INDEX 



488 



Spottiswoode, William, President, 205, 207. 

 Sprat, Thomas, his History of the Royal 



Society, 4, 9, 21, 22, 29, 37 ; an original 



Fellow, 20. 



Stanhope, Earl, bequest by, 195. 

 Statutes of the Royal Society, 16 ; those 



made in 1663, 1 17-30 ; made in 1847, 131- 



44 ; at present in force, 145-58 ; Notes 



on the history of the Statutes, 159-73. 

 Steele, Richard, his sarcastic allusion to the 



Royal Society, 46. 

 Sterling, E. H., benefaction by, 196. 

 Stokes, Sir George G., President, 205 ; 



Secretary, 208. 

 Strangers, admission of, to meetings of the 



Society, 167. 



Sussex, Duke of, President, 203. 

 Sylvester Medal Fund, 185 ; Medallists, 216. 



Taverns, early scientific meetings at, 3, 5. 



Thomson, Sir William (Lord Kelvin), 

 President, 205. 



Travelling Expenses Fund, 185. 



Treasurer of the Royal Society, Statutes 

 relating to, -123, 137, 152; List of 

 Treasurers, 206. 



Trevelyan, Sir W. C., bequest from, 197. 



Tropical Diseases Committee, 272 ; Ad- 

 visory Board, 308. 



Trusts of the Royal Society, 174. 



Tyndall Mining Research Fund, 185 ; 

 Committee, 273. 



Tyndall, Mrs., benefactions from, 198. 



Universities and the Royal Society, 11, 308. 



Vaughan, Lord, 201. 



Victoria, Queen, continues the grant of the 



Royal Medals, 194. 

 Virtuosi, The, 44. 



Wadham College and the Royal Society, 6, 

 18, 43. 



Waller, Edmund (the poet), 20. 



Waller, Richard, benefaction by, 195. 



Wallis, John, 3, 33 ; his account of the 

 beginning of the Royal Society, 4 ; mem- 

 ber of first Council, 15, 18. 



Ward, Seth, 5, 20. 



West, James, President, 202. 



Westminster School and the Royal Society, 

 308. 



Wheatstone, Charles, bequest from, 196. 



Whistler, Daniel, 21. 



Whitworth, Joseph, benefaction by, 196. 



Wilkins, John, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 15, 18, 207 ; 

 benefaction by, 194. 



William IV, continues the grant of the Royal 

 Medals, 193. 



Williamson, Joseph, President, 21, 200. 



Willis, Thomas, 6. 



Willoughby, Francis, 19. 



Winchester College and the Royal Society, 

 308. 



Winthrop, John, 21. 



Wintringham Fund, 186 ; bequest by 

 Sir C. Wintringham, 196. 



Wolfe, Miss, benefactions from, 198. 



Wollaston, William Hyde, 177, 195 ; Presi- 

 dent, 203 ; Secretary, 208. 



Wren, Christopher, 3, 6, 11, 19, 34 ; Presi- 

 dent, 200. 



Wrottesley, Lord, President, 204. 



Wyche, Sir Cyril President, 21, 201. 



Year-book of the Royal Society, 278. 

 York, Duke of (afterwards James II), signs 



the Charter-book, 22. 

 Young, James, benefaction by, 196. 



