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Royal Institution

British

noun

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

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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

Britannia's management agreed and an independent report from a Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors-registered surveyor was conducted in January 2016.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2024

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

M.D., as Secretary of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, requesting him to deliver a lecture before that society.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

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