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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
Collapse 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
0 - Partial index, for Register Book 5
1 - 'A Philosophical Discourse of Earth relating to the Culture and Improvement of it for Vegetation and the Propagation of Plants etc' by John Evelyn
2 - Observations of Denmark and of the voyage there by Thomas Henshaw
3 - 'Mr Isaac Newton's letter, Hypothesis, Observations and Experiments, touching his Theory of Light and Colors, in confirmation and Illustration of his former discourse on the same subject'
4 - 'Mr Isaac Newton's Observations Mentioned in his foregoing Hypothesis, and conducing to further Discoveries for completing his Theory of Light and Colors [colours]'
5 - An account of serum of the blood and other anatomical matters by Walter Needham
6 - 'Of the Luctation ariseing upon the Mixture of Bodys' by Nehemiah Grew
7 - 'A continuation of the Discourse concerning Luctation ariseing from the Mixture of Bodyes' by Nehemiah Grew
8 - 'The Anatomy of Leavs [Leaves]' by Nehemiah Grew
9 - 'The Description and Anatomy of the Flower' by Nehemiah Grew
10 - 'A Discourse concerning the Essentiall and Marine Salts of Vegetables' by Nehemiah Grew
11 - 'Experiments in Consort upon the dissolution of Salts in Water' by Nehemiah Grew
12 - 'The comparative Anatomy of Animals begun' by Nehemiah Grew
13 - 'An Essay Of the Proportion of the Fixed Salt of one Plant or part of a Plant to the fixed Salt of another & to all the other Principles in any one Plant' by Nehemiah Grew
14 - 'The Accompt of the Weight of Lead and Tin singly and when melted together' by Robert Hooke
15 - 'Of the Weight of Silver and Tin each alone and when melted together' by Robert Hooke
16 - 'Account of Salts mixed with ardent spirits' by Mr Dion Papin
17 - 'An experiment Of the Weight of Silver and Lead melted together' brought in by Robert Hooke
18 - 'A Discourse of the Variation of the Compasse' by Mr Perkins
19 - 'Experiment of the Weight of Gold and Silver melted together' by Robert Hooke
20 - 'An Observation Of the variation of the Needle made by Mr Flamsteed'
21 - 'Extract of a learned Gentleman's letter from Nurnburg [Nuremberg, Germany] 24 January 1680' brought in by Theodore Haak
22 - 'An Account Of the Weight of Silver and Copper melted together' brought in by Robert Hooke
23 - 'Of the Weight of several Metalls' by Robert Hooke
24 - 'Of Regulus of Antimonie melted with Iron, Tin and Lead' brought in by Robert Hooke
25 - Index, listing the experiments, enquiries & discourses contained in Register Book 5
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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