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THE origin of the Royal Society is frequently traced to the meetings of virtuosos in Oxford before the Restoration. In point of fact, these meetings represent the second of four stages which mark the evolutionary process, of which the following brief account is derived chiefly from contemporary works and manuscripts.
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MASSON, I. The Genesis of the Royal Society. Nature 113, 197–199 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113197a0
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