Martín Altman, clockmaker and engineer to the Habsburgs, by Víctor Pérez Álvarez Born in Silesia in 1530, son of a clockmaker, Martin Altman left his father’s home aged 16 to …
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Chairman’s message regarding coronavirus From the Chairman to all our Members In the present extraordinary situation it will not surprise you to know that Society activity has had to be …
SIS AGM and History of Meteorology Symposium [POSTPONED] Please note: this meeting and the 2020 AGM have been postponed owing to the corona-virus outbreak. New dates for the AGM and …
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Study Tour, Armagh [POSTPONED] Please note: this tour has been postponed owing to the coronavirus outbreak. We are hoping to reschedule for 2021, and updates will be publicised in due …
Study Tour, Northern Italy [POSTPONED] Please note: this tour has been postponed owing to the coronavirus outbreak. We are hoping to reschedule for 2021, and updates will be publicised in …
Rethinking the Spherical Astrolabe SIS Grant Holder Taha Yasin Arslan (Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey), explains how his funding helped him discover more about this unusual instrument from the Islamic world. …
Paper Instruments in the History of Ottoman Astronomy Gaye Danişan Polat from the Department of the History of Science, Istanbul University provides us with an overview of her research which …
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From Pharmaceutical Innovation to Public Engagement: Stephen Carter and the Micrarium in Buxton by Viviane Quirke In 1981, a new kind of museum opened in Buxton’s old Pump Room. It …
Turner Memorial Lecture: 25th November 4th Gerard Turner Memorial Lecture 5.30 for 6pm, Friday 25th November 2016 Professor Emilie Savage-Smith, FBA ‘Of Making Celestial Globes There Seems No End’ Society …
