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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'
Expand 15i - Classified papers: volume 15i concerning 'Zoology'15i - Classified papers: volume 15i concerning 'Zoology'
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'
Collapse 17 - Classified papers: volume 17 concerning 'Miscellaneous Papers'17 - Classified papers: volume 17 concerning 'Miscellaneous Papers'
1 - Paper, 'Designe for a library' by John Evelyn
2 - Paper, 'Some experiments' by William Croone
3 - Paper, 'Account of the Egyptian ovens for the hatching of chickens' by Monsieur Monconis
4 - Paper, 'La list des experiments faires dans la Societe Royale d'Angleterre durant la presidencie du Chevalier Mourray' [a list of experiments carried out at the Royal Society under the presidency of Robert Moray] by unknown author
5 - Paper, account of two experiments with mercury
6 - Paper, decree of the French King to suppress the sale of Sorbiere's book 'Relation d'en voiage en Angleterre' by unknown author
7 - Paper, 'Proposals for the rebuilding of the citty' by Mr Lodowick
8 - Paper, account of petrified bones found on the beach at Norfolk, and about the form of a goose egg laid at Brougham by unknown author
9 - Paper, 'Observations and tryalls about the resemblances and differences between a burning coale and shineing wood' by Robert Boyle
10 - Paper, regarding the number of clergy and other religious peoples in France in 1667 by Mr [Abraham] Hill
11 - Paper, regarding the corrosion of a knife which had been left in cider by Dr King
12 - Paper, how to make good ink and how to make gunpowder by Reverend Beale
13 - Paper, concerning the making of bricks by unknown author
14 - Paper, petition of the University of Paris to be the guardian of Aristotelian philosophy signed by Crotte, solicitor of the University
15 - Paper, decree granting Aristotelian philosophy to the University of Paris
16 - Paper, regarding a machine to make seven copies in one go by unknown author
17 - Paper, 'Erklarung auf der Konigl Gesellschaft' by M V K
18 - Paper, considerations relating to the improvement of Ireland, and a note on the revenue from Ireland by William Petty
19 - Paper, method of calculating the population by S R C
20 - Paper, establishment or list containing all the payments to be made for civil and military affairs in Ireland to begin from 25 March 1676
21 - Paper, regarding details concerning artificial marble by unknown author
22 - Paper, list of making various drinks by Dr Asholtz
23 - Paper, minutes of the Dublin Philosophical Society
24 - Paper, concerning the populations of London, Paris, Rouen and Rome by William Petty
25 - Paper, regarding baptisms, burials and marriages in Addle parish [Adel], Leeds by unknown author
26 - Paper, Dr Gwither's discourse of Physiognomy communicated by Owen Lloyd, secretary of the Philosophical Society at Dublin
27 - Paper, Microscopical observations of a vast number of animalcula seen in water by John Harris
28 - Paper, microscopical observations and experiments made by Stephen Gray
29 - Paper, table showing the numbers christened, married and buried in Marck, northern France, in 1698 by unknown author
30 - Paper, account of the houses and hearths in Dublin for 1696 to 1697 by Captain South
31 - Paper, account of the number of people in the counties of Armagh, Louth and Meath and city of Dublin by unknown author
32 - Paper, account of a catalogue of manuscripts to be found in the Bodleian, Savilian and Ashmolean libraries, college libraries, university of Cambridge and libraries of Ireland by unknown author
33 - Paper, catalogue of the manuscripts in the Norfolk library by unknown author
34 - Paper, account of a 17-year-old male who cannot read or write but can do mental arithmetic by Mr Furly communicated by Mr Locke
35 - Paper, outlining possible areas to be investigated by the Royal Society suggested by Aymon
36 - Paper, about the invention of a light that is clear and pleasant to the eyes by unknown author
37 - Paper, specimen of proposals for publishing the art of embalming dead bodies by William Wilkins
38 - Paper, regarding the quadrature of the circle by unknown author
39 - Figure, showing the different distances of planes by unknown artist
40 - Paper, account of some new electrical experiments by Stephen Gray
41 - Paper, regarding silver, salted beef and gout by Mr Hicks
42 - Paper, bills of mortality extracted from 'Acta Breslaviensia' by Conrad Sprengell
43 - Paper, numbers for christenings and burials in London for 1665 to 1728 by unknown author
44 - Paper, Christenings, marriages and burials from the bills of mortality for several parts of Europe for 1724 and 1725 extracted from 'Acta Breslaviensia' by J G Scheuchzer
45 - Proof sheet from an Arabic book on the art of printing amongst the Turks by unknown author
46 - Paper, partial translation of the articles of the constitution of the new Society of Literature and Science at Uppsala in 1728 granted by Friedrich, King of Sweden
47 - Paper, resolution concerning the charter of the Royal Academy at Uppsala in 1728 by Friedrich, King of Sweden
48 - Paper, Full translation of the articles of constitution of the Royal Academy at Uppsala by Friedrich, King of Sweden in 1728
49 - Advertisement, regarding a catalogue of the antiquities of the Museum of Florence
50 - Translation of the advertisement for a catalogue of the antiquities of the Museum of Florence
51 - Copy of the diploma to the Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Berlin issued to J E Rau for oriental languages
52 - Paper, account of the people sent to Africa by the King of Poland in order to make inquiries about the natural history of those parts by unknown author
Expand 53 - Letter extract, regarding an 'arcuccio' from Oliver St John to unknown recipient53 - Letter extract, regarding an 'arcuccio' from Oliver St John to unknown recipient
54 - Paper, bills of mortality for Dresden for 1617 to 1717 containing numbers of marriages, christenings and burials by Conrad Sprengell
55 - Note with title introducing the bills of mortality for Augsburg for 1501 to 1720 by unknown author
56 - Extract from the bills of mortality for Dresden for 1617 to 1717 containing numbers of marriages, christenings and burials, with remarks by William Maitland on the bills of mortality for Dresden and Augsburg by unknown author
57 - 'You owe me' note from the Society of Antiquaries
58 - Prize question from the Royal Academy of Sciences
59 - Paper, answer to Mr W Kersseboom's essay which considers the number of inhabitants of London by William Maitland
60 - Paper, regarding the number of people in Holland and West Friezland as also in Harlem, Gouda and The Hague drawn from the Bills of Mortality of birth, burials and marriages in those places by W Kersseboom
61 - Paper, account of a Spanish boy who was unable to speak after he went missing whilst swimming by Fryer Benito Geronymo Feyjoo
62 - Paper, dissertation concerning roads by Robert Phillips
63 - Paper, concerning editions of Antonio Neri's art of glass
64 - Paper, proposal for printing by subscription a philosophico-chorographical chart of East Kent by Christopher Packe
65 - Paper, a prize proposed by the Royal Academy of Sciences for 1738
66 - Subscription for 'Architecture hydraulique ou l'art de conduire d'elever et de menager les eaux, pour les differens besoins de la vie' by Belidor
67 - Paper, concerning the 'machina phlogistica or fire pump' by Sigismund Frobenius
68 - Paper, proposals for printing tables of logarithms by subscription by William Gardiner, land surveyor
69 - Page from the 'London Gazette'
70 - Paper, announcing the publication of a treatise on 'Robins Disrobed or the outer Darkness of Friend Benjamin's Notions discovered and made manifest by the inward Light of Truth , Reason and Geometry' by unknown author
71 - Paper, proposals for printing by subscription 'The history of the Bishops of Irleand from the first propagation of Christianity in that Kingdom first begun by Sir James Ware'
72 - Paper, proposal for Swammerdam's 'Biblia naturae'
73 - Review of three books
74 - Prize proposed by the Academy of Surgery for 1740
75 - Paper, summary of experiments carried out by J Desaguliers from November 1729 to November 1730
76 - Paper, list of prints of churches and monastic sites in Ireland by unknown author
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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Browse the records of some of our collections, which cover all branches of science and date from the 12th century onwards. These include the published works of Fellows of the Royal Society, personal papers of eminent scientists, letters and manuscripts sent to the Society or presented at meetings, and administrative records documenting the Society's activities since our foundation in 1660.

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