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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'
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
Collapse 21 - Classified papers: volume 21, Edmond Halley's papers21 - Classified papers: volume 21, Edmond Halley's papers
1 - Paper, 'The occultation of Mars by the Moon observed at Oxford on 21 August 1676' by Edmond Halley
2 - Paper, 'Method of determining Aphelia, eccentricities of planetary orbits' by Edmond Halley
3 - Paper, 'The transit of Mercury observed at St Helena in 1677' by Edmond Halley
4 - Paper, 'Experiment to show the comparative weight of mercury to water' by Edmond Halley
5 - Paper, 'A discourse concerning gravity and its properties ...' by Edmond Halley
6 - Paper, Account of Mr Mariotte's book 'Du mouvement des Eaux [Of the movement of water]' by Edmond Halley
7 - Paper, 'An historical account of trade winds and monsoons observable in the seas between and near the Tropicks ...' by Edmond Halley
8 - Paper, 'Description of an invention whereby the divisions of the barometer may be enlarged in any given proportion produced before the Royal Societie by Robert Hooke' by Edmond Halley
9 - Paper, Criticism of an 'unhappy geometrician' by Edmond Halley
10 - Paper, Account of two of Robert Boyle's books on nature by Edmund Halley
11 - Paper, 'Details of a book on a voyage to Siam [Thailand] by [Chevalier de] Chaumont' by Edmond Halley
12 - Paper, 'A paper concerns trying the force of the magnet at several distances' by Edmond Halley
13 - Paper, 'Of [Isaac] Newton's Principia' by Edmond Halley
14 - Paper, 'A discourse tending to explicate the modus of the using of vapours out of water' by Edmond Halley
15 - Paper, 'A theory of the tides at the Barr of Tunking' by Edmond Halley
16 - Tables, 'Tables showing the conjunction of the first satellite with Jupiter' by Edmond Halley
17 - Paper, 'De constructione problematum solidorum sine aequationum [Concerning the construction of solid problems without equations]' by Edmond Halley
18 - Paper, 'A thermometer in which the degree of heat may be measured by the amount of vapour given by a liquid' by Edmond Halley
19 - Paper, 'Of the position of the poles of the Earth' by Edmond Halley
20 - Paper, 'Expansion of mercury and of water by heat' by Edmond Halley
21 - Paper, 'Observation of an eclipse of the moon on 25 April 1688 at Moscow in Russia' by Edmond Halley
22 - Paper, 'Discourse concerning thermometers and the rarefaction of liquids' by Edmond Halley
23 - Paper, 'Concerning the contraction of the thermometer showing the degrees of heat and cold by the dilation and contraction of the air' by Edmond Halley
24 - Paper, 'An algebraic problem in Latin' by Edmond Halley
25 - Paper, 'Account of the measure of the thickness of gold upon gilt wire' by Edmond Halley
26 - Paper, 'Discourse to prove when and where Julius Caesar came to Britain' by Edmond Halley
27 - Paper, 'Account of the circulation of watery vapour of the sea by the sun and of the cause of springs' by Edmond Halley
28 - Paper, 'To walk under water' by Edmond Halley
29 - Paper, 'A proposition of Generall Use in the art of Gunnery showing the Rule of Laying a Mortar to pass in order to strike any Object above or below the Horizon' by Edmond Halley
30 - Paper, 'Discussing Pliny's natural history' by Edmond Halley
31 - Paper, 'Concerning sound under water and an instrument to enable there to be light under water' by Edmond Halley
32 - Paper, 'How to measure the way of the ship through the water' by Edmond Halley
33 - Paper, 'Of the velocity and force of moving bodies in air and water' by Edmond Halley
34 - Paper, 'Of the height of fountains' by Edmond Halley
35 - Paper, 'Of water pressure of a body in a stream' by Edmond Halley
36 - Paper, 'Of the rate of water flow in open vessels' by Edmond Halley
37 - Paper, 'Of magnetic variations' by Edmond Halley
38 - Paper, 'Description of the diving bell' by Edmond Halley
39 - Paper, 'Of conveying air out of the diving bell' by Edmond Halley
40 - Paper, 'Of working in the diving bell' by Edmond Halley
41 - Paper, 'Protecting the drum of the ear under water' by Edmond Halley
42 - Paper, 'Of the number of roots in certain equations' by Edmond Halley
43 - Paper, 'A paper of the cycloid' by Edmond Halley
44 - Paper, 'Account of the Ancient State of the city of Palmyra with short remarks upon the Inscriptions found there' by Edmond Halley
45 - Paper, 'Of the Breslau Bills of mortality' by Edmond Halley
46 - Paper, 'Of the geography of the ancients and the moderns' by Edmond Halley
47 - Paper, 'The refraction of liquors' by Edmond Halley
48 - Paper, 'A prism to transmit only the red light' by Edmond Halley
49 - Paper, 'A Discourse concerning a method to keep great ships out at Sea in winter time without damage' by Edmond Halley
50 - Paper, 'An Estimate of the quantity of vapours raised out of the Sea by the warmth of the sun derived from an Experiment shown before the Royal Society' by Edmond Halley
51 - Paper, 'An instrument to observe the motions of the heaven through a telescope by reflection and concerning a lad who swallowed a knife' by Edmond Halley
52 - Paper, 'Signor [Zuane] Alberghetti's tables for shooting bombs from a long gun' by Edmond Halley
53 - Paper, 'A report on [Zuane] Alberghetti's tables on gunnery' by Edmond Halley
54 - Paper, 'Of the infinity of the world; and of the number, order, and light of the fixed stars' by Edmond Halley
55 - Papers, Odd leaves of manuscript labelled 'imperfect' by Edmond Halley
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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