Table of Contents

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.

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