Collezione d’Opuscoli scientifici ...: Bologna, [257]
Nouva Scelta d’Opuscoli, Interessanti sulle scienze, 2 Vols.: Milano, 1804–1807.
See [Amoretti, Carlo].
Nuovi annali della scienze naturali: Bologna.
Nuovi Lincei. See Rome, Accad. Ponteficia.
Nuovo Cimento, “Giornale di fisica, chimica ...,” edited by Matteucci and others, at Pisa and Torino.
Nürnberg, “Neues Journal für chemie und physik,” von Schweigger, J. S. Ch. von Vols. 1–30, 1811–1820 (30 Vols.), Vols. 31–42, 1821–1824 (12 Vols.); “Jahrbuch der chemie und physik ...,” Vols. 43–54, 1825–1828 (12 Vols.), Vols. 55–60, 1829–1830 (6 Vols.), Vols. 61–69, 1831–1833 (9 Vols.); “Journal für praktische chemie,” von Erdmann, Otto Linné, Vols. 1–108, 1834–1869 (108 Vols.), Vols. 1–14, 1870–1876 (14 Vols.).
Nyerup, Rasmus, “Univ. Annalen,” [158]
Nyrén, Magnus (at Swedenborg, Em., A.D. 1734), [165]
Nysten, Pierre Hubert (1771–1818), “Nouvelles expériences galvaniques,” [305]
“Nyt Bibliothek fer Physik ...”: Kjobenhavn, [453], [455]
“Nyt Magazin fer naturvidenskaberne:” Christiana, [29], [446]

Oberst, J., “Conjecturæ ... magnetis naturam ...,” 1760, [555]
Obert, Klindworth and Minkeler (at Ingen-housz, J., A.D. 1779), [257], [249]
Observations sur la physique. See [Rozier, François], [258–259];
Scudder, “Catalogue,” 1879, p. 110.
Oderigo, Nicolo, [xx]
Odier, Louis (1748–1817), [81], [82], [240]
“Odyssey” of Homer, [5], [6]
Oersted, Hans Christian (1770–1851), [vii], [64], [81], [222], [345], [365], [366], [367], [376], [380], [381], [383], [384], [412], [413], [414], [421], [451–455], [456], [465], [472], [473], [474], [475], [476], [478], [482], [484]
(Phil. Mag., XXIII. 129; LVI. 394; LIX. 462; Phil. Mag. or Annals, VIII, 230; Gehlen IV. Jour., III. 1804; VIII. 1808; Voigt’s Mag., III. 412; Schweigg. Jour., XX. 1817; XXIX. 1820; XXXII. and XXXIII. 1821; XXVIII. 1821–1822; LIII. 1828; Ann. Ch. et Phys., XXII. 1823; Oversigt over det Kongl. danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger, 1822–1823, 1823–1824, 1825–1826, and almost every year up to 1840 inclusively).
Offord, J., Jr. (at 321 B.C.), [ix]
Offusius, Joannes Franciscus, “De divina astrorum facultate,” 1570, [11]
Ohm, Georg Simon (1787–1854). See Nipher, Francis Eugène, “Die galvanische Kelte mathematisch bearbeitet,” 1827; “Grundzüge der physik ...,” 1854, [384], [460]
Ohm, Martin, brother of Georg Simon, “Spirit of mathematical analysis ...,” 1843.
Ohm’s Law, xiv, 384. Consult Crystal, George (“Electrician,” Vol. XXV. p. 309, 1890); Hopkinson, John (1849–1898), Lectures at Inst. Civil. Eng., London, Vol. I. pp. 81–106, 1844; Kohlrausch, R. H. A., also Tyndall, John (Phil. Mag., Ser. IV. Vol. III. pp. 321–330, 1852); Raymond, Jules, “Recherches ... loi d’Ohm,” 1870; Webb, F. C. (Phil. Mag., Ser. IV. Vol. XXXV. pp. 325–333, 1868).
Oken, Lorenz, [403–404]
Olaus, Magnus, “Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus,” 1555, [71], [527]
Olbers, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthaüs (1758–1840), on the Zodiacal Light, etc., [141], [345], [462]
Oldenberg, Henry, Secretary of the Royal Society (1615?-1677), [142], [547]
Olfers, J. F. M., “Die-gattung torpedo ...,” 1831 (at Shaw, George, A.D. 1791), [298]
Oliva, Joannes, Map of the World, A.D. 1613, [63]
Oliva, Salvatore, Atlas showing both Americas, A.D. 1620, [63]
Oliver, A., of Salem, Mass., Theories of lightning, thunderstorms and waterspouts (Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., O.S. II. 74, 101).
Olmstead—Olmsted—Denison (1791–1859), [141], [457], [458], [461];
“On the zodiacal light”; “Introduction to natural history.”
Omar Khayyám—Kheyyám (d. 1123), [38]
Omont, Henri, [xi]
Ongania (at A.D. 1436), [63]
Onimus and Legros, “Traité d’électricité médicale,” [386]
“Onomasticon Literarium.” See [Sax—Sachs].
“Operator, The,” publication commenced in New York during the year 1874; afterwards became “The Operator and the Electrical World.”
Oppermanno—Oppermanus—Septimus Andreas, [325], [326], [385].
Oppianus (fl. second century A.D.), “Halieutica,” [11]
Opuscoli Act. Erudit.: Lips., [130]
Opuscoli filosofici ..., 2 Vols.: Milano, 1827.
Opuscoli matematici e fisici ...: Milano, [257], [271], [295], [298]
Opuscoli scelti sulle scienze e sulle arti, 22 Vols.: Milano and Bologna; Nuova collezione d’opuscoli scientifici ... 5 Vols.: Bologna, 1817–1824; Fr. Cardinali, Fr. Ovioli, and others, [175], [208], [241], [243], [248], [253], [254], [257], [258], [263], [270], [271], [272], [280], [281], [284], [295], [299], [306], [335], [347], [401].
See Amoretti and “Scelta di opuscoli interessanti ...”
Orb of Coition, [100]
Orb of Virtue—Orbis Virtutis, [86], [100]
Organe électrique artificiel. See [Volta].
Oribasius Sardianus (born c. A.D. 325), [26], [531]
Origanus recte Tost David, “Annorum Posterorium, XXX.,” 1609.
Origen, also called Adamantus (c. A.D. 185–254), [38]
Orioli, F. See [Opuscoli Scelti ...], [258]
Orléans, “Société Royale des sciences ...,” Annales.
Ormoy, Abbé d’, [282]
Orosius (fl. fifth century A.D.), Historarium.
