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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
Collapse 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
0 - Memorandum, regarding Register Book 2 and its duplicate
1 - 'An Apparatus To the History of the comon Practices in Dying brought in by Sir William Petty'
2 - 'An Account of the Parts of Water' by Robert Hooke
3 - 'Mr Rook's Discourse concerning the Observations of the Eclipses of the Satellites of Jupiter'
4 - 'For Zoophytall or Animall Engraffings or Inoculations. An Account received by Mr Evelyn from a friend of his'
5 - 'Account of the Whispering-place at Gloucester' by Henry Powle
6 - How to preserve birds with a powder by Dr Charlton
7 - 'A Brief Account of the Experiments tryd with Glasse Balls' by Robert Hooke
8 - 'Experiments of Freezing' by Mr Henshaw
9 - 'Subterraneous Experiments or Observations made in Coalmines in October 1662 by Dr Power'
10 - 'An Account of an Echo' by Robert Moray
11 - 'An Account of the Rarefaction of the Air' by Robert Hooke
12 - 'Observables in the six-branch'd Figures in frozen Urine', 'Figures observed in Water frozen', and 'Figures observ'd in snow' by Robert Hooke
13 - 'An Experiment of Exhalation raised from Water and returning to Water again' by Jonathan Goddard
14 - 'Some observations concerning the Ordering of Wines' by Christopher Merrett
15 - 'Enquiries for such as goe to Groenland [Greenland]' by Mr Hoskins
16 - Observations of Iceland by Mr Hoskins
17 - 'Of the difference of Gravity by removing the Body further from the Surface of the Earth upwards' by Robert Hooke
18 - 'Of driving Water out of a Glasse by its owne Vapours' by Robert Hooke
19 - Observations of how maize is cultivated in New England by John Winthrop
20 - 'Of Wind-mills in Holland' by Mr Bruce
21 - 'The way how Malt is made in Scotland' by Sir Robert Moray
22 - 'A way how to encrease Saltpeter [saltpetre] in great Quantity' by Mr Schroter
23 - 'An Account of some Tryalls for finding how much the pressure of Water is increased by the descent of heavier or the ascent of lighter Bodies therein' by Robert Hooke
24 - 'An Account of an Experiment touching the differing weight of cold and warme water' by Robert Hooke
25 - 'Sir Robert Moray's Story of persons killed with Subterraneous Damps'
26 - List of enquiries concerning Iceland by Robert Hooke
27 - 'An Account of some Tryalls for finding the pressure of the parts of water upon one another: And the Elasticall power of Air' by Robert Hooke
28 - 'The Mystery of Vintners or A brief Discourse concerning the several Sicknesses of Wines and their respective Remedies now comonly used' by Dr Charleton
29 - 'The Report of the Committee of the Member of the Royal Society in Ireland, appointed to examine the structure and sayling of Sir William Petty's new ship'
30 - 'Report of the Sayling of Sir William Petty's Ship on Twelfe day' by Massareene
31 - 'Of the Refraction of Ice' by Robert Hooke
32 - 'A Description of the Instrument for finding the force of falling Bodies' by Robert Hooke
33 - 'A Relation of a Sulphureous Vapour which issueth out of the Earth neer Wiggon in Lancasheir [Lancashire]' by Charles Howard
34 - 'Enquiries propounded to and answered by Mr Gray that hath been severall times in Graenland [Greenland]' brought in by Henry Oldenburg
34a - 'Enquiries concerning the Air' by Mr [Robert] Hook
35 - 'An Account of the Experiment wherein a Weight is raised by the Blowing of a Bladder' by John Wallis
36 - 'Of the Resistance of the Air to Bodies moved through it' by Robert Hooke
37 - 'Several things to be further desired from Sir Robert Vernatti' by Henry Oldenburg
38 - 'Aphorismes for Cyder [cider]' by John Beale
39 - 'An Account of the Experiments and Observations made by Lord Brouncker, Sir Robert Moray, Mr Bruce and Mr Hooke upon the Thames'
40 - Anatomical observations of the dissected body of de Balcares
41 - 'Some experiments of Dr Croone'
42 - Enquiries proposed by Robert Hooke about the condensation of air to be resolved by experiments in the compressing Engine
43 - 'Experiments proposed to be made in the compressing Engin' by Robert Hooke
44 - 'An Account brought in by Dr Croon Of a Tench tryed in the Exhausting Engine'
45 - 'An Account of what happened to a Carpe included in a Vessel of Water out of which the Air was pretty well Exhausted' by Robert Hooke
46 - 'An Experiment of a Tube and Quicksilver' by Jonathan Goddard
47 - 'Of exhausting Air out of Water which returneth into the water again' by Robert Hooke
48 - 'Of the Minerall of Leige yielding both Brimstone and Vitriol and the way of Extracting them out of it used at Leige' by Robert Moray
49 - 'Observations concerning Smutt in Corne, with the description of it: It's differences from other Vices in corne, with conjectures at the causes of it, and the probable means to avoyd it' by Colonel Long
50 - 'A way of knowing Exactly the Difference of the Weight of Liquors by Mons Monconis, a French Gentleman that was permitted to be present at several Meetings of the Society'
51 - 'Some Observables taken notice of in a Peice of Petrified Wood' by Robert Hooke
52 - 'An Account of the Ground of a water-pit boared at Amsterdam' by Christian Huygens
53 - 'An Experiment tryed touching the Uniting and mixing of Air and Water' by Robert Hooke
54 - An experiment of Christian Huygens 'touching the Suspension of Water in a Bolt-head after the Receiver had been well exhausted'
55 - 'An Account Of an Operations for the Volatilizing of Tartar: which did not succeed' by Mr Le Fevre
56 - 'The Measure Of a Herring caught upon the Coasts of Scotland' by Robert Moray
57 - 'The measure of a Gyant-child borne in Scotland being 22 months old' by Robert Moray
58 - 'Of the way used upon the Coast of Coromandell of cooling of Drinks by Exposing them to the heat of the sun' by Robert Moray
59 - 'Sir Paul Neile's Discourse of Cider'
60 - 'A Relation Of a woman, voiding the bones of a childe, out of the side of her Belly' by Dr Clark
61 - 'An Account Englished out of French Of an unusual way of cutting the stone of the Bladder Practised by a French-man in France given in by Robert Moray'
62 - 'An Account of cider' by Captain Silas Taylor
63 - 'Of the water-raising Engine present by the Highnesse Prince Rupert' by Robert Hooke
64 - 'A Description of the way of making good Gunpowder' by Prince Rupert
65 - 'An Account of the Multiplication and Growth of Carpes and Salmons' by Mr Graunt
66 - 'The Scheme Of the Stones Taken out of the Lord Belcarris his Heart'
67 - 'An Account Of the Tydes at St Helena sent by the Governour there in a letter of April 30 1663 to Mr Colwall'
68 - Inquiries for Egypt by Mr Henshaw
69 - 'A Description Of a New kind of Candlestick' by Christian Huygens
69a - 'The Description of an Instrument for the Triall of Gunpowder' by Mr Hook [Robert Hooke]
70 - 'An Account concerning Silk-worms sent by Mr Edward Diggs to Mr Palmer'
71 - 'A New way for sounding the depth of the Sea without a Line and fetching Water from any depth' by Robert Hooke
72 - 'To prevent the Rott in Sheep' by Robert Boyle
73 - 'An Account Of a New way of Hatching Pigeons' by John Wallis
74 - 'An Account Of the going of the two Watches at Sea from the 28th of April to the 4th of September 1663'
75 - 'The manner of the Whale-fishing in Graenland [Greenland]' given by Stephen Gray to Henry Oldenburg
76 - 'An Answer to some of the Inquiries formerly sent into the East Indies brought in by Mr Colwall'
77 - 'Observations made 27th October 1663 about Mr Clayton's Diamond' by Robert Boyle
78 - 'The Description Of a Weather-Clock consisting of two wings, that may be added to a Pendulum Clock' by Christopher Wren
79 - 'Mr Howard's Account of Saffron'
80 - 'An Account Of the Experiment tryed in the Compressing-Engin for the Weighting of the Air' by Robert Hooke
81 - 'An Account Of the Tyn-mines and working of Tyn in the County of Cornwall' by Christopher Merrett
82 - 'Experiments of Frost separating the Parts of Coloured water' by Theodore Haak
83 - 'An Account of Freezing' by Christopher Merrett
84 - Index, for Register Book 2i
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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
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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
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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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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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