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and many new experiments will be performed with it 

 and applications of it made to new scientific researches.' 



Kegarding the lectures it said : c There are two 

 terms for lectures, one from December 10 to March 1, 

 and the other from March 10 to July 7.' 



On November 13 Mr. Hatchett and Mr. Davy re- 

 ported that Mr. Dalton proposed to give twenty lec- 

 tures : 3 Mechanics, 2 Pneumatics, 1 Hydrostatics, 

 2 Steam Engine, 2 Electricity, 2 Meteorology, 

 2 Astronomy, 6 on Heat and Elementary Principles, 

 to be delivered immediately after Christmas, in the 

 course of six weeks, for a compliment of eighty 

 guineas. Twenty other lectures were to be given 

 by Mr. Allen and Mr. Pond. An evening course 

 on Electro-Chemical Science, to consist of twelve 

 lectures, was to be given by Mr. Davy, to commence in 

 December. A morning course on General Chemistry 

 and its Applications to Nature and to Art, to commence 

 after Easter, and to continue through the session, was 

 also to be given by him. 



At the commencement of the year 1810 the managers 

 refused lectures on Physiology and Comparative 

 Anatomy, 'because they could not convince them- 

 selves that scientific lectures can be given on these 

 subjects without offence to a part of their audience.' 



A few facts will show what the difficulties of the 

 Royal Institution at this time were. Mr. Allen, the 

 Lecturer on Natural Philosophy, was in February paid 

 a hundred guineas for his lectures in 1807. The fine 

 to the city of London for the lease of the house was 

 due at Michaelmas 1809. The lease lapsed because 



