The Journal of Science and the Arts, Edited at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Published Quarterly

London, Printed for John Murray. Vols. 1-12, (1816-1822) all b/w plates (some folded) at the end of each volume, uniformly bound in black half-cloth with marbled boards, marbled edges. Important and attractive journal for early 19th-century science in England. .

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Book number: 050456

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Lectures on Education Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain

London, John W. Parker and Son, 1855. 1st Edition. 316p. (plus 8p. ads), original brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, unopened copy in excellent condition. Contains the seven lecture in the sping of 1854, including William Whewell, Michael Faraday, Robert Latham, Charles Daubeny, John Tyndall, James Paget, and W. B. Hodgson. .

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Lectures on Education Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain

London, John W Parker and Son. 1855. Hardcover. Used, Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Contributors include W. Whewell, Professor Faraday, Bobert Gordon Latham, Charles G. B. Daubeny, Professor Tyndall, James Paget and W. B. Hodgson. Boards are lightly marked and faded. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are lightly bumped and worn. Page block and some pages are lightly marked. Light creases and nicks throughout pages. Pages are still sealed on upper edges. Text remains clear throughout. HCW. Good/No Dust Jacket.

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Lectures on Education Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain

London, John W Parker and Son. 1855. Hardcover. Used, Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Contributors include W. Whewell, Professor Faraday, Bobert Gordon Latham, Charles G. B. Daubeny, Professor Tyndall, James Paget and W. B. Hodgson. Boards are marked and faded. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are lightly bumped and worn. Page block and some pages are lightly marked. Light creases throughout pages. Pages are still sealed on upper edges. Text remains clear throughout. HCW. Good/No Dust Jacket.

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(American).

REPORT ON AMERICAN MANUSCRIPTS In the Royal Institution of Great Britain.

HMSO, 1901-1909. 1st Ed. 4 vols. Light browning, ex-libris Cefntilla Court, original upper wrapper bound in, rebound in brown cloth with title by hand in black ink to spine, minor wear.
¶ Historical Manuscripts Commission. [Cd.2201] [Cd.3669]. [Cd.2897]. [Cd.4773].

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BOSWORTH SMITH (R.)

Mohammed and Mohammedanism : Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in February and March, 1874

. London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1874, in 12 de XXI-252 pp. rel. d'éditeur percaline vert foncé, rousseurs, bon ex. Éd. orig. Benjamin Bosworth Smith (1794-1884) fut diplômé de la Brown University en 1816. En 1832 il devint évêque du diocèse. Président de Bishop (à partir de 1868), un mouvement séparatiste, devenu l'Église épiscopale réformée. Sur Mahomet il écrit : "Il était César et le Pape réunis en un seul être ; mais il était le Pape sans avoir les prétentions du Pape, et César sans avoir les légions de César : sans armée, sans garde du corps, sans palais, et sans revenu fixe ; s'il y a un homme qui a le droit de dire qu'il règne par la volonté divine, ce serait Muhammad, puisqu'il a tout le pouvoir sans en avoir les instruments ni les supports", (p. 235).

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The Royal Institution of Great Britain

Proceedings of the Royal Institution of Great Britain

London , The Royal Institution of Great Britain, 1941-1967. Cloth. A five volume set of the proceedings of Royal Institution of Great Britain. Volumes include: Volume 31 1939-1941, Volume 35 1951-54, Volume 37 1958-59, Volume 38 1960-61, Volume 41 1966-67. An incomplete run but volumes appear complete within themselves aside from Volume 41 which has been bound without title page and contents. With over 300 full page plates in black and white as well as illustrations and figures in the text. The Royal Institution of Great Britain is an organisation devoted to scientific education and research, based in London and founded in 1799. The proceedings were published irregularly between 1898 and 2001 with 71 volumes in total. This collection includes articles on the Dead Sea Scrolls. In cloth bindings. Externally, very smart with some shelfwear. Spines faded to volumes 35 and 37. Institutional stamp to front pastedown of volume 38 and endpaper of 31. Some marks to boards of volume 35. Hinges strained to volume 31. Volume 31 cocked. Internally, generally firmly bound although volume 31 is strained. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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The Royal Institution of Great Britain

The Royal Institution of Great Britain: Particulars of Membership of the Institution

London, Royal Institution, 1931. Paperback. A scarce publication on the particulars of membership to the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Scarce work. Illustrated with sixteen in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed presentation of the particulars of the Royal Institute of Great Britain and of the privileges and conditions of membership. The Royal Institution of Great Britain, based in Westminster, is an organisation for scientific education and research founded in 1799 in order to diffuse the knowledge of inventions and improvements in the application of science. Includes Faraday Celebrations flier, with a reply form for visits and excursions. In the original paper wraps. Externally, smart with light shelf wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light scattered spotting. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 861T55

Catalogue: British History

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CLERKE, AGNES M.

