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1 - "Remarks on the Falmouth Magnetic Report", by Arthur W Rucker
2 - "Memorandum on the Work of the Met. Office since Dec 1 1873", by Robert Henry Scott
3 - "Statement regarding the Investigation of the High Level Shell beds at Clava, near Inverness", by John Home
4 - "The High Level Shell bearing deposits near Campbeltown in Kintyre", by John Home
5 - "John Maud FRS - Genealogy"
6 - Letter from William Herschel to Sir Joseph Banks
7 - A satirical poster holding up to scorn some contemporary astronomers - notably G B Airy and Richard Sheepshanks
8 - Letter from Francisco de Borja Garcao Stockler to Thomas Young, Secretary, Royal Society
9 - "Observations on the dip of the magnetic needle made in a voyage to Madras [Chennai] and from there to Suez", by Alexander Dalrymple
10 - Deed transferring £392.17.1 of South Sea stock from Sir Godfrey Copley's estate to Mary Copley and Jasper Blythman
11 - "Table shewing the index errors of the Thermometers, by comparison with the Standard Thermometer of the Observatory, Ross Bank, Van Diemens Land"
12 - "On the consequences of postulating a minimum observable length in physical theory", by Sir Edmund Whittaker
13 - Report on a paper by Charles Walmesley, by D'Alembert
14 - "Mr Barlow's Rods to find Prime Numbers"
15 - Document relating to Zacharias Williams's method of finding the longitude
16 - Document relating to Zacharias Williams's method of finding the longitude
17 - Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, Cambridge, to RH Scott
18 - Copy of letter from RH Scott to James Clerk Maxwell
19 - Letter from James Clerk Maxwell, Cambridge, to RH Scott
20 - Copy of letter from RH Scott to James Clerk Maxwell
21 - Letter from James Clerk Maxwell, Cambridge, to RH Scott
22 - Letter from George Gabriel Stokes, Cambridge, to RH Scott
23 - Letter from MW Beijerinck, Gorssel
24 - Letter from MW Beijerinck, Gorssel, to W Bulloch
25 - Letter from MW Beijerinck, Gorssel
26 - Autobiographical notes by MW Beijerinck
27 - Letter from W Bulloch, London Hospital Medical College, to HW Robinson
28 - Letter from W Bulloch, London Hospital Medical College, to HW Robinson
29 - Letter from W Bulloch, London Hospital Medical College, to HW Robinson
30 - "Notes on Thomas Hardwicke, FRS", by Warren R Dawson
31 - Anonymous article entitled, "Indian Telescope"
32 - "Notices of the Aurora Australis from the 1st to the 31st of March 1841 made on board HMS Erebus" (Anonymous)
33 - Letter from James Dewar, Royal Institution, to Sir William Thomson
34 - Letter from James Dewar, Royal Institution, to Sir William Thomson
35 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Edward Sabine
35A - Transcript of Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine, 15 May 1830 (MM/10/35)
36 - Letter from AT Kupffer, Munich [?], to Sir Edward Sabine
37 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
38 - Letter from AT Kupffer, to Sir Edward Sabine
39 - Letter from AT Kupffer, to Sir Edward Sabine
40 - Letter from AT Kupffer, to Sir Edward Sabine
41 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
42 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
43 - Letter from AT Kupffer, to Sir Edward Sabine
44 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
45 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
46 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
47 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
48 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
49 - Letter from AT Kupffer to Sir Edward Sabine
50 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
51 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
52 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
53 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
54 - Letter from AT Kupffer to Sir Edward Sabine
55 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
56 - Letter from AT Kupffer to Sir Edward Sabine
57 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
58 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
59 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
60 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
61 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
62 - Letter from AT Kupffer, Dresden, to Sir Edward Sabine
63 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
64 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
64A - Transcript of a letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine (MM/10/64)
65 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
66 - Letter from AT Kupffer, Paris, to Sir Edward Sabine
67 - Letter from AT Kupffer, London, to Sir Edward Sabine
68 - Letter from AT Kupffer, Paris, to Sir Edward Sabine
69 - Letter from AT Kupffer, Dresden, to Sir Edward Sabine
70 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
71 - Letter from AT Kupffer, Dresden, to Sir Edward Sabine
72 - Letter from AT Kupffer, Dresden, to Sir Edward Sabine
73 - Letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
73A - Transcript of a letter from AT Kupffer, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine (MM/10/73)
74 - Letter from AT Kupffer to Sir Edward Sabine
75 - Letter from AT Kupffer to Sir Edward Sabine
76 - Draft of a letter from Sir Edward Sabine to A Kupffer
77 - Draft of a letter from Sir Edward Sabine to AT Kupffer
78 - Letter to Sir Edward Sabine
79 - Letter from C Tcheffkine, St Petersburg, to Sir Edward Sabine
