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On August 3, at the managers' meeting (Count Eum- 

 ford in the chair; present, Henry Cavendish, E. J. 

 Sullivan ; secretary J. P. Auriol), Count Eumford re- 

 ported that, agreeably to the authority granted him 

 by the managers, he had engaged Dr. Thomas Young. 

 A copy of his letter to Dr. Young, expressing the 

 conditions of his engagement, was at the same time 

 laid before the committee. 



The first number of the Journal had been published 

 by Eumford on April 5, 1800. Dr. Young alone 

 edited the fourth number in the autumn of 1801, 

 the fifth number in December 1801, and, after editing 

 two more numbers alone, he joined with Davy in the 

 editorship till the Journal stopped in 1803. 



On January 1 9 Dr. Young printed, at the press of the 

 Eoyal Institution, a syllabus of his first course of lectures. 



The first part was on Xatural Philosophy ; the second 

 part on Hydrodynamics ; the third part on Physics ; 

 and the fourth part on Mathematical Elements. 



Each had a Greek or Latin motto prefixed, and the 

 following advertisement to the first part was printed : 



In order to adapt the delivery of these lectures as mnch 

 as possible to the convenience of different persons who may 

 be disposed to attend them, they will be divided into three 

 parts of nearly equal magnitude, and in great measure in- 

 dependent of each other. Two parts will be delivered in 

 suceession on Mondays and Wednesdays, at two o'clock, 

 and the third on Friday evenings at eight. And in future 

 winters, each part will be taken in turn for the evening 

 lecture, so that the whole course may be heard at either 

 hour. The fourth part contains all the preliminary know- 

 ledge that is necessary for those who may wish to enter 



