Royal Society Archives

Jon
Rank: Topaz

Joined: 18/12/2006
Points: 2986

The Royal Society has opened up it's journal archive.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/14/royalsoc_archive_open/

Some interesting papers can be looked through, including:

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Robert Boyle's "Observables upon a monstrous head" (1666) - a deformed horse cut up by one of the Royal Society's founders

Benjamin Franklin’s legendary kite experiment (1752) - don't try this one at home kids

Edmund Stone's work on willow bark; the discovery of aspirin (1763) - a nation should thank him every saturday morning

Account of a very remarkable young musician (Mozart) by Daines Barrington (1770) - an account of how the 8-year-old genius stunned the society with his performance

William Henry Fox Talbot’s first accounts of photography (1839) (a) and (b) - a long way from your cameraphone

Watson and Crick's discovery of DNA (1954) - requires no introduction really

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Geologists are gneiss!!

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Submitted by Jon on Thu, 09/14/2006 - 12:15.
Katie
Rank: Feldspar

Joined: 01/06/2004
Points: 1090

Jon wrote:

The Royal Society has opened up it's journal archive.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/14/royalsoc_archive_open/

Some interesting papers can be looked through, including:

Quote:

Robert Boyle's "Observables upon a monstrous head" (1666) - a deformed horse cut up by one of the Royal Society's founders

Benjamin Franklin’s legendary kite experiment (1752) - don't try this one at home kids

Edmund Stone's work on willow bark; the discovery of aspirin (1763) - a nation should thank him every saturday morning

Account of a very remarkable young musician (Mozart) by Daines Barrington (1770) - an account of how the 8-year-old genius stunned the society with his performance

William Henry Fox Talbot’s first accounts of photography (1839) (a) and (b) - a long way from your cameraphone

Watson and Crick's discovery of DNA (1954) - requires no introduction really

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"Nothing in biology makes sense, except in the light of evolution" - T. Dobzhansky

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Thu, 09/14/2006 - 16:31

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