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I. THE LIFE OF COUNT RUMFORD BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE INSTITUTION 1
II. HIS LIFE AFTER THE FOUNDATION OF THE INSTITUTION 69
III. THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTION, 1799-1800; WITH THE LIFE OF PROFESSOR GARNETT, 1766-1802 114
IV. THE PROGRESS OF THE INSTITUTION TO THE RESIGNATION OF PROFESSOR YOUNG, 1801-3; WITH THE LIFE OF Dr. THOMAS YOUNG, 1773-1829 180
V. THE FURTHER PROGRESS OF THE INSTITUTION TO THE TIME OF FARADAY, 1804-14 258
VI. THE LIFE OF SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, 1788-1829 312
APPENDIX
I. ORIGINAL PAPERS REGARDING THE AMERICAN WAR 405
II. ORIGINAL LETTERS FROM Dr. THOMAS YOUNG 417
III. INCOME AND EXPENDITURE OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION TO 1814 425

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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