Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1807
Reference number: PT/1
Date: 1802-1810
Description
Volume of the manuscript versions of papers published by the Royal Society in volume 97 of 'Philosophical Transactions' in 1807. Also includes fragments relating to papers published in the 1802 and 1810 volumes of 'Philosophical Transactions', and a complete paper published in the 1805 volume of 'Philosophical Transactions'. The title page of the volume reads 'Phil. Trans. / Scraps - & a paper of 1805' and includes a manuscript note to the binder regarding placement of the fragments.
The volume also includes some original illustrations and figures in various media (drawings, watercolours) in support of the papers.
- Reference number
- PT/1
- Earliest possible date
- 1802-1810
- Physical description
- Vellum-covered volume, gilded title on spine
- Page extent
- One volume containing 18 papers, two letters, and two fragments
- Format
- Manuscript
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1807, 1802-1810, PT/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_1/manuscripts-of-papers-published-in-philosophical-transactions-1807, accessed on 18 April 2025
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This volume contains 22 manuscripts:
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Paper, ['Concerning the differences in the magnetic needle, on board the Investigator, arising from an alternation in the direction of the ship's head'] by Matthew Flinders in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks
30 June 1805 Creator: Matthew Flinders Reference number: PT/1/1 -
Paper, 'On some chemical agencies of electricity being the Bakerian Lecture' by Humphry Davy
1806 Creator: Humphry Davy Reference number: PT/1/2 -
Paper, 'On the precession of the equinoxes' by Reverend Abram [Abraham] Robertson
1806 Creator: Abraham Robertson Reference number: PT/1/3 -
Paper, 'An account of two children born with cataracts in their eyes, to shew that their sight was obscured in very different degrees; with experiments to determine the proportional knowledge of objects acquired by them immediately after the cataracts were removed' by Everard Home
1807 Creator: Everard Home Reference number: PT/1/4
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Philosophical Transactions
The 'Philosophical Transactions' collection comprises manuscript versions of papers published in The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the world’s first and longest continuously running journal dedicated to science.
Dates: 1802 - 1865
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