The Royal Institution Buildings 



The Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory 



THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF 

 GREAT BRITAIN 



(FOUNDED BY COUNT RUMFORD IN 1799) 

 Charter granted 1800; Enlarged by Act of Parliament 1810 



Objects of Foundation To prosecute Scientific and Literary 

 Research ; to illustrate and diffuse the principles of 

 Inductive and Experimental Science ; to promote social 

 intercourse among lovers of Science, men and women ; 

 and to afford them opportunities for collective and 

 individual Study. 



FOR more than a century the ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN has 

 carried on a work which gives it a strong claim to the gratitude and support 

 not only of all who are interested in science, but of all who benefit by the 



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