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Expand 1 - Paper, 'On the black retemucosum of the negro [sic], being a defence against the scorching effect of the sun's rays' by Sir Everard Home1 - Paper, 'On the black retemucosum of the negro [sic], being a defence against the scorching effect of the sun's rays' by Sir Everard Home
2 - Paper, 'On the magnetic phenomena produced by electricity' in a letter from Sir H [Humphry] Davy to W H [William Hyde] Wollaston
3 - Paper, 'Communication of a singular fact in natural history' by the Earl of Morton [George Douglas] in a letter to William Hyde Wollaston
4 - Paper, 'Particulars of a fact nearly similar to that related by Lord Morton' by Daniel Giles in a letter to William Hyde Wollaston
Expand 5 - Paper, 'The Croonian Lecture. Microscopical observations on the structure of the brain, and nerves; and an investigation into the component parts of the blood; showing that the materials of which the brain is composed exist in that fluid. Also, on the discovery of valves in the branches of the veins of the vasa breve that go from the stomach to the splenic vein; and on the structure of the spleen' by Sir Everard Home5 - Paper, 'The Croonian Lecture. Microscopical observations on the structure of the brain, and nerves; and an investigation into the component parts of the blood; showing that the materials of which the brain is composed exist in that fluid. Also, on the discovery of valves in the branches of the veins of the vasa breve that go from the stomach to the splenic vein; and on the structure of the spleen' by Sir Everard Home
6 - Paper, 'On the new compounds of chlorine and carbon, and on a new compound of iodine, carbon, and hydrogen' by Mr [Michael] Faraday
7 - Paper, 'An account of the comparison of various British standards of linear measure' by Capt Henry Kater
8 - Paper, 'An account of the urinary organs and urine of two species of the genus rana' by John Davy
Expand 9 - Paper, 'An account of a micrometer made of rock crystal' by G [George] Dollond9 - Paper, 'An account of a micrometer made of rock crystal' by G [George] Dollond
10 - Paper, 'The Bakerian Lecture. On the best kind of steel and form for a compass needle' by Capt H [Henry] Kater
Collapse 11 - Paper, 'Notice respecting a lunar volcano' by Capt H [Henry] Kater in a letter to Sir Humphry Davy11 - Paper, 'Notice respecting a lunar volcano' by Capt H [Henry] Kater in a letter to Sir Humphry Davy
12 - Paper, 'A farther account of fossil bones discovered in caverns inclosed in the lime-stone rocks at Plymouth' by Joseph Whidbey in a letter to Sir Everard Home
13 - Paper, 'On the aëriform compounds of charcoal and hydrogen, with an account of some additional experiments on the gases from oil and from coal' by William Henry
14 - Paper, 'An account of experiments to determine the acceleration of the pendulum in different latitudes' by Captain Edward Sabine
15 - Paper, 'On the papyri found at the ruins of Herculaneum' by Sir H [Humphry] Davy
16 - Paper, 'Observations on naphthaline, a peculiar substance resembling a concrete essential oil, which is apparently produced during the decomposition of coal tar by exposure to a red heat' by J [John] Kidd
Expand 17 - Paper, 'On the aberrations of compound lenses and object-glasses' by J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel17 - Paper, 'On the aberrations of compound lenses and object-glasses' by J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel
Expand 18 - Paper, 'An account of the skeletons of the dugong, two-horned rhinoceros, and tapir of Sumatra, sent to England by Sir Thos [Thomas] Raffles, Governor of Bencoolen [Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia]' by Sir Everard Home18 - Paper, 'An account of the skeletons of the dugong, two-horned rhinoceros, and tapir of Sumatra, sent to England by Sir Thos [Thomas] Raffles, Governor of Bencoolen [Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia]' by Sir Everard Home
19 - Paper, 'On the mean density of the earth' by Dr Charles Hutton
20 - Paper, 'On the separation of iron from other metals' by J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel
21 - Paper, 'On the reestablishment of a canal in the place of a portion of the urethra which had been destroyed' by Henry Earle
22 - Paper, 'Observations on the variation of local heat made amongst the Garrow Hills in February and March 1820' by D [David] Scott in a letter to W T [William Thomas] Brande
23 - Paper, 'On some subterraneous trees discovered at the foot of the cliffs about a mile to the eastward of Mundsley [Mundesley]' by Jeaffreson Miles in a letter to W T [William Thomas] Brande
Expand 24 - Paper, 'Case of a diseased enlargement of the glands of the neck' by John Howship24 - Paper, 'Case of a diseased enlargement of the glands of the neck' by John Howship
25 - Paper, 'Calculation of some observations of the solar eclipse on the 7th of Sept [September] 1820' by Charles Rumker
26 - Paper, 'An account of the re-measurement of the cube, cylinder, and sphere used by the late Sir Geo [George] Shuckburgh Evelyn in his enquiries respecting a standard of weights and measures' by Capt H [Henry] Kater
26i - Paper, 'An account of observations made with the 8 feet astronomical circle, at the Observatory of Trinity College Dublin, since the beginning of the year 1818, for investigating the effects of parallax and aberration on the places of certain fixed stars; also the comparison of these with former observations for determining the effects of lunar nutation' by Rev John Brinkley
Expand 27 - Paper, 'On the effects produced in the rates of chronometers by the proximity of masses of iron' by Peter Barlow27 - Paper, 'On the effects produced in the rates of chronometers by the proximity of masses of iron' by Peter Barlow
Expand 28 - Paper, 'On the peculiarities that distinguish the manatee of the West Indies from the dugong of the East Indian seas' by Sir Everard Home28 - Paper, 'On the peculiarities that distinguish the manatee of the West Indies from the dugong of the East Indian seas' by Sir Everard Home
29 - Paper, 'On a new compound of chlorine and carbon' by Richard Phillips and Michael Faraday
30 - Paper, 'On the nerves - giving an account of some experiments on their structure and functions - which lead to a new arrangement of the system' by Charles Bell
31 - Paper, 'Further researches on the magnetic phaenomena produced by electricity, with some new experiments on the properties of electrified bodies in their relations to conducting powers and temperature' by Sir Humphry Davy
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