Philosophical Transactions
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British scientific journal published by the Royal Society
Key facts
- Discipline
- Multidisciplinary science
- Language
- English
- History
- 6 March 1665 ; , 361 years ago ( 1665-03-06 )
- Publisher
- The Royal Society
- Iso 4
- Philos. Trans. R. Soc.
- Issn
- 0261-0523 (print), 2053-9223 (web)
- Jstor
- philtran1665167
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Internet Archive
textsDoctor Cockburn's solution of his problem for determining the proper doses of purging, and vomiting medicins in every age of man, in every constitution, ... which was proposed by him, in the Philosophical transactions, last March. 1705
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Encyclopedic overview
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society is a scientific journal published by the Royal Society. In its earliest days, it was a private venture of the Royal Society's secretary. It was established in 1665, making it the second journal in the world exclusively devoted to science, after the Journal des sçavans, and therefore also the world's longest-running scientific journal. It became an official society publication in 1752. The use of the word philosophical in the title refers to natural philosophy, which was the equivalent of what would now be generally called science.
Current publication
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