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The Royal Institution: Its Founder and First Professors
by Bence Jones
Chapters
14 totalTHE ROYAL INSTITUTION.
PREFACE.
THE ROYAL INSTITUTION. - CHAPTER I. LIFE OF RUMFORD BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE INSTITUTION. 1753 to 1799.
CHAPTER II. LIFE OF RUMFORD AFTER THE FOUNDATION OF THE INSTITUTION. 1799 to 1814.
CHAPTER III. EARLY HISTORY OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION, 1799-1800; WITH THE LIFE OF PROFESSOR GARNETT.
CHAPTER IV. THE PROGRESS OF THE INSTITUTION TO THE RESIGNATION OF PROFESSOR YOUNG. 1801 to 1803. WITH THE LIFE OF DR. THOMAS YOUNG. 1773 to 1829.
CHAPTER V. THE PROGRESS OF THE INSTITUTION TO THE TIME OF FARADAY. 1804 to 1814.
CHAPTER VI. LIFE OF DAVY. 1778 to 1829.
APPENDIX I. CONTAINING ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION REGARDING THE SERVICE OF COUNT RUMFORD IN THE AMERICAN WAR.
APPENDIX II. CONTAINING A LETTER FROM DR. YOUNG TO COUNT RUMFORD, WHEN THE OFFER OF THE PROFESSORSHIP AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTION WAS MADE TO HIM; AND TWO LETTERS TO SIR JOSEPH BANKS ON THE INVENTION OF A MICROMETER TO BE USED FOR MEASURING WOOL. THE ORIGINALS OF THESE LETTERS ARE AMONGST THE PAPERS OF SIR JOSEPH BANKS. - DR. YOUNG TO COUNT RUMFORD.
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The work opens a vivid portrait of the Royal Institution’s birth, driven by the restless energy of Count Rumford. His ambitious plans for a public centre of scientific learning attracted a remarkable roster of early lecturers—Young, Garnett, Dalton and even literary figures such as Coleridge—who turned the modest halls into a hub of discovery and debate. By tracing Rumford’s correspondence and the minutes of the original meetings, the narrative shows how his vision set the stage for a lasting community of inquiry.
As the institution matured, the focus shifts to Sir Humphry Davy, whose charismatic experiments and daring lectures reshaped its character. Drawing on Davy’s laboratory notebooks and Faraday’s early notes, the author reveals the dynamic between these two towering scientists, hinting at the rivalry and respect that would define the next generation. The account balances scholarly detail with accessible storytelling, inviting listeners to explore the forgotten foundations of a place that would later host some of the century’s greatest breakthroughs.
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Language
en
Duration
~13 hours (791K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Chris Curnow, Paul Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2014-09-17
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Bence Jones
1814–1873
A Victorian physician and chemist, he helped bring laboratory methods into everyday medicine and is best remembered for identifying the urinary protein that now bears his name.
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