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Nature· 2 days agoOn this date Prof, van Bemmelen completes his eightieth year, and he was to have received the personal congratulations of friends and disciples from all parts of the world. Owing to his illness ...
David Gregory's Commentary on Newton's “Principia” - Nature
Nature· 2 days agoNature, 172, 690 (1953).Article ADS Google Scholar “Dictionary of National Biography”, article “David Gregory”Rigaud, S. P., “Historical Essay on the First Publication of Sir Isaac Newton's Principia” (
The Darwin Library at Down House - Nature
Nature· 2 days agoTHERE is at present a small collection of books, etc., known as the Darwin Library, at Down House, Downe, Kent, the home of Darwin from 1842 until 1882, which is now in the hands of the British ...
Date and Place of Priestley's Discovery of Oxygen - Nature
Nature· 2 days agoIN NATURE of March 11, Mr. H. G. Wayling states that “At Lansdowne House on August 1, 1774, Priestley discovered oxygen”; and a similar statement is made by Sir Philip Hartog in the “Dictionary of National Biography”.
Industrial England in the Middle of the Eighteenth Century - Nature
Nature· 2 days agoTHE conditions of the chief industries of the country at the date (1754) when the Society of Arts was founded were surveyed by Sir Henry Trueman Wood in an elaborate paper read by him at a meeting ...
Inside Stevie Nick's relationship with former bandmate Lindsey Buckingham
Daily Express· 2 days agoIt's been decades since Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham broke up, but their...
Biography of Sir Norman Lockyer - Nature
Nature· 2 days agoMISS LOCKYER and I are preparing a biography of my husband, Sir Norman Lockyer, in a form which I hope will make it not only of interest to his many friends and admirers, ...
A Founder of the Royal Horticultural Society - Nature
Nature· 2 days agoTHE Royal Horticultural Society was founded at a meeting on March 7, 1804, at Mr. Hatchard's house in Piccadilly. Charles Greville, whose biography forms the subject of a ...
Sir William Tilden, F. R. S. (1842–1926) - Nature
Nature· 2 days agoSIR WILLIAM AUGUSTUS TILDEN, the centenary of whose birth falls on August 15, is best remembered as an inspiring teacher and for his pioneering work in connexion with scientific teaching in ...
Palæontology at the Royal School of Mines - Nature
Nature· 2 days agoIN reading the excellent review of the biography of Sir R. Owen, which appeared in last week's NATURE, I observe an error which, though small, requires correction. The records ...
