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Expand 1 - Classified papers: volume 1 concerning 'Arithmetick, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry'1 - Classified papers: volume 1 concerning 'Arithmetick, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry'
Expand 2 - Classified papers: volume 2 concerning 'Surveying, Opticks, Perspective, Sculpture, Painting, Music, Acoustics Mechanicks'2 - Classified papers: volume 2 concerning 'Surveying, Opticks, Perspective, Sculpture, Painting, Music, Acoustics Mechanicks'
Expand 3i - Classified papers: volume 3i concerning 'Mechanicks, Trades, Engineering, Navigation'3i - Classified papers: volume 3i concerning 'Mechanicks, Trades, Engineering, Navigation'
Expand 3ii - Classified papers: volume 3ii concerning 'Mechanicks, Trades'3ii - Classified papers: volume 3ii concerning 'Mechanicks, Trades'
Expand 4i - Classified papers: volume 4i concerning 'Physiology, Meteorology, Pneumaticks' 4i - Classified papers: volume 4i concerning 'Physiology, Meteorology, Pneumaticks'
Expand 4ii - Classified papers: volume 4ii concerning 'Physiology, Meteorology, Pneumaticks'4ii - Classified papers: volume 4ii concerning 'Physiology, Meteorology, Pneumaticks'
Expand 5 - Classified papers: volume 5 concerning 'Weather'5 - Classified papers: volume 5 concerning 'Weather'
Expand 6 - Classified papers: volume 6 concerning 'Staticks, Hydrostaticks, Hydraulicks, Hydrology'6 - Classified papers: volume 6 concerning 'Staticks, Hydrostaticks, Hydraulicks, Hydrology'
Expand 7i - Classified papers: volume 7i concerning 'Architecture, ship-building, geography, navigation, voyages, travels'7i - Classified papers: volume 7i concerning 'Architecture, ship-building, geography, navigation, voyages, travels'
Expand 7ii - Classified papers: volume 7ii concerning 'Architecture, Ship-building, Geography, Navigation, Voyages, Travels'7ii - Classified papers: volume 7ii concerning 'Architecture, Ship-building, Geography, Navigation, Voyages, Travels'
Expand 8i - Classified papers: volume 8i concerning 'Astronomy'8i - Classified papers: volume 8i concerning 'Astronomy'
Expand 8ii - Classified papers: volume 8ii concerning 'Astronomy'8ii - Classified papers: volume 8ii concerning 'Astronomy'
Expand 9i - Classified papers: volume 9i concerning 'Mineralogy, Magneticks'9i - Classified papers: volume 9i concerning 'Mineralogy, Magneticks'
Expand 9ii - Classified papers: volume 9ii concerning 'Mineralogy, Magneticks'9ii - Classified papers: volume 9ii concerning 'Mineralogy, Magneticks'
Expand 10i - Classified papers: volume 10i concerning 'Botany'10i - Classified papers: volume 10i concerning 'Botany'
Expand 10ii - Classified papers: volume 10ii concerning 'Botany'10ii - Classified papers: volume 10ii concerning 'Botany'
Expand 10iii - Classified papers: volume 10iii concerning 'Agriculture'10iii - Classified papers: volume 10iii concerning 'Agriculture'
Expand 11i - Classified papers: volume 11i concerning 'Pharmacy, Chemystry'11i - Classified papers: volume 11i concerning 'Pharmacy, Chemystry'
Expand 11ii - Classified papers: volume 11ii concerning 'Pharmacy, Chemystry'11ii - Classified papers: volume 11ii concerning 'Pharmacy, Chemystry'
Expand 12i - Classified papers: volume 12i concerning 'Anatomy, Surgery'12i - Classified papers: volume 12i concerning 'Anatomy, Surgery'
Expand 12ii - Classified papers: volume 12ii concerning 'Anatomy, Surgery'12ii - Classified papers: volume 12ii concerning 'Anatomy, Surgery'
Expand 13 - Classified papers: volume 13 concerning 'Monsters, Longevity'13 - Classified papers: volume 13 concerning 'Monsters, Longevity'
Expand 14i - Classified papers: volume 14i concerning 'Physick'14i - Classified papers: volume 14i concerning 'Physick'
Expand 14ii - Classified papers: volume 14ii concerning 'Physick'14ii - Classified papers: volume 14ii concerning 'Physick'
Collapse 15i - Classified papers: volume 15i concerning 'Zoology'15i - Classified papers: volume 15i concerning 'Zoology'
Expand 1 - Paper, 'Relation concerning barnacles' by Robert Moray1 - Paper, 'Relation concerning barnacles' by Robert Moray
2 - Paper, 'An account of the reproduction of insects' by Francis Willughby
3 - Paper, 'For zoophytall or animal engraftings or inoculations' by John Evelyn
4 - Paper, 'Of the breeding of Colchester oysters' by Theodore Haak
5 - Paper, 'The historie of the generation and ordering of the green oysters commonly call'd Colnchester [sic] oysters' by Colonel [Samuel] Tuke
Expand 6 - Paper, 'Concerning an occidentall bezoar stone of an unusuall bigness' by unknown author6 - Paper, 'Concerning an occidentall bezoar stone of an unusuall bigness' by unknown author
