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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
Expand 2i - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 2i, copies of papers communicated 1662-16632i - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 2i, copies of papers communicated 1662-1663
Expand 2ii - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 2ii, copies of papers communicated 1662-16632ii - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 2ii, copies of papers communicated 1662-1663
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
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
Collapse 15 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 15, copies of papers communicated 1730-173115 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 15, copies of papers communicated 1730-1731
0 - Index, for Register Book 15
1 - Observations of the moon witnessed at Lisbon on 2 February 1730 from J Baptista Carbone
2 - Astronomical observations from J Baptista Carbone
3 - 'An Essay upon the Use of the Bile in the Animal Oeconomy founded upon an observation of a Wound in the Gall Bladder' by Alexander Stuart, Physician in Ordinary to her Majesty
4 - Attempts to trace the thoracic duct extracted from a letter from James Theodorus Klein, Secretary of Dantzick to Hans Sloane
5 - 'An account of the Scolopendra aquatica scutata' by J Theod Klein
6 - 'An account of Letters found in the middle Substance of a beech Tree' by J T Klein
7 - 'Magnetical Observations and Experiments by S Savery of Shilston'
8 - History of the Royal Academy of Lusitana by Jacob de Castro Sarmento
9 - 'The Case of M Castel's Child attested by Conrad Sprengell, Alexander Gordon, John Ranby and Richard Castell'
10 - 'Mr Wasses account of a Spot seen in the Sun September 23 1730 before Sunset' communicated by William Whiston
11 - Account of the effects of the Oenanthe aquatica Cucytae on three people who had eaten its root in a letter from Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane
12 - 'Of the charming and poison of Rattle Snakes by Hans Sloane'
13 - Concerning inoculation in a letter from Dr William Oliver to James Jurin
14 - Observations of a solar eclipse witnessed at Bologna from Eustachio Manfredi to Thomas Dereham
15 - 'A remarkable Physical Case By Thomas Simson Chandos, Professor of Medicine at St Andrews'
16 - 'The Articles of the Charter of the Societas literaria et Scientiarum at Upsal [Upsala] where of his Excellency Count Stern is Praeses illustris' by M Friedrich
17 - Similarities between white deal imported from Norway and Scots Fir
18 - Concerning the root 'Makinboy' from Ireland in a letter from William Stephens to Philip Miller
19 - Copy of a letter of Messrs Fabri and Barsillot of Geneva
20 - 'An account of the Petrifying Qualities of Lough Neagh' in Northern Ireland by Patrick Dougan
21 - 'Some Remarks on the Time of Year on which the Deluge happen'd occasion'd by a hollow Stone whose Cavity is fill'd with bodies resembling hazlenuts petrified' by William Stukeley
22 - Concerning petrified items from Bengazzi extracted from a letter from Captain Philip Vanbrugh Commander of his Majesty's Ship Severn to Sir C Wager
23 - Concerning the form of the Roman equuleus by J Ward
24 - Occultation of Venus by the Moon from the meteorological diary of J F Weidler
25 - 'An Essay towards the present State of Algiers by the Reverend Mr Thomas Shaw in a Letter to Sir Hans Sloane'
26 - Concerning a new family of plants called 'Musa', and a description of the 'Hirudinella marina' or 'Sea Leach' from Monsieur Garcin to M Saint Hyacinthe
27 - Observations of the sun from J Poleni
28 - Observations of the solar eclipse on 15 July 1730 by J F Weidler
29 - Observations of travels from Hamamet to Agar by Thomas Shaw in his letter to Hans Sloane
30 - 'In some Barrows in Swadling Downs in the Parish of Chartham near Canterbury in Kent were dug up in the Estate of Charles Fagg'
31 - 'A Description of the aforesaid ancient Curiosities with some Conjectures on them' by Cromwell Mortimer
32 - Concerning the removal of bladder stones using a tincture by Lawrence Heister
33 - 'An account of a Spot observ'd on the Body of the Sun by Mr Edmund Stone'
34 - A remark on the scurvy grass of Greenland by Mr David Nicholson in a letter to Cromwell Mortimer
35 - Details of the resolution of the Swedish king upon the Society of Literature and Sciences at Uppsala
36 - 'An account of a Stone presented to the Royal Society by Mr Haukin Apothecary in Cheapside'
37 - 'An account of Mr Mark Catesby's Essay towards the natural history of Carolina and the Bahama Islands' by Cromwell Mortimer
38 - Account of a lunar eclipse of the moon on 29 July 1729 extracted from a letter from Mr William Stevenson to Benjamin Hoadly
39 - 'The Case of Mr Lolly's Child by Claudius Amyand'
40 - John Ranby's account of a post-mortem of a woman who had a large umbilical rupture
41 - Observations of a girl who died of consumption by Claudius Amyand
42 - Effects of a thunderstorm in Carmarthenshire communicated to the Royal Society by John Eames
43 - 'An Experiment to shew that the Friction of the several parts in a compound Engine may be reduced to Calculation' by J Desaguliers
44 - Account of Trematon Castle in Cornwall from a letter of Reverend W B to William Oliver
45 - Dr Bruckman's Account of the Truffles growing in Hungary
46 - 'The Postscript of a Letter from George Martin to William Graeme giving an account of the Operation of Bronchotome as it was perform'd at St Andrews'
47 - 'An account of an unusual Agitation in the Magnetical Needle, observ'd to last for some Time in a voyage from Mary Land' by Captain Walter Hoxton communicated in a letter to David Papillon
48 - 'An account of two Experiments of the Friction of Pullies' by J Desaguliers
49 - Copy of an inscription on a tombstone in St Thomas's Church in Haverford West sent by Evan Davies
50 - Some account of Medals found underground by Thomas Neale in a letter to M J Collier of Symonds Inn
51 - 'Extracts from Dr Bruckman's Relationes Itineraria inserted in the Breslau Miscellanies of the year 1725'
52 - Concerning the rare hair condition called 'plica Polonica' by Abraham Vater to Conrad Sprengell
53 - Extract of a letter from Conrad Sprengell to Cromwell Mortimer with account of 'plica Polonia'
54 - Belidor's account of his books on architecture military, civil and hydraulic
55 - Account by John Martyn of Philip Miller's book entitled 'Catalogus plantarum officinalium quae in horto Botanico Chelseyano aluntur'
56 - 'An account of the late hard Frost communciated in a Letter to Hans Sloane' by William Derham
57 - 'Nova literaria Physico medica curiosa containing a Description of the Cereus peruvianus which flower'd at Norimberg in the Year 1730' communicated to Hans Sloane by John George Steigertahl
58 - Astronomical observations between 1728 and 1729 witnessed at Peking communicated by Joannes Baptista Carbone to Jacob de Castro Sarmento
59 - Observations of Mexican stones by Abraham Vater
60 - Account of an Experiment with weights and balances explaining a mechanical paradox by J Desaguliers
61 - 'An account of a Cornish Bird call'd a Petrel' by Mr Moyle to Tancred Robinson
62 - 'Account of a Water Fowl deem'd by the Author a Nondescript' from Caleb Lowdham to Hans Sloane
63 - 'An account of an Essay concerning the mechanical Causes of Gravity, Elasticity and of the Cohesion or mutual Attraction of the primary insensible parts of Bodies as also of the mutual Aversion or Repulse of others' by J Brown to Hans Sloane
64 - Hans Sloane's answer to Brown's letter about the mechanical causes of gravity
65 - Abstract of an account of writing instruments and paper by John Clerk, a Baron of the Exchequer in Scotland
66 - Account of proposals for a work on antiquities and rarities by the authors of the work entitled 'Museum Florentinum'
67 - 'An account of two Phaenomena of Fire' by Philip Zollman
68 - 'An account of a 'Capricornus' found in solid Wood' by Cromwell Mortimer
69 - Account of the 'horn' of a Fish found at the keel of a ship by Cromwell Mortimer
70 - Concerning smallpox in Hastings by Dr Threwen to Dr Jurin
71 - 'A Catalogue of the fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden presented to the Royal Society by the company of Apothecaries for the Year 1729: pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane'
72 - 'Continuation of the Description of the Kingdom of Algier' by Thomas Shaw, Chaplain to the British Factory at Algier
73 - Concerning the formation of lightning extracted from Massei's letter to Signor Vallisnieri by Philip Zollman
74 - 'Of the late extraordinary Tides' in a letter from William Stukeley to Cromwell Mortimer
75 - Concerning a phenomenon in the sky which Dr Scheuchzer called 'Iris sive Crepusculum Aurorae borealis'
76 - Account of three earthquakes which occurred in Switzerland in 1728 and 1729 by Dr Scheuchzer
77 - 'A Description of the Water works at London Bridge' by Henry Beighton
78 - 'An account of a Stone found in the Gizzard of a Cock' by Dr Molesworth
79 - 'An account of the disease and appearances upon opening the Body of a Person who died of an uncommon Colick' by Dr Huxham of Plymouth to Dr Jurin
80 - 'A Method of correcting the Excess of the Julian above the Solar Year' by Mr N Comine'
81 - 'An account of M Le Blon's Principles of printing in imitation of painting and weaving Tapestry in the same way as Brocades are done' by Cromwell Mortimer
82 - Two theorems for quadrature of the circle by Klingenstierna, Professor of Mathematics at Uppsala
83 - A Neapolitan meteorological diary with an account of the late fiery eruption of Mount Vesusius by Nicolaus Cyrillus to William Rutty
84 - 'A Description of the Bandura a very extraordinary Plant in the Island Ceilon' by John Amman
85 - Account by Cromwell Mortimer of a Letter written by Francis Clifton Physician to the Prince of Wales for 'recommending tabular observations as the plainest and surest way of practicing and improving physick'
86 - Details of experiments concerning electricity by Stephen Gray in his letter to Cromwell Mortimer
87 - An account of two ancient sepulchres in a letter to Philip Miller from T S
88 - Account by John Martyn of Philip Miller's 'The Gardener's Dictionary'
89 - 'Account of the Bite of a Man proving mortal' by Dr Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane
90 - 'Account of the Body which was found burnt to Ashes as mention'd in Sir Thomas Dereham's Letter to Hans Sloane'
91 - Account of a 'white Iris' seen in the sky sent by Dr Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane
92 - Some thoughts concerning electricity by Dr Desaguliers
93 - Transcription of a letter from Robert Browne asking the President and Fellows of the Royal Society to consider his improvements in astronomy
94 - 'Of Coffee or Cahuah' by Mr Pyke
95 - 'A Copy of the Diploma given by the Royal Society of Berlin to John Eberhardus Rau Professor of Philosophy and the Oriental Tongues upon his Election into the Body'
96 - Account of the waters at the baths at Baden by John James Scheuchzer sent to Hans Sloane
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
Expand 17 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 17, copies of papers communicated 1731-173217 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 17, copies of papers communicated 1731-1732
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
Expand 20 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 20, copies of papers communicated 1736-173720 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 20, copies of papers communicated 1736-1737
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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