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    The Royal Society is a prestigious scientific society and national academy in the United Kingdom. Established in 1665, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society was the first journal in the world exclusively devoted to science, and it has remained in continuous publication ever since, making it the world's longest-running scientific journal. Scans of the journal's articles published prior to 1928 have been shared on Internet Archive under the Public Domain Mark. (Wikipedia)

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    Speculations of the Changes, Likely to be Discovered in the Earth and Moon, by Their Respective Inhabitants (ca. 1666)
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    Astronomy & Space

    Speculations of the Changes, Likely to be Discovered in the Earth and Moon, by Their Respective Inhabitants (ca. 1666)

    Account of an Extraordinary Fireball Bursting at Sea (1749)
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    Strange Phenomena

    Account of an Extraordinary Fireball Bursting at Sea (1749)

    Experiments and Observations in a Heated Room (1774)
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    Science & Medicine

    Experiments and Observations in a Heated Room (1774)

    The Man Who Recovered the Use of His Tongue, after Four Years Dumb, by means of a Frightful Dream (1747)
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    Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena

    The Man Who Recovered the Use of His Tongue, after Four Years Dumb, by means of a Frightful Dream (1747)

    Arthur Coga’s Blood Transfusion (1667)
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    Science & Medicine

    Arthur Coga’s Blood Transfusion (1667)

    A Relation of an Extraordinary Sleepy Person (ca.1698)
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    Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena

    A Relation of an Extraordinary Sleepy Person (ca.1698)

    Account of a Very Remarkable Young Musician (1769)
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    Music & Arts

    Account of a Very Remarkable Young Musician (1769)

    An Account of a Chinese Cabinet (1753)
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    Colonialism & the 'Other'

    An Account of a Chinese Cabinet (1753)

    A Description of the Brain of Mr. Charles Babbage (1909)
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    Science & Medicine

    A Description of the Brain of Mr. Charles Babbage (1909)

    An Account of a Fire-Ball, Seen at Hornsey, by William Hirst (1753)
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    Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena

    An Account of a Fire-Ball, Seen at Hornsey, by William Hirst (1753)

    Some Account of a Sheep Having a Monstrous Horn Growing from His Throat (1755)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena

    Some Account of a Sheep Having a Monstrous Horn Growing from His Throat (1755)

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