...incorporated by Royal Charter in the year 1800, "for the diffusing knowledge and facilitating the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions and improvements,...application of science to the common purposes of life;" — with the motto, " Illustrans commoda vitse." Fifty or sixty years ago the building was essentially...

...Eoyal Institution of Great Britain was formed for diffusing the knowledge and facilitating the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions and improvements,...application of science to the common purposes of life. And it was a happy idea to produce, in a great historical engraving beautifully executed, the most...

...incorporated by Royal Charter in the year 1800, " for the diffusing knowledge and facilitating the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions and improvements,...application of science to the common purposes of life ;" — with the motto, " Illustrans commoda vitse." Fifty or sixty years ago the building was essentially...

...OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, A PUBLIC INSTITUTION FOR DIFFUSING THE KNOWLEDGE AND FACILITATING THE GENERAL INTRODUCTION OF USEFUL MECHANICAL INVENTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS,...APPLICATION OF SCIENCE TO THE COMMON PURPOSES OF LIFE. (Presented) to by the MANAGERS of the INSTITUTION. INTRODUCTION. THE slowness with which improvements...

...incorporated by Royal Charter in the year 1800, "for the diffusing knowledge and facilitating the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions and improvements,...the application of science to the common purposes of life;"—with the motto, " Illustrans commoda vitas." Fifty or sixty years ago the building was essentially...

...the year 1800, for diffusing the knowledge and facilitating the general introduction of 47 LONDON. useful mechanical inventions and improvements, and...application of science to the common purposes of life. THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES. The objects of this Society are the encouragement and advancement of the...

...facilitate the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions and improvements, and to teach, by courses of philosophical lectures and experiments, the application of science to the useful purposes of life.' Such an institution was precisely the one which Rumford was qualified to...

...OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, A PUBLIC INSTITUTION FOR DIFFUSING THE KNOWLEDGE AND FACILITATING THE GENERAL INTRODUCTION OF USEFUL MECHANICAL INVENTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS,...APPLICATION OF SCIENCE TO THE COMMON PURPOSES OF LIFE. (Presented) to by the MANAGERS of the INSTITUTION. INTRODUCTION. THE slowness with which improvements...

...of the British empire, a public institution for diffusing the knowledge and facilitating the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions and improvements,...application of science to the common purposes of life." The object was explained to be the bringing together of science and the art of workingmen, and establishing...

...Metropolis of the British Empire a Public Institution for diffusing Knowledge and facilitating the general Introduction of useful Mechanical Inventions and Improvements,...Application of Science to the Common Purposes of Life." This was the original project of the Royal Institution, which received its charter in 1800, and of...