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Proposals for forming by subscription in the metropolis of the British empire a public institution for diffusing the knowledge and facilitating the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions and improvements : and for teaching, by courses of philosophical lectures and experiments, the application of science to the common purposes of life / by Benjamin, count of Rumford ...

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Making of the Modern World, Part 1: The Goldsmiths'-Kress Collection, 1450-1850 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814.
Series:
Making of the modern world
Making of the Modern World
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Royal Institution of Great Britain.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Place of Publication:
London : Cadell and Davies, 1799.
System Details:
text file
Notes:
Attributed to Sir Benjamin Rumford.--NUC pre-1956.
Plans for the establishment of the Royal Institution of Great Britain.
Also filmed as item no. 17584. (Presentation copy to William Pitt.).
Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London.
Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 17583.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements. s2005 miunns
OCLC:
65345961
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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