Orphei Argonautica of A. C. Eschenbach, [554]
Orpheus, Vedic Ribhu, “Argonautica,” “Lythica,” “Bacchia,” etc., edited by the very distinguished Greek scholar, Andrea Christian Eschenbach of Nuremberg (1663–1705), [519], [530–531]
Orsini, Count de Rosenberg, [10]
Ortell—Oertel—Abraham (1527–1598), [63]
Osann, Gottfried Wilhelm (b. 1797), ten articles in Poggendorff’s Annalen on Electricity, Meteoric Iron, Phosphorescence, etc., from Vol. VIII. 1826 to Vol. CVI. 1859; Grundzüge der lehre von dem magnetismus und der elektricität, 1847.
Osbun, Prof., of Salem, Mass., [234]
Osmose. See [Endosmosis and Exosmosis].
Osorius—Osorio—de Fonseca, Jeronimo (b. 1506), “Histoire du Portugal,” Genève, 1581, [68]
Ostertag, Johann Philipp (1734–1801), “... die Kentnisse der Alten von der Electricität” (Neue Abhandl. der Baierischen Akad., IV. 113, 1785); “Antiquarische Abhandl. über Gewitterelektricitat,” 1810.
Ostroy, van, [559]
Ostwald, Friedrich Wilhelm (b. 1853), “Lehrbuch der Allgemeine Chemie” and “Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie,” 1887; established with Jacobus Hendrikus Van’t Hoff; “Elektrochemie,” 1896; “Ostwald’s Klassiker der exakten Wissenschaften”: Leipzig, [284], [391], [455]
Otté, E. C. See Humbolt, Alex. von “Cosmos.”
Otto’s letter to Benjamin Franklin, [67]
Oudry, “Applications en grand de la galvanoplastie et de l’électro-métallurgie,” 1868.
Oughtred, W., “Descrip. ... double horiz. ... dyal ...,” 1674, [553]
“Oversigt over det Kongl. danska Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandliger ...”: Kjobenhavn, [453], [454]
Ovid, Publius Ovidius Naso (43 B.C.-A.D. 18), “Fastorum, libri xii”; “Metam. ... Numa ... Jupiter Elicius,” A.D. 17, [10], [462]
Oviedo, Luis de, “Methodo de la coleccion ... medicinas simples,” 1622, [27]
Oviedus, Gonzales. See [Gonzalus Oviedus].
Ovioli, F. See [Opuscoli Scelti], [257]
Owen, Dr. Richard (1804–1892), [404]
Owen, John—Oweni, Ioan (1560–1622), [523]
Oxford University, Library, etc., [40], [99], [145], [151], [405], [497], [513], [530]
Ozanam, Antoine Frédéric (1813–1853), [504]
Ozanam, Jacques (1640–1717), “Récréations mathématiques,” 4 Vols. 1721, 1724, etc., [401]

Pacchiani, Francesco Giuseppe (1771–1835), [392], [393], [419], [483]
(Nuova Scelta d’Opuscoli, I. 277, 1804; Phil. Mag., XXIV. 176, 1806; Ann. Chim. di Brugnatelli, XXII. pp. 125, 135, 144, 1805).
Pac̄ifico, Salomone Ireneo (A.D. 776–846), [60]
Pacini, Filippo (1812–1883), [299],
“Sopra l’organo elettrico del Siluro elettrico del Nilo ...,” 1846.
Pacinotti, Antonio (b. 1841), “Descrizione di una machinetta elettro-magnetica ...,” 1864. This is the author’s ring-armature with closed coils (Catal. of Wheeler Gift, No. 1601).
Pacinotti, L. (at Dalton, John, A.D. 1793), [308]
Padova—Padua—Accademia, Saggi, Memorie, etc., [140], [253], [303], [304], [528]
Padova—Padua—Annali della scienze naturali, [363]
Padova—Padua—“Giornale Astro-Meteoroligico,” [254]
Padova—Padua—Observatory, [254]
Padova—Padua—University, [253], [455], [460], [499], [502], [506], [515], [528]
Padova—Padua—University, history of, by Boulay, [505]
Pæologue. See [Paléologue].
Pagani, O. M. (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), [385], on medical electricity.
Page, Charles Grafton (1812–1868), on new electrical instruments, induction, etc., etc. (Silliman’s Journal, XXVI.-XLIX.; Bibl. Univ., X. 398), [234], [283]
Page, Charles G., and Rittenhouse, D. (Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., O.S. II. pp. 173, 175, 1786).
Page, John, of Williamsburg (at Rittenhouse, David, A.D. 1786), [282]
Paisley, Lord, “Experiments on his loadstone,” [161].
See Hamilton, James (Phil. Trans. XXXVI. 245, 1729–1730).
Pajot-Laforest (at Aldini, Giovanni, A.D. 1793), [305]
Palagi, A., “Nuove sperienze sull’ elettricità telluro-atmosferica” (Rendiconto dell’ Accad. delle scienze dell’ Ist. d’ Bologna, 1858, p. 72).
Paléologue, Georges Maurice, “L’Art Chinois,” [2], [3] (Acta Acad. Petropol., I. 1778; Phil. Trans. for 1776, 1778).
Palladius, Bishop of Helenopolis (A.D. 368–430), says that lodestone attracts the nails of ships....
Pallas, Peter Simon (1741–1811), [314], [451]
Palm, G. A., “Der magnet in alterthum,” 1867, [15]
Palma (Siciliano) Richerche medico-elettriche (mentioned by Bertholon, 1749).
Palmer, W. (at Pasley, C. W., A.D. 1808), [397]
Palmieri, Luigi (b. 1807), [337], [416], [420];
Annali del Reale Osservatorio meteorologico ... Napoli, 1859 (Rendiconto dell’ Accad. di Napoli, IV. 1845; Giornale I.R. Istit. Lomb., N.S. 4, II. 346).
Palmieri, Luigi, and Linari-Santi, P., [337]
Palmstedt, Carl (at Shaw, George, A.D. 1791), [299]
Pameyer, George (at A.D. 1250), [34]
Pancirollus, Guido (1523–1599), [22], [81], [123]
Pander, Christian Heinrich, “Beiträge zur naturk,” [368]
Pandulph, “History of Naples,” [211]
Panormitano: name given to Anthony of Bologna.
Pantarbe, [10], [533]
Paoli, Adrian (at 600–580 B.C.), [10]
Paolo, Rev. Maestro. See [Sarpi].
Paolo. See [Paulus Æginæ].
Paolo, the Venetian. See Marco Polo—Paulum Venetum.
Papadapoli, Nicolaus Comnenus, [528]
Para, “Cours complet ...,” 1772, [556]
Paracelsus (1493–1541), [26], [64–65], [104], [301], [513], [529].
See Joannes Isaacus, Hollandus.
Paramagnetism, [494], [495]
Paris, Académie Royale des Sciénces de L’Institut de France; Comptes Rendus hebdomadaires, X. and passim; La Connaissance des temps; Histoire et Mémoires de l’Académie, Table des articles ... depuis 1666 jusqu’en 1770 par Rozier, François (1734–1793); Recueil des pièces.
