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19th century

This dimension groups scientific institutions by the era in which they were founded. Wikipedia notes that a research institute is "an establishment founded for doing research," founded at one specific point in the history of the field. Browsing by founded era lets a visitor compare institutions established in the same period.

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1707 1
19th century
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American Association for the Advancement of Science

19th century

American Chemical Society

19th century

American Museum of Natural History

19th century

American Physical Society

19th century

American Statistical Association

19th century

Botanical Society of America

19th century

California Institute of Technology

19th century

Carnegie Mellon University

19th century

Cavendish Laboratory

19th century

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

19th century

Cornell University

19th century

ETH Zurich

19th century

Ghent University

19th century

Harvard College Observatory

19th century

Humboldt University of Berlin

19th century

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

19th century

Institut Pasteur

19th century

Johns Hopkins University

19th century

Karolinska Institute

19th century

King's College London

19th century

London Mathematical Society

19th century

London School of Economics

19th century

Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

19th century

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

19th century

Met Office

19th century

National Academy of Sciences

19th century

National Physical Laboratory

19th century

Natural History Museum, London

19th century

Northwestern University

19th century

Ohio State University

19th century

Purdue University

19th century

Royal Astronomical Society

19th century

Smithsonian Institution

19th century

Stanford University

19th century

Stockholm University

19th century

The Geological Society of London

19th century

United States Geological Survey

19th century

University College London

19th century

University of Bonn

19th century

University of Calcutta

19th century

University of California, Berkeley

19th century

University of California, Los Angeles

19th century

University of California, San Francisco

19th century

University of California, Santa Barbara

19th century

University of Chicago

19th century

University of Manchester

19th century

University of Oslo

19th century

University of Rochester

19th century

University of Texas at Austin

19th century

University of Tokyo

19th century

University of Utah

19th century

University of Wisconsin-Madison

19th century

University of Zurich

19th century

Washington University in St. Louis

19th century
Sources
1. Online Etymology Dictionary: institution
Online Etymology DictionaryOnline Etymology Dictionary, institution entry, organization sense
Quote, Online Etymology Dictionary, institution entry, organization sense
Meaning "establishment or organization for the promotion of some charity" is from 1707.
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Wikipedia)
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Mount Wilson Observatory (Wikipedia)
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