7 - Paper, 'An account of the multiplication and growth of carpes and salmons' by Mr [John] Graunt
8 - Petition, regarding the poor condition of the coasts causing depletion of fish by the fishmongers of London
9 - Paper, 'How to prevent rot in sheep' by Robert Boyle
10 - Paper, 'Of egs [eggs]' by Dr [Jonathan] Goddard
11 - Paper, 'Some accounts concerning the nature of frogspawn' by unknown author
12 - Paper, regarding a rare bird by Dr Charlton
13 - Paper, 'An ox kild at Latham Hall' by Dr Pope
14 - Paper, 'Mr Edward Smith's relation of the Tartar lambskin garment given to the Bodleian library in Oxford' by Richard Lea
15 - Paper, 'Observations concerning ants or emmetts' by Andrew King
16 - Paper, regarding observations on the hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) by R Charlton
17 - Paper, 'Of house-snakes catching rats' by J Brook
18 - Paper, regarding observations of shellfish found in claystone at Ancona by Smith
19 - Paper, regarding a blemish in the eye of a horse by Richard Lower
20 - Paper, 'A toad found in the solid wood of an ash tree' by Lord Herbert
21 - Paper, 'Concerning worms found in the liver of some animals' by unknown author
22 - Paper, 'Account of cutting the kidney of a dog' by Dr King
23 - Letter, 'Of spiders and snails' from Mr Skippon to John Ray
24 - Paper, 'The history of amber-grise and sperma ceti' by Thomas Edge
25 - Paper, 'An observation on insects in old willow' by Dr [Edmund] King
26 - Paper, 'Some observations about shining flesh' by Robert Boyle
Expand 27 - Paper, 'A conjecture concerning bladders of air that are found in fishes' by A I 27 - Paper, 'A conjecture concerning bladders of air that are found in fishes' by A I
28 - Paper, 'A relation of a sword-fish, that had struck his sword through a three inch plank of an English ship' by Richard Tylor
29 - Paper, regarding reproduction by unknown author
30 - Paper, regarding the torpedo or num eel by unknown author
31 - Paper, 'Insects in the Summer Islands' by unknown author
32 - Paper, regarding a classification scheme for animals by unknown author
33 - Paper, 'De la naturaleza de la piedra baazar' [On the nature of the 'baazar' stone] by John Evelyn
34 - Paper, 'An account of the dissection of an oestridge [ostrich]' by Edward Brown
35 - Paper, 'Description d'un pierne singutione trouvé dans le corps d'un cheval' [Description of an unusual stone found in the body of a horse] by unknown author
Expand 36 - Paper, 'Animal quoddam exoticum bufoni raud absimile' [The Surinam toad] by unknown author36 - Paper, 'Animal quoddam exoticum bufoni raud absimile' [The Surinam toad] by unknown author
Expand 37 - Paper, 'Observations on the dissection of a paroquett [parakeet]' by Richard Waller37 - Paper, 'Observations on the dissection of a paroquett [parakeet]' by Richard Waller
Expand 38 - Paper, 'The description and figure of a scorpion from Barbary [North Africa]' by Richard Waller38 - Paper, 'The description and figure of a scorpion from Barbary [North Africa]' by Richard Waller
39 - Paper, regarding shells found at Ancona [Italy] by Mr Hill
Expand 40 - Paper, 'Some observations made on the spawn of froggs and of the production of todpoles therein' by Richard Waller40 - Paper, 'Some observations made on the spawn of froggs and of the production of todpoles therein' by Richard Waller
41 - Paper, regarding Dr Ent's observations on a tortoise by Dr Pitt
42 - Paper, 'An account of an upupa, or hoopoe' by Dr [Frederick] Slare
43 - Extracts of four letters, regarding insects from John Banister to Dr Lister
44 - Paper, 'An account of a prodigiously large feather of the bird cuntur, brought from Chili [Chile], and supposed to be a kind of vultur; and of the coffee shrub' by Hans Sloane
45 - Paper, regarding the bite of a viper by Dr Theodore de Mayerne
46 - Paper, 'Pour faire du vin de vipère' [How to make viper wine] by Dr Theodore de Mayerne
47 - Paper, 'Mémoires touchant l'opération du vin de viperes' [On viper wine] by Dr Theodore de Mayerne
48 - Paper, 'Properties de la vipere' [properties of the viper] by Dr Theodore de Mayerne
49 - Paper, regarding the history of serpents in the East and the West Indies by Theodore de Mayerne
50 - Paper, 'Seconde partie de l'histoire des serpents et lézards crocodiles' [Second part of the history of snakes and crocodiles] by Theodore de Mayerne
51 - Paper, 'A discourse concerning the large hornes frequently found under ground in Ireland concluding from them, that the great American deer called a moose was formerly common in that island: with remarks on some other things natural to that country' by Thomas Molyneux
