Abstract
Gwendy Caroe 1985 London: John Murray xi + 180 pp price £13.95 ISBN 0 7195 4245 6 The Royal Institution was established in 1799 by the efforts of Count Rumford, an American living in Europe, with the aim of using science for philanthropic purposes. However, it soon became a centre for the popularisation of science, particularly after Faraday, in 1826, started the Friday evening discourses and the Christmas lectures for children, both of which have continued to the present day.
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