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ROYAL INSTITUTION


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.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Academies of science | Scientific organizations | Science administration
Learned societies | Associations | Organizations
Lectures (teaching method) | Teaching methods

Personal names

Corporate names
Royal Institution of Great Britain

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe