The Royal College of Chemistry opened in London in October 1845. During its first eight
years when it relied exclusively on private support and consequently labored under severe …

The London Institution, established in the City of London in 1807, was devoted, as its full title
proclaimed, to the'advancement of Literature and the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge'. With its …

This dissertation deals with the development of chemistry as a discipline encompassing both
social and intellectual groupings in early nineteenth century Britain. Disciplinary …

Scientific Movement and Development of Chemistry in England 303 least six
interpenetrating causes contributing to scientific advance--economic causes in peace and in …

THE subject of chemistry was first introduced to Oxford by Robert Boyle, a founder member
of the Royal Society, during his residence in the City for a dozen or more years from 1654. In …

NOT from any unwillingness to undertake what can only be regarded as a labour of love, but
from a conviction of the inadequacy of my powers, under overwhelming pressure of official …

The position adopted by mid-Victorian academic chemists on the industrial utility of their field
is surveyed, and interpreted as a consequence of the need to defend the societal claims of …

Among seventeenth-century scientific groups, the Royal Society was remarkable for its
formal organization and its large size. In contrast to the earlier, more casual scientific …

On 25 August 1664 (almost exactly two years before the Great Fire of London) the curator of
experiments for The Royal Society in London, Robert Hooke, wrote to the 'father of modern …

The paper surveys the origins of chemical engineering in England in the late nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries. It deals particularly with the recognition of the field as an …