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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'
Collapse 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'
1 - Paper, 'An exact relation of the Pico Tenariff [Tenerife] taken from Mr Clappham who had long resided on that island' by Mr Evelyn
2 - Paper, 'Propositions of some experiments to be made by my Lord Sandwich in his present voyage in to the streights and into Portugal' by unknown author
3 - Paper, 'Description of the isle of Hirta [Scotland]' by Robert Moray
4 - Paper, 'Some particulars concerning the Tenariff [Tenerife] island' by Dr Pugh
5 - Copy paper, 'Exact Relation of the Pico Tenariff [Tenerife] taken from Mr Clappham who had resided on the island' by Mr Evelyn.
6 - Paper, regarding sailing in stormy weather by unknown author
7 - Paper, 'The relation of the late discovery made in Florida' by unknown author
8 - Paper, 'Description of the town of Mannadous in New Netherland [Manhattan] as it was in September 1661' by unknown author
9 - Paper, 'Relations of Island [Iceland]' by Theordorus Jonas
10 - Paper, regarding observations of Wiltshire [England] by Robert Moray
11 - Paper, 'Concerning the building of ships in New England' by unknown author
12 - Letter, description of St Peter's Church, piazza and the Vatican Library from Mr St John to Mr [Lenker]
13 - Paper, 'A treatise of naval phylosophy in three parts' by unknown author
14 - Paper, 'Of the propertyes of the straight of Magellan [Chile]' by Robert Boyle
15 - Extract, 'Out of the general resolution of India, taken July 12 1672' by unknown author
16 - Paper, regarding a description of a voyage from Muscovy [Tsardom of Russia] to China by unknown author
17 - Paper, regarding the Nenets [Samoyedic, Samodeic] people of northern Siberia by unknown author
18 - Paper, 'Of Virginia' by Thomas Glover
19 - Paper, 'A letter concerning divers particulars of nature and art viz. how easily they make salt in Jamaica; the want of it in Barbados; salt and sugar the condiments and preservatives of life and health if used with discretion' by unknown author
20 - Extract, 'Some observations out of Henry Manwaring's Seaman's dictionary, at the signe of the 3 golden lyons at Cornehill' by unknown author
21 - Paper, 'A French new modell of a shipp' by unknown author
22 - Paper, 'Inclinations of the aire and seasons of Suriname' by unknown author
23 - Paper, 'Descriptio Globi magni Gottorpiensis' [Description of the great globe at Gottorpiensis] by unknown author
24 - Paper, 'Extract out of the routier aux Indes [route to the Indies]' by unknown author
Collapse 25 - Paper, regarding a theory of the size of the Earth by unknown author25 - Paper, regarding a theory of the size of the Earth by unknown author
26 - Paper, 'Observables of China' by [Isaak] Vossius
27 - Paper, 'An extract of severall relations, deliver'd by P Hieronymo Lobo, a Jesuite, and an eye-witnesse of most of the particulars contained therewith, and by the same command, cared to [Robert] Southwell, who generously imparted it for publication' by Jerónimo Lobo
28 - Paper, regarding observations of Surrey, Wiltshire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, London, Hampshire and Sussex by John Aubrey
29 - Annotated figure,'The draught and description of the whispering place in Gloucester Abbey' by unknown artist
Expand 30 - Paper, 'Two rainbows counterchanged; the lowermost doubly whyed [wide] downwards, and colored in the same order as the second' by Henry Oldenburg30 - Paper, 'Two rainbows counterchanged; the lowermost doubly whyed [wide] downwards, and colored in the same order as the second' by Henry Oldenburg
Expand 31 - Paper, regarding the dispute between Huygens and M Renau by unknown author31 - Paper, regarding the dispute between Huygens and M Renau by unknown author
32 - Paper, 'A voyage of the sweepstake to the straites of Magellan [Strait of Magellan, Chile]' by Richard Williams
33 - Paper, 'A proposall humbly offerd to the considerations of the most honorable, and most eminently learnd, (the Royall Society) for the making navigable of any river whatsoever' by Robert Loman
34 - Letter, expressing gratitude for accepting proposal to make rivers navigable from Robert Lowman to the Royal Society
35 - Paper, regarding vineyards around Orléans [France] communicated by Mr Welstred
36 - Paper, 'What a compleat treatise of navigation should containe' by William Petty
37 - Paper, 'A discourse considering the most seasonable time of felling timber by the advice of the honourable Samuel Pepys' by Robert Plot
38 - Paper, 'A short relation out of the journall of Captain Abel Jansen [Janszoon] Tasman, upon the discovery of the south terra incognita' by Edmond Halley
39 - Paper, regarding the movement of the monsoons in 'East-India' [Indonesia] by unknown author
Expand 40 - Paper, 'Dichiaratione d'una barcha guidata, che doi huomini muovono contra una corrente quelche con 15 huomini non si potra far' [Description of a boat that can be sailed against a powerful current by two men] by unknown author40 - Paper, 'Dichiaratione d'una barcha guidata, che doi huomini muovono contra una corrente quelche con 15 huomini non si potra far' [Description of a boat that can be sailed against a powerful current by two men] by unknown author
41 - Paper, regarding reflections on [Isaak] Vossius's theory of longitude by Henry Justel
42 - Paper, on longitude by [Isaak] Vossius
43 - Paper, regarding a journey from Virginia to the Apalatean [Appalachian] Mountains by Mr Clayton
44 - Paper, instructions on how to make Italian mortar used for fountains and aqueducts by unknown author
44a - Figure, floor of the Queen of Sweden's bath in her palace in Rome with explanations by unknown artist
45 - Paper, regarding trade between Holland and England by unknown author
Expand 46 - Paper, 'Proposeall for rectifyeng the straits or finding the exact leangth of the Mediterranean' by unknown author46 - Paper, 'Proposeall for rectifyeng the straits or finding the exact leangth of the Mediterranean' by unknown author
47 - Paper, regarding the 'Hottentots' [sic] of the Cape of Good Hope [South Africa] by Ten Rhyne
48 - Paper, 'An account of severall observables in Lincolnshire, not taken notice of in Camden or any other author' by Christopher Merrett
49 - Paper, 'A relation of the maner of buriale the Indians [sic] in South Carolina' by Mr Richard Warwick
50 - Paper, 'An extract of the journalls of two severall voyages of the English merchants of the factory of Aleppo to Tadmor [Palmyra, Syria]' by Timothy Lanoy and A Goodyear
51 - Diary, 'A journall of a voyage from England to Constantinople, made in the year 1668' by T Smith
52 - Paper, 'Severall observables in the N W [north western] islands of Scotland' by Martin Martin
53 - Paper, regarding observations of a journey to Denmark and Holland by William Oliver
54 - Paper, regarding a Welsh colony in the West Indies [Caribbean] by Morgan Jones
55 - Paper, 'Of apparitions of the north of Scotland' communicated by Mr Walker
56 - Paper, regarding Captain Pennycook's journal of a voyage to New Caledonia [Panama] in Darien communicated by Dr Wallace
57 - Letter extract, regarding Loch Ness [Scotland] from James Fraser to James Wallace
58 - Paper, regarding a city that lies in the Great Wall of China by unknown author
59 - Paper, regarding Barry and Cannay, western islands of Scotland by [Martin Martin]
60 - Paper, 'A computation of the proportion of the mountains to the diameter of the Earth' by Mr Cole
61 - Paper, 'For measuring masts' by unknown author
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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