Low-Temperature Research at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, 1893 - 1900

London, Hodgkins Trust. 1901. Paperback. Used, Paperback in good condition. Covers are lightly marked and edge worn. Pages are clean and contents are clear throughout. HCW. Good.

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CLERKE, AGNES M.

Low-Temperature Research at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, 1900 - 1907, II. The Charcoal Vacuum Septenate

London, Hodgkins Trust. 1991. Paperback. Used, Paperback in acceptable condition. Upper leading corners of covers and pages are bumped. Page block is lightly marked. Frontispiece is partially detached from binding. Pages are clean and contents are clear throughout. HCW. Acceptable.

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Historical Manuscripts Commission

Report On American Manuscripts In The Royal Institution Of Great Britain ; Volume I [only] [ Historical Manuscripts Commission Series 59, Volume I ]

HMSO - His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1904, 1st edition. Half calf, VG+. xx+521pp, index, Ex Archaeological Society Library with their bookplate, leather a little rubbed, a solid copy. Hardback , no dustjacket.
¶ Calendar, mainly of offical papers of commanders in chief in the American War of Independence, this volume dating 1747 - July 1779.

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Report On American Manuscripts In The Royal Institution Of Great Britain ; Volume III [only] [ Historical Manuscripts Commission Series 59, Volume III ]

HMSO - His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1907, 1st edition. Cloth VG. viii+465pp, index, Ex Library & then Ex Archaeological Society Library with their bookplates, plain cloth library rebind, a solid copy. Hardback , no dustjacket.
¶ Calendar, mainly of offical papers of commanders in chief in the American War of Independence, this volume dating July 1782 - March 1783.

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Report On American Manuscripts In The Royal Institution Of Great Britain ; Volume IV [only] [ Historical Manuscripts Commission Series 59, Volume IV ]

HMSO - His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1909, 1st edition. Cloth VG. xii+533pp, index, Ex Archaeological Society Library with their bookplate, plain cloth library rebind, a solid copy. Hardback , no dustjacket.
¶ Calendar, mainly of offical papers of commanders in chief in the American War of Independence, this volume dating April - December 1783 with additional undated documents.

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Day, P. & Catlow, C.R.A.; editors:

Proceedings of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, Volume 65

Oxford / New York, Oxford University Press, 1994. orig.boards. 24x16cm, ix, 164 pp. Textual photoplates.. Small ink mark to bottom page-edge. Minor rubbing. VG.
¶ Contains 14 papers. Includes: P.W. Atkins "The Candle Revisited"; P. Day " Superconductors: Past, Present, & Future"; R. Greenler "Sunlight, Ice Crystals, & Sky Archaeology"; P. Murdin "Supernovae: The Deaths of Stars"; J.V. Bartlett "Tunnelling Under the Channel"; R.R. Chianelli " Bioremediation: Helping Nature's Microbial Scavengers"; H.J. Evans "Our Genes Under the Microscope"; R.G. Scurlock "100 Years After Dewar's Dewar: Cryogenics Today"; K. Gavroglu "James Dewar's Nemesis: The Liquefaction of Helium"; G.S. Elfer "A Ramble in Engineering"; Lord Morris "This Rough Magic: Shakespeare & the Modes of Illusion"; D. Elles "The European Parliament: Its Present Role & Future Prospects"; I. Lloyd "Science, Technology, & Democracy: A Comment on Three Decades at Westminster".

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Day, P & Catlow, C R A [Editors]

Proceedings Of The Royal Institution Of Great Britain Volume 66

Oxford University Press, 1995, 1st edition. Laminated boards, F. xii+262pp, colour plates, b/w illustrations & text figs, a nice fine copy. Hardback , no dustjacket. ISBN: 0198558961
¶ Scientific essays & papers. Subjects include -Materials used in F1 racing, Gravity in Astronomy, John Tyndall, Are Plants Intelligent?, Artificial Hearts etc.

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