IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0117 PT
Held at: Royal Society
Title: Royal Society: Philosophical Transactions
Date(s): 1807-1865
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 1,001 papers in 66 bound vols., and 8 vols. unbound in 15 boxes.
Name of creator(s): Royal Society
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The manuscript versions of papers published by the Royal Society in the 'Philosophical Transactions'. The series has many points of interest, which include authors' corrections to manuscripts, and the presence of original illustrations in various media (drawings, watercolours and photographs) bound in the volumes. Not all of the material printed in the 'Philosophical Transactions' relating to Society business survives, but manuscript examples of meteorological observations, lists of presents and annual indexing may be found in volumes 8, 9 and 12. Papers are usually bound into vellum-covered volumes by year of publication, although a few (volumes 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 17, 73-75) are loose, boxed items. Several gaps appear in the collection, notably for the period 1825-1839 (volumes 18-22) and any year may lack one or more papers; these omissions are noted at the beginning of each part. Despite this, the series constitutes a large, relatively complete run.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Bound into volumes by year of publication.
Conditions governing access:
Open
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Photocopying forbidden. No microfilm available.
Physical characteristics:
Paper bound into vellum covered volumes.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Archivist's note: Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.