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A RECENT issue of the Proceedings of the Royal Institution contains a reprint of a lecture delivered in its theatre on March 3, 1810, by the then professor of chemistry, “H. Davy,. Esq., Sec, R.S.” This lecture, as its title-page informs us, was originally published by desire of the managers; it is now reproduced at the suggestion of the Fullerian professor of chemistry. It is entitled “A Lecture on the Plan which it is Proposed to Adopt for Improving the Royal Institution and Rendering it Permanent.” To understand the significance of this wording it is necessary to recall some circumstances connected with the early history of the institution.
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THORPE, T. The Royal Institution: A Retrospect . Nature 101, 484–486 (1918). https://doi.org/10.1038/101484d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/101484d0