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THE American Philosophical Society has issued a list of books and papers in the Society's publications from 1769 until 1940 classified according to subject. This covers the papers, monographs, treatises and books, classified according to subject, and includes a subject index as well as a classified list, an author index and a price list. The Transactions of the Society is the oldest scientific journal with a continuous history in the United States, commencing in 1769; the six volumes issued in small quarto format up to 1809 are known as the “old series” and are out of print except for a few numbers. A new series was started in the present large quarto format in 1818, and to date thirty-one volumes have been issued. The Proceedings, commenced in 1938, contain the original papers read before the Society as well as others accepted for publication. In view of the interest and value of some of the early material to the research student and historian, certain abstracts of papers read before the Society, verbal communications, letters on scientific and learned subjects, etc., included in the early Proceedings have been reproduced in the list. The Memoirs, commenced in 1935, consist of monographs and books each constituting a separate volume of the series, of which fifteen volumes have now been issued. In addition to its serial publications, the American Philosophical Society has published or sponsored for publication a number of separate works which are listed under “Miscellaneous Publications”. Its library also maintains a photo-duplication service for supplying 35-mm. microfilm copies of out-of-print articles and manuscript material. Printed books are copied at the rate of 3 cents per standard frame, usually 2 pages per exposure. Manuscript is copied at the rate of 4 cents, usually 1 page, per exposure.
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American Philosophical Society Publications. Nature 147, 509 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147509a0
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