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'Libro varissimo del Conte Guido di materia fisiche e mathematiche' A volume of alchemical tracts. Items 7, 9, 18, part of 19 and 23 are all in one hand; items 11 to 15 are in another; the remainder are in various hands. Most of the items appear to date from the early or middle 17th century, to judge by the hands, though the matter is in most cases probably much older.

A volume of various alchemical tracts, by Philippe Rouillach and others. Notebook of Robert Boyle. 17. 'Preservatif apologetique' pour le meme. Folio 381, recto.

Papers of Thomas Andrews including papers relating to his research which fell into four main fields;

(1) studies of acids and metals in electrolytic experiments; (Papers 6 to 11 and 32)

(2) the calorimetry of chemical reactions, in particular those between acids and bases, and between metals and halogens; (Papers 13 to 16, 18 to 22, 40 and the manuscripts printed as 52 and 53)

(3) the properties and constitution of ozone; (Papers 31, 33 to 35, 37 and 45)

(4) the condensation of gases to liquids at high pressures (Papers 36, 38, 41, 47, 49 and 50)

The eight volumes of manuscripts described as 'Notes of Experiments' at the Royal Society contain the laboratory records on which most of his work is based.

The contents are described as far as possible in Thomas's own words from the title pages of each Book. Where the title page is uninformative then suitable headings have been chosen from the body of the notes. These title pages may have been written much later than the experiments since in 1862 there is the phrase 'critical point' which he probably invented only for his Bakerian Lecture of 1869. Some experiments or paragraph numbers are displayed on the title page of each Book. Those that are not, but are listed only on the pages themselves, are shown at the right-hand end of each line. The numbering of the experiments is again erratic; for example 376 may be followed by 277.

The reading of the notes on the experiments on the liquefaction of gases in Volumes 7 and 8 is helped by comparing them with the analysis by C.G. Knott 'Andrews' measurements of the compression of carbon dioxide and of mixtures of carbon dioxide and nitrogen' (Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 30, 1-22, 290 [1909-1910])

Incip. 'Igitur ex quatuor elementis'
Desin 'Et hoc est qod ostendimus. Explicit'
Folios 1-9 [Mundus] igitur ex quatuor elementis isdemque totis in spere modum globatis.... retrogradari facit.
Part of book 8, 'De astronomia' of Martinus Capella, 'De nuptiis.'

Folios 9 verso - 49 verso (Text) Vnitas est esse rei per se discrecio...omnis numerus minor maioris aut est pars aut partes....medios assignare sit possibile.
(Commentary) Aut enim minor numerat maiorem....et hoc est qod ostenimus. Explicit.

Jordanus Nemorariius, 'De Arithmetica' printed several times but with a different commentary. Printed marginalia eg in folio 24, in a hand which occurs also in MS/28.

Paper read at the Royal Society from 14 Feb to 6 Mar 1788 by John Ash entitled 'Observation and Experiments to investigate by Chemical Analysis the Medicinal Properties of the Mineral Waters of Spa and Aix la Chapelle in Germany and of the Waters and Boue at St Amand in French Flanders'.

Astronomical and magnetic observations at the United States Naval Observatory, Washington DC by Lieutenant S M Gilliss.

Astronomical observations at Paramatta, New South Wales.

Astronomical Observations at the Radcliffe Observatory Oxford from 1915 to 1938.

Copy of 'Memoires of Naturall Remarques in the county of Wilts, to which are annexed observabes of the same kind in the county of Surrey and Flynt-shire', by John Aubrey, FRS. This manuscript is a transcript of Aubrey's original manuscript. It was transcribed by BG Cramer, Clerk to the Royal Society, at the behest of the Society in 1690-1691. At page 67 is inserted a map of a navigable passage from Bristol to London, engraved by Thomas Jenner in 1668, with the arms of the borough. Six leaves of additional matter are inserted at page 276, and four more at page 304.

A collection of eighteenth century letters and papers of Sir Joseph Banks, his family and other contemporary Fellows.

Apollonii Conica methodo nova illustrata et succincte demonstrata per Isaacum Barrow, continet hoc volumen archetypon integrum editionis Londini 1675, in forma quarta, impressa.

Manuscript of Isaac Barrow containing Archimedes' works on spheres and cylinders, on the dimensions of the circle, on spirals or helices and other topics.

Two treatises and some loose papers of Isaac Barrow including:

1. Appollonii Pergaei Conicorum libri quatuor, juxta viam et methodum Petri Herigonii, per notas reales ac universales demonstrati

2. Archimedis de Sphaera et Cylindro. Per eundem

3. Between these two treatises are a few odd sheets.

A mathematical dissertation by Boemke written at Berlin, 1827.

Book containing the signatures of Presidents of the Royal Society and members of the Council, making solemn declarations to discharge their duties faithfully. This formality was necessary under the Act 4 and 5 William IV Cap 62.

A catalogue of books of the library of Robert Boyle, in the hand of John Warr junior, executor of Robert Boyle and some theological notes.

Notes on John Canton's pneumatical experiments, together with some rough minutes of the Canton Committee.

Papers of John Canton, principally comprising correspondence including 12 letters of Benjamin Franklin and letters from Joseph Priestley.

Angelander's Stars from 15 degrees to 30 degrees South, brought up by precession from 1850-1875 by Richard Christopher Carrington.

Bessel's Stars from 0 degrees to 15 degrees South, brought up by precession from 1825 to 1875 by R C Carrington.

