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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'
Collapse 3ii - Classified papers: volume 3ii concerning 'Mechanicks, Trades'3ii - Classified papers: volume 3ii concerning 'Mechanicks, Trades'
1 - Paper, 'The method the Indians in Virginia and Carolina use to dress buck and doe-skins' by unknown author
Expand 2 - Paper, 'De ratione temporis que grave labitur per rectam data duo puncta conjungentem, ad tempus bravissimum quo, vi gravitatis, transit ab horum uno ad alterum per arcum cycloidis' by [David] Gregory2 - Paper, 'De ratione temporis que grave labitur per rectam data duo puncta conjungentem, ad tempus bravissimum quo, vi gravitatis, transit ab horum uno ad alterum per arcum cycloidis' by [David] Gregory
3 - Paper, 'Directions how to use N Castle [Newcastle] coals in distilling brandewin' by Mathias Stallboom
4 - Paper, 'On the force of gunpowder' by H Hunt
5 - Paper, 'Proposals about the machine to get good air for respiration and vegetation' by D [Denis] Papin
6 - Paper, 'New way to get good air for respiration and vegetation' by [Denis Papin]
7 - Paper, 'Answer to an objection against the cammer [chamber] for compress't air' by D [Denis] Papin
8 - Paper, 'Some few remarks on Dr Papin's new improvement of the Hessian bellows' by Ric [Richard] Waller
9 - Paper, 'A letter from the Revd [Reverend] Father Felix Bernard's to the Royal Society, consider'd' by [William Jones]
10 - Paper, 'Observations concerning the motion of chronometers' by W [William] Derham
Expand 11 - Paper, 'A method proposed for regulating or equalizing motion without a spring' by W H11 - Paper, 'A method proposed for regulating or equalizing motion without a spring' by W H
12 - Paper, 'De propositiones aliquot de projectilium motu parabolico scriptae anno 1710' ['Some proposals on parabolic motion of projectiles written in the year 1710'] by B [Brook?] Taylor
Expand 13 - Paper, 'A scheeme of the longitude, or a peice of watche worke of new construction that shal goe upon sae as reguler as the best pandulum clock shal goe upon land' by Laurans13 - Paper, 'A scheeme of the longitude, or a peice of watche worke of new construction that shal goe upon sae as reguler as the best pandulum clock shal goe upon land' by Laurans
Expand 14 - Paper, 'Remarks on some attempts made towards a perpetual motion' by Dr [John Theophilus] Desaguliers14 - Paper, 'Remarks on some attempts made towards a perpetual motion' by Dr [John Theophilus] Desaguliers
15 - Observations, 'Account of Coll [Colonel] Molesworth's hourglass' by [George] Graham
16 - Paper, 'The new invention for extinguishing fires' by unknown author
Expand 17 - Paper, 'A description of some cannons of a particular contrivance' by Monsieur [Isaac] de la Chaumette17 - Paper, 'A description of some cannons of a particular contrivance' by Monsieur [Isaac] de la Chaumette
Expand 18 - Paper, 'Description d'un resort [ressort] pour éviter le naufrage causé par les vents orageux, d'une montre qui se monte par l'annau [l'anneau], d'un canon qui se charge par un basscule [bascule] qui sert de culasse, et d'une lorgniete [lorgnette] qui monte au haut de son etuy [étui] par un ressort' by Isaac de la Chaumette18 - Paper, 'Description d'un resort [ressort] pour éviter le naufrage causé par les vents orageux, d'une montre qui se monte par l'annau [l'anneau], d'un canon qui se charge par un basscule [bascule] qui sert de culasse, et d'une lorgniete [lorgnette] qui monte au haut de son etuy [étui] par un ressort' by Isaac de la Chaumette
19 - Paper, 'Description des nouvelles découvertes' [Descriptions of some new discoveries] by Isaac de la Chaumette
20 - Paper, 'A contrivance to avoid irregularities in a clock's motion occasioned by the action of heat and cold upon the pendulum' by George Graham
21 - Paper, 'Some experiments concerning the cohesion of iron, steel and brass' by Mr Bradgate
22 - Paper, 'Discours sur la theorie de la poudre' [Concerning the theory of gunpowder] by [Bernard Forest] de Belidor
23 - Paper, 'Mémoire au sujet d'une nouvelle machine inventée par [...] Bourgeoise' [Details of a new machine invented by Bourgeoise] by Bourgeoise
24 - Paper, 'A remark upon the new opinion relating to the forces of moving bodies in the case of the collision of non elastic bodies' by John Eames
25 - Paper, 'Remarks upon a supposed demonstration, that the moving forces of the same body are not as the velocities, but as the squares of the velocities' by John Eames
26 - Paper, 'Remarks upon some experiments in hydraulics, which seem to prove that the forces of equal moving bodies are as the squares of their velocities' by John Eames
27 - Paper, 'Description of a new carriage' by D Allen
Expand 28 - Paper, 'Description de quatre découvertes' [Account of four new inventions] by Isaac de la Chaumette28 - Paper, 'Description de quatre découvertes' [Account of four new inventions] by Isaac de la Chaumette
29 - Paper, 'The method of making tin plates extracted from the memoires of the Academy of Sciences for the year 1725' by William Rutty
30 - Paper, 'Sir Thomas Lombe's new machine for working Italian organzine silk erected at Derby [England] contains virt' by Thomas Lombe
31 - Paper, 'A discription of severall principles' by Isaac de la Chaumette
32 - Paper, 'The description of an universal dial' by Joseph Jackson and Geo [George] Adams
33 - Paper, 'A description of the dial invented by J Ross of Hanley Castle in the County of Worcester' by unknown author
34 - Paper, 'Description and use of an improv'd aequinochial dial' by Richard Graham
35 - Paper, 'On six inventions' by Isaac de la Chaumette
36 - Paper, 'An account of some observations made in London by Mr George Graham and at Black River in Jamaica by Colin Campbell concerning the going of a clock in order to determine the difference between the lengths of isochronal pendulums in those places'
Expand 37 - Paper, 'Description of a new invention of bellows call'd water bellows' by Martin Triewald37 - Paper, 'Description of a new invention of bellows call'd water bellows' by Martin Triewald
38 - Paper, 'Experiments concerning the vibrations of pendulums' by William Derham
39 - Paper, 'Description and manner of using an instrument for measuring the degrees of the expansion of metalls by heat' by John Ellicot
40 - Paper, 'A description and manner of using an instrument for measuring the degrees of the expansion of metalls by heat' by John Elliot
41 - Paper, 'A summary account and abstract of some of new inventions and improvements, relating to mechanicks and hydraulicks, containd in the following propositions and problems; to demonstrate the solution wherof particular draughts and medells, with a description thereof have been prepared' by David Stephenson
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
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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