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1 - Paper, 'Abstract of meteorological observations made at Petersburgh and Lunden, Sweden' by William Derham
2 - Paper, 'Abstract of meteorological observations made at Berlin and Lunden, Bettnam, Upsale, Bygdea and Pithea in Sweden' by William Derham
3 - Paper, 'Abstract of meteorological observations made at Naples, Bengal and Christiana' by William Derham
4 - Paper, 'Abstract of meteorological observations made at Naples, Bengal and Christiana' by William Derham
5 - Paper, 'An account and abstract of the meteorological diaries communicated to the Royal Society, for the years 1729 and 1730' by George Hadley
Expand 6 - Letter, 'On sea quadrants' from Thomas Godfrey to The Royal Society6 - Letter, 'On sea quadrants' from Thomas Godfrey to The Royal Society
Collapse 7 - Paper, 'Of the imperfections of the common barometers and the improvement made in them by Mr Charles Orme of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, where they are perfected and rectified: with some observations, remarks and rules for their use' by Henry Beighton7 - Paper, 'Of the imperfections of the common barometers and the improvement made in them by Mr Charles Orme of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, where they are perfected and rectified: with some observations, remarks and rules for their use' by Henry Beighton
8 - Paper, 'Observations made of the latitude, variation of the magnetic needle and weather in a voyage from London to Hudson's Bay, 1735' by Christopher Middleton
9 - Paper, 'Mémoire touchant la quadrature du cercle presenté a l'Académie de Londres [Memoir relating to the quadrature of the circle presented to the Royal Society of London]' by [Morel]
10 - Paper, 'The method of describing a cycloid by the intersections of circles and right lines' by unknown author
11 - Paper, 'The case of John McIntosh, late a soldier in the Atholl Highlanders' by Colonel James Murray
12 - Paper, 'Memoir on the resolution of equations and the impossibility of resolving equations of the higher order' by M Rustini
13 - Letter, 'Dividing the arch of a circle' from Thomas Taylor to The Royal Society
14 - Paper, 'Experiments and observations to ascertain the means employed by the animal economy, in the formation of bone' by John Howship
15 - Paper, 'Astronomical and meteorological observations' by Samuel Williams
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17 - Paper, 'Portion of a narrative of travel in Japan' by Carl Peter Thunberg

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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.

The Royal Society

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the world's most eminent scientists and is the
oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
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