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Index, 'A table of discourses, experiments, enquiries &c. contained in this register for the year 1661 & 1662', by Richard Waller

Reference number: RBO/1/51

Date: 1687

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Index for volume 1 of the Register Book. Table organised in alphabetical order of topic, stating page number within the volume, the Fellows 'by whom the experiments &c brought in', place of publication if relevant, publications are predominantly the History of the Royal Society, the PHilosophical Transactions, Hooke's Micrographia. Dated 1687 and signed R. Waller on the last page.

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RBO/1/51
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1687
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5 pages
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Richard Waller, Index, 'A table of discourses, experiments, enquiries &c. contained in this register for the year 1661 & 1662', by Richard Waller, 1687, RBO/1/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_1_51/index-a-table-of-discourses-experiments-enquiries-c-contained-in-this-register-for-the-year-1661-1662-by-richard-waller, accessed on 06 March 2026

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    Dates: 1661 - 1739

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