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Royal Institution

British  

noun

  1. a British society founded in 1799 for the dissemination of scientific knowledge

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said Thursday that both buyer demand and sales volumes are in negative territory, with a pickup not expected until the Spring selling season next year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

More successes followed in the 1970s and 1980s, including "Arcadia", which in 2006 was one of four works shortlisted by the Royal Institution of Great Britain as the best book ever written about science.

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

He was also adept at marrying modern elements with historic buildings, as at London's Royal Institution and Newcastle's Great North Museum.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

I talk about in the book how once upon a time the Royal Institution was supported by the love or size of three other institutions.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2023

Through Sir Humphry’s interest, Faraday obtained the post of assistant in the laboratory of the Royal Institution, where he remained ever afterwards, eventually becoming its first professor.

From Curiosities of Impecuniosity by Somerville, H. G.

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