Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAP. I THE LIFE OF COUNT RUMFORD BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE INSTITUTION
- CHAP. II HIS LIFE AFTER THE FOUNDATION OF THE INSTITUTION
- CHAP. III THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTION, 1799- 1800; WITH THE LIFE OF PROFESSOR GARNETT, 1766-1802
- CHAP. IV THE PROGRESS OF THE INSTITUTION TO THE RESIGNATION OF PROFESSOR YOUNG, 1801-3; WITH THE LIFE OF DR. THOMAS YOUNG, 1773-1829
- CHAP. V THE FURTHER PROGRESS OF THE INSTITUTION TO THE TIME OF FARADAY, 1804-14
- CHAP. VI THE LIFE OF SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, 1788-1829
- APPENDIX I ORIGINAL PAPERS REGARDING THE AMERICAN WAR
- APPENDIX II ORIGINAL LETTERS FROM DR. THOMAS YOUNG
- APPENDIX III INCOME AND EXPENDITURE OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION TO 1814
- INDEX
APPENDIX I - ORIGINAL PAPERS REGARDING THE AMERICAN WAR
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2012
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAP. I THE LIFE OF COUNT RUMFORD BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE INSTITUTION
- CHAP. II HIS LIFE AFTER THE FOUNDATION OF THE INSTITUTION
- CHAP. III THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTION, 1799- 1800; WITH THE LIFE OF PROFESSOR GARNETT, 1766-1802
- CHAP. IV THE PROGRESS OF THE INSTITUTION TO THE RESIGNATION OF PROFESSOR YOUNG, 1801-3; WITH THE LIFE OF DR. THOMAS YOUNG, 1773-1829
- CHAP. V THE FURTHER PROGRESS OF THE INSTITUTION TO THE TIME OF FARADAY, 1804-14
- CHAP. VI THE LIFE OF SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, 1788-1829
- APPENDIX I ORIGINAL PAPERS REGARDING THE AMERICAN WAR
- APPENDIX II ORIGINAL LETTERS FROM DR. THOMAS YOUNG
- APPENDIX III INCOME AND EXPENDITURE OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION TO 1814
- INDEX
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- The Royal InstitutionIts Founder and its First Professors, pp. 405 - 416Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1871