Collection GB 0074 O/552 - ROYAL INSTITUTION

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 O/552

Title

ROYAL INSTITUTION

Date(s)

  • 1805-1806 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

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.

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

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Notes area

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area