Anniversaries of other institutions

1949 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-127
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Electrical Engineering ◽  
Scientific Thought ◽  
150Th Anniversary ◽  
Long Line ◽  
The Future ◽  
Material Progress ◽  
Ultimate Nature ◽  
Royal Society Of London ◽  
Nature Of Matter

The royal Society of London sends warm greetings to the Societa Italiana di Fisica on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the electrical pile by Alessandro Volta, and gladly pays tribute to a noble scientific genius. The work of this great compatriot of Galileo, following on that of Galvani, is the foundation of modern electricity both in its experimental and in its theoretical aspects. It has led through the work of Faraday and others to the great developments of electrical engineering which have transformed, and are still transforming, the civilization of our age. It has also led through the work of a long line of physicists of many nations to a new and better understanding of the ultimate nature of matter. This understanding indeed is far from complete, and the discovery of Volta will in all probability have consequences in the future both for scientific thought and for the material progress of humanity fully as great as those which it has already had.

Quakers and the Royal Society of London in the seventeenth century

1976 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-150
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
The Other ◽  
Central Question ◽  
Scientific Thought ◽  
Historical Interpretation ◽  
Free Inquiry ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Scientific Endeavour ◽  
Royal Society Of London

One of the more vigorously debated problems of historical interpretation in recent years has been that of the relationship between Puritanism and science in the seventeenth century. The controversy over this problem has at times been heated, and it has attracted the participation of a number of scholars including Christopher Hill, Leo F. Solt, Hugh Kearney, Theodore K. Rabb, Barbara J. Shapiro, and Richard L. Greaves. The central question in the debate has been, ‘Did Puritanism contribute to the development and acceptance of scientific thought?’ Two major lines of argument have been followed. One has involved the examination of Puritan ideas and attitudes which may have been supportive of scientific endeavour. Included among these have been the Puritan emphasis upon empiricism, interest in the study of nature for the glory of God, and the support of free inquiry in opposition to authoritarianism. The other line of argument has involved the analysis of the membership of scientific groups such as the Royal Society of London in order to assess the level of Puritan participation and interest.

Service at St. Paul's Cathedral

1961 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-99
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Past ◽  
Select Group ◽  
Future Success ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Founder Member ◽  
Christopher Wren ◽  
Royal Society Of London

On Sunday 24 July 1960, Fellows of die Royal Society and guests attending the Tercentenary Celebrations were present at 10.30 at the Morning Service in St Paul’s Cathedral. The congregation was approximately 1500 and 400 seats under the Dome were reserved for the President and other Officers together with Fellows, their friends and Tercentenary guests. The service was Mattins which was sung by the Minor Canons and the Cathedral Choir. A prayer for the Royal Society was included in the order of service, and the hymn before the sermon was, ‘From thee all skill and science flow’ (English Hymnal 525), and the Psalm was VIII ‘O, Lord our Governor how excellent is thy Name in all the world’. For his sermon the Dean, the Very Reverend W. R. Matthews, took as his text the third verse of the forty-third psalm: O send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill and to thy tabernacles. and said: ‘We welcome today members of the Royal Society of London and many distinguished friends and visitors who are attending the celebration of 300 years of work in the cause of science. Nowhere could they be more welcome, and no church could be more appropriate as the place where thanksgivings should be offered for the past and prayers for the future success of this world renowned learned society. For we remember with pride that Christopher Wren, the architect of this Cathedral in whose masterpiece we are assembled today, was a founder member of the Royal Society. In a lecture at Gresham College, not far from here, he suggested the formation of a select group of learned men to pursue the quest of the knowledge of nature by experiment.

Cuckoo chicks evicting their nest mates: coincidental observations by Edward Jenner in England and Antoine Joseph Lottinger in France

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Spencer G. Sealy ◽  
Mélanie F. Guigueno
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Cuculus Canorus ◽  
Common Cuckoo ◽  
Cuckoo Chick ◽  
The Common ◽  
Made In ◽  
Royal Society Of London

For centuries, naturalists were aware that soon after hatching the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) chick became the sole occupant of the fosterer's nest. Most naturalists thought the adult cuckoo returned to the nest and removed or ate the fosterer's eggs and young, or the cuckoo chick crowded its nest mates out of the nest. Edward Jenner published the first description of cuckoo chicks evicting eggs and young over the side of the nest. Jenner's observations, made in England in 1786 and 1787, were published by the Royal Society of London in 1788. Four years before Jenner's observations, in 1782, Antoine Joseph Lottinger recorded eviction behaviour in France and published his observations in Histoire du coucou d'Europe, in 1795. The importance of Lottinger's and Jenner's observations is considered together.

scholarly journals IX. An account of trigonometrical operations in the years 1821, 1822 and 1823, for determining the difference of longitude between the Royal Observatories of Paris and Greenwich

1828 ◽  
Vol 118 ◽  
pp. 153-239 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Royal Academy ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The Church ◽  
Royal Society Of London

In the year 1790, a series of trigonometrical operations was carried on by General Roy, in co-operation with Messrs. De Cassini, Mechain, and Legendre, for the purpose of connecting the meridians of Paris and Greenwich. In England, the work commenced with a base measured on Hounslow Heath, whence triangles were carried through Hanger Hill Tower and Severndroog Castle on Shooter’s Hill, to Fairlight Down, Folkstone Turnpike, and Dover Castle on the English coast; which last stations were connected with the church of Notre Dame at Calais, and with Blancnez and Montlambert upon the coast of France. An account of these operations will be found in the Philosophical Transactions for 1790. In the year 1821, the Royal Academy of Sciences and the Board of Longitude at Paris communicated to the Royal Society of London their desire, that the operations for connecting the meridians of Paris and Greenwich should be repeated jointly by both countries, and that commissioners should be nominated by the Royal Academy of Sciences and by the Royal Society of London for that purpose. This proposal having been readily acceded to, Messrs. Arago and Matthieu were chosen on the part of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and Lieut.-Colonel (then Captain) Colby and myself were appointed by the Royal Society to co-operate with them.

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