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Royal Institution of Great Britain, Albemarle-street, August 30, 1841 : the extended and practical course of chemical lectures and demonstrations for medical and general students, delivered in the laboratory of this institution by professor Brande and E. Solly, jun., esq., will commence on Tuesday, the 5th of October at nine in the morning... / Joseph Fincher.

Michael Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution: Prince Albert and his sons in the audience. Wood engraving, 1856, after A. Blaikley.

Distinguished British men of science 1807-1808 assembled in the library of the Royal Institution, London. Mezzotint by W. Walker and G. Zobel after F. Skill and W. Walker, ca. 1860, after Sir J. Gilbert.

Doctor Syntax attending a scientific demonstration at the Royal Institution, London. Coloured aquatint by T. Rowlandson after W. Combe.

The Royal Institution, Albemarle Street: the library. Coloured aquatint by J. C. Stadler, 1800, after A. C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson.

A lecture on pneumatics at the Royal Institution, London. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1802.

The Royal Institution, Albemarle Street: the laboratory. Engraving by J. Basire, 1818, after W. Tite.

Baden Powell lecturing on the rotation of the earth at the Royal Institution, London. Wood engraving, 185-.

William Brande and the chemical education of medical students / Elizabeth Haigh.

A manual of chemistry. Containing the principal facts of the science ; arranged in the order in which they are discussed and illustrated in the lectures at the Royal Institution of Great Britain / [William Thomas Brande].

Michael Faraday and the Royal Institution : the genius of man and place / by John Meurig Thomas.

The prospectus, charter, ordinances and bye-laws, of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Together with lists of the proprietors and subscribers. With an appendix.

Archives of the Royal Institution of Great Britain in facsimile : Minutes of managers' meetings, 1799-1900.

Journal of science and the arts / Royal Institution of Great Britain.

A report on the first year / COPUS.

Science and the sons of genius : studies on Humphry Davy / edited by Sophie Forgan.

Journals of the Royal Instittution of Great Britain.

The Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain.

Biochemical studies of antimicrobial drugs : sixteenth symposium of the Society for General Microbiology held at the Royal Institution, London, April 1966 / [Edited by B.A. Newton and P.E. Reynolds].

Bicycling to Utopia : essays on science and technology / edited by P. Day and C.R.A. Catlow.

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Science and the sons of genius : studies on Humphry Davy / edited by Sophie Forgan.

Journals of the Royal Instittution of Great Britain.

The Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain.

Biochemical studies of antimicrobial drugs : sixteenth symposium of the Society for General Microbiology held at the Royal Institution, London, April 1966 / [Edited by B.A. Newton and P.E. Reynolds].

Bicycling to Utopia : essays on science and technology / edited by P. Day and C.R.A. Catlow.

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Royal Institution

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Science and the sons of genius : studies on Humphry Davy / edited by Sophie Forgan.

Journals of the Royal Instittution of Great Britain.

The Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain.

Biochemical studies of antimicrobial drugs : sixteenth symposium of the Society for General Microbiology held at the Royal Institution, London, April 1966 / [Edited by B.A. Newton and P.E. Reynolds].

Bicycling to Utopia : essays on science and technology / edited by P. Day and C.R.A. Catlow.

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