[Prospectus and correspondence relating to the publication of Commentationes periodical / Ponticia Accademia della scienze]
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Contains the charter for the Pontificia Accademia delle scienze (founded 1936 by Pope Pius XI); a prospectus for Academia's publication Commentationes and 23 printed excerpts from the correspondence of various noted scientists discussing the proposal. The letters have the letter head: Pontificia Academia Scientiarum. Riposte degli Accademici alla comunicazione presidenziale del settembre 1937.