| Description | Explanatory text used for an exhibit at Burlington House, apparently intended for the Royal Society's conversaziones of 1886. The display of two bolometers, lent by Samuel Pierpont Langley and exhibited by Arthur William Rucker, did not take place until the soiree of 11 May 1887..
Text reads: 'The Royal Society 1886. Exhibited by Prof. Rucker. Bolometers'.
The label has a red ink border and highlighting to the 'T', 'R' and 'S' of The Royal Society. Text struck through in pencil. The label was re-purposed: the reverse has a table of attendees at the Royal Society's Committee of Papers, 1887-1888, with dates of attendances. |