Search Results for "Martin Folkes"
Pursuing portraiture
history of scienceEllen Embleton discovers how the Royal Society Library acquired its collection of engravings, including more than 900 portraits amassed by the scientific writer John Peter Gassiot FRS.
Chimes at midnight
history of scienceKeith Moore discovers fairy lights and a ghostly apparition in the collections of the Royal Society.
Hydra meets Handel
history of scienceKeith Moore dives into the curious world of the hydra, or polyp, and the research of Swiss naturalist Abraham Trembley FRS.