Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in Swedish Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien, is one of the royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for promoting the natural sciences and mathematics and strengthening their influence in society, while endeavouring to promote the exchange of ideas between disciplines. It is located within the Stockholm region's Royal National City Park. In this atlas it appears as the learned society that elected nineteenth century calculating machine builders and table makers as members, among them Pehr Georg Scheutz in 1856 and Gaspard de Prony as a foreign member in 1810.