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Parliamentary Act

'An Act for granting to His Majesty a certain Sum of Money out of the Sinking Fund....and for paying to John Harrison a further Reward for his Invention of a Time-keeper for ascertaining the Longitude at Sea, and his Discovery of the Principles upon which the same was constructed' With explanatory notes by Riley

Alexander Munro

Certificate and seal of the Royal College and Physicians of Edinburgh naming Alexander Munro, anatomist, as an honorary member, 1795. Also modern annotated envelope and list, in Riley's handwriting, of Munro's biography

Rayons Cathodiques et Rayons de Rontgen

Written by Jean Perrin and signed by the author’s son, Francis Perrin, and by Prof Jean Langevin, son of Prof Paul Langevin. With signed explanation of signatures by Dr Riley

Postcards

Folder consists of 3 postcards:

/ titled 'La vaccine au Chateau de Liancourt, Peinture de C. Desbordes, 1812'
/ titled 'Florence Nightingale photographed with Sir Harry Verney, Miss Crossland and a group of \
Nightingale nurses at Claydon House, 1886'
/ titled 'Premiers essais du traitement du cancer par rayons X, Peinture de G. Chicotot, 1908'

JJ Thomson

Letter from Thomson to 'Harmer' discussing that 'eminence in Science, Literature or Art does not confer exemption from Military Service'

On Growth and Form

By D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson, with his autograph attached to the frontispiece. With inscription to Dr Riley by Thompson's daughter Ruth
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