Register of Papers submitted to the Royal Society, series A, 1933-1939

Description

Record book of the papers received by the Royal Society for publication in the periodicals of the Royal Society. Includes papers submitted to the 'A' strand sectional committee, which includes papers on physical, mathematical and engineering sciences.
The ledger was used to keep track of the circulation of manuscripts and the decision or not to publish.

The ledger was custom printed for the Committee of Papers, beginning with an alphabetised index, where names of authors have been entered. The headings of the columns are printed with all information entered in ink.

For each manuscript is entered:
Number; title; author(s); communicator(s); date received; date read at meeting of the Committee of Papers; date refereed; name of referees; date manuscript returned by referees; date reported to sectional committee; date of Council vote; passed for publication; publication detail.

The volume covers manuscripts received between January 1933 and June 1939, which corresponds to printed volumes 232 to 238 of Philosophical Transactions A for physical sciences and printed volumes 139 to 174 of Proceedings A

A sheet pasted on inside cover tallies all entries from 1933 to November 1939 inclusive.

This volume corresponds to the period when Frank Edward Smith FRS served as editor for the A side of the journals (1929-1948).

Custodial history

Domestic Archive

Reference number

MS/421/8

Earliest possible date

1933-1939

Physical description

Papers, bound, size 15 x 10.5 inches

Page extent

1 volume, MS Large