Royal Institution - Its Founder and Its First Professors

Klappentext Published in 1871, this chronicle of the Royal Institution provides insight into the early years of an influential scientific organisation. 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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• Authors: Bence Jones, Jones Bence
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.10.2011
• EAN: 9781108037709
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03770-9
• No. of pages: 446
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Education; England, EDUCATION / General, Education, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, British & Irish history