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Fully booked

history of science
Rupert Baker
11 March 2025
2 mins

An invitation to join Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's 'Libraries of Science' conference online on Friday 14 March.

Charleton eclectic

history of science
Rupert Baker
04 April 2022
5 mins

An early Fellow of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ wrote about stone circles, the human soul, natural history and scurvy, as well as penning a gushing tribute to King Charles II. Rupert Baker provides an introduction.

Fiery chapters

history of science
Keith Moore
22 March 2022
4 mins

Keith Moore looks at a new book on the fragile history of libraries, and reflects on changing practices in Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's own collection.

Back catalogues

history of science
Louisiane Ferlier
28 January 2020
5 mins

Read more about the launch of two Turning the Pages digital reconstructions of catalogues of the specimens and instruments kept in Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Repository.

The Collector Earl

history of science
Vanessa Knight
26 November 2019
7 mins

Explore the Society’s correspondence from the 1920s, which charts the period in Spring 1925 when Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ held a book sale of over 200 volumes from the Arundel Library.

Karma chameleons

history of science
Louisiane Ferlier
22 April 2019
7 mins

Did an Egyptian chameleon, painted by Richard Waller and supposedly owned by Robert Boyle, ever find its way into the Repository of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ? Louisiane Ferlier looks at the tangled evidence in the archives.