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Arts And Sciences.
objects of the institution are to render recreation and amusement productive of intellectual progress and edification , to open to the public a superior entertainment , not only free from objection , but fraught with moral , religious , and intellectual tendencies , to exhibit and illustrate in a popular form discoveries in science ancl art , to extend the knowledge of useful inventions , to instruct by courses of illustrated lectures in the various departments of sciencehistoryand literatureand to exhibit
, , , select specimens of works of art both British and foreign . In addition to the usual routine of optical experiments , there has been secured for this institution an exhibition of a high character , in " The Patent Optical Diorama , " a recent invention of Mr . E . M . Clarke , the inventor of the Hydro-oxygen dissolving views . It is a great improvement upon the original design , and capable of producing effects most striking and unprecedented . The scenic representations exceed in
size anything of the kind yet exhibited , and are quite divested of those chromatic imperfections which are inherent in the dissolving views , as now exhibited , and which detract materially from their excellence . There is scarcely , it is said , any movement in nature which may not be represented by this process : the waving of trees , the surging of the
billows , the flashing of lightning , the motion of celestial and terrestrial objects , will here be imitated with the truth of nature . This invention is adapted to the representation ' of some of the most sublime scenes ; ancl a series of illustrations , in the highest style of art , is in course of preparation . Nothing of this sort has hitherto been attempted . It seems that a most powerful co-operation of men of science and industrial art has been secured , under the patronage of several illustrious noblemenmany of whom havewe understandidentified themselves
, , , with the institution by becoming not only patrons of it , but shareholders . It may be considered as ancillary to the great Industrial Exhibition of 1851 . To the modern spirit of enquiry it is intended to present a permanent place of varied scientific recreation , ancl it offers itself also as a parent to the numerous mechanical and similar institutions throughout the country which have been struggling unsuccessfully against the
difficulties incident to their isolated positions and divided means . It is to be , in a word , a national museum of the industrial arts , at the head of which , as President of the Council , we observe the Earl of Arundel and Surrey , the heir to the first dukedom in the kingdom . The undertaking deserves the support of every lover of the fine arts , and we have no doubt but that it will meet with success commensurate
to its great merits . In recommending this institution , we have satisfaction in stating that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to grant a Royal Charter , incorporating the Company , thus rendering the shareholders absolutel y free from all personal liability . During the hours of exhibition , every shareholder will be entitled to a free admission , and every holder of 25 shares will have the further privilege of introducing a friend ; a holder of 50 shares may introduce
two friends , and a holder of 100 shares will receive annually 100 single admission tickets , only one to be used in the same day . It has been intimated to us that the Council intend celebrating the inauguration of the Earl of Arundel and Surrey as their President at a dinner at the Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen Street , which will be attended by many of the elite of the aristocracy and men of science . Shareholders will have the privilege of attending .
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Arts And Sciences.
objects of the institution are to render recreation and amusement productive of intellectual progress and edification , to open to the public a superior entertainment , not only free from objection , but fraught with moral , religious , and intellectual tendencies , to exhibit and illustrate in a popular form discoveries in science ancl art , to extend the knowledge of useful inventions , to instruct by courses of illustrated lectures in the various departments of sciencehistoryand literatureand to exhibit
, , , select specimens of works of art both British and foreign . In addition to the usual routine of optical experiments , there has been secured for this institution an exhibition of a high character , in " The Patent Optical Diorama , " a recent invention of Mr . E . M . Clarke , the inventor of the Hydro-oxygen dissolving views . It is a great improvement upon the original design , and capable of producing effects most striking and unprecedented . The scenic representations exceed in
size anything of the kind yet exhibited , and are quite divested of those chromatic imperfections which are inherent in the dissolving views , as now exhibited , and which detract materially from their excellence . There is scarcely , it is said , any movement in nature which may not be represented by this process : the waving of trees , the surging of the
billows , the flashing of lightning , the motion of celestial and terrestrial objects , will here be imitated with the truth of nature . This invention is adapted to the representation ' of some of the most sublime scenes ; ancl a series of illustrations , in the highest style of art , is in course of preparation . Nothing of this sort has hitherto been attempted . It seems that a most powerful co-operation of men of science and industrial art has been secured , under the patronage of several illustrious noblemenmany of whom havewe understandidentified themselves
, , , with the institution by becoming not only patrons of it , but shareholders . It may be considered as ancillary to the great Industrial Exhibition of 1851 . To the modern spirit of enquiry it is intended to present a permanent place of varied scientific recreation , ancl it offers itself also as a parent to the numerous mechanical and similar institutions throughout the country which have been struggling unsuccessfully against the
difficulties incident to their isolated positions and divided means . It is to be , in a word , a national museum of the industrial arts , at the head of which , as President of the Council , we observe the Earl of Arundel and Surrey , the heir to the first dukedom in the kingdom . The undertaking deserves the support of every lover of the fine arts , and we have no doubt but that it will meet with success commensurate
to its great merits . In recommending this institution , we have satisfaction in stating that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to grant a Royal Charter , incorporating the Company , thus rendering the shareholders absolutel y free from all personal liability . During the hours of exhibition , every shareholder will be entitled to a free admission , and every holder of 25 shares will have the further privilege of introducing a friend ; a holder of 50 shares may introduce
two friends , and a holder of 100 shares will receive annually 100 single admission tickets , only one to be used in the same day . It has been intimated to us that the Council intend celebrating the inauguration of the Earl of Arundel and Surrey as their President at a dinner at the Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen Street , which will be attended by many of the elite of the aristocracy and men of science . Shareholders will have the privilege of attending .