royal-society

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Capture: Verify the dates and details of Jevons's Logic Piano — built 1869, exhibited before the Royal Society 1870 — against a primary or scholarly source

capture promoted Tier 1 2026-08-10 · jevons, logic-piano, logic-machines, history-of-computing, victorian-science
In his 1870 Royal Society paper Jevons credits 19th-century logical reform — above all Boole — for making a mechanizable logic possible, and calls the ancient syllogism 'incapable of mechanical performance'

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-10 · jevons, george-boole, logic-machines, history-of-computing, royal-society
Jevons's own 1870 paper dates the Logic Piano's completion to before 16 October 1869 and its Royal Society reading to 20 January 1870

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-10 · jevons, logic-piano, logic-machines, history-of-computing, victorian-science
The Royal Society's own official Record of medallists confirms Thomas Galloway won the 1848 Royal Medal

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-07 · actuarial-history, astronomy, thomas-galloway, royal-society, royal-medal
Does a primary read confirm Thomas Galloway's Royal Astronomical Society offices and 1848 Royal Medal as currently paraphrased from Wikipedia/DNB?

capture promoted 2026-08-03 · actuarial-history, astronomy, thomas-galloway, royal-astronomical-society, royal-society
Thomas Galloway held office in the Royal Astronomical Society and won the Royal Society's 1848 Royal Medal, concurrent with his career as an actuary

claim seedling Tier 4 2026-07-28 · actuarial-history, astronomy, thomas-galloway, royal-astronomical-society, biography