| Reference number | MM/14/182 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy of 'Memorandum concerning the Catalogue of Scientific Memoirs drawn up by the Royal Society', by William Sharpey |
| Date | c.1864 |
| Description | "This work is intended to serve as an index to the Scientific Periodic Literature of the 19th Century. It will contain the titles, so far as they can be obtained from the original sources, of the Scientific Papers published in the Transactions of Societies, Journals, and other periodical works, which have appeared since the year 1800".
The memorandum was written to obtain funds from the Government to help pay for the Catalogue's printing. |
| Extent | 4 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | See also M Boas-Hall, <i>All Scientists Now: The Royal Society in the Nineteenth Century</i>, Cambridge: CUP, 1984, p152-155. |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7273 | Sharpey; William (1802 - 1880) | 1802 - 1880 |