The Signet Library is proud to be chosen as the new repository of the publications of the Glasgow Philosophical Society. Founded in 1802 to provide Glasgow with a forum for the advancement of science and the arts, the Society can count some of the greatest minds in Scottish history amongst its membership, including the great pioneering surgeon Joseph Lister and the great scientist Lord Kelvin. The link up with the Signet Library ensures access to these important publications for researchers and scholars in perpetuity.
The Society’s publications – which include early constitutional documents – range from 1841 to 1987 and include maps, diagrams, fold-out illustrations and photographs as well as full length papers.
The Society has indexed its publications and has made them available to us for the use of researchers. For more details, see our new page on the Signet Heritage Portal: