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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1812

Reference number: PT/6

Date: July 1811 - June 1812

Description

Volume of the manuscript versions of papers published by the Royal Society in volume 102 of 'Philosophical Transactions' in 1812. A note at the beginning indicates that papers XV and XXI are missing.

The volume includes some original illustrations and figures drawn in ink in support of the papers.

The volume lacks the manuscript of a paper by Everard Home titled 'On the different structures and situations of the solvent glands in the digestive organs of, according to the nature of their food and particular modes of life'.

Reference number
PT/6
Earliest possible date
July 1811 - June 1812
Physical description
Vellum-covered volume, gilded title on spine
Page extent
One volume containing 21 papers and one letter
Format
Manuscript

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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1812, July 1811 - June 1812, PT/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_6/manuscripts-of-papers-published-in-philosophical-transactions-1812, accessed on 06 June 2026

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    Dates: 1802 - 1865

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