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Royal Institution - Its Founder and Its First Professors

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Klappentext A graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, and University College, London, Henry Bence Jones (1814-73) was a distinguished physician and chemist, as well as a chronicler of his colleagues' accomplishments. Well-known and popular in Victorian London, he was a fellow of both the Royal Society and the Royal College of Physicians, and counted Florence Nightingale among his friends. Written during his term as secretary to the Royal Institution, this account of the organisation's foundation and early members reflects his admiration for his professional forebears. Published in 1871, a year after his two-volume biography of Faraday (also reissued in this series), his account covers the lives of Count Rumford, Thomas Young, Humphry Davy and the troubled President Thomas Garnett. Incorporating a substantial appendix containing letters and papers pertaining to the Institution, this history provides a glimpse into the early years of one of Britain's most important and learned scientific organisations. Zusammenfassung Published in 1871, this account by Bence Jones (1814–73) of the founder and early professors of the Royal Institution reflects his admiration for his professional forebears. Covering the lives of Count Rumford and Humphry Davy among others, it offers a history of one of Britain's most important scientific organisations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The life of Count Rumford before the foundation of the Institution; 2. His life after the foundation of the Institution; 3. The early history of the Institution, 1790-1800, with the life of Professor Garnett, 1766-1802; 4. The progress of the Institution to the resignation of Professor Young, 1801-3, with the life of Dr. Thomas Young, 1773-1829; 5. The further progress of the Institution to the time of Faraday, 1804-14; 6. The life of Sir Humphry Davy, 1788-1829; Appendix: 1. Original papers regarding the American war; 2. Original letters from Dr. Thomas Young; 3. Income and expenditure of the Royal Institution to 1814; Index....

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