All Scientists Now : The Royal Society in the Nineteenth Century (Paperback)

List of illustrations; Foreword; Preface; 1. The eighteenth-century legacy; 2. Trial and error (1820?1830); 3. Reform and revision (1830?1848); 4. How reform worked: the running of the Society 1848?1899; 5. The encouragement of science; 6. Relations with Government; 7. Relations with other societies; 8. The encouragement of scientific exploration; 9. The end of the century: a truly scientific society; A note on sources; Notes to the text; Bibliography; Index.