Search Results for "John Theophilus Desaguliers"
Gray and gold
history of scienceVirginia Mills reviews the career of Stephen Gray FRS, ‘father of electricity’ and first recipient of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's Copley Medal.
Perpetual motion
history of scienceVirginia Mills looks back through the archives at attempts to solve an impossible problem.
Circus of science
history of scienceVisitors to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's home in the eighteenth century included a strongman, a talking dog, and the original snake-oil salesman.