Search Results for "Charles Piazzi Smyth"

Prints for Christmas!

history of science
Katherine Marshall
14 November 2023
3 mins

A look at some of the festive gift options available in the Royal Society Print Shop.

Comet tales

history of science
Keith Moore
07 February 2023
4 mins

Keith Moore looks to the skies for comets past and present.

Cloud perspectives

history of science
Sandra Kemp
07 July 2021
6 mins

A new Royal Society Google Arts & Culture exhibition looks at how John Ruskin interacted with Victorian scientists in his depictions of the skies, as exhibition curator Professor Sandra Kemp explains.

Above the clouds

history of science
Ellen Embleton
29 October 2019
4 mins

Read about astronomer Charles Piazzi Smyth's papers documenting his trip to a volcanic mountain range in Tenerife.