Paris, Annales de Chimie, par Guyton de Morveau, Lavoisier, etc., 1789–1815.
Paris, Annales de Chimie et de Physique, par Gay-Lussac. From January 1st, 1914, the work was divided into two distinct monthly sections: “Annales de Chimie” and “Annales de Physique.”
Paris, Astronomical Society, [481]
Paris, Bureau des Longitudes, [481]
Paris, Ecole-Faculté de Médecine, [273], [274], [284], [384], [385], [538]
Paris, Faculté des Sciences, [373], [374]
Paris, John Ayrton (1785–1856), “Life of Sir Humphry Davy,” [340], [341], [347]
Paris, Magnetic Society, [425]
Paris, Mémoires de, [207], [253], [268], [271], [279], [302], [320], [460]
Paris Observatoire, [157], [268], [301], [477], [481], [482]
Paris, Palais des Tuileries, telegraph erected upon, [329]
Paris, “Paris et ses historiens,” [34]
Paris Societies in addition to those elsewhere mentioned.
See Académie des Sciences, 1666–1790; Galvani Society; Institut Nationale; Journal; Société d’Encouragement; Société de Médecine; Société Médicale d’émulation; Société Philomatique; Société Philotechnique.
Paris University, [16], [530]
Parke, translator of J. G. de Mendoza’s “History of the Kingdom of China,” [77]
Parma University, [365]
Parmenides of Elea (fl. fifth century B.C.) founder of the Eleatic Greek School of Philosophy, [511], [532], [543]
Parrot, Georg Friedrich (1767–1852), [195], [308], [367], [368];
“Handbuch der Physik,” [195], [420].
See Voltaic pile, chemical theory of (Voigt’s Mag., IV. 1802; Gilb. Annal., XII. XXI. LV. LX. LXI.; Ann. de Chim. et Phys., XLVI.).
Parry (afterwards Sir), W. E., his magnetical observations, [139], [457]
Parshall, Dr. Horace Field, [xii]
Parthey, Gustav Friedrich Constantin, [520]
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Pascalis, P. A., Mémoire sur l’électricité médicale, 1819, [385]
Pasley, Sir Charles William (1780–1861), Telegraph, [397–398], [399], [442], [439] (Phil. Mag., XXIX. XXXV.).
Pasqual, A. R., “Descr. ... aguja nautica,” 1789, [556]
Pastoret, Claude Emmanuel J. P. de, [542]
Pasumot, Fra., “Observations sur les effets de la foudre,” 1774, [556]
Paterson, William, Lieut.-Gov. of New South Wales (1755–1810), “On a new electrical fish, the Tetrodon electricus” (Phil. Mag. for 1786), [297]
Patterson, Prof. Robert (1743–1824) (Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., O.S. II. 251, III. 321).
Patterson, R. M., on electricity from steam (Silliman’s Jour., XI. 1841).
Pauli, Adrian, [8]
Paulian, Aimé Henri (1722–1801), [183], [205], [555]
Paulsohm, P. (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), [385]
Paulum Venetum. See [Polo, Marco], at A.D. 1271.
Paulus Ægenita—Æginata—Paul of Ægina, Greek physician (fl. seventh century A.D.), [20], [519]
Paulus Jovius, “Historiarum sui temporis ...,” 1552, [58], [506], [507]
Paulus Venetus. See [Sarpi], Pietro, herein, at A.D. 1632.
Pauly, August Friedrich von, “Real-Encyclop. der class. Alterthums ...,” [25]
Pauthier, Jean Pierre Guillaume, “Chine Ancienne,” [2], [3]
Pavia, Rivista di Fisica, Mat. e Sc. Naturali, [57]
Pavia University, [246], [284], [361], [424]
Payssé, M., Expérience relative au galvanisme, [285], [306]
Pazienti, A., “Dell’ azione ... dell’ elettrico e del magnetismo ...,” 1846 (Giornale Veneto di Scienza Medicale, V. Ser. II. 1855).
Peabody, Col. Francis (at A.D. 1771), [234]
Peacock, Dr. George (at Young, Thomas, A.D. 1807), [396]
Pearson, George (1751–1828), [324], [375] (Phil. Mag., XV. 274, 1803).
Pearson, Karl, “Grammar of Science,” [102]
Pearson, Richard. See [Royal Society].
Peart, Edward (1756–1824), “On electric atmospheres,” 1793, [312], [556]
Peckham, John (John of London), [42], [45]
Péclet, Jean Claude Eugène (1793–1857), “Essai historique sur l’électricité” (Ann. Chim. et Phys. an 1841, 3^e Série).
Pedacius, Greek botanist, [11]
Pedemontani, Alexander, “De secretis ...,” 1560, [553]
Peel, W., on the production of muriates (Phil. Mag., XXIII. 257), [392], [419]
Peirce, Prof. C. Saunders, [xx]
Pell, John, “Gellibrand’s discourse on the variation of the magnetic needle,” [119]
Pellechet, Marie, “Catalogue général des incunables,” [26], [37], [501], [504]
Pelletan, Charles (at Volta, Alessandro, A.D. 1775), [247];
also (at Humboldt, Alex. von., A.D. 1799), [333],
and (at Fourcroy, Ant. Fr. de. A.D. 1801), [354]
Pelletan, Philippe Jean (at Volta, A.D. 1775), [247]
Pelliciarius. See [Marbodeus Gallus.]
Peltier, Jean Charles Athanase (1785–1845), discoverer of the Peltier effect.
See Le Roux, F. P. (Proc. Birmingham Philos. Soc., Vol. V. pp. 53–56, 1886; Edinb. New Philos. Journ., Vol. XXXVII. pp. 298–304 and Vol. XXXVIII. pp. 97–101, 1844–1845; Ann. Ch. et Phys., 1834, 1836, 1839). The well-known Peltier electroscope was anticipated by Milner, Thomas (1719–1797), in his “Experiments ...,” 1783, [204], [367], [381], [416]
Peltierin (“Annales de Chimie,” LXV. p. 330), [321]
Penada, Jacopo (at Dalton, John, A.D. 1793), [308]
Pennsylvania University, [278], [319], [373], [435], [446]
Penny Cyclopædia, edited by Charles Knight, [4], [11], [12], [19], [127], [264], [302], [317], [322], [438], [441]
Penrose, F., “Treatise on electricity,” 1752; “Essay on magnetism,” 1753, [555]
People’s Cyclopædia, [240]
Pepper, J. H., “Cyclopædic Science,” “Voltiac electricity,” [223], [256], [304], [305], [336], [339]
Pepys, Samuel, “Diary,” [127]
Pepys, William Haseldine, Jr., [373]
Pepys, William Haseldine, Sr. (1775–1856), [289], [338], [371–373], [378], [393], [403]
Percival, Thomas (1740–1804), “Medical and experimental essays,” [386]
Perego, Antonio (b. 1787), “Relatione sul fulmine caduto in Iseo” (Comment. Ateneo Brescia, 1834, for aerolites, and 1842, p. 77, for a new electroscope); “Atti delle Adunanze dell’ Imp. Reale Istituto Veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti,” 1846.
