{"product_id":"the-royal-institution-its-founder-and-its-first-professors-paperback-9781108037709","title":"The Royal Institution; Its Founder and its First Professors (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108037709","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Royal Institution\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIts Founder and its First Professors\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished in 1871, this chronicle of the Royal Institution provides insight into the early years of an influential scientific organisation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBence Jones (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108037709, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 October 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e446 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, and University College, London, Henry Bence Jones (1814–73) was a distinguished physician and chemist, as well as a chronicler of his colleagues' accomplishments. Well-known and popular in Victorian London, he was a fellow of both the Royal Society and the Royal College of Physicians, and counted Florence Nightingale among his friends. Written during his term as secretary to the Royal Institution, this account of the organisation's foundation and early members reflects his admiration for his professional forebears. Published in 1871, a year after his two-volume biography of Faraday (also reissued in this series), his account covers the lives of Count Rumford, Thomas Young, Humphry Davy and the troubled President Thomas Garnett. Incorporating a substantial appendix containing letters and papers pertaining to the Institution, this history provides a glimpse into the early years of one of Britain's most important and learned scientific organisations.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The life of Count Rumford before the foundation of the Institution\u003cbr\u003e 2. His life after the foundation of the Institution\u003cbr\u003e 3. The early history of the Institution, 1790–1800, with the life of Professor Garnett, 1766–1802\u003cbr\u003e 4. The progress of the Institution to the resignation of Professor Young, 1801–3, with the life of Dr. Thomas Young, 1773–1829\u003cbr\u003e 5. The further progress of the Institution to the time of Faraday, 1804–14\u003cbr\u003e 6. The life of Sir Humphry Davy, 1788–1829\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: 1. Original papers regarding the American war\u003cbr\u003e 2. Original letters from Dr. Thomas Young\u003cbr\u003e 3. Income and expenditure of the Royal Institution to 1814\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266053689624,"sku":"9781108037709","price":36.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108037709i.jpg?v=1696746326","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-royal-institution-its-founder-and-its-first-professors-paperback-9781108037709","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}