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NOW that a scheme for a College of Science at Leeds has been all but completed, under the chairmanship of Lord F. C. Cavendish, M.P., it seems somewhat surprising that such an institution in connection with Yorkshire has not been thought of long ere now. It is the largest county in England, carries on a greater variety of industries all more or less dependent for success on the results of scientific research, and boasts of a larger number of local scientific societies and field-clubs than any other county in the three kingdoms, as we have shown in our articles on that subject. However, “better late than never;” and to judge from the prospectus and subscription lists, a very fair start is likely to be made. The scheme proposed by the committee formed at Leeds in 1869 involved an expenditure of 100,000l., but it is not intended at present to carry out the whole of this scheme, but to commence on a smaller scale in temporary premises and with a limited number of professors. We have no doubt, from the hearty way in which the proposal has so far been met, that the college will be a success, and that ere long it will be possessed of a handsome building of its own, with a full staff of professors.
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The Yorkshire College of Science . Nature 9, 157–158 (1874). https://doi.org/10.1038/009157a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/009157a0