Pumice specimen
Date
1883
Object type
Subject
Content object
Description
A sample of mixed pumice from the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa.
The Royal Society took an invested interest in the famous 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. Prior to 1883, natural philosophers had struggled to understand volcanoes and Krakatoa incentivised them to uncover more. The Society's Council set up a Krakatoa Committee to investigate the eruption, while several Fellows flocked to the site to report on the aftermath.
The Royal Society took an invested interest in the famous 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. Prior to 1883, natural philosophers had struggled to understand volcanoes and Krakatoa incentivised them to uncover more. The Society's Council set up a Krakatoa Committee to investigate the eruption, while several Fellows flocked to the site to report on the aftermath.
Object history
On loan to the Royal Society from Amber Madden-Nadeau, the Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University, 2019.
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