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Amy Ogle
Isobel Falconer
A short account of the life of Amy Ogle, who, in 1876, was the first woman to come top of the Natural Sciences Tripos at Cambridge.
Electromagnetism in the Encyclopaedias
Isobel Falconer
The paper is based on a talk given to celebrate Ørsted's discovery of electromagnetism in 1820. It gives a brief account of Ørsted's life and work, before using the evidence of art…
Historical Notes: The Gravitational Constant
Isobel Falconer
A brief account of the development of the concept of the gravitational constant and the debate around in in Britain at the end of the 19th century.
Women's participation in mathematics in Scotland, 1730-1850
Amie Morrison, Isobel Falconer
The eighteenth century saw a flourishing of scientific and philosophical thought throughout Scotland, known as the Scottish Enlightenment. The accomplishments of prominent male fig…