Peregrinus—Peregrini, Petrus de Maricourt (fl. thirteenth century, A.D.), “De Magnete ...”: Augsburgi, 1558, [vii], [xi], [xiv], [xix], [xx], [33], [42], [44], [45–54], [57], [72], [73], [76], [83], [87], [88], [110], [112], [115], [526], [544]
Perewoschtschikow—Perevoschtchikoff—Demetrius (b. 1760) (Bulletino della Soc. Imp. dei Naturalisti di Mosca, 1829).
Periander of Corinth (fl. c. 625 B.C.), [7]
Pericles (at Anaxagoras), [503]
Period of the five (Chinese) Emperors, [1]
Perkins, Benjamin Douglas Elisha (1741–1799), Perkinism, [327];
“The influence of metallic tractors on the human body,” 1798, 1799.
Perkins, John, “Conjectures concerning winds and waterspouts,” 1786 (Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., II. 335).
Péron, François (1775–1810), “Voyage de découvertes ...,” 1807.
Péron F., and Freycinet L., “Voyages ...,” 1816, [442]
Perpetual motion engine, [50], [52], [53], [86], [120]
Perry, John (at Faraday, Michael, A.D. 1821), [492]
Person, Charles Cleophas (b. 1801), [330];
“Théorie du Galvanisme ...,” 1831; Medical Galvanism (Journal des Connaissances médico-chirurgicales, 1853; Journal de Physiol. Expér., 1830, X. 216).
Peschel, C. F., “Elements of Physics,” 3 Vols. 1845.
Peschel, Oscar Ferdinand (at Bianco, Andrea, A.D. 1436), [64]
Peter the Lombard. See Monroe “Cyclopædia,” Vol. IV. p. 660, and its very numerous references, [41]
Peters, C. A. F. See “Zeitschrift für populäre.”
Petersburg. See [Saint Petersburg].
Petersdorff, F. C. von (at Chladni, E. F. F., A.D. 1794), [314]
Petersen, Frederick Christian (1786–1856), [333]
Peterson, William (1755–1810), Lieut.-Gov. of New South Wales, [297]
Petetin, Jacques Henri Désiré (1744–1808), [229], [351], [385];
“Nouveau mécanisme de l’électricité,” 1802; “Théorie du galvanisme ...,” 1803; Société de santé de Lyon, Actes, etc.
Petit, Fédéric (b. 1810), on meteors, etc. (Toulouse Academy Reports, 3rd and 4th Series, for 1844, 1846, 1848, 1849, 1855), [315]
Petit, P., “A letter ... where ... a globous magnet called terrella and the variation of the variation is examined” (Phil. Trans. 1667, p. 502).
Petit-Radel, Philippe (1749–1815), [305]
Petrequin (at Pearson, George, A.D. 1797), [325]
Petri de Bergamo, [505]
Petri de Vineis. See [Des Vignes, Pierre].
Petri, H. (at Cusanus), [510]
Petrina, F. A., “Entdeckungen im Galvano-Voltaismus,” [249], [258] (Baumgartner, Andreas Zeitschrift f. Phys., V. 1837).
Petrini, Pietro (1785–1822)—Petrini, P., and Cioni, M., [337], [392]
Petropol. See [St. Petersburg].
Petrus Aponus—Apponensis—Apianus. See [Abano], [501]
Petrus Lombardus. See [Peter the Lombard].
Petrus Nonius. See [Nuñez, Pedro], [530]
Petrus Plancius—Plancius Peter, [94], [533]
Peurbach, Georg von (1423–1461), Novæ theoriæ planetarum, [512]
Pezzani, André (at Lactantius, L. C. F.), [525]
Pezzi, Cesare G. (at Galvani, Luigi, A.D. 1786), [283–284]
Pfaff, Christian Heinrich, of Kiel (1773–1852)—Pfaff, C. H., and Michaelis, G. A., [195], [270], [278], [285], [327], [331], [332], [333], [335], [353], [385], [393], [419], [493]
(Gren’s Journal, VIII.; Ann. der Chemie, XXXIV. 307; Soc. Philom., II. 181, 1796; Gilb. Ann., Vols. VII. and LXXIV.; Phil. Mag., XXVII. 338; Schweigger’s Journal, Vols. I.-LXIV.; Gehlen’s Jour. f. Chem. v. Phys. for 1806 and 1808).
Pfaff, Johann Wilhelm Andreas (1774–1835)—Pfaff, J. W. A., and Schweigger J. S. C., [415]
Pfalzbayr Beiträge for 1782, [285], [330]
Pfluger, E. (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), [386] (Monatsberichte d. Berlin Akad., 1858).
Phæacians, the, [6] (dwellers on the mythical island of Scheria).
Phædo—Phœdo—Phædrus. See [Plato].
Pharmaceutical Journal, London, [308]
Pharos, Temple of, [18]
Phenix of Alexandria (at School of Athens), [544]
“Phil. Graec. vet. relig.,” [511]
Philadelphia, College of, [222]
Philadelphia. See American Museum, American Philosophical Society, Academy of Natural Sciences, Journal of the Franklin Institute.
Philip, Dr. Wilson (at Bostock, John, A.D. 1818), [325], [443]
Philip II, King of Spain, [77], [527]
Philipeaux (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), [386]
Philips, R., “Electrical formation of crystallized sulphuret” (Phil. Mag. or Annals, VII. 226, 1830).
Phillips, John, [249], [257]
Phillips, Laurence Barnett, “Dict. of Biogr. Ref.,” 1871, [300]
Phillips, Sir Richard (1778–1851), one of the editors of the “Philosophical Magazine,” [285], [428], [464], [466], [497]
Philo, Judæus (b. 20–10 B.C.) “Libellus de Opificio Mundi,” [20]
Philolaus, the Pythagorian (fl. c. 374 B.C.), [532], [537]
Philosophia Britannica. See [Martin, Benjamin].
Philosophia Magnetica, 1629, of Nicolaus Cabæus was the second Latin book published on electricity; Gilbert’s De Magnete, 1600, being the first.
Philosophia Moysaica. See [Fludd, Robert], [554]
Philosophia Naturalis, 1654. See [Regius, Henricus (Le Roy)].
Philosophia Pollingana ... 1730. See [Amort, Eusebius].
Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary. See [Hutton].
Philosophical: “History and Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris”: London, 1742.
See Académie Royale des Sciences, Paris.
Philosophical Magazine—Philosophical Magazine and Journal ...; Philosophical Magazine or Annals of Chemistry ...; London and Edinburgh Phil. Mag. and Journal of Science; London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Phil. Mag. and Journ. of Sc., edited by Brewster, Kane Phillips, Taylor, Tilloch and others: under name of Tilloch’s Ph. Mag., etc.
Philosophical Magazine, etc., [xvii], [43], [61], [81], [133], [140], [143], [148], [165], [178], [195], [201], [212], [214], [218], [221], [225], [229], [230], [231], [246], [248], [249], [252], [256], [258], [263], [270], [277], [279], [281], [285], [288], [289], [291], [295], [296], [297], [298], [300], [305], [306], [308], [311], [314], [315], [326], [329], [330], [335], [337], [338], [347], [348], [349], [354], [359], [362], [363], [367], [371], [373], [374], [375], [376], [377], [380], [381], [382], [383], [388], [389], [390], [391], [392], [393], [394], [397], [398], [399], [400], [403], [405], [406], [411], [414], [415], [416], [417], [418], [419], [423], [424], [426], [427], [428], [429], [431], [432], [433], [434], [435], [436], [440], [442], [444], [446], [448], [449], [451], [452], [453], [454], [455], [456], [457], [458], [460], [464], [466], [467], [468], [469], [471], [476], [477], [479], [481], [483], [486], [487], [488], [492], [494], [495], [496], [498], [499], [549–550]
Philosophical Society, Cambridge, England.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. See [Royal Society, London].
Philostratus, Flavius (born c. 180–170 B.C.), [8], [533]
Phipson, T. L., on Phosphorescence, Meteors, Aerolites, etc., 1858, 1862, 1867.
Phlogiston—Phlogistic theory from Boyle to Lavoisier, [261], [262], [362]
Phædo of Aristotle, [537]
Phœnicians, the, along the Syrian coast, [5], [7], [536]; Phœnician star.
Phœnicians. See Court de Gébelin, Antoine (1725–1784), “Monde primitif ...,” 1781; also Huet, Pierre Daniel (1630–1725), “History ...,” 1717.
Phonograph, suggested at (A.D. 1745), [171];
also at (A.D. 1620–1655), [103],
and at (A.D. 1641), [119]
Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 820–891), [7], [541]
Photometers of Lambert, Leslie, and Count Rumford, [225]
Photometry (Photometria), [225]
“Physikal ... Worterbuch ...,” edited by Gehler, J. S. T., [248]
Physical Society of London, Proceedings, etc., publication commenced in London during 1876.
Physikalische-Bibliothek. See [Erxleben].
“Physiologische Darstellung der Lebenskräfte,” [284]
Pianciani, Giambattista (b. 1784) (Bibl. Ital., XCIX. 97, 1835) (at Shaw, George, A.D. 1791), [298]
Picard, Jean (1620–1682), first observed electric light in vacuo, [132], [146], [268] (Anc. Mém. Paris, II. X.; Bibl. Ital., XCIX. 42).
Picchioni, L. (Bibl. Ital., XCVI. 404, 1839).
Piccinelli, G. (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), [385] (Opusc. Scelti, VIII. 310, Milano, 1785).
Piccolomini, Alessandro, archivesco di Patrasso, “De la sphera del mondo ...,” 1540.
Pickel, Georg (1751–1838), animal electricity, etc., [249], [257], [385]
Pickering, Charles (at Schouten, G. C., A.D. 1616), [98]
Pictet, Marc Auguste (1752–1825), “On atmospheric electricity,” [199], [309], [327], [331], [407]
Pictorio, Georg (at A.D. 430), [26]
Piderit, J. R. A., “Dissertatio ...,” 1745, [555]
Piezo electricity: electricity developed by pressure, as in some crystals.
Pigafetta, Francisco Antonio (1491–1534), “Trattato di navigazione ...,” [67], [68]
Pignotti, Lorenzo (1739–1812), [299], [392]
Pigram, W. (at Bolten, J. F., A.D. 1775), [246]
Pilatre de Rozier, Jean François (1756–1785), “Sur la cause de la foudre” and “Sur des expériences électriques”: Paris, 1780–1781, [288], [554] (Journ. de Physique, XVI. and XVII.).
Pilkington, James, Bishop of Durham (1520–1576), [232]
Pinaud, A., Electro-dynamics, etc. (Reports of the Toulouse Academy for 1843, 1844, 1846).
Pincio, Leon, “Biblioteca ...,” [516]
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, [320]
Pine, T., “On the connection between electricity and vegetation” (Annals of Electricity, IV. 421), [257]
Pineda, Juan de, Spanish Jesuit (c. 1557–1637), [5]
Pinkerton, John (at A.D. 1809), [402]
Pinson, P. C., “Essai ... applications de l’électricité à la médecine,” 1857, [386]
“Pioneers of Science.” See [Lodge, Sir Oliver].
Pisa University, [392]
Piso, Lucius Calpurnius, “Die Lorazischen ...” von A. Michaelis, 1877, [10]
Pittacus (c. 652–569 B.C.), [7]
Pivati, Johannes Francisco (1689–1764), [185], [186], [263];
“Della elettricità medica ...,” 1747.
Pivia and Matteucci, [384]
Pixii, Hypolite, Jr., Magneto-elect. apparatus (Ann. de Chimie for July 1832).
Pizarro, [475]
Placidus, Heinrich (Schweigger’s Journal, XV.), [420]
Plana, Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (b. 1781), Memoirs on the theory of magnetism, on the distribution of electricity, etc. (Mém. de Turin, Ser. II. Vol. III. 1844, 1845, 1864).
Plancius, Peter (1552–1622), [94], [532–533], [560]
Plant electricity, researches on, [259–261]
Planta, Martin de (1727–1772), [229], [256] (In Allg. deutsche Biblioth. XXIV. Anh. Abth., p. 549, 1760).
Plat, Sir Hugh (1552–1611), “Jewel House of Art and Nature,” 1653, [74], [124]
Plata, F. M., “Dissertatio de electricitate,” 1749, [555]
Plate of air electrically charged, [313]
Platea, Francis Piazza (d. at Bologna, A.D. 1460) (at A.D. 450), [27]
Plateau, M. J. (at 285–247 B.C.), [18]
Plato, Athenian philosopher (c. 427–347 B.C.)— Platonists—“Ion”; “Timæus”; “Phædrus”; “Phædo,” etc. See Monroe “Cyclopædia ...,” Vol. IV. pp. 722–725; [7], [8], [13], [15], [20], [43], [270], [515], [525], [533], [534], [538], [544]
Plattes, Gabriel, [124], [125]
Plautus, Titus Maccius (c. 254–184 B.C.). The greatest comic poet of ancient Rome. The “Bacchides,” etc., the editio princeps of his works appeared at Venice in 1472.
Playfair, John (1748–1819), [99], [122], [156], [295], [296], [311];
“Outlines of natural philosophy,” 2 Vols. 1812–1816; “Magnetising power of violet rays” (Phil. Mag., LIII. 155, 1817).
Playfair, Lyon Lord (1818–1898), [122], [423].
See Vapereau, G., “Dictionnaire ...,” p. 1260.
Pliny—Plinius Cæcilius Secundus (Caius) A.D. 23–79), “... Naturalis Historiæ ...,” 1st edition: Venetiis, 1469; “Naturæ Historiarum”: Venice, 1497; “Hist. Mundi ...” (History of the World, English translation by Philemon Holland, London, 1634). See Græsse, V. 337; “New Int. Cycl.,” XVIII. 733, title page, [xix], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [13], [17], [18], [20], [21], [24], [26], [29], [43], [67], [72], [74], [97], [123], [124], [270], [503], [506], [510], [540]
Plon, Nourrit et Compagnie, [xii]
Plot, Robert (1640–1696), Catalogue of electrical bodies (Phil. Trans., XX. 384, 1698), [547]
Plotinus of Alexandria (fl. A.D. 205–270), [534]
Pluanski, “Thèse sur Duns Scott,” [41]
Plücker, Julius (b. 1801), [412], [495].
On diamagnetism, etc. (Crell’s Journal, XXXV. 1847; Phil. Mag. for June 1849; Phil. Trans. 1858; Scientific Memoirs, Vol. V. Pt. XIX. p. 253; Pogg. Annal., LXXII.-CX.); “On the magnetic relation ... of the optic axis of crystals....”
Plumptre, Edward Hayes (1821–1891), refers to the system of posts organised by Persian kings; “The divina commedia,” [4], [41], [43], [44], [60]
Pluquet, François André Adrien, [513]
Plurality of worlds, roundness of earth, etc., [525]
Plus and minus theory of electricity: Watson, [175];
Wilson, [184];
and Franklin, [196]
Plutarch (c. A.D. 46–120), [4], [11], [14], [20], [74], [124], [140], [524], [525];
“Life of Quintus Sertorius,” “Placit. Philos.,” “Quæstiones Platonicæ,” “Quæstiones Conviviales” (Phil. Trans., Watson, XLVIII. Part. I.).
Plymouth Institution, Transactions of the, [470]
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Poggendorff, Johann Christian (1796–1877), “Biographisch-Literarisches Handwörterbuch ...”: Leipzig, 1863; “Annalen der physik und chemie” (begun in 1824); “Geschichte der physik”: Leipzig, 1879, [8], [31], [66], [71], [75], [82], [90], [107], [140], [175], [199], [209], [214], [242], [254], [256], [258], [259], [263], [267], [271], [275], [280], [284], [292], [298], [302], [303], [306], [323], [324], [325], [326], [335], [350], [353], [359], [360], [364], [367], [370], [376], [383], [385], [387], [391], [395], [402], [408], [414], [415], [416], [423], [428], [432], [434], [441], [443], [444], [446], [449], [450], [451], [454], [460], [464], [467], [468], [471], [473], [476], [481], [487], [488], [489], [490], [491], [492], [493], [494], [495], [498]
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Riess, Peter Theophil (b. 1805), [420], [423];
“Die lehre von der Reibunge-Elektricität,” 2 Vols. 1853, 1858, 1867.
Riess, P. T., and Faraday, M., [498]
Riess, P. T., and Moser, L., [423];
“On the magnetising power of the solar rays,” 1830 (Phil. Mag. or Annals, VIII. 155).
Riess, P. T., and Rose, G., “Über d. Pyro-Elektricität d. minerale ...” (Abhandl. d. Berlin Acad., 1843).
Riffault, Anatole, et Chompré, N. M., [390], [391], [394]
Riffault des Hêtres, Jean René Denis (1752–1826), [394], [429].
He also experimented with Chompré.
Rinklake (Mimosa Pudica), [257]
Rinmann, S. (at Haüy, Le Père René Just), [288]
Ristoro d’Arezzo. See [d’Arezzo].
Ritchie, William (1790–1837), [225], [476]
Rittenhouse, David (1732–1796), [282–283]
Ritter, Dr. Heinrich (1791–1869), “Histoire de la philosophie ancienne” (History of ancient philosophy; Geschichte der philosophie), [41], [352], [353], [503], [504], [510], [512], [532], [533], [537], [542];
Ritter and Preller, [512]
Ritter, Johann Wilhelm (1776–1810), [257], [327], [335], [349], [380–384], [393], [419], [464];
Ritter and Amorette, 1804.
Rive. See [La Rive].
Rivière—Rivoire—Antoine, “Traité ...,” [253]
Rivista di Fisica, Mat. e Sc. Nat. Pavia, [57]
Rivista, G. Ital., [58]
Rivista Scientifico-Industriale. See [Vimercati, G.]
Rivius, Johannes, “Vitæ D. Aur. Augustini,” 1646, [25]
Robert on the electrophorus, [249]
Robert, M., makes ascension with Prof. Charles, [288]
Roberti de Valle Rotho, 1495, [553]
Roberts and Donaldson (at Lactantius, L. C. F.), [525]
Roberts-Austen, Prof. Sir William Chandler (1843–1902), [372]
Robertson, Abraham (1751–1826), [251]
Robertson, Dr. William, Principal of the University of Edinburgh (1721–1793), “History of the reign of Charles V,” “Historical Disquisition ...”: Basle, 1792, [36], [61], [114]
Robertson, Etienne Gaspard Robert (1763–1837), “Mémoires Récréatifs,” “Scientifiques,” “Acide Galvanique,” [248], [249], [275], [284], [342], [350–351], [419]
Robertson, John M., “Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon,” [102]
Robertson, Rev. Alexander, “Fra Paolo Sarpi ...,” [113]
Robertus de Fluctibus. See [Fludd].
Robertus, J., “Curationis Magneticæ ...,” [245]
Robespierre, Francis Maximilien Joseph Isidore de (1758–1794), [268–269]
Robillard, M. See [Argentelle].
Robin, Charles (at Shaw, George), [298], [300];
and (at Pepys, W. H., Sr.), [375]
Robins, B. (at Watson, Wm.), [175];
and (at Romagnosi, G. D. G.), [367]
Robinson, Thomas Romney (1792–1882) (Trans. Roy. Irish Acad., XXII. 1–24, 291–311, 499–524).
Robiquet, Henri Edme (1822–1860), “... théorie de Franklin sur la nature du fluide electrique ...,” 1854.
Robison, John (1739–1805), [88], [89], [146], [156], [180], [225], [268], [307], [308–311], [327], [466], [498]
Robson, W., translator of the “Historiæ Hierosolimitanæ ...,” [31]
Roch, M. (at Ampère, A. M.), [476]
Roche, Ed. A. (at Coulomb, C. A. de), [276]
Rochegude, Mr. de, [16]
Rodwell, George Farrer, “A Dictionaryof Science,” 1871.
