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Old and New London
… Sir Hans Sloane; his brother, having a natural genius for mechanics, became a clock-maker, and made the clock in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… called Chester brook, a branch of the Wear, in 1821; a mechanics' institute was established in 1825. Here are a … supplied with water. There are a subscription library, a mechanics' institute, and a theatre; and races take place in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the late earl, who was celebrated for his discoveries in mechanics and natural philosophy, established the improved … situated in the churchyard, was established in 1794. A mechanics' institute was formed in 1824, for which a building …
A History of the County of Essex
… in size. A cricket club had been formed in 1845. 35 A Mechanics' Institute is said to have been founded in 1848, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in 1789 and in 1826 and the Union Library in 1814. A Mechanics' Institution, which had a library, was formed in … first chapel in 1792 292; it was afterwards used for the Mechanics' Institute. They have now four places of worship; … was begun in 1846. The deserted Wesleyan chapel, later the Mechanics' Institute, was used at first, then a small chapel …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… botany, natural history, physics, mathematics, drawing, mechanics, dynamics, surveying, building, hydrostatics, and …