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	Royal Society - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Royal Geographical Society, society dedicated to the advancement of geographical science and the improvement and diffusion of geographical...
		The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, was founded in 1660 and claims to be the oldest learned society still in existence.
		The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London.
	encarta.msn.com /Royal_Society.html (247 words)

	Royal Society of Arts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		As a result, the Royal Academy of Arts was formed in 1768 by Sir Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Joshua Reynolds – two early members of the RSA – as a spin-off organisation.
		The Society erected 36 plaques until in 1901 responsibility for them was transferred to the London County Council (which changed the colour of the plaques to the current blue) and later the Greater London Council and most recently English Heritage.
		The honour gained royal endorsement in 1937, and "The Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry" was established as an association in 1938 with the object of "furthering excellence in design and its application to industrial purposes": membership of the Faculty is automatic for (and exclusive to) all RDIs and HonRDIs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/FRSA (1041 words)

	A History of Photography, by Robert Leggat: The Royal Photographic Society (history)
		The object of the Photographic Society is the promotion of the Art and Science of Photography, by the interchange of thought and experience among Photographers, and it is hoped that this object may, to some considerable extent, be effected by the periodical meetings of the Society."
		The Society has ever since been encouraged by the Royal Family, and the Queen is the current patron.
		The Society's deliberations are faithfully reported in the Journal of the Photographic Society, a Journal that has been printed continuously up to the present day and copies of which are in the Society's Library.
	www.rleggat.com /photohistory/royal_ph.htm (1125 words)

	Royal Society of Arts - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		As a result, the Royal Academy of Arts was formed in 1768 by Sir Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Joshua Reynolds - two early members of the RSA - as a spin-off organisation.
		The Society instigated 36 plaques until in 1901 responsibility for them was transferred to the London County Council (which changed the colour of the plaques to the current blue) and later the Greater London Council and most recently English Heritage.
		More recently, the Society launched a project to exhibit works of contemporary art on an empty fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square, is working to deliver fresh drinking water to the developing world, and is rethinking intellectual property from first principles to produce a Charter.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Royal_Society_of_Arts (833 words)

	Royal Society of Arts: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Royal Society of Arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Royal Society of Arts, commonly known as the RSA is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London, which encourages the developments of the arts, creativity and commerce.
		Some commentators bemoaned this as the beginning of a trend to honour current-day, "one-day wonders"; in its defence, the Society stated that Hendrix having been dead for 30 years at the time, his status as one of the great musicians of the century seemed by then far from transient.
		More recently, the Society has had involvement in a project to exhibit works of contemporary art on the empty fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square.
	www.encyclopedian.com /so/Society-of-Arts.html (277 words)

	Royal Society -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Royal Society of (The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center) London is claimed to be the oldest (Click link for more info and facts about learned society) learned society still in existence.
		It's possible that the Royal Society was one of the first documented aspirations toward (Click link for more info and facts about Open Content) Open Content; they imagined a network across the globe as a public enterprise, an "Empire of Learning".
		Although this seems obvious today, the philosophical basis of the Royal Society differed from previous philosophies such as (The system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers) Scholasticism, which established scientific truth based on deductive logic, concordance with divine providence and the citation of such ancient authorities as Aristotle.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/R/Ro/Royal_Society.htm (1059 words)

	Royal Scottish Society of Arts - Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Society was founded by the great Scottish physicist and natural philosopher Sir David Brewster in 1821 as an 'improving society' dedicated to the promotion of invention and enterprise.
		Its original name - 'The Society for the Encouragement of the Useful Arts in Scotland' - showed that it was concerned with the fields that we would now describe as science, technology, engineering and manufacture, but which were then known as the useful arts, as opposed to the fine arts.
		For many years the promotion of invention and improvements of all sorts was the main business of the Society, and its meetings were the focus of a large and active cross-section of Edinburgh society - academics, gentry, professionals such as civil engineers and lawyers, and skilled craftsmen such as instrument makers, engravers and printers.
	www.rssa.org.uk /intro.shtml (347 words)

	HUMANE SOCIETY, ROYAL - LoveToKnow Article on HUMANE SOCIETY, ROYAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The meanings of hull and hold are somewhat far apart, and the closest sense resemblance is to the word hulk, which is not known till about a century later.HULLAH, JOHN PYKE (18121884), English composer and teacher of music, was born at Worcester on the 27th June1812.
		This society was founded in - England in 1774 for the purpose of rendering first aid in cases of drowning and for restoring life by artificial means to thoseapparently drowned.
		The society, the chief offices of which are at 4 Trafalgar Square, London, has upwards of 280 depots throughout the kingdom, supplied with life-saving apparatus.
	64.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HU/HUMANE_SOCIETY_ROYAL.htm (2578 words)

