Philosophical transactions

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  • Philosophical transactions
  • Philosophical transactions (London, England : 1665 : Monthly)
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Imprint
London [England] : printed for John Martyn, <1665-
Added name
Oldenburg, Henry, 1615?-1677, ed.
Publication year
1665-9999
ESTC No.
P6614
Grub Street ID
58276
Description
v. : tables ; 4°.
Note
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

Imprint from colophon

Imprints vary; imprints include year of publication

Some early issues were published in Oxford

Issue numbers and pagination from head of title

With continuous pagination and signatures, from issue to issue

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

Description based on: Numb. 67. (Januar. 16. 1670/71); title from caption.
Uncontrolled note
Many early issues and some later ones were reprinted; see Nelson & Seccombe: Variants appendix, no. 539, for details