▁an ▁uno fficial ▁responsibility ▁and ▁at ▁their ▁own ▁exp ense . ▁Robert ▁H oo ke ▁changed ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁journal ▁to ▁Philosoph ical ▁Col lections ▁ ▁in ▁ 1 6 7 9 ▁– ▁a ▁name ▁that ▁remained ▁until ▁ 1 6 8 2 , ▁when ▁it ▁changed ▁back . ▁The ▁position ▁of ▁editor ▁was ▁sometimes ▁held ▁joint ly ▁and ▁included ▁William ▁Mus gra ve ▁( N os ▁ 1 6 7 ▁to ▁ 1 7 8 ) ▁and ▁Robert ▁Plot ▁( N os ▁ 1 4 4 ▁to ▁ 1 7 8 ). ▁ ▁E igh teenth ▁century ▁▁ ▁By ▁the ▁mid - e igh teenth ▁century , ▁the ▁most ▁notable ▁edit ors , ▁besides ▁Old enburg , ▁were ▁Hans ▁Slo ane , ▁James ▁Jur in ▁and ▁C rom well ▁Mort imer . ▁In ▁virt ually ▁all ▁cases ▁the ▁journal ▁was ▁edited ▁by ▁the ▁serving ▁secretary ▁of ▁the ▁society ▁( and ▁occasionally ▁by ▁both ▁secret aries ▁working ▁in ▁tan dem ). ▁These ▁editor - secret aries ▁carried ▁the ▁financial ▁bur den ▁of ▁publishing ▁the ▁Philosoph ical ▁Trans actions . ▁By ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 7 5 0 s , ▁the ▁Philosoph ical ▁Trans actions ▁came ▁under ▁attack , ▁most ▁prom in ently ▁by ▁John ▁Hill , ▁an ▁actor , ▁ap othe c ary , ▁and ▁natural ist . ▁Hill ▁published ▁three ▁works ▁in ▁two ▁years , ▁rid icul ing ▁the ▁Royal ▁Society ▁and ▁the ▁Philosoph ical ▁Trans actions . ▁The ▁Society ▁was ▁quick ▁to ▁point ▁out ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁officially ▁responsible