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whole rain in every month in the Year 1703. (1704) Concerning a glade of light observed in the heavens. (1706) An account of a pyramidal appearance in the heavens
observed near Upminster in Essex. (1706)
Concerning the migration of birds. (1708)
An account of some inundations; monstrous births, appear-
ances in the heavens, and other observables received from Ireland. With observations of the eclipse of the sun, Sept. 3, and of the moon, Sept. 18, 1708. (1708)
The history of the great frost in the last Winter 1703 and 1708/9. (1708)
An account of a child’s crying in the womb. (1708)
A short dissertation concerning the child’s crying in the
womb. (1708)
Experimenta et observationes de soni motu...(in Latin).
(1708)
Tables of the barometrical altitudes at Zurich in Switzerland
in the Year 1708. Also on the winds, heat and cold occur-
ring in three different parts of Europe. (1708) Observations concerning the subterraneous trees in Dagenham and other marshes bordering upon the River
of Thames in the County of Essex. (1710)
Observations of the eclipse of the moon on Jan. 12, 1711-12.
(1710)
Observations upon the spots that have been upon the sun
from the Year 1703 to 1711. (1710)
The case of a woman big with child, who recovered from
small pox, and was afterwards delivered of a dead child.
(1713)
An account of the mischiefs ensuing the swallowing of the
stones of bullace and sloes. (1714)
An account of the rain which fell every year at Upminster in
Essex, the last eighteen years. (1714)
Extracts from Mr. Gascoigne’s and Mr. Crabtries’s letters,
proving Mr. Gascoigne to have been the inventor of the
telescopick sights of mathematical instruments. (1717) An account of a large quantity of alcalious salt produced by
burning rotten wood. (1720)
Observations about wasps and the difference of their sexes.
(1724)
Observations on the lumen boreale or streaming on Oct. 8,
1726. (1726)
Observations of the eclipses of Jupiter’s satellites from 1700 to
the Year 1727. (1727)
The difference in time of the meridians of diverse places
computed from observations of the eclipses of Jupiter’s
satellites. (1729)
A description of some uncommon appearances observed in
an aurora borealis. (1729)
Of the meteor called the ignis fatuus from observations made
in England. (1729)
Concerning the frost in January, 1730/31. (1731)
An abstract of the meteorological diaries communicated to
the Royal Society with remarks upon them. (Five parts
from 1731 to 1733)
Observations of the appearances among the fixed stars called
nebulous stars. (1733)
Experiments concerning the vibrations of pendulums. (1735)
Appendix 3: Background references
A. D. Atkinson, “William Derham, FRS,” Annals of Science 8(4), 368-392 (Dec. 1952).
J. C. Welling, “Anomalies of sound signals,” Bulletin Phil. Soc. Washington 5, 39-46 (1883) (delivered at the 205th meeting, Nov. 5, 1881).
Bernard S. Finn, “Laplace and the speed of sound,” Isis 55(1), 7-19 (Mar. 1964).
J. M. A. Lenihan, “The velocity of sound in air,” Acustica 2(5), 205-212 (1952).
Essayes of Natural Experiments made in the Academie del Cimento, translated by Richard Waller, London (1634).
Joseph Henry, Scientific Writings, 1886. See the various Reports of the US Light-House Board for 1875.
R. S. Westfall, “Newton and the fudge factor,” Science 179(4075), 751-758 (1973).
Harry Bateman, “The influence of metrological conditions on the propagation of sound,” Monthly Weather Report 42, 258-265 (May 1914). [In Bateman’s end-note 1, “A copy of an English translation by Rev. Dr. J. C. Welling is in the library of the U. S. Weather Bureau.”]
Walker, “Some experiments and observations concerning sounds,” Phil. Trans. 20, 433-438, (1698).AT
Tom Gabrielson is a Senior Scientist and Professor of Acoustics at Penn State. Tom received a Ph.D. in Acoustics with research in the effects of tur- bulence on the refractive focus- ing of infrasound in the atmos- phere. His current research con- cerns the design and develop- ment of high-performance trans- ducers, the development of preci- sion calibration techniques, and the development of techniques for measuring high-amplitude sound.
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