IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 O/552
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: ROYAL INSTITUTION
Date(s): 1805-1806
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.01 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Royal Institution of Great Britain
CONTEXT
Administrative/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.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Lists of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Lists arranged in chronological order.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Records found in Brockwell Park Mansion by LCC staff and transferred to the archive.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Rules or conventions: 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.
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.