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epithet of "scientific." I therefore look upon 

 this fellowship as a "pass examination/' so to 

 speak, and from among the Fellows of the 

 Eoyal Society I select those who have yet 

 further qualifications. One of these is the fact 

 of having earned a medal for scientific work ; 

 another, of having presided over a learned 

 Society, or a section of the British Association ; 

 another, of having been elected on the council 

 of the Royal Society ; another, of being professor 

 at some important college or university. These 

 and a few other similar signs of being appreci- 

 ated by contemporary men of science, are the 

 qualifications for which I have looked in select- 

 ing my list of typical scientific men. I have 

 only deviated from these technical rules in two 

 or three cases, where there appeared good reason 

 for their relaxation and where the returns ap- 

 peared likely to be of peculiar interest. On these 

 principles I drew up a list of 180 men ; most of 

 them were qualified on more than one count, and 

 many on several counts. Also, the list appeared 

 nearly exhaustive in respect to those men of 

 mature age who live in or near London, since 



