Miscellaneous manuscripts of the Royal Society, 1661-1951 (inclusive), [microform].

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Miscellaneous manuscripts of the Royal Society, 1661-1951 (inclusive), [microform].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122513021

The miscellaneous manuscripts consist of fourteen volumes of more than 1800 letters and private papers written by Great Britain's foremost men of science.

10 reels.

Yale University Library

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The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge began in 1645 when a group of eminent British thinkers started to meet regularly in London to discuss the new, experimental philosophies of science. Though the English Civil War and the Cromwellian Protectorate interrupted its meetings, the Society was formally constituted in 1660. Two years later King Charles II granted the Society its first charter. A second royal charter was granted in 1663 when the Society was given its official nam...