''Scientific Memoirs, Selected from the Transactions of Foreign Academies of science and Learned Societies and from Foreign Journals'' was a series of books edited and published by
Richard Taylor (1781–1858) in
London
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between 1837 and 1852.
After 1852 the publication continued in two series: Natural Philosophy, edited by
J. Tyndall and William Francis; and, Natural history, edited by
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* Arthur Henfrey (footballer) (1867–1929), English footballer
* Arthur Henfrey (botanist) (1819–1859), English surgeon and botanist
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and
Thomas Henry Huxley
Thomas Henry Huxley (4 May 1825 – 29 June 1895) was an English biologist and anthropologist specialising in comparative anatomy. He has become known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
The stori ...
.
Volume 3 (1843) is noteworthy because it contained
Ada Lovelace's notes appended to her translation of
Luigi Federico Menabrea
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's article.
Some volumes have been reprinted by Johnson Reprint Corp.
New York in 1966.
File:Taylor-1.jpg, Volume I and II of ''Scientific Memoirs'' (1841)
File:Taylor-7.jpg, List of figures in volume I of ''Scientific Memoirs'' (1841)
File:Taylor-11.jpg, Figure in volume I of ''Scientific Memoirs'' (1841)
File:Taylor-10.jpg, First page of volume I of ''Scientific Memoirs'' (1841)
Further reading
Richard Taylor, 1781–1858at the
Darwin Correspondence Online Database
Niels Bohr Library Book CatalogScientific memoirs, selected from the transactions of foreign academies of science, and from foreign journals. Natural historyat
WorldCat
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Volumes 1-4 on Wikisource
References
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