80 - Letter from Kreil, Vienna, to Sir Edward Sabine
81 - Letter from LAJ Quetelet, Brussels, to Sir Edward Sabine
82 - Copy of a letter from Karl Kreil, Durazzo, to Sir Edward Sabine
83 - Incomplete letter to Sir Edward Sabine
84 - Letter from Col JT Walker, Mussoorie [sic], to the Government of India
85 - Copy of letter from Col JT Walker, Dehra Doon, to Sir Edward Sabine
86 - Letter from J F W Herschel, Collingwood, to Sir Edward Sabine
86A - Transcript of a letter from J F W Herschel, Collingwood, to Sir Edward Sabine
87 - Copy of a letter from G B Airy, Carlisle, to Sir Edward Sabine
88 - "Precis on certain evidence affecting the moral character of Leibnitz, said to be in the Archives of the Royal Society", by CM Ingleby
89 - "Martini Lister Methodus Conchyliorum"
90 - Letter from Edward Frankland, 42 Park Road, London, to HE Armstrong
91 - Letter from Edward Frankland, Leyland nr Preston, to HE Armstrong
92 - Letter from Edward Frankland, Royal College of Chemistry, to HE Armstrong
93 - Letter from Edward Frankland, Royal College of Chemistry, to HE Armstrong
94 - Letter from Edward Frankland, The Yews, Reigate, to HE Armstrong
95 - Letter from Edward Frankland, The Yews, Reigate, to HE Armstrong
96 - Letter from Edward Frankland, The Yews, Reigate, to HE Armstrong
97 - Letter from Edward Frankland, The Yews, Reigate, to HE Armstrong
98 - Letter from Edward Frankland, The Yews, Reigate, to HE Armstrong
99 - Letter from Edward Frankland, The Yews, Reigate, to HE Armstrong
100 - Letter from Edward Frankland, The Yews, Reigate, to HE Armstrong
101 - Letter from Edward Frankland, The Yews, Reigate, to HE Armstrong
102 - Letter from Edward Frankland, The Yews, Reigate, to HE Armstrong
103 - There is no number 103, due to an error in numbering
104 - Information concerning Bencoulen [Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia], Batavia [Jakarta, Indonesia], and St. Helena, with regard to observing the Transit of Venus there in 1761
105 - Memorandum of a conversation with the Directors of the East India Company concerning Observers of the Transit of Venus of 6 June 1761, to be sent to St Helena, Bencoulen [Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia], Madrass etc
106 - Directions for observing the Transit of Venus over the Sun 6 June 1761
107 - List by Nevil Maskelyne of instruments required for observing the Transit of Venus, and their cost
108 - Memorandum by the Royal Society to the Lords of the Treasury
109 - Copy Letter from George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield and President of the Royal Society to the Duke of Newcastle
110 - Letter from J Cleveland of the Admiralty Office to Dr Birch, Secretary of the Royal Society
111 - Estimate by Nevil Maskelyne of the probable expense of journey to and staying at St Helena to observe the Transit of Venus of 1761
112 - Agreement as to salary and expenses for going to St Helena to observe the Transit of Venus of 1761
113 - Letter from L Sullivan, Chairman of the East India Company to Charles Morton Secretary of the Royal Society
114 - Letter from Robert James of the East India Company to Dr Charles Morton of the Royal Society
115 - Charles Morton to Lawson and Sullivan Esqrs. of the East India Company
116 - Articles of Agreement between the Council of the Royal Society and Mr Charles Mason and Mr Jeremiah Dixon
117 - Receipt from Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon to Royal Society for Instruments for Bencoolen [Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia]
118 - Letter from Charles Mason to the Council of the Royal Society
119 - Letter from P Stephens, Admiralty Office, to Bateman
120 - Bill from Richard Lever (for George Clarke, carrier) to Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon for £3.13.0d
121 - Receipt for money from the Royal Society received by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon from William Cooley, Collector of Customs, Portsmouth
122 - Note concerning money from the Royal Society received by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon from William Cooley, Collector of Customs, Portsmouth
123 - 'Account of moneys apportioned for 29 November 1760 for the expenses of the observations', by Peter Davall
124 - Letter from Charles Mason, Portsmouth, to Charles Morton
125 - Letter from Jeremiah Dixon, Portsmouth, to Dr Thomas Birch, Secretary, Royal Society
126 - Letter from Charles Mason, Portsmouth, to the Earl of Macclesfield
127 - Receipt for instruments from the Royal Society, with schedule
128 - Letter from Charles Mason, Portsmouth, to Charles Morton
129 - Letter from Charles Mason, Portsmouth, to the Rev Dr James Bradley
130 - Letter from Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, Plymouth, to Charles Morton
131 - Letter from Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, Plymouth, to Dr Thomas Birch
132 - Draft of a letter from the Royal Society to Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon
133 - Letter from P Stephens, Admiralty Office, to Dr Thomas Birch
134 - Letter from Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, Plymouth, to Dr Thomas Birch
135 - Letter from Charles Mason, Cape of Good Hope, to Charles Morton
136 - Letter from Nevil Maskelyne, St Helena, to James West
137 - Note concerning transaction mentioned in Nevil Maskelyne's letter to James West, 17 August 1761, of thirty pounds to Charles Hutchinson, Governor of St Helena.
