David Rooney recaps ‘Time and the Moon’, a Science Museum event hosted by the BBC’s science correspondent, Pallab Ghosh.
David Rooney takes a closer look at crystal controlled marine chronometers.
Keeper of Technology and Engineering, David Rooney, celebrates 125 years since bicycles took the form that we know today.
Alison Boyle, Keeper of Science Collections, says goodbye to The International Year of Astronomy 2009.
Keeper of Technology and Engineering, David Rooney, takes a closer look at Waterloo Station by Terence Cuneo.
Alison Boyle, Keeper of Science Collections, celebrates Galileo Galilei’s discovery of Jupiter’s moons.
David Rooney, Keeper of Technology and Engineering, celebrates the anniversary of the first Channel crossing in a balloon.
Keeper of Technology and Engineering David Rooney takes a closer look at the V2 engine.
David Rooney, Keeper of Technology and Engineering, uncovers the Channel Tunnel objects in our collection.
Picture the scene. Two men are lurking at a London station, waiting for the Glasgow train. The train arrives and a third man disembarks, wheeling a suitcase. The three exchange some quick words of identification, the Londoners give the man from Glasgow an envelope of papers and he hands over the suitcase. The Londoners jump into a taxi with the suitcase … which contains a 23kg sapphire. No, it’s not a scene from the latest Bond movie. The man on […]
If, like me, you use the railways a lot to get around, you’ll know that the timetables changed last weekend. For those living in the south-east of England, it’s said to be the biggest timetable shake-up in 40 years. With so many services being altered, it’s more important than ever to know the right time. Our newly-refurbished ‘Measuring Time’ gallery is stuffed with clocks and watches from the Middle Ages to the present. It’s a great collection and well worth […]
Some time ago, I told you about Louis Brennan’s remarkable gyroscopic monorail car. His 1907 model is at the National Railway Museum in York. Brennan used it to convey somewhat reluctant family members across his garden on a stretched wire. He went on to make a full-sized version, capable of carrying ten tons… … which was displayed in 1910 at the Japan-British Exhibition at London’s White City. By then, his invention had become well-known. H. G. Wells, in his 1908 book […]