Essays Tagged: "Royal Institution"
John Dalton: the father of modern chemistry.
tics and chemistry. In 1804 he was chosen to give a course of lectures on natural philosophy at the Royal Institution in London, where he delivered another course in 1809-1810. However, Dalton proved ... not have worn it because it would break the Quaker code. Dalton turned down the chance to be in the Royal Society, but in 1822 he was elected without his knowledge.Dalton was almost always short on mo ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
The Middle Ages
to the concerns of the country and make appropriate laws on these concerns. What has become of this Royal Institution is rather sickening.Parliament should in no way have authority over a Monarch. Thi ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Sir William Crookes
1832 in London, England. He began his career in science at the age of sixteen when he attended the Royal College of Chemistry in London. He first attended college wanting to study organic chemistry. ... dy organic chemistry. He was an attendant at the college; therefore, he could visit meetings at the Royal Institution in London. At one of these meetings, Crookes was influenced by a physicist to chan ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
Cold War: The Paradox That Was
its eyes on Greece and Turkey, where Soviet-led insurgencies were threatening the Britain-restored royal institution. However, the USSR was stopped short by the US, when President Harry S. Truman pas ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War
Henry James `Theories of Fiction
ce of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life".As James is responding to a lecture at the Royal Institution by a Mr. WalterBesant, The Art of fiction takes on a rather argumentative and orne ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Artists
History of Chemistry: Michael Faraday
es. As a result Faraday was appointed, at the age of 21, assistant to Davy in the laboratory of the Royal Institution in London. , Davy had been temporarily blinded by an explosion in his laboratory, ... relationship that lasted for years. However, Sir Humphry Davy soon became jealous of Faraday as the Royal Society tried to elect faraday into the fellowship, but Sir Humphry Davy objected. The Royal S ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
Investigation into the Father of Computing Charles Babbage
College, Cambridge, to read mathematics. It was after his graduation when Babbage was hired by the Royal Institution to lecture on calculus, and two years later he was elected a member of the Royal S ... ity 80-90 years later with the IBM revolution”.“In 1824 Babbage won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society”, because of his inventions which calculated the mathematical and as ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science