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HUTTON (Charles); SHAW (George); PEARSON (Richard). THE PHILOSOPHICAL Transactions of the Royal Society of London, from their Commencement, in 1665, to the Year 1800; Abridged, with Notes and Biographic Illustrations. London. 1809. - HUTTON (Charles); SHAW (George); PEARSON (Richard) THE PHILOSOPHICAL Transactions of the Royal Society of London, from their Commencement, in 1665, to the Year 1800; Abridged, with Notes and Biographic Illustrations . London: Printed by and for C. and R. Baldwin, New Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, 1809. 18 v.: il.; 275 mm. The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London , founded in 1665 under the presidency of Henry Oldenburg, constitute the world's oldest continuously published scientific journal. Over the one hundred and thirty-five years covered by this collection, its pages have published contributions from Newton, Boyle, Halley, Hooke, Leeuwenhoek, Franklin, Priestley, Cavendish, and virtually all the great names of the scientific revolution and the European scientific Enlightenment. This abridged and annotated edition, prepared by Charles Hutton (mathematician, LL.D., FRS), George Shaw (naturalist, MD, FRS, FLS), and Richard Pearson (physician, MD, FSA), brings together in eighteen volumes a selection and summary of the most relevant articles published in the Transactions from the first issue (1665) to the year 1800, with notes and biographical information on the authors. Each volume covers a distinct chronological period, from vol. I (1665–1672) to vol. XVIII (1796–1800). Highly esteemed. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate