RMG History of Science internships: 2004–2011
The following is a list of previous interns and projects at the Museum, with an indication of outputs produced, in addition to a submitted report on the research undertaken.
2011
- Ezra, Ruth, The Instruments and Visual Culture of Thomas Tuttle (outputs: research seminar NMM)
- Homes, Caitlin, The Maskelyne Collection at the NMM (outputs: list of Maskelyne manuscripts, two blog posts: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/blogs/longitude/?p=64 and http://www.nmm.ac.uk/blogs/longitude/?p=61)
- Lim, Philly, Greenwich Park Research Project: an Interactive Demonstration of the History of Greenwich Park (outputs: research seminar NMM, digital interactive: http://nmm.boxuk.net/visit/exhibitions/greenwich-park-interactive/)
- Maddaluno, Lavinia, Study of Instruments made for the Overseas Market
- McIlvenna, Kathleen, From Experiment to Relic: the Transitional Identity of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable and the Creation of Cable Communities through Submarine Cable Collections (outputs: MSC dissertation, research seminar NMM and elsewhere, blog post: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/blogs/collections/2011/09/how_to_celebrate_a_submarine_t.html)
- Salisbury, Hannah, The Life and Inventions of Ralph Walker, 1749–1824
2010
- Barrett, Katy, The Barrington Papers and the 1765 Longitude Act (outputs: transcription of manuscripts, published article in Notes and Records of the Royal Society: http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/65/2/145.abstract , research seminars NMM and elsewhere, two blog posts: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/library/2011/01/the_barrington_papers_small_pe.html and http://www.nmm.ac.uk/blogs/longitude/?p=16)
- Evans, Nick, Tale of the Gunter Scale (outputs: research seminar NMM)
- Finch-Boyer, Heloise, The History of Electronic Charts (outputs: research seminars NMM and elsewhere)
- Huang, Hsiang-Fu, Orreries in the NMM Collection (outputs: MSc dissertation)
- Scally, Hannah, The Admiralty Compass Observatory (outputs: research seminar NMM)
2009
- Blakemore, Richard, Navigating Culture: Early Modern Navigational Instruments as Cultural Artefacts (outputs: research seminar NMM, conference paper, published article forthcoming in Journal for Maritime History)
- Helling, Colin, The Search for a Naval Rangefinder, 1880–1905
- Kay, Michael, The Weigel Globe (outputs: research seminar NMM)
- Tirapicos, Luis, Reflecting Telescopes: from British Makers to Portuguese Astronomers and Students
- Wilson, Lydia, Study of Four Arabic Astrolabes in NMM Collection
2008
- Belknap, Geoff, Photography, the Press, and Popular Science in the 1874 Transit of Venus Enterprise (outputs: chapter in PhD thesis, research seminar NMM)
- Marchesetti, Andrea, The Society for Opposing the Endowment of Research: George Biddell Airy and His Role in the Debate on the State Funding of Research (outputs: research seminar NMM)
- Paskins, Mat, Henry Constantine Jennings (outputs: research seminar NMM)
- Raposo, Pedro, The Royal Observatory, Greenwich: a House of Science or a Scientific House? (outputs: blog post: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/blogs/collections/2008/09/the_royal_observatory_greenwich.html) and chapter in PhD dissertation.
- Zuroski, Emma, Chinese Compasses (outputs: improved object descriptions, published article in Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society)
2007
- Carrington, Peter, ‘All things which need to be known’: an Investigation into the Arabic Book The Book of Routes and Regions by Al-Istakhri at the National Maritime Museum (outputs: research seminar NMM)
- Cooper, John, A History of Maritime Radar: Technology and the Human Element (outputs: research seminar NMM, published article in Navigation News)
- Pilkington, Helen-Frances, Revamping One’s Library: the Airy Restoration at the Royal Observatory 1835–1840 (outputs: research seminar NMM)
- Taylor, Katie, The World in Your Pocket: a Study of Pocket Globes (outputs: section entry for Collections Online)
2006
- Davis, Sophia, Moving Compasses: from Ships to Aeroplanes at the Admiralty Compass Observatory (outputs: research seminars NMM and elsewhere, published article in The British Journal for the History of Science: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=4433476&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0007087408001210)
- Hobson, Lisa, The Development of the Sextant (outputs: MSc dissertation, article in Viewpoint: Newsletter of the British Society for the History of Science)
- Keene, Melanie, Globes and Games (outputs: exhibition proposal, education activities, research seminar NMM)
2005
- Dry, Sarah, Barometers in the NMM collection (outputs: research seminar NMM, published article in The British Journal for the History of Science: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=4433452&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0007087408001192)
- Jardine, Boris, Study of Instruments with Projections of the Celestial Sphere, Principally Gunter Quadrants (outputs: research seminar NMM, descriptions for Collections Online)
- Roberts, George, George Fisher: a Pioneer of Scientific Chronometer Research (outputs: research seminar NMM, published article in The British Journal for the History of Science: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=4433464&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0007087408001209)
2004
- Jamieson, Annie, The History and Historiography of the Artificial Horizon (outputs: research seminar NMM; draft article cited in Willem Mörzer Bruyns, Sextants at Greenwich)
- Reeves, Nicky, Investigating an Astronomer’s Library: Nevil Maskelyne and the Geography of Information Exchange, 1765–1811 (outputs: research seminar NMM)