Proposals for forming by subscription, in the metropolis of the British Empire, a public institution for diffusing the knowledge and facilitating the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions and improvements, ... (Presented) to [blank] by the managers of the institution.
Rumford, Benjamin Thompson,Count of,1753-1814.
Royal Institution of Great Britain.
[London,
1799]
Press figure 8 on p. 18.
The institution was established as the Royal Institution of Great Britain.
The 'Introduction' is signed on p. 23: Rumford, i.e. Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford.
The two final leaves contain a form, addressed to Sir Joseph Banks, for subscribers.
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