Book Review: Materials for a History of the Rasc: Looking up: A History of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

1995 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-275
Author(s):  
Kansas State University ◽  
John Lankford
Keyword(s):  
Astronomical Society ◽  
Royal Astronomical Society ◽  
History Of

Napier Tercentenary Celebration, July 1914

1914 ◽  
Vol 7 (110) ◽  
pp. 299-300
Author(s):  
C.G. Knott
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
History Of Mathematics ◽  
Astronomical Society ◽  
Town Council ◽  
Royal Astronomical Society ◽  
University College ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
The Town ◽  
Educational Importance

John Napier's Logarithmorum Canonis Mirifici Descriptio was published in 1614 ; and it is proposed to celebrate the tercentenary of this great event in the history of mathematics by a Congress, to be held in Edinburgh on Friday, 24th July, 1914, and following days.The Celebration is being held under the auspices of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, on whose invitation a General Committee has been formed, representing the Royal Society of London, the Royal Astronomical Society, the Town Council of Edinburgh, the Faculty of Actuaries, the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow, the Universities of St. Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh, the University College of Dundee, and many other bodies and institutions of educational importance.The President and Council of the Royal Society of Edinburgh have now the honour of giving a general invitation to mathematicians and others interested in this coming Celebration.

scholarly journals Charles Babbage and the Ophthalmoscope

1940 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 146-148 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Active Part ◽  
Scientific Instruments ◽  
Astronomical Society ◽  
Royal Astronomical Society ◽  
Great Utility ◽  
History Of ◽  
Design And Construction

In the early part of 1940, at one of the dinners of the Royal Society A Dining Club, Sir John Parsons drew the attention of those present to a fact of some interest in the history of the Society, namely, that the Ophthalmoscope had been invented by Charles Babbage, F.R.S., in 1847, four years before H. von Helmholtz published his Eines Augen-Spiegels in 1851. Von Helmholtz however foresaw the great utility of his invention and devised a much more efficient instrument without knowing what Babbage had done and it is to him therefore that the credit belongs. Babbage is well known as a mathematician who interested himself in the design and construction of scientific instruments. He was at Peterhouse, Cambridge, and was elected to the Fellowship of the Society in 1816. From 1828 to 1839 he held the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at Cambridge, but is said to have delivered no lectures during his tenure of it. He took an active part in the foundation of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1820, and was secretary of it until 1824.

scholarly journals History of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1820–1920

Nature ◽  
1924 ◽  
Vol 113 (2836) ◽  
pp. 343-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. A. M.
Keyword(s):  
Astronomical Society ◽  
Royal Astronomical Society ◽  
History Of

Conversazione to mark the quater-centenary of the birth of Galileo

1964 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-119
Keyword(s):  
History Of Science ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
British Society ◽  
National Committee ◽  
Astronomical Society ◽  
Royal Astronomical Society ◽  
Original Works ◽  
History Of

A conversazione was held on Thursday, 9 July to mark the quatercentenary of the birth of Galileo. On this occasion some 350 Fellows and their Ladies, representatives of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, the BritishItalian Society, the British Society for the History of Science and the British National Committee for the History of Science attended. Professor E. N. da C. Andrade, F.R.S., arranged an exhibit of books by and closely concerning Galileo. This included many original works by Galileo, modern translations into English and selected books containing references to Galileo from Professor Andrade’s own collections and from the libraries of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Royal Society.

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