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Before Baird

history of science
Vida Milovanovic
01 April 2025
5 mins

The pioneering genius of Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton FRS can be seen in a recently catalogued archival collection of his personal and professional papers, as Vida Milovanovic reveals.

Ghostbusters!

history of science
Keith Moore
20 December 2024
5 mins

A new collection in the archives of the Royal Society shows how the electrical engineer Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton FRS was an active debunker of junk science and the paranormal.

Ellen Embleton
22 December 2020
4 mins

Ellen Embleton gets in the seasonal mood and explores Michael Faraday's famous Royal Institution Christmas Lecture, 'The Chemical History of a Candle'.

Retro radiography

history of science
Ellen Embleton
27 November 2018
4 mins

Ellen Embleton catalogues some newly-acquired papers and correspondence of James Mackenzie Davidson, a treasure trove of information on the early days of radiography and X-rays.

Shutterbugs

history of science
Keith Moore
24 September 2012
2 mins

Read more about the story behind a less-than-conventional image from the Royal Society collections.