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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 3 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 3, copies of papers communicated 1663-16683 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 3, copies of papers communicated 1663-1668
Expand 4 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 4, copies of papers communicated 1668-16754 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 4, copies of papers communicated 1668-1675
Expand 5 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 5, copies of papers communicated 1675-16805 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 5, copies of papers communicated 1675-1680
Expand 6 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 6, copies of papers communicated 1685-16876 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 6, copies of papers communicated 1685-1687
Expand 7 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 7, copies of papers communicated 1687-16987 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 7, copies of papers communicated 1687-1698
Expand 8 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 8, copies of papers communicated 1695-17008 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 8, copies of papers communicated 1695-1700
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
Expand 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
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
Collapse 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
0 - Index, for Register Book 14
1 - 'Observations on the difference of Sex in Misleto [mistletoe]', in a letter from the Reverend M Edmund Barrel to Sir Hans Sloane
2 - 'A short account of the different kinds of Ipecacuanha' by Dr Douglas
3 - 'An account of an Abcess in the right hypochondrium' in a letter from Edward Nourse, surgeon, to William Rutty
4 - 'Observation of a nocturnal Iris' in a letter from Mr Raph Hansard
5 - Extract of a Letter from Peter Kinck to James Theobald
6 - Extract of a letter from Peter Kinck to James Theobald
7 - 'A Description of some uncommon Appearances observ'd in an Aurora borealis' by Reverend William Derham, canon of Windsor communicated in a letter to Hans Sloane
8 - 'An account of an Aurora borealis observ'd at Dublin on Fryday March 3 1727' in a letter from M J Walton
9 - 'The Difference in Time of the Meridians of diverse places computed from Observations of the Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites' by William Derham
10 - 'An account of a book intitled Observations sur le memoire academique de Monsieur Morand Le Fil' by Edward Nourse
11 - Account of a child with convulsions in a letter from Dr R Beard to William Rutty
12 - 'An account of some observations relating to natural history made in a journey to the Peak in Derbyshire by John Martyn'
13 - Observation of a lunar eclipse witnessed on 2 February 1729 by Arthur Dobbs of Castle Dobbs
14 - 'Extract of part of a letter from John Godfrey Esq of Norton Court near Feversham in Kent to Stephen Gray giving an account of his observations of the late total lunar eclipse'
15 - 'The Bills of Mortality in Several parts of Europe for the years 1724 and 1725 Extracted from Acta Breslaviensia by J G Scheuchzer'
16 - 'An account of a Treatise entitled Calculations and Tables relating to the attractive virtue of Loadstones' by William Rutty
17 - Account of an uncommon tumour in a letter from Dr Beard of Worcester to William Rutty
18 - Paper relating to the inoculation of smallpox as it is practised in the Kingdoms of Tripoli, Tunis and Algiers
19 - 'Of the Meteor call'd the ignis fatuus from Observations made in England' by William Derham and others in Italy communicated by Sir Thomas Dereham
20 - On the theme of reproduction
21 - Table with totals for christenings and burials in London and within the Bills of Mortality from 1664 to 1728
22 - 'A remarkable Case of the delivery of a human foetus by the Anus' by J G Scheuchzer
23 - 'Abstract of a Dissertation on the Causes of Winds' in a letter to Hans Sloane
24 - 'A Farther Account of the Generation of Eels and the Variety of it in the Worm kind particulariz'd in the Worm, Snail and Oyster' communicated to Hans Sloane by Benjamin Allen
