Archived papers: volume 16, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1831-1836

Reference number: AP/16

Date: 1831-1836

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Contains 35 papers and letters submitted to the Royal Society but not published at the time of receipt. The papers are arranged alphabetically by author and cover the period of 1831-1836 [spine reads 1831-36]. Includes an index at the beginning of the volume.

Reference number: AP/16
Earliest possible date: 1831-1836
Physical description: Vellum-covered volume, gilded title on the spine
Page extent: One volume containing 27 papers and eight letters
Format: Manuscript

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Archived papers: volume 16, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1831-1836, 1831-1836, AP/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_16/archived-papers-volume-16-scientific-papers-submitted-the-royal-society-unpublished-or-abstracted-1831-1836, accessed on 06 November 2025

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This volume contains 34 manuscripts:

Unpublished paper and letters, 'Project for a perpetual motion' by A B
1831 Reference number: AP/16/1
Unpublished paper, ‘On the quadrature of curve surfaces’ by unknown author
01 July 1832 Reference number: AP/16/2
Unpublished paper, 'An inquiry into the cause of the lunar librations and the reality of its motion about its centre of gravity or axis - in which it will appear that this rotary motion of the moon is entirely imaginary and that the librations of the moon have never been explained' by unknown author
1835 Reference number: AP/16/3
Unpublished paper, 'Trisection of any angle by means of a peculiar curve' by Alfred Burton
1831 Reference number: AP/16/4

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Archived Papers
1768-1989 Reference number: AP

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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is comprised of original manuscript scientific papers and letters submitted to the Royal Society which remained unpublished or were abstracted in the journal 'Proceedings of the Royal Society' published from 1830 onwards.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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