Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1851
Reference number: PT/42
Date: October 1846 - April 1853
Description
The third of three volumes containing the manuscript versions of papers published by the Royal Society in volume 141 of Philosophical Transactions in 1851. This volume comprises papers XIII-XXXI.
Also includes some original illustrations and figures in drawn in ink in support of the papers.
Missing from this volume are the manuscripts for the following papers:
'On the results of periodical observations of the positions and distances of nineteen of the stars in Sir John Herschel’s lists of stars, favourably situated for the investigation of parallax, contained in part III. of the Philosophical Transactions for 1826, and part I. 1827' by John Wrottesley;
'Researches into the molecular constitution of the organic bases' by August Wilhelm von Hofmann; and
'On the annual variation of the magnetic declination, at different periods of the day' by Edward Sabine.
- Reference number
- PT/42
- Earliest possible date
- October 1846 - April 1853
- Physical description
- Vellum-covered volume, gilded title on spine
- Page extent
- One volume containing 16 papers and one letter
- Format
- Manuscript
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1851, October 1846 - April 1853, PT/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_42/manuscripts-of-papers-published-in-philosophical-transactions-1851, accessed on 19 March 2025
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This volume contains 17 manuscripts:
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Letter, regarding paper by Hofmann from A W [August Wilhelm von] Hofmann to C R [Charles Richard] Weld
13 April 1853 Creator: August Wilhelm von Hofmann Reference number: PT/42/1 -
Paper, 'Contributions to animal chemistry. Paper V. On the oxidation of ammonia in the human body, with some remarks on nitrification' by Henry Bence Jones
1850 Creator: Henry Bence Jones Reference number: PT/42/2 -
Paper, 'On the relation of the direction of the wind to the age of the moon, as inferred from observations made at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, from 1840 November to 1847 December' by G B [George Biddell] Airy
24 December 1850 Creator: George Biddell Airy Reference number: PT/42/3 -
Paper, 'On the action of nitric acid on various vegetables, with a more particular examination of spartium scoparium, linn. - or common broom' by John Stenhouse
16 November 1850 Creator: John Stenhouse Reference number: PT/42/4
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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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