25 - 'Description of the Phocaena rostrata rostro breviori or Short bill mouth'd Dolphin of the northerns or properly Porpess' by Benjamin Allen
26 - 'Memoire instructif sur la nouvelle Table Chronologique des Chinoise' by Father Fouquet
27 - 'Explication de la nouvelle Table Chronologique de l'histoire Chinoise' by Father Johannes Franciscus Fouquet, a Jesuit and Bishop of Eleutheropolis
28 - 'Astronomical Observations made in the publick Observatory at Bologna by Doctor Eustachio Manfredi communicated to Sir Hans Sloane presented by Thomas Dereham and translated from the Italian by Dr Scheuchzer
29 - 'The Extract of a Letter from Dr Eustachio Manfredi Professor of Astronomy at Bologna to Sir Thomas Dereham with details of an aurora borealis
30 - 'Relazione del Pisce, che nel Mese di Guigno prossimo passato 1728 ...' communicated to Hans Sloane by Thomas Dereham
31 - Queries concerning the Cause of Cohesion of the Parts of Matter propos'd in a Letter to Doctor Desaguliers by Marten Triewald, Director of Mechanicks in Sweden
32 - Extract of a letter from Dr Nicholls to Dr Scheuchzer concerning the making of china ware
33 - 'A method for finding the Longitude in a Letter from Mr Thomas Haselden to Mr Machin'
34 - 'An answer to some Queries in relation to the making of Wines in a Letter to Mr Philip Miller'
35 - 'An account of an extraordinary Girl in a Letter from W Graeme'
36 - 'Of vivid Forces' in a Letter from G Cramer to James Jurin
37 - 'Observations on the Weather in a Letter from R Bradley to Sir Hans Sloane'
38 - 'An Observation of the Digestion of food in the Stomach with Animadversions thereon, by Christopher Wolfius, in a Letter to Sir Hans Sloane'
39 - A book review about epsom salts and the salt 'Alumen plumosum' by John Martyn
40 - 'Some Observations made on opening a Cormorant Shot at the Tower' by Mr Ranby
41 - 'An account of some Electrical Experiments' by Dr Desaguliers
42 - 'Of multiplying Grain' in a Letter form John Eames to John Machin
43 - 'Giving a father account of the nature and Virtues of the holt Waters' in a letter to William Rutty from J Lewis
44 - 'Observations of a Lunar Eclipse' in a letter from William Derham to Hans Sloane
45 - 'Giving some Account of a french Paper relating to the Application of the Doctrine of Proportions to negative Quantities etc' in a letter from the Reverend Desaguliers to William Rutty
46 - 'An account of the Treatise intitled: F E Bruckmanni M D etc historia naturalis curiosa lapidis' by Cromwell Mortimer
47 - 'Observations in order to determine the Difference of the Meridians of London and Petersburgh [Petersburg]' communicated by the Reverend J Bradley to William Rutty
48 - 'Affectus prorsus singularis et extraordinarius hebetudo visus in Septuagenario cum idolo faciei humanae ante oculos obsersante' by Abraham Vater
49 - 'An account of a Book intitled hespheri et Phorphori nova Phanomena etc Autore Francisco Bianchino' by John Hadley
50 - 'A remarkable Conformation of the Urinary Parts communicated in a letter to Hans Sloane' by John Budgen
51 - Concerning an imperforated anus of a child in a letter from John Chalk to Reverend Horsley
52 - 'Concerning the roots of equations with the demonstration of other rules in algebra in a second Letter from Colin Maclaurin, Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Edinburgh, to Martin Folkes
53 - 'A Disquisition concerning the Place of Battle between the Danes and our Saxon Ancestors in Kesteven, Lincolnshire AD 870' communicated in a letter to William Rutty from William Stukeley
54 - 'A New model for Bridges over large Rivers' by John Allen
55 - 'Explanation of the Properties of the Load Stone: translated from the French of the Marquis de Crequi Frohans' by T S
56 - 'A Proposition on the Ballance not taken Notice of by mechanical Writers explan'd and confim'd by an Experiment before the R S' by J Desaguliers
57 - 'The Description of a Time-Keeper' communicated in a letter to William Rutty by W Barlow
58 - 'A Method for determining the Longitude communicated in a Letter to Dr Rutty by W T Mansfield
