| Description | Honoured in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
Brief listing of exhibits and exhibitors at the Royal Society's special exhibition to mark the centenary at Burlington House, London, with descriptive text. Commencing with an introductory essay 'The Tercentenary of the Royal Society's Charter', by Sir Harold Hartley. End-notes state that floral displays are by courtesy of the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and that 'By the courtesy of the President and Council of the Geological Society, their rooms have been opened for this occasion'.
The Journal Book of the Royal Society.
The first and second Charters of the Royal Society which passed the Great Seal on 15 July 1662 and 22 April 1663 respectively.
The Mace of the Royal Society presented by King Charles II in 1663.
The Charter Book of the Royal Society which contains the signatures of the Royal Patrons and of the Fellows of the Society.
The Hand Bell presented by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1960.
1. The evolution of the optical microscope, exhibited by Dr. John Randal Baker, Department of Zoology, Oxford.
2. The Royal Society Expedition to Tristan da Cunha, January-March 1962, exhibited by Dr. I.G. Glass, University of Leeds (leader) and members of the expedition.
3. Plastic design of steel structures, exhibited by Sir John Baker, Engineering Department, Cambridge.
4. Rubber hysteresis in skidding, exhibited by Sir William Glanville, Director of Road Research Laboratory, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and Dr. D. Tabor, Research Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.
5. Plant growth, exhibited by Professor Ralph Louis Wain, Director, ARC Plant Growth Substance and Systemic Fungicide Unit, ARC Unit of Plant Morphogenesis, Department of Biological Sciences, Wye College and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
6. The Ariel 1 artificial Earth satellite (prototype version), exhibited by Sir Harrie Massey, University College London, Dr. R.L.F. Boyd, Department of Physics, University College London, Professor H. Elliott, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, Professor J. Sayers, Department of Electron Physics, Birmingham University, Professor E.A. Stewardson, Department of Physics, Leicester University, and Mr. M.O. Robins, Project Management Unit, University College London.
7. Radio astronomy, exhibited by Sir Bernard Lovell, Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank, and Professor Martin Ryle, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.
The following film will be shown:
Evolution in progress. The story of natural selection and 'Industrial Melanism', exhibited by Dr. Henry Bernard Davis Kettlewell, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford. Cinematography by Dr. Niko Tinbergen, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford. |