NOUN
- an honorary English society (formalized in 1660 and given a royal charter by Charles II in 1662) through which the British government has supported science
How To Use Royal Society In A Sentence
- Michael is a member of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
- Newton was made President of the Royal Society.
- Lord Kelvin, who is President of the prestigious Royal Society once said that heavier-than-air flying machines were impossible, and the Chairman of the major computer company, DEC, said that no-one would want a computer in their home.
- Understandably, the Royal Society of Chemistry has just honoured Holmes with a fellowship, the first time an imaginary character is being recognised.
- Swift had visited the Royal Society where he would have seen the Gilbertian terrella described in the catalogue as “an orbicular loadstone, about four inches and 1/2 in Diameter.” COSMIC VOYAGES
- Contributions to the Anatomy of the Brachiopoda" "Proceedings of the Royal Society" 7 (1854-55) 106-117; 241, 242. The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley
- He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1907 and, in 1913, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of London.
- The Royal Society was the sponsor of the Discovery expedition, and these mountains were cursed with its name. Terra Incognita
- Prior to drilling, the operator consulted local bodies such as the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the fishing industry.
- Mayflower will now also receive additional funding from the independent scientific academy The Royal Society, freeing up Government money for other subjects.