Bence Jones

The Royal Institution

Its Founder and Its First Professors

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Published in 1871, this chronicle of the Royal Institution provides insight into the early years of an influential scientific organisation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 446
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 625g
• ISBN-13: 9781108037709
• ISBN-10: 1108037704
• Artikelnr.: 34161864

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The life of Count Rumford before the foundation of the Institution
2. His life after the foundation of the Institution
3. The early history of the Institution, 1790-1800, with the life of Professor Garnett, 1766-1802
4. The progress of the Institution to the resignation of Professor Young, 1801-3, with the life of Dr. Thomas Young, 1773-1829
5. The further progress of the Institution to the time of Faraday, 1804-14
6. The life of Sir Humphry Davy, 1788-1829
Appendix: 1. Original papers regarding the American war
2. Original letters from Dr. Thomas Young
3. Income and expenditure of the Royal Institution to 1814
Index.