Record

Collection	ABDNP University of Aberdeen, Natural Philosophy Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
Object Name	RVJ practical joking advert poster
Object Number	ABDNP:201465a
Brief Description	Coloured cardboard poster advertising R.V. Jones' lecture on 'The Theory of Practical Joking and its Relation to Scientific Method'; the poster is dated to Tuesday 12th November but no year is given; hand-drawn with illustrated with rockets, stars and planets. Pre-dates RVJ's FRS of 1965. Likely 1957. Date could be 1963 but Nat Phil had moved to new premises in Fraser Noble by then and such an event would have been scheduled there and not at Marischal College.
Dimensions	height 505 mm; width 630 mm; depth 2 mm
Materials	cardboard; paint
Condition	good
Completeness	complete
Maker	Possibly hand-made Tom Wratten, workshop technical drawing
Object Production Date	1957
Object History Note	Anatomical and Anthropological Society; R.V. Jones

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