Alexander McDonald, assistant surgeon on HMS Erebus, his #medicine chest, and a poem written by some year 4s regarding the items. The chest and tourniquet were retrieved from the #Arctic following the Franklin expedition and are now in Royal Museums Greenwich #theterror For Sam Pope!

John Wildman’s portrait of James Clark Ross, now in Royal Museums Greenwich, with a close up of his dipping needle - determining the North Magnetic Pole. On seeing the original, I’m pleased to see it’s pulled to 90 degrees - at the pole! Fine detail. For Fall of the House of Alexa Price, PhD 🍂🌘⚰️ #theterror #arctic

Unless you plan to live to 2117 (I do, obviously) this is the nearest you’ll ever come to witnessing the transit of Venus across the sun. Unless of course you saw it in 2012. In which case…bravo! #venus #astronomy #transit #science

Footnotes can lead you on a long journey!! From a reference in a paper by Michael Faraday in 1831, to a blue plaque and science festival in 21st-century #Cornwall #cornishscience Poly Falmouth #empire Falmouth University #history #science #theterror #cornish youtu.be/DYbj2CaISxE

She’s beautiful! The SS Nomadic - the last surviving White Star Line ship. Built 1911 as a tender, she took passengers from Cherbourg to the Titanic in 1912 Titanic Belfast Titanic Quarter Visit Belfast #belfast #maritime #history #titanic #thursday #ships #sea #travel #ocean

Surveying the dock where, in 1911, RMS Titanic and Olympic were built. Nicely marked out with white paving stones to give a sense of scale #titanic Titanic Quarter #belfast #history #olympic #ship #history #maritimehistory #ocean #liner Titanic Belfast Visit Belfast #engineering

Standing a few yards away from where the Titanic’s stern hung over the Lagon and, on 31 May 1911, first entered the water #titanic Titanic Quarter #belfast #history #ship #history #maritimehistory #ocean Titanic Belfast Visit Belfast #engineering

A meeting held in Mansion House Dublin, Dawson Street, #Dublin, to honour Capt. Sir Francis Leopold #McClintock on 14 February, 1861, presented McClintock with a dinner service of silver plate with a centrepiece representing the polar seas. Fall of the House of Alexa Price, PhD 🍂🌘⚰️ Image: National Portrait Gallery

For anyone interested in Cornish science and British naval exploration in the 19th century. Thanks to Poly Falmouth and Falmouth Art Gallery, as ever, for the loan of the instrument! #cornwall #cornish #cornishscience Falmouth University #theterror #history #exploration #falmouth #science

Aged 10-110? Come along and see electromagnetic experiments by Faraday and Øersted - and take part in measurements with an original Fox-type dipping needle, from the 1840s, as used on HMS Terror and Erebus #cornwall #theterror #history #science Falmouth University BBC Cornwall #faraday

In Cornwall on Friday? Have £1 to spare? Come along to Poly Falmouth for an evening’s discussion of Cornish mining, steam power, and nineteenth-century energy crisis. #cornwall #cornish #history BBC Cornwall #falmouth #mining cornishmining #science #hps thepoly.org/whats-on/event…

F. R. M. Crozier was elected Fellow of Royal Astronomical Society on 11 May, 1827, in recognition of his work with Parry's Arctic expeditions. 11 May, 1839, Crozier was appointed to 'Terror', in which he accompanied Capt. Ross in his Antarctic expedition as second-in-command. Portrait: RMG

The story of how Robert Were Fox’s magnetic dipping needles made their way from Falmouth to the furthest corners of the world - on ships like these… #cornishscience #cornwall #cornish #history #falmouth #fox #empire #imperialism

The underground experiments that helped shaped the magnetic dipping needles on which the royal navy’s global magnetic survey depended #cornishscience

@OUPHistory very kindly put this rather cool blog post together - five ways the British Magnetic Enterprise changed the concept of global science! #science #magnetism #british #empire #navy #theterror #Antarctica #arctic #polar #nature #global #history blog.oup.com/2023/12/five-w…

It’s finally out - all about Fox’s dipping needle and the Magnetic Crusade. And lots on #cornishscience Thanks so much to Poly Falmouth, Falmouth University, Falmouth Art Gallery, and everyone who helped with this #cornwall #cornish #falmouth #history #mines #mining #magnetism

On Tuesday, will be giving a talk on the Royal Navy and the Magnetic Crusade - with lots on John Franklin and #Cornish dipping needles. Do join, if you can - it’s free and online #cornishscience #theterror #science #magnetism #history #polar #cornwall rmg.co.uk/whats-on/onlin…