Article ID: CBB000930237

An Interrupted Story: French Translations from Philosophical Transactions in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (2008)

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Although consistently recognized as desirable by both the Royal Society and the Académie des Sciences, translations of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society were only infrequently undertaken officially. More successful were some private attempts, which by the end of the eighteenth century had produced a virtually complete translation, albeit only of Lowthorp's abridgements.

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Authors & Contributors
Crosland, Maurice P.
Gerald Charles Lawrence
Brison D. Gooch
Moxham, N.
Thomas, Jennifer M.
Stedall, Jacqueline Anne
Concepts
Societies; institutions; academies
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Cross-national interaction
Periodicals; serials
Communication of scientific ideas
International cooperation
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
19th century
Early modern
20th century
16th century
Places
England
France
Great Britain
Netherlands
Italy
Bologna (Italy)
Institutions
Royal Society of London
Académie des Sciences, Paris
Académie Royale des Sciences (France)
Observatoire de Paris
Royal Observatory Greenwich
Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna
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