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and interesting discovery relative to galvanism, which, on 

 inquiry, I find belongs to Professor Yolta, of Milan, I 

 feel it to be my duty to state this fact in a public 

 manner, in order that Professor Yolta may not be de- 

 prived in any degree of the honour of a discovery which 

 so justly belongs to him and to him alone. The first news 

 of this discovery, which arrived in this country in the 

 beginning of last month, was communicated in a letter 

 from Professor Yolta to the President of the Royal Society, 

 and it was in consequence of the information contained 

 in that letter that Dr. Carlisle, Mr. Nicholson, !Mr. 

 Howard, and others have been enabled to construct the 

 necessary apparatus, and to repeat the ingenious Professor's 

 very interesting experiments.' 



Any alterations you may wish in the above shall be made, 

 if you will point them out. 



In June Count Rumford reported that, in conse- 

 quence of the request of the managers, he had trans- 

 mitted through the envoy of the United States of 

 North America to each of the philosophical societies, 

 academies, universities, &c., in that country a copy 

 of the prospectus, charter, ordinances, bye-laws, and 

 regulations of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. 



Copies were sent to different public institutions 

 abroad. 



Dr. Garnett finished his lectures on June 10. He 

 then wrote to the managers to say that he proposed to 

 go into the country, but would at all times be ready to 

 obey the summons of the managers if his attendance 

 should be wanted before the commencement of the 

 lectures. 



On June 12, 1800, Count Rumford wrote to Sir Joseph 

 Banks : 



