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171. 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.
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Western Manuscripts
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Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
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1660-1765
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17 items

172. Add MS 4433

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. (Vol. II) ff. 326. (1) 'An account of the Locusts in New England' by Paul Dudley; Roxbury, nr. Boston, 18 Dec. 1733. Followed by letters, etc., relating to the same, 1733-1737. ff. 4-27b. (2) 'Histories of the Epidemick Colds which happened in the Years 1729 and 1732/3 ....
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1731-1737
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1 item

173. Add MS 4434

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 327). (1) An account by Dr. Thomas Stack of a tract entitled 'Johannis Matthaei Barthii ... de Culice Dissertatio'; 1737. ff. 1-2b. (2) Accounts by Mark Catesby, F.R.S., of René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur's 'Memoires pour servir à l'histoire des Insectes'...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1736-1738
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1 item

174. 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...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1738-1739
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1 item

175. 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. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1735-1760
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1 item

176. Add MS 4437

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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...
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Western Manuscripts
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Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1740-1742
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1 item

177. 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....
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
1735-1747
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1 item

178. Add MS 4439

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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...
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Western Manuscripts
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Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1749-1757
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1 item

179. Add MS 4440

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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, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1716-1761
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1 item

180. Add MS 4443

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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...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1663-1765
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1 item