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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 August 2011
      19 May 2011
      ISBN:
      9780511920462
      9781108028172
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511920462
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      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.7kg, 556 Pages
      • Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences
      Subjects:
      British History after 1450, History, Engineering: General Interest, History of Science: General Interest
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    Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences
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    British History after 1450, History, Engineering: General Interest, History of Science: General Interest
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    The Royal Society has been dedicated to scientific inquiry since the seventeenth century and has seen a long line of illustrious scientists and thinkers among its fellowship. The society's Assistant Secretary and Librarian, Charles Richard Weld (1813–1869), spent four years writing this two-volume History of the Royal Society, published in 1848, which also includes illustrations by his wife, Anne. Weld's aim was to document the 'rise, progress, and constitution' of the society. He charts how the informal meetings of like-minded men engaged in scientific pursuits in the mid-1600s developed into a prestigious society that by 1830 counted as one of the world's most influential scientific institutions. Volume 1 covers the period to 1755, describing the society's origins and key moments in its growth, with a focus on its governance, benefactors and organisation. It also contains biographies of presidents including Samuel Pepys and Isaac Newton.

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