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The Selenographia Moon Globes
The Selenographia Moon Globes sprosser Fri, 28/07/2023 - 10:44 Video The Objectivity team return to the RAS Library and Archives and look at lunar globes created by John Russell, an artist and selenographer who borrowed his telescope from a very famous astronomer... For the full series of videos on the Objectivity YouTube channel featuring treasures from the
Our oldest printed book
Our oldest printed book sprosser Thu, 04/04/2024 - 15:55 Video Brady Haran visits the RAS Library and Archives and asks to look at the oldest book in our collection. This video on the Objectivity YouTube channel features De natura rerum by Isidore of Seville. This text about nature and astronomy was originally written by Isidore in the 7th century CE. The ve
Book review: The Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes
Book review: The Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes sprosser Thu, 17/10/2024 - 23:38 Video One of the collection strengths of the Royal Astronomical Society Library is its large number of biographies of astronomers. For History Day 2024 , we are sharing a short reel by our archivist Kate Bond on Richard Holmes' The Age of Wonder, a classic group biography of 18
The RAS Bicentennial Quilts
The RAS Bicentennial Quilts sprosser Wed, 06/08/2025 - 14:26 Video Overview This video was created by Jodrell Bank, who exhibited the Bicentennial Quilts in 2025 (for more information about past and forthcoming exhibitions of the Bicentennial Quilts, see below). The Royal Astronomical Society Bicentennial Quilt project was launched as part of the celebration