Archived papers: volume 8A, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1813-1819
Reference number: AP/8A
Date: 1809-1819
Description
Contains 19 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 1809-1819 [spine reads 1813-1819]. Includes an index at the beginning of the volume.
A graphite inscription on verso of index reads 'This Vol. wd. come between 8 + 9 + might be called 8 bis. Made up + bound 1892'.
- Reference number
- AP/8A
- Earliest possible date
- 1809-1819
- Physical description
- Vellum-covered volume, gilded title on the spine. Two loose letters foldered and stored in box with volume.
- Page extent
- One volume containing 13 papers and six letters
- Format
- Manuscript
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Archived papers: volume 8A, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1813-1819, 1809-1819, AP/8A, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_8a/archived-papers-volume-8a-scientific-papers-submitted-the-royal-society-unpublished-or-abstracted-1813-1819, accessed on 10 July 2025
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This volume contains 19 manuscripts:
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Unpublished paper, 'An account of certain experiments made with a view of determining the law of attraction between iron and a magnetic compass needle' by P [Peter] Barlow
10 May 1819 Creator: Peter Barlow Reference number: AP/8A/1 -
Unpublished letter, 'An account of the discovery of some fossils in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire' from B [Benjamin] Bevan to the President [Sir Joseph Banks]
06 December 1817 Reference number: AP/8A/2 -
Unpublished letter, 'Results of a registering rain-gauge for the year 1817' from B [Benjamin] Bevan to Sir Joseph Banks
18 February 1818 Reference number: AP/8A/3 -
Unpublished letter, 'On a new property of light possessed by the second surfaces of transparent bodies' from David Brewster to Sir Joseph Banks
09 January 1815 Creator: David Brewster Reference number: AP/8A/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is comprised of original manuscript scientific papers and letters submitted to the Royal Society which remained unpublished or were abstracted in the journal 'Proceedings of the Royal Society' published from 1830 onwards.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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