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- nd (Creation)
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12 groups of copies, bound and boxed
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GB 0117 PH nd Sub-fonds 12 groups of copies, bound and boxed Royal Society
A small collection of photostats or photocopies of manuscripts held in other institutions, but of some relevance to the Royal Society and its own Archives. The series largely consists of groups of correspondence, notable letters to Julius Plucker (PH.1) letters of Hevelius, Newton and Flamsteed (PH.2) and of Edmond Halley (PH.3) There are some records of other institutions, including a minute book of the Physiological Society 1876-1892 (PH.9), and copies of Rutherford's correspondence at the Cavendish Laboratory.
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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.
English
All items in the series noted in the Archive Card Catalogue; only PH.1 and PH.2 are on a letter by letter basis.
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. Newton , Sir , Isaac , 1642-1727 , Knight , physicist and mathematician Hevelius , Johann , 1611-1687 , astronomer Plucker , Julius , 1801-1868 , mathematician and physicist Learned societies History of science Flamsteed , John , 1646-1719 , astronomer Halley , Edmond , 1656-1742 , astronomer Royal Society Physiological Society Associations Science of science Organizations
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A small collection of photostats or photocopies of manuscripts held in other institutions, but of some relevance to the Royal Society and its own Archives. The series largely consists of groups of correspondence, notable letters to Julius Plucker (PH.1) letters of Hevelius, Newton and Flamsteed (PH.2) and of Edmond Halley (PH.3) There are some records of other institutions, including a minute book of the Physiological Society 1876-1892 (PH.9), and copies of Rutherford's correspondence at the Cavendish Laboratory.
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Open
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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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All items in the series noted in the Archive Card Catalogue; only PH.1 and PH.2 are on a letter by letter basis.
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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.
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- English