59 - 'Some Accounts of Nitre of Rassem etc communicated in letter to Dr Woodward by the Reverend Thomas Shaw at Algiers
60 - Observations of Venus communicated in a letter to Hans Sloane by William Derham, Canon of Windsor
61 - 'An account of a Knife found in the Stomach of a Girl' by J W Alruz
62 - 'An account of Inoculation for the Small Pox communicated in a Letter to Dr Rutty by Tim Forster Surgeon'
63 - 'Concerning the Time keeper and an extraordinary case of worms from an abcess in the Groin' by William Rutty from W Barlow
64 - 'Observations on a Treatise wrote by Monsieur Helvetius of Paris design'd to prove that the Lungs do not divide and expand the Blood, but on the contrary cool and condense it' by Frank Nicholls
65 - 'A Short Account of a very uncommon whirlwind which happen'd in the Dukedom of Ferrara in Italy' by Thomas Dereham
66 - 'An account of Some Specimens of Plants communicated to Hans Sloane' by Thomas Knowlton
67 - 'De Frigidae in Febribus usu' by Nicolas Cyrillus
68 - Observations by Monsignor Bianchini in a letter of William Derham to Sir Thomas Dereham
69 - Observations of the moon by Giovanni Poleni
70 - Astronomical observations from J B Carbone
71 - Proposal for finding longitude at sea by Rene Mauny
72 - Observations of the lunar eclipse on 9 August 1729 at Witteberg from J F Weidler to Hans Sloane
73 - Observations of a stomach tumour in a hen by Abraham Vater in a letter to William Rutty
74 - Concerning a geographical description of the kingdom of Tunis with a postscript relating to the cure of intermittent fevers by Thomas Shaw, Chaplain to the English Factory at Algiers
75 - 'An Eclipse of the Moon observ'd by Mr Graham in Fleet Street London July 28 1729'
76 - 'An account of an uncommon Mola' communicated in a letter to William Rutty by W Oliver
77 - 'An account of a Lumen boreale observ'd at Birmingham November 5 1729 by F S'
78 - A brief account by J Eames of a book by Joseph Suzzi on mathematical topics
79 - 'An account of several Rocks of Ice of an uncommon bigness found in the Ocean extracted from Frezier's Journal of his Chili voyage' by William Rutty
80 - 'Some Observations on the Crane with Improvements on that machine' by J Desaguliers
81 - Observations of lunar eclipse on 28 July 1729 from Eustachio Manfredi communicated by Thomas Dereham
82 - 'An Essay to prove that the Air tho' never so good affects mens Bodies various Ways' by Monsieur Alruz
83 - 'An Examination of M Perault's new invented Axis in Peritrochio said to be entirely without Friction With an Experiment to confirm the Reasoning made upon an Axis in Peritrochio first used in M Perault's manner then in the common Way by J T Desaguliers'
84 - 'A further Examination of the Machines said to be without Friction' by J T Desaguliers
85 - 'An account of Fossils etc sent from Soissons' by Philip Henry Zollman
86 - 'An account of the boaring a deep Well near Queensborough and finding Water etc in a Letter from the Officers of Sheerness and Chatham to the Lords of the Admiralty'
87 - 'Varenius's Geography mentions the several Strata of a deep Well at Amsterdam (p 46) which falls short of the Depth of the Well at Queensborough 56 feet'
88 - 'Observations of the Occultation of Venus by the Moon by M Weidler communicated to Dr Steigertahl'
89 - 'A brief Account of some of the Effects and Properties of Damps in a Letter to William Rutty' by Isaac Greenwood, Professor of Mathematicks at Cambridge New England'
90 - 'Some thoughts towards improving the 'Materia Medica' communicated in a letter to William Rutty from Dr John Rutty, Dublin
91 - 'An attempt to solve the Phaenomenon of the Rise of Vapours, formation of Clouds, and descent of Rain' in a letter from Doctor Desaguliers to Doctor Rutty
92 - 'An account of a Treatise intitled: 'Dissertatio physico-Theologica de Miraculis' by Samuel Hortin
93 - 'A Catalogue of the fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden presented to the Royal Society by the company of Apothecaries for the year 1728 pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane' by Isaac Rand
94 - Observations of the lunar eclipse made at Bologna on 8 August 1729 by Eustachio Manfredi
95 - 'Sir Thomas Lombe's new Machine for working Onganzine silk erected at Derby ...'
