| Description | General information and reports on the history of the Royal Society, apparently kept for the purpose of speech-writing and general knowledge. Topics include: notes on Burlington House and its other occupiers; homes of the Royal Society; reports to Council; the Royal Society and the State (timeline); medals; scientific relations with Russia; captions for volume 2 of Larry Burrows' Churchill Memoirs; famous Fellows of the Royal Society; and a lecture text 'The Royal Society and science in Britain' by David Christie Martin. |