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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1843

Reference number: PT/27

Date: July 1842 - June 1843

Description

Volume of the manuscript versions of papers published by the Royal Society in volume 133 of 'Philosophical Transactions'.

The volume includes some original illustrations and figures drawn in ink in support of the papers.

Missing from this volume are manuscripts for the following papers:
'Contributions to terrestrial magnetism.—No. IV' by Edward Sabine;
'Contributions to terrestrial magnetism.—No. V' by Edward Sabine; and
'The Bakerian lecture.—An account of several new instruments and processes for determining the constants of a voltaic circuit' by Charles Wheatstone.

Reference number
PT/27
Earliest possible date
July 1842 - June 1843
Physical description
Vellum-covered volume, gilded title on spine
Page extent
One volume containing 11 papers and one letter
Format
Manuscript

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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1843, July 1842 - June 1843, PT/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_27/manuscripts-of-papers-published-in-philosophical-transactions-1843, accessed on 16 January 2026

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    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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