Expand 52 - Paper, 'An account of a not yet described Scolopendra marina [sea centipede]' by Thomas Molyneux52 - Paper, 'An account of a not yet described Scolopendra marina [sea centipede]' by Thomas Molyneux
53 - Paper, 'Of the humming bird' by Robert Southwell
54 - Extract of a letter, regarding swallows in winter from Armand Dubourdieu
55 - Paper, 'Account of a monstrous calf with two heads' by Robert Southwell
56 - Paper, regarding the reproduction of fleas by Diacinto Cestone [Giacinto Cestoni]
57 - Paper, regarding the anatomy of the scallop by Martin Lister
58 - Paper, 'An account of a very large eel lately caught at Maldon in Essex; with some considerations about the generation of eels' by Mr Dale
59 - Paper, 'Of the nature of silk as it is made in Piedmont [Italy]' by William Aglionby
60 - Paper, 'A relation of two monstrous pigs, with the resemblance of humane faces, and two young turkeys joined by the breast' by Sir John Floyer
61 - Extract of a letter, 'Concerning the insect called libella' from François Poupart to Martin Lister
62 - Figures, regarding some unusual bones dug up in Canterbury [England] by John Somner
63 - Paper, regarding the Duke of Beaufort's ostrich by unknown author
64 - Appendix, 'A supplement to the account of the Pediculus pulsatorius, or death-watch published in Philosophical Transactions number 271, serving to the more perfect natural history of that insect' by William Derham
65 - Paper, 'Some observations on the kind of insect which is commonly called in Latin liballe, in English the pearle-flie' by Mr Hamberg
66 - Paper, 'De aranearum usu et utilitate ferici dissertatio' ['A discourse upon the usefulness of the silk of spiders'] by [Francois Xavier] Bon
67 - Paper, 'A dissertation concerning the dreadfull [sic] contagious distemper seizing all the black cattle in the Venetian territories, and especially about Padua' by Bernardino Ramazzini
68 - Paper, 'Description of the moose deer in America' by Paul Dudley
69 - Paper, 'Explanation of the picture describing the manner of sowing, gathering, and drying the grana or cochineal, done by an Indian in the Bishopric of Oaxaca in the Kingdom of Mexico in America' by unknown author
70 - Paper, 'Smelts transplanted' by Paul Dudley
71 - Paper, 'An account of the rattlesnake' by Paul Dudley
72 - Paper, 'Some observations upon vipers on occasion of the foregoing relation' by C J [Conrad Joachim] Sprengwell
73 - Paper, regarding a description of a large fish seen off the coast of Lisbon by Isaac de Sequeira Samuda
74 - Paper, 'Observation about wasps, and the difference of their sexes' by William Derham
Expand 15ii - Classified papers: volume 15ii concerning 'Zoology'15ii - Classified papers: volume 15ii concerning 'Zoology'
Expand 16 - Classified papers: volume 16 concerning 'Grammar, Chronology, History, Antiquities'16 - Classified papers: volume 16 concerning 'Grammar, Chronology, History, Antiquities'
Expand 17 - Classified papers: volume 17 concerning 'Miscellaneous Papers'17 - Classified papers: volume 17 concerning 'Miscellaneous Papers'
Expand 18i - Classified papers: volume 18i of classified papers concering 'Papin and Hauksbee papers'18i - Classified papers: volume 18i of classified papers concering 'Papin and Hauksbee papers'
Expand 18ii - Classified papers: volume 18ii concerning 'Desaguliers papers'18ii - Classified papers: volume 18ii concerning 'Desaguliers papers'
Expand 19 - Classified papers: volume 19, questions and answers19 - Classified papers: volume 19, questions and answers
Expand 20 - Classified papers: volume 20, Robert Hooke's papers20 - Classified papers: volume 20, Robert Hooke's papers
Expand 21 - Classified papers: volume 21, Edmond Halley's papers21 - Classified papers: volume 21, Edmond Halley's papers
Expand 22i - Classified papers: volume 22i , accounts of books22i - Classified papers: volume 22i , accounts of books
Expand 22ii - Classified papers: volume 22ii, accounts and books22ii - Classified papers: volume 22ii, accounts and books
Expand 23i - Classified papers: volume 23i, inoculations23i - Classified papers: volume 23i, inoculations
Expand 23ii - Classified papers: volume 23ii, inoculations23ii - Classified papers: volume 23ii, inoculations
Expand 24 - Classified papers: volume 24, papers of  John Collins, Henry Oldenburg, Robert Hooke, mathematics24 - Classified papers: volume 24, papers of John Collins, Henry Oldenburg, Robert Hooke, mathematics
Expand 25 - Classified papers: volume 25 concerning politics and trades25 - Classified papers: volume 25 concerning politics and trades

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