THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



OR, SCIENCE IN THE STATE AND IN THE SCHOOLS 



BY 



SIR WILLIAM MUGGINS, K.C.B., O.M. 



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D.C.L., LL.D., Sc.D., F.R.S., ETC. 



WITH TWENTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS 



METHUEN & CO. 



36 ESSEX STREET W.C. 



LONDON 