Letters and papers relating to the Cook Medal struck by the Royal Society in honour of Captain Cook.

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.

Miscellaneous papers of Warren de la Rue on sun spots.

'De ormesta mundi' by Orosius, some 16th century marginalia, Pauli Orosii Historiarum libri septem.

Observations sur la Circulation du sang et l'organisation du vaisseau dorsal chez les Insectes, par M le Docteur Wagner d'Erlangen.

'Memoir au College Royal de Medecine sur l'utilite d'un Tratement simple pour les Maladies Chirurgicales en genral, etc', by Louis Desbout MD. Contains 7 sheets of drawings of instruments and appliances and illustrations of how they are used.

Eclipses 1882-2000: Rough projections of eclipses of the sun and moon by Samuel J. Johnson, includes a letter from the author dated 25 March 1882 written at Melplash Vicarage Bridport.

Latin translation attributed to Abelard of Bath, of Euclid's geometry ending imperfectly near the beginning of book 15 in the propsition 'intra propsitum cubum corpus habens iiij bases triangulas equalium laterum resignare'. Written in England

Tables prepared by Sir George Everest for the use of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India.

Diploma and Certificates given to Michael Faraday by various academies and societies with table of contents written in his own hand by Michael Faraday.

Letters from John Flamsteed, 1673-1719, comprising two volumes: Volume One - Letters from John Flamsteed to Richard Towneley; Volume Two - Letters from John Flamsteed to Abraham Sharp.

Copy of a diary kept by Edward Frankland from 1st January 1848 to 25 July 1849.

Lecture notes on organic chemistry by Professor Edward Frankland.

Fundata duarum Lecturarum in Disciplinis Mathematicis Per Henricum Savile, Collegii Metonensis Custodem. Publicata et Confirmata in Venerabili Domo Convocationis, 11 Aug 1619.

These are letters and papers of various members of the Gregory family including David Gregorie of Kinnairdie; James Gregory, author of Optical Promota; David Gregorie, Savillian Professor of Geometry at Oxford University; James Gregorie, Professor of Mathematics at Edinburgh University and Charles Gregory.

Papers of the Gregory family, volume one includes writings by Sir Isaac Newton, friend of David Gregorie, Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford, the volume is entitled 'Notae in Newtonii Principia Mathematica Philosophiae Naturalis' and his 'Theory of the Moon' which was incorporated in the 'Astronomia Physica' published by the Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford; volume two is a volume of letters and papers of the Gregory family, including some papers of Sir Isaac Newton; David Gregorie of Kinnairdie; James Gregorie author of 'Optica Promota'; David Gregorie, Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford; James Gregorie Professor of Mathematics at Edinburgh; and Charles Gregory, Professor of Mathematics at Edinburgh University.

Bibliography of the Effects of Very Low Temperatures upon the Properties of Metals between the years 1869-1933, prepared by Sir Robert Hadfield.

Paper by Colonel John Herschel entitled 'History of Pendulum Observations from the time of Galileo to the present day' (1880).

Original Drawings of the Rotifera by Charles Thomas Hudson.

A volume of botanical paintings, many of which have been used in the botanical works of John Martyn, especially in his 'Historia Plantarum Rariorum'.

'Instruments of the Eskadlemuir Observatory', by A E Gendle with photographs and short descriptions interleaved.

The Journal of the Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Oxford, by William Musgrave, original journal in two volumes; transcribed from the original Minute Books in the Ashmolean Museum.

Copy letters and notes by Henry Oldenburg, first Secretary of the Royal Society, prefaced by a note on the volume's presentation by James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton.

Operations connected with the Levellings carried across the Isthmus of Panama by John Augustus Lloyd, c 1830.

Documents relating to John Augustus Lloyd's paper on the difference of level of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans entitled 'Account of Levellings Carried across the Isthmus of Panama, to Ascertain the Relative Height of the Pacific Ocean at Panama and of the Atlantic at the Mouth of the River Chagres; Accompanied by Geographical and Topographical Notices of the Isthmus', 1830.

Report to the Royal Society of London of the expedition into the interior of the Kingdom of Naples to investigate the circumstances of the Earthquake of December 1857, by Robert Mallet, CE, FRS.

A sixteenth century manuscript which includes:

1. The order for the king's suite

2. The order of the kinges going to the chappell on Sherethursdaie, and from thence into the hall

3. The book showing what appertains to the offices of the king's chamberlains, vice chamberlains, and ushers

4. The order for the banquet at Greenwich on St Thomas's day, 9 Henry VIII, and other similar matters. Includes a diagram.

Papers by, about or belonging to the Fellows of the Royal Society, and acquired by donation or purchase from outside sources. Large diverse series of papers intended to encompass all collections of documents which were not generated by the organization, but which were donated, purchased or otherwise acquired from outside sources. The series therefore contains all manner of papers by, about, or belonging to Fellows of the Royal Society. The subject matter is as diverse as the interests of the Fellows, and covers all branches of the sciences, including some non-scientific material. Generally, the Manuscripts are Western in origin. Also includes some records generated by the Society itself but added to the collection when considered unsuitable for existing categories.

A description of certain specimens of birds inhabiting the Hudson's Bay Company's Territories with remarks on the meteorology of the same place by Humphrey Martin, 1772.

Mathematical works of Pappus Alexandrinus, stated by JO Halliwell that this was copied from Savilian MS number 9 for William Jones the mathematician.