Archived papers: volume 35, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1851-1854

Reference number: AP/35

Date: 1851-1854

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Contains seven papers 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 1851-1854 [spine reads 1853]. Includes an index at the beginning of the volume.

Reference number: AP/35
Earliest possible date: 1851-1854
Physical description: Vellum-covered volume, gilded title on the spine
Page extent: One volume containing seven papers
Format: Manuscript

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Archived papers: volume 35, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1851-1854, 1851-1854, AP/35, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_35/archived-papers-volume-35-scientific-papers-submitted-the-royal-society-unpublished-or-abstracted-1851-1854, accessed on 09 October 2024

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This volume contains 7 manuscripts:

Unpublished paper, 'An enquiry into some of the circumstances and principles which regulate the production of pictures in the retina of the human eye, with their measure of endurance, their colour, and changes' by William Scoresby
17 November 1853 - 30 May 1854 Creator: William Scoresby Reference number: AP/35/1
Unpublished paper, 'On the extension of the values of base of Napier's logarithms; of the Napier logarithms of 2, 3, 5 and 10; and of the modulus of Briggs' or the common system of logarithms - all to 205 places of decimals' by William Shanks
01 November 1853 Creator: William Shanks Reference number: AP/35/2
Unpublished paper, 'A few remarks on currents in the Arctic seas' by P C Sutherland
March 1853 Creator: P C Sutherland Reference number: AP/35/3
Unpublished paper, 'On the typical forms of the large secreting organs of the human body' by Thomas Silvester [Sylvester]
09 November 1853 Creator: Thomas Silvester Reference number: AP/35/4

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1768-1989 Reference number: AP

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Dates: 1768-1989

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is comprised of original manuscript scientific papers and letters submitted to the Royal Society which remained unpublished or were abstracted in the journal 'Proceedings of the Royal Society' published from 1830 onwards.

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