Archived papers: volume 5, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1779-1787
Reference number: AP/5
Date: 1781-1788
Description
Contains 25 documents 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 1779-1787 [spine reads 1781-88]. Includes an index at the beginning of the volume.
- Reference number
- AP/5
- Earliest possible date
- 1781-1788
- Physical description
- Vellum-covered volume, gilded title on the spine
- Page extent
- One volume containing 16 papers, six letters, two sets of observations, and one translation
- Format
- Manuscript
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Archived papers: volume 5, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1779-1787, 1781-1788, AP/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_5/archived-papers-volume-5-scientific-papers-submitted-the-royal-society-unpublished-or-abstracted-1779-1787, accessed on 05 November 2024
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This volume contains 25 manuscripts:
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Unpublished observations, 'A state of the weather at Edinburgh for the month of February 1783' by unknown author
01 February 1783 Reference number: AP/5/1 -
Unpublished paper, on finding longitude at sea by unknown author
10 May 1783 Reference number: AP/5/2 -
Unpublished translation, 'Account of a strange blight' by unknown author
1783 Reference number: AP/5/3 -
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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is comprised of original manuscript scientific papers and letters submitted to the Royal Society which remained unpublished or were abstracted in the journal 'Proceedings of the Royal Society' published from 1830 onwards.View collection