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Nature 141, 437-439 (12 March 1938) | doi:10.1038/141437a0;

An Historic Mantelpiece at the Royal Institution

THOMAS MARTIN

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A FINE mantelpiece in the Adam style, an attractive example of the work of the late eighteenth century, has recently been acquired by, and erected in, the Library of the Royal Institution. It comes from the house of the botanist, Sir Joseph Banks, at 32 Soho Square, London, now unfortunately demolished, in which the Institution was founded.