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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Index, listing the experiments, enquiries & discourses contained in Register Book 4

Reference number: RBO/4/0

Date: 1687

Description

Table of the 'Experiments, Inquiries & discourses' for the preceding volume, beginning from July 1668 until April 1675, organised in alphabetical order of the topic covered with corresponding page number, by which Fellow brought in the experiment or discourse, place of publication if applicable, most often, Philosophical Transactions printed from 1665 onwards; History of the Royal Society. Signed and dated by Richard Waller, Secretary.

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RBO/4/0
Earliest possible date
1687
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Ink on paper
Page extent
10 pages
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Manuscript

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Richard Waller

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Richard Waller, Index, listing the experiments, enquiries & discourses contained in Register Book 4, 1687, RBO/4/0, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_4_0/index-listing-the-experiments-enquiries-discourses-contained-in-register-book-4, accessed on 20 April 2025

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    The 'Register Books Originals' contain copies of scientific papers submitted to the Society and considered for publication. The papers were transcribed to establish their precedence for a particular discovery or idea.

    Dates: 1661 - 1739

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