British Science AssociationRegistered

Whereas in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-one a Voluntary Association known as the British Association for the Advancement of Science was formed to give a stronger impulse and a more systematic direction to scientific inquiry. to promote the intercourse of those who cultivate Science in different parts of the British Empire with one another and with foreign philosophers. to obtain more general attention for the objects of Science and the removal of any disadvantages of a public kind which impede its progress.