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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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10 - Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 10
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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
Expand 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
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1 - 'Description of Mr Whiston's Reflecting Telescope for the discovery of the Longitude at Sea' by the inventor
2 - 'Histories of the Epidemic Colds, which happened in the years 1729 and 1733 drawn from observations made at the times in London and now digested into Order' by John Chandler
3 - 'An account of a Stone found in the Bladder of a Dog and of several in the kidney of a Mare' communicated by Dr Clifton
4 - 'An account by Dr Massey of a book about the curiosities of nature found in the museum of Albert Seba
5 - 'An Account of some surprizing Meteors appearing from time to time in the Province of Trivegiana (in the dominions of Venice) described and explained by Signor Ludovico Riva in his Miscellanies in Latin'
6 - 'De Itinere ad aquinoctialem circulum jussu et authoritate Regum Gallia et Hispania' by Ludovico Godin
7 - Proposition relating to the combination of transparent lenses with reflecting planes by John Hadley
8 - 'An account of Monsieur l'Abbe J Privat et Moiere's Book intitled Lecons de Physique et de Mathematique etc' by John Hadley
9 - 'A narration of the Experiments made June 1 1734 at the Buffaloe Tavern Bloomsbury on a Man who suffer'd himself to be bit by a Viper or common Adder and on other Animals likewise bitten by the same and other vipers drawn up by Cromwell Mortimer'
10 - 'Explanation of an anatomical Preparation presented to the Royal Society' by John Stevens, surgeon
11 - 'A Continuation of an Account of an Essay towards a Natural History of Carolina and the Bahama Islands by Mark Catesby with some extracts out of the sixth Set' by Cromwell Mortimer
12 - 'An attempt to explain the Phaenomenon of the Horizontal Moon appearing bigger than when elevated many Degrees above the horizon, supported by an Experiment' by Dr Desaguliers
13 - 'Of the Alcalescent Disposition of Animal Fluids' by John Armstrong
14 - 'An account of an Aurora Borealis observed at Broxmouth, the Duke of Roxburge's Seat in Scotland, about twenty miles North of Berwick on October 3, 1726 about three days after the full Moon' by Mr Machin
15 - 'An account of an Instrument or Machine for changing the Air of the Room of sick people in a little time, by either drawing out the foul Air, or forcing in fresh Air, or doing both successively without opening Doors or Windows' by J T Desaguliers
16 - 'Remarks upon an antient Date at Widgel Hall near Buntingford in Hertfordshire by Mr Ward'
17 - 'A Catalogue of the fifty Plants from Chelsea-Garden presented to the Royal Society by the Company of Apothecaries for the year 1733 pursuant to the Direction of Sir Hans Sloane' by Isaac Rand
18 - 'The Variation of the Polar Star determined in observing the hour of the Night: or The Nocturnal rectified, designed as a great help to put in Practice the Theory of the Longitude' by T Wright
19 - 'The Construction and Use of a Forestaff to survey Timber standing' by Richard Nash
20 - 'An Account of a luminous Appearance in the Sky' by Dr Bevis
21 - 'An account of a new Engine for raising Water...' by Walter Churchman, the inventor
22 - 'Experiments concerning the vibrations of Pendulums' by William Derham
23 - 'An abstract of Medical Essays and Observations revised and published by a Society in Edinburgh anno 1733' by Dr Graeme
24 - 'Some considerations on the Antiquity and Use of the Indian Characters or Figures' by Mr Cope
25 - 'A Discourse concerning the usefullness of Thermometers in Chemical experiments...' by Cromwell Mortimer
26 - 'Concerning the Cause of the general Trade Winds' by George Hadley
27 - 'An account of the method proposed by John Philip Baraterius for finding the Longitude at Sea as communicated by him to the Royal Society with some remarks by James Hodgson'
28 - 'Experiments to shew that some Damps in Mines may be occasioned only by the burning of Candles under ground without the addition of any noxious Vapour...' by Dr Desaguliers
29 - 'An Explication of the Experiment made in May, as a further confirmation of what was said in a Paper given in last March, to account for the appearance of the horizontal Moon seeming larger than when higher' by Dr Desaguliers
30 - 'A short Account of Mr Braikenridge's organical description of Geometric Lines' by R Barker
31 - 'Remarks upon an ancient Date over a Gate-way near the Cathedral at Worcester' by John Ward
32 - Table showing configuration of Jupiter's satellites when their eclipses are visible at London to occur in 1736 by James Hodgson
33 - Account of the first voyage of Captain Berrings from Kamtschatka in Russian Far East commenced in 1725