138 - Letter from Charles Morton, Royal Society, to Laurence Sullivan, Chairman, and to the Court of Directors of the East India Company
139 - Letter from Robert James, East India Company, to Charles Morton
140 - Letter from Robert James, East India Company, to Charles Morton
141 - Draft letter from Royal Society
142 - Draft letter from Royal Society
143 - Account of expenses incurred at the Cape of Good Hope by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon
144 - Vouchers for expenses incurred at the Cape of Good Hope by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, as part of their observations of the Transit of Venus
145 - Receipts from Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon 'showing what cash we received at the Cape'
146 - Receipt from James Short for instruments handed over by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon to the Royal Society
147 - Note from the Council of the Royal Society about the moneys apportioned for the expense of the expedition of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon to observe the Transit of Venus
148 - Account of expenses by Nevil Maskelyne
149 - Receipt for £10 from Nevil Maskelyne to Charles Mason
150 - Anonymous note about the Rev Mr Mitchell
151 - Bills and Receipts relating to Nevil Maskelyne and Robert Waddington's voyage to St Helena on the East India Company's ship 'Prince Henry' to observe the Transit of Venus
152 - Letter from GW Featherstonehaugh, Philadelphia, to W Buckland
153 - List of subscribers to the "Monthly American Journal Geology and Natural Science" by GW Featherstonehaugh
154 - 'Note on the method pursued in deducing the quantities 'm' and 'w' from the decimal mulitpliers in Gilpin's tables', by E Russell
155 - 'The Mechanical Dentist', by John Gray
156 - 'Memorial of the Subscribers towards the erection of an Astronomical & Physical Observatory near the City of Glasgow'
157 - 'Note to Memorial Concerning the Observatory of Glasgow', by Prof Nichol
158 - 'A Brief Description of the improvemnets made in the Mariner's Compass', by JG Ulrich
159 - 'Description of a Percussion Shell to explode at the bottom of the Sea', by John Norton
160 - 'Memorandum addresed to the Royal Society', by T Wharton Jones
161 - 'Memorandum addresed to the Royal Society', by Martin Barry
162 - Note by Sir Edward Sabine on the magnetic instruments supplied to the African Expedition
163 - 'Plan and Estimate for the Publication of the Returns from the Ordnance Magnetic Observations', by Edward Sabine
164 - Report from the Anemometers (Improvements) Committee on Eiffe's, Molyneux's and Parkinson and Frondheim's proposed improvements in Chronometers
165 - Minutes of the Microscope Committee
166 - 'Sir Clifton Wintringham's Bequest. Royal Society v Loscombe. Amount of payments by the Royal Society', from Few & Co
167 - Receipt from Richard Harris for Standard Yard and Standard Troy Weight
168 - Report from the British Association about applying to the Government for funds for printing Lalande's 'Histoire Celeste'
169 - Particulars of a Comet, from the Colaba Observatory, Bombay, observed 29-31 March 1843
170 - Extract from the Will of Thomas Botfield
171 - Memorandum of agreement between William Newton (for the Royal Society) and Joseph Lyall, re letting of lands at the Mablethorpe Estate
172 - 'Proposal for an attempt to complete the Discovery of a North-West Passage', by John Barrow
173 - 'Remarks on the manner in which the Stations adjacent to Singapore might be surveyed, with little, if any expense to Government', by GM Elliot, Singapore Observatory
174 - 'General Results of Experiments on the Polarisation of Light', by David Brewster
175 - 'On the Polarisation of Light by Metals', by David Brewster
176 - 'Results respecting the Composition of Polar Light, and the lines in the Spectrum', by David Brewster
177 - 'A notice of some experiments on light', by David Brewster
178 - Memorandum from Michael Faraday
179 - A formula for 'the law of decrease of heat in the atmosphere as we ascend above the surface of the earth' by James D Forbes
180 - Note from FV Giacinto acknowledging the authorship of a paper which he had submitted to the Royal Society anonymously
181 - 'Note on the Self-acting, Electro-magnetic, Telegraphic Instruments', by Charles Wheatsone
182 - 'Geological Remarks on Kerguelen's Land' by Robert McCormick
183 - 'Catalogue of Geological Specimens procured at Kerguelen during the months of May, June & July 1840' by John Robertson
184 - 'On the Birds of Kerguelen' by Robert McCormick
185 - 'Catalogue of Birds collected on board HM Sloop the Terror, between the Cape of Good Hope & Van Diemen's Land [Tasmania; Lutruwita or Truwana]', by John Robertson
186 - 'Plants from Kerguelen's Land collected in May June & July 1840' and 'Plants from St Helena February 1840', by John Robertson
187 - Letter from Robert Barnes describing a method of finding the size of the head of a foetus
188 - Letter from Georges Ville describing a new method of obtaining azotes from nitrates
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