Account of a Very Odd Monstrous Calf

[GOM]

In case anyone is interested, the complete archive of the Royal Society journals, including some of the most significant scientific papers published since 1665, has been made freely available online for a period of two months. See http://www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/index.cfm?page=1392
Some examples are listed below.

Robert Boyle’s account of a Very Odd Monstrous Calf - 1665
Robert Boyle’s Observables upon a Monstrous Head – 1666
Robert Hooke, preserving animals by blowing through their lungs with bellows - 1667
Isaac Newton's reflecting telescope - 1672
Benjamin Franklin’s legendary kite experiment, drawing down lightning and showing its electrical nature - 1752
Edmund Stone’s observations on Willow bark, leading to the discovery of Aspirin - 1763
Daines Barrington’s account of a very remarkable young musician (Mozart) - 1770
Joseph Priestley's discovery of oxygen - 1775
William Hershel's discovery of Uranus - 1783 (or Georgium Sidus)
William Henry Fox Talbot’s first account of photography - 1839
Richard Owen's discovery of Archeopteryx fossil, the earliest and most primative known bird - 1863
Arthur Eddington’s solar eclipse observations, confirming Einstein’s general theory of relativity - 1919

I have yet to access the rest of the archive but there should be some nuggets in there.

Your moft humble and obedient fervant,

Ralph

[GOM]

This one explains why my flame sometimes goes out
It's the "damp"

http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/medi ... 24uh46.pdf

Ralph