| RefNo | MS/401/1 |
| Previous numbers | MS/401 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Lending book of the Royal Society Library |
| Date | 5 April 1825-1 September 1853 |
| Description | Library lending book, volume 1. The manuscript records the following information in columns: 'when delivered' (i.e. date borrowed), 'title of book'', 'to whom delivered' (i.e. name of borrower, often as a signature written in the borrrower's hand), and 'when returned'. The latter may be a date of return, or a simple notation of 'Ret'd', occasionally with initials of the Librarian or other members of staff.
The borrowers are Fellows of the Royal Society; the general public did not have access to the library during this period unless given special permission. Borrowers listed include: Charles Babbage, Charles Darwin, Sir John Lubbock, Charles Wheatstone, Charles Lyell, Peter Mark Roget, Sir Humphry Davy, John Frederick William Herschel, Baden Powell, Henry Fox-Talbot, John George Children.
This volume contains no entries for the period July 1830 - Nov 1837, loans for this period are logged in MS/401/2 |
| Extent | 1 Volume; MS Medium |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Phase boxed volume. Volume bound in brown leather with red leather label on front cover embossed in gold with the following title 'books borrowed out of the Royal Society library.' Binding worn but otherwise in good condition. Marbled endpapers. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6626 | Babbage; Charles (1791 - 1871); mathematician | 1791 - 1871 |
| NA8196 | Darwin; Charles Robert (1809 - 1882); naturalist | 1809 - 1882 |
| NA7010 | Lubbock; Sir; John William (1803 - 1865) | 1803 - 1865 |
| NA7559 | Wheatstone; Sir; Charles (1802 - 1875); physicist | 1802 - 1875 |
| NA8255 | Lyell; Sir; Charles (1797 - 1875) | 1797 - 1875 |
| NA6616 | Roget; Peter Mark (1779 - 1869); physician and philologist | 1779 - 1869 |
| NA8200 | Davy; Sir; Humphry (1778 - 1829); chemist | 1778 - 1829 |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
| NA5476 | Powell; Baden (1796 - 1860) | 1796 - 1860 |
| NA3175 | Children; John George (1777 - 1852); chemist | 1777 - 1852 |