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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
Collapse 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
0 - Index, listing the experiments, enquiries & discourses contained in Register Book 3
1 - 'A Method for the makeing a History of the Weather' by Robert Hooke
2 - 'Of Eggs' by Jonathan Goddard
3 - 'Of the Experiments concerning the weight of the Air: And the proportion of the weight of the Air to that of Water' by Robert Hooke
4 - 'Of the Art of Tanning Dogskins and Catskins etc' by John Beale
5 - 'To make small Shott of different sizes communicated by his Highnesse Prince Rupert and brought in by Sir Robert Moray'
6 - 'Of Spirit of Wine in a Vessel exhausted of Air' by Jonathan Goddard
6a - 'Notes concerning Diving and working under water from Mr Maule; brought in by Sir Robert Moray'
7 - 'An Account of an experiment of the rising of Water in a Bolt-head upon immersion in Cold and Falling thereof upon the immersion of it in hot' by Robert Hooke
8 - 'An experiment - for the Condensation of Spirit of Wine - And Another for the Condensing of Water' by Robert Hooke
9 - 'Some Practical Observations - upon May-dew' by Thomas Henshaw
10 - 'Some Additional Experiments - to be made with May-dew' by Thomas Henshaw
11 - 'An Account - Concerning the Tin-mines in Devonshire' by Dr Cotton
12 - 'A Relation - Of a Firy appearance in the impresse of Men's and Horses feet' by Dr Cotton
13 - 'An experiment - Of weighing a peice of Brasse above and under ground' by Dr Cotton
14 - 'The Art - Of making Parchment, Vellam, Glue etc' by John Beale
15 - 'An Account - Of a peice of an Elme-tree outwardly petrified' by Mr Packer
16 - 'A Breif Relation - Of some Observations made and of the best Information that could be had concerning the Effects of a clap of Thunder and Lightning which happened June the 7th 1664 about 4 in the afternoon at the Signe of the Poet's Head in Piccadilly, London' by Robert Hooke
17 - 'Answers - Returned by Sir Philiberto Vernatti residing at Batavia [Jakarta, Indonesia] in Java Major to certain Enquiries sent thither by Order of the Society and recommended by Sir Robert Moray'
18 - 'A Register of what is in the Wooden Case, Sent by Captain Risbeg Commander of the Coast-Fregat, Bound from Bantam [Banten, Java, Indonesia] to London Marked R M'
19 - 'Of an Experiment Of Killing Rattle-snakes in Virginia' communicated by Captain [Silas] Taylor
20 - 'Observations upon the Experiments of Several Liquors in a Tube of about 36 foot in Length, erected perpendicularly' by Jonathan Goddard
21 - 'Enquiries for Guiny' [Guinea] by Abraham Hill
22 - 'An Account of a Viper' by Robert Hooke
23 - 'An Account of a Dogge dissected' by Robert Hooke
24 - 'An Account Of the Opening of a Viper' by Robert Hooke
25 - 'Some Accounts concerning the Nature of Frogspawne' by Thomas Henshaw
26 - 'Some Considerations - about the most likely Way of setling an Univeral [universal] Measure By the help of Pendulums' by Robert Hooke
27 - 'Panificium or The several manners of Making Bread in France etc (Where by general consent) the best Bread in the World is eaten' by John Evelyn
28 - 'Some Enquiries concerning Vegetables' by Daniel Cox
29 - 'The Effects Of Tobacco-Oyle' by Daniel Cox
30 - 'IPPO - the Celebean Poyson brought in by Mr Charles Howard'
31 - 'Of Gravity' by Robert Hooke
32 - 'Concerning the disposition of the Air and Spots discovered in the Planet Mars' by Robert Hooke
33 - 'An Account Of the Effects of Thunder and Lightning Sent from Oxford' by John Wallis
34 - 'The History of Iron or An Account of the Manner of its Preparation In the Forrest of Dean Brought in by Mr Henry Powle'
35 - 'Of the Inflection Of a Direct Motion into a Curve by a Supervening attractive Principle' by Robert Hooke
36 - 'A Relation Of the Death of Mr Brooks A Justice of Peace of Hampshire; as it was written in a Letter by Mr Neal, the then High Sheriffe of that County'
37 - 'An Account Of a Stone in Sueden [Sweden] which yieldeth Sulphur, Vitriol, Allum and Minium' brought in by Sir Gilbert Talbot
38 - 'General Heads for making the Natural History of a Country' by Robert Boyle
39 - 'Of the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea; As it was first written to My Boyle from Oxford' by John Wallis
40 - 'A New Frigorifick Experiments shewing How a considerable degree of Cold may be suddenly produced without the help of Snow, Ice, Haile, Wind or Nitre: And that at any time of the year' by Robert Boyle
41 - 'A Discourse - concerning Ants or Emmets' by Dr [Andrew] King
42 - 'A Description Of the Method of transfusing the Bloud [blood] of one Animal into another, contriv'd and used by Dr Lower of Oxford'
43 - 'Of Alkermes - Communicated in French' by Monsieur Verny
44 - 'An Accompt - Of Inclining Pendulums' by Robert Hooke
