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I was pleased to be able to speak at (and help organise) the Connecting with Collections Symposium a few weeks ago.  That event showcased some of the work that was done as part of the AHRC-funded Connecting with Collections internship scheme. The day went pretty well, I think.  For those that weren’t able to make it, I have put a recording of my presentation together with the slides I used, to create a lovely video which summarises the research I did during my internship.  I

This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. At the start of this project I was only hoping to find some documentation linked to the equatorium that Derek Price built – so I was amazed when I found the equatorium itself.  It’s now on display in the Whipple Museum for the History of Science (open Monday-Friday, 12.30-4.30; admission free). But I still haven’t found much of the documentation I was searching for in the first place.  I imagined I’d be ab

This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. Last Friday was a proud day, as the object I re-discovered and am now researching went on display at the Whipple Museum of the History of Science.  Here it is in its new home: The smaller model is the one I built (see my earlier posts for the full story).  We’re displaying both models as an example of research in the Museum, and the work of the Connecting with Collections project.  The glass panel will soo

This post is cross-posted (with minor modifications) from the Connecting with Collections blog. This month the Connecting with Collections interns are all posting on the theme of who?  In my last CwC post I raised some biographical issues and introduced my main subject, Derek de Solla Price.  So this time I’ll write about a significant supporting character: Sir Lawrence Bragg. Bragg is justly famous in the history of science: he remains the youngest ever winner of a Nobel Pri

This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. My current project is about King Arthur’s Table.  I described this in a previous post.  As I’ve explained before, it stems from my PhD research into a 14th-century manuscript, The Equatorie of the Planetis. Yesterday I was in London, looking in the archives of the Royal Institution for information about how and why King Arthur’s Table was built according to the instructions in the manuscript.  I didn’t find

Remember when I found King Arthur’s Round Table?  I told the story way back in my second ever blog post.  Go and have a read if you’ve not already – it’s quite the Indiana Jones adventure.  Or just skip to the summary below… SUMMARY: Six-foot model of “my” equatorium built for top historian of science Derek de Solla Price in 1950s.  Long lost.  Found but not identified and renamed “King Arthur’s Table” by witty cataloguer.  Found in the Whipple stores by me, with help from th