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history of science.
Sprat was one of several children born to Thomas Sprat, a poor parish curate who held B.A. and M.A. degrees from Ox… Royal , royal having the status of or under the patronage of a king or queen. Royal is also a name for a paper size, 636 x 480 mm (in full metric royal), and… Sir Frank Watson Dyson , astronomy.
On graduating in the mathematical tripos at Cambridge, England, as second wrangler in 1889, Dyson began research on gravitational problems… Aras , ARAS Associate of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Glaisher, James
meteorology.
Glaisher seems to have been largely self-educated and to have acquired his interest in science on visits… Royal Philharmonic Society , Royal Philharmonic Society. Founded in London, Jan. 1813 for encouragement of orch. and instr. concerts and immediately promoted annual series of con…
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