Dust of the puff-ball (Lycoperdon borista) rubbed on glass, very distinct, giving about 12000 inch diameter
Miscellaneous Ground Rents,
Dividends, &c.
TABLE OF THE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION TO 1814, OMITTING SHILLINGS AND pence.
Surplus, Funds, Exchequer Bills, Given to the
Library, &c.
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,
Alkalies, decomposition of, 279 Alloys, experiments on, proposed,
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 introduc-
tion to Rumford, 28; made Fel- low 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; committees for investiga- tion, 154, 186, 138, 192, 280 Concord, formerly Rumford, 3,
Cooper, Astley, 259 Crotch, Dr., 260
Curwen, Judge, his sketch of Thompson, 18
Cuvier, Baron, his éloge on Rum- ford, 13, 29, 36, 109
DALTON, Mr., 216, 290 Dartmouth, Lord, 12 Davy, Sir H., 70, 83, 113, 176,
180, 281, 300, 304, 307, 310; his birth, 312; at Bristol with Dr. Beddoes, 313; his first work, 314; opinion of by Southey, 315; his first galvanic experi- ments, 316; first interview with Rumford, 317; his engagement at the Institution, 318, 320; his first lectures, 321, 323; his second year's lectures, 326; his success as a lecturer, 328; his lectures on Agriculture, 329; edited the Journal, 331; made F.R.S., 331; opinion of him by Coleridge, 332; his own opinion, 333; Dr. Dalton's account of him, 334; his letter to Cole- ridge, who was leaving England, 335; his letter on the death of G. Watt, 337; received the Copley medal, 338; his picture of Ireland, 338; his electrical
discoveries, 339; his first Baker- ian lecture, 340; secretary of the Royal Society, 341; his account of Coleridge's lectures, 342; his laboratory notes of the decom- position of the alkalies, 343, 344, 345, 346; his first sketch of the Bakerian lecture on the New Metals, 347, 348, 349; his illness, 350; Mr. Dibden's ac- count of his discoveries, 351, 352; his lectures after his ill- ness, 354; his work, 355; his new electric battery, 356; tries to decompose nitrogen, 358; his picture of the laboratory, 360; his work on Chlorine, 363, 364; his lectures at Dub- lin. 366; his marriage, 367, 368, 369, 381; his last lectures at the Royal Institution, 370; on Radiant Matter, 371; on Chlorine, 374; on Simple In- flammable Bodies, 376; on the Metals, 378; his Elements of Chemical Philosophy,' 381; re- viewed by Dr. Young, 382, 384, 386; his agricultural lectures, 387; his work on Fluorine, 388; elected honorary professor, 389; his researches on flame, 390; President of Royal So- ciety, 390; on the protection of ships, 391; his first attack of paralysis, 391; resignation of the presidentship, 393; his last paper on the Torpedo, 396; his last illness, 398; his death, 400; his picture by his friend Mr. Poole, 401, 403
Dibden, Mr., 213, 273, 283, 351,352 Dragoons, King's American, regi- ment, 16, 25, 26, 407
ELECTOR OF BAVARIA, Theodore, 28, 29, 40, 41, 59, 60, 62; Maxi- milian, 72, 77, 82, 97 Essays, Count Rumford's, 43, 49, 76
FARADAY, Michael, 307, 308, 310, 311, 389, 391
INDUSTRY, House of, at Munich, 33 Institution, London, the, 274, 275 Institution, Royal, the, germ of, 44; Proposals, 66; caricature of, 78; foundation, 114; objects, 121; funds, 125; privileges of proprietors, 126; subscribers, 128; government, 129; ma- nagers, 130, visitors, 132; first meeting of proprietors, 134; first meeting of managers, 136; charter, 138; new prospectus, 147; new theatre, 148; ab- stract of the accounts, 180; re- port of, in 1801, 181; Davy appointed assistant lecturer at, 181; lecturer, 186; Young ap- pointed 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 re-
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