Rœmer, Olaus (1644–1710), [157]
Roeth, Eduard (at Pythagoras), [537]
Roger, D. J. N. Lud, “Specimen Physiologicum,” [241]
Rogers, Wm. B., [369], [413], [453], [473]
Roget, Peter Mark (1779–1869), [383], [467], [473], [475], [476]
Rogge, H. C., “Bibliotheca Grotiana,” [518]
Rohault, Jacques (1620–1675), [113], [122], [125], [129], [160].
See Jal’s “Dictionaire,” p. 1075.
Rohde’s “Système complet de signaux,” [400]
Rohrbacher, François René, “Ecclesiastical History,” [34]
Roiffé, Jacques C. F. de la Perrière de (d. 1776), [212]
Rollin, Charles, “Ancient History” (1661–1741), [19], [504], [537], [542]
Romagnosi, Gian Domenico (1761–1835), [365–367].
For Romagnosi’s experiment, see Ronalds’ Catalogue, pp. 436–437.
Consult, likewise, the following:—
Aldini, Giovanni (1762–1834), “Essai théorique ...”: Paris, 1804.
Ayrton, Wm. Ed. (1847–1908), “Electricity as a motive power”: Sheffield, 1879.
Cantu, Cesare (1807–1895), “Notizia di G. Romagnosi”: Prato, 1840; Milano, 1835.
Davy, Sir H. (1778–1829), “On the magnetic phenomenon ...” (Philos. Mag., Ser. I. Vol. LVIII. pp. 43–50), London, 1820.
Govi, Gilberto (1826–1889), “Romagnosi ...”: Torino, 1869.
Izarn, Joseph (1766–1834), “Manuel du Galvanisme”: Paris, 1805.
Siemens, Sir Chas. Wm. (1822–1883), “On the progress of the electric telegraph” (Journ. Soc. of Arts, Vol. VI. pp. 348–358), London, 1858.
Tommasi, Donato (b. 1848), “Histoire des sciences ...” (“Cosmos-les-Mondes,” Ser. IV. Vol. V. pp. 326–328), Paris, 1882.
Zantedeschi, Feo (1797–1873), “L’elettromagnestismo ...”: Trent, 1859; “Trattato ...”: Venice, 1845.
Romas, de, Kite experiments, [203–204], [320]
Romershausen, E., Marburg, 1851 and 1853, [257]
Romich and Fajdiga, also Romich and Nomak, [492]
Rommereul, General (at Alexandre, Jean), [361]
Ronalds, Sir Francis (1788–1873), “Catalogue of books and papers relating to electricity ...”: London, 1880, [xiv], [5], [121], [140], [148], [179], [183], [199], [202], [208], [223], [229], [248], [253], [269], [290], [337], [366], [388], [389], [406], [423], [424], [438–440], [483], [550]
Ronayne, Thomas, [201], [238], [270], [320]
Rondelet, Guillaume (1507–1566), [270]
Rose, Rev. Hugh James (1795–1838), English divine, who projected the “New General Bibliographical Dictionary,” carried on by his brother, Henry John Rose (1800–1873), [95], [531]
Rose of the winds—wind roses—roses des vents—compass card, [59], [63], [509]
Rosel (at Humboldt, F. H. Alex. von), [332]
Rosenberg, A. G., 1745, [555]
Rosenberger, Ferdinand (at Guericke, Otto von), [126]
Rosenmüller, Ernst Friedrich Carl, [528]
Rosenthal, J., 1862 (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine), [386]
Rosicrucians, [65]
Rosier. See [Rozier].
Rosny, Léon de, “Les peuples orientaux ...,” [5]
Ross, David (at Cassini, J. J. D.), [267]
Ross, Sir James Clark (1800–1862) (Ronalds’ Catalogue, p. 440), [458]
Ross, Sir John (1777–1856). See Ronalds’ Catalogue, p. 441, also pp. [457] and [458] herein.
Rossel, Admiral de, magnetic observations, [250]
Rossetti, Francisco (1833–1895). See [Bibliografia Italiana].
Rossi, Francesco (d. 1841), “Expériences galvaniques ...” See Giulio.
Rossi-Rubeis, B. M. de, [505]
Rossignol, Jean Pierre (b. A.D. 1804), “Les métaux dans l’antiquité ...,” 1863.
Rossler, T. F., 1776, [556]
Rost, J. L. (at Dalton, John), [308]
Rotatory Polarization. See [Cadozza, Giovanni],
also [Arago, D. F. J.]
See Magnetism, rotatory.
Rotterdam, “Bataafsch genootschap ...”: Verhandelingen, [292]
(Batavian society of experimental philosophy; Mém. de la société de physique experimentale).
Rouelle, G. F. (at Milly, N. C. de), [235]
Rouget’s observations on the gymnotus electricus, [230]
Roul (at Zamboni, G.), [420]
Rouland and Detienne (at Volta, Alessandro), [249]
Rouland, N., “Electricité appliquée aux végétaux,” [257], [449]
Roundness of the earth and antipodes ridiculed, [523–525]
Rouppe (at Galvani, Aloysio), [285]
Rousseau, Jean Jacques (at Alexandre, Jean), [360]
Roussel (at Galvani, Aloysio), [284]
Roux, Augustin, “Expériences Nouvelles,” [255]
Roux, F. I., “Conservation des plaques ...,” 1866, [347]
Roveredo, Gazetta di, [367]
Rowles, S. (at Heraclides), [519]
Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris, the philosophical history and memoirs of ..., Vols. I.-V.
See [Paris, Académie Royale].
Royal Astronomical Society of Great Britain, London, [471], [481]
Royal Institution of Great Britain, Proceedings, etc., [277], [307], [322], [338], [339], [340], [341], [342], [344], [369], [370], [371], [372], [373], [395], [396], [425], [433], [467], [474], [478], [482], [484], [488], [489], [496], [497], [498], [499].
See “Journal of Science and the Arts,”
also “Journal of the Roy. Inst.,”
likewise the “Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and the Arts.”
Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, Proceedings, etc., [263], [521]
Royal Medal, awarded to Michael Faraday, [498].
The very first award of the Royal Medal was made to John Dalton in 1826. Its other recipients embrace Sir Humphry Davy, 1827; Sir David Brewster, 1830; Michael Faraday, 1835, and 1846; Lord Rayleigh, 1882.
Royal Society of Edinburgh, Proceedings, etc., [140], [142], [466]
Royal Society of Literature, Transactions, etc., [14]
Royal Society of London:—
Abstracts of the papers printed, [140], [158], [243], [249], [277], [347], [348], [372], [387], [436], [437], [458], [460], [471], [477], [481], [482] (continued as “Proceedings of the Royal Society of London”).
