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A few of my favourite things…
Over the next few weeks, we will be looking at some of the fascinating objects associated with Thomson. Today’s object of choice is this mechanical calculating machine, manufactured by Swedish company,...
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A few of my favourite things…II
In the next instalment of interesting objects (chosen solely on the discerning basis that I rather like them!) are these intelligence testing blocks from the Godfrey Thomson unit: Testing blocks were...
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A few of my favourite things…III
In his mid 20s, Thomson found himself studying for a PhD under the formidable talents of Nobel Prize winining physicist, Karl Ferdinand Braun, at the University of Strasburg. Today’s object is from...
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‘Who is that chap with the terrific head?!’
Robert Heriot Westwater’s most famous portrait is probably that of Christopher Murray Grieve (more widely known by his nom de plume, Hugh McDiarmid!). But Westwater also painted two very different...
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