▁for ▁the ▁journal . ▁Yet , ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 2 ▁the ▁Society ▁took ▁over ▁the ▁Philosoph ical ▁Trans actions . ▁The ▁journal ▁would ▁hence for th ▁be ▁published ▁" for ▁the ▁sole ▁use ▁and ▁benefit ▁of ▁this ▁Society "; ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁finan cially ▁carried ▁by ▁the ▁members ' ▁subscri ptions ; ▁and ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁edited ▁by ▁the ▁Committee ▁of ▁Pap ers . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁take over ▁of ▁the ▁journal ▁by ▁the ▁Royal ▁Society , ▁management ▁dec isions ▁including ▁negoti ating ▁with ▁printer s ▁and ▁books ellers , ▁were ▁still ▁the ▁task ▁of ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁Secret aries — but ▁editor ial ▁control ▁was ▁exerc ised ▁through ▁the ▁Committee ▁of ▁Pap ers . ▁The ▁Committee ▁mostly ▁based ▁its ▁jud g ements ▁on ▁which ▁papers ▁to ▁publish ▁and ▁which ▁to ▁decl ine ▁on ▁the ▁ 3 0 0 ▁to ▁ 5 0 0 - word ▁abstract s ▁of ▁papers ▁read ▁during ▁its ▁week ly ▁meet ings . ▁But ▁the ▁members ▁could , ▁if ▁they ▁desired , ▁consult ▁the ▁original ▁paper ▁in ▁full . ▁Once ▁the ▁decision ▁to ▁print ▁had ▁been ▁taken , ▁the ▁paper ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁volume ▁for ▁that ▁year . ▁It ▁would ▁feature ▁the ▁author ' s ▁name , ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁Fellow ▁who ▁had ▁communic ated ▁the ▁paper ▁to ▁the ▁Society , ▁and ▁the ▁date ▁on ▁which ▁it ▁was ▁read . ▁The ▁Royal ▁Society ▁covered ▁paper , ▁eng ra ving ▁and ▁printing ▁costs . ▁The ▁Society ▁found ▁the ▁journal ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁money - los ing