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Image 5 of Scientific London. ae C157 Opava ot Aion sak i d my Oi ake eons- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 7 of Scientific London. SCIENTIFIC LONDON BY BERNARD H BECKER Seb apiiars Juvat integros accedere fontes Atque haurire D APPLETON CO NEW YORK 1875- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 8 of Scientific London. DAcse I5 Gift Mrs H C Bolton 1912- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 9 of Scientific London. PREFACE On becoming a frequent visitor at the meetings of learned Societies I was astonished to find that the written records of their deeds were few and far between and that with…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 10 of Scientific London. Vi PREFACE Both in the collection and arrangement of material for these paperswhich originally appeared in the columus of IronI have received ready and valuable aid from the officers of various institutions…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 11 of Scientific London. THE THE THE THE THE THe CONTEN Ts I Royat Society Lk Royab INSTITUTION d Til SoctEety oF ARTS Ve INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS CHEMICAL SOCIETY VI DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 12 of Scientific London. Vill CONTENTS Val PAGE Tur Loxnpon INSTITUTION 2 89 Vili THe BIRKBECK INSTITUTE B s 20r TX Tur GRESHAM LECTURES 5 e 2s x THe Society oF TELEGRAPH ENGINEERS a Ban Xi…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 13 of Scientific London. SCIENTIFIC LONDON THE ROYAL SOCIETY To England belongs the honour of being the first country after Italy to establish a society for the in vestigation and advancement of physical science The Royal…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 14 of Scientific London. 2 SCIENTIFIC LONDON By degrees was formed a group of philosophers who began to knock at the door of truth at that door which Newton was destined to force open These were…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 15 of Scientific London. THE ROYAL SOCIETY 3 meeting from time to time were assembled at Gresham College to hear a lecture on astronomy by Christo pher Wren who at that time was one of the…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 16 of Scientific London. 4 SCIENTIFIC LONDON the first president William Ball the treasurer John Wilkins and Henry Oldenburg the two secretaries Sir Robert Moray and the celebrated Boyle members of the council Lord Brouncker was…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 17 of Scientific London. THE ROYAL SOCIETY 5 may rise to address the House When the Speaker leaves the chair the mace is taken off the table and when it is carried out of the building…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 18 of Scientific London. 6 SCIENTIFIC LONDON he assigned to the celebrated Hocke a pension of fifty pounds a year leaving to the Society the care of fixing the number of lectures and their subject Hooke…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 19 of Scientific London. THE ROYAL SOCIETY 7 curious objects in this collection was the skin of a Moor tanned with the beard and hair white but more worthy of observation was a clock whose move…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 20 of Scientific London. 8 SCIENTIFIC LONDON veins fourteen ounces of sheeps blood Pepys saw this Coga at a tavern and describes him as a little frantic a poor debauched man The experiment if in corpore…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 21 of Scientific London. THE ROYAL SOCIETY 9 not only his conclusions but the accuracy of the experiments on which they were based Although much harassed by the controversy Newton replied within a few months in…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 22 of Scientific London. 10 SCIENTIFIC LONDON left no particular mark In 1655 when only twenty three years of age he married a girl of fifteen to whose family connections he possibly owed part of his…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 23 of Scientific London. THE ROYAL SOCIETY 11 months Halleys troubles were added to very consider ably by the reluctance of Newton to publish the third book of the Principia De Systemate Mundi Hooke perhaps the…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 24 of Scientific London. 12 SCIENTIFIC LONDON edition was undoubtedly small inasmuch as in 1692 when the reputation of the Principia was established Huyghens who was anxious for a second edition was of opinion that two…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 25 of Scientific London. THE ROYAL SOCIETY 13 a model of Saverys condensing steamengine In the minutes it is recorded that Mr Savery entertained the Society with showing his engine to raise water by the force…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 26 of Scientific London. 14 SCIENTIFIC LONDON and that the Parliament of England granted some years ago a patent to Esquire Savery for an engine he had invented for that purpose and his Highness Charles Landgrave…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 27 of Scientific London. THE ROYAL SOCIETY 15 For awhile this sum was given to the curator to pay the expenses of experiments but was finully employed in striking a gold medal of the value of…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 28 of Scientific London. 16 SCIENTIFIC LONDON treasury to give 1600 for the expedition to St Helena conducted by Nevil Maskelyne but bad weather interfered with the success of the observation This loss however was recovered…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 29 of Scientific London. THE ROYAL SOCIETY 17 Nevertheless the honours of discovery were awarded to Davy by a committee of the Royal Society and the colliery proprietors presented him with a service of plate valued…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 30 of Scientific London. 18 SCIENTIFIC LONDON of the Society is appointed to recommend the method of distributing this fund but no portion of it finds its way into the coffers of the Society Rooms are…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 31 of Scientific London. THE ROYAL SOCIETY 19 George IV communicated through Sir Robert Peel his intention to found two gold medals of the value of fifty guineas each to be awarded as honorary premiums under…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 32 of Scientific London. 20 SCIENTIFIC LONDON Bologna and filling the Chair of Mathematics at Rome settled down in his quiet canonry at Frauen burg and at length embodied the result of his labours in the…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 33 of Scientific London. THE ROYAL SOCIETY ot less than eightyone papers published in Philo sophical Transactions on subjects connected with optics mechanics mathematics astronomy mag netism the law of mortality e The great Hobbes looks…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 34 of Scientific London. 2 SCIENTIFIC LONDON eifted with an enormous quantity of that useful organ So well was the necessity for an important nose recognized by Tycho Brahe that that great astronomer having had the…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 35 of Scientific London. THE ROYAL SOCIETY 93 and Hessians the figure of Dr Wollaston rendered famous by his researches into electricity and galvan ism and rich by his discovery of the method of making platinum…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 36 of Scientific London. 94 SCIENTIFIC LONDON gazing on the dark features of his Majesty King Charles II who albeit of an over gay and festive turn of mind had probably acquired a certain dilettante taste…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 37 of Scientific London. THE ROYAL SOCIETY 25 and constant study have become necessary stimulants For the nonce they put on a holiday air as if bent on enjoying a little bit of scientific dissipation and…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 38 of Scientific London. 26 SCIENTIFIC LONDON of the Society after which ceremony the meaning of some complicated clockwork on the table is made manifest The inventor of the instrumentProfessor Roscoesteps up to the table at…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 39 of Scientific London. ar LE THEH ROYAL INSTITUTION THat stronghold of fashionable science the Royal Institution in Albemarle Street covers a site of great historical interest In 1665 when the space now occupied by Arlington…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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Image 40 of Scientific London. 28 SCIENTIFIC LONDON sardensdeclared that he had never seen a nobler pile than that occupied by Lord Clarendon until his flight after he had been deprived of the great seal It was…- Contributor: Becker, Bernard Henry
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About this Item
Title
- Scientific London.
Names
- Becker, Bernard Henry, 1833-
Created / Published
- New York, D. Appleton & co., 1875.
Headings
- - Learned institutions and societies--England--London--History
- - Science--England--London--Societies, etc.--History
- - London (England)--Intellectual life
Notes
- - "Originally appeared in the columns of Iron."
- - A digital reproduction made from a copy held by the University of Michigan is available from the University of Michigan's Making of America Web site.
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- 1 p. l., [v]-viii, 340 p. 20 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- DA686 .B39 1875
Library of Congress Control Number
- 14005924
OCLC Number
- 2898811
Online Format
- online text
- image