PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

THE ROYAL INSTITUTION. CHAPTER I. LIFE OF RUMFORD BEFORE THE

CHAPTER II. LIFE OF RUMFORD AFTER THE FOUNDATION OF THE INSTITUTION. 1799 to 1814.

CHAPTER III. EARLY HISTORY OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION, 1799-1800; WITH THE LIFE OF PROFESSOR GARNETT.

CHAPTER IV. THE PROGRESS OF THE INSTITUTION TO THE RESIGNATION

CHAPTER V. THE PROGRESS OF THE INSTITUTION TO THE TIME OF FARADAY. 1804 to 1814.

CHAPTER VI. LIFE OF DAVY. 1778 to 1829.

APPENDIX I. CONTAINING ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE

APPENDIX II. CONTAINING A LETTER FROM DR. YOUNG TO COUNT

APPENDIX III. TABLE OF THE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE OF THE ROYAL

INDEX.

GENERAL LIST OF WORKS PUBLISHED BY Messrs. LONGMANS, GREEN, and CO.

INDEX. (2)

THE ROYAL INSTITUTION.

LONDON: PRINTED BY
SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE
AND PARLIAMENT STREET

THE
ROYAL INSTITUTION:

ITS FOUNDER
and
ITS FIRST PROFESSORS.

BY
DR. BENCE JONES,
HONORARY SECRETARY.

LONDON:
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
1871.

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