Institution Collection (page 17)

Sir Richard Paget, speaking through an artifical throat
Sir Richard Paget speaking through an artificial throat, capable of intimidating all vowel sounds. The artificial throat was displayed at his lecture in 1928 at the Royal Institution

A Fruit-Woman of Cairo
Engraving made from a painting by F. Goodall, entitled A Fruit-Woman of Cairo, exhibited at the New British Institution, 1875. Date: 1875

British Lifeboat C1880
A lifeboat of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution - it is equipped with a sail to assist the oarsmen if the wind is in a favourable direction

Magistrature Honoured
Ceremony to honour the institution of the magistrature, Paris

Great Electric Induction Coil
Demonstration of the Great Electric Induction Coil at the Polytechnic Institution in London in 1869 by Professor Pepper. Viewed by a large number of visitors to the Polytechnic

Albert Hall Gymnastics
The Royal Masonic Institution for Girls puts on a display at the Royal Albert Hall; here, all the girls raise their right arms simultaneously

Royal Institut n Lecture
A lecture in progress at the Royal Institution, London

Humphry Davy / Experiments
Humphry Davy, whilst director of the laboratory of the Pneumatic Institution, Clifton, investigates the effects of nitrous oxide (laughing gas)

Laboratory Scene
Laboratory scene at the Birkbeck Institution, considered one of the best equipped in London

Dickens / Liverpool Inst
CHARLES DICKENS Giving an address at the Liverpool Mechanics Institution, in 1844

Broadmoor Asylum
Broadmoor, near Sandhurst, Berkshire

London Institution 1820
London Institution with a meeting taking place

Smithsonian, Exterior
Part of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC

Charity / Workhouse / Shoes
Shoemaking instruction at a Poor Law Institution

Foucault Demo London
Foucaults demonstration of the rotation of the Earth, by a pendulum, is explained to a London audience at the Polytechnic Institution, Regent St. by Dr Bachhoffner

College De France Fd
Francois founds the College de France, an institution of higher learning and research designed to complement (and compete with) the Sorbonne

Trying the Phonograph
Professor Preece tries Edisons phonograph at the Royal Institution, London

Davy Lectures
Humphry Davy lectures at the Surrey Institution, London

Roman Dictatorship instituted
The Roman Dictatorship (Magister Populi or Master of the People) is instituted for crisis situations or special purposes, ruling with supreme power for a set period

Institution of the Vestal Virgins in Ancient Rome
Numa Pompilius institutes the Vestal Virgins, four priestesses of Vesta (goddess of the hearth) who performed sacred rites for the community

Battery constructed at the Royal Institution, London
A large battery constructed at the Royal Institution, London, by Wollaston, for Davy

Michael Faraday, scientist, giving a lecture
Michael Faraday (1791-1867), scientist, lecturing at the Royal Institution, London, on his discoveries in magnetism and light

Mental patients
Women mental patients at the hospital of Sainte-Anne, Paris

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