| Description | Brief listing of historical exhibits arranged by the Royal Society on the occasion of a reception for the International Congress for Microbiology. Arranged by rooms, Rooms 1-3. The programme begins with a notice that guests will be received by Sir Albert Seward, Vice-President and Foreign Secretary.
Room 1 (Reception Room):
The Mace of the Royal Society presented by King Charles II in 1663.
The three Charters.
The Charter-book of the Royal Society.
The first volumes of Council Minutes, Journal Book, Letter Book and Register Book of the Royal Society.
Various early lists of Fellows of the Royal Society.
An iron chest presented by Mr. William Ball, the first Treasurer of the Royal Society in 1663.
Room 2:
Manuscript letters of Edmond Halley, Brook Taylor, Bernard Fontenelle and Philip Naude, acquired from the Newton Sale by Sir Robert Hadfield.
A photograph of bacteriologists who met in the Society's rooms in August 1891 with Lister as Chairman, exhibited by Charles Scott Sherrington.
Collection of early medical works from the Society's Library.
Room 3 (Principal Library):
First Table -
Letter from Pasteur to Roux, presented to the Royal Society by Charles Scott Sherrington.
Manuscript letters and papers by Roux, Darwin, and other Fellows of the Royal Society.
Centre Table -
Original reflecting telescope made by Newton in 1671.
The MS. Of the Principia and other memorials.
Newtoniana - a collection of engravings of Newton and his contemporaries, accompanied by short biographies, and in some cases, autograph letters.
Third Table -
An early air pump made by Hauksbee in 1715.
Priestley's electrical machine.
Chronometers used by Captain Cook.
Brass compass used by Sir Christopher Wren.
The original model for Davy's safety lamp.
Recesses in Library -
Original manuscripts and drawings relating to early work on microbiology by Fellows of the Royal Society: Grew, Hooke, Leeuwenhoek, Martin Lister, Malpighi, and Swammerdam.
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