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"Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666" by Various is a scientific journal first published in 1665. As the world's second journal devoted exclusively to science and the longest-running scientific publication, it captured the pioneering spirit of the Royal Society's early days. Edited by secretary Henry Oldenburg as a private venture, this groundbreaking volume introduced the fundamental practices of modern scientific publishing—peer review, registration, and dissemination. Its pages reveal the intellectual curiosity of seventeenth-century natural philosophers exploring everything from Jupiter's Great Red Spot to whale-fishing near Bermuda. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | Various |
|---|---|
| Editor | Oldenburg, Henry, 1615?-1677 |
| Title | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_Transactions_of_the_Royal_Society |
| Credits | Produced by PM Phil Trans, Jonathan Ingram, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 56.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | Q: Science |
| Subject | Science -- Periodicals |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 28758 |
| Release Date | May 11, 2009 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1040 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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