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CHAPTER VI 



PATRONS AND OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SINCE ITS FOUNDATION 200 



CHAPTER VII 



MEDALLISTS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, AND CROONIAN AND BAKERIAN 

 LECTURERS, WITH TITLES OF THEIR SUBJECTS : 



Medallists . . . .... . . .210 



The Croonian Lecture . . . . . . . .217 



The Bakerian Lecture ........ 224 



CHAPTER VIII 



THE LIBRARY, RELICS, PORTRAITS, BUSTS, AND MEDALS : 



The Library . . . ... . . . .233 



Instruments and Historical Relics ...... 237 



List of Portraits in Oil 239 



List of Medallions, Busts, and Statuettes ..... 252 



Medals 254 



CHAPTER IX 



THE COMMITTEES OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY . . . . . 269 



CHAPTER X 



THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY . . . . . 274 



CHAPTER XI 



GRANTS AND COMMITTEES WHICH THE ROYAL SOCIETY CONTROLS OR 

 ADMINISTERS, AND INSTITUTIONS ON THE GOVERNING BODIES OF 

 WHICH IT IS REPRESENTED . . 280 



CHRONOLOGICAL REGISTER OF FELLOWS ' 309 



ALPHABETICAL LIST OF FELLOWS, WITH THE DATES OF ELECTION . 433 

 INDEX 479 



