Scientific Instrument Society AGM 2022
Science Museum, London Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, LondonAn opportunity to attend the Society’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) and to see the new instrument-rich ‘Science City 1550-1800’ gallery. More images and info available at https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/science-city-1550-1800-linbury-gallery#gallery-highlights Time Event …
Fireside Chat ’Above and Below: the Cornish pendulum experiments to weigh the world’
On-line, for SIS-members only.Presented by Carolyn Kennett. Going down a Cornish mine with Carolyn Kennett. In 1826 and 1828 attempts were made by a group of eminent scientists including George Biddlell Airy and …
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Fireside Chat ‘Petrologic Microsopes’
On-line, for SIS-members only.A typical example of a Petrologic Microscope. Presented by Thomas Schwarz, Germany. The second part of my collection: Petrologic microscopes. Giving a short introduction to this special kind of microscopy, I …
10th Gerard Turner Memorial Lecture 2022 ‘Two Enlightenment collections of scientific instruments in Hanoverian Britain’
Society of Antiquaries Burlington House, Piccadilly, LondonPresented by Dr Alison Morrison-Low, National Museums Scotland Variable microscope, in silver, by George Adams the Elder, signed by C.W. Dixey, associated with John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute. NMS.T.1987.344 …