The Royal Society is the world's oldest scientific publisher and, as such, our archive is the most comprehensive in science.
Treasures in the archive include Isaac Newton's first published scientific paper, geological work by a young Charles Darwin, and Benjamin Franklin's celebrated account of his electrical kite experiment. Readers willing to delve a little deeper may find some undiscovered gems from the dawn of the scientific revolution - including Robert Boyle's account of monstrous calves, grisly tales of students being struck by lightning, and early experiments on to how to cool drinks 'without the Help of Snow, Ice, Haile, Wind or Niter, and That at Any Time of the Year.'
Thanks to the excellent legal blog "Lowering the Bar," we discover the better part of the Royal Society's journal has been made available online. The Royal Society is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence; it's membership roll has included Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Ernest Rutherford, Albert Einstein, Dorothy Hodgkin, Francis Crick, James Watson, Stephen Hawking, and many of your other favorite science guys. So, good times.
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