124 THE EAELY HISTOKY OF [CHAP. III. 



will be provided for making chemical and other philo- 

 sophical experiments. 



In fitting up this lecture room (which will never be used 

 for any other purpose than for giving lectures in natural 

 Philosophy and Philosophical Chemistry) convenient places 

 will be provided and reserved for the subscribers, and 

 care will be taken to warm and light the room properly, 

 and provide for a sufficient supply of fresh air, so as to 

 render it comfortable and salubrious. 



In engaging lecturers for the Institution care will be 

 taken by the managers to invite none but men of the 

 first eminence in science to officiate in that most im- 

 portant and most distinguished situation ; and no sub- 

 jects will ever be permitted to be discussed at these 

 lectures but such as are strictly scientifical, and imme- 

 diately connected with that particular branch of science 

 publicly announced as the subject of the lecture. The 

 managers to be responsible for the strict observance of 

 this regulation. 



In case there should be places to spare in the lecture 

 room, persons not subscribers will, on the recommenda- 

 tion of a subscriber, and on paying a certain small sum 

 to be determined by the managers, be permitted to at- 

 tend the public lectures or any one or more of them. 



Among the various branches of science that will occa- 

 sionally be made the subjects of these public lectures 

 may be reckoned the following, viz.: These lectures will 

 treat 



Of Heat, and its application to the various purposes of 

 life. 



Of the Combustion of Inflammable Bodies, and the 



relative quantities of Heat producible by the different 



substances used as fuel. 



Of the Management of Fire and the Economy of Fuel. 

 Of the Principles of the Warmth of Clothing. 



