A Royal Society report of 1713 found in favour of Isaac Newton, in a long running dispute with which mathematician over the invention of Calculus ?
Royal Society Newton from 1703 until his death in 1727, and editions of the "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society" were appearing regularly. During his time as president, Newton arguably abused his authority; in a dispute between himself and Gottfried Leibniz over the invention of infinitesimal calculus, he used his position to appoint an "impartial" committee to decide it, eventually publishing a report written by himself in the committee's name. In 1705, the society was informed that it could no longer rent Gresham College and began a search for new premises. After unsuccessfully applying to Queen Anne for new premises, and asking
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A the journal expanded to become two separate publications, one serving the physical sciences, "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences", and the other focusing on the life sciences, "". Nowadays, both journals publish themed issues and discussion meeting issues, while individual research articles are published in the sister journal "Proceedings of the Royal Society". The journal celebrated its 350th anniversary in 2015. To commemorate this event it published a special collection of commentaries on landmark papers from the archive by scientists such as Isaac Newton, Humphry Davy and Michael Faraday. According to the 2018 "Journal