Since early in the last century the RASC’s “Royal” Charter has figured large in the consciousness of many members. The fact that we are in the select company of institutions enjoying the privilege of using the adjective Royal has been and continues to be a source of pride. No one, however, can recall ever having seen our "Royal" charter, and to find out why, read below...
Audio from the 1961 General Assembly in Toronto. Dr. A.E. Douglas gives the Andrew McKellar Memorial Lecture, Molecular Spectra in Astronomy and in the Laboratory. (JRASC, 55, 101)