Description | Press cuttings and other printed information concerning the Royal Society and its Fellows. Material gathered from a cuttings service and pasted into the volume by Royal Society staff. The volume contains some obituaries and death notices, including: Robert Robison (p.1); John Charles Philip (pp.7-11); Walter Gardiner (p.25); Arthur William Hill (p.27, pp31-32, p.43); Emile Picard (pp.63-64); Randal Thomas Mowbray Berekely, 8th Earl Berkeley (pp.91-95, p.101, p.107); William Bragg (pp.116-129, pp.134-135); and Joseph Larmor (p.149). Cuttings also give accounts of the Royal Society's meetings and events. Other content includes scientific contributions to the war effort, throughout, and notices of contemprary scientific developments. Specific topics are: Comenius Tercentenary celebrations (pp.10-18, p.45); Edmond Halley anniversary (p.105); Newton Tercentenary (p.136).
These cuttings are attached to printed labels noting the source journal and are generally date stamped. |