The Collector Earl
26 November 2019 by Vanessa Knight
One of the perks of cataloguing a collection like the Royal Society’s is that you can follow items, and their…
26 November 2019 by Vanessa Knight
One of the perks of cataloguing a collection like the Royal Society’s is that you can follow items, and their…
13 August 2019 by Louisiane Ferlier
In a previous blogpost, I described my semi-successful hunt through the records of the Royal Society for a chameleon owned…
2 September 2016 by Joanna Corden
Today is the 350th anniversary of the start of the Great Fire of London in Pudding Lane, one of the…
7 June 2016 by Karl Galle
Astronomical tables hold a decidedly unglamorous place in the history of science. With hundreds of pages covered in nothing but…
22 December 2011 by Felicity Henderson
Our latest history of science exhibition opened earlier in December: ‘Treasures of the Royal Society Library’ celebrates the Library’s 350th…