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tution, and that a gratuity of Wl. should be paid him 

 in consideration of his long services. He had come 

 as a boy to the Institution before November 1803. 



At the following meeting (March 1) Sir Humphry 

 Davy 'had the honour to inform the managers that 

 he had found Michael Faraday,' and the managers 

 engaged him and resolved ' that the clerk furnish him 

 with a copy of the order relating to his duties accord- 

 ingly.' 



In March 1813 the chairman of the Committee of 

 Chemistry having through Sir H. Davy expressed a 

 desire that an open committee of chemistry should be 

 held in the ensuing week, the managers resolved that 

 ' a committee of chemistry, open to all members and 

 gentlemen personally introduced by members, should 

 be held in the theatre of the Institution on Wednesday, 

 March 31, at three o'clock, when the Professor of 

 Chemistry will demonstrate a new series of facts on the 

 fluoric principle ' (fluorine). 



At the general meeting of members on April 5 Sir 

 Humphry Davy begged leave to resign his situation 

 of Professor of Chemistry. ' He by no means wished 

 to give up his connection with the Eoyal Institution, 

 as he should ever be happy to communicate his re- 

 searches in the first instance to the Institution in the 

 manner he did in the presence of the members last Wed- 

 nesday, and to do all in his power to promote the interest 

 and success of this Institution.' Sir H. Davy having re- 

 tired, Earl Spencer moved 'that the thanks of this 

 meeting be returned to Sir Humphry Davy for the ines- 

 timable services rendered by him to the Royal Institu- 



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