1. For the diversity represented in such organizations, see Metropolis and Province: Science in British Culture, 1780–1850, Ian Inkster and Jack Morrell, eds. (London: Hutchinson, 1983).
2. See also Ian Inkster, “Cultural Enterprise: Science, Steam, Intellectual and Social Class in Rochdale, circa 1833–1900,” Soc. Stud. Sci. 18 (1988): 291–330;
3. Jack Morrell, “Early Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society,” Ann. Sci. 45 (1988): 153–167
4. Jack Morrell, “Bradford Science, 1800–1850,” Brit. J. Hist. Sci. 18 (1985): 1–23;
5. J. N. Hays, “Science in the City: The London Institution 1819–1840,” British J. Hist. Sci. 1 (1974): 146–162