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Electrifying Women 5 Key Themes: Collaboration Learning Resource
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Electrifying Women 5 Key Themes: Innovation Learning Resource
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Exhibition catalogue
Bright Sparke: Bright Bindings
The development of publishers' book bindings in the late nineteenth century led to an explosion of bright, decorative covers for popular science and technology books. These examples of science and graphic art for the masses represented natural phenomena and the latest technical advances. The exhibition highlights 'bright sparks' in astronomy,...Wyatt, Nick
geography, electricity, biology, aeronautics, geology, leather, book binding, nineteenth century, mathematics, publishing, art, engineering, chemistry, physics, and astronomy
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Exhibition catalogue
Women in Science in Europe: Exhibits from the Science Museum Library
This booklet comprises the text and exhibit labels for the exhibition “Women in Science in Europe: Exhibits from the Science Museum Library”, 20 November 2000 to 27 February 2001, together with a list of sources. -
Journal article
Inventor, devoted daughter, or lover? Uncovering the life and work of Victorian naval engineer Henrietta Vansittart (1833–1883)
This article focuses on the life and work of Victorian naval engineer Henrietta Vansittart (1833–1883), who designed and patented the Lowe-Vansittart propeller, a model of which is held in the Science Museum collections. Vansittart is a rare example of a woman who practised as an engineer in nineteenth century Britain,...Rees Koerner, Emily
propeller design, engineering, naval engineering, journal article, women in STEM, and nineteenth century
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Journal article
‘Applied science’ in nineteenth-century Britain: public discourse and the creation of meaning, 1817–1876
‘Applied science’ has long been a competitor with the concept of technology for the space between theory and praxis. This paper explores how the concept emerged in mid-nineteenth-century Britain through public sphere discussions in a cycle of rhetoric that linked the press, the development of new educational institutions and the...Bud, Robert