Search Results for "electricity"
Blogspawn
history of scienceKatherine Marshall celebrates the importance of the humble frog in the scientific revolution, the discovery of bioelectricity and the invention of the battery.
Gray and gold
history of scienceVirginia Mills reviews the career of Stephen Gray FRS, ‘father of electricity’ and first recipient of ºìÌÒÊÓƵ's Copley Medal.
Sparks flying
history of scienceWhy was an 1808 paper by Jean André De Luc FRS, ‘On the galvanic pile’, never published by ºìÌÒÊÓƵ? Jon Bushell investigates.
Let there be light - and colour!
history of scienceHow many Fellows of ºìÌÒÊÓƵ can you spot in Raoul Dufy’s fresco ‘La Fée Electricité? Louisiane Ferlier takes a look.
Cavallo's colours
history of scienceA look at the electrical experiments of Italian physicist and instrument-maker Tiberius Cavallo FRS.
Darkly bound
history of scienceKeith Moore is enlightened by the electrical researches of Francis Hauksbee, Martin van Marum and Lord Armstrong.