Archived papers: volume 7, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1787-1811
Reference number: AP/7
Date: 1787-1811
Description
Contains 34 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 1787-1811 [spine reads 1787-1809]. Includes an index at the beginning of the volume.
AP/7/16-34 consists of a published paper by Charles Wildbore appearing in volume 80 of Philosophical Transactions as 'On spherical motion', as well as the accompanying referees' reports, mostly by Nevil Maskelyne, and associated correspondence.
- Reference number
- AP/7
- Earliest possible date
- 1787-1811
- Physical description
- Vellum-covered volume, gilded title on the spine
- Page extent
- One volume containing 20 letters, 13 papers, one set of observations, one translation, and one note
- Format
- Manuscript
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Archived papers: volume 7, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1787-1811, 1787-1811, AP/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_7/archived-papers-volume-7-scientific-papers-submitted-the-royal-society-unpublished-or-abstracted-1787-1811, accessed on 12 September 2024
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This volume contains 36 manuscripts:
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Unpublished paper, 'New method proposed for measuring a ship's rate of sailing' by J [James] Burney
1809 Creator: James Burney Reference number: AP/7/2 -
Unpublished letter and paper, 'Observations on the progress of bodies floating in a stream: with an account of some experiments made in the River Thames, with a view to discover a method for ascertaining the direction of currents' by James Burney
August 1808 - May 1809 Creator: James Burney Reference number: AP/7/3
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Dates: 1768-1989
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