96 - 'An account of a Letter from Dr John Rutty of Dublin to Dr W Rutty' by Mr John Martyn
97 - Part of a letter from the Reverend Benjamin Colman of Boston New England to the late Bishop of Peterborough giving an account of the late earthquake which happened there communicated by Dr Jurin
98 - 'An account of the Sceleton [skeleton] of a Man the Bones of which were fill'd with Lead, extracted out of Mr Weaver's ancient funeral Monuments in Britain and the Isles adjacent...'
99 - 'An Account of Dr Frobenius's Phlogiston'
100 - 'Examen and observations of a bituminous Earth for the Royal Society' given to Sir Hans Sloane by Mr Godfrey
101 - 'Memorandum about Gold dissov'd in Aqua regia' by Mr Godfrey
102 - 'An account of Insects coming out of the Nostrils of a young Woman' from a letter from J Atwell to Thomas Woodford
103 - 'A Description of several Inventions presented Jan 5 1730 to the Royal Society at London, by Isaac de la Chaumette, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Bourdeaux [Bordeaux]'
104 - 'Of the Inflamation of the Liver frequent in India' by Mr Monro
105 - 'Observations on a Experiment made to demonstrate the Phlogiston or Ather in Mars and Oil of Vitriol by Explosion and how to condense it by Mr Godfrey'
106 - 'An account of a Treatise intitled: Jo Frider Weidleri Observationes meteorologicae et Astronomicae Annorum 1728 et 1729' by William Rutty
107 - 'An account of an uncommon Distemper in a Letter to Mr Lloyd from Mr J White'
108 - 'Memorandum about Experiments upon Gold and the ethereal Spirit that have been done here' by Dr Frobenius and Mr Godfrey
109 - 'Observations and Experiments relating to Friction' by Dr Desaguliers
110 - 'An account of an Abcess and Stone in the left Kidney by F Glisson and Hugh Chamberlen'
111 - 'An account of the Imperial Salt works of Soowar in upper hungary translated from the high Dutch of Ernest Bruchman of the Academy of Brunswick' by Hans Sloane
112 - 'An account of the Progress of the Small Pox in the Neighbourhood of Foots Cray in the Winter 1729' by R Lucas
113 - An account of a person impaled on the stock of a kedge-anchor by J Nicholls
114 - 'Some Observations made in the Dissection of three Subjects' by John Ranby, surgeon
115 - 'An account of Worms blown out of the Nose of a Lad in a letter from Mr George Clifford to Mr Philip Miller'
116 - 'An account of Several Experiments concerning the circulation of the Sap in Plants etc' in a letter to Philip Miller by James Justice
117 - 'An account of an uncommon Appearance in a Letter to Dr Desaguliers by William Palmer'
118 - 'An account of an uncommon Phaenomenon of the Verbascum in flower being part of a Letter from Jos Israel Carrillo Physician to the King of Tunis to Isaac de Sequeira Samuda'
119 - 'An account of a peculiar Entrochus' in a letter to Sir Hans Sloane from Dr Joannes Henry Heucher, Physician to the King of Poland, Professor of Anatomy and Botany at Wittemberg
120 - 'An account of a Book intitled: an Essay on Ways and means for enclosing following planting etc Scotland' by Cromwell Mortimer
121 - 'A particular Description of the Kingdom of Tunis' in letters to Sir Hans Sloane by Reverend Thomas Shaw
122 - 'An account of a Ball taken out of the Maw of an Ox'
123 - Observations of the moon by Polenus
124 - 'An account of a sleepy Disorder' in a letter by Antonio Leprotti, papal physician
125 - Account by Thomas Stack of a treatise entitled 'De Ambra grysea' by Caspar Neuman
126 - 'Problems towards the Discovery of the Longitude by William Jones of Wantage, Berkshire'
127 - 'An account of the Veins and Arteries of Leaves' by Frank Nicholls
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Expand 16 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 16, copies of papers communicated 1731-173216 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 16, copies of papers communicated 1731-1732
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Expand 18 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 18, copies of papers communicated 1732-173418 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 18, copies of papers communicated 1732-1734
Expand 19 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 19, copies of papers communicated 1734-173619 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 19, copies of papers communicated 1734-1736
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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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