Seals - Objectivity 103

Various seals - including some very important ones - are stored at the Royal Society. Keith and Brady investigate.
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[@12tone]

Whenever Keith says Brady will recognize someone, I always immediately assume it's Newton.

[@rewrose2838]

2 years , still appreciate the tasteful jab from you

[@helenaren]

Hey look it’s 12tone!

[@superj1e2z6]

This video has *Keith's Seal of Awesome*.

[@RMoribayashi]

The office where my mother worked had an old seal press, heavy, black and long retired even when I was a small child. She often brought me to work with her and I would be given some paper and the press to play with along with an ancient typewriter and an adding machine with an enormous grid of buttons and a lever I could barely pull. Thank you for bringing back a half-century old memory, long forgotten. A wonderful episode.

[@murk1e]

8 words: Nail and Gear stamp and sealing wax set

[@arystanmars]

murk1e I'd buy that

[@noelearlwatson2724]

murk1e flaggy flag

[@rewrose2838]

Sealing-wax not sealing wax

[@JackFChannel]

I feel like Keith has really come out of his shell recently - loving these videos more than ever :)

[@smith2luke]

I bet Keith is proficient in Latin

[@Metalkatt]

Seals are still serious business. I work in a county clerk's office, and seals are a big deal when it comes to legal documents. We have a manual one much like that--nowhere near as pretty, though. There's also an electronic one--there's a piston inside that whacks down the seal with a ton of pressure. Makes a good imprint, but it's noisy and tends to get stuck, so you hear this terrifying mechanical noise for several seconds and then end up pulling out paper that wants to tear where it was pressed.

[@JonSolomonJNSLMN]

I would love to see a video about Keith if he is willing to open himself up to the audience in that way. He's excellent! Brady is always excellent too, of course.

[@Jacksirrom]

I wish I could double subscribe to Objectivity. It's one the honest gems of youtube. Please keep it up.

[@Katianie9]

I really wanna visit The Royal Society someday.

[@ObjectivityVideos]

You should. You'll find Keith in the Library!

[@Katianie9]

:D Looking forward to it!

[@weepingserpentsongsingswit6151]

The Best show on KZbin.

[@FabiantheWhistler]

Really like the others, but this is my favourite Brady channel. Great work guys, can't wait for more! Brady and Keith, you make a great duo! Hope to visit the Royal Society some day...

[@SGM260190]

Makes me wonder, how many documents, journals, scientific papers and letters are still to be read, processed and archived by the Royal Society? Could you perhaps do a video on some of the more recent 'discoveries'? (assuming they are the least bit interesting, of course).

[@bradleylim993]

You have my Seal of approval

[@stuartthegrant]

This channel just gets better and better. Thanks guys.

[@Locut0s]

Man talk about being a kid in a candy store. Just thinking of the treasure trove of lost and undocumented stuff in the archives of the society gets me giddy. Just think about how many people would kill to have the job of digging through those archives documenting and categorizing stuff. Solving historical puzzles.

[@Mr8Ix]

Now imagine if you were Keith's grandson!

[@Ojisan642]

This is the most underrated of Brady’s multiplicity of channels. Only true fans know it’s here 😉

[@PinochleIsALie]

What sort of planning goes into what you decide to make episodes about? For something like this, was it something Keith's been itching to show off?

[@locouk]

We used to use a paper embossing press for car MOT certificates back in the 80's, only one signature was need though.

[@rareroe305]

The title loaded a second before the thumbnail, and I was like "Animals, logos, or things like gaskets and silicone seal?"

[@ASSamiYT]

It's just great that they can say they have the record of donation but just haven't found it yet. Some perspective there.

[@2kimports]

This video is by far one of the best Objectivity has come out with!!! ! Keith is Amazing

[@WeeWeeJumbo]

It's like being in the presence of ghosts - studious, learned ghosts

[@AxcelleratorT]

Another great video and great subject too! Loving this series Brady! Thumbs way up!!!

[@hpitt1029]

Was anyone else expecting Brady to shred that piece of paper at the end? Would've been epic.

[@GabbersLJ]

Awesome video, really interesting as always

[@Hackmaul5]

i'm so glad Chuck is on there

[@Ostsol]

There's still various professional organisations that use seals. I really don't know of many, but the members of the provincial associations for engineers and geoscientists in Canada have them.

[@noddwyd]

You still use pressed seals like that for a lot of things. I was surprised Brady didn't guess that it might still be in use. Most don't require TWO or more signatures though. At least I don't think so.

[@sam08g16]

Someday Brady will get a Royal Society membership!

[@maxiewawa]

Someone spilt coffee right in the middle of the royal bloody charter!

[@michaelteret4763]

Extra-nice suit, Keith!

[@ThePeteriarchy]

These are beautifully made. I never knew they had seals made out of gems. I just thought it was all cast in metal. I want my own seal ring that's gonna have Michael Palin's likeness as Pontius Pilate on it. I want that for every legal document I ever have to sign.

