Whereas there is nothing more necessary for promoting the improvement of philosophical Matters, than the communicating to such as apply their Studies and Endeavors that way, such things as are discovered or put in practice by others; It is therefore thought fit to employ the Press, as the most proper way to gratifie those, whose engagement in such Studies, and delight in the advancement of Learning and profitable Discoveries, doth entitle them to the knowledge...
Henry Oldenburg, March 1665
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