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1. Add MS 4432-4448

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS Collections relating to the Royal Society (incorporated in 1662) made by Thomas Birch while Secretary of the Society (1752-1765), consisting of letters, articles or communications sent for consideration, many of which were subsequently printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, draft minutes, etc. 1660-1765. Seventeen volumes. Paper. Folio. The chief contents are as follows:-
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Royal Society: Papers rel. to: 1662-1765.: Engl., Lat., Fr. and Germ.: Partly printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
1660-1765
Extent:
17 items

2. Add MS 4445-4446

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Draft minutes of the Royal Society, lists of papers submitted, and papers recording other transactions; 1751-1765. Mainly in Birch's autograph. Two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1751-1765
Extent:
2 items

3. Add MS 4442

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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

4. Add MS 4443-4444

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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

5. Add MS 4447

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. XVI (ff. 278). Extracts from the journals of the Society, made by Birch with a view to his History of the Royal Society, 4 vols., 1756; 1660-1681, with a few earlier and later notes interspersed. Preceded by drafts of his introductory letter to George II, the title-pag...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1660-1681
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 4448

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. XVII (ff. 174). Miscellaneous papers relating to the Royal Society consisting of memoranda and notes by Birch and others, printed tracts, and engraved drawings, illustrating papers in Philosophical Transactions, etc. includes: f. 5 James Petiver, FRS, Apothecary to t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1653-18th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 4441

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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

8. Add MS 4438

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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

9. Add MS 4435

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 285). (1) 'Defectus solis observatus e specula Bononiensis scientiarum instituti ... referente Eustachio Manfredio', 15 Aug. 1738. Printed. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 94. ff. 1-2b. (2) Account of electrical experiments by Jean Théophile Desaguliers; 1738, 173...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1738-1739
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 4436

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. V. (ff. 246). (1) 'Dissertation concerning the Measure of the Force of Bodies in Motion,' by J. T. Desaguliers; 29 Mar. 1739. ff. 1-10. (2) 'A New Method of improving and perfecting Catadioptrical Telescopes', by Caleb Smith; 5 Apr. 1739. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1735-1760
Extent:
1 item