G R AV I T Y F I E L D S F E S T I VA L
TH UR SDAY
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HERITAGE EVENT
2.15pm
Science and the
Spalding Gentlemen’s
Society in the 18th
Century
Dr Michael Honeybone &
Dr Diana Honeybone
Angel & Royal Hotel, Grantham
Tickets: £4
Duration: 1hr
An insight into the lives of Spalding
Gentlemen’s Society members Sir Isaac
Newton and William Stukeley. Dr Michael
Honeybone & Dr Diana Honeybone.
Reflections:
Newton was a member of the Spalding
Gentlemen’s Society and encouraged
their scientific correspondence. Stukeley,
Newton's friend and the former secretary
of the Royal Society, moved to Grantham
in the 1720s, and was instructed by
Newton to find him a retirement home
there….but Newton died in London before
he could move back to his home town.
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SCIENCE EVENT
2:45pm
Companion Animals
and our Multispecies
Society
Professor Daniel Mills
Grantham Guildhall
Ticket: £4
Duration: 1hr
Companion animals have enormous
potential economic, health and social
values to society, but the domestic
environment is becoming an increasingly
difficult area for them to peacefully co-exist
with us. The University of Lincoln has been
examining both the benefits and problems
that arise in developing innovative solutions
which are discussed in this talk.
Reflections:
Among Newton’s achievements was
the invention of the cat-flap, which was
perhaps among the first innovations
developed to help companion animals fit in
with our busy schedule. The University of
Lincoln has probably the largest research
group in the world working in
this area.
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HERITAGE EVENT
3.45pm
Newton and the
Apothecary
Dr Anna Marie Roos
Angel & Royal Hotel, Grantham
Tickets: £4
Duration: 1hr
Looking back to Newton’s days lodging
with the apothecary William Clarke, we
examine the drugs prescribed and the role
of the Apothecary in the 17th century. Dr
Anna Marie Roos.
Dr Roos is an historian of science and
medicine at the University of Lincoln and
University of Oxford.
Reflections:
The young Newton lodged with the
apothecary William Clarke. An examination
of Clarke assists us in understanding
Newton’s early biography, as well as the
state of scientific and medical knowledge
in the 17th century.