|8- Jnjlitution for diffufmg the Knowledge of Inventions, ^c. 



The prefent managers are, 

 P'or three years. For two years. For one year. 



The earl Spencer. The carl of Egremont. The earl of xMorton. 



Count Rumford. Rt. hon. Sir. J. Banks. The rt, hon. Tho. Pelham. 



Richard Clark, cfq. Richard Jof. Sullivan, efq. Tho. Bernard, efq. 



By a refolution of the 9th of March, Sir J. Banks was appointed chairman of all the meet- 

 ings of the managers which (hall be held before a charter fhall have been obtained. 



At the end of this pamphlet there is a blank form to be filled up by thofe who intend to fub- 

 fcribe. In this form, as well as in the body of the pamphlet, thofe who are defirous of be- 

 coming proprietors, are requefted to confider themfelves as candidates for proprietors' places, 

 until they fhall have been eleded as fuch by a majority of the managers. But I have fince 

 heard, that the regulation is, that evc-ry fubfcriber of 50 guineas, who fhall be recommended by 

 a manager, will be admitted of courfe. Forty per cent of the fubfcription-money will be wanted 

 immediately, that is to fay, after obtaining the charter ; and the remainder may be paid in 

 three equal half-yearly payments, unlefs the proprietor (hould prefer paying the whole fum at 

 once. 



I am much obliged to Mr. Sheldrake, of the Strand, for his offer of a drawing and defcrip- 

 tion of a machine for ruling lines for the ufe of engravers, which was conftrudled by him fome 

 years ago : but from his general account of the principal parts, namely, a fteel rule and a 

 fcrew, and a ratchet wheel, as wide as from the confined nature of the objeft, I doubt whe- 

 tfier another engraving would be acceptable to the public, however judicious his arrangement 

 may have been. 



