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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Partial index, for Register Book 5

Reference number: RBO/5/0

Date: 18th century

Description

Alphabetical index layout with only a few entries created for the full volume, indicating that the indexing was never finished.

Reference number
RBO/5/0
Earliest possible date
18th century
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
12 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Partial index, for Register Book 5, 18th century, RBO/5/0, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_5_0/partial-index-for-register-book-5, accessed on 13 June 2026

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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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