George Birkbeck

Samuel Lane George Birkbeck FRS (; 10 January 1776 – 1 December 1841) was an English physician, academic, philanthropist, pioneer in adult education and a professor of natural philosophy at the Andersonian Institute. He is the founder of Birkbeck, University of London and was head of the Chemical Society. He is one of the creators of the earliest chemistry laboratory for undergraduates at University College London, and is also known for the creation of mechanics' institutes in Scotland and London. He was President of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London in 1825. Provided by Wikipedia
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    A lecture on the preservation of timber by Kyan's patent for preventing dry rot

    A lecture on the preservation of timber by Kyan's patent for preventing dry rot by Birkbeck, George

    Published 1837
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    The steam-engine theoretically and practically displayed

    The steam-engine theoretically and practically displayed by Birkbeck, George, Adcock, Henry, Adcock, James

    Published 1827
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    The steam-engine theoretically and practically displayed

    The steam-engine theoretically and practically displayed by Birkbeck, George, Adcock, Henry, Adcock, James

    Published 1827
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    Tentamen chemico-physiologicum inaugurale, de sanguine Quam, annuente summo numine, ex auctoritate reverendi admodum viri, D. Georgii Baird, S.S.T.P. academiæ Edinburgenæ præfecti; nec non amplissimi senatus academici consensu, et nobilissimae facultatis medicæ decreto, pro gradu doctoris, summisque in medicina honoribus ac privilegiis rite et legitime consequendis; eruditorum examini subjicit Georgius Birkbeck, Anglus, Societ. Reg. Med. Edin. Soc. Extr. Et iterum præses annuus; Societ. Nat. Stud. Edin. Soc. Extr. Nuperque præses; Necnon acad. Physices Edin. Soc. Ad diem 12. Septembris, horâ locoque solitis

    Tentamen chemico-physiologicum inaugurale, de sanguine Quam, annuente summo numine, ex auctoritate reverendi admodum viri, D. Georgii Baird, S.S.T.P. academiæ Edinburgenæ præfecti;... by Birkbeck, George 1776-1841

    Published 1799
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    The steam-engine theoretically and practically displayed

    The steam-engine theoretically and practically displayed by Birkbeck, George, Adcock, Henry, Adcock, James

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    Copy of a letter received from the late George Birkbeck concerning the properties of the farinaceous food for infants, and persons with impaired digestion, manufactured by J. Hards, Durtford, Miller to Her Majesty

    Copy of a letter received from the late George Birkbeck concerning the properties of the farinaceous food for infants, and persons with impaired digestion, manufactured by J. Hards... by Birkbeck, George

    Published 1826
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    The eloquent speeches' of Dr. Birkbeck, and Mr. Brougham, at the opening of the new lecture room, Southampton buildings, on the 8th of July, 1825

    The eloquent speeches' of Dr. Birkbeck, and Mr. Brougham, at the opening of the new lecture room, Southampton buildings, on the 8th of July, 1825 by Birkbeck, George

    Published 1825
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