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- 040-002109939
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- 032-002109547
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000394.0x000294
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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 the Charter-House: Instructions for preserving specimens: n.d.: Printed, with MS. annotations.
- ff.12,35 Antiquities: Maps of Roman sites in England: 18th cent.: Partly printed.
- f. 14 Alexander, d 1263 Grand Duke of Russia, called Nevsky, St: Genealogical tree: 18th cent.: Germ.: Printed.
- f. 16 Kalmyk Language: Translation of part of the Lord's Prayer into: n.d.: Printed.
- ff.. 19, 23 Francis Hauksbee, the younger; scientific writer: Receipts signed by: 1736, 1756.
- ff. 21, 90, 92, 145 Pieter Gabrij, FRS; of The Hague: Meteorological observations by: 1754-1765.: Lat.: Printed.
- f. 24 Shipping: Plan of a ship: 1653.: Dutch.: Printed.
- f. 34b John Bevis, MD; astronomer: Note on a medical case: aft. 1752.
- f. 46 Aegidius Franciscus de Gottignies, SJ; mathematician: 'Observationes Goae habite circa Phenomenum Celeste ..': 1668: Printed.
- ff. 51 - 64 b, 74 - 87 b Baudouin de Guémadeuc, French writer: 'Mémoire sur la découverte du satellite de Venus': 1761: Two copies. Printed.
- ff. 66 - 73 b Baudouin de Guémadeuc, French writer: 'Remarques sur une quatrième observation du satellite de Venus': 1761: Printed. Two copies.
- ff. 108-116 Giant's Causeway, Ireland: Maps of the coast, and drawings of stones at: circ. 1753.
- f. 117 Scilly Islands: Map of, by W. Borlase: 1752.
- f. 117 William Borlase, FRS; Vicar of Ludgvan and St Just; antiquary: Map of the Scilly Islands: 1752.
- f. 117 Gunnis Senoy, Brahmin priest of Bombay: Written by,: 18th cent.
- f. 118 John Smeaton, FRS; civil engineer: Drawing of tackle invented by: 1752.
- ff. 126-143b Johann Gabriel Doppelmayer, Professor of Astronomy and Natural Philosophy at Nuremberg: Meteorological observations by: 1736-1738.: Lat.: Printed.
- ff. 144, 147 City of St Petersburg: Notices from the Imperial Academy of Sciences at, concerning prize essays: 1756, 1757.: Lat.: Printed.
- f. 151 Rodolph Valltravers, FRS: Letter to C. Morton: 1764.
- f. 152 Sauveur François Morand, FRS; French anatomist: Notices to the Royal Society of the subject proposed by the Académie de Chirurgie for prizes in 1761: 1762.: Fr.: Printed.
- f. 154 Joseph Ames, d 1759 FRS; Secretary, Society of Antiquaries: Letter to T. Birch: 1758.
- f. 156 Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey, Perpetual Secretary to the Academy of Sciences at Berlin: Notice addressed to T. Birch of a projected encyclopedia: 1756.: Fr.: Printed. Signed.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
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- Additional Manuscripts
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- 032-002109547
036-002109920
040-002109939 - Is part of:
- Add MS 4101-4478 : Manuscripts collected by Thomas Birch (b. 1705, d. 1766), D.D., and bequeathed by him to the British Museum, of which he was…
Add MS 4432-4448 : ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS Collections relating to the Royal Society (incorporated in 1662) made by Thomas Birch while Secretary of…
Add MS 4448 : ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. XVII (ff. 174). Miscellaneous papers relating to the Royal Society consisting of memoranda and notes by… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002109547[0170]/036-002109920[0015]/040-002109939
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- Languages:
- Dutch
English
French
German
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1653
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 1653-18th century
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia, called Nevsky, St., d 1263
Ames, Joseph, FRS; Secretary, Society of Antiquaries, 1689-1759
Baudouin de Guémadeuc, lawyer; pamphleteer; astronomer, 1734-1817
Bevis, John, MD; astronomer
Borlase, William, FRS; Vicar of Ludgvan and St Just; antiquary
Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel, mathematician and physicist, ?1676-1750
Formey, Johann Heinrich Samuel, Perpetual Secretary to the Academy of Sciences at Berlin
Gabry, Pieter, of The Hague, lawyer and astronomer, 1715-1770
Gottignies, Gilles-François, mathematician, astronomer and Jesuit, 1630-1689
Hauksbee, Francis, the younger; scientific writer
Morand, Sauveur François, FRS; French anatomist
Petiver, James, apothecary, botanist, natural history collector, c 1665-1718,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/34799386
Senoy, Gunnis, Brahmin priest of Bombay
Smeaton, John, FRS; civil engineer
Valltravers, Rodolph, FRS - Places:
- Giant's Causeway, Ireland
Scilly Islands, England
St Petersburg, Russia