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Blog The Ross Ice Shelf, named in honour of Captain Ross’ expedition.
History of science

Searching for the South Pole

An unassuming painting sets Laurence Scales on the trail of an 1841 Antarctic voyage to the bottom of the world.

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Blog A child looking into the display cases of the Faraday museum
History of science

Six amazing objects from the Ri's Faraday Museum

Tucked away in the heart of Mayfair is our must-see free museum for science and history fans alike.

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Blog Robert’s first letter after landing in Gallipoli postmarked for the same day as the announcement of his death.
Art, culture and society History of science

Letters to Gwendoline – WWI Bragg family correspondence

One story of Gallipoli told through letters home in memory of Anzac Day

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From the collection A still from the movement of a magnetic fluid and other film trims archival films
History of science

Movement of a magnetic fluid and other film trims

The movement of a magnetic fluid underneath a glass plate under a microscope.

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From the collection A still from the 50 years a winner video
History of science

50 years a winner

In 1965 the BBC commissioned this programme to celebrate the 50th anniversary of William Lawrence Bragg winning the Nobel Prize

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From the collection A demonstration of Michael Faraday’s lines of force
History of science

Demonstration of Michael Faraday’s lines of force

A silent excerpt from an educational film describing Michael Faraday’s discovery of lines of force.

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From the collection A crowd of people
History of science

Prelude to power: The story of Faraday and the induction ring

This black and white film from the late 1950s details the scientific researches of Michael Faraday undertaken at the Royal

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From the collection still from the soap film series, with printed text saying 'THE COLOURS OF SOAP FILMS' written in cursive
History of science

Exploring the Colours of Soap Films in Motion

This film, possibly made at the Royal Institution in the early 1930s by A.S.G. Lawrence, demonstrates the colours produced in

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From the collection A still from the Soap Films collection, which reads 'SURFACE CHEMISTRY'
History of science

Surface chemistry

This film comes from the ‘Nobel Science Series’ from the American Institute of Motion Pictures.

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From the collection Still of Lawrence Bragg
History of science

Refraction and scattering of light

Demonstrations of the science and application of light's refractive properties.

Refraction and scattering of light Read more

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