	Royal Society of Arts - Paul Martin Wedding Photography
		Royal Society of Arts is situated on John Adam Street, near to Trafalgar Square
		Paul Martin has given Royal Society of Arts a rating of * * * * * out of 5 for indoor photography and a rating of * * out of 5 for outdoor photography.
		The RSA is an orginal Georgian Grade 1 listed house, and offers outstanding conference, wedding and banqueting facilities in a highly unusual and distinctive setting.
	www.pmjphotography.co.uk /cgi-bin/show_location.pl?id=4 (377 words)

	"The Royal Society, The Grape and New Jersey" by R.P. McCormick
		Illustrative of the stimulus given by the Society to one of the numerous phases of colonial agriculture which it encouraged is this account of the response of two New Jersey men to the Society's offer of a premium for the planting of voneyards.
		It is even possible that the Society's action may have been influenced by the fact that William Alexander had chosen to assume a dignity to which he was not properly entitled and which he had been forbidden to assume by the House of Lords.
		Antill was deeply grateful to the Society for both the honourable recognition and the material reward that had been conferred on him, and he continued to communicate to the Secretary of the Society his enthusiastic plans for furthering the cause of American viticulture.
	www.iment.com /maida/familytree/antill/edwardgrapearticle.htm (2389 words)

	AllRefer.com - Royal Society (Science, General) - Encyclopedia
		Royal Society, oldest scientific organization in Great Britain and one of the oldest in Europe.
		The Royal Society was first incorporated in 1662 as the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge.
		The Royal Society ranks as the foremost organization of its kind; its membership always includes leading scientists of the world.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/RoyalSoc.html (319 words)

	English professor elected first female president of Royal Society - Faculty of Arts - University of Alberta
		Induction into the Royal Society of Canada is still considered the highest academic honour among scientists and scholars in the country.
		The Royal Society was founded in 1882 by the governor-general of the day, the Marquess of Lorne, to “promote learning and scholarship in the arts and sciences.” It has traditionally elected to its membership those who have distinguished themselves nationally and internationally as scholars in the arts, humanities and sciences.
		There may also be a name change coming, to reflect the society’s Canadian identity, “so that we’re not simply a colonial adjunct,” said Demers, adding that it is important to remember that the society is not simply a group of honorees who “accept the post-nomial and walk away,” she adds.
	www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca /arts/news.cfm?story=33193 (945 words)

	RSA Certificate in Teaching Foreign Languages to Adults (English)
		The Royal Society of Arts (RSA) is the oldest and one of the three largest vocational examination boards in the U.K. RSA schemes recognise achievement to nationally and internationally known standards.
		RSA centres are approved against stringent criteria and includes Schools, Colleges, Training Organisations, Universities and Companies and are to be found in 61 countries worldwide.
		Portfolios of evidence are assessed against the RSA standards of competence by tutors/assessors trained in assessment techniques and appointed by the RSA, and are further verified by an internal verifier within the centre and an external verifier who will visit at some point during or after the course.
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	www.bookauthors.de /bookuuuroyal.html (1275 words)

	Royal Society of Edinburgh Article, RoyalSocietyEdinburgh Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland 's national academy of science and letters.
		Though there were several that treated the arts, sciences and medicine, the most prestigiouswas the Philosophical Society which was founded in 1738.
		This resulted in the founding of the Wernerian Society (1808 - 1858), a parallel organisation that focused more uponnatural history and scientific research that could be used to improve Scotland's weak agricultural and industrial base.
	www.anoca.org /century/scotland/royal_society_of_edinburgh.html (386 words)

	Royal Society of Arts (US Office) - Cultural Commons
		The Society was founded in 1754 by William Shipley, a painter and social activist.
		The prestigious RSA Journal is published bi-monthly and is automatically sent to all Fellows.
		Royal Society of Arts: Creativity and the Soul of the City
	www.culturalcommons.org /directorydetail.cfm?ID=8753 (187 words)

	Architectural Review, The: From Adam's rib - Great Room of the Royal Society of Arts in London, England
		The Great Room of the Royal Society of Arts in London has undergone many changes since it was first designed in the eighteenth century by the Adam brothers.
		The Royal Society of Arts was founded in London in the middle of the eighteenth century as the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, and by the early 1770s, the Society was rich enough to commission a chunk of the Adam brothers' Adelphi development as its headquarters.
		This proposal is a good one, but perhaps it should wait until the RSA can find money to implement other parts of the architects' calm, rational and sympathetic scheme for bringing the needs of the close of the twentieth century into creative conjunction with the original elegant set of chambers.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3575/is_n1200_v201/ai_19330790 (578 words)

