Project Gutenberg 2009-05-11 Public domain in the USA. 143 Various Verschillende Various, Various Oldenburg, Henry 1677 Oldenburg, Henricus Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World Reading ease score: 56.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by PM Phil Trans, Jonathan Ingram, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666" by Various is a scientific publication written in the mid-17th century. This volume is part of a long-established series that chronicles the proceedings, discoveries, and observations made by members of the Royal Society, focusing on various fields of science and natural philosophy. In this issue, readers can expect a series of learned accounts detailing astronomical observations, experiments, and discussions on a wide range of subjects, highlighting the scientific progress and intellectual curiosity of the era. The opening of this volume introduces its purpose and sets the stage for the contributions contained within. It features a preface by Henry Oldenburg addressing the Royal Society, emphasizing the importance of sharing discoveries to advance knowledge and encourage inquiry among scholars. The initial excerpts cover a variety of topics, including the improvement of optical glasses in Rome, observations of celestial bodies like Jupiter and comets, as well as experimental inquiries into temperature and cold. This array of scientific discourse reflects the Renaissance's burgeoning interest in empirical investigation and the collaborative nature of scientific exploration during this pivotal time in history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science -- Periodicals Q Text Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Science - General 1180454 1180625 2024-10-12T11:21:46.628539 2023-09-12T13:30:58.317338 text/html text/html 1171381 2009-05-11T09:48:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3451231 2009-05-11T09:51:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3589836 2024-10-12T11:22:50.007741 application/epub+zip 3538893 2024-10-12T11:22:07.521441 application/epub+zip 499289 2024-10-12T11:21:50.920573 application/epub+zip 9626393 2024-10-12T11:23:10.809654 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 9441133 2024-10-12T11:22:30.500333 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 715103 2022-09-13T11:01:11.987812 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 942432 942146 2024-10-12T11:21:41.067570 2023-09-12T13:30:53.395784 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 942070 2009-05-11T09:48:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 349877 2009-05-11T09:51:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 942538 2009-05-11T09:48:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 349762 2009-05-11T09:51:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21855 2024-10-12T11:23:11.165604 application/rdf+xml 24966 2024-10-12T11:21:51.777521 image/jpeg 4652 2024-10-12T11:21:51.403523 image/jpeg 3583600 2024-10-12T11:21:46.823536 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia