2 edition of The History of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents found in the catalog.
Published
1848
by Parker, John William, 1792-1870 in London
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Written in English
Edition Notes
| Statement | compiled from authentic documents by Charles Richard Weld |
| Contributions | Royal Society (Great Britain), Royal College of Physicians of London |
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Pagination | 2 v. : |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL25666050M |
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Compiled from a wealth of authentic documents such as the Royal Society journal, register, council books and letters, the History contains detailed memoirs of the presidents, including Robert Boyle, Sir Isaac Newton, Roger Bacon and Sir Humphrey Davy.
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The History of the Royal Society of London for Improving of Natural Knowledge from Its First Rise, in which the Most Considerable of Those Papers Communicated to the Society, which Have Hitherto Not Been Published, are Inserted as a Supplement to the Philosophical Transactions.
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. Carefully researched and creatively written memoirs of eminent mathematical, physical, biological and medical scientists and engineers.
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The Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London, from their commencement, into the year ; abridged, with notes and biographic illustrations, Published: () Speeches made at the dinner held to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the foundation of the Society Published: ().
The President of the Royal Society (PRS) is the elected Head of the Royal Society of London who presides over meetings of the society's council. After informal meetings at Gresham College, the Royal Society was officially founded on 28 November when a group of academics decided to found "a Colledge for the Promoting of Physico-Mathematicall Experimentall Learning", acquiring a Royal.
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He was succeeded in the chair of the Royal Society by Dr. Wollaston for the remainder of the year, until the election of Sir Humphry Davy on the anniversary of the Society in November.—Memoir of Sir J.
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