45 - 'An Account Of an Experiment of Transfusing of Bloud [blood] out of one Animal into another; First performed by Dr Lower at Oxford' brought to the Royal Society by Edmond King
46 - 'Tryals proposed by Robert Boyle Esq to Dr Lower to be made by him for the Improvement of the Experiment of Transfusing Bloud out of one live Animal into another'
47 - 'Observations concerning the uniting of the Barks of Trees cut to the Tree itself' brought in by Christopher Merrett
48 - 'Experiment on Aloe Americana Serratifolia, weighed' by Christopher Merrett
49 - 'Account Of the Eclipse of the Sun' by Robert Hooke
50 - 'Observation of Saturn on 29 June 1666' by Robert Hooke
51 - 'To make a Lamp that shall alwaies keep the surface of the Oyle at the same hight, till all be spent' by Robert Hooke
52 - 'A Description of an Instrument for making the hand or Index of an accurate Clock, which moves equally swift at all times....' by Robert Hooke
53 - 'A New Levell Of Dr Christopher Wren's Invention'
54 - 'Some Experiments of Transfusion made by Dr [Edmond] King at his own House'
55 - 'A Relation Of a Bone voided out of the Bladder of Sir William Throckmorton' brought in by Mr Thomas Cox
56 - Account of a blood transfusion experiment carried out by Edmond King at his house
57 - 'Account Of an Experiment made by Mr Thomas Cox Of bleeding a Mangy into a Sound Dog'
58 - 'A Further Account Of some Experiments of Transfusion made by Dr King at his house'
59 - 'An Account Of Mastick made by Ants Written by Sir William Curtius in a Letter to Mr Haak'
60 - 'An Accompt Of making a Dog draw his Breath exactly like a Wind-broken horse' by Richard Lower
61 - 'An Account Of the Experiment of preserving Animals alive by blowing through their Lungs with Bellows' brought in by Robert Hooke
62 - 'A Method Of Transfusing Bloud [blood] into Man contrived by Dr King'
63 - 'An Account Of some Mineral Observations about the Mines of Devon and Cornwall' brought in by Henry Oldenburg
64 - 'Experiment tending to prove that the 'Ductus Chyliferus' is the onely passage by which the Chyle is carried out of the Stomack and Intestines into the Bloud [blood] and Heart' brought in by Richard Lower
65 - 'A Description Of an Instrument of dividing a Foot into many thousand parts and thereby measuring the Diameters of planets with great exactnesse etc' by Robert Hooke
66 - 'An Account Of the Experiment of Transfusion made by Dr Lower and Dr King upon Arthur Coga Satturday 23 November 1667'
67 - 'An Account Concerning the Fragrant Earth, digg'd at Hogsdon Brought in to the Society by Mr Daniel Cox'
68 - 'Some New Experiments about Light and Air: Tryed by Robert Boyle'
69 - 'An Account Of a Secret in the Use of Painting In Answer to the Command of the Royal Society and brought in by Mr Povey'
70 - 'Some Experiments concerning Respiration, Upon Foetus's taken out of the Womb of a Mastif-bitch' by Robert Hooke
71 - 'A Demonstration Of the Rule for finding the Year of the Julian Period' brought in by John Collins
72 - 'Some Waies Of Discovering the Various Pressure of the Air at Sea' by Robert Hooke
73 - 'An Account Of the Second Experiment of Transfusion upon Man' brought in by Edmond King
74 - 'Dr Allen's Account Of the Hermaphrodite in London Addressed to Mr Oldenburg'
75 - 'An Observations concerning a Blemish in an Horses eye; not hitherto discovered by any Author which may be of great use in the Choice of a Horse, to those that are curious' by Richard Lower
76 - 'An Account Of some few Observations made at and neer Plimouth [Plymouth], anno 1667. By way of Answer to some of the Tyde [Tide] quaeries proposed in the Phil. Transactions' by Samuel Colepresse
77 - 'An Account of the Losse of a part of a Man's Brain without any considerable prejudice to the Patient' brought in by Thomas Allen
78 - 'The manner of Hatching Chicken at Cairo observed by Mr John Graves 1639' communicated to the Royal Society by George Ent
79 - 'The Description of An Instrument for collecting the Wind, Or, for making the slower motions of the Air more sensible' brought in by Robert Hooke
80 - 'An Account of An Experiment of Tying up the Descending Artery of a Dog' brought in by Edmond King
81 - 'An Anatomical Experiment by Order of the Society made in private by Dr King and Mr Hook' brought in by Edmond King
82 - 'A Brief Account of An Experiment concerning Deafnesse' brought in by Dr William Holder
83 - 'An Account of An Experiment of Staticks to Examine the incorporating of Liquors' brought in by Robert Hooke
84 - 'Of an Experiment made before the Society May 28 1668 To shew the Dilation of Bodies etc' brought in by Robert Hooke
85 - 'Dr King's Account Of two Anatomical Experiments made by himself and Mr Hook in privated and brought in to the Society June 4 1668'
86 - 'An observation about the Seed of Mosse' made by Robert Hooke
87 - Index, for Register Book 3
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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