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Pursuing portraiture

history of science
Ellen Embleton
26 September 2022
5 mins

Ellen 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 science
Keith Moore
22 December 2014
3 mins

Keith Moore discovers fairy lights and a ghostly apparition in the collections of the Royal Society.

Hydra meets Handel

history of science
Keith Moore
27 March 2014
3 mins

Keith Moore dives into the curious world of the hydra, or polyp, and the research of Swiss naturalist Abraham Trembley FRS.