The Moonstones (grid reference SP062949) are a set of nine carved sandstone memorials to various members of the Lunar Society. Made in 1998, and unveiled...
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S. Moonstone (horse), an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare Lunar Society Moonstones, a set of sandstone memorials to members of the Lunar Society...
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valuable, transparent moonstones with strong blue sheen came from Myanmar. Today, most commercial moonstones come from Sri Lanka. Moonstone has been used in...
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various letters of society members. Scottish Enlightenment Science and invention in Birmingham Erasmus Darwin House Lunar Society Moonstones Schofield 1957...
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Erasmus Darwin (redirect from Lichfield Botanical Society)
Darwin is commemorated on one of the Moonstones, a series of monuments in Birmingham. Darwin formed 'A Botanical Society, at Lichfield' almost always incorrectly...
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William Withering (category Members of the Lunar Society of Birmingham)
wider contribution to botany. He is also remembered by one of the Lunar Society Moonstones in Birmingham and by a blue plaque at Edgbaston Hall. Birmingham...
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Joseph Priestley (category Members of the Lunar Society of Birmingham)
original by Francis John Williamson, unveiled on 1 August 1874. The Lunar Society Moonstones honour Priestley in Birmingham. There are Blue Plaques commemorating...
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James Keir (category Members of the Lunar Society of Birmingham)
elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London on 8 December 1785. Keir is remembered by the Lunar Society Moonstones in Birmingham. "Keir, James" ....
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Clare Short, MP for Ladywood. The Drum is officially opened. The Lunar Society Moonstones are created and unveiled. 1999 30 May: The West Midlands Metro...
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Samuel Galton Jr. (category Members of the Lunar Society of Birmingham)
was a member of the Lunar Society in December of 1785 and lived at Great Barr Hall, one of the meeting places for the Lunar Society. He also built a house...
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