Proposals for forming by subscription in the metropolis of the British empire a public institution for diffusing the knowledge and facilitating the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions and improvements : and for teaching, by courses of philosophical lectures and experiments, the application of science to the common purposes of life / by Benjamin, count of Rumford.

Author/creator Rumford, Benjamin
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : Cadell and Davies, 1799.
Description50 pages, 2 leaves, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : forms ; 23 cm
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General noteAttributed to Sir Benjamin Rumford.--NUC pre-1956.
General notePlans for the establishment of the Royal Institution of Great Britain.
General noteAlso filmed as item no. 17584. (Presentation copy to William Pitt.).
General noteReproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London.
General noteGoldsmiths'-Kress no. 17583.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements.
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