ENGRAVING OF 



THE DISTINGUISHED MEN OF SCIENCE OF GKEAT BRITAIN, 

 LIVING A.D., 1807-8. 



THIS Great Historical Engraving represents, assembled at the Royal 

 Institution, authentic Portraits of the following illustrious men : WATT, 

 RENNIE, TELFORD, MYLNE, JESSOP, CHAPMAN, MURDOCH, the first to intro- 

 duce gas into practical use ; RUMFORD, HUDDART, BOULTON, BRUNEL, 

 WATSON, BENTHAM, MAUDSLAY, DALTON, CAVENDISH, SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, 

 WOLLASTON, HATCHET, HENRY, ALLEN, HOWARD, SMITH, the father of 

 English Geology ; CROMPTON, inventor of the Spinning Mule : CARTWRIGHT, 

 TENNANT, RONALDS, the first to successfully pass an electric telegraph 

 message through a long distance ; CHARLES EARL STANHOPE, TREVITHICK, 

 NASMYTH, MILLER of Dalswinton, and SYMINGTON, the inventors and con- 

 structors of the first practical Steam Boat ; PROFESSOR THOMSON, of Glas- 

 gow; TROUG-HTON, DONKJN, CONGREVE, HERSCHEL, MASKELYNE, BAILY, 

 FRODSHAM, LESLIE, PLAYFAIR, RUTHERFORD, DOLLOND, BROWN, the bota- 

 nist; GILBERT and BANKS, the Presidents of the Royal Society at that 

 epoch of time ; CAPTAIN KATER, celebrated for his pendulum experiments ; 

 DR. THOMAS YOUNG, and JENKER the benefactor of mankind. 



Engraved in the best style of Stipple and Mezzotinto by WM. WALKER 

 and GEORGE ZOBEL. From an original drawing in Chiaroscuro. Designed 

 by GILBERT ; drawn by J. F. SKILL and W. WALKER. 



PUBLISHED BY W. WALKER & SON, 64, MARGARET STREET, 

 CAVENDISH SQUARE, LONDON, W. 



Size of the Engraving, without Margin, Forty-one by Twenty and a half Inches. 

 Plain Impressions, 5 : 5. 

 Proofs, with Title and Autographs, 8:8. 

 Artist Proof, with or without Autographs, 10 : 10. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



An Engraving before us comprises the portraits of 50 distinguished 

 Men of Science of Great Britain who were living in 1807-8, and who are 

 here represented as assembled in the Upper Library of the Royal Institu- 

 tion .... we can easily conceive, as the preface to an accompanying 



