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Encyclopedia > Acta Eruditorum

Acta Eruditorum (Latin: reports, acts of the scholars) was the first scientific journal of the German lands, published from 1682 to 1782. Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ... Motto: Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit (German: Unity and Justice and Freedom”) Anthem: Das Lied der Deutschen (3rd stanza) also called Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit Capital Berlin Largest city Berlin Official language(s) German 1 Government Federal Republic  - President Horst Köhler (CDU)  - Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU)  - Vice Chancellor... Events March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England May 6 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles. ... 1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...


It was founded in 1682 in Leipzig by Otto Mencke and patterned after the French Journal des savants and Italian Giornale de'letterati. Acta Eruditorum was a monthly edited in Latin language and contained excerpts from new writings, reviews, small essays and notes. Most of them were devoted to the natural sciences and mathematics. Since its inception many eminent scientists published there – Gottfried Leibniz, Jakob Bernoulli, Humphry Ditton, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, Pierre-Simon Laplace and Jérôme Lalande but also humanists and philosophers as Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, Stephan Bergler, Christian Thomasius and Christian Wolff. Events March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England May 6 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles. ... [] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the Federal State (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ... Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (also Leibnitz or von Leibniz)[1] (July 1 (June 21 Old Style) 1646 – November 14, 1716) was a German polymath. ... Jakob Bernoulli. ... Humphry Ditton (May 29, 1675 - October 15, 1715), was an English mathematician. ... Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (or Tschirnhausen) (April 10, 1651–October 11, 1708) was a German mathematician. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de Lalande (July 11, 1732 – April 4, 1807) was a French astronomer. ... Veit Ludwig von Seckendorf (December 20, 1626 - December 18, 1692), German statesman and scholar, was a member of a German noble family, which took its name from the village of Seckendorf between Nuremberg and Langenzenn. ... Christian Thomasius, portrait by Johann Christian Heinrich Sporleder. ... Christian Wolff is the name of at least two notable individuals: an eighteenth-century philosopher and mathematician - see Christian Wolff (philosopher) a twentieth_century composer _ see Christian Wolff (composer) a German actor This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same...


After Otto Mencke's death Acta Eruditorum were directed by his son, Johann Burckhardt Mencke, who died in 1732. The magazine change its name by then and was called Nova Acta Eruditorum. Since 1754 it was lead by Karl Andreas Bel. Events February 23 - First performance of Handels Orlando, in London June 9 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. ... 1754 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...



 

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