One of the earliest scientific findings signed by a woman is part of a newly-digitised collection.
By Georgina RannardOne of the first scientific findings signed by a woman is now online for the public to see for the first time.
It is the first letter in the archives of the Society's journal - called Philosophical Transactions - known to be sent by a woman in her own name. Most women at the time had limited access to formal education and would not be considered intellectual equals to men.A drawing of a sundog by Martha Gerrish who signed the letter to the Royal Society with her own name
Drawings of the dinosaur fossils were crucial to collectors but also to anatomists who were trying to work out how the bones fitted together to form an animal, Mr Moore adds. But William Herschel was using a powerful new telescope and "suddenly he found something new, which was the first planet discovered in modern history".
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