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June 3rd, 2009
Find out about Flamsteed’s well telescope – how it worked, what the Royal Observatory’s astronomers hoped to see with it, and whether they succeeded.
Find out about Flamsteed’s well telescope – how it worked, what the Royal Observatory’s astronomers hoped to see with it, and whether they succeeded.
Richard Dunn tells us all about the Royal Observatory’s 28-inch telescope and reveals why some say its dome reminds them of an onion.
Conservator Paul Cook tells the improbable story of a small hydrogen balloon and its mission to find lost polar explorers.
Rebekah Higgitt, Curator of History of Science and Technology, talks about one of her favourite objects – an early 19th-century astronomy board game, in which the winner was crowned Astronomer Royal.
George Oates, from the photo-sharing website Flickr, has come to the Museum to search through the stores. Lucinda Donnachie finds out about the historic photographs that George has found.
To celebrate the republication of Mary Lacy’s autobiography, The Female Shipwright, Margarette Lincoln tells us more about this amazing woman who ran away to sea at just 15 years old.