34 - 'An Account of a Book intitled Observationes de Febribus praecipue intermittentibus...' by Dr Hampe
35 - 'An Account of Monsieur Fourmont's Book intitled: Reflections critiques sur les histories des anciens peuples etc' by Zachary Pearce
36 - 'The Construction and Use of Spherical Maps, or such as are delineated upon portions of a Spherical Surface' by John Colson
37 - 'An Account of the Operation and cure of a Hernia Scrotalis occasioned by the Omentum and the Appendix Cocci perforated by a Needle as first thought, but found to be a Pin incrusted with Chalk' by Claudius Amyand
38 - 'An easy simple and entire new method for finding a true meridian Line' by Thomas Wright
39 - 'An Account of a Catoptric Microscope' by Robert Barker
40 - 'Copy of an ancient Chirograph or conveyance of part of a Sepulchre cut in Marble lately brought from Rome, and now in the possession of Sir Hans Sloane' with observations by Roger Gale
41 - 'The Standards of several Measures taken from a Marble in the Wall of the Capitol with Observations on them' by Martin Folkes
42 - 'An Account of some new Statical Experiments' by Dr Desaguliers
43 - Explanation for a table of logarithmic sines, tangents and versed sines to ten, twelve and fifteen places computed by William Gardiner, land surveyor
44 - Paper on the cause of the land and sea breezes within the torrid zone by Mr Kahl
45 - 'An Account of a Narval or Unicorn Fish, lately taken alive in the Dutchy of Bremen: communicated by Doctor Hampe'
46 - 'A further Account of the centrifugal Wheel or the uses which may be made of it' by Dr Desaguliers
47 - 'The Case of Grace Lowdell [being an account of an uncommon Tumor on the thigh, with its Extirpation and Cure] communicated by Mr John Chandler from Mr Mizael Malfalguerat, surgeon at St Edmund's Bury
48 - 'An Account of a Petroleum found near Gabian in Languedoc' by Dr Crichton
49 - Extract of a memoir read at the Society of Arts on 6 July 1732 relating to a new construction of the magnetical needle with three circles
50 - 'An Account of a Book presented to the Royal Society and intitled 'Notitia Hungariae novae historico-geographica etc' by Reverend Doctor Pearce
51 - Paper on the possibility of real petrifaction of wood into stone by Mr Kahl
52 - 'Of the Runic Characters of Helsingland (northern Sweden)' by Andreas Celsius
53 - 'An Account of some electrical Experiments intended to be communicated to the Royal Society' by Stephen Gray
54 - 'Mr J Belchier's Account of a Book intitled Human Osteogeny explan'd in two lectures read in the Anatomical Theatre of the Surgeons of London, by Robert Nesbitt'
55 - 'Account of an Operation for a false Quinzy on the Parotid Glands, which were hard and scirrhous, and each of the bigness of a pigeon's Egg' by Michael Bermingham, surgeon at Paris
56 - 'Description of the Ever-greens of New England' by Paul Dudley
57 - Observations of the Aurora Borealis witnessed in London from September 1735 to April 1736 by Andreas Celsius
58 - 'Account of the Acta literaria et Scientiarum Sueciae for the year 1731 by J Eames'
59 - 'Description and manner of using an Instrument for measuring the degrees of the expansion of Metals by heat' by John Ellicot
60 - Observation of the Moon's transit by Aldebaran on 3 April 1736 by Dr Bevis
61 - Several observations of the lunar eclipse on 15 March 1736
62 - 'Account of the new Spirit Level invented and made by Mr Jonathan Sisson Mathematical Instrument Maker' by William Gardiner, land-surveyor
63 - 'Account of a great number of Steatomas taken from the head (as well as many yet remaining) of Sarah Cotterell living with Mrs Desbord near the Church at Chelsea' by J Stevens
64 - 'Account of a hard stone-like substance extracted out of the anus' by J Mackarness, Apothecary in Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire
65 - 'Enquiry into the Causes of a dry and wet Summer' by an anonymous person
66 - 'A Catalogue of the fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden presented to the Royal Society by the company of Apothecaries for the year 1734: pursuant to the direction of Sir Hans Sloane' by Isaac Rand
67 - 'Account of a new Protractor and Scale of equal parts' by William Gardiner
68 - 'The Submarine, an engine for conveying Air under Water' by Reverend Barlow
69 - 'A continuation of an Account of Mr Catesby's Essay towards a Natural History of Carolina and the Bahama Islands: with some Extracts out of the seventh Sett' by Cromwell Mortimer
70 - 'Observations made of the Latitude, variation of the magnetic Needle and weather by Captain Christopher Middleton in a voyage from London to Hudson's Bay Anno 1735'
71 - 'An Account of an inflammable Air produced by a Chimical Experiment' by Mr Maud
71a - 'An Account of an Experiment made before the Royal Society' by Dr. Desaguliers
72 - 'Account of the Abbe Moliere's Book intitled: Lecons de Physique' by John Hadley
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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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