The Society's own website says "Meeting nights were indicated by a lamp hung over the Fleet Street entrance to the courtyard." Matt Brown of Londonist thinks (and we agree with him) that this lamp, at the centre of a sort of armillary sphere, is inspired by that lamp from over 200 years ago.
EC4, Crane Court
The Royal Society met at the north end of Crane Court from 1710-80, that's the end behind our camera.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Crane Court - Royal Society
Also known as the Royal Society of London (for the Improvement of Natural Kno...
For other armillary spheres see Wolff.
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Person, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, Royalty, France, Switzerland
The South Kensington Museum opened on this site in 1857. It expanded and was renamed the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1899. A further expansion by Aston Webb opened in 1909. Also see Francis Fow...
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