[@DamienLaRocque]

Great video about sigillography... Reminds me of the Ottokar Scepter in Tintin.

[@TheDJSyaheer]

Exactly!

[@niabride7636]

Brady is quite pushing Keiths boundaries

[@DubStepNMany]

BOXES!

[@_rlb]

I seal what you did there Brady!

[@PinkChucky15]

Great video! I love seals :-)

[@anton8064]

How fascinating.

[@tanishqvedak1862]

0:02 looks like it could be an album cover

[@chrismusix5669]

I'm very interested in how the Lord Protector Cromwell years leading up to the establishment of the R.S. influenced the many minds that helped establish the society.

[@EtzEchad]

Is Brady applying to be a Fellow of the RS? I wouldn't be surprised if he got in one day...

[@menachemsalomon]

The large, heavy Royal Seal can also be used to crack walnuts with.

[@JWM1984]

Prince and the Pauper, lovely old film!

[@neil5280]

For those confused at the end, Sellotape is to the UK as Scotch tape is to the US.

[@qwertyTRiG]

Scotch tape is rather better than Sellotape: it can peal without tearing, and it doesn't yellow with age.

[@Moraren]

What is the the royal societys biggest box? And whats in it?

[@djguydan]

"WHAT'S IN THE BOX??!!"

[@phampton6781]

1:18 How wonderful is that royal charter? Don't do things like that anymore. Nowadays it'd be a boring PDF file.

[@qwertyTRiG]

PDF is quite interesting, actually. But I'm a member of a society which still rewards achievements with beautiful illuminated manuscripts. It's the Society for Creative Anachronism.

[@dave5194]

Just imagine the animal seal in the context of the video every time the word is mentioned. Makes it a ton funnier lol

[@yurikz9]

Keith seems like a really nice guy

[@pavphone2616]

But they did replace some parts of the RS's seal apparatus, didn't they? I mean the punch itself eg looks really neatly machined, can't believe they had such good lathes at the time...

[@pavphone2616]

Seán O'Nilbud And CNC mills!

[@chazz30000]

So let me get this straight. While using the Royal Society Seal, that is still in daily use, you wear gloves, but when you touch a charter from the 17th century you do it gloveless?

[@HermanVonPetri]

It's been found that having gloves on makes it harder to handle delicate items. You are more likely to rip the page when you don't have the sensitivity of touch.

[@chazz30000]

Then why not use thin surgical gloves? Best of both worlds, delicate touch, no direct contact with fatty human skin.

[@HermanVonPetri]

Some archives do use nitrile gloves, but they have their own drawbacks. They often cause discomfort and excessive sweating inside the glove. In situations where researchers aren't closely monitored this leads to a higher likelihood that people will take them off exposing their now moist, sweaty hands. There's also the reverse problem of rubber gloves sometimes having more grip than you expect. So, museums just have to balance the advantages with the risks and try to figure out which method is less damaging in the long run. Many have reasoned that simply properly washing and drying your hands before handling documents is probably less damaging than wearing gloves, but there's no 100% certainty.

[@HermanVonPetri]

Check out the new episode on Captain Cook's Chronometers. Kieth is wearing some clear, thin gloves.

[@FoxDren]

when handlingg vellum the current guidelines are clean dry hands

[@flamingmuffin666]

how many " lost " items are lost in the Royal Society?

[@TheTechnoLocker]

2 videos a week now!?

[@domy6827]

Please add [CC]

[@ky-gp4sz]

Why are they touching it without gloves?

[@MungareMike]

Could you hold yourself while Keith talking, Brad? For godsake... :|

[@JimFortune]

No writing on it. Yet.

[@glennwatson]

What is that charter document made out of? I noticed that Brady/Keith mentioned it wasn't paper.

[@Mitranim]

vellum

[@whitcwa]

vellum noun 1.fine parchment made originally from the skin of a calf. 2.smooth writing paper imitating vellum. It is surely the first. No imitation vellum here!

[@glennwatson]

Thanks Nelo and Chris.

[@AstaMuratti]

it is vellum, thin parchment (calf skin), the thing you can find in some craft store called vellum is actually vellum paper (it mimics the surface of parchment), natural vellum can be purchased too, but it is pricey item

[@axelsandi]

correct the subtitles please it is not Aristotle but Aristides. (Y)

[@johnallardyce4164]

Keith is wearing brown pants today, normally he is matching. tsssk, tssk, tssk.

[@paulabraham2550]

How can you tell? Can you see through his brown trousers? ;-p

[@WoundedEgo]

I wonder if they stopped the camera, switched the paper and THEN tore up the demo... Sorry, my criminal imagination...

[@SamuelJSAdamsI]

I don't know prof richard keesing is a pretty big newton fanboy

[@GrzegorzKonowalik]

what's wrong with your hair Brady ?

[@garyzod8818]

Keith is losing weight, I think he is ill