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Mechanics' Institutes
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Associations of working-men which aim at providing a general education for artisans, and particularly instruction in the fundamental principles of their own trades; are managed by committees of their own election, usually have a reading-room and library, and provide classes and lectures; Dr. Birkbeck started a journeymen's class in Glasgow 1800, and in 1824 in London organised the first Mechanics' Institute.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Mechanics' Institutes'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​m/mechanics-institutes.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Mechanics' Institutes'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​m/mechanics-institutes.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.