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AP - Archived Papers

RefNo	AP
Level	Fonds
Title	Archived Papers
Date	1768-1989
Description	Scientific papers sent to the Royal Society which remained unpublished at their time of receipt, or which were abstracted in the Society's journal 'Proceedings of the Royal Society' after being read at a meeting of Fellows but not published in full. Early papers in this sequence are occasionally of interest in being preserved complete with associated correspondence (pre-dating Referees Reports); for example, the Charles Wildbore - Nevil Maskelyne letters 1787-1790 (AP/7/16-34). Mid nineteenth century papers of some significance may exist, in both original and abstracted form, such as Henry William Fox Talbot's 'Some account of the art of photogenic drawing' (AP/23/19). The Society's policy now is to return rejected scientific papers to authors, so later additions to this collection generally take the form of unpublished supplementary data to published papers.
Extent	1608 papers in 79 bound volumes, and 9 boxes of single papers
Format	Manuscript
Format	Typescript
Arrangement	Generally in chronological order, and alphabetically by author within each set to 1920. Volumes 1-3, containing papers that are largely post-1800, are exceptional in being ordered by author only (volume 1 A-C, volume 2 D-K, Volume 3 L-W). The nine boxes of single papers contain ungathered material from 1851, and supplementary material to published papers such as tables, photographs, and addenda rather than complete texts of papers.
Digital images	View item on Science in the Making
FindingAids	Each volume contains a list of contents, except for volumes 61-64 for the period 1881-1887. The papers are listed in the Archive Card Catalogue, listing author, title, location, extent of manuscripts and illustrations, reference to 'Proceedings' publication, and to Referees Reports (if any)
AccessStatus	Open
AdminHistory	Scientific papers sent to the Society with a view to publishing, these were either not published or abstracted after being read at meetings of Fellows, and subsequently deposited in the archives.
RelatedRecord	PP

Fellows associated with this archive

Code	PersonName	Dates
NA5553	Maskelyne; Nevil (1732 - 1811)	1732 - 1811

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