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Mechanics' institutes

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  • A butcher's boy, reading to improve his mind, is so absorbed in his book that his delivery of meat is stolen by a passer-by. Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, 1826.
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    Pioneering culture : mechanics' institutes and schools of arts in Australia / edited by Philip C. Candy and John Laurent.

    | Date: 1994
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    George Birkbeck, pioneer of adult education / [Thomas Kelly].

    Kelly, Thomas, 1909-1992. | Date: 1957
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    The value and importance of Mechanics'Institutions : an address, delivered on Monday evening, the 29th of May, 1836, before the managers, teachers, members, and friends of the Sheffield Mechanics' Institution / by Charles F. Favell.

    Favell, Charles F. | Date: 1836
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    A butcher's boy, reading to improve his mind, is so absorbed in his book that his delivery of meat is stolen by a passer-by. Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, 1826.

    Busby, Thomas Lord. | Date: 1826 | Reference: 664648i
    Part of: Busby's humorous etchings
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