CONTENTS. 



1. INTRODUCTION. 



Civilization defined. The definition illustrated by a sketch of 

 the rise and progress of the Arts of Navigation and Naval 

 Architecture. Application and utility of the Steam-En^iiu- 

 in Navigation. Sir H. Davy on the practical results of the 

 progress of the Physical Sciences. Note on the nature of 

 Animal Electricity. Present aspect of Society with respect 

 to the application and cultivation of Natural Knowledge. 

 Chemistry. Geology. Controversy in Geology, arising from 

 the publication of Mr. Lyell's work. Establishment of the 

 Zoological Society. Discoveries in the natural arrangement 

 of Animals of Mr. W. S. Macleay. Reasons which de- 

 termined the Conductors of Hazelwood and Bruce Castle to 

 introduce instruction in the Physical Sciences into those 

 Schools. Objects of the present Memoir p. 1 



The Knowledge of Nature regarded as a means of expanding 

 the Intellectual Faculties p. 1.0 



2. IMPORTANCE OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE IMPROVE- 

 MENT OF THE ARTS AND MANUFACTURES. 



Mr. Watt's inventions for the improvement and application of 

 the Steam-Engine achieved by a series of scientific investi- 

 gations. Note on Lectures on the Steam-Engine delivered 

 at Hazelwood. Mr. Barlow's Correcting-plate, for counter- 

 acting the derangement of the Compass by the local mag- 

 netic attraction of ships, constructed and applied upon prin- 

 ciples discovered by a scientific inquiry. Recent improve- 

 ments in the manufacture of Glass for optical purposes, ef- 

 fected by a scientific process devised and accomplished by 

 Mr. Faraday. New manufactures requiring the possession 

 of scientific knowledge > P- 14 



3. UTILITY OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF NATURE IN THE CONDUCT OF 



THE ORDINARY AFFAIRS OF LIFE. 



Importance of Chemical science in the counteraction of poisons. 

 Ready means pointed out by it of detecting oxalic acid, when 

 mistaken for Epsom salts. Geological situations of common 





