Search Results for "James Glaisher"

Mars attracts

history of science
Rupert Baker
23 February 2021
5 mins

The Mars Perseverance rover is the latest in a long line of attempts to map and understand the Red Planet. Rupert Baker finds some earlier examples in the archives of the Royal Society.

Opening envelopes

history of science
Keith Moore
21 April 2016
4 mins

Keith Moore recounts the exploits of James Glaisher FRS, intrepid balloonist and editor of the 'Illustrated London Almanack'.