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| Genre/Form: | Publishers' advertisements Periodicals Early works to 1800 |
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| Document Type: | Journal / Magazine / Newspaper |
| All Authors / Contributors: | Royal Society (Great Britain) |
| OCLC Number: | 62140912 |
| Notes: | Head-pieces; tail-pieces; t.p. vignettes. Began with: Numb. 1. (1665:Mar. 1)- Includes index in each volume. General index or alphabetical table to all the Philosophical transactions (Mar. 1665-July 1677), published: London: J. Martyn, 1678; General index to all the Philosophical transactions (Jan. 1678-Dec. 1693), published: London: S. Smith, B. Walford, 1694. Originally edited by Henry Oldenburg, later by N. Grew, R. Plot, W. Musgrave, R. Waller, Sir H. Sloane, E. Halley, and C. Mortimer. Since March 1752 publication has been supervised by a committee of the Royal Society. Essays and descriptions of experiments and theories in the various sciences; caption title followed by contents note, with author's name; issues include notes on scientific publications. Imprints vary; imprints include year of publication; some early issues were published in Oxford. Publication suspended: Mar. 1679-Dec. 1682, Jan. 1688-Dec. 1690; frequency fluctuates during 1686-1687 and in the 1720s; cumulated by annual or biennial issues, from 1677; during suspension of publication in 1679-1682, the Philosophical Collections were issued irregularly. With continuous pagination and signatures, from issue to issue. Many early issues and some later ones were reprinted; see Nelson & Seccombe: Variants appendix, no. 539, for details. |
| Description: | v. : ill., maps, tables, plates (some fold.) ; 26 cm. |
| Other Titles: | Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London |
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