A Roman tercentenary
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20314833 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Cook (0009-0007-5016-7748, 8 Wootton Way, Cambridge CB3 9LX, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 273-273 |
| Publication date | 2002-09-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-9149 • E-ISSN: 1743-0178 |
| Publisher | The Royal Society (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1098/rsnr.2002.0183 |
| OpenAlex | W2075029355 |
| Language | EN |
Three hundred years ago, on 6 October 1702, the Pope, Clement XI, inaugurated a new meridian line in the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Rome, a line that had been set out by a Fellow of The Royal Society, Francesco Bianchini. In my foreword to our January issue I wrote something of his career at the papal court in Rome, of his activities as an astronomer and his membership of the Accademia Fisicamathematica associated with Queen Christina of Sweden (who then lived in Rome). The portrait shows Ada, Countess of Lovelace (1815–1852). (Reproduced courtesy of the Science and Society Library.)
Art · Art history · Astronomer · Courtesy · Humanities · Political science · Portrait · Queen (butterfly) · Classics · Historical and Architectural Studies · History of Medicine Studies · History of Science and Medicine · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |