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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4437
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Scope & Content:: ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. VI (ff. 285). (1) François de Brémond, M.D., to Dr. C. Mortimer concerning a file rendered magnetical by lightning; Paris, 4 June 1740. English translation. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, 614. ff. 1-2b. (2) 'Some Reflexions on Generation and on Monsters', by Daniel de Super...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1740-1742
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4438
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Scope & Content:: ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. VII (ff. 268). (1) Sigismund Ferdinand Weismüller to the Secretary of the Royal Society with (a) printed tract 'Speculum Dei mundum fabricantis in septenario ad mentem Philonis de opificio mundi, 1742';- (b) an essay, 'Quadratura circuli e Tetraëdro et prismate', etc....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:: 1735-1747
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4439
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Scope & Content:: ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 330). (1) Raimond Cap to the Royal Society, on the squaring of the circle; Château Thierry sur Marne, 20 Feb. 1749. French. ff. 1-3. (2) Fulgence Depourier, 'de l'ordre des Augustins,' to the Secretary of the Royal Society, with problems on 'La Trissection...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1749-1757
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4440
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Scope & Content:: ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. IX (ff. 302). (1) An answer by John Ellis, F.R.S., to remarks by Philip Miller, F.R.S., on the toxicodendron or varnish tree of Carolina; 19 Jan. 1758. Cf. Phil. Trans., 1, pp. 430, 44 1. ff. 1-11. (2) Henry Eeles to T. Birch on electricity and magnetism; Lismore, ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1716-1761
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4441
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Scope & Content:: ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. X (ff. 129). Miscellaneous papers, 1662-1765, consisting of reports, letters and proposals relating to the objects and government of the Society and the publication of the Philosophical Transactions, lists of papers submitted, and names of fellows and members of the co...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1662-1765
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4442
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Scope & Content:: ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. XI (ff. 118). Alphabetical register of Fellows of the Royal Society and dates of their election, from the time of its foundation in 1660 to its incorporation by charter in April 1662, in Birch's autograph. Inserted (f. 1) is an eight-line epitaph beginning: 'Underneath...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1660-1662
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4443
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Scope & Content:: Vol. XII (ff. 253). 1663-1765. Francis Hauksbee, the younger; scientific writer: Letters to T. Birch: 1736-1761. includes: ff. 1-3 Theodore Haak, d 1690 FRS; translator: Correspondence with J. Pell: 1643-1664.: Germ. and Engl.ff. 1-3 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Co...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1663-1765
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4443-4444
Title:: ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Letters relating to the transactions of the Royal Society addressed chiefly to Thomas Birch and other secretaries, or to successive Presidents, or to the Society itself as a body. Some refer to papers and communications included in Add. MSS. 4432-4441. The names of the writers are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Two volumes (not arranged in strict order of date); 1663-1765.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1663-1765
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4444
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Scope & Content:: Vol. XIII (ff. 295). 1663-1765. includes: f. 1 Charles Mason, astronomer: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1762.f. 4 Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande, French astronomer: Letter to J. Bevis: 1762.: Fr., with Engl. transl.f. 6 George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield: Letter to the Duke of ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1663-1765
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4445
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Scope & Content:: Vol. XIV (ff. 369). 1751-1765 Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Draft minutes of the Royal Society and lists of papers read: 1751-1765.: Mainly autogr. includes: f. 68 Francis Hauksbee, the younger; scientific writer: Letters to T. Birch: 1736-1761.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1751-1765
Extent:: 1 item

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