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Royal Society

Copies of Papers read to the Society


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0117 MS/215

Held at: Royal Society

Title: Copies of Papers read to the Society

Date(s): 1662-1664

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Hooke | Robert | 1635-1703 | natural philosopher

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Created by Robert Hooke as copies of papers read to the Society.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Copies of papers read to the Royal Society about 1662-1664, in three hands: pages 1-164 in one hand (the hand of Robert Hooke); pages 165-193 in another; and pages 193 to end in a third.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

By date of reading. The RefNo refers to the number fo the item; the Previous Number refers to the page on which the article begins.

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

Physical characteristics:

Vellum bound volume of 97 folios, size 14 inches x 9.5 inches. Paper. Note on inside states; 'Minutes of some Member of the Royal Society before that body was incorporated bought in Chandler's Shop at Waltham Abbey by J Adams'. One leaf torn out. Bookplate with coat of arms of T Allen FSA. Pages 89 and 90 are missing .

Finding aids:

Table of contents at end of volume. Items have not been listed separately in Archive Card Catalogue.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

See Register Book Original Volume II.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Learned societies | Associations | Organizations
Societies, scientific | Societies | Associations | Organizations

Personal names
Hooke | Robert | 1635-1703 | natural philosopher

Corporate names
Royal Society

Places