Archived Papers
Reference number: AP
Date: 1768-1989
Description
Scientific papers sent to the Royal Society which remained unpublished at their time of receipt, or which were abstracted in the Society's journal 'Proceedings of the Royal Society' after being read at a meeting of Fellows but not published in full.
Early papers in this sequence are occasionally of interest in being preserved complete with associated correspondence (pre-dating Referees Reports); for example, the Charles Wildbore - Nevil Maskelyne letters 1787-1790 (AP/7/16-34).
Mid nineteenth century papers of some significance may exist, in both original and abstracted form, such as Henry William Fox Talbot's 'Some account of the art of photogenic drawing' (AP/23/19).
The Society's policy now is to return rejected scientific papers to authors, so later additions to this collection generally take the form of unpublished supplementary data to published papers.
- Reference number
- AP
- Earliest possible date
- 1768-1989
- Page extent
- 1608 papers in 79 bound volumes, and 9 boxes of single papers
- Format
- Manuscript
Typescript
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Archived Papers, 1768-1989, AP, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap/archived-papers, accessed on 21 April 2026
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This volume contains 86 manuscripts:
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Archived papers: volume 1, scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, authors A to C
late 18th century - mid 19th century Reference number: AP/1 -
Archived papers: volume 2, scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, authors D to K
late 18th century - mid 19th century Reference number: AP/2 -
Archived papers: volume 3, scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, authors L to W
late 18th century - mid 19th century Reference number: AP/3 -
Archived papers: volume 4, scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1762-1780
1768-1780 Reference number: AP/4
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Archived Papers
The 'Archived Papers' collection is comprised of original manuscript scientific papers and letters submitted to the Royal Society which remained unpublished or were abstracted in the journal 'Proceedings of the Royal Society' published from 1830 onwards.
Dates: 1768 - 1989
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