Archived papers: volume 25, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1841-1843
Reference number: AP/25
Date: 1841-1843
Description
Contains 24 papers, letters, diagrams and observations 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 1841-1843 [spine reads 1841-1843]. Includes an index at the beginning of the volume. Includes one paper on photography by Henry Fox Talbot.
- Reference number
- AP/25
- Earliest possible date
- 1841-1843
- Physical description
- Vellum-covered volume, gilded title on the spine
- Page extent
- One volume containing 18 papers, three letters, two sets of observations and one diagram
- Format
- Manuscript
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Archived papers: volume 25, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1841-1843, 1841-1843, AP/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_25/archived-papers-volume-25-scientific-papers-submitted-the-royal-society-unpublished-or-abstracted-1841-1843, accessed on 10 May 2026
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This volume contains 13 manuscripts:
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Unpublished paper, 'Explanation of the construction, positions, comparisons, and times of observation, of the meteorological instruments at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, with which the observations have been made that are contained in the sheets of meteorological observations (from 1 and 2 for each month from November 1840 to July 1841, both included)' by G B [George Biddell] Airy
October 1841 Creator: George Biddell Airy Reference number: AP/25/1 -
Unpublished paper, 'On the action of certain inorganic compounds, when introduced directly into the blood' by James Blake
January 1841 Creator: James Blake Reference number: AP/25/2 -
Unpublished diagram, 'Diagram of barometric curves shewing the hourly atmospheric pressure observed on board of H M Sloop Terror between the parallels of 13 degrees North and 13 degrees South latitude' by J H Kay and F R M [Francis Rawdon Moira] Crozier
07 February 1840 Creator: Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier , J H Kay Reference number: AP/25/3 -
Unpublished paper, 'Miscellaneous observations on the torpedo' by John Davy
06 December 1840 Creator: John Davy Reference number: AP/25/4
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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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