Metropolis and Province: Science in British Culture, 1780-1850

activities Aikin Askesian Society Babington Berman Board of Health Bristol Britain British Association centre chemical chemistry cholera coal coal-field College Combe Combe's context Council Davy diffusion of science early economic Edinburgh elite England essay established Geological Society geology George Combe groups Herschel History of Science Humphry Davy ibid industrial revolution Inkster intellectual interests John Journal Leeds Library Literary and Philosophical London Institution London Mechanics Manchester manufacturing medical community meeting membership metropolis metropolitan mining Newcastle upon Tyne nineteenth century Oxford papers patronage Phillips Philosophical Magazine Philosophical Society phrenology physicians political popular practitioners profession professional programme provincial science radical reform Richard Royal Institution Royal Society science culture scientific culture scientific lectures scientific societies Shapin Sheffield social history Society of London Society's surgeons Sussex Thackray Thomas Thorp tion Unitarian University urban Warrington Academy West Yorkshire Whig Wilson Yorkshire Yorkshire Philosophical Society