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Date(s)
- 1805-1806 (Creation)
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0.01 linear metres
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Royal Institution was founded in 1799 by Benjamin Thompson with the purpose of widening knowledge and facilitating the introduction of new mechanical devices or scientific advances. A house on Albemarle Street was fitted with laboratories, libraries and a lecture theatre. Humphry Davy and Michael Faraday worked there.
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Archival history
GB 0074 O/552 1805-1806 Collection 0.01 linear metres Royal Institution of Great Britain
The Royal Institution was founded in 1799 by Benjamin Thompson with the purpose of widening knowledge and facilitating the introduction of new mechanical devices or scientific advances. A house on Albemarle Street was fitted with laboratories, libraries and a lecture theatre. Humphry Davy and Michael Faraday worked there.
Records found in Brockwell Park Mansion by LCC staff and transferred to the archive.
Lists of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain.
Lists arranged in chronological order.
Available for general access.
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
English
Fit
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
June to August 2010. Lectures (teaching method) Organizations Associations Learned societies Science administration Scientific organizations Academies of science Teaching methods Royal Institution of Great Britain London England UK Western Europe Europe
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Records found in Brockwell Park Mansion by LCC staff and transferred to the archive.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Lists of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Lists arranged in chronological order.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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- Teaching methods » Lectures (teaching method)
- Organizations
- Organizations » Associations
- Organizations » Associations » Learned societies
- Science administration
- Science administration » Scientific organizations
- Science administration » Scientific organizations » Academies of science
- Teaching methods
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English