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Lawrence, who departed this life, 
Og. 1, 1760. With an Address 
at his Interment. Svo. 1760. 
7- Sermons to Young Women. 
2 vols. 12mo.1766. 
.8. The Character and Conduct 
of the Female Sex, and the advan- 
tages to be derived by young Men 
from the society of virtuous Wo- 
men.- A Discourse in. three parts. 
Delivered in Monk well-street Cha- 
pel, Jan. 1, 1776. 8vo. 1796. 
.9. Addresses to young Men. 2. 
vols. 12mo0. 1777. 
to. The delusive and perse- 
cuting Spirit. of Popery. A Ser- 
mon preached in Monkwell-street, 
on roth of Feb. being a day ap- 
pointed for a General Fast. 8vo. 
4779+ ; : 
11. Charge delivered in Monk- 
well-street Meeting, at the Ordi- 
nation of the Rev. James Lindsey. 
8vo. 1783.—Printed with the Ser- 
‘mon preached by Dr. Hunter on 
that occasion. 
12.Addresses to the Deity.12mo. 
1785. 
13. Poems. remo, 1786. 
Account of the Royal Society of Eng- 
land, from Button’s Mathematical 
and Philosophical Di@ionary. 
THE Royal Society of England 
is an academy or body of persons, 
supposed to be eminent for their 
learning, instituted by King Charles 
the Ild, for. promoting natural 
knowledge. 
This once illustrious. body ori- 
ginated from an assembly of inge- 
nious men, residing in London, who, 
being inquisitive into natural know- 
ledge, and the new and experi. 
mental philosophy, agreed, about 
the year 1645, to meet weekly on a 
certain day, to discourse upon such 
subjefis. These meetings, it is 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1706. 
said, were suggested by Mr. Theo- 
dore Haak, a native of the Pala. 
tinate in Germany ; and they were 
held sometimes at Dr, Goddard’s 
lodgings in Wood-street, .some- 
times: at a_ convenient. place jin 
Cheapside, and sometimes.in or near 
Gresham. College. This assem. 
bly seems to be that mentioned 
under the title of the Jnwisible, -or- 
Philissphical College, by Mr. Boyle,. 
. In some letters written in 1646 and. 
1647. About the years.1648 and 
1649, the company which formed 
these meetings began to be divided, 
some cf the gentiemen removing. 
to Oxford, as Dr. Wallis and Dr. 
Geddard, where, in conjunétion 
with other gentlemen, they” held 
meetings also, and brought the 
study of natural and experimen. 
tal philosophy into fashion there; 
meeting first in Dr, Petty’s lodg- 
ings, afterwards in Dr. Wilkins’s 
apartments, inWadham College, and 
upon his removal, in the lodgings 
of Mr. Robert Boyle; while those 
gentlemen who remained in Lon- 
don continued their meetings: .as 
before. The greater part of the 
Oxford Society coming to,London, 
about the year 1659, they met once 
or twice a week in Term-time at 
Gresham College, till they were 
dispersed by the public distra€tions 
of that year, and the place of their 
meeting was made a quarter for 
soldiers. Upon the Restoration, _ 
in 1660, their meetings were re. 
vived, and attended by many gen- 
tlemen eminent. for their character 
and learning. 
They were at length noticed by 
the government, and the king 
granted them a charter, first the. 
15th of July 1662, then a more 
ample one the 22d of April 1663» 
and thirdly the 8th of April ene 
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