Henry Oldenburg (and the Philosophical Transactions) [ Science ]
… technology. Henry Oldenburg was closely involved with the Royal Society . Although he was not present at the founding meeting, 1 which took place at Gresham College on 28 November 1660, his name was on a list of forty prospective members. … contact with this group of men who had espoused the new experimental science, and who promoted it through their weekly meetings where they read and discussed papers and correspondence, and carried out experiments. 1 . On the history of the … sense; it was generally understood that the writer’s intention was that they should be copied, sent on, read at meetings, and disseminated as widely as possible. They could even be used as evidence in priority disputes. 3 Oldenburg …
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