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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
Collapse 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
0 - Index, listing the discourses and experiments missing from Register Book 2ii
1 - 'An Apparatus To the History of the Common Practises in Dying Brought in by Sir William Petty'
2 - 'An Account of the Diversity 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 zoophytal or Animal Engraffings or inoculations, this Accompt I received from a friend of mine in the country Given in by Mr Evelyn'
5 - 'Mr Henry Powle His Accompt of the Whispering place at Gloucester'
6 - How to preserve birds with a powder by Dr Charlton
7 - 'Brief Account of the Experiments tryed with Glasse Balls' by Robert Hook
8 - 'Account of an Eccho by Sir Robert Moray'
9 - 'An Account of Rarefaction of the Air' by Robert Hooke
10 - 'Observables in the six Branched Figures frozen in Urine' by Robert Hooke
11 - 'Figures observed in Water frozen' and 'Figures obser'd in Snow' by Robert Hooke
12 - 'An experiment of Exhalation raised from Water and returning to Water againe' by Jonathan Goddard
13 - 'The History of the generation and Ordering of the green Oysters comonly call'd Colnechester Oysters' by Colonel Tuke
14 - 'Some Observations concerning the ordering of Wynes [wines] presented to the Royall Society' by Christopher Merrett
15 - Observations of Iceland by Mr Hoskins
16 - 'Of the difference of Gravity by removeing the Body further from the surface of the Earth upwards' by Robert Hooke
17 - 'Of driveing water out of a glasse by its owne vapours' by Robert Hooke
18 - Observations of how maize is cultivated in New England by Mr Winthrop
19 - 'Of Windmills in Holland' by Mr Bruce
20 - 'How the malt is made in Scotland' by Sir Robert Moray
21 - 'A way how to increase Saltpeter [saltpetre] in great quantities' by Mr Schroter
22 - 'An Account of some Tryalls for findeing how much the pressure of water is increased by the descent of heavier or the ascent of lighter bodyes therein' by Robert Hooke
23 - 'An Account of an Experiment touching the differing weight of Cold and warme water' by Robert Hooke
24 - 'Sir Robert Moray's Story of persons killed with Subterraneous damps'
25 - 'An Account of some Tryalls for findeing the pressure of the parts of water upon one another And the Elasticall power of the Aire' by Robert Hooke
26 - 'The Report of the Comittee of the Members of the Royal Societie in Ireland appointed to examine the Structure and Saileing of Sir William Pettys new Shipp. Addressed to my Lord Brouncker...'
27 - 'Report of the Saileing of Sir William Pettys shipp on Twelfe day' by Massareene
28 - 'Of the Refraction of Ice' by Robert Hooke
29 - 'Description of the Instrument for finding the force of falling bodyes' by Robert Hooke
30 - 'A relation of a Sulphurous vapour which issueth out of the Earth near Wiggon in Lancashire' by Charles Howard
31 - 'An Account of the Experiment wherein a Weight is raised by the blowing of a Bladder' by John Wallis
32 - 'Severall thinges to be further desired from Sir Robert Vernatti' by Henry Oldenburg
33 - 'Some Enquiries to be annexed to those for the East Indies' by Henry Oldenburg
34 - 'Some Experiments of Dr Croone'
35 - Questions formulated by Robert Hooke 'concerning the condensation of Air to be resolved by Experiments in the Compressing Engine'
36 - Proposed to be made in the compressing experiments by Robert Hooke
37 - 'An Account of a Tench tryed in the exhausting Engine' by Dr William Croone
38 - 'An Account of what happened to a Carp inclused in a vessell of water out of which the Air was pretty well exhausted' by Robert Hooke
39 - 'Of exhausting Air out of Water which returneth into the Water againe' by Robert Hooke
40 - 'Of the Minerall of Liege yielding both Brimstone and Vitriol and the way of extracting them out of it used at Liege' procured by Sir Robert Moray
41 - Observations of smut in corn with reasons of its existence and how to avoid it by Colonel Long
42 - 'Away of knowing exactly the difference of the weight of Liquors by Mons Monconis, a French Gentleman that was permitted to be present at Severall meetings of the Society'
43 - 'An Accompt of the ground of a Waterpitt boared at Amsterdam presented to the Society by Mons Huygens'
44 - 'An Experiment try'd touching the uniteing and mixing of Air and Water' by Robert Hooke
45 - 'An Account of an Operation for the volatiliseing of Tartar which did not Succeed' by Mons Le Feure
46 - 'An Account of a new way of hatching Pigeons' by John Wallis
47 - 'The measure of the parts of a Gyant Childe borne in Scotland Given in by Sir Robert Moray'
48 - 'Of the way used upon the coast of Coromandell of Cooleing of Drinks by exposeing them to the heat of the Sunn' by Robert Moray
49 - 'Discourse of Cyder' by Sir Paul Neile
50 - 'A Relation of a woman voyding the Bones of a Childe out of the side of her Belly' by Dr Clerk
51 - 'An Account englished out of French of an unusuall way of Cutting the Stone of the Bladder practised by a Frenchman' given in by Robert Moray
52 - 'An Account of Syder [Cider] by Captain Silas Taylor'
53 - Description of a water-raising engine made by Robert Hooke and presented by his Highness Prince Rupert to the Society
54 - 'An Account of the Multiplication and growth of Carpes and Salmons' by Mr Grant
55 - 'An Account of the Tides at St Helena sent by the Governor there in a Letter of Aprill 30 1663 to Mr Colwall'
56 - 'A Description of an Instrument for Tryall of Powder' by Robert Hooke
57 - 'A Description of a New kind of Candlestick presented by Monsieur Huygens'
58 - Anatomical observations of the dissected body of the Count of Balearres
59 - 'An Account concerning Silk-wormes sent by Edward Diggs to Mr Palmer'
60 - Descriptions of apparatus for sounding the depth of the sea and fetching up water from any depth by Robert Hooke
61 - 'To prevent the Rott in Sheep' by Robert Boyle
62 - 'Account of the Lord Kincardins Watches'
63 - 'In answer to some of the Inquiries formerly sent into the East-indies brought in by Mr Colwall'
64 - 'Observations made by Mr Boyle on 27 of October 1663 about Mr Claytons Diamond'
65 - Account of a weather clock by Christopher Wren
66 - 'An Account concerning Saffron brought in by Charles Howard'
67 - 'An Account of the Tynn Mynes and workeing of Tynn in the County of Cornwall' by Dr Merrett
68 - 'Experiments of Frost separateing partes of coloured water' by Theodore Haak
69 - Table, listing the experiments, discourses contained in RBO/2ii
70 - Index, for Register Book 2ii
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
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
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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