A History of the Royal Society : With Memoirs of the Presidents (Paperback)

Preface; 1. State of literature and science in Europe during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries; 2. Origin of Royal Society involved in some obscurity; 3. The Restoration favourable to the establishment of a philosophical society; 4. Large proportion of physicians amongst the early members of the Society; 5. Early labours of the Society; 6. Memoir of Lord Brouncker; 7. Evelyn's designs for the Society's armorial bearings; 8. Sorbiere's account of his visit to the Society; 9. Committee concerning Chelsea College; 10. Memoir of Sir J. Williamson; 11. Memoir of Samuel Pepys; 12. Memoir of Lord Pembroke; 13. Memoir of Lord Somers; 14. Memoir of Sir Isaac Newton; 15. House occupied by the Society in Crane Court; 16. Impetus given to the study of meteorology; 17. Memoir of Martin Folkes.