Catalogue of Scientific Papers compiled and published by the, [158], [220], [233], [255], [257], [258], [263], [277], [298], [314], [315], [335], [347], [348], [353], [355], [359], [364], [368], [370], [373], [375], [376], [379], [384], [385], [386], [387], [388], [389], [391], [394], [395], [401], [402], [403], [408], [412], [414], [415], [416], [426], [428], [441], [446], [449], [450], [454], [456], [460], [462], [464], [466], [470], [471], [476], [477], [481], [483], [496], [499]
Histories of the: by Birch, Thomas, [132], [175], [183], [195], [272];
by Sprat, Thomas, [132];
by Thomson, Thomas, [90], [105], [132], [150], [152], [155], [156], [162], [167], [189], [190], [196], [214], [218], [221], [222], [227], [239], [248], [251], [256], [263], [268], [284], [288], [347], [355], [456];
by Weld, Charles Richard, [66], [75], [103], [114], [132], [155], [167], [168], [187], [191], [196], [239], [252], [446], [456], [462]
Proceedings of the: a continuation of the “Abstracts,” [548]
The Abridged Philosophical Transactions of the:
by Baddam, Benjamin, [8], [92], [95], [119], [138], [141], [145], [149], [150], [153], [155], [157], [160], [162], [175], [549];
by Eames and Martyn, [138], [149], [155], [156], [157], [160], [175], [246], [549];
by Eames, John (d. 1744), [549]
(see Eames and Martyn, Dict. of Nat. Biogr., XVI. 313);
by Gray, John (1800–1875), [549] (see Read and Gray);
by Hutton, Charles (1737–1823), [15], [27], [95], [97], [119], [130], [131], [138], [141], [143], [145], [149], [150], [153], [155], [156], [157], [160], [162], [166], [167], [173], [175], [176], [178], [181], [183], [185], [188], [191], [199], [200], [201], [205], [207], [219], [221], [223], [226], [229], [232], [237], [238], [240], [241], [243], [245], [249], [252], [256], [265], [291], [297], [298], [299], [313], [322], [336], [502], [549];
by Jones, Henry Bence (1814–1873), [141], [150], [156], [498], [549];
by Lowthorp, John, [119], [138], [143], [145], [160], [549];
by Martyn, John (1699–1768), [154], [155], [157], [162], [166], [167], [173], [175], [176], [177], [178], [180], [181], [183], [185], [189], [267], [549] (see Eames and Martyn);
by Motte, Benjamin (d. 1738), [549] (Dict. Nat. Biogr., XXXIX. 194);
by Pearson, Richard (1765–1826), [549];
by Reid, Thomas (1710–1796) (Reid and Gray), [138], [155], [156], [157], [160], [175], [246], [549];
by Shaw, George (1751–1813), [298], [374], [549]
The Unabridged Philosophical Transactions of the, [viii], [ix], [xvii], [8], [15], [17], [27], [29], [92], [96], [118], [127], [130], [131], [134], [135], [138], [139], [140], [141], [142], [143], [145], [149], [150], [152], [153], [154], [155], [156], [157], [158], [160], [162], [165], [166], [167], [172], [174], [175], [176], [177], [178], [180], [181], [183], [185], [186], [188], [189], [191], [195], [196], [199], [200], [201], [203], [204], [205], [206], [207], [209], [212], [213], [218], [219], [221], [222], [223], [225], [228], [229], [230], [231], [232], [235], [237], [238], [239], [240], [241], [243], [245], [246], [247], [248], [249], [251], [255], [256], [257], [258], [265], [267], [271], [273], [278], [284], [289], [290], [291], [296], [297], [298], [308], [313], [314], [315], [320], [322], [325], [326], [336], [337], [339], [340], [344], [347], [348], [357], [359], [367], [371], [372], [373], [387], [393], [396], [399], [402], [403], [405], [417], [418], [426], [431], [433], [436], [437], [440], [446], [449], [458], [460], [465], [466], [467], [469], [470], [471], [476], [477], [478], [479], [481], [482], [484], [485], [486], [487], [488], [490], [491], [492], [493], [494], [495], [497], [499], [547–549], [554], [555], [557]
Rozier—Rosier—Abbé François (1734–1793), [10], [140], [193], [198], [208], [248], [249], [253], [257], [263], [266], [271], [277], [280], [281], [299], [300], [302];
“Tableau du travail annuel de toutes les Académies de l’Europe ...” Vol. I. Paris, 1772. Continued as “Observations sur la physique,” Vols. II. to XLIII., and as “Journal de Physique,” Vols. XLIV. to date. “Nouvelle Table ... depuis 1666 jusqu’en 1770.”
See [Paris, Académie Royale des Sciences].
Rozier, Pilatre de. See [Pilatre de Rozier] (at Charles, J. A. C.), [288]
Rudolf, Alexander J. (at Halley, Edmund), [138]
Rudolf, II, Emperor of Germany, [95]
Rudolfi, Karl Asmund (1771–1832), [192]
Ruellius, Joannes (1479–1537), [8], [27], [124], [538];
“De natura stirpium ...,” 1536; “De medicinali materia ...,” 1543, a fuller description of which is: “Dioscorides ... de medicinali ... Ioanne Ruellio Suessionessi interprete ...”
Rueus, Franciscus—François de la Rue (1520–1585), [538];
“De gemmis aliquot ...,” 1547.
Ruffinus—Rufinus—Tyrannus, “Prosper d’Aquitaine,” [19]
Ruhmkorff, Heinrich Daniel (1803–1877), “Appareil d’induction électrique,” 1850–1851 (Du Moncel, Th., “Notice sur l’appareil ...”: Paris, 1855); Verdu and Ruhmkorff in Comptes Rendus, XXXVI. 649–652.
Ruland, Martin, “A lexicon of alchemy or alchemical dictionary”: London, 1892, [17]
Rumford, Count. See [Thompson, Sir Benjamin].
Rumford Medal, [344], [481], [498].
The very first award of the Rumford Medal was made to Count Rumford in 1800. He had already received the Copley Medal in 1792. Amongst other prominent recipients of the Rumford Medal may be mentioned: Sir David Brewster, 1818 (besides the Copley Medal, 1815, and the Royal Medal, 1830); James Clerk Maxwell, 1860; John Tyndall, 1864; Sir John Leslie, 1884; and Sir Oliver Lodge, 1898.
Runeberg, E. F., 1757 (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine), [385]
Rupert, Prince Robert of Bavaria (1619–1682), [127]
Russell, J. Rutherfurd, [65], [105], [132]
Rutherford, Dr. (at Fowler, Richard), [307]
Rutty, William (1687–1730), edited the Phil. Trans. Nos. 309–406.
Ruysch, Johan—Reisch—Reysch, “Map of the world”: Rome, 1508, [524]
Rysselberghe, F. van, Simultaneous transmission of telegraphic and telephonic messages on one line. This method was fully described by Charles Mourlon in his “Système ...”: Brussels, 1884 and 1887.
Ryther, Augustus, [563]