Memoires Et Comptes Rendus De La Société Royale Du Canada, Vol. 3: Pour L'annee 1885 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Unknown Author

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0483490946 ISBN 13: 9780483490949

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore the 1885 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Canada—a window into Canada’s early scientific and literary scholarship.

This volume collects the year’s official reports, editorial notes, and a rich mix of papers spanning geology, zoology, mineralogy, and the history of Canadian science. It documents the society’s activities, publication efforts, and the practical workings behind scholarly exchanges in the Dominion and beyond.

The book foregrounds organizational work and financial details, including the distribution of volumes I and II, editing efforts for English and French sections, and cautions about publication scope and page counts. It also presents the Society’s annual procedures, discussions on abstracts, and notices about upcoming volumes, illustrating how a national scholarly body operated in the late 19th century. Alongside these administrative elements, the volume includes a selection of scientific and literary papers from multiple disciplines, with many sections accompanied by illustrations and plates.
What you’ll experience

• An official record of the Royal Society of Canada’s fourth general meeting and its proceedings.
• Insight into publishing, budgeting, and the logistics of distributing scholarly volumes.
• A cross-section of early Canadian science writing, including topics in geology, biology, and mineralogy, some with illustrations and plate references.
• A snapshot of the era’s professional tone, citation style, and scholarly networks.

Ideal for readers of science history, Canadian academic culture, and those collecting early proceedings from learned societies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0483490946
• ISBN 13: 9780483490949
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 675