Archived papers: volume 30, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1846-1848 and 1840
Reference number: AP/30
Date: 1846-1848
Description
Contains 20 papers and an appendix 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 1846-1848 with one document dated 1840 received by the Society in 1848 [spine reads 1848]. Includes an index at the beginning of the volume.
- Reference number
- AP/30
- Earliest possible date
- 1846-1848
- Physical description
- Vellum-covered volume, gilded title on the spine
- Page extent
- One volume containing 19 papers and one appendix
- Format
- Manuscript
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Archived papers: volume 30, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1846-1848 and 1840, 1846-1848, AP/30, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_30/archived-papers-volume-30-scientific-papers-submitted-the-royal-society-unpublished-or-abstracted-1846-1848-and-1840, accessed on 17 June 2025
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This volume contains 20 manuscripts:
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Unpublished paper, 'On the disruptive discharge of accumulated electricity, and the proximate cause of lightning' by Isham Baggs
1847 Creator: Isham Baggs Reference number: AP/30/1 -
Unpublished paper, 'On the existence of alternating diurnal currents of electricity at the terrestrial surface and their connection with the diurnal variation of the horizontal magnetic needle' by W H [William Henry] Barlow
June 1847 Creator: William Henry Barlow Reference number: AP/30/2 -
Unpublished paper, 'On the protection of iron from oxidation and from turning foul when it is exposed to the action of the sea and other waters' by William John Hay
March 1848 Creator: William John Hay Reference number: AP/30/3 -
Unpublished paper, 'On galvanic currents existing in the blood' by James Newton Heale
January 1848 Creator: James Newton Heale Reference number: AP/30/4
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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is comprised of original manuscript scientific papers and letters submitted to the Royal Society which remained unpublished or were abstracted in the journal 'Proceedings of the Royal Society' published from 1830 onwards.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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