The Royal Institution: Its Founder and First ProfessorsJones, Bence
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The Royal Institution: Its Founder and First Professors
Jones, Bence
Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829; Royal Institution of Great Britain; Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814; Young, Thomas, 1773-1829
Ladies who are desirous of subscribing must be recommended by one
of the ladies holding books for the purpose. For personal admission
to the lectures each lady pays a guinea for the season, but her
ticket is not transferable, except among daughters of the same
family subscribing with their mother. Ladies subscribing three
guineas are entitled to introduce to each lecture any one lady of
their acquaintance.
All subscriptions must be paid, either to the clerk or to one of
the bankers of the Institution, upon or before the receipt of a
ticket of admission; and no annual subscriber can be admitted
after the expiration of a former year before the payment of his
subscription for the succeeding one.
The lectures are delivered daily at two o’clock, excepting Tuesdays
and Fridays, when they are at eight in the evening.
The Journals are usually published every month or oftener, in
numbers of two sheets or more; they are sold at the price of a
shilling each at the house of the Institution and by the principal
booksellers, and they are regularly sent to the houses of all those
who wish to be considered as subscribers to them.
Ladies empowered to recommend subscribers:
Duchess of Devonshire, Piccadilly.
Countess of Sutherland, Arlington Street.
Countess Spencer, St. James’s Place.
Countess of Bessborough, Cavendish Square.
Viscountess Palmerston, Hanover Square.
Hon. Mrs. Barrington, Cavendish Square.
Lady Campbell, Wimpole Street.
Mrs. Sullivan, Grafton Street.
Mrs. Bernard, At the Foundling.
Mrs. Crewe, Lower Grosvenor Street.
Bankers of the Royal Institution:
Messrs. Down, Thornton, Free, and Cornwall, Bartholomew Lane.
Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., St. James’s Street.
Messrs. Hoare, Fleet Street.
Messrs. Ladbrook and Co., Bank Buildings.
Messrs. Pybus, Call, Grant and Hale, Bond Street.
Messrs. Ransom, Morland, and Co., Pall Mall.
The second volume of the Journals never was published. Three sheets
only were printed, chiefly containing papers by Young and a few
extracts by Davy, and then the Journals of the Institution ceased, and
were not revived until 1830, when they were edited for a year and a
half by Professor Brande.
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