CONTENTS. 



CHAP. PAGE 



I THE LIFE OF COUNT RUMFORD BEFORE THE 



FOUNDATION OF THE INSTITUTION . 1 



II. HIS LIFE AFTER THE FOUNDATION OF THE INSTI- 

 TUTION . . ">",. 69 



III. THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTION, 1799- 



1800 ; WITH THE LIFE OF PROFESSOR GARNETT, 

 1766-1802 , . . .114 



IV. THE PROGRESS OF THE INSTITUTION TO THE 



RESIGNATION OF PROFESSOR YOUNG, 1801-3 ; 

 WITH THE LIFE OF DR. THOMAS YOUNG, 1773- 

 1829 180 



V. THE FURTHER PROGRESS OF THE INSTITUTION 



TO THE TIME OF FARADAY, 1804-14 . . . 258 



TI. THE LIFE OF SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, 1788-1829 . . 312 



