A lecture on the progress of physical science since the opening of the London Institution / by W.R. Grove.

  • Grove, W. R. (William Robert), 1811-1896.
Date:
1842
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Credit: A lecture on the progress of physical science since the opening of the London Institution / by W.R. Grove. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    •ffi Among the Resolutions of the Committee of Manage- ment of The London Institution, there is one which requires the Professor of Experimental Philosophy to deliver annually, at the first Soir6e for the season, a Lecture on the most remarkable Discoveries in Science during the past year. As last year was the first of my appointment, it was deemed advisable that I should give a resume, not only of the discoveries made during that year, but of those with which Science had been enriched since the Opening of the Institution. Although any attempt at perspicuous condensation of such a body of matter into a single Lecture, must be deemed futile,—yet it is hoped that the following pages may not altogether disappoint the Proprietors of the Institution, but may serve as an index to those - researches which are most worthy attention: more fully to effectuate this object, a list of the original memoirs is appended, where the various discoveries will be found as enounced in the words of their respective authors. As the Lecture was delivered extempore, I cannot vouch for exact identity of expression in this copy, it having been indited only from memory. I believe, however, that the phraseology will be found to differ no more, than is necessary for the adaptation of oral, A 2