	Boing Boing: Royal Society: rent-seeking is more important than science -- UPDATED
		The RSA is and continues to be a sterling organization that does good works -- the Royal Society is the villain here.
		Arguing the need to sustain the Royal Society's now-outmoded publishing model despite its inferiority at advancing science relative to PLOS and others (like BioMed Central) is an embarrassment to the Royal Society.
		The Royal Society fears it could lead to the demise of journals published by not-for-profit societies, which put out about a third of all journals.
	www.boingboing.net /2005/11/25/royal_society_rentse.html (707 words)

	Royal Society of Arts and informal education
		the royal society of arts and informal education
		The Society was given a royal charter in 1847 (Prince Albert was its President from 1843 to 1861).
		In 1908, the Society was granted the right to call itself the Royal Society of Arts.
	www.infed.org /walking/wa-rsa.htm (492 words)

	Union Hill Antique Tools - Thomas Falconer Plough Plane
		The award granted to him by the Society of Arts was for the flexible steel fence and hollow-faced iron that combined to act as both a nicker and a cutting iron.
		The Royal Society of Arts was founded in 1754 by William Shipley with the mission to:...embolden enterprise, to enlarge science, to refine art, to improve our manufactures and to extend our commerce...
		Note that Charles Holtzapffel of the famous London tool maker was chairing the Society at the time, and also made further reference to this plane in Volume II of his famous epic work "Turning and Mechanical Manipulation" (published 1875).
	www.tooltimer.com /falconer.htm (1737 words)

	Great Britain stamps - 250th Anniversary of the Royal Society of Arts - 10 August 2004 - from Norvic Philatelics.
		The Society was founded in 1754 by artist and social activist William Shipley, with the aim to 'embolden enterprise, to enlarge science, to refine art, to improve manufacture and to extend our commerce'.
		In 1758 the RSA instigated the planting of 50 million trees to compensate for widespread deforestation during the previous century.
		Sir Rowland Hill was awarded the first RSA Albert Medal for his postal reforms and the introduction of the Penny Post.
	www.norvic-philatelics.co.uk /2004/rsa.htm (483 words)

	Society - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		His aim, in his new book, The World Is Flat, as in his earlier, influential Lexus and the Olive Tree, is not to give you a speculative preview of the wonders that are sure to come in your...
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		Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed is the glass-half-empty follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /society.htm (896 words)

	Institute of Railway Studies: Royal Society of Arts Lecture
		It is likewise to be remembered, that forasmuch as the increase of any estate must be upon the foreigner (for whatsoever is somewhere gotten, is somewhere lost), there be but three things, which one nation selleth unto another; the commodity as nature yieldeth it; the manufacture; and the vecture, or carriage.
		When the Carmen and the RSA invited me to give this lecture, they explained that they were looking for contemporary concerns about transport, and possible future prospects, to be put into a historical context, and this I will seek to do.
		The application of technical knowledge and mechanical skill to developing the motorized road vehicle was a continuation of the trait in human societies that had produced the sailing ship, the turnpike road, the bicycle and the railway: an effort to solve a particular set of problems.
	www.york.ac.uk /inst/irs/irshome/papers/carmen.htm (7703 words)

	University of Derby - Royal Society of Arts Fellowships
		University of Derby - Royal Society of Arts Fellowships
		The society is based in London and was founded in 1754 to encourage the development of the arts, manufacturing and commerce.
		Fellowships are awarded to people with a significant a record of achievement in their field who can make a difference to society.
	www.derby.ac.uk /press-office/news/royal-society-of-arts-fellowships (180 words)

	AIM25: Royal Society of Arts: ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS
		Edward VII, as Patron of the Society, granted permission for the term 'Royal' to be used in the Society's title (1908), which became the Royal Society of Arts (RSA).
		The Society became a major examining body, principally in commercial/office skills and languages (particularly English as a foreign language), at levels ranging from elementary to post-graduate.
		Related material: The RSA holds a collection of printed catalogues of the main International and trade exhibitions from the Great Exhibition of 1851 to the mid 20th century; and complete runs of its publications Transactions (from 1783) and the RSA Journal (from 1852), with indexes, documenting its work and activities.
	www.aim25.ac.uk /cats/28/6904.htm (1382 words)

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