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Journal article
Science and the City: Spaces and geographies of Metropolitan Science
The Metropolitan Science research project, based at the University of Kent from 2017–2020 and designed to run alongside the Science City gallery project, explores the significant place of craft, trade and commercial institutions in the development of London’s technical and experimental knowledge cultures. Drawing on this research, this paper presents...Higgitt, Rebekah ; Kilburn-Toppin, Jasmine ; Moxham, Noah
trade, London, commerce, institutions, practice, craft, early modern, knowledge, and spaces
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A catalogue of the collections of Mexican amber at the Natural History Museum, London and National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
A catalogue is here provided of the pieces of Mexican amber with inclusions in the collections of the Natural History Museum, London, and National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, both in the United Kingdom. There are 32 pieces in the Natural History Museum and 101 pieces in National Museums Scotland which contain...Ross, Andrew ; Mellish, C ; Crighton, Bill ; York, P V
Edinburgh, London, inclusions, arthropods, and Mexican amber
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Book chapter
Performing Scottishness in England: dressing the London Scottish Volunteer Rifles
This chapter examines expressions of Scottish difference through the dress and activities of ‘the London Scottish’, a volunteer corps established in 1859. It addresses its connections with the Caledonian Society of London and the Highland Society of London, a revival of links between Scottish associational culture and military volunteering established...Allan, Stuart
England, London, Volunteer, Military, and Associational culture