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R. Aniiker and co-workers. Fluorescent WhiteningYigents, MJCC-Report 2, Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the Royal Institute of Technology, Miljitvardscentmm, Stockholm, Sweden, Apr. 11, 1973. 

T. G. Pearson, The Chemical Background of theMluminum Industry, Monogr. 3, The Royal Institute of Chemistry, 1955. 

The formation of carbon black in a candle flame was the subject of a series of lectures in the 1860s by Michael Faraday at the Royal Institution in London (23). Faraday described the nature of the diffusion flame, the products of combustion, the decomposition of the paraffin wax to form hydrogen and carbon, the luminosity of the flame because of incandescent carbon particles, and the destmctive oxidation of the carbon by the air surrounding the flame. Since Faraday s time, many theories have been proposed to account for carbon formation in a diffusion flame, but controversy still exists regarding the mechanism (24). 

W. Bradley, Recent Progress in the Chemistry of Dyes and Pigments, The Royal Institute of Chemistry, London, 1958. 

Several recent expert reviews and workshops have discussed the effects of endocrine disruption on wildlife and especially invertebrate species. These include the EU workshop on the impact of endocrine disrupters on human health and wildlife (Weybridge, 1996), the lEH workshop (Leicester, May 1997), the Environment Agency Consultative report (January 1998) and the Tyndall Forum at the Royal Institution (February 1998). They have concluded that endocrine disruption may have far-reaching adverse consequences for biodiversity and the sustainability of natural ecosystems. More comprehensive bioassay systems are required to identify and assess chemicals alleged to produce endocrine modulating effects. 

Norell, M. 1992 Advisory Tools and Co-operation in Product Development. PhD Thesis, TRITA-MAE-1992 7, Department of Machine Elements, The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. 

The department s input to undergraduate teaching was slight, and moreover it was geographically separated from the rest of Cambridge chemistry. In 1946, Rideal accepted an invitation to become director of the Royal Institution in London, taking some of his staff with him, and another professor of colloid science (Erancis... 

Jenkin, J. (1995) Lecture to a history of science group at the Royal Institution, London. Prof. Jenkin, of LaTrobe University in Australia, is writing a joint biography of the Braggs, father and son, at the time they were in Adelaide (The episode is confirmed in an unpublished autobiography by W.L. Bragg, in possession of his son Stephen.). 

The Royal Institute of Technology Department of Theoretical Physics S-100 44 Stockholm,... 

Members of the Royal Institution attend a lecture given by Michael Faraday on magnetism and light (London, England, 1846). (Corbis-Eettmann)... 

In 1820 Faraday finished his apprenticeship under Davy and in the following year married and settled into the Royal Institution. Faraday s early reputation as a chemist was so great that in 1824 he was elected to the Royal Society. In 1825 Davy recommended that Faraday succeed him as director of the Royal Institution. The appointment paid only a hundred pounds a year, but Faraday soon received some adjunct academic appointments that enabled him to give up all other professional work and devote himself full-time to research. Faraday s scientific output was enormous, and at the end of his career, his labo-ratoi y notebooks, which covered most of his years at the Royal Institution, contained more than sixteen thousand neatly inscribed entries, bound in volumes by Faraday himself... 

William Thomas Brantle (17B8-1866) was born in London, England. Trained as an apothecary, he became a lecturer in chemistry at the University of London in 1808 and was a professor at the Royal Institution from 1813 to 1852. His scientific achievements were modest, although he was the first person to discover naphthalene, now used in mothballs. 

Anxious to escape a life of drudgery as a tradesman, Faraday wrote to Sir Flumphry Davy at the Royal Institution, requesting employment. Shortly Michael Faraday afterward, a vacancy arose, and Faraday was hired (1791-1867)... 

The Liversidge Lecture, delivered before the Chemical Society in the Royal Institution on June 3rd, 1948. 

Director and Fullerian Professor of Chemistry The Royal Institution of Great Britain 21 Albemarle Street London WIX 4BS, UK E-mail pday ri.ac.uk... 

Michael Faraday, shown here delivering a popular lecture to the Royal Institution in 1855, developed many of the fundamental principles of electricity. 

Goldschmidt VM (1929) The Distribution of the Chemical Elements. Proceedings of the Royal Institution of Great Britain 26 73-86, as quoted in Mason B, Victor Moritz Goldschmidt Father of Modern Geochemistry, The Geochemical Society San Antonio TX184 pp. 

Russell, Colin Archibald, N. G. Coley and G. K. Roberts. Chemists by profession the origins and rise of the Royal Institute of Chemistry. Milton Keynes , 1977. 

Even in London, Frankland had to combine three teaching positions for a while he worked in a hospital, at a military academy, and at the Royal Institution. He often wished for a fourth job because the break between his 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. lectures was too short to do anything but teach. Subsequently, Frankland worked at the Royal Institution for six years where he... 

The Harben Lectures, 1960. Journal of the Royal Institute of Public Health. 

The Royal Institute of International Affairs 10, St. James s Square London SW1Y 4LE... 

Department of Polymer Technology The Royal Institute of Technology 10044 Stockholm, Sweden aila polymer.kth.se... 

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