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the new Institution, for diffusing the knowledge and 

 facilitating the introduction of useful mechanical inven- 

 tions and improvements. 



"In the execution of their plan the Managers have 

 purchased a commodious house in Albemarle Street 

 for the reception and exhibition of models of all con- 

 trivances and improvements worthy of public notice. 

 Instead of descriptions^ it will furnish a repository of 

 things visible and tangible. Manufacturers and con- 

 sumers may -here meet for mutual advantage. There 

 will also be a library of all the best treatises devoted to 

 the objects of the Institution. A lecture-room will be 

 provided, thoroughly fitted with laboratory and ap- 

 paratus, for philosophical lectures and experiments by 

 men of the first eminence in science." 



Words which include sciences define the specific sub- 

 jects for attention, food, clothing, houses, towns, for- 

 tresses, roads, canals, carriages, ships, tools, weapons, 

 &c., &c. The science of chemistry will be brought to 

 bear on the nature of soils; on tillage and manures; on 

 the making of bread, beer, wine, spirits, starch, sugar, 

 butter, and cheese ; and in the processes of dyeing, 

 calico-printing, bleaching, painting, varnishing, &c. ; on 

 the smelting of ores, the compounding of metals, mor- 

 tar and cements, bricks, pottery, glass, and enamel. 

 The making of roads and of vehicles, canals and ves- 

 sels and engines ; the improvement of rivers, harbors, 

 and coasts, and of the art of war, will have large at- 

 tention. Above all, "the phenomena of light and heat 

 those great powers which giv.e life and energy to the 

 universe powers which, by the wonderful process of 

 combustion, are placed under the command of human 

 beings will engage a profound interest." 

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