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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1865

Reference number: PT/71

Date: December 1862 - June 1865

Description

The first of two volumes containing the manuscript versions of papers published by the Royal Society in volume 155 of Philosophical Transactions in 1865. This volume comprises papers IX-XVII.

The volume also includes some original illustrations and figures in various media (drawings, watercolours) in support of the papers.

Missing from this volume are manuscripts for the following papers:
'On the sextactic points of a plane curve' by Arthur Cayley; and
'On the marsupial pouches, mammary glands, and mammary fœtus of the Echidna hystrix' by Richard Owen [plates are present].

Reference number
PT/71
Earliest possible date
December 1862 - June 1865
Physical description
Vellum-covered volume, gilded title on spine
Page extent
One volume containing seven papers and one set of plates
Format
Manuscript

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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1865, December 1862 - June 1865, PT/71, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_71/manuscripts-of-papers-published-in-philosophical-transactions-1865, accessed on 09 October 2024

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    Dates: 1802-1865

    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.

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