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Expand 1 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 1, copies of papers communicated 1661-16621 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 1, copies of papers communicated 1661-1662
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Expand 9 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 9, copies of papers communicated 1699-17079 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 9, copies of papers communicated 1699-1707
10 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 10
Expand 11 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 11, copies of papers communicated 1720-172411 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 11, copies of papers communicated 1720-1724
Collapse 12 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 12, copies of papers communicated 1724-172712 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 12, copies of papers communicated 1724-1727
0 - Index, for Register Book 12
1 - 'Casus rarissimus Visus objectorum partialis Communicat ad Abraham Vater Professor Med. Wittemberg'
2 - 'A new Contrivance for taking Levels' by J Desaguliers
3 - Description a new barometer by D Fahrenheit
4 - Observations of the comet from Francis Bianchini at Albany in October 1723
5 - 'Some Remarks upon the Observation mention'd in the Reverend Mr Wasse's Letter by William Becket'
6 - 'Sectio oculorum duorum Cataracta affectorum' from a letter to Richard Waller by Samuel Molyneux
7 - 'Some Observations made on an Ostrich dissected by Order of Sir Hans Sloane Baronet' by John Ranby Surgeon
8 - 'Dissertation concerning the figure of the Earth' by J Desaguliers
9 - 'De Camphora' by Caspar Neumann
10 - 'Observations on some of the Plants in New England with remarkable Instances of the Nature and Power of Vegetation in a Letter to the Publisher from the honourable Paul Dudley'
11 - 'Account of Ambregris [ambergris] found in Whales' by Dr Boylston of Boston in New England
12 - 'A Catalogue of 50 Plants from Chelsea Garden presented to the Royal Society for the year 1724 by the Company of Apothecaries pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane Baronet' by Isaac Rand Apothecary
13 - 'De Experimento probandi Spiritum Vini Gallici perquam usitato sed revera falso et fallaci' by Casper Neumann
14 - 'Four Observations of the Eclipses of the first Satellite of Jupiter made in the Fort of New York for determining the longitude of that Place' by William Burnet, Governor of New York
15 - 'An extraordinary Case in Surgery Communicated by Mr Joseph Atkinson, Senior Surgeon'
16 - 'An Experiment to illustrate what has been said in the Philosophical Transactions no 386, 387, 388 concerning the Figure of the Earth' by J Desaguliers
17 - Some experiments concerning the cohesion of two balls of lead by J Desaguliers
18 - 'Dissertation concerning the Figure of the Earth Part 2' by J Desaguliers
19 - Extract of several letters and certificates sent to the King of Great Britain concerning a 'aevus maternus' or 'mole' communicated by Dr Steigerstahl, physician to the King
20 - 'Account of the Strata in Coal mines' by John Strachey
21 - 'An Enquiry into a Discovery said to have been made by Signor Valsalva of Bologna of an Excretory Duct from the 'Glandula Renalis' to the Epididymis' by John Ranby
22 - 'Short account of the Anomalous Epidemic Small Pox beginning at Plymouth in August 1724 and continuing to the Month of June 1725' by Dr Huxham, physician at Plymouth
23 - Concerning the differences in the meridian of Paris, London and Lisbon sent by John Baptiste Carbone to Isaac Samuda
24 - 'New and exact Table collected from several Observations taken in four voyages to Hudsons Bay in North America from London shewing the Variation of the Magnetical Needle or Sea Compass in the Pathway to the said Bay according to the Several Latitudes and Longitudes from the year 1721 to 1725 to Christopher Middleton
25 - 'Account of a new Machine call'd the marine Surveyor contriv'd for the Mensuration of the Way of a Ship in the Sea more correctly than by the Log or any other method hitherto us'd for that Purpose. By Mr Henry de Saumarez of the Island of Guernsey; together with the Several Testimonials Setting forth the usefulness of his said Invention'
26 - 'Observations upon the Tides in the River Thames' by Henry de Saumarez
27 - 'De Camphora' by John Brown
28 - 'Observations made at Southwick in the county of Northampton Long West from London' by George Lynn
29 - 'De Salibus alcalino-fixis' by Caspar Neumann
30 - 'An extraordinary high Tide in the Thames observed by Captain Thomas Jones'
31 - Astronomical observations by John Baptista Carbone at Lisbon for 1725 and 1726
32 - 'A Contrivance to avoid the Irregularities in a Clocks motion occasion'd by the Action of heat and cold upon the Rod of the Pendulum' by George Graham Watchmaker
33 - 'Account of Several Experiments concerning the running of Water in Pipes, as it is retarded by Friction and intermix'd Air some of which were made before the Royal Society on Thursday the 5th of May 1726 With a Description of a new Machine, whereby Pipes may be clear'd of Air, as the Water runs along without Stand Pipes or the help of any hand' by John Desaguliers
34 - 'Longitude of Lisbon and the Fort of New York from Wanstead and London determin'd by Eclipses of the first Satellite of Jupiter' by James Bradley
35 - 'Remarks upon the Observations made upon a Chronological Index of Sir Isaac Newton'
36 - Anatomical observations from Antonio Monrava communicated by Isaac de Sequeira Samuda
37 - 'Some Observations upon Doctor Eaton's Styptick' by Conrad Sprengell
38 - 'An Experiment in confirmation of the foregoing Observations' by Conrad Sprengell
39 - 'A Catalogue of fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden presented to the Royal Society for the year 1723 by the Company of Apothecaries of London, pursuant to the direction of Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet' by Isaac Rand
40 - 'Draught of a Calculus per urethram'
41 - 'An Account of a Book intitled Animaversioni apologetictic, or Animadversiones apologetica quod Sanguis non sit anima et venasectio omnino necessaria ad Salutem' by Dominic Bottoni drawn up by Dr Steigertahl
42 - J G Scheuchzer's account of a book by Dominic Bottoni entitled 'de immani Trinacriae terrae-motu idea historica-physica in qua non solum telluris concusciones transactiae recensentur, sed novissimae'
43 - Observations of the Lunar eclipse at Lisbon witnessed by John Baptista Carbone on 1 November 1724
44 - Observations of the immersions and emersions of the satellites of Jupiter witnessed in Lisbon in 1723 and 1724 made with a Campani telescope
45 - Concerning the dead body of a man who had lain in a mine for 49 years by Adam Leyel
46 - Concerning a woman who voided the bones and skull of a foetus through her anus
47 - Descriptions of some mechanical inventions
48 - 'Of the Membrana urinaria in a human Placenta' by James Douglas
49 - Deidier's account of a dissertation entitled 'Speciminis de Suppuratione Synopsis'
50 - 'Of the Change of the Root in the Crocus autumno vivens' by D Douglass
51 - 'Mr J G Leutmann's account of a Book to be publish'd by him intitled Instrumenta meteorognosiae inservientia ...'
52 - 'Some queries by Mr Hicks'
53 - 'Account of an uncommon effect of the Wind on a large tract of Land'
54 - 'Some thoughts on the Corruption of fresh Waters upon Sea' by Monsieur Deslands
55 - 'Account of a Stone taken out of the Bladder of a Dog communicated by George Heathcote'
56 - 'Some Account of an Instrument for finding the distance of Parallels' by Mr Kolbe
57 - 'Account of some Papers relating to the Philosopher's Stone sent from Riga to the Royal Society drawn up by John Gaspar Scheuchzer
58 - Account of experiments on a sort of French glass by John Brown
59 - 'Account of a human Humerus Ulna and Radius united by Martin Folkes'
60 - 'Account of a Book intitled 'Historia coelestis Britannica tribus voluminibus contenta autore Johannes Flamsteedio Astronomo Regio' by Mr Hodgson
61 - 'Account of a Book intitled Nuova proposizione intorna alla Carnosita spiegata de Antonio Benevoli...'
62 - 'Dissertatiuncula de Agno vegetabili Scythico Borametz vulgo' by John Philip Breynius
63 - 'Account of an ossified Mola' by Claudius Amyand
64 - Account of the plague by Antonio Deidier
65 - 'Account of a large Tumor adhering to the Liver of an executed Malefactor; as also of an umbilical Rupture of a Child' by John Stevens, surgeon
66 - 'Some Account of Doctor James Douglas's Osteologiae universalis pars prima'
67 - Some experiments to show the relative strengths of iron, steel and brass by Mr Bradgate
68 - Concerning six new mechanical inventions by Isaac de la Chaumette
69 - James Campbell's account of the book entitled 'An historical account of the smallpox inoculated in New England upon all sorts of Persons...' by Zabdiel Boylston, Apothecary at Boston
70 - Various astronomical observations by Francis Blanchinum communicated by John Baptista Carbone
71 - Discourse on the theory of gunpowder by Monsieur de Belidor
72 - 'Bills of Mortality of several considerable Towns in Europe beginning with the year 1717 extracted from the Acta Breslaviensia by Conrad Joach Sprengell'
73 - 'Remarks on the Invention of Telescopes' by Dr Desaguliers
74 - Translation of the explanations of an instrument invented by Mr John Henry Hess, for extracting the 'Calculus Vesicae'
75 - 'A Catalogue of fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden for the Year 1725' by Isaac Rand
76 - 'Remarks on the Invention of Telescopes' by Mr Eames
77 - Observations of the eclipses of the moon and of the sun in 1726 by John Poleni
78 - 'A short Account of a negativo-affirmative Arithmetick' by John Colson
79 - Account of the rarity of amber by John Philip Breynius
80 - Two newly discovered arteries passing to women's ovaria by John Ranby
81 - 'An Account of an Aurora Borealis' by John Hadley
82 - 'An Account of a Gangrene of the Stomach occasion'd by swallowing the Stone of a Fruit' by Christopher Rawlinson, surgeon at Guy's Hospital
83 - 'Memoire au Sujet d'une nouvelle machine inventee' by Monsieur Bourgeois
84 - 'A Remark upon the new Opinion relating to the forces of moving Bodies in the case of the Collision of non-elastic Bodies' by Mr Eames
85 - '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 Mr Eames
86 - 'An Account of four Mock-Suns [parhelia] seen at Kensington March 1 1726-7' by George Whiston
87 - 'An Account of opening the Body of a man of Seventy' by Mr Ranby
88 - 'An account of a new Land Carriage' by Dr Allen
89 - 'An account of a Pair of very extraordinary large Horns found in Wapping some Years since' by Hans Sloane
Expand 13 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 13, copies of papers communicated 1727-172813 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 13, copies of papers communicated 1727-1728
Expand 14 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 14, copies of papers communicated 1728-173014 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 14, copies of papers communicated 1728-1730
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Expand 21 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 20, copies of papers communicated 1737-173921 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 20, copies of papers communicated 1737-1739
22 - Volume 1 of index to the journal, register and letter books
23 - Volume 2 of index to the journal, register and letter books

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