| Description | List of exhibits at the Royal Society's conversazione at Burlington House, arranged in six groups, possibly by room. Headed 'Burlington House. March 28th, 1863'. Marked in red crayon verso, '1863. March'. Items and exhibitors were as follows:
Relics and memorials of Linnaeus. Exhibited by the Linnaean Society.
Artificial fish-breeding. Mr. F. [Frank] Buckland.
Natural history specimens in magenta. Dr [Thomas Spencer?] Cobbold.
Curious caddis worm cases. Mr. [Alfred?] Smee.
Portion of a submarine cable, from a depth of 70 fathoms in the Mediterranean, with plants and animals attached. Mr. [Fleeming] Jenkin.
Views in Australia. Royal Geographical Society.
Paintings, by E. W. [Edward William] Cooke, A.R.A.
Photographs in aniline, and others by the reflecting process. Mr. [William Henry] Olley.
Microscopes and photographs of the Moon. Smith & Beck.
Apparatus for viewing the mixed colours of the spectrum; and dynamical top. Professor J. [James] Clark Maxwell.
Aneroid barometers. Spencer, Browning and Company.
Barometer on Whiting's principle. Elliott Brothers.
Photographs of the Glasgow Waterworks. J. F. [John Frederick] Bateman F.R.S.
Models of bridges constructed in the main drainage works. Metropolitan Board of Works.
Models of native boats from interior of Australia. Royal Geographical Society.
Specimens of thallium. Mr. [William] Crookes.
Fragment of Great Australian Meteorite. Professor [August Theodore] Abel.
Collection of medals. Mons. [Jacques] Wiener.
Wood carvings. [William Gibbs or George Alfred] Rogers.
Majolica tiles. Morris, Marshall & Company.
Views of Alpine scenery. G. [George] Barnard.
Model of a shield ship. Captain Cowper Coles R.N.
Apparatus for the explosion of mines by frictional electricity, as used by the Austrian Government. Professor [Frederick Augustus] Abel.
Views on the coast of Java, and in Australia. Royal Geographical Society.
Japanese paintings. Mr. [Frederick] Leighton.
Microscopes. Ross; and Powell & Lealand.
Plans and drawings of main drainage works. Metropolitan Board of Works.
In Lower Library:
Model of the Thames Embankment. Metropolitan Board of Works.
Improved pump. Mr. Clarkson.
Large map, illustrating Dr. [Hinrich Johannes] Rink's theory of glaciers in Greenland. |