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Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria (1857 - 1860)

From: 1857
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
To: 1860
Functions: Journal, Natural history and Science

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TheTransactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria was published by the Society in continuation of the Transactions and proceedings of the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science and the Transactions of the Philosophical Society of Victoria. Four volumes were published which included papers on the natural history and geology of Victoria, public works, weather and the telescope. The volumes include the proceedings of the Institute from 1855 to 1859. The final volume carried the imprint of the Institute even though, by the time of publication, the Institute had become the Royal Society of Victoria.

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'Contents of the former and present volumes of the Transactions of the Victorian Institute; of the Philosophical Society of Victoria; of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria; and ultimately of the Royal Society of Victoria', Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 5 (1860), lxxxv-c. Details
Cudmore, F. A. [compiler], 'Author index to the publications of the Royal Society of Victoria together with the Societies amalgamated with it; namely of the former the Philosophical Institute of Victoria, of the former Philosophical Society of Victoria; of the former Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science; and of the first Microscopical Society of Victoria (1897 - 1998): 1855 - 1834', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 46 (2) (1934), 274-319, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/236070#page/5/mode/1up. Details

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