Société Royale des Sciences de Liège

Founding of the Society

Year	Authority / Notes
1835	This date is supported by its website. We have found conflicting information concerning the name of the Society in its early years. The entry in RSLC, v.1, p.xlvi, for the first journal of the Society gives the title as Mémoires de la Société [Royale] des Sciences, de l'Agriculture, et des Arts à Liège for the run 1843-1863. The entries in RSLC, v.9, p.xxi and v.13, p.liv both give the title as Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège for the runs 1874-1883 and 1885-1900. This would seem to suggest that (1) in 1843 the name of the Society was Société des Sciences, de l'Agriculture, et des Arts à Liège, (2) by 1863 it had become Société Royale des Sciences, de l'Agriculture, et des Arts à Liège, and (3) by 1874 it had become Société Royale des Sciences de Liège. Note, however, that Phil. Trans., Vol. 144 (1854) p.3 gives the title for Tom. I. to VIII. 1843-53 as Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences Liège and Phil. Trans., Vol. 145 (1855) p.3 gives the title for Tome IX (1854) as Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences. 8vo. Liège. What possible explanation might there be for the apparent contradiction between the information given in the RSLC and the Phil. Trans.? One possibility is that the information in the RSLC, v.1, p.xlvi is simply a bibliographical error. Another possibility is that the names given in RSLC, v.1, p.xlvi were alternative names to Société Royale des Sciences de Liège in that early time period. Without being able to examine the actual volumes of the early years of the Mémoires, it is difficult to say which is the case.

Year

Authority / Notes

1835

This date is supported by its website.

We have found conflicting information concerning the name of the Society in its early years. The entry in RSLC, v.1, p.xlvi, for the first journal of the Society gives the title as Mémoires de la Société [Royale] des Sciences, de l'Agriculture, et des Arts à Liège for the run 1843-1863. The entries in RSLC, v.9, p.xxi and v.13, p.liv both give the title as Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège for the runs 1874-1883 and 1885-1900. This would seem to suggest that (1) in 1843 the name of the Society was Société des Sciences, de l'Agriculture, et des Arts à Liège, (2) by 1863 it had become Société Royale des Sciences, de l'Agriculture, et des Arts à Liège, and (3) by 1874 it had become Société Royale des Sciences de Liège.

Note, however, that Phil. Trans., Vol. 144 (1854) p.3 gives the title for Tom. I. to VIII. 1843-53 as Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences Liège and Phil. Trans., Vol. 145 (1855) p.3 gives the title for Tome IX (1854) as Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences. 8vo. Liège.

What possible explanation might there be for the apparent contradiction between the information given in the RSLC and the Phil. Trans.? One possibility is that the information in the RSLC, v.1, p.xlvi is simply a bibliographical error. Another possibility is that the names given in RSLC, v.1, p.xlvi were alternative names to Société Royale des Sciences de Liège in that early time period. Without being able to examine the actual volumes of the early years of the Mémoires, it is difficult to say which is the case.

Seat of the Society

City	Authority / Notes
Liège Belgium	This location is supported by the name of the Society.

Name of the Society

Dates	Name	Authority
1843 -	Société Royale des Sciences de Liège	Its publications.

Website of the Society

Société Royale des Sciences de Liège = Royal Society of Sciences of Liège Website = http://www.srsl-ulg.net/

Journals of the Society

Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1843/1844 - 1866 (1. - 20.); 1866 - 1898 (2.Sér. 1. - 20.); 1899 - 1935 (3.Sér. 1. - 20.); 1936 - 1958 (4.Sér. 1. - 20.); 1958/1959 - 1970 (5.Sér. 1. - 20.); 1971 - 1976 (6.Sér. 1. - 10.) A	Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège : Collection in-8 The catalogue record in the Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB) gives the title simply as Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège : Collection in-8. The entry in RSLC, v.1, p.xlvi, however, gives the title as Mémoires de la Société [Royale] des Sciences, de l'Agriculture, et des Arts à Liège for the run 1843-1863. Note, however, that Phil. Trans., Vol. 144 (1854) p.3 gives the title for Tom. I. to VIII. 1843-53 as Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences Liège and Phil. Trans., Vol. 145 (1855) p.3 gives the title for Tome IX (1854) as Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences. 8vo. Liège; so it is possible that the title given in RSLC, v.1, p.xlvi is a bibliographical error. The entries in RSLC, v.9, p.xxi and v.13, p.liv both give the title as Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège for the runs 1874-1883 and 1885-1900. Indexed Pogg. Indexed RSLC [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]	Liège, Mém. Soc. Sci. RSLC, v.1, p.xlvi Liège, Soc. Sci. Mém. RSLC, v.9, p.xxi and v.13, p.liv Mém. de la Soc. r. des sciences de Liége Isis, Vol. 36, No. 3/4 (Oct., 1946), p.225 cites 6, 1942. Mém. de la Soc. Roy. d. Sc. de Liége Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., Vol. 23, No. 4 (Apr., 1937), p.250 cites 3me sér., t. 19. Mém. de la Soc. Royale de Liège Am. J. Math., Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul., 1898), p.198 cites tome XVIII. Mem. de la Soc. royale des Sciences de Liège Am. Math. Monthly, Vol. 53, No. 6 (Jun. - Jul., 1946), p.324 cites 3rd series, t. X, 1913. Mém. Soc. Liège Pogg., v.1, col.282 cites I. 1843. Mem. Soc. Roy. des. Sci. de Liége Proc. Roy. Soc., Vol. 73 (1904), p.255 cites 3rd Series, 1899. Mem. Soc. roy. Sci. Liége Science, New Series, Vol. 103, No. 2665 (Jan. 25, 1946), p.111 cites 1941, V. Mem., Soc. Roy. Sciences Liège Annals of Math., 2nd Ser., Vol. 49, No. 4 (Oct., 1948), p.871 cites 3e série, t. 9 (1912).
1932 - (1. - ) B	Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]	Bull. de la Soc. r. des Sci. de Liège Isis, Vol. 43, No. 2 (Jul., 1952), p.140 cites 20, 1951. Bull. de la Soc. r. des Sciences de Liége Isis, Vol. 37, No. 3/4 (Jul., 1947), p.253 cites 15, 1946. Bull. Soc. Roy. Sci. Liège Proc. Roy. Soc., A Vol. 161, No. 907 (Aug. 20, 1937), p.524 cites No. 5, 1936. Bull. Soc. Roy. Sci. Liége Annals of Math., 2nd Ser., Vol. 49, No. 1 (Jan., 1948), p.212 cites 1939. Bull. Soc. Royale des Sciences de Liège Annals of Math., 2nd Ser., Vol. 50, No. 1 (Jan., 1949), p.174 cites 10 (1941). Bull. Soc. Sci. Liége Proc. Roy. Soc., A Vol. 187, No. 1010 (Nov. 5, 1946), p.356 cites 10, 1941 and 11, 1942. Soc. Roy. Sci., Liége, Bull. Math. Tables Aids Comput., Vol. 4, No. 32 (Oct., 1950), p.215 cites 1950.
1943 - (1.Sér. Tome 1.,1 - ) C	Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège : Collection in-4 [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]
1956 - (1. - ) D	Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège : Hors série [Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]

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