From Hair Restorer to Industrial Health: Cataloguing the Manchester Medical Collection (1801-1949)
I joined the Special Collections team in March as part of an exciting new project to catalogue and promote engagementContinue Reading
Tag: History of Science
The Great Depths of Space: Cataloguing the Papers of Zdeněk Kopal
Jane Speller writes: With generous support from the American Institute of Physics, work has started on cataloguing the papers ofContinue Reading
Online Catalogue of John Dalton Manuscripts
Dr James Peters writes: We are pleased to announce that an online catalogue for the John Dalton manuscripts is nowContinue Reading
Reader Services Curious Finds -Moxon’s Mechanick Exercises
Today’s Curious Find comes from one of our regular readers, Mr Michael Gilligan, who has brought Joseph Moxon’s Mechanik Exercises toContinue Reading
Remarkable Discovery of New Alan Turing Papers
Dr James Peters writes: The Library has recently received a previously-unknown cache of correspondence of the mathematician and computer scientistContinue Reading
Edward Schunck and the History of Dyeing
Dr James Peters writes: As reported in a recent blog post, the Library has acquired the archives of the ICIContinue Reading
Radioactive Thorotrast in 1930s Diagnostic Radiology
Thorotrast was a radiographic contrast agent first introduced in the late 1920s which contained the radioactive compound thorium dioxide. OriginallyContinue Reading
The Advent of Antiseptic Surgery
Joseph Lister was a British surgeon who practised and lectured for many years in both Edinburgh and Glasgow but heContinue Reading
Before the body-snatchers; the early anatomists and Manchester’s ‘mad’ scientists
Manchester University has a much celebrated and prestigious reputation in scientific scholarship. Our current superstars are the likes of BrianContinue Reading