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<p><b>Cover image</b><br />Electrical machine developed by Joseph Priestley to aid his study of electricity. Operated by turning the handle [right as viewed], which makes the glass globe rotate and rub against a fixed pad, producing an electrical charge.<br /><br />Inscribed in the bottom right corner ‘JA Bostock’.<br /><br />Priestley's original electrical machine is part of the Royal Society's museum object collection (image number: RS.8458).<br /><br />From <i>The Priestley Papers</i>, a volume containing portraits, drawings, letters and other memorials of Joseph Priestley, curated and edited by James Yates.<br /><br />Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) British theologian and natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1766.<br /><br />James Yates (1789-1871) British Unitarian minister and scholar was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1839. Though he never met Priestley personally, Yates knew many of his relatives, friends and pupils, and spent much of his career documenting his discoveries and writings.</p>](/cms/asset/bcb293a5-45d5-43bb-880f-9b268614c959/rsnr.2022.76.issue-1.cover.gif)
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Notes and Records
Notes and Records is an international journal which publishes original research in the history of science, technology and medicine. In addition to publishing peer-reviewed research articles in all areas of the history of science, technology and medicine, Notes and Records welcomes other forms of contribution including: research notes elucidating recent archival discoveries (in the collections of The Royal Society and elsewhere).
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