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 Franklins 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 Talbots 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
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 Franklins 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 Talbots 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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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:
Robert Boyle's "Observables upon a monstrous head" (1666) - a deformed horse cut up by one of the Royal Society's founders
Benjamin Franklins 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 Talbots 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
"Nothing in biology makes sense, except in the light of evolution" - T. Dobzhansky