sub-fonds GB 0117 MS/215 - Copies of Papers read to the Society

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0117 MS/215

Title

Copies of Papers read to the Society

Date(s)

  • 1662-1664 (Creation)

Level of description

sub-fonds

Extent and medium

1 volume

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

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

Repository

Archival history

GB 0117 MS/215 1662-1664 Sub-fonds 1 volume Hooke , Robert , 1635-1703 , natural philosopher

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

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.

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.

Open.

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

English

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 .

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

See Register Book Original Volume II.

Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

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.

Feb 2009. Learned societies Organizations Associations Societies Societies, scientific Hooke , Robert , 1635-1703 , natural philosopher Royal Society

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

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.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

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 of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction

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

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

See Register Book Original Volume II.

Finding aids

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

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Related descriptions

Publication note

Notes area

Note

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Royal Society

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area