THE 



PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 



FROM THEIR COMMENCEMENT, IN 1665, TO THE YEAR 1800; 



gfttttrgeti^ 



WITH NOTES AND BIOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS, 



BY 



CHARLES BUTTON, LL.D. F.R.S. 

 GEORGE SHAW, M.D. F.R.S. F.L.S. 

 RICHARD PEARSON, M.D. F.S.A. 



VOL. XVI. 



FROM 1785 TO 1790. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED BY AND FOR C. AND R. BALDWIN, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS. 



1809. 



