scholarly journals Bibliography of recent books and articles dealing with the history of the Royal Society

1970 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-133
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
New Haven ◽  
Yale University ◽  
Sir Isaac Newton ◽  
Charles Town ◽  
Isaac Newton ◽  
James Cook ◽  
John Hunter ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Sciences

Each number of Notes and Records contains a short bibliography of books and articles dealing with the history of the Royal Society or its Fellows which have been noted since the publication of the last number. If Fellows would be good enough to draw the Editor’s attention to omissions these would be added to the list in the next issue. Books Badash, L. (Editor). Rutherford and Boltwood: letters on radioactivity. (Yale studies in the History of Sciences and Medicine, Vol. 4.) New Haven: Yale University Press, 1969. $12.50. Begg, A. C. and Begg, N.C. James Cook and New Zealand . Wellington, N.Z.: A. R. Shearer, 1969. £ 2 5s. Berkeley, E. and Berkeley, Dorothy, S. Dr Alexander Gordon of Charles Town . University of North Carolina Press, 1969. $10.00. Bestcrman, T. Voltaire. London: Longmans, 1969. 8s. Bowden, D. K. Leibniz as a librarian and eighteenth-century librarians Germany . London: University College, 1969. 7s. 6d. Darwin, C. R. Questions about the breeding of animals . Facsim. repr. with an introduction by Sir Gavin Dc Beer. London: Society for the Bibliography of Natural History, 1969. £1 15s. Davis, N. P. Lawrence and Openhimer . London: Cape, 1969. 2s. Dobson, J. John Hunter. Edinburgh & London: E. & S. Livingstone, 1969. £ 2 10s. Eales, N. B. The Cole library of early medicine and zoology . Catalogue of books and pamphlets. Part 1. 1472 to 1800. Oxford: Aldcn Press for the Library, University of Reading, 1969. £$ 5s. Edleston, J. (Editor). Correspondence of Sir Isaac Newton and Professor Cotes . (1830.) (Cass Library of Science Classics. No. 12.) London: Frank Cass, 1969. £ 6 6s. Fothergill, B. Sir William Hamilton . Faber and Faber, 1969. £ 2 10s. French, R. K. Robert Whytt, the soul, and medicine . (Publications of the Wellcome Institute, No. 17.) London: Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine, 1969. £ 2 5s.

Bibliography of recent books and articles dealing with the history of the Royal Society

1968 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-118
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Benjamin Franklin ◽  
Yale University ◽  
Sir Isaac Newton ◽  
Isaac Newton ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
John James Audubon ◽  
History Of ◽  
William Osler

Each number of Notes and Records contains a short bibliography of books and articles dealing with the history of the Royal Society or its Fellows which have been noted since the publication of the last number. If Fellows would be good enough to draw the Editor’s attention to omissions these would be added to the list in the next issue. B ooks Adams, A. B . John James Audubon— a biography . London: Gollancz. 1967. £ 2 12s. 6d. Aggcbo, A. Sir William Osler, laege og livskunstner . Copenhagen: Astra, 1966. Allan, Mea. The Hookers oj Kew (1785-1911). London: Michael Joseph, 1967. £ 2 10s. Arcicri, G. P. Enrico Bottini and Joseph Lister in the method of antisepsis. Pioneers of antiseptic era . New York: Alcmaeon Editions, 1967. Ashmole, E. Elias Ashmole: his autobiographical and historical notes, his correspondence, and other contemporary sources relating to his and work . Edited by C. H. Josten. 5 volumes. Oxford University Press, 1966. £18 18s. Berzelius, J. J. Briefwechsel zwischen J. Berzelius und F. Wöhler . Hrsg. von O. Wallach. 2 volumes. M. Sandig. 1966. Darwin, Charles. Darwin and Henslow: The growth of an idea: letters 1851-1860 . Edited by Nora Barlow. London: John Murray, 1967. £1 15s. Franklin, B. The papers of Benjamin Franklin . Edited by L. W . Labaree. Volume 10. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1966. Gray, C. J. A bibliography of the works of Sir Isaac Newton together with a list of books illustrating his works . 2nd edition (1907). Facsimile repr. London: Dawsons, 1966. £3 10s. Halm, Otto. A scientific autobiography . Translated and edited by W . Ley. London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1967. £2 5s. Hamilton, Sir William Rowan. The mathematical papers of Sir William Rowan Hamilton . Volume 3. Algebra. Cambridge University Press, 1967. £10 10s

scholarly journals On a point connected with the dispute about the invention of fluxions

1851 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 599-600
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Sir Isaac Newton ◽  
Isaac Newton ◽  
History Of

An assertion made by Sir Isaac Newton in a letter to Conti, published in Raphson’s History of Fluxions, that the materials of the Commercium Epistolicum were “ collected and published by a numerous Committee of gentlemen of different nations , appointed by the Royal Society for that purpose,” appeared to be at variance with the list of the Committee as it was appointed on the 6th of March, 1711- 12, and which only contains the names of Arbuthnot, Hill, Halley, Jones, Machin and Burnet, who were all English. But on further search of the records of the Society with the aid of Mr. Weld, the Assistant Secretary, the author ascertained that other members were subsequently added to the Committee, among whom were Bonet, the Prussian minister, and De Moivre, both of whom were foreigners ; thus showing that the imputations which might have been cast on Newton’s veracity are groundless.

Richard Waller, S.R.S.: ‘In the pursuit of nature`

1984 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-233 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
History Of Science ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Robert Hooke ◽  
Sir Isaac Newton ◽  
Isaac Newton ◽  
Cotton Mather ◽  
History Of ◽  
Multiple Challenges ◽  
Samuel Pepys

There is no puzzle more tantalizing than the fragments of a forgotten A life. Richard Waller (1660?—1715), linguist, artist, and amateur scientist, offers multiple challenges. A member of the Royal Society from 1681 and its Secretary from 1687-1709, 1710-1714, under the presidencies of Samuel Pepys and Sir Isaac Newton, Waller was a man of considerable standing during an important era in the history of science. His associates included Robert Hooke, Edmond Halley, James Pettiver, and Sir Hans Sloane. He conducted correspondence with some of the leading scientific figures and personalities abroad, such as van Leeuwenhoek, Malpighi, and Cotton Mather. History, however, has turned Waller into a footnote in the biographies of his more illustrious, or notorious, contemporaries.

Towards a history of the Royal Society in the eighteenth century

1996 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-46 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Intensive Study ◽  
Sir Isaac Newton ◽  
Isaac Newton ◽  
Stated Belief ◽  
History Of ◽  
Royal Society Of London

A long-standing impression persists among scholars - with a few exceptions - that the Royal Society of London was in decline during the eighteenth century. This misperception has stemmed from four major sources: from the often-stated belief that the Society failed to follow the illustrious example that its greatest Fellow, Sir Isaac Newton, had set in the Principia ; from the negative opinions, repeatedly quoted, of several literary lions of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries; from the continued popularity of Babbage’s Reflections on the Decline of Science in England , published in 1830, which has cast a pall over the reputation of the Society in the eighteenth century ever since; and from the intensive study devoted to the Society’s early years, which has overshadowed later periods.

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