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Robert Boyle's anonymous 'Crosey-Crucian' identified: The German alchemist and religious dissenter Peter Moritz. 罗伯特·博伊尔匿名的“克罗西-克鲁斯教徒”被确认为:德国炼金术士和宗教异见者彼得·莫里茨。

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Notes and Records-The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science Pub Date : 2020-03-20 Epub Date: 2019-01-09 DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2018.0055

Mike A Zuber, Leigh T I Penman

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A gunpowder controversy in the early Royal Society, 1667–70 1667-70年英国皇家学会早期的火药争论

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Notes and Records-The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science Pub Date : 2020-03-20 DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2018.0050

Haileigh Robertson

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Adventures with instruments: science and seafaring in the precarious career of Christopher Middleton 仪器冒险：克里斯托弗·米德尔顿岌岌可危的职业生涯中的科学和航海

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Notes and Records-The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science Pub Date : 2019-09-20 DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2018.0046

J. Bennett

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Anniversary address Friday 30 November 2018 周年纪念致辞2018年11月30日星期五

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Notes and Records-The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science Pub Date : 2019-03-20 DOI: 10.1098/RSNR.2018.0067

Venki Ramakrishnan

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Survey stories in the history of British polar exploration: museums, objects and people 英国极地探险史上的调查故事:博物馆，物品和人

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Notes and Records-The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science Pub Date : 2018-11-28 DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2018.0038

C. Connelly, Claire Warrior

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Hand-in-hand with the survey: surveying and the accumulation of knowledge capital at India House during the Napoleonic Wars 携手调查：拿破仑战争期间印度之家的调查与知识资本积累

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Notes and Records-The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science Pub Date : 2018-11-28 DOI: 10.1098/RSNR.2018.0039

J. Ratcliff

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2017 Wilkins–Bernal–Medawar Lecture: why philosophy of science matters to science 2017 Wilkins–Bernal–Medawar讲座：为什么科学哲学对科学很重要

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Notes and Records-The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science Pub Date : 2018-11-28 DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2018.0054

M. Massimi

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Cetacean citations and the covenant of iron Cetacean引文与铁之约

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Notes and Records-The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science Pub Date : 2018-11-14 DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2018.0033

Jenny Bulstrode

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Frontispiece 卷首插图

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Notes and Records-The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science Pub Date : 2018-11-07 DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2018.0040

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Thermometer screens and the geographies of uniformity in nineteenth-century meteorology 温度计屏幕和19世纪气象学的一致性地理

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Notes and Records-The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science Pub Date : 2018-10-24 DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2018.0037

S. Naylor

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