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  • Academy, American, of Arts and Sciences, 53;
  • Bavarian, of Arts and Sciences, 89
  • Accounts of the Royal Institution, 180, 203, 304, 425
  • Agriculture, Board of, 201, 202, 215
  • Alkalies, decomposition of, 279
  • Alloys, experiments on, proposed, 192
  • Astle, T., his library bought, 259
  • Baldwin, Loammi, 6, 8, 41, 59, 62, 65, 67, 68
  • Banks, Sir Joseph, 3, 29, 73, 75, 77, 78, 80, 134, 153, 215, 261, 263, 275, 369
  • Bavaria, Elector of, his introduction to Rumford, 28;
  • made Fellow of Royal Society, 29
  • Beggars at Munich, 31, 32
  • Bernard, Thomas (afterwards Sir Thomas), 46, 115, 138;
  • report on the Institution, 203, 301;
  • death, 302
  • Blagden, Sir C., 42, 69, 71, 77, 81, 84, 93
  • BÖekman, Mr., 181
  • Brande, Mr., 308, 309, 389
  • Carleton, Sir Guy, 24, 25, 260, 405
  • Chemical operator, 172
  • Clinton, Sir Henry, 15, 19
  • Coleridge, Mr., his lectures, 277, 284, 342
  • Committee of Science, 215, 302, 309;
  • 66;
  • caricature of, 78;
  • foundation, 114;
  • objects, 121;
  • funds, 125;
  • privileges of proprietors, 126;
  • subscribers, 128;
  • government, 129;
  • managers, 130;
  • visitors, 132;
  • first meeting of proprietors, 134;
  • first meeting of managers, 136;
  • charter, 138;
  • new prospectus, 147;
  • new theatre, 148;
  • abstract of the accounts, 180;
  • report of, in 1801, 181;
  • Davy appointed assistant lecturer at, 181;
  • lecturer, 186;
  • Young appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy at, 188;
  • report on in 1802, 195;
  • Rumford’s last report on, 197;
  • committee on the state of, 201;
  • the first report of the committee on, 203;
  • description of by Young, 206;
  • progress of, 258 et seq.;
  • compared with the London Institution, 275;
  • difficulties of, 281;
  • value of the property, 282;
  • described by Davy, 280, 292 et seq.;
  • income and expenditure of, from the commencement to 1814, 425
  • Jenner, Dr., 303
  • Journal of the Royal Institution, 153, 155, 181, 187, 188, 197, 210
  • King Rufus, 63, 66
  • Kitchens, 151
  • Laboratory, 152, 155, 159, 160, 204, 269
  • Landseer, Mr., 272, 273
  • Lavoisier, Madame, 83, 88, 92, 97, 101, 113, 189
  • Lawrence, Mr., 277, 303
  • Lectures, first, at the Institution, 167, 170;
  • of Davy and Young, < h-1.htm.html#Page_74" class="pginternal">74, 84, 156, 278
  • Walker, Rev. T., the father-in-law of Rumford, 3, 7
  • Webster, Mr., 138, 141, 148, 172, 185, 193, 195
  • Wentworth, Governor, 4
  • Winchelsea, Earl of, first president, 141
  • Woburn, Massachusetts, the birthplace of Rumford, 1, 8
  • Wollaston, Dr., 300, 303
  • Workhouse at Munich, 31
  • Workshops at the Institution, 198
  • Young, Dr. Thomas, 112;
  • made Professor, 188;
  • his lectures, 191, 205, 240, 244;
  • his preface to the second volume of the Journal of the Institution, 206, 246;
  • his reply to the ‘Edinburgh Review,’ 211;
  • his early history, 223 et seq.;
  • made F.R.S., 225;
  • at Edinburgh, 226;
  • ceased to be a Quaker, 227;
  • his Highland tour, 228;
  • at GÖttingen, 229;
  • at Cambridge, 232;
  • his discoveries on light, 235;
  • reviewed by Lord Brougham, 236;
  • his reply, 237;
  • professor at the Royal Institution, 238;
  • his editing of the Journals, 239;
  • his introductory lecture on the objects of the Institution, 242;
  • foreign secretary of the Royal Society, 246;
  • leaves the Royal Institution, 246;
  • elected a life subscriber, 246;
  • published his lectures on Natural Philosophy, 247;
  • physician of St. George’s Hospital, 248;
  • began his hieroglyphical researches, 249;
  • his articles in the ‘EncyclopÆdia Britannica,’ 250;
  • his article on Egypt, 250;
  • superintendent of the ‘Nautical Almanac,’ 250;
  • comparison of Young and Fresnel, 251;
  • his interviews with Champollion, 253;
  • abuse for the ‘Nautical Almanac,’ 254;
  • his death, 255;
  • his character drawn by Sir H. Davy, 256;
  • by Davies Gilbert, 257;
  • his answer to Rumford

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