A History of the Royal Society
With Memoirs of the Presidents
2 Volume Paperback Set

Table of Contents

Volume 1: 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. Sorbière'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. Volume 2:
1. Memoir of Lord Macclesfield
2. Memoir of Lord Morton
3. Memoir of Sir James Burrow
4. Revision of Statutes
5. Government announce their intention of providing apartments for the Society in Somerset House
6. Dissensions in the Society
7. The Society petition George III for funds to commence a geodaetical survey
8. Establishment of the Royal Institution
9. The Society resume the consideration of the North-west Passage
10. Memoir of Sir Humphry Davy
11. The Society receive a letter from the Treasury respecting Mr. Babbage's calculating machine
12. Harris's lightning-conductors
13. Memoir of Davies Gilbert
14. Retrospective review of the labours of the Society
Appendix
Index.