From an engraving in Charles Knight's London, Vol. 5, 1843, p.357\nThe Library was originally planned by the Adams brothers as the Society's 'Repository' or 'Model Room' where mechanical inventions and agricultural machinery for which prizes had been awarded by the Society were permanently displayed in the 18th century. Now the Benjamin Franklin Room

Now the Benjamin Franklin Room

Now the Benjamin Franklin Room

Now the Benjamin Franklin Room

Taken soon after the reopening in 1972, following the move from the Benjamin Franklin Room in 1971

Now the Fellows Reading room

The Fellows Reading room, then the library.

Then